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  • Age of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan, Marc Simonetti

    Age of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan, Marc Simonetti

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    A Goodreads Choice Award Nomination for Best Fantasy Novel of 2017 The gods have been proven mortal and new heroes will arise as the battle continues in the sequel to Age of Myth--from the author of the Riyria Revelations and Riyria Chronicles series.In Age of Myth, fantasy master Michael J. Sullivan launched readers on an epic journey of magic and adventure, heroism and betrayal, love and loss...
  • The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend by David Gemmell

    The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend by David Gemmell

    Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    He was known as Druss. The Deathwalker. Though the blood of merciless butchers coursed through his veins, he had found a fragile peace through his love for beautiful, mystical Rowena. Then came the day when Druss returned to their village and found everyone dead--massacred by slavers who had stolen the women to sell for gold. Rowena was among the missing...
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  • The Princess Knight by G.A. Aiken

    The Princess Knight by G.A. Aiken

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    An Amazon Best of the Month Selection A USA Today BestsellerIn New York Times bestselling author G.A. Aiken’s gripping new fantasy romance series, the Blacksmith Queen must confront armies and pretenders desperate to take her new-won crown. But with the Princess Knight at her side and a centaur warrior clan at her back, she’ll risk everything for victory . .
  • The Wicked and the Wondrous by Christine Feehan

    The Wicked and the Wondrous by Christine Feehan

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Two romantic tales of dark forces and Christmas miracles... The Twilight Before Christmas Bestselling novelist Kate Drake, one of seven sisters with amazing powers of witchcraft, wants to open a bookstore in a charming but run-down mill in her California hometown. Decorated former U.S. Army Ranger Matt Granite, now a contractor, doesn't mind helping -- and getting closer to Kate...
  • Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman

    Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 38 ratings
    In an unforgettable novel that traces a centuries-old curse to its source, beloved author Alice Hoffman unveils the story of Maria Owens, accused of witchcraft in Salem, and matriarch of a line of the amazing Owens women and men featured in Practical Magic and The Rules of Magic...
  • Champion of the Scarlet Wolf, Book Two by Ginn Hale

    Champion of the Scarlet Wolf, Book Two by Ginn Hale

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Five years after abandoning the Sagrada Acedemy, Elezar Grunito has become infamous in the sanctified circles of noble dueling rings for his brutal temper and lethal blade. Men and women of all ranks gather to cheer and jeer, none of them knowing Elezar’s true purpose. But a violent death outside the ring marks Elezar as a wanted man and sends him into hiding in the far northern wilds of Labara...
  • The Highland Witch by Susan Fletcher

    The Highland Witch by Susan Fletcher

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    The Massacre of Glencoe happened at 5am on 13th February 1692 when thirty-eight members of the Macdonald clan were killed by soldiers who had enjoyed the clan's hospitality for the previous ten days. Many more died from exposure in the mountains. Fifty miles to the south Corrag is condemned for her involvement in the Massacre...
  • Champion of the Scarlet Wolf Book One by Ginn Hale

    Champion of the Scarlet Wolf Book One by Ginn Hale

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Five years after abandoning the Sagrada Acedemy ( Lord of the White Hell universe ), Elezar Grunito has become infamous in the sanctified circles of noble dueling rings for his brutal temper and lethal blade. Men and women of all ranks gather to cheer and jeer, none of them knowing Elezar’s true purpose...
  • The Price of Valour by Django Wexler

    The Price of Valour by Django Wexler

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    In the latest Shadow Campaigns novel, Django Wexler continues his “epic fantasy of military might and magical conflict”* following The Shadow Throne and The Thousand Names, as the realm of Vordan faces imminent threats from without and within.In the wake of the King’s death, war has come to Vordan...
  • The Healer's Secret by Helen Pryke

    The Healer's Secret by Helen Pryke

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Book #1 in the Healer series.From medieval times to present day, the Healer saga spans generations of the Innocenti family, telling the stories of the women healers whose lives are entwined with legends, curses, and tragedy.Jennifer’s life isn’t going as she planned. Fired from her job and on the brink of divorce, her only salvation lies at the bottom of a wine bottle...
  • Infinity by Maggie Shayne

    Infinity by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    For five centuries, Immortal High Witch Nicodimus has been suspended in an eternity of darkness. His heart was stolen away in the ultimate betrayal by his love Arianna... Now Arianna discovers a way to bring him back. But the power that returns Nicodimus to her arms also summons an ancient enemy. To fight this dark danger, they must confront the past--and reclaim infinity..
  • Everspell by Donna Grant

    Everspell by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    New York Times bestselling author Donna Grant “skillfully melds history and legend” (RT Book Reviews) in an exciting new series – The Kindred...
  • The Great Witch of Brittany by Louisa Morgan

    The Great Witch of Brittany by Louisa Morgan

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Return to the world of A Secret History of Witches with the bewitching tale of Ursule Orchiere and her discovery of magical abilities that will not only change the course of her life but every generation that comes after her. Brittany, 1741There hasn’t been a witch born in the Orchière clan for generations...
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  • Corrag by Susan Fletcher

    Corrag by Susan Fletcher

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    A breathtaking novel of passion and betrayal in seventeenth-century Scotland, and the portrait of an unforgettable heroine accused of witchcraft.February 13, 1692. Thirty-eight members of the MacDonald clan are killed by soldiers who had previously enjoyed the clan's hospitality. Many more die from exposure...
  • Morgan Is My Name by Sophie Keetch

    Morgan Is My Name by Sophie Keetch

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    An atmospheric, feminist retelling of the early life of famed villainess Morgan le Fay, set against the colourful chivalric backdrop of Arthurian legend.When King Uther Pendragon murders her father and tricks her mother into marriage, Morgan refuses to be crushed. Trapped amid the machinations of men in a world of isolated castles and gossiping courts, she discovers secret powers...
  • A Well-Tempered Heart by Jan-Philipp Sendker

    A Well-Tempered Heart by Jan-Philipp Sendker

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    The sequel to the international best-selling novel The Art of Hearing Heartbeats   Almost ten years have passed since Julia Win came back from Burma, her father’s native country. Though she is a successful Manhattan lawyer, her private life is at a crossroads; her boyfriend recently left her, she has suffered a miscarriage, and she is, despite her wealth, unhappy with her professional life...
  • The Silver Mage by Katharine Kerr

    The Silver Mage by Katharine Kerr

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Read Katharine Kerr's posts on the Penguin Blog.”Prepare to get lost in the magic” ( VOYA ) of Katharine Kerr’s newest Deverry fantasy.The Horsekin are assembling along Prince Dar’s northern border, and the Deverry alliance simply does not have the men and resources to prevent their enemies from moving into the wilderness areas known as the Ghostlands...
  • Wit'ch Gate by James Clemens

    Wit'ch Gate by James Clemens

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The dazzling epic of The Banned and the Banished has established James Clemens as an exciting new voice in fantasy fiction. Now his remarkable skills reach their peak with Wit’ch Gate, as one girl remains her realm’s only hope against the forces of darkness . .
  • Eternal Love: The Immortal Witch Series by Maggie Shayne

    Eternal Love: The Immortal Witch Series by Maggie Shayne

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Raven is a witch from the 1690s who flees the hangman’s noose in England to find a haven in Massachusetts Bay where the witch hysteria is about to tear her and her lover apart.Arianna’s beginnings were in the Scottish Highlands where her sister died to save her, and an immortal warrior loved her beyond reason and life itself...
  • The High Priest's Daughter by Katie Cross

    The High Priest's Daughter by Katie Cross

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Never Underestimate the Power of a Liberated Witch. Despite swirling rumors of war, seventeen-year-old Bianca Monroe is living without restraint for the first time. With no curse to hinder her and her enemy, Miss Mabel, imprisoned in an impervious dungeon, she’s finally free. Nothing lasts forever...
  • The New Kingdom by Wilbur Smith

    The New Kingdom by Wilbur Smith

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In the heart of Egypt,Under the watchful eye of the Gods,A new power is rising . . .In the city of Lahun, Hui lives an enchanted life. The favoured son of a doting father, and ruler-in-waiting of the great city, his fate is set. But behind the beautiful façades a sinister evil is plotting...
  • Days of Blood and Fire by Katharine Kerr

    Days of Blood and Fire by Katharine Kerr

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In the peaceful land of the Rhiddaer, Jahdo the  ratcatcher's son stumbles upon a secret meeting  between a city council man and a dangerous,  mysterious woman. Suddenly the boy is tangled in a web of  intrigue and black magic that drags him far from  home. In the company of a blind bard, Jahdo must  travel to Deverry to unravel the evil that binds  him...
  • The Path of Flames by Phil Tucker

    The Path of Flames by Phil Tucker

    Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    A war fueled by the dark powers of forbidden sorcery is about to engulf the Ascendant Empire. Agerastian heretics, armed with black fire and fueled by bitter hatred, seek to sever the ancient portals that unite the empire - and in so doing destroy it.Asho--a squire with a reviled past--sees his liege, the Lady Kyferin, and her meager forces banished to an infamous ruin...
  • The Strawberry Thief by Joanne Harris

    The Strawberry Thief by Joanne Harris

    Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    The compelling new novel from the author of the bestselling Chocolat.Vianne Rocher has settled down. Lansquenet-sous-Tannes, the place that once rejected her, has finally become her home. With Rosette, her 'special' child, she runs her chocolate shop in the square, talks to her friends on the river, is part of the community. Even Reynaud, the priest, has become a friend...
  • 악녀의 남주님 3 by Haron Lee, R.su

    악녀의 남주님 3 by Haron Lee, R.su

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    어느 날, 눈 떠보니 소설 『달의 마음을 녹이는』의 악녀, 유니페 마그놀리아가 되어버렸다. 남주 이시드 루크렌체를 사랑했던 소설 속 유니페는 여주 라엘을 괴롭히다 그녀의 전 남자친구인 카시안에게 죽임을 당할 운명이다.그나마 다행인 건, 원작 시작 한참 전인 마법사 아카데미 입학식 날의 유니페에 빙의했다는 것. 원작과 같은 불행한 결말을 맞고 싶지 않기에, 유니페는 이시드와 라엘을 피해 무사히 아카데미 졸업에 성공한다.하지만 원작 시작 1년 전, 유니페는 그토록 피해 다녔던 이시드와 아주 진하게 엮여버리고 만다. 단순한 해프닝이라고 생각한 유니페와는 달리 하룻밤 관계는 하지 않는다 단호하게 말하는 이시드...
  • An Illusion of Love by Patricia Rice

    An Illusion of Love by Patricia Rice

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    NYT bestselling author Patricia Rice presents the third book in her beloved School of Magic series: Victorian Edinburgh belongs to staid professors, not the flamboyant daughter of a Hindu princess.Lacking any of her Malcolm family's psychic abilities, Azmin Dougall flees her ancestral home of India for Edinburgh, fearing she'll be a pigeon in a family of peacocks...
  • Dragon Queen by Carina Wilder

    Dragon Queen by Carina Wilder

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    With all that's happened, it's time for the dire wolves to rise up against their greatest threat. But Gwynne, blinded by a mother's love, has plans of her own. Will the conflict between the alphas finally be tear their clan apart? And which dragon will triumph? This is the fifth and final instalment of the Sought by the Alphas Serial...
  • The Novice by Trudi Canavan

    The Novice by Trudi Canavan

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    "Even if a magician's powers surface of their own accord, he will soon be dead if he does not gain the knowledge of how to control them." Alone among all the novices in the Magicians' Guild, only Sonea comes from lowly beginnings. Yet she has won powerful allies—including Lord Dannyl, newly promoted to Guild Ambassador...
  • The Valley of the Wolves by Laura Gallego García

    The Valley of the Wolves by Laura Gallego García

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Dana attends a school of magic with only one other student. She has a great love only she can see. And only she can unravel these mysteries and become mistress of the Valley of the Wolves. Ever since Dana was a little girl, Kai has been her best friend and constant companion--even though she's the only one who can see him...
  • A Time of Exile by Katharine Kerr

    A Time of Exile by Katharine Kerr

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    The world of an intricate tapestry of fate, past lives, and unfathomable magic. With A Time Of Exile , Katharine Kerr opens new territory in The Deverry Saga , exploring the history of the Elcyion Lacar, the elves who inhabit the country west of Deverry. It is years since the half-elven Lord Rhodry took the throne of Aberwyn...
  • The Two-Faced Queen by Nick Martell

    The Two-Faced Queen by Nick Martell

    Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The Hollows is on the brink of civil war as brother and sister vie for the throne in the second novel of the trilogy which Brandon Sanderson called “excellent.” “Simply put, this series is a master class in grand-scale storytelling. The future of epic fantasy is here—and this saga is it...
  • Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian

    Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    A young Puritan woman--faithful, resourceful, but afraid of the demons that dog her soul--plots her escape from a violent marriage in this riveting and propulsive historical thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant.Boston, 1662. Mary Deerfield is twenty-four-years-old. Her skin is porcelain, her eyes delft blue, and in England she might have had many suitors...
  • Must Be Magic by Patricia Rice

    Must Be Magic by Patricia Rice

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 6 ratings
    An Explosive Attraction... Lady Leila Staines has always felt like an outcast among her magically gifted sisters. Desperate to discover her own talent, she seeks out Dunstan Ives, a dark and brooding aristocrat with a scientific bent who may hold the key to unleashing Leila's hidden powers. Can Create A Spark That's Pure Magic..
  • The Trouble with Magic by Patricia Rice

    The Trouble with Magic by Patricia Rice

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 6 ratings
    Is Her Magic a Gift or a Curse...? All the Malcolms have some magic, but Lady Felicity's ability to read people's emotions simply by touching them or their possessions overwhelms her. She's reached a marriageable age, but how can she ever wed when she can see so clearly a man's guilty secrets? Only He Can Tell the Difference..
  • Magic Man by Patricia Rice

    Magic Man by Patricia Rice

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 6 ratings
    He's a Lonely Highland Lord... Aidan Dougal is deadly, and he knows it. His self-imposed isolation is to keep others out of harm's way. However, it also makes any kind of intimacy impossible...and certainly not marriage! Asking for help is beyond him until a woman unlike any he's ever met slips into his life like an answered prayer...
  • Trial by Fire by Carina Wilder

    Trial by Fire by Carina Wilder

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Something's changed. The ritual left Gwynne stronger, more powerful. Improved, or so the alphas tell her. But now that she's back in her own time, she's confronted with a new future and a destiny unlike anything she'd imagined for herself...
  • Witch of the Wild Beasts by Catherine Stine

    Witch of the Wild Beasts by Catherine Stine

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    When Evalina is imprisoned for witchcraft, will her supernatural bond with animals be her curse or salvation?In 1854, Evalina Stowe witnesses the murder of her brother by Dr. Dowdrick, an enraged client at the tailor’s where they work. Desperate to stop him, she rouses a swarm of wasps that sting the doctor while she stabs him with scissors, and then flees...
  • Charmed by the Past: A Time Travel Romance by Aimee Robinson

    Charmed by the Past: A Time Travel Romance by Aimee Robinson

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    She’s researching her family’s genealogy, but she never expected to become history herself.Sarah Johansson is planning a family reunion when a photo of a little-known relative sparks her curiosity. A closer look at the post-World War I image causes her to tumble back in time to 1919 and into the hospital room of a brooding, wounded infantry corporal...
  • 악녀의 남주님 2 by Haron Lee, R.su

    악녀의 남주님 2 by Haron Lee, R.su

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    어느 날, 눈 떠보니 소설 『달의 마음을 녹이는』의 악녀, 유니페 마그놀리아가 되어버렸다. 남주 이시드 루크렌체를 사랑했던 소설 속 유니페는 여주 라엘을 괴롭히다 그녀의 전 남자친구인 카시안에게 죽임을 당할 운명이다.그나마 다행인 건, 원작 시작 한참 전인 마법사 아카데미 입학식 날의 유니페에 빙의했다는 것. 원작과 같은 불행한 결말을 맞고 싶지 않기에, 유니페는 이시드와 라엘을 피해 무사히 아카데미 졸업에 성공한다.하지만 원작 시작 1년 전, 유니페는 그토록 피해 다녔던 이시드와 아주 진하게 엮여버리고 만다. 단순한 해프닝이라고 생각한 유니페와는 달리 하룻밤 관계는 하지 않는다 단호하게 말하는 이시드...
  • The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch by Melinda Taub

    The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch by Melinda Taub

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    A sparkling, witchy reimagining of Pride and Prejudice, told from the perspective of the troublesome and—according to her—much-maligned youngest Bennet sister, Lydia. In this exuberant reimagining of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Lydia Bennet puts pen to paper to relate the real events and aftermath of the classic story from her own perspective. Some facts are well known: Mrs...
  • The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale

    The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Do you remember when you believed in magic? An enchanting, magical novel set in a mysterious toyshop - perfect for fans of Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus and Stephanie Garber's Caraval by way of Jessie Burton's The Miniaturist It is 1917, and while war wages across Europe, in the heart of London, there is a place of hope and enchantment...
  • Kat, Incorrigible by Stephanie Burgis

    Kat, Incorrigible by Stephanie Burgis

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Katherine Ann Stephenson has just discovered that she's inherited her mother's magical talents, and despite Stepmama's stern objections, she's determined to learn how to use them...
  • The White Hare by Jane Johnson

    The White Hare by Jane Johnson

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    For fans of Alice Hoffman and Kate Morton, The White Hare is a spellbinding novel about mothers and daughters finding a new home for themselves, the secrets they try to bury, and the local legends that may change their lives.In the far west of Cornwall lies the White Valley, which cuts deeply through bluebell woods down to the sea at White Cove...
  • The Secret Language of Stones: A Novel by M.J. Rose

    The Secret Language of Stones: A Novel by M.J. Rose

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    As World War I rages and the Romanov dynasty reaches its sudden, brutal end, a young jewelry maker discovers love, passion, and her own healing powers in this rich and romantic ghost story, the perfect follow-up to M.J. Rose’s “brilliantly crafted” ( Providence Journal ) novel The Witch of Painted Sorrows. Nestled within Paris’s historic Palais Royal is a jewelry store unlike any other...
  • The Oracle Glass by Judith Merkle Riley

    The Oracle Glass by Judith Merkle Riley

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    With imaginative verve, intelligence, and exceptional detail, The Oracle Glass captures the rich tang of one of history's most irresistible eras. Spinning actual police records from the reign of Louis XIV into a darkly captivating story, it follows the fortunes of Genevieve Pasquier, a fifteen-year-old girl who has been transformed into an imperious, seemingly infallible fortune-teller..
  • Gone with the Witch by Annette Blair

    Gone with the Witch by Annette Blair

    Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    The Cartwright triplets use their magic for good and their good looks for seduction. When beautiful bad girl Storm Cartwright hears the sound of a baby crying every time she's near Aiden McCloud, she turns on the charm. Because she's sure it means a child is in need?and that the handsome antiques restorer is the key to finding it...
  • The Library of Light and Shadow by M.J. Rose

    The Library of Light and Shadow by M.J. Rose

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    In this riveting and richly drawn novel from “one of the master storytellers of historical fiction” ( New York Times bestseller Beatriz Williams), a talented young artist flees New York for Paris after one of her scandalous drawings reveals a dark secret—and triggers a terrible tragedy...
  • 悪女の恋人は主人公様 by Haron Lee, R.su

    悪女の恋人は主人公様 by Haron Lee, R.su

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
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  • Vampire Dragon by Annette Blair

    Vampire Dragon by Annette Blair

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    One the run from the mob, Bronte McBride needs the kind of protection that only the mysterious and handsome bodyguard Darkwyn—a former Roman warrior turned dragon—can give her. But Bronte's secrets could endanger both of them. Read Annette Blair's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community...
  • Cold My Heart by Sarah Woodbury

    Cold My Heart by Sarah Woodbury

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    A tale of timeless love, heroic courage ... and a race to change the course of destiny itself. I couldn't put it down. This is King Arthur as you've never seen him before. -Anna Elliott, author of the Twilight of Avalon trilogy. By the autumn of 537 AD, all who are loyal to King Arthur have retreated to a small parcel of land in north Wales...
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