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Under the Oak Tree: Season 2 -1- (Under the Oak Tree (Novel) #7) by Suji Kim
Stuttering Maximilian Croyso spent a lifetime suffering the abuse of her cruel father, Duke Croyso. The Duke’s final act of cruelty? Marrying Maxi off to the war hero Riftan, legendary slayer of dragons. Now these two complete strangers have to try to make the arranged marriage that neither wanted work out.At first, the brooding Riftan and shy, nervous Maxi have nothing in common... -
![Promises to Keep by Diana Knightley]()
Promises to Keep by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“I hae tae live up tae my promises. Or I ought not tae make them so earnestly.” —Magnus“I would never want the lesson to be to make fewer promises, less earnestly. It’s one of the greatest things about you.” —KaitlynMagnus and Kaitlyn have new commitments, adventures, and dangers. He has challenges that await. She has loved ones to protect... -
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![Across Eternity by Elizabeth O'Roark]()
Across Eternity by Elizabeth O'Roark
The exciting conclusion to Across Time! Everything changed for Henri and Amelie when she left, and now—with war on the horizon and a challenge she never could have foreseen—Amelie will learn what the prophecy really means for them, herself most of all... -
![Guarding Danger by Wendy Vella]()
Guarding Danger by Wendy Vella
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTwo things happen to Harry Sinclair the day his ship docks in London: he saves a woman in distress, and meets his long- lost family.Until now Harry has lived his life without betraying the vow he made to his father - never trust a Sinclair. Yet when his newly discovered cousins step aboard his ship he knows that everything is about to change... -
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![A Warrior's Heart by Donna Grant]()
A Warrior's Heart by Donna Grant
Regards Reader - There are those who would love to rid themselves of painful memories, to forget nasty pasts and mistakes. They say its hell to live with those memories. I say its hell to live without them. I have no memories of my past, my friends or family. I owe my life to the Fae who discovered me bleeding and nearly dead at their doorway... -
![A Rivalry of Hearts by Tessonja Odette]()
A Rivalry of Hearts by Tessonja Odette
Two rival writers.One prestigious publishing contract.A bargain of hearts and seduction. They say never bargain with the fae. They also say don’t get drunk on fae wine. Yet romance author Edwina Danforth has managed a blunder with both on her first visit to the infamous faelands. Now she's trapped in a magic-fueled bet she barely remembers with a man she’d be happier to forget... -
![Long Live the King by Diana Knightley]()
Long Live the King by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMagnus has been focused on his present, the loops and time shifts behind him, but that is not all in the past. There is also a throne that must be held, a historic event that must be protected, and a kingdom that needs him to rule... -
![외과의사 엘리제 2 by Mini, 유인]()
외과의사 엘리제 2 by Mini, 유인
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“내 사람을 살리는 일이다.‘자신의 사람’을 구하는 건데 고작 이런 일 하나 못 하겠는가?”드디어 테레사 병원의 견습으로 자리를 잡은 엘리제. 이쪽 세계의 병원 시스템에 익숙해지고 주변에도 조금씩 인정을 받아가던 때, 황가의 문장을 소지한 남성이 총격당한 긴급 환자를 데리고 병원을 찾는다. 한시가 급한 순간. 엘리제는 환자를 위해 결단을 내리고……“반드시 살려낼 테니 한 번만 저를 믿어주세요.”“정말 할 수 있나? 무책임한 만용은 용서치 않아.”“믿어주십시오. 최선을 다하겠습니다.”“…좋다. 반드시 살려내라.”엘리제는 과연 수술을 성공시키고, 환자를 무사히 살릴 수 있을 것인가... -
![Queen of the Shining Sea by Miranda Honfleur]()
Queen of the Shining Sea by Miranda Honfleur
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEnemy mages and ships. An all-powerful organization gone rogue. One woman refuses to stand aside. After the Divinity reveals its dark intentions, Rielle and her friends patrol the Shining Sea, doing all they can to stem the tide of gold flowing into Magehold and the dangerous goods flowing out...Categorized as:
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![A Reign of Storm and Madness by Lucinda Dark, Lucy Smoke]()
A Reign of Storm and Madness by Lucinda Dark, Lucy Smoke
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsEnemies make dangerous lovers … or so they say. I am not a chosen of the Gods, but a bloody tragedy of their choices. I have endured worse than the Darkhavens. Torture. Pain. Manipulation. There is nothing anyone can do to me that I have not already done to myself. Ruen’s betrayal will not break me. Despite the punishment I receive, my goal remains the same: Find the target. Terminate them... -
![Aura of Night by Heather Graham]()
Aura of Night by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTrue evil never dies. It only waits in the dark.All book editor Megan Law wants is to bury the memory of her brutal kidnapping and move on with her life. So when her publisher asks her to spin her hellish experience into the next bestseller, Megan agrees only because it might help keep other women safe... -
![Crimson Wrath: A Russian Mafia Romance by Lisa Lovell]()
Crimson Wrath: A Russian Mafia Romance by Lisa Lovell
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe doesn’t know I’m pregnant.Only his enemies do.And they will do everything to take my baby away from me.You think it can’t get worse?It can.Because as I sit here with my growing belly, tied to a chair, waiting for the bullet to end my life,I only have one chance to survive.Anton Ulianov.The man who became my boss and made me pregnant.The man who thinks I’ve abandoned him.The man who hates me... -
![Palace Intrigue by Lina J. Potter]()
Palace Intrigue by Lina J. Potter
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe suddenly wished that her medical school had offered a course on the art of intrigue… What seemed to be just an accident now carries an ugly and poisonous truth inside. Time to lift the veil. Aliya, now Countess Lillian Elizabeth Mariella Earton and wife to the Earl of Earton, is trying to uncover the truth behind Lillian’s miscarriage and the unhappy course of her marriage... -
![If He's Daring by Hannah Howell]()
If He's Daring by Hannah Howell
In a dazzling new novel in the Wherlocke family saga, New York Times bestselling author Hannah Howell creates an unforgettable story of intrigue, jeopardy, and desire. . . Stealing a stranger's carriage is the second most reckless thing Lady Catrin Gryffin de Warrene has ever done. The first is succumbing to her powerful attraction to the carriage's owner... -
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![When She Dreams by Amanda Quick]()
When She Dreams by Amanda Quick
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsReturn to 1930s Burning Cove, California, the glamorous seaside playground for Hollywood stars, mobsters, spies, and a host of others who find more than they bargain for in this mysterious town... -
![A Forbidden Temptation by Donna Grant]()
A Forbidden Temptation by Donna Grant
Salute! As one of the youngest men ever to have the title of general in ancient Rome's great army, fame and fortune were my bedmates. I was chosen by the Fae for my mastery of any weapon. Though the Shields like to claim they are stronger because of my skills, I know I am only alive today because the Fae found me before my demons could put an end to my life... -
![Drake Hall by Christina Baehr]()
Drake Hall by Christina Baehr
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsEdith’s ancient home is full of secrets…and dragons are the least of them.As the new dragon keeper in the hidden valley of Ormdale, Edith expects her first dragon mating season to involve venomous bites and amorous wyverns... -
![High Energy by Dara Joy]()
High Energy by Dara Joy
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of "Tonight or Never" comes the tale of a reporter and the physicist she's sent to interview--and it's turn into the sizzling story of true love and passion. Physics. Zanita Masterson knew nothing about the subject, and cared little to learn--until a reporting job led her to one Tyberius Augustus Evans... -
![Everspell by Donna Grant]()
Everspell by Donna Grant
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Donna Grant “skillfully melds history and legend” (RT Book Reviews) in an exciting new series – The Kindred... -
![CAVE MAN MAKE BABY by Frankie Love]()
CAVE MAN MAKE BABY by Frankie Love
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI never intended on time travelling to the Stone Age during my Special Ops mission – but it’s not the first thing in my life to get effed up.To say I didn’t have a happy childhood is an understatement – that’s why I joined the military first chance I got.And to be honest – living alone on the beach isn’t the worst way to live out my days... -
![Blood of Wolves by Lauren Gilley]()
Blood of Wolves by Lauren Gilley
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsLord Oliver and King Erik’s party survived capture with the help of some unlikely allies, and now hurry back through treacherous mountain paths to the site of the Midwinter Festival, where Northern celebration turned to bloodshed. From Dreki Hörgr, the ancestral seat of the North, the lords of Aeretoll will march back across the kingdom, wounded, exhausted, and waiting for Ragnar’s next strike... -
![Voice of Fear by Heather Graham]()
Voice of Fear by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA killer is looking to silence them, once and for all. FBI agent Jordan Wallace is close to cracking the human trafficking case she’s been working, when she does the one thing she should never do: let her guard down. The botched undercover mission is semisalvaged by the last-minute appearance of criminal psychologist Patrick Law, but Jordan can’t imagine making a worse first impression... -
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Enthrall by Sandra R. Neeley
Vampires are often irresistibly sexy, powerful and misunderstood. Enthrall is all of those, and more. Being the leader of Whispers — a community of paranormals hidden deep within the south Louisiana swamps — is a difficult and lonely existence. He’s waited centuries to find his love, his mate. Then finally, when he’s all but given up, she’s there... -
![The MacKade Brothers: Devin and Shane by Nora Roberts]()
The MacKade Brothers: Devin and Shane by Nora Roberts
The sinfully sexy MacKade brothers are back! New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts's reader favorites are once again breaking the hearts of women everywhere. Sheriff Devin MacKade watched -- patiently, painfully -- as the woman he secretly cherished suffered through a less-than-perfect marriage. Now pretty Cassie Connor was free . . .but vulnerable... -
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![Copper Chain by James Maxwell]()
Copper Chain by James Maxwell
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a desperate king threatens Dion and everything he loves, only dangerous magic can keep him safe.Dion, now king of Xanthos, is finally in command of the naval fleet he’s always dreamed of. But his hopes for peace are jeopardized when King Palemon, in dire need of ships to rescue his starving people from the frozen wastelands of the north, invades the Salesian city of Malakai...Categorized as:
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![The Forbidden by Heather Graham]()
The Forbidden by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe is someone's darkest desire Playing the victim of a vampire king on an island off New Orleans is actress Avalon Morgan’s creepiest role to date. It’s also scary good fun—until the victim of a real killer is discovered on set, laid out for all to see. With production shut down, Avalon can’t stop thinking about the chilling crime scene, or Finley Stirling, the FBI agent working the case... -
![The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley]()
The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley
When Eva's film star sister Katrina dies, she leaves California and returns to Cornwall, where they spent their childhood summers, to scatter Katrina's ashes and in doing so return her to the place where she belongs. But Eva must also confront the ghosts from her own past, as well as those from a time long before her own... -
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Silver Road by James Maxwell
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsChloe’s quest to escape the Oracle’s prophecy leads her to a magus with a secret: the eldren are not the only race to use magic in warfare. An ancient power is rediscovered, and a forgotten people will return. Meanwhile, cursed by his birth, Dion tries to forge a new life at sea, away from both the eldren and his former life in Xanthos, but the one thing he can’t leave behind is his heritage...Categorized as:
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![The MacKade Brothers: Rafe and Jared by Nora Roberts]()
The MacKade Brothers: Rafe and Jared by Nora Roberts
Ten years later and the bad boy of the bunch had returned home. Appealing as ever, no even lovely Regan Joners, the town's reserved antiques dealer, was immune to Rafe MacKade. Regan claimed her plans didn't include relationships with rebels, but her reaction to The Return of Rafe MacKade - and his sizzling kisses - said something quite different... -
![Across Time by Elizabeth O'Roark]()
Across Time by Elizabeth O'Roark
In a dangerous time before her own...a dangerous attraction.Amelie Besson is on the cusp of attaining the life she’s dreamed of—until she finds herself stuck in pre-war France, fifty years before her time. The country is about to be under German rule, but her most immediate problem is Henri Durand, the arrogant and infuriatingly handsome vineyard owner upon whom her survival depends... -
![Begin Where We Are by Diana Knightley]()
Begin Where We Are by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMagnus leaves. He fights. He tries to survive. “Can you tell me what happened tae her, how she ended?” — Magnus in 2701 Magnus is forced to travel to an uncertain future, to fight for a throne he doesn't want. And he couldn't bring Kaitlyn, because it's too dangerous by far. So Kaitlyn tries to live on without him. She's six hundred years in the past now. Nothing but dust... -
![Bones by K.L. Savage]()
Bones by K.L. Savage
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWedding bells and happily ever afters are not for me.I’ve watched my brothers fall to the most dangerous thing of all. Love. But that won’t be me...Except the new dance teacher at the youth center has got my attention. I’ve tried not to notice her. She’s too sweet for me, not really my type.Then one night I find her in trouble, and I'm the only one who can save her... -
![The First Chill Of Autumn by W.R. Gingell]()
The First Chill Of Autumn by W.R. Gingell
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsLlassar is an occupied country– but nobody seems to know it. Fae began to filter slowly into the land shortly after the birth of the crown princess, Dion ferch Alawn, supposedly fleeing a dark threat in Faery known as the Guardians. But that was fifteen years ago, and now there isn’t a town in Llassar that isn’t populated by or under the control of the fae... -
![루시아 1 (Lucia (Novel) #1) by Skye, 하늘가리기]()
루시아 1 (Lucia (Novel) #1) by Skye, 하늘가리기
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsLucia grew up not knowing she was a princess.But when her mother died, she entered the palace and had the chance to see her entire future in a dream.In her dream, when she reached 19 years old, she was auctioned off to the bidder who offered the highest dowry. Her life became miserable from then on...Categorized as:
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![His Ruthless Heart by Johanna Lindsey]()
His Ruthless Heart by Johanna Lindsey
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![Seeing Danger by Wendy Vella]()
Seeing Danger by Wendy Vella
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsLord Devonshire Sinclair understands his family’s heightened senses are a result of a long ago pact between the Sinclairs and the powerful Raven family. To Honor and Protect is their creed. He has also accepted that no woman could live at his side and understand what he is capable of…until now... -
![Sensing Danger by Wendy Vella]()
Sensing Danger by Wendy Vella
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom #1 bestselling author Wendy Vella, comes a captivating new series that will have you enthralled from the first page! Legend says the Sinclairs heightened senses are a result of a long ago pact between them and the powerful Raven family. To Honor and Protect is their creed, but the current Duke of Raven doesn’t make their task easy... -
![Avgrunnen by Margit Sandemo, Margrethe Lien]()
Avgrunnen by Margit Sandemo, Margrethe Lien
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratings(Description from the back of the book) Tredje bok i Sagaen om Isfolket - etterkommerne til den onde Tengel, som hadde inngått en pakt med djevelen... Sol Angelica var blitt tyve og skulle ut i den store verden. Endelig var hun fri - fri til å lete etter heksene ved Brösarps Backar, fri til å dyrke mørkets fyrste, fri til å gjøre alt hun så lenge hadde drømt om... -
![The Shadow Queen by Bertrice Small]()
The Shadow Queen by Bertrice Small
Mourn me but briefly. Then find your destiny, Lara, my love, my life. Now let me go.With those words, the spirit of Magnus Hauk, Dominus of Terah, leaves his body--and thus the fate of a nation rests upon the faerie woman Lara's shoulders.While Lara's son Prince Taj is well loved by the people of Terah, he is too young to rule, and Lara must obey Magnus's dying command and govern in his stead... -
![Nattens demon by Margit Sandemo, Bente Meidell]()
Nattens demon by Margit Sandemo, Bente Meidell
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 11 ratings(Description from the back of the book) SAGAEN OM ISFOLKET - etterkommerne til den onde Tengel, som hadde inngått en pakt med djevelen... Han var Tamlin, nattens demon, sendt av Tengel den onde for å spionere på Isfolket. Han oppsøkte dem i deres mareritt og fralistet dem deres planer for fremtiden... -
![Lucifers kjærlighet by Margit Sandemo, Bente Meidell]()
Lucifers kjærlighet by Margit Sandemo, Bente Meidell
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 11 ratings(Description from the back of the book) SAGAEN OM ISFOLKET - etterkommerne til den onde Tengel, som hadde inngått en pakt med djevelen... Saga Simon var en av isfolkets utvalgte, og da hun fikk vite at slekten i Norge trengte hennes hjelp, la hun straks ut på den strabasiøse ferden mot grensen. Skjebnen ville at hun skulle få to vakre, eventyrlige menn som reisefølge... -
![One Night Of Scandal by Teresa Medeiros]()
One Night Of Scandal by Teresa Medeiros
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsProper decorum has never come easily to Carlotta Anne Fairleigh --- not even tonight, when the lovely, impetuous miss is finally making her debut. As she waits to make her entrance, she can't help wondering about the darkened house next door, the supposedly abandoned home of Hayden St. Clair, the man society has dubbed the "Murderous Marquess...Categorized as:
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![Lessons in Enchantment by Patricia Rice]()
Lessons in Enchantment by Patricia Rice
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsCan a straitlaced engineer, three psychic children, and a lonely witch find love?The daughter of an earl, Lady Phoebe Malcolm Duncan has the ability to talk to animals. She longs to be a veterinarian, but education requires more coin than she possesses. When the walls of her home come tumbling down, she has to take two steps back—to servitude... -
![The Bartered Soul by L.B. Benson]()
The Bartered Soul by L.B. Benson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAndromeda is a priestess without a temple.She escaped the horrific fate her sister priestesses faced at the hand of the Usurper King’s men years ago and has resigned herself to a life in a brothel, hiding from her past and those who would wipe the priestesses and their Goddess from memory.Captain William Lennox is a pirate with an unsavory and violent reputation... -
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![Lonely is the Knight by Cynthia Luhrs]()
Lonely is the Knight by Cynthia Luhrs
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTravel through time... Both sisters lost to the mists of time. Check. Attempted murder. Check. Actually traveling through time to medieval England? Triple check. Beware ghosts trying to help… Charlotte Merriweather didn’t plan to steal the gorgeous low-slung sports car but in her defense it was just sitting there running, with the door open, beckoning her...Categorized as:
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![The Unblessed Witch by Miranda Lyn]()
The Unblessed Witch by Miranda Lyn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsONE WITCH'S BLESSING IS ANOTHER'S CURSE. In this captivating holiday novella following the events of The Unbound Witch, Marley, a witch burdened by a dark history, possesses an extraordinary gift-the power to hunt shattered hearts with her enchanting magic... -
![Whispering Twilight by Melissa McShane]()
Whispering Twilight by Melissa McShane
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPERU, 1815. Bess Hanley, fresh from service with England’s War Office and grieving the loss of her dearest friend, embarks on a sea voyage that ends in disaster. Shipwrecked off the coast of Peru, Bess’s Extraordinary ability to mentally communicate with anyone is not enough to prevent her from being kidnapped by a lost tribe of Incas... -
![The Dragon's Appraiser: Part Two by Viola Rivard]()
The Dragon's Appraiser: Part Two by Viola Rivard
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWhen Madja manages to convince Sevrrn to take her into town, hilarity ensues. But so does the realization that Sevrrn will never fully understand her or her needs. Can an ancient dragon god ever possibly love her? And if he can’t, can she live with that? Does she even have a choice? *** http://www.amazon...Categorized as:
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![Gather the Storm by Sadie Hunt]()
Gather the Storm by Sadie Hunt
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsSix years ago three men confessed to killing my brother. Now I'm living with them. Six years ago I was falsely accused of murder. Then three gorgeous enigmatic men confessed to the crime. Otis: the quirky protector who worships the ground I walk on. Wolf: my dead brother’s best friend, forbidden to touch me. Jace: the bully who wants me dead. The newspapers called them the Blackwell Beasts... -
![When There is Hope by Jane Goodger]()
When There is Hope by Jane Goodger
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWaking up after an accident, the last thing Susan Butler remembered was living in the 1990s, happily married and joyously expecting her first child. Now, suddenly, inexplicably, she is Margaret Johnsbury, the year is 1888, and she is about to find out she is detested not only by her handsome husband, Carter, but by the entire town of Newport...Categorized as:
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