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  • Nana, Vol. 21 by Ai Yazawa

    Nana, Vol. 21 by Ai Yazawa

    Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Reads R to L (Japanese Style). The all-time best-selling shojo title in Japan Tragedy strikes as the Search Weekly team takes their snooping too far! Hounded to the limit by remorseless reporters, Ren spins his car off the icy road in a horrible accident that will change the course of everyone's future..
  • Fangirl, Vol. 2: The Manga by Sam Maggs, Rainbow Rowell

    Fangirl, Vol. 2: The Manga by Sam Maggs, Rainbow Rowell

    Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Cath just wants to hang out with her twin sister and write fanfiction. But now that they’re at college, her sister doesn’t have time for her. And life keeps pulling Cath further and further out of her shell. For the first time ever, Cath has her own social circle...
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  • Nana, Vol. 19 by Ai Yazawa

    Nana, Vol. 19 by Ai Yazawa

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The all-time best-selling shojo title in Japan R to L (Japanese Style). The tabloid feeding frenzy has finally brought Blast down, but Nana is determined to keep hope alive. She's going to take a gig as a solo artist, and even accept acting jobs she has no interest in. As long as she keeps herself in the spotlight, she knows there's a chance Blast can make a comeback...
  • Choices - Volume 2 by MesserMoon

    Choices - Volume 2 by MesserMoon

    Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Choices has been split up into three volumes, the second of which covers 6th year (chapters 20-41)...
  • Fangirl, Vol. 3: The Manga by Rainbow Rowell

    Fangirl, Vol. 3: The Manga by Rainbow Rowell

    Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    The manga adaptation of the beloved novel featuring all-new scenes by Rainbow Rowell!“The graphic novelization of Fangirl is a beautiful, contemplative, and fun reading experience.” —Women Write About Comics Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, everybody is a Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life...
  • The Forbidden Bond: Book 20 of the Grey Wolves Series by Quinn Loftis

    The Forbidden Bond: Book 20 of the Grey Wolves Series by Quinn Loftis

    Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Vampires and werewolves. Eternal enemies. But one vampire wants to change that by creating something nature, or the Great Luna, never intended. Alice Douglas, a brilliant geneticist, has devoted her life to helping others through science. But when her powerful father coerces her to take a job at a secret government facility, she discovers helping people is nowhere in the job description...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  fantasy  young adult
  • The Gym by Lawrence H. Sola

    The Gym by Lawrence H. Sola

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    It was five years later. Peter Pan Man still struggled to look forward as regret held him captive in the shadows of his ruined career. Although The Show, his rise-and-fall inspired novel, ushered in the fresh start he craved, it would be a new manuscript, born in the newspaper pages of local business opportunities, which set him on the course he was meant to take...
  • The King's Scrolls by Jaye L. Knight

    The King's Scrolls by Jaye L. Knight

    Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Following the harrowing events that brought them to Landale Forest, Jace and Kyrin have settled comfortably into their new lives and the mission of protecting those under the emperor’s persecution. The fast approach of winter brings with it the anticipation of a quiet few months ahead...
  • Deny by Tricia Mingerink

    Deny by Tricia Mingerink

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    All lies have consequences. Promoted to the top rank among King Respen’s assassins, First Blade Leith Torren hides his involvement with the Resistance. How many lies will it take to protect his secret? Renna Faythe has done nothing but survive for the past four years, but now Leith’s courage inspires her to try to be something more. If only she could figure out what that duty might be...
  • Samara's Peril by Jaye L. Knight

    Samara's Peril by Jaye L. Knight

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    When news arrives that Emperor Daican has been in contact with his chief war strategist, it signals potential doom for the country of Samara. Determined to intervene, the resistance in Landale, headed by Lady Anne, embark on a covert mission in hopes of unearthing further information. However, a shocking discovery leads to complications no one could have foreseen...
  • The Hero's Lot by Patrick W. Carr

    The Hero's Lot by Patrick W. Carr

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Riveting Sequel from Christian Fantasy's Most Talented New Voice When Sarin Valon, the corrupt secondus of the conclave, flees Erinon and the kingdom, Errol Stone believes his troubles have at last ended. But other forces bent on the destruction of the kingdom remain and conspire to accuse Errol and his friends of a conspiracy to usurp the throne...
  • Royal Magic by K.M. Shea

    Royal Magic by K.M. Shea

    Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 11 ratings
    Gwendafyn is slowly suffocating. As the second princess of the elves of Lessa she is the acting regent of her people and is expected to behave with the serene grace and poise of a model elf. But that is not who she is. Instead, her very character is constantly criticized as being too passionate, too fiery, and overall “too much”...
  • Resistance by Jaye L. Knight

    Resistance by Jaye L. Knight

    Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    “Don’t you know? Animals like you have no soul.” Could God ever love a half-blood all of society looks upon with such fear and disdain? Jace once believed so, but when a tragic loss shatters the only peace he’s ever known, his faith crumbles as the nagging doubts he’s tried to put behind him descend on his grieving heart...
  • Fangirl, Vol. 1: The Manga by Sam Maggs, Rainbow Rowell

    Fangirl, Vol. 1: The Manga by Sam Maggs, Rainbow Rowell

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    The manga adaptation of the beloved novel by #1 Bestselling author Rainbow Rowell! New York Journal of Books Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, everybody is a Simon Snow fan, but for Cath, being a fan is her life. Cath's sister has mostly grown away from fandom, but Cath just can't let go. Now that they’re in college, Cath must decide if she’s ready to start living her own life...
  • The Phoenix by Jillian Dodd, Hayden Bishop

    The Phoenix by Jillian Dodd, Hayden Bishop

    Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Jillian Dodd comes the sixth book in a sizzling series filled with action and adventure. Fans of The Selection and The Hunger Games will discover a heart-pounding thrill ride of espionage and suspense set in glittering high society.A single sentence is muttered from the lips of an assassin dangling from a four-story building, “It starts in Montrovia...
  • Hereafter by Jody Hedlund

    Hereafter by Jody Hedlund

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The third lost princess. The final key to the treasure. And a battle for the throne. Growing up deep in the forest as a poor charcoal burner’s daughter, Emmeline has always known her identity as a princess of Mercia, and she lives in fear of being caught and killed...
  • Deliver by Tricia Mingerink

    Deliver by Tricia Mingerink

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    2018 Alliance Award FinalistCan something broken ever heal? Martyn is broken. After torturing his best friend, he doesn't belong anywhere in Acktar. No matter how far he runs, he can't lose his guilt. Leith is broken. While healing from the torture he received at Nalgar Castle, he struggles to find his new role. But can a Blade ever run from his past? The country is broken...
  • Elf King (Elven Alliance) by Tara Grayce

    Elf King (Elven Alliance) by Tara Grayce

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    This is the story of the elf kings of Tarenhiel.Iron HeartIt all started with an arranged marriage.When Ellarin, heir to the King of Tarenhiel, finds out that he is dying, his father forces him into an arranged marriage with Lady Leyleira...
  • Snow White by K.M. Shea

    Snow White by K.M. Shea

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 7 ratings
    Once upon a time, a princess and her stepmother ruled together with all happiness and joy…until the Queen’s chronic headaches and mood swings escalate to violence, and Princess Snow White is forced to flee for her life. Snow White is certain that a dark magic has pushed her once loving stepmother into madness...
  • By the Orchid and the Owl by Mariah Montoya

    By the Orchid and the Owl by Mariah Montoya

    Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    On the island of Eshol, a ruling council gifts magic to all its citizens — whether they want it or not. Eighteen-year-old Rayna Drey should be excited for her Branding, when the island’s Good Council will infuse her blood with one of five sanctioned magics: the ability to wield elements, summon objects, shift forms, talk to wildlife, or manipulate minds. The Good Council is good...
  • Dare by Tricia Mingerink

    Dare by Tricia Mingerink

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Courage could cost him everything. Third Blade Leith Torren never questions his orders or his loyalty to King Respen until an arrow wound and a prairie blizzard drive him to the doorstep of the girls whose family he once destroyed. Their forbidden faith and ties to the Resistance could devastate their family a second time. Survival depends on obedience, but freedom beckons...
  • Trial of Magic by K.M. Shea

    Trial of Magic by K.M. Shea

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Lord Enchanter Evariste has been missing for years. Everyone has given up all hope of finding him—except for Angelique.Because he dared to befriend her when all other mages scorned her due to her dangerous magic, Angelique is determined to find him—no matter the cost. But as years have passed and she has failed to locate Evariste, she’s forced to realize that he was more than a friend...
    Categorized as:
    christian  fantasy  young adult
  • The First Judgement by Wendy Alec

    The First Judgement by Wendy Alec

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    The saga continues… Banished from heaven, Lucifer, King of Perdition, presides over hell. Fired by hatred, he has a single goal: to lure unwitting mankind into damnation. And little by little, he is succeeding.But the omens point to a shift in the balance of power. A star burns brightly over planet Earth, heralding the arrival of a child king. The Nazarene...
  • The Echelon by Jillian Dodd, Hayden Bishop

    The Echelon by Jillian Dodd, Hayden Bishop

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    From USA Today bestselling author Jillian Dodd comes the seventh book in a sizzling series filled with action and adventure. Fans of The Selection and The Hunger Games will discover a heart-pounding thrill ride of espionage and suspense set in glittering high society.
The Echelon’s plan to change the shape of the world is succeeding. The disease was released. People are dying...
  • A Girl of the Limberlost Illustrated by Gene Stratton-Porter

    A Girl of the Limberlost Illustrated by Gene Stratton-Porter

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    "A Girl of the Limberlost, a novel by American writer and naturalist Gene Stratton-Porter, was published in August 1909. It is considered a classic of Indiana literature. It is the sequel to her earlier novel Freckles. The story takes place in Indiana, in and around the Limberlost Swamp...
  • The Remedy by Serena Chase

    The Remedy by Serena Chase

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Having come to terms with her long-hidden identity, Princess Rynnaia E’veri is ready to take her rightful place. But before she can join her father at Castle Rynwyk, she must endeavor to fulfill a 200-year-old prophecy and defeat the Kingdom’s ancient enemy, the Cobelds...
  • The Piano Girl 2 by Sherri Schoenborn Murray

    The Piano Girl 2 by Sherri Schoenborn Murray

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Part One is now FREE. This is part two of The Piano Girl. She plays from memory. Her memories. The continuing saga of a girl, a boy, and the future of a kingdom. This princess to pauper story is filled with prayers, promises and plenty of piano. Part one and two are combined in paperback, which is now available. In 2016, the Counterfeit Princess series will continue with Alia's sister, Wren...
    Categorized as:
    christian  young adult  fantasy  length-short
  • Keeping Kinley by Annette K. Larsen

    Keeping Kinley by Annette K. Larsen

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    "Rylan made me feel like things were possible. Like I was possible, and he was possible, and we could be possible together." Kinley is content tending her apple orchard, until a chance meeting with a childhood friend changes her priorities. Spending time with nobility is not socially acceptable, but Rylan rejects the norm...
  • Storm Unleashed: Phantom Islanders Part III by Edna Walters, Kelly Hashway

    Storm Unleashed: Phantom Islanders Part III by Edna Walters, Kelly Hashway

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sassy heroine, a legend and a people in peril... Legends are madeWhen all seems lost The magical world Lexi has come to know isn’t done with her yet, and she must discover the lengths she and Storm will go to prove their love and claim each other...
  • Beguiled by Jody Hedlund

    Beguiled by Jody Hedlund

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In a land where being the fairest maiden is a curse . . .A princess rejected and hunted by her mother, and a prince who lives as a shunned outcast.Princess Pearl flees for her life after her mother, Queen Margery, tries to have her killed during a hunting expedition. Pearl finds refuge on the Isle of Outcasts among criminals and misfits, disguising her face with a veil so no one recognizes her...
  • Besotted by Jody Hedlund

    Besotted by Jody Hedlund

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In a land where being the fairest maiden is a curse . . .A young queen trying to stay alive until she comes of age to rule, and a prince turned into a pauper.Queen Aurora of Mercia has spent her entire life deep in Inglewood Forest, hiding from Warwick’s Queen Margery, who seeks her demise. As the time draws near for Aurora to take the throne, she happens upon a handsome woodcutter...
  • Destroy by Tricia Mingerink

    Destroy by Tricia Mingerink

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Before the war, before the Blades, before the Leader… There was a boy and a scullery maid and a secret shame. One moonlit night of blood and knives destroyed their country and their lives forever...
  • Exiles by Jaye L. Knight

    Exiles by Jaye L. Knight

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Exiled after their defeat in Samara, the Resistance struggles to find allies in their quest to restore King Balen to his throne and put an end to the emperor’s tyranny. When the crete people refuse to lend their aid, Balen leads a group to Dorland to reason with them and win their support...
  • Hana-Kimi , Vol. 4 by Hisaya Nakajo

    Hana-Kimi , Vol. 4 by Hisaya Nakajo

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The popular gender-bender romance is now reissued as a 3-in-1 omnibus!Mizuki Ashiya has such a crush on a track star named Izumi Sano that she moves from the U.S...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  young adult  humor  fantasy  length-long
  • Hana-Kimi , Vol. 5 by Hisaya Nakajo

    Hana-Kimi , Vol. 5 by Hisaya Nakajo

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The popular gender-bender romance is now reissued as a 3-in-1 omnibus!Mizuki Ashiya has such a crush on a track star named Izumi Sano that she moves from the U.S...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  young adult  humor  fantasy  length-long
  • Hana-Kimi , Vol. 7 by Hisaya Nakajo

    Hana-Kimi , Vol. 7 by Hisaya Nakajo

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The popular gender-bender romance is now reissued as a 3-in-1 omnibus!Mizuki Ashiya has such a crush on a track star named Izumi Sano that she moves from the U.S...
    Categorized as:
    new adult  young adult  humor  fantasy  length-long
  • Fire and Ice by Rhonda James

    Fire and Ice by Rhonda James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    They call me the #DirtyGentleman. My reputation precedes me. I’m forward on the ice and in the bedroom With a filthy mouth and impressive moves. I always get the job done. I have my future all planned out: Get laid often. Graduate. Land the job of my dreams. Sounds easy. Right? It was until Delaney Dixon burst into my life. Eyes as warm as melted chocolate. A sexy smile...
  • Goldheart by Kenley Davidson

    Goldheart by Kenley Davidson

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    A Retelling of RumpelstiltskinKidnapped, abandoned, and betrayed.At least no one’s asking her to spin straw into gold…Elaine was happy with her quiet, simple life. But after the death of her parents, the disappearance of her fiancé, and a traumatic kidnapping, quiet and simple are out of the question.Her father left debts, and now his creditors mean to collect...
  • Black as Night: A Fairy Tale Retold  (The Fairy Tale Novels) by Regina Doman

    Black as Night: A Fairy Tale Retold (The Fairy Tale Novels) by Regina Doman

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Over the summer in New York City, seven friars who work with the homeless find a runaway girl named Nora, while Bear Denniston searches for his missing girlfriend, Blanche, in a suspenseful retelling of the Snow White story...
  • Girl, Goddess, Queen by Bea Fitzgerald

    Girl, Goddess, Queen by Bea Fitzgerald

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    To hell with love, this goddess has other plans...Thousands of years ago, the gods told a how Persephone was a pawn in the politics of other gods. How Hades kidnapped Persephone to be his bride. How her mother, Demeter, was so distraught she caused the Earth to start dying.The real story is much more interesting.Persephone wasn't taken to she jumped...
  • Devils' Line Vol. 3 by Ryo Hanada

    Devils' Line Vol. 3 by Ryo Hanada

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Anzai grapples with Lee’s bombshell—that drinking human blood can have regenerative, strengthening powers on devil bodies—and Lee offers to share what he knows if Anzai’s comrades hide him away...
  • Emerald of the Sea by Kimberly Pearl

    Emerald of the Sea by Kimberly Pearl

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Backstabbing pirates. Extravagant dinner parties. Falling in love with the one man who’s out of reach. Seventeen-year-old Emma doesn’t know who she is or where she came from. The not-exactly-legal merchant ship she was raised on is the only home she’s ever known, and she’s had enough of the captain’s lies...
  • Seirsha of Errinton by Shari L. Tapscott

    Seirsha of Errinton by Shari L. Tapscott

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Sometimes the brightest love kindles in the bleakest of darkness. The people of Errinton are cold, but none is more so than their distant and aloof princess. At least, that's how Seirsha hopes to be seen. After living in the shadow of her father, the cruel King Bowen, the princess has learned to keep her distance, hiding her feelings and the love she has for her people...
  • Save My Heart by Rhonda James

    Save My Heart by Rhonda James

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    I’ve spent my entire life protecting something. The net My teammates My sister I’ve played hockey my entire life. Had many girlfriends. Slept with more women than I care to mention. Been in love twice. While one woman tried to control me by changing me into someone I no longer recognized, the other loved me not for who I could be, but for who I already was...
  • Evermore by Jody Hedlund

    Evermore by Jody Hedlund

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    An ancient key. A secret treasure. And a princess destined to use them both to fight evil and restore peace. Raised by a noble family, Lady Adelaide has always known she’s an orphan...
  • Forsaken Thrones by L.L. Stiles

    Forsaken Thrones by L.L. Stiles

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Three sisters formed into weapons. One called to fight for the Queen set on conquering their land. The other two are determined to find their own paths.But if the three are brought back together, could they be the key to ending the Queen’s terrible war?Ellie Batair was sure of one thing and one thing only. If given the chance, she could defeat any man that stood in her way...
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    new adult  fantasy  young adult  fae  magic  length-long
  • To Bind Fire by D.E. Carlson

    To Bind Fire by D.E. Carlson

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 6 ratings
    A powerful imposter. A land torn by war. Their only hope-a child born in innocence. And Iris has killed him.Iris is a frightened girl thrust into a foreign world by her own terrible mistake.Besaun is Crown Prince of the Fire Empire who would rather tinker than assume the throne.Both are fated to save the world.Iris knows little of her past and less of her heritage, but she knows Fire...
  • The Piper's Pursuit by Melanie Dickerson

    The Piper's Pursuit by Melanie Dickerson

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    A plague of rats. A giant beast outside the village walls. A host of missing children. And one young woman determined to save her people.In 1424 Hamlin, Katerina faces threats from all sides. An outbreak of rats has overtaken the village, a mysterious beast is on a killing rampage of the village's children, and Katerina's evil stepfather is a dark presence inside the walls of her own home...
  • Black as Night by Regina Doman

    Black as Night by Regina Doman

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A novel for teens based on the popular fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm Way after midnight in New York City, a girl runs down the streets, looking for someplace to hide ... is there anywhere she can go to escape? Is there anyone who can help her..
  • Saving Marilee by Annette K. Larsen

    Saving Marilee by Annette K. Larsen

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    A proper, clean romance. Marriage wasn't bliss—not for Marilee. Instead of finding contentment with the handsome son of a sovereign duke, she found betrayal and neglect. And fear. A fear that finally lifts when her husband dies, freeing her from his domineering hand...
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