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The Iron Edge by Lexa Luthor
Spartan warrior, Halcyon, has always placed duty above all else – until one day her true nature as an Omega undoes everything.Thora is a gorgeous female Alpha slave with foreign features, capturing the attention of Halcyon, who must have her. Like all Alphas, Thora is prideful and thinks an Omega owner will be manageable... -
![He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan]()
He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsHow much would you give to win the world?Zhu Yuanzhang, the Radiant King, is riding high after her victory that tore southern China from its Mongol masters. Now she burns with a new desire: to seize the throne and crown herself emperor.But Zhu isn’t the only one with imperial ambitions... -
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![The Devil that Broke Us by S.C. Wilson]()
The Devil that Broke Us by S.C. Wilson
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsJesse McGinnis has it all—the woman she loves—two beautiful children—a successful career... -
![She Who Would be King by Kim Pritekel]()
She Who Would be King by Kim Pritekel
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsCateline is the seventeen-year-old daughter of a nobleman in fourteenth-century France. It's a time when children aren't seen as those to be loved and cherished, but instead are used as pawns and bargaining chips on the chessboard of control and privilege.She is married off to a prince in the country of Sursha, a Gaelic-speaking island nation near Ireland... -
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![Shell Game by Benny Lawrence]()
Shell Game by Benny Lawrence
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLife in a remote fishing village in the middle of a civil war is neither safe nor inspiring. So, when an opportunity comes along for village girl Lynn to be kidnapped and enslaved by Darren, a ruthless pirate queen, she takes full advantage of it. But Darren is neither as ruthless nor as piratical as she appears at first glance--and Lynn's not exactly what she seems to be, either... -
![The Warrior Moon by K. Arsenault Rivera]()
The Warrior Moon by K. Arsenault Rivera
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Warrior Moon, the sequel to The Phoenix Empress and striking conclusion to K Arsenault Rivera's wildly buzzed about epic fantasy, which began with The Tiger's DaughterBarsalayaa Shefali, famed Qorin adventurer, and the spoiled divine warrior empress, O-Shizuka, have survived fights with demon armies, garnered infamy, and ruled an empire... -
![Fire in the Hole by Alex Westmore]()
Fire in the Hole by Alex Westmore
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsFire in the hole! Those were the last words Quinn Gallagher heard before her mighty ship sunk beneath the waves. Now she’s adrift in more ways than one as she attempts to flee from all those who would push her under… underground, under water, and of course under the covers... -
![Heart of Sherwood by Edale Lane]()
Heart of Sherwood by Edale Lane
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Robyn's father and brother are killed in the Third Crusade, she is banished from her manor home and branded a traitor by the Sheriff of Nottingham. Disguised as a boy, she joins Little John and the rest of the gang in Sherwood Forest—and soon finds herself their leader.Queen Eleanor suspects Prince John is up to no good, and colluding with Sir Guy and the Sheriff of Nottingham... -
![Unbroken by Alli Temple]()
Unbroken by Alli Temple
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA pirate’s home is the sea, sailing beyond the horizon with her true love.Aboard the Crimson Siren, Captain Cinder finally has the life she’s always dreamed of. Her freedom is restored, her crew is a trustworthy bunch, and the princess who holds her heart is by her side.But trouble brewing back in Redmere threatens to pull Cinder and Princess Georgina apart before their future can truly begin... -
![Shiver Her Timbers by Alex Westmore]()
Shiver Her Timbers by Alex Westmore
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsIt’s been six years since Quinn started dressing as a man in order to sneak aboard the most notorious pirate ship ever to set sail upon the seven seas—and those years have definitely begun to take their toll... -
![The Pirate's Booty by Alex Westmore]()
The Pirate's Booty by Alex Westmore
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Quinn Gallagher’s childhood friend is abducted from a dock in Ireland, she’ll do whatever it takes to come to the rescue—even if that means dressing as a man and joining the crew of one of the most notorious pirate captains the world has ever seen. Quinn soon finds there is much to enjoy living as a man, in particular the company of other women... -
![Escape to Pirate Island by Niamh Murphy]()
Escape to Pirate Island by Niamh Murphy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsASIN moved from less recent editionA MURDER. A MAP. A MUTINY.You can’t run away from yourself…The year is 1720 and two young women are about to find themselves in more trouble than they could ever have imagined possible.Cat Meadows is a smuggler who’s built her reputation on the backs of unsuspecting souls.Lily Exquemelin has been left nothing by her father but his troubles and his treasure map... -
![The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo]()
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
A young royal from the far north is sent south for a political marriage in an empire reminiscent of imperial China. Her brothers are dead, her armies and their war mammoths long defeated and caged behind their borders. Alone and sometimes reviled, she must choose her allies carefully... -
![The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye by Briony Cameron]()
The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye by Briony Cameron
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis epic, dazzling tale based on true events illuminates a woman of color’s rise to power as one of the few purported female pirate captains to sail the Caribbean, and the forbidden love story that will shape the course of history.In the tumultuous town of Yáquimo, Santo Domingo, Jacquotte Delahaye is an unknown but up-and-coming shipwright... -
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![A Pirate's Heart by Catherine Friend]()
A Pirate's Heart by Catherine Friend
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFour women, a long-lost treasure, and more than one “thief of hearts” share a destiny beyond time. To foil a map thief, librarian Emma Boyd searches for a pirate's long-lost treasure map. She’s aided in her search by investigator Randi Marx, who proves to be as frustrating as she is beautiful... -
![The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue]()
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsAn alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.Dublin, 1918: three days in a maternity ward at the height of the Great Flu. A small world of work, risk, death and unlooked-for love, by the bestselling author of The Wonder and ROOM... -
![Lady Knight by L.-J. Baker]()
Lady Knight by L.-J. Baker
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRhiannon, outcast and female knight, seeks a cause worthy of a chivalric hero in a medieval world of magic and misogyny. Eleanor, a wealthy widow, has given up all hero of finding passionate love and her perfect knight - until she meets Rhiannon. Aveline, a powerful priestess, needs a warrior for her secret mission of starting a holy war... -
![The Captain's Choice: A Sapphic Seas Romance by Wren Taylor]()
The Captain's Choice: A Sapphic Seas Romance by Wren Taylor
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMona Lloyd is desperate to escape a wedding and a future with a man she doesn’t love. When she stows away on the only ship to visit her sleepy village of Ogmore-by-Sea, she learns the ship isn’t all it seems, and neither is the beautiful, aloof captain that helms it. As Mona fights for acceptance among the ship’s crew, she is also fighting a growing attraction to the alluring captain... -
![Lavender House by Lev A.C. Rosen]()
Lavender House by Lev A.C. Rosen
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsLavender House, 1952: the family seat of recently deceased matriarch Irene Lamontaine, head of the famous Lamontaine soap empire. Irene’s recipes for her signature scents are a well guarded secret―but it's not the only one behind these gates. This estate offers a unique freedom, where none of the residents or staff hide who they are. But to keep their secret, they've needed to keep others out... -
![Never Anyone But You by Rupert Thomson]()
Never Anyone But You by Rupert Thomson
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe true story of a love affair between two extraordinary women becomes a literary tour deforce in this novel that recreates the surrealist movement in Paris and the horrors of the two world wars with a singular incandescence and intimacy.In the years preceding World War I, two young women meet, by chance, in a provincial town in France... -
![Orphia and Eurydicius by Elyse John]()
Orphia and Eurydicius by Elyse John
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsTheir love transcends every boundary. Can it cheat death? Orphia dreams of something more than the warrior crafts she's been forced to learn. Hidden away on a far-flung island, her blood sings with poetry and her words can move flowers to bloom and forests to grow ... but her father, the sun god Apollo, has forbidden her this art... -
![Moontangled by Stephanie Burgis]()
Moontangled by Stephanie Burgis
Take one ambitious politician and one determined magician with wildly different aims for their next meeting... -
![The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh by Molly Greeley]()
The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh by Molly Greeley
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"Greeley's storytelling is intricate, masterly, and delightfully imaginative. Highly recommended... -
![The Animals at Lockwood Manor by Jane Healey]()
The Animals at Lockwood Manor by Jane Healey
Rated: 3.31 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsA debut novel for fans of Sarah Perry and Kate Morton: when a young woman is tasked with safeguarding a natural history collection as it is spirited out of London during World War II, she discovers her new manor home is a place of secrets and terror instead of protection... -
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![Avatar: The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee, Michael Dante DiMartino]()
Avatar: The Rise of Kyoshi by F.C. Yee, Michael Dante DiMartino
F. C. Yee’s The Rise of Kyoshi delves into the story of Kyoshi, the Earth Kingdom–born Avatar. The longest-living Avatar in this beloved world’s history, Kyoshi established the brave and respected Kyoshi Warriors, but also founded the secretive Dai Li, which led to the corruption, decline, and fall of her own nation... -
![Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff]()
Godsgrave by Jay Kristoff
Mia Corvere has found her place among the Blades of Our Lady of Blessed Murder, but many in the Red Church hierarchy think she's far from earned it. Plying her bloody trade in a backwater of the Republic, she's no closer to ending the men who destroyed her familia; in fact, she's told directly that Consul Scaeva is off limits... -
![A Hero's Tale by Catherine M. Wilson]()
A Hero's Tale by Catherine M. Wilson
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIn Book III of the trilogy, Tamras must make her own hero’s journey. She ventures into the unknown and encounters a more formidable enemy than any she has ever faced. Character is destiny, and the destiny of Tamras and all her people will depend upon choices that come less from the skills she has been taught than from the person she has become, from her own heart... -
![A Journey of the Heart by Catherine M. Wilson]()
A Journey of the Heart by Catherine M. Wilson
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsIn Book II of the trilogy, Tamras’s apprenticeship as a warrior isn’t turning out quite the way she expected. Her unconventional choices lead to her crossing swords, almost literally, with Vintel, the war leader of Merin’s house. She finds herself embroiled in a power struggle she is doomed to lose, but the loss sends her on a journey that will change her destiny and decide the fate of her people... -
![Longshadow by Olivia Atwater]()
Longshadow by Olivia Atwater
Proper Regency ladies are not supposed to become magicians—but Miss Abigail Wilder is far from proper.Abigail Wilder’s father may be the Lord Sorcier of England, but that does not mean that society is willing to accept her as a magician... -
![Clear and Muddy Loss of Love / 泾渭情殇 by 请君莫笑]()
Clear and Muddy Loss of Love / 泾渭情殇 by 请君莫笑
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA natural moat called the Luo river split the great land into two. Jing of the north, and Wei of the south.One was the Prince of the grass plains who had no worries nor sorrow. One was a lawful Princess who received exclusive favour of the Emperor...
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