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Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion Vol. 2 by Whale, Milcha
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAs the new fiancée of Duke Noah Wynknight, Raeliana McMillan appears to be living the dream. In truth, her life is anything but—she must constantly contend with Noah’s antics and while fending off the envious aggression of Vivian Shamal... -
악역의 엔딩은 죽음뿐 2 by Gyeoeul Gwon, 권겨을
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 18 ratings"Nothing good can come from a relationship built on secrets." Penelope's fate is looking grim, but she's got a plan: sneak out, rescue Eckles, and secure herself a one-way ticket out of death... -
Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion, Vol. 1 by Whale, 밀차
Eunha Park thought she was getting another chance at life when she awoke in the world of a novel. The only problem? Raeliana McMillan, the character she was reborn as, is fated to be killed by her fiancé! For the sake of her survival, she comes up with an idea—get into a fake marriage with a man more powerful than her groom-to-be... -
Frozen Tides by Morgan Rhodes, Michelle Rowen
Rebels, royals, and monsters wage war over the Mytican throne in the shocking fourth book of the Falling Kingdoms series, from New York Times bestselling author Morgan Rhodes...Categorized as:
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7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! [Manga], Vol. 1 (7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! (Manga) #1) by Hinoki Kino, Touko Amekawa
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsReincarnation drama gets sent into overdrive in this isekai tale full of romance and scheming--and don’t miss the original light novels, also from Seven Seas!Every time Riche turns twenty, she dies and is reincarnated to the day she gets dumped. She has been a merchant, an apothecary, and even a maid. For her seventh life, she has one goal: to live a long and lazy life... -
Beauty and the Beast Novelization by Elizabeth Rudnick
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsBelle has dreamt of adventures like the ones she reads in her books, of traveling the world outside her small town. When Belle's father is captured, she takes his place as a prisoner of a fearsome Beast. But life in the enchanted castle isn't as terrible as Belle imagines, and she ultimately finds friendship and love... -
The Remarried Empress, Vol. 1 (The Remarried Empress (Manhwa) #1) by Alphatart, Sumpul
Navier Ellie Trovi was the lifelong companion of Sovieshu, the emperor of the Eastern Empire, with whom she spent her youth discussing the empire they would build together. She was intelligent, compassionate, and courageous. She was the perfect empress of the Eastern Empire, until the day Sovieshu fell for another woman, demanding a divorce...Categorized as:
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Moseh's Staff by A.W. Exley
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAll things must come to an end... London is in the frozen grip of an unnatural winter and Queen Victoria wants answers. Cara and Nate know who - the Curator. The queen's artifact hunters just don't know what is responsible. Cara is on the trail of an ancient and powerful artifact capable of freezing a city and stirring demons. First she must confront her past and her father's history... -
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom: Volume 6 by Dojyomaru
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSouma has received an invitation from the godbeast, Mother Dragon, ruler of the land of dragons, the Star Dragon Mountain Range, to attend the Contract Ceremony, where contracts between knights and dragons are formed. When he arrives, Souma is guided by Mother Dragon to meet the flightless dragon Naden... -
Flight of the Raven by Morgan L. Busse
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsExiled and on the run, Selene Ravenwood is in search of the real reason her family was given the gift of dreamwalking but first she must adapt to her marriage with the man she was originally assigned to kill. With war impending and a dark being after her gift, she finds herself at a crossroads but time is running out and soon her choice will be made for her...Categorized as:
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By Dark Deeds by Miranda Honfleur
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHer hands shackled. An assassin hunting the man she loves. Will she save him in time?Elementalist Rielle needs to get to the man she loves before the assassin pursuing him finds her mark. There's only one problem: she's chained aboard a ship bound for a foreign land.And her new life is harsh, with her movements watched, food scarce, and safety even scarcer...Categorized as:
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Since I Was Abandoned After Reincarnating, I Will Cook With My Fluffy Friends Volume 2 (Since I Was Abandoned After Reincarnating, I Will Cook With My Fluffy Friends (Light Novel) #2) by Yu Sakurai
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThere Are Many Candidates, But There Can Only Be One Queen!After marrying Glenreed, the Silver Wolf King famous for his hatred of women, and becoming a figurehead queen, Laetitia spends her carefree days in the royal villa surrounded by wolves, griffins, and Gardener Cats... -
영원한 너의 거짓말 1 [Yeong-wonhan Neoeui Geojismal 1] by Hoochi Jeon, 전후치
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings열일곱 나이에 남편을 죽인 죄목으로 수감된 로젠 워커.여러 차례의 탈옥을 시도했지만 결국 체포되어 지상 최악의 교도소, 몬테섬으로 가게 된다.그리고 그런 그녀의 수송책임을 맡은 이안 커너.그는 로젠의 뻔뻔한 거짓말에 눈도 깜짝하지 않는다.하지만 어느샌가 그녀의 거짓말이 진짜일 것이라는 생각을 하게 되는 이안."내가 무슨 말을 하든 믿을 수 있어?""상관없다. 그러니 뭐든 말해 줘, 로젠...Categorized as:
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Rise by Andrea Cremer
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe sequel to Rift and the prequel to the New York Times bestselling novel Nightshade . Everything Conatus stands for is at risk. Hoping to gather enough resistance to save their order, Ember and Barrow attempt a desperate escape. But fate offers little mercy...Categorized as:
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My Gently Raised Beast, Vol. 1 by Early Flower, JunJun Kim
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe orphaned Blondina lives a tough life on the streets, left only with a memento from her late mother—one that proves she is the child of the emperor of Ates. From the streets, Blondina moves into the royal palace where she lives a lonely existence…that is until she befriends a brash and surly cat named Amon...Categorized as:
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The Deepest Night by Shana Abe
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA rich portrait of post-Victorian England, The Deepest Night seamlessly blends thrilling romance with riveting history and adventure—perfect for fans of Libba Bray and Lauren Kate. It’s 1915, and sixteen-year-old Lora Jones is finishing up her first year as a charity student at Iverson, a prestigious, gothic boarding school on England’s southern coast...Categorized as:
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The Water Dragon’s Bride, Vol. 11 by Rei Tōma
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFacing the gravity of his impending demise, the water dragon god vows that he will send Asahi back to her world before all his power disappears. As Asahi struggles to find a way to stay with him, she can’t deny that the day when they must part is coming...Categorized as:
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The Water Dragon’s Bride, Vol. 7 by Rei Tōma
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAsahi returns to the present day, and though her reunion with her family is joyful, she misses Subaru and the water dragon god in the other world...Categorized as:
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Fortune of Emerald and Salt by Monroe Wildrose
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEighteen-year-old Georgette Baine is a young pirate captain who was raised with utter disdain toward royalty. But when she and her twin brother, Captain Elias Baine, make a precarious deal with a King to gain access to a long-lost treasure, they find themselves in an untenable position...Categorized as:
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One Iridescent Night: A Cinderella Retelling by Brianne Wik
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the clock strikes twelve, the magic is just beginning. Between her cruel family, the loss of her mother, and the unexpected departure of her best friend Liam, young Evelyn was forced to endure a life full of loneliness, anxiety and mistreatment. Seven years later, seventeen-year-old Evelyn discovers that one magical night can shift everything she thought she knew... -
The Diablo's Curse by Gabe Cole Novoa
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the author of The Wicked Bargain comes a high-stakes race to defeat a curse designed to kill about a teen demon who wants to be human, a boy cursed to die young, and the murderous island destined to bury them both.Dami is a demon determined to cancel every deal they've ever made in order to tether their soul to earth and become human again... -
War of the Sea by Dana Claire
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsHis powers could save the ocean. Her vendetta could sink a kingdom. Captain Elouise Farrington, the youngest pirate on the Caviar Sea, seeks revenge on her father’s killer. But when her oddly hypnotic foe proposes a pact to kill the Siren Queen and end the War of the Sea’s bloodshed, she must make a choice... -
Stolen Princess by Kelly St. Clare
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCertainty is slipping through my fingers like pirates’ gold. After escaping to our secret sanctuary, I’m haunted by the guilt of my decision. And the close call with Malice left me with more than doubt—I’m now harboring a magical fugitive. When Cosmo reveals a darkness is spreading from his wound, our crew must brave capture by our enemies to cure him...Categorized as:
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악역의 엔딩은 죽음뿐 1 [Ag-yeog-eui Ending-eun Jug-eumbbun 1] (Villains Are Destined to Die (Novel) #1) by Gyeoeul Gwon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings역하렘 공략 게임의 악역,에카르트 공작가의 하나뿐인 공녀이자 입양아 페넬로페로 빙의했다.그런데 하필 난이도는 극악!뭘 해도 엔딩은 죽음뿐이다.‘진짜 공녀’가 나타나기 전에 어떻게든 여주의 어장 중 한 명을 공략해서 이어져야 한다!사사건건 시비를 거는 오빠 1, 2.모든 루트가 죽음으로 이어지는 미친 황태자.여주바라기 마법사와 충직한 노예 기사까지!‘일단 가망성 없는 놈들은 바로 버리자.’“그동안 제 주제를 잘 몰랐어요. 앞으로는 쭉, 신경 쓰실 일 없이, 쥐죽은 듯 살겠습니다... -
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Fire in the Blood by W.R. Gingell
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA princess in a dragon-guarded tower. The prince who is to rescue her. The prince’s ensorcelled dragon. And one enchanted keep that might just be enough to kill them all... It’s widely known that Princess Kayami Koto is held captive in the Enchanted Keep by a dragon of great ferocity and skill... -
The Water Dragon’s Bride, Vol. 10 by Rei Tōma
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAsahi continues to fight against the god of darkness and his minions, and the water dragon god lends her the totality of his power...Categorized as:
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Map of Fates by Maggie Hall
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsTwo weeks. That’s how long it took for Avery West’s ordinary life to change forever: In two weeks, she discovered she was heiress to a powerful secret society known as the Circle, learned her mother was taken hostage by the Circle’s enemies, and fell for a boy she’s not allowed to love, just as she found out another was her unwelcome destiny...Categorized as:
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Heart of the Sun Warrior by Sue Lynn Tan
After her perilous quest to free her mother, Xingyin thrives once more in the tranquility of her home. But her fragile peace is threatened by the discovery of a strange magic on the moon and the unsettling changes in the Celestial Kingdom as the emperor tightens his grip on power...Categorized as:
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Mark of the Raven by Morgan L. Busse
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsDreamwalker. Nightwatcher. Lady of Ravenwood.Lady Selene Has Come into Her Family's Power. But Has She Inherited a Gift or a Curse?Lady Selene is heir to the House of Ravenwood and the secret family gift of dreamwalking. As a dreamwalker, she can enter a person's dreams and manipulate their greatest fears or desires...Categorized as:
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Girl, Goddess, Queen by Bea Fitzgerald
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTo hell with love, this goddess has other plans...Thousands of years ago, the gods told a lie: 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 hell: she jumped...Categorized as:
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These Twisted Bonds by Lexi Ryan
Brie finds herself caught between two princes and two destinies while the future of the fae realm hangs in the balance.After Abriella's sister was sold to the fae, she thought life couldn't get any worse. But when she suddenly finds herself caught in a web of lies of her own making - loving two princes and trusting neither - things are not quite as clear as she once thought...Categorized as:
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The Water Dragon’s Bride, Vol. 8 by Rei Tōma
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAsahi is captured by a human who’s using the god of darkness to take over the world! Trapped in the underworld, Asahi resolves to figure out the true intention of this ruthless boy while the water dragon god and Subaru tag team to try to save...Categorized as:
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The Water Dragon’s Bride, Vol. 9 by Rei Tōma
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsKurose and the god of darkness conspire to take control of the emperor of Naga’s throne, and they have no qualms about using Asahi to do it! Worried for Asahi’s safety, the water dragon god decides it’s best to return her to her former world, but does Asahi want to...Categorized as:
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Kinship by Carina Wilder
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe story continues as Gwynne is torn between joy and conflict, war and love. The two alphas' animosity must be resolved if the clan is to survive, and Gwynne must learn to fulfill the fate that's been thrust upon her... -
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The Wolf by Frost Kay
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA cold wolf lord trying to reclaim his birthright. An enslaved duchess trying to escape the claws of her past. A deal that could spell redemption or destruction for them both.The Wolf is a complete, *stand-alone novel*, inspired by the classic fairytales of Red Riding Hood and Cinderella with a "happily ever after" ending...Categorized as:
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Ellin's Solhwa, Season 3 by Cibeles
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe last thing Ellin remembers is having to deal with a belligerent customer at her dead-end job. And when she opened her eyes… she’s “Solhwa,” the beautiful fourth concubine to the king of the Xyaran Empire. Between trying to learn the language and eating steak, Ellin’s trying to figure exactly what’s going on... -
Before Beauty by Brittany Fichter
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCan an accursed prince and a broken beauty move beyond their hatred for one another, not only to break the curse and save their kingdom, but to find love as well?Prince Everard’s father spent the boy's youth forging the prince into a warrior...Categorized as:
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The Beast by Frost Kay
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsMaking deals with a dragon is never wise.Living on the outskirts of society taught Thorn three vital lessons. Money and beauty bought everything, people were obsessed with treasure, and no one returned from the beast's territory.No one, but Thorn...Categorized as:
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The Architect of Song by A.G. Howard
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA lady imprisoned by deafness, an architect imprisoned by his past, and a ghost imprisoned within the petals of a flower – intertwine in this love story that transcends life and death. For most of her life, Juliet Emerline has subsisted – isolated by deafness – making hats in the solitude of her home...Categorized as:
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외과의사 엘리제 4 by Mini, 유인
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 14 ratings서울대 최연소 의대 교수 '송지현'! 지난 과거 삶의 잘못을 만회하기 위해 의사로서 최선을 다해 살고 있었는데, 태평양 한가운데 1만 미터 높이의 비행기에서 비상탈출을 해야 한다고?!! 아찔한 순간 모든 게 끝났다고 생각했는데… 어라? 눈을 떠보니 첫 번째 삶의 '엘리제'로 돌아왔다?첫 번째 삶의 '엘리제'는 패악했지만, 두 번째 삶의 '송지현'을 거쳐 다시 돌아온 '엘리제'는 달라!지난날의 과오를 갚기 위해 의사 '송지현'의 지식을 이용해 의사로서 새로운 삶을 살게 된 '엘리제'! 그녀의 세 번째 삶은 과연..Categorized as:
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Bravely by Maggie Stiefvater
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsMerida goes on an all-new, life-changing adventure in this original YA novel set several years after the close of Brave!What if you had one year to save everything you loved?ONE PRINCESS. Merida of DunBroch needs a change. She loves her family—jovial King Fergus, proper Queen Elinor, the mischievous triplets— and her peaceful kingdom. But she’s frustrated by its sluggishness; each day, the same... -
The Cruelest Mercy by Natalie Mae
The magical kingdom of Orkena is on the brink of war, and the only person who can save it is Zahru, the girl they once doomed for death.After surviving the Crossing, Zahru has sworn off adventures. While crown prince Jet navigates the looming threat of war, she's content to simply figure out what the future holds for them...Categorized as:
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Soulswift by Megan Bannen
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsGelya is a Vessel, a girl who channels the word of the One True God through song. Cloistered with the other Vessels of her faith, she believes—as all Ovinists do—that a saint imprisoned Elath the Great Demon centuries ago, saving humanity from earthly temptation.When Gelya stumbles into a deadly cover-up by the Ovinists’ military, she reluctantly teams up with Tavik, an enemy soldier, to survive...Categorized as:
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Curiouser and Curiouser by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTo save the Hatter, Alice must work with the one man she despises so much that she might still love him. Alice thought she’d turned over a new leaf. No more working for Jabberwocky. No more making deals with the ruthless Queen of Hearts. No more hanging around The Mushroom with tinkers, tarts, scoundrels, and thieves in London's criminal underbelly. But she’d been bonkers to dream... -
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Stolen Enchantress by Amber Argyle
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAny girl who goes into the Forbidden Forest never comes out again. Except the one who did. Larkin should have been watching her little sister, should have paid more attention to the trees looming over her family’s fields. Now Sela is gone. Knowing full well the danger of the forest and its beast, Larkin goes after her anyway... -
Starling by Fiona Paul
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe dark, seductive conclusion to the thrilling Secrets of the Eternal Rose trilogy! In the final book in the trilogy, Cass and Luca are back in Venice trying to find the Book of the Eternal Rose to clear Luca's name and keep them both out of prison. But the hunters become the hunted when the Order of the Eternal Rose figures out their plan...Categorized as:
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Blade & Rose by Miranda Honfleur
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsShe trusted him once.He betrayed her twice.A third time could bring an entire kingdom to its knees…Stuck in a betrothal to a cruel werewolf fiancé, Rielle works for the Divinity of Magic, the one thing keeping her from his claws. And the head of the Divinity knows it, giving her every mission no one else wants and few can handle...Categorized as:
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Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt
I will tell you a story of magic and love, of daring and death, and one to comfort your heart. It will be the truest story I have ever told. Now listen, and tell me if it is not so. Keturah follows a legendary hart deep into the forest, where she becomes hopelessly lost...Categorized as:
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