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  • 어느 날 공주가 되어버렸다 2 by Plutus, 스푼

    어느 날 공주가 되어버렸다 2 by Plutus, 스푼

    Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    어느 날 눈을 떠보니 공주님이 되었다!금수저를 입에 물고 태어난 건 좋은데,하필이면 친아버지의 손에 죽는 비운의 공주라니!피도 눈물도 없는 냉혈한 황제 클로드!Chapters 14-24...
  • 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...
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  • The Prison of Buried Hopes by C.J. Archer

    The Prison of Buried Hopes by C.J. Archer

    Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the fifth instalment of this epic fantasy series, a journey south brings together nine eclectic friends and leads them ever closer to answers – and danger. On their journey south to Freedland, Josie, Dane and their friends sense that someone is following them. Hiding in the twin cities of Merrin Fahl seems like their best course of action – until they’re recognized by strangers...
  • 브링 더 러브 1 by Zestkyo, 제스트쿄

    브링 더 러브 1 by Zestkyo, 제스트쿄

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    아름다운 외모와 멋진 매너로 사교계에서도 인기가 높은 힐데브란트가의 장녀 레아. 하지만 그녀에겐 누구에게도 말 못할 고민거리가 있다...
  • Lady Avely's Guide to Truth and Magic by Rosalie Oaks

    Lady Avely's Guide to Truth and Magic by Rosalie Oaks

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 8 ratings
    A Regency widow shouldn’t be hunting spectres all night. Lady Judith Avely’s magical gift for divining the truth makes her prodigiously good at lying. To absolve a guilty secret, she travels to the exiled Duke of Sargen’s estate, but the last thing she expects is to run into the duke himself, who is lamentably now even more attractive than in his volatile youth...
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    mystery  regency  magic  suspense  m-f  fantasy  historical  paranormal
  • A Dangerous Ruse by Tilly Wallace

    A Dangerous Ruse by Tilly Wallace

    Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Her opponents have her cornered, unless Sera makes an unexpected move… Seraphina continues to pick at the secrets entangling her. Then, during a ball, she spots a piece of enchanted jewellery eerily similar to the bracelet she once wore. But before she can find out about its origins, its owner is murdered. At least this time no one is blaming Sera...
  • 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...
  • Silent in the Sanctuary by Deanna Raybourn

    Silent in the Sanctuary by Deanna Raybourn

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    fresh from a six-month sojourn in Italy, Lady Julia returns home to Sussex to find her father's estate crowded with family and friends— but dark deeds are afoot at the deconsecrated abbey, and a murderer roams the ancient cloisters...
  • 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..
  • Mariana by Susanna Kearsley

    Mariana by Susanna Kearsley

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    From the winner of the Catherine Cookson Fiction Prize, this mesmerizing, suspenseful, and richly atmospheric tale of time travel draws us into the heart of a heroine we won't soon forget... The first time Julia Beckett saw Greywethers she was only five, but she knew that it was her house. And now that she’s at last become its owner, she suspects that she was drawn there for a reason...
  • 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 Hanging Tree by Irina Shapiro

    The Hanging Tree by Irina Shapiro

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    In 1640, Alys Bailey was accused of witchcraft and sentenced to hang. Today, Alys is said to haunt Lockwood Hall, the Tudor manor house where she died. When Nicole Rayburn travels to Lockwood Hall and begins to research Alys’s story for a new book, she discovers startling irregularities in Alys’s case. Nicole’s suspicions mount as every answer leads to more questions...
  • 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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    witches  magic  fantasy  paranormal  historical
  • Interwoven by Melanie Rachel

    Interwoven by Melanie Rachel

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    England’s best mages are called to Pemberley in their youth. Elizabeth can’t understand why she’s always left behind.Not only does her father neglect to correct what must be an oversight, he won’t allow her to use her most powerful magic at all. Each year, he further restricts Elizabeth’s movements...
  • The Unforgiven by Heather Graham

    The Unforgiven by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A tragic past. An uncertain futureTwelve years after the grisly murder of her parents, Kaitlyn Delaney has finally found peace. She has friends, a good job, a place to call home and a new life to live. But then a shadow creeps in from Katie’s past, reminding her that she will never completely escape its terrifying grip...
  • The Forbidden by Heather Graham

    The Forbidden by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    She 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...
  • Vow of Deception by C.J. Archer

    Vow of Deception by C.J. Archer

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    With the wedding only days away, the Ministry is thrown into turmoil when another murder is committed by a shape-shifter. But this time the newspapers make the connection to werewolves – and the Ministry. Suddenly the attention is focused on Lichfield Towers and its residents as the police investigate and parliament wants to shut the organization down...
  • The Convent's Secret by C.J. Archer

    The Convent's Secret by C.J. Archer

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    To find the one man who can fix the magic in Matt's watch, he and India are led to a convent where the nuns will do anything to keep their secrets private. Including murder? Matt and India must uncover the truth behind the disappearance of the mother superior and two babies given to her care many years ago. But sometimes, the truth is painful and its exposure can have deadly consequences...
  • Longbourn: Dragon Entail by Maria Grace

    Longbourn: Dragon Entail by Maria Grace

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Darcy thought his problems were over when Pemberley hatched and successfully imprinted on humans. But baby dragons prove far more difficult than any dragon lore prepared him for. Only Elizabeth Bennet's notes offer him any help. When his imperious Aunt Catherine takes matters into her own hands, things take a turn for the worse and Pemberley’s life hangs in the balance...
  • Dreaming Death by Heather Graham

    Dreaming Death by Heather Graham

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    SWEET DREAMS AREN’T MADE OF THISEver since she was a child, Stacey Hanson has had strange dreams—and sometimes they come true. Her skills and experience led her straight to the FBI’s Krewe of Hunters. Now a serial killer is stalking Washington, DC, and people are scared. And it will be Stacey’s first case...
  • The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley

    The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 41 ratings
    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...
  • 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 House That Death Built: A Gothic Thriller of Romance and Mystery by Mel Stone

    The House That Death Built: A Gothic Thriller of Romance and Mystery by Mel Stone

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    A country girl. A grieving stranger. And a secret that will bind them forever…Arthur knows nothing but sorrow. His past is filled with secrets, trials, and death. On his way to settle his affairs with his deceased wife’s family he tears his shirt and enters a small village shop for a repair. There he meets Joy.Joy is not impressed by the stranger visiting their little village...
  • Forget Me Not by Michelle M. Pillow

    Forget Me Not by Michelle M. Pillow

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 5 ratings
    Re-Edited and Revised 17th Anniversary EditionRegency Paranormal Gothic RomanceFrom NYT Bestselling Author Michelle M. Pillow comes a tragically beautiful love story that defies perception.When the scandalously independent Isabel Drake refuses to marry the man her parents choose for her, they force her to take lessons on how to become a respectable lady...
  • 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 Temple of Forgotten Secrets by C.J. Archer

    The Temple of Forgotten Secrets by C.J. Archer

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Glancia is plunged into perilous times, but it's the events in her village that worry Josie more. A terrible fire puts the lives of those she loves at risk and threatens to shatter the uneasy peace. Josie and the captain investigate the cause of the blaze, but powerful enemies try to stop them. As the dangers grow more intense, so do the feelings between Josie and the captain...
  • A Heart So Wicked by Chasity Bowlin

    A Heart So Wicked by Chasity Bowlin

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    One youthful indiscretion has left Kit Wexford with a reputation in tatters and an unfortunate nickname—Wicked Wexford. But it was her father’s financial ruin that altered her life irrevocably and saw her scrubbing floors in her cousin’s country home. Treated worse than the servants, she tolerates the lowering existence because to do otherwise would see her brother and herself in the workhouse...
  • Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn

    Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 39 ratings
    "LET THE WICKED BE ASHAMED, AND LET THEM BE SILENT IN THE GRAVE." These ominous words, slashed from the pages of a book of Psalms, are the last threat that the darling of London society, Sir Edward Grey, receives from his killer...
  • The Toymaker's Curse by C.J. Archer

    The Toymaker's Curse by C.J. Archer

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Are curses real?After a toymaker magician gives a lecture at a collector's club soiree, an important spell is stolen and a man is found strangled. The investigation into his murder leads India and Matt to the colorful and dangerous world of the Romany gypsy where curses are used as weapons against their enemies.But nobody seems to know if curses are real or not...
  • Disenchanted by Kara Pleasants

    Disenchanted by Kara Pleasants

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    As a renowned wizard, Fitzwilliam Darcy thinks he is familiar with most of the spells, enchantments, and magic practised in the wizarding world. When he reluctantly joins his friend Bingley in Meryton, a small town not known for its magic, he is startled to stumble upon the rare gift possessed by Miss Elizabeth Bennet...
  • Sensing Danger by Wendy Vella

    Sensing Danger by Wendy Vella

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    From #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...
  • Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold

    Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Glen David Gold's literary debut dazzled critics and fans from coast to coast. Now Carter's center stage for a spectacular paperback . . . The response to Glen David Gold's debut novel, Carter Beats the Devil , was extraordinary. He hypnotized us with his portrait of a 1920s magic-obsessed America and of Charles Carter--a.k.a...
  • The House Witch by Delemhach

    The House Witch by Delemhach

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 16 ratings
    A mysterious new cook has arrived for the King of Daxaria's household. With his strange appearance and guarded personality, many members of the staff, and even some of the nobility, are curious about him. However, with the rumors of a war on the horizon, and the Queen pregnant with her second child, there isn’t time to worry about an eccentric stranger...
  • 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...
  • The Color of Light by Karen White

    The Color of Light by Karen White

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    At thirty-two, pregnant and recently divorced, Jillian Parrish and her seven-year-old daughter find refuge and solace on Pawleys Island, South Carolina. Jillian had experienced her best childhood memories here-until her best friend Lauren Mills disappeared, never to be found. At the time, Linc Rising, Lauren's boyfriend and Jillian's confidant, had been a suspect in Lauren's disappearance...
  • 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...
  • Charming the Recluse by Mindy Burbidge Strunk

    Charming the Recluse by Mindy Burbidge Strunk

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 6 ratings
    A gothic castle, a noble curmudgeon, and a candid miss.After the tragic death of his sister, Arawn Beavin withdrew from all Society and vowed to stay cooped up in his family’s castle for the rest of his life. If only his mother were so accommodating. As their year of mourning comes to an end, his mother summons her favorite modiste to the castle...
  • Manners and Monsters by Tilly Wallace

    Manners and Monsters by Tilly Wallace

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 1 of 5
    Glimpses and kisses [?] · 9 ratings
    A lady never reveals the true extent of her decay...Hannah Miles lives a quiet existence, helping her parents conduct research into a most terrible affliction - until a gruesome murder during her best friend's engagement party pulls her from the shadows. With her specialist's knowledge and demure disposition, Hannah is requested to aid the investigation...
  • The Eight by Katherine Neville

    The Eight by Katherine Neville

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    When two young women in France of 1790 discover the Montglane Chess Service in Montglane Abbey, they recognize its mystic ability to provide anyone playing it with unlimited power and desperately scatter its pieces around the world. But in 1972, computer expert Catherine "Cat" Velis is hired to recover the chess pieces--and is caught up in a nefarious, globe-spanning conspiracy...
  • 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...
  • This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart

    This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    When Lucy's sister Phyllida suggests that she join her for a quiet holiday on the island of Corfu, Lucy is overjoyed. Her work as an actress has temporarily come to a halt. But the peaceful idyll does not last long...
  • 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 Proper Dragon by E.B. Wheeler

    A Proper Dragon by E.B. Wheeler

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    If Phoebe's magic doesn't behave, London will be a disaster.Phoebe Hart is one of the dragon-linked, those chosen by a young dragon as a companion, who get magic in return. Her family and country neighbors have never been happy about her abilities, so she hopes to find her place in London...
  • Warlock: A Novel of Ancient Egypt by Wilbur Smith

    Warlock: A Novel of Ancient Egypt by Wilbur Smith

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    One of the world's most acclaimed adventure writers returns to the world of ancient Egypt with the stunning sequel to the New York Times bestselling River God. In the wake of a sixty-year war over the reign of the kingdoms of Egypt, two young pharaohs have risen to claim power, but only one can succeed, deciding the fate of his empire forever..
  • The Cherry Robbers by Sarai Walker

    The Cherry Robbers by Sarai Walker

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    New Mexico, 2017: Sylvia Wren is one of the most important American artists of the past century. Known as a recluse, she avoids all public appearances. There’s a reason: she’s living under an assumed identity, having outrun a tragic past. But when a hungry journalist starts chasing her story, she’s confronted with whom she once was: Iris Chapel...
  • 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...
  • Veiled in Moonlight by C.J. Archer

    Veiled in Moonlight by C.J. Archer

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    When a young gentleman is murdered by a shape shifter, Charlie and Lincoln interrogate their contacts and uncover a plot with links to the royal family—and links to more than one member of the ministry's committee. At the heart of the mystery is a sinister love triangle, corruption, lies, and treason...
  • 冷血公爵の心変わり 1 by Bandalbanji, 에디

    冷血公爵の心変わり 1 by Bandalbanji, 에디

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    백작가의 사생아였던 에르인.반역자가 되어 도망친 가족을 대신해 희생 되기 직전그녀는 목숨을 거두러 온 ‘사신’을 마주 하게 되는데!‘제발 살려주세요! 저는 이런 거, 저런 거 다 해보고 싶어요!’꽃다운 나이에 예쁜 드레스 한 번 못 입어봤다.구애도 받아보고 사랑 받으며 사는 것이 유일한 소원이었던그녀에게, 기적처럼 그녀를 위한 마법진이 발동되고“레이디, 저의 무례를 용서해 주십시오.”“전하!!”“나와 결혼해 주십시오, 내 영혼의 주군이시여...
  • The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn Womack

    The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn Womack

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Semele Cavnow appraises antiquities for an exclusive Manhattan auction house, deciphering ancient texts—and when she discovers a manuscript written in the time of Cleopatra, she knows it will be the find of her career. Its author tells the story of a priceless tarot deck, now lost to history, but as Semele delves further, she realizes the manuscript is more than it seems...
  • Clockwork Alchemist by Sara C. Roethle

    Clockwork Alchemist by Sara C. Roethle

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The clock ticks for London… Liliana is trapped alone in the dark. Her father is dead, and London is very far away. If only she hadn’t been locked up in her room, reading a book she wasn’t allowed to read, she might have been able to stop her father’s killer. Now he’s lying dead in the next room, and there’s nothing she can do to bring him back...
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