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  • Circe by Madeline Miller

    Circe by Madeline Miller

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 41 ratings
    In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child--neither powerful like her father nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power: the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves...
  • 하루만 네가 되고 싶어 1 [Haruman Naega Doego Sip-eo 1] by Sam, 삼

    하루만 네가 되고 싶어 1 [Haruman Naega Doego Sip-eo 1] by Sam, 삼

    Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Korean Webtoon [Your Throne] Vol. 1■ Korean Title : 하루만 네가 되고 싶어■ Page & Size : 288p | 6.0 x 8.3 in■ KJCstar Product ID : MANGA409★This book is written in Korean✔ 100% Original Brand New Product📦 Safely packed with Tracking NumberVol...
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  • Magician's End by Raymond E. Feist

    Magician's End by Raymond E. Feist

    Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars
    · 20 ratings
    Three decades . . . Five Riftwars . . . One magnificent saga: From New York Times bestselling author Raymond E. Feist comes Magician's End, the final book in the epic Riftwar Cycle...
  • A Crown This Cold and Heavy by Stacia Stark

    A Crown This Cold and Heavy by Stacia Stark

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 21 ratings
    The unimaginable has happened,And none of our lives will ever be the same.Surrounded by enemies, I've never been further from my crown...Or closer to death.Amidst a betrayal we couldn't have anticipated, I'll do whatever it takes to find my way back to Lorian – before his fury lays waste to this continent...
  • Forbidden Highlander by Donna Grant

    Forbidden Highlander by Donna Grant

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 20 ratings
    Fallon McLeod has gifts any warrior would covet—fierce strength, unmatched skill, even immortality. But those gifts have come at a price that puts everyone he loves at risk. Only when his brother, Quinn, is taken captive does Fallon leave the seclusion of his Highland home to seek the king's aid...
  • Dragon Emperor 2 by Eric Vall

    Dragon Emperor 2 by Eric Vall

    Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Now tested in battle, Evan aims to become the heir of Hatra. Once that he’s a lord, Evan has even more on his plate, from rebuilding the city’s aqueducts to fighting demonic hordes. On top of all that, the King of Rahma gives Evan a quest to prove his worth: to find the lost Sword of Hatra, which was last seen a thousand years ago...
    Categorized as:
    magic  fantasy  harems  shapeshifters  medieval  dark  poly  paranormal
  • A Discovery of Witches Vol. 2 of 2 by Deborah Harkness

    A Discovery of Witches Vol. 2 of 2 by Deborah Harkness

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    A Tale of Survival and RevengeSaori wakes up in a small village surrounded by mountains. She has no memories of anything that happened previously to arriving here. As she is forced to integrate among the villagers, the dark and macabre history of the place comes to light. Trapped in a village with cold and unwelcome people, the girl wants to find a way out and beyond the mysterious mountains...
  • The Knight and the Necromancer - The Complete Series by A.H. Lee

    The Knight and the Necromancer - The Complete Series by A.H. Lee

    Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Roland is the premier knight of the realm. Sairis is the closest thing Mistala has to a dragon.Prince Roland comes home from the war to bury his father and see his sister on the throne. He sneaks out to his favorite tavern for nostalgia’s sake. It’s the place where he kissed a man for the first time, the place where he used to carouse with the lover he buried on a battlefield...
  • House of Secrets by Darcy Coates

    House of Secrets by Darcy Coates

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sophie and Joseph’s escape from Northwood is short-lived. The beast survived, and attached itself to Joseph’s young cousin, Elise. Garrett writes to beg for their help. Joseph and Sophie travel to meet him at Kensington, a long-abandoned mansion that overlooks a dead town. The house offers a small hope: its original owner had dedicated her life to researching the monster that possesses Elise...
  • The Spirit Stone by Katharine Kerr

    The Spirit Stone by Katharine Kerr

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    Prince Dar of the Westlands calls the new fortress of Zakh Gral "a dagger laid against our throat." It was built by the Horsekin, ancient enemies of his people. To destroy the threat, the elven prince has called upon his dwarven and human allies. Their leaders know that if the Westlands fall, their own throats will feel the dagger next...
  • 남편을 내 편으로 만드는 방법 1 by Spice&Kitty

    남편을 내 편으로 만드는 방법 1 by Spice&Kitty

    Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    판타지 소설 속 남편의 손에 죽는 악역 조연, ‘루드베키아’가 되었다. 이 세계의 망할 아버지는 내 정략결혼 상대를 또 물어왔다. 문제는 그 상대가 바로 날 죽이게 될 남편이라는 것! 일단은 살길을 찾아야 한다...
  • Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop

    Daughter of the Blood by Anne Bishop

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 65 ratings
    The Dark Kingdom is preparing itself for the fulfillment of an ancient prophecy--the arrival of a new Queen, a Witch who will wield more power than even the High Lord of Hell himself. But this new ruler is young, and very susceptible to influence and corruption; whoever controls her controls the Darkness...
  • The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke

    The Lighthouse Witches by C.J. Cooke

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Don’t miss the brand-new chilling gothic thriller from the bestselling author . . .‘Fascinating and enthralling’ Prima‘Wonderfully atmospheric and compelling’ Rosamund Lupton‘A flawless read’ Elizabeth Lee‘Seething with gothic menace’ Caroline LeaUpon the cliffs of a remote Scottish island, Lòn Haven, stands a lighthouse.A lighthouse that has weathered more than storms...
  • A Tainted Claim by Zoey Ellis

    A Tainted Claim by Zoey Ellis

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 12 ratings
    He will take what he is owedAnd she will not escape himAna is determined to put her nights with Maddoc behind her, but one thing becomes clear.The Alpha outlaw won’t let her go.Infuriated by Ana’s disobedience, Maddoc uses all his resources to reassert his claim, no matter what violent destruction it causes. But Ana is no longer the Omega she once was...
  • Captive of the Pirate King by Rebecca F. Kenney

    Captive of the Pirate King by Rebecca F. Kenney

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 4 of 5
    Explicit open door [?] · 19 ratings
    Veronica wants nothing more than to find her brother, who sailed away years ago. But when Veronica's ship is captured by pirates, she's determined to save her own skin, while keeping her magic and her gender a secret. Disguised as male, she finagles a spot as a cabin boy aboard the buccaneers' vessel--which is bound for Ravensbeck, a stronghold where the Pirate King holds sway...
  • Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese

    Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    A vivid reimagining of the woman who inspired Hester Prynne, the tragic heroine of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, and a journey into the enduring legacy of New England's witchcraft trials.Who is the real Hester Prynne?Isobel Gamble is a young seamstress carrying generations of secrets when she sets sail from Scotland in the early 1800s with her husband, Edward...
  • Blood of Heirs by Alicia Wanstall-Burke

    Blood of Heirs by Alicia Wanstall-Burke

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Lidan Tolak is the fiercest of her father’s daughters; more than capable of one day leading her clan. But caught between her warring parents, Lidan’s world begins to unravel when another of her father’s wives falls pregnant...
    Categorized as:
    magic  fantasy  high fantasy  medieval  war  dark  vikings  historical
  • Rebels of Last World by Atlas Kane

    Rebels of Last World by Atlas Kane

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Choose a Class.Win your HaremReclaim the World.Cade Clarke spends his last night on Earth drinking with an old Army buddy. When he decides to risk his life to defend a gorgeous bartender, he pays the ultimate price.Resurrected to Antinium, Cade finds himself thrown into a world where the very rules of reality have shifted...
    Categorized as:
    magic  fantasy  harems  medieval  dark  vikings  poly  paranormal
  • Fyneshade by Kate Griffin

    Fyneshade by Kate Griffin

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Many would find much to fear in Fyneshade's dark and crumbling corridors, its unseen master and silent servants. But not I. For they have far more to fear from me...On the day of her grandmother's funeral, Marta discovers that she is to be sent to be governess at Fyneshade, her charge the young daughter of the owner, Sir William Pritchard.All is not well at Fyneshade...
  • Inked: A Paranormal Circus Romance by Emma Hamm

    Inked: A Paranormal Circus Romance by Emma Hamm

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Irene Evans has only known sin. As the daughter of a pastor, she shouldn't be able to see the souls of the dead. Her father sees her as possessed, and calls in an expert on exorcism. When she sees a chance to escape, she flees to a nearby circus where her life is turned upside down. Booker Ward is known by many names. Assassin. Freak. The Tattooed Man...
    Categorized as:
    witches  magic  paranormal  historical  fantasy  dark
  • Knotty List: A Dark Holiday Romance by Taylor Fox

    Knotty List: A Dark Holiday Romance by Taylor Fox

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    I’ve always wanted the small-town Christmas dream.Unfortunately, this Christmas, I might become a monster's dinner.My Christmas dream involved a small town, Christmas markets,and maybe a handsome man who would sweep me off my feet.But I was never very lucky.This small town thinks I’m wicked andAfter a series of attacks, they decide I’m the perfect gift to calm Krampus down.Krampus. Yes...
  • Restoration by Carol Berg

    Restoration by Carol Berg

    Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    In the third Book of the Rai-kirah, Seyonne is besieged by doubt, madness, and visions that insist that he will destroy the world. Even his steadfast hope, that somehow Prince Aleksander is destined for greatness, seems doomed. For a royal murder sends Aleksander on the run as the Derzhi Empire crumbles around him...
  • After the Forest by Kell Woods

    After the Forest by Kell Woods

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    Ginger. Honey. Cinnamon. Flour. A drop of blood to bind its power. 1650: The Black Forest, Wurttemberg. Fifteen years after the witch in the gingerbread house, Greta and Hans are struggling to get by. Their mother and stepmother are long dead, Hans is deeply in debt from gambling, and the countryside lies in ruin, its people recovering in the aftermath of a brutal war...
    Categorized as:
    witches  magic  fantasy  historical  dark  paranormal
  • The Manningtree Witches by A.K. Blakemore

    The Manningtree Witches by A.K. Blakemore

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Wolf Hall meets The Favourite in this beguiling debut novel that brilliantly brings to life the residents of a small English town in the grip of the seventeenth-century witch trials and the young woman tasked with saving them all from themselves. England, 1643. Puritanical fervor has gripped the nation...
  • The Lover by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    The Lover by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    During a brutal winter, a young woman longing for love finds more than she expected in the woods, in this wickedly sensuous short story by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic. Judith knows her sister, Alice, is the pretty one—but that doesn’t stop her from wishing for love...
  • The Mistress & The Renowned: A Hades & Persephone Retelling by Alexis Rune, Jeanette Rose

    The Mistress & The Renowned: A Hades & Persephone Retelling by Alexis Rune, Jeanette Rose

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    God of the Dead. King of the Underworld. The Unseen. The Renowned…Trapped.One moment, Hades was next to Persephone, having finally claimed her as his queen. The next, he knows only true void, and roots burrowing into his body, feeding from his power and essence. Every ounce of his abilities is used to keep the roots from taking everything, leaving him a broken shell. The King of the Dead...
  • Villainous Hearts by Scarlett Snow

    Villainous Hearts by Scarlett Snow

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Everyone loves to sin but only the villains embrace it.After turning a jerk’s manhood into stone, Zara is sent to the Academy for Villains—a place where troublemakers must atone for their sin or risk burning in the Underworld forever...
  • Prince of the Undying by Karen Kincy

    Prince of the Undying by Karen Kincy

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    He’s a necromancer. An abomination. And he’s my ruin. When I hunt down the Prince of the Undying, he’s bleeding out on the battlefield. His forbidden magic violates death itself. With his bare hands, he can revive corpses and command the dead. After I save his life, he falls to one knee and swears undying loyalty to me. We should be enemies, but he's mine now...
  • The Rumpelstiltskin Problem by Vivian Vande Velde

    The Rumpelstiltskin Problem by Vivian Vande Velde

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 17 ratings
    Have you ever wondered just what was going on when that odd little man with the long name stepped up and volunteered to spin straw into gold for the miller’s daughter? If you stop and think about it, there are some very peculiar and rather hard-to-explain components to the story. Vivian Vande Velde has wondered too, and she’s come up with these six alternative versions of the old legend...
  • 악녀를 죽여 줘 1 [Agnyeoreul Jugyeo Jwo 1] (Kill the Villainess (Webtoon) #1) by Your April, 사월생

    악녀를 죽여 줘 1 [Agnyeoreul Jugyeo Jwo 1] (Kill the Villainess (Webtoon) #1) by Your April, 사월생

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    소설 속 악녀, 에리스 미제리안.착하고 사랑스러운 주인공 헬레나를 질투해음모를 꾸미다 사형당하는 후작가의 외동딸.그녀에게 빙의한 '나'의 목표는 오직이 세계를 탈출해서 집으로 돌아가는 것.그것을 위해서라면 죽음도 불사하겠노라 각오했지만'나'를 옭아맨 세계의 법칙은 끈질기기만 하다.예전과는 달라진 에리스의 모습에에리스를 증오하던 소설 속 세 남주,황태자와 대신관, 용사마저 시선을 보내기 시작하는데…."그렇다고 해도 나는 도저히이 세계를 사랑할 수 없다."여기를 나갈 방법이 오직 죽음뿐이어도.그걸 위해 마녀와 손을 잡는다고 해도...
    Categorized as:
    magic  fantasy  historical  mystery  dark  paranormal
  • Crimson Peak by Nancy Holder

    Crimson Peak by Nancy Holder

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 19 ratings
    When her heart is stolen by a seductive stranger, a young woman is swept away to a house atop a mountain of blood-red a place filled with secrets that will haunt her forever. Between desire and darkness, between mystery and madness, lies the truth behind Crimson Peak. From acclaimed director Guillermo del Toro...
  • Legend by Karina Halle

    Legend by Karina Halle

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 5 of 5
    Explicit and plentiful [?] · 15 ratings
    In a world of ancient secrets and terrifying prophecies, three is more powerful than one. Welcome back to Sleepy Hollow. In the scorching and riveting conclusion to Hollow, a dark academia and gothic romance reimagining of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Katrina Van Tassel, Ichabod Crane, and Brom Bones have unraveled the bone-chilling mystery of Sleepy Hollow's Headless Horseman...
  • The White Queen by P.J. Fox

    The White Queen by P.J. Fox

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 8 ratings
    The captivating sequel to The Demon of Darkling Reach… Having survived the harrowing experience of her courtship, Isla must now make a decision. A decision that will affect the course of her life and that, if she chooses unwisely, indeed might end that life before it’s truly begun...
  • Immortal by Amy Lane

    Immortal by Amy Lane

    Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    When Teyth was but a child, a cruel prince took over his village, building a great granite tower to rule over the folk. Greedy and capricious, the man will be the bane of Teyth’s existence as an adult, but as a boy, Teyth is too busy escaping his stepfather to worry about his ruler...
  • The Dark Queen by Susan Carroll

    The Dark Queen by Susan Carroll

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 3 of 5
    Open door [?] · 18 ratings
    From Brittany's misty shores to the decadent splendor of Paris's royal court, one woman must fulfill her destiny while facing the treacherous designs of Catherine de Medici, the dark queen. She is Ariane, the Lady of Faire Isle, one of the Cheney sisters, renowned for their mystical skills and for keeping the isle secure and prosperous...
  • The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas

    The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Mexican Gothic meets Rebecca in this debut supernatural suspense novel, set in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence, about a remote house, a sinister haunting, and the woman pulled into their clutches... In the overthrow of the Mexican government, Beatriz’s father is executed and her home destroyed...
  • The Savage Beasts of Salem by Cate Corvin

    The Savage Beasts of Salem by Cate Corvin

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    In the village of Vostok, no one enters the forest. Only the Beasts of the Wood prowl there, keeping us prisoner from the rest of the world.As a Vessel, an ordained maiden of the church, I consume the sins of the village to free us from their hunger—at the cost of my own life...
  • Caged by Helene Gadot

    Caged by Helene Gadot

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Magic is illegal in Ravenswood. Those of us with power are collected and stuffed into prisons. They found me when I was still just a child. I've spent my whole life caged, beaten and experimented on. I'm nothing but a nightingale shifter, little power to combat the torture. The last thing I ever expected was to find my mates in this hell, but they're brought in, snarling and furious and huge...
  • Bohemian Gospel by Dana Chamblee Carpenter

    Bohemian Gospel by Dana Chamblee Carpenter

    Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    Set against the historical reign of the Golden and Iron King, Bohemian Gospel is the remarkable tale of a bold and unusual girl on a quest to uncover her past and define her destiny.Thirteenth-century Bohemia is a dangerous place for a girl, especially one as odd as Mouse, born with unnatural senses and an uncanny intellect. Some call her a witch. Others call her an angel...
  • The Black Prince: Part I by P.J. Fox

    The Black Prince: Part I by P.J. Fox

    Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    The momentous, tour-de-force finale of the beloved series. Weaving together war, intrigue, and romance, The Black Prince pulls the intertwined stories of Isla, Tristan, and their families forward toward a single, epic conclusion. The shadow of the robber queen, Maeve, reaches long over Morven. Even into Caer Addanc itself, a formerly unbreachable citadel now corrupt with treason...
  • Sweet Son by Heidi Cullinan

    Sweet Son by Heidi Cullinan

    Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Pride and desire send prosperous merchant Eryn on a personal quest to find the perfect man to share his life. Eryn has heard of a mythical land beyond the mountains, where it is rumored that a benevolent, magical prince rules a kingdom of equality and harmony, and so he sets out, alone and determined... but even the most focused of determination will only take Eryn so far...
    Categorized as:
    magic  witches  m-m  fantasy  bdsm  paranormal  dark  abuse
  • The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch, Lee Chadeayne

    The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Pötzsch, Lee Chadeayne

    Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Germany, 1660: When a dying boy is pulled from the river with a mark crudely tattooed on his shoulder, hangman Jakob Kuisl is called upon to investigate whether witchcraft is at play. So begins The Hangman's Daughter --the chillingly detailed, fast-paced historical thriller from German television screenwriter, Oliver Pötzsch--a descendent of the Kuisls, a famous Bavarian executioner clan...
  • Circus of Wonders: A Novel by Elizabeth Macneal

    Circus of Wonders: A Novel by Elizabeth Macneal

    Rated: 3.52 of 5 stars
    · Steam rating: 2 of 5
    Behind closed doors [?] · 21 ratings
    1866. In a coastal village in southern England, Nell picks violets for a living. Set apart by her community because of the birthmarks that speckle her skin, Nell’s world is her beloved brother and devotion to the sea.But when Jasper Jupiter’s Circus of Wonders arrives in the village, Nell is kidnapped. Her father has sold her, promising Jasper Jupiter his very own leopard girl...
  • Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

    Life After Life by Kate Atkinson

    Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars
    · 45 ratings
    On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born, the third child of a wealthy English banker and his wife. Sadly, she dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies, repeatedly, in any number of ways...
    Categorized as:
    magic  historical  dark  suspense  paranormal  war  mystery  fantasy
  • Dracula in Love by Karen Essex

    Dracula in Love by Karen Essex

    Rated: 3.35 of 5 stars
    · 15 ratings
    In this wonderfully transporting novel, award-winning author Karen Essex turns a timeless classic inside out, spinning a haunting, erotic, and suspenseful story of eternal love and possession...
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