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When ancient magic tests a newfound love, a dark fate beckons . . .Magic has been banished in the land of Syhl Shallow for as long as best friends Jax and Callyn can remember. They once loved the stories of the powerful magesmiths and mythical scravers who could conjure fire or control ice, but now they’ve learned that magic only leads to danger: magic is what killed Callyn’s parents, leaving her alone to raise her younger sister. Magic never helped Jax, whose leg was crushed in an accident that his father has been punishing him for ever since. Magic won’t save either of them when the tax collector comes calling, threatening to take their homes if they can't pay what they owe.Meanwhile, Jax and Callyn are astonished to learn magic has returned to Syhl Shallow -- in the form of a magesmith who's now married to their queen. Now, the people of Syhl Shallow are expected to allow dangerous magic in their midst, and no one is happy about it.When a stranger rides into town offering Jax and Callyn silver in exchange for holding secret messages for an anti-magic faction, the choice is obvious -- even if it means they may be aiding in a plot to destroy their new king. It’s a risk they’re both willing to take. That is, until another visitor arrives: handsome Lord Tycho, the King’s Courier, the man who’s been tasked with discovering who’s conspiring against the throne.Suddenly, Jax and Callyn find themselves embroiled in a world of shifting alliances, dangerous flirtations, and ancient magic . . . where even the deepest loyalties will be tested.

He's a paladin of a dead god, tracking a supernatural killer across a continent. She's a nun from a secretive order, on the trail of the raiders who burned her convent and kidnapped her sisters.When their paths cross at the point of a sword, Istvhan and Clara will be pitched headlong into each other's quests, facing off against enemies both living and dead. But Clara has a secret that could jeopardize the growing trust between them, a secret that will lead them to the gladiatorial pits of a corrupt city, and beyond...

Talon was once a Celt warrior cursed by his ancient gods. Following the murder of his sister, the dying Talon has made a deal with the goddess Artemis. He has been given one act of vengeance against the clan who betrayed him in exchange for his soul and his eternal service as a Dark-Hunter.

A contemporary fantasy YA debut from Rochelle Hassan about monsters, magic, and wicked fae, perfect for fans of The Darkest Part of the Forest and The Hazel Wood.As the only hedgewitch in Blackthorn, Massachusetts―an uncommonly magical place―Aziza El-Amin has bargained with wood nymphs, rescued palm-sized fairies from house cats, banished flesh-eating shadows from the local park. But when a dark entity awakens in the forest outside of town, eroding the invisible boundary between the human world and fairyland, run-of-the-mill fae mischief turns into outright aggression, and the danger―to herself and others―becomes too great for her to handle alone.Leo Merritt is no stranger to magical catastrophes. On his sixteenth birthday, a dormant curse kicked in and ripped away all his memories of his true love. A miserable year has passed since then. He's road-tripped up and down the East Coast looking for a way to get his memories back and hit one dead end after another. He doesn't even know his true love's name, but he feels the absence in his life, and it's haunting.Desperate for answers, he makes a pact with Aziza: he’ll provide much-needed backup on her nightly patrols, and in exchange, she’ll help him break the curse.When the creature in the woods sets its sights on them, their survival depends on the aid of a mysterious young necromancer they’re not certain they can trust. But they’ll have to work together to eradicate the new threat and take back their hometown... even if it forces them to uncover deeply buried secrets and make devastating sacrifices.

Elementals: Water, Earth, Fire and Air are only the beginning. Elementals support everything from Darkness to Time, secretly maintaining the processes of nature. Only now the Elementals are nearly extinct. Two years ago, the Air House released a plague that killed ninety percent of them. With their society in chaos and so many of their kind dead, they can’t find their Phase-Matches; the other halves of themselves. Without Matches they can’t have any more children and without the Elementals, the world will end. Again.Kingu: The son of the primordial Khaos, Kingu knows that he’s a soulless monster. He’s spent his entire existence enslaved and hated. Now that he’s finally free, though, the only thing he wants is to somehow find a woman of his own. Against his better judgment, Kingu enlists the help of the Elementals, the universe’s most annoying species, to track down his mate. All he wants is one quiet, uncomplicated woman, who won’t run when she sees his monstrous face. Instead, he gets a chatty little blonde lunatic who thinks she’s a warrior.Hope: Adopted by the Fire House as a child, Hope’s spent her entire life idolizing her bombastic family and learning their unconventional views on romance. Fire Phases see kidnapping as foreplay, gladiator fights as a great opportunity to impress your Match, and monsters as the pinnacle of masculine hotness. When Hope winds up as a prisoner in Kingu’s invitingly morbid fortress, she can’t believe her luck. She’s always believed she was jinxed, because so many weird things happen around her, but now she knows she’s found her soul mate. All she has to do is defeat a few enemies, keep up with all the lies she’s telling to hide her identity, and somehow convince a gigantic monster that he actually has a soul.Book Four of the Elemental Phases.

Book 1 of the completed 5 book Scourge Survivor SeriesShe was chosen. His people were exiled. Nothing will ever be the same.Jade loves her life as a fae enforcer for her world's elite policing agency. She commands the element of fire and the gift of healing and is a well-loved instructor at the Haven Academy of the Gifted. Then, Castian, the god of fae gods, sends her on an emissary mission to reinstate a race of exiled Elves.Galan dreamed of leaving the village of the Highborne Elves his entire life but with his people exiled, where could he go? Then, on the first day of his rite of passage ritual, he crosses paths with a red-haired, smart-mouthed temptress. He has never encountered anyone like Jade—he has never encountered anyone outside his Highborne people.Although Galan's antiquated views on women offend Jade to her heated core, when ancient enemies seize their chance to strike at the Highbornes, Jade helps him navigate worlds he knows nothing about—the magical Realm of the Fair and, stranger still—the modern streets of Toronto.BLAZE IGNITES is an enemies to lovers romance and the first book in the Scourge Survivor series. It contains dark themes, slavery, sexual abuse, violence, damaged heroes, and gods and goddesses.BLAZE IGNITES blends strong, clever women and tough, sexy men in a fast-paced, volatile cocktail of action, seduction, and wicked humor. Don't miss the fun. Grab a copy of this page-turner today!

From a multi-USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author comes this romantasy (romantic fantasy), the second in a 6-book series."I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this series! Beautiful words have created a stunning world and rich, engrossing characters." "Regal. Moody. Soulful. Beautiful." "I'm deeply sucked into this series."When a palace maid is attacked, Josie and the captain of the guards investigate together. Since one of the suspects is a foreign diplomat and magic expert, they use the opportunity to learn more about sorcery. But it soon becomes clear that he has his own agenda. With unrest in the village, and nobles vying for the king's attention, an undercurrent of danger pervades the air. But the most dangerous man of all may be the king himself, because every clue points to him knowing more than he lets on. As tensions both in and out of the glittering Glancian palace rise, the tension between the captain and Josie is a distraction - because how can a man with no past make promises for the future?

Tell me your nightmares. . .One night changes everything.Ember doesn't know how, but on the brink of death, she calls to them. They come in the darkness, like phantoms in masks, and rescue her from her pain. But that rescue comes with a price. Her soul. She must give all she is to the Cirque, where it doesn't only house you, it owns you.Nothing is ever as it seems and the truth behind the striped curtain is no small matter. Can Ember keep her vow? Can she embrace the madness the Cirque demands?After all, the Cirque isn't just a home for freaks and runaways, but also for those who will kill to protect it. They'll carve a bloody path through the world, preying on the predators no one else dares to. When the Cirque calls, they answer.The Cirque demands blood.It demands payment.And pay Ember must, with her soul or theirs. . .Welcome to Cirque Obscurum, where the cards never lie. . .*Cirque Obscurum is intended for audiences over eighteen and features adult situations, please check the TW list before reading*

Brooklyn bookstore owner Darla Pettistone and her oversized black cat, Hamlet, have solved a few complicated capers. But after a recent brush with danger, Darla needs to get Hamlet out of a feline funk… Lately, Hamlet hasn’t been chasing customers or being his obnoxious self—something Darla surprisingly misses. Concerned, she hires a cat whisperer to probe Hamlet’s feline psyche and then decides to get out of her own funk by taking up karate to learn how to defend herself in case the need arises again. But when Darla finds her sensei dead at the dojo, it seems that even a master can be felled by foul play. Darla decides to investigate the matter herself, and the promise of a mystery snaps Hamlet out of his bad mood. After all, Darla may be the sleuth, but Hamlet’s got a black belt in detection…

Sometimes the person you need is the last one you expect... When the Albanian mob shows up at her door, Cate Biscayne knows her father is up to his old tricks. Determined to force him out of hiding, the criminals he conned take her hostage. The clock is ticking and few options remain. She's forced to decide-risk her life and do what they want, or accept help from a man who might be even more dangerous. Brutal by nature, Scottish dragon-warrior Rannock has little patience for humans. But when the woman he longs for goes missing, he flies halfway around the world to investigate her disappearance. With few clues to follow, he infiltrates a network in the criminal underworld, only to discover a magic more sinister than his own. Can he find Cate before time runs out? Or will he lose the woman fated to be his forever?