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Belladonna by Adalyn Grace
Orphaned as a baby, nineteen-year-old Signa has been raised by a string of guardians, each one more interested in her wealth than her well-being—and each has met an untimely end. Her remaining relatives are the elusive Hawthornes, an eccentric family living at Thorn Grove, an estate both glittering and gloomy. Its patriarch mourns his late wife through wild parties, while his son grapples for control of the family’s waning reputation, and his daughter suffers from a mysterious illness. But when their mother’s restless spirit appears claiming she was poisoned, Signa realizes that the family she depends on could be in grave danger and enlists the help of a surly stable…
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SubZero Vol. 1 by Junepurrr
From debut creator Antonia Crupa, also known as Junepurrr, comes the first printed edition of the smash-hit Webtoon SubZero! To save her people, Princess Clove will have to do the unthinkable—marry her greatest enemy! Clove is the last remaining heir of her Cerulean Dragon clan, fighting in a seemingly endless 300-year-war against the vast Crimson Empire. With no end to the war in sight, Clove agrees to leave her sheltered homeland in favor of a political marriage with the heir to the enemy Crimson Dragon clan, Prince Kyro. Raised on the battlefields and feared by his rivals, the cutthroat prince is first to notice that Clove is hiding a dangerous secret…
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The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab
France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world. But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name. Rating: 4/5 ⭐️Genre: Fantasy RomanceTropes: immortal, historicalRecommend?: Yes V. E. Schwab has the more beautiful prose. This story was…
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Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
⚠️This book is a sequel following Fourth Wing. Beware of spoilers if you have not read the first book in the series. “The first year is when some of us lose our lives. The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity.” —Xaden Riorson Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College—Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky. Although Violet’s body might be weaker and frailer than everyone else’s, she still has her wits—and a will of iron. And leadership is forgetting the most important lesson Basgiath…
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Queen of Roses by Briar Boleyn
A doomed love, a dangerous mission, and a kingdom on the brink of war…A cast-off princess… A fresh take on an Arthurian retelling. Morgan Pendragon, our FMC, is the eldest child in the royal family. However, her unhinged younger brother Arthur surpassed her to be seated on the throne after their father passes – big mistake!To get Morgan out of the way, Arthur sends her on a quest, surrounded by enemies, to retrieve a magical object. Rating: 4/5 ⭐️Genre: Fantasy RomanceSeries: Blood of Fae [1/4]Tropes: King Arthur retelling, quest plot, care taking, slow burnRecommend?: Yes I LOVE a good quest plot line and Briar Boleyn does a quest right! Though…
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Devourer of Men by Nikki St. Crowe
⚠️This book is a spin off from the Vicious Lost Boys series. Beware of spoilers if you have not read that series first. I have few friends and fewer allies. What I do have on the island of Everland is a lot of people who want me gone. So when the Crocodile and Captain Hook reappear in my life, I am in no mood. And worse, they’re unknowingly endangering themselves by asking for me by a name I long considered dead. Now, not only do I have to save myself, I have to save the two men who I swore I would murder with my bare hands if I ever set…
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Gallows Hill by Darcy Coates
The Hull family has owned the Gallows Hill Winery for generations, living and working on the beautiful isolated grounds where they grow their famous grapes. Until the night Mr. and Mrs. Hull settle down for the evening…and are dead by morning. When their daughter, Margot, inherits the family business, she wants nothing to do with it. The winery is valued for its unparalleled produce, but it’s built on a field where hundreds of convicts were once hanged, and the locals whisper morbid rumors. They say the ground is cursed. It’s been more than a decade since Margot last saw her childhood home. But now that she’s alone in the sprawling,…
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Hopeless by Elsie Silver
Beau Eaton is the town prince, a handsome military hero with a tortured past. I’m the outcast bartender, a shy girl from the wrong side of the tracks. He’s thirty-five and all man, and I’m twenty-two and all… virgin. He’s also my fiancé. Correction: my fake fiancé. We start out as a bet. He doesn’t believe that anyone holds my last name against me. So he offers me his to prove a point. It’s win-win. He gets a break from his concerned family’s prying, and I get a chance to shed my family’s reputation while I save up to ditch this small town. He says all I have to do…
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One Dark Window by Rachel Gillig
Elspeth needs a monster. The monster might be her. Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay safe in the eerie, mist-locked kingdom of Blunder—she needs a monster. She calls him the Nightmare, an ancient, mercurial spirit trapped in her head. He protects her. He keeps her secrets. But nothing comes for free, especially magic. Rating: 4/5 ⭐️Genre: Gothic RomantasySeries: The Shepherd King duology [1/2]Recommend?: Yes!Gifted: Thank you so much, @creative_by_oksana ❤️ 🌳 Elspeth Spindle lives in the misty, sinister, foresty kingdom of Blunder. Elspeth has a monster living inside her head. The Nightmare protects her and keeps her secrets. She hasn’t told a soul for 11 years until she…
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Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time. The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh, opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. But old and new rivals stand in the way of success — not to mention the fact that no one has the faintest idea what coffee actually is. If Viv wants to put the blade behind her and make her plans a reality, she won’t be able to go it alone. But the true rewards of the uncharted path are the travelers you meet along the way. And whether drawn together by ancient magic, flaky…
