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Rune Kingdom: Uncommon World: Northern Isles


Alisha Klapheke - 2018
    A power-hungry mage. A magical bestiary. When the ruling mage of Snowfallen chooses Bryn’s mother as the next sacrifice, Bryn decides she’s had enough. With her own burgeoning magic, Bryn claims a forbidden grimoire and brings a host of dangerous—and potentially evil—creatures to life. But will her new power save her mother or turn Bryn into a mage far more vicious than her enemy? REVIEWS "Wow! Loved it! Captivated from the first page I couldn’t put this book down. The author has an amazing ability to weave these new original fantasy worlds that pull you in. Not to mention the unique strong will characters who you can’t help but root for. I really enjoyed them. The story itself was fast paced full of twists and turns that leave me guessing. I definitely look forward to more!" -Ashley, Goodreads "A wondrous novel full of magic and magic lore which kept me completely enthralled and wanting to read on till the last line. The world building in this Uncommon World Series is highly imaginative and very clearly portrayed down to the last detail!" -Lana, Goodreads “Klapheke has quite the talent to get you absorbed in the setting she creates so descriptively and artfully!" -Suzanne, Goodreads

Vampire Abduction


D.C. Young - 2015
    The grief of losing one of their own, coupled with their frustration at the careless behavior of newborn immortals forces Julia Agrippina to employ Samantha Moon to find out who took Alexei, find him and bring him home safely.  Sam finds that its an offer she can’t refuse. It seems The Watchers have been very active in the background of Los Angeles, ensuring that the locals don't find out too much about the various creatures of the night that live and hunt among them... but the time to pay for their services has arrived.  Sam teams up with prolific vampire hunter Veronica, a close friend of Alexei’s, to locate the boy and with a little help from his sister, the two investigators are soon hot on the trail. But, of course, neither is used to things sailing smoothly for very long. A warning from an unlikely source, reveals a deeper, sinister reason behind Alexei’s abduction and deep in the Central American jungle, Sam uncovers a mad man’s plan to destroy an entire nation.  In a display of their all-encompassing power, The Watchers move swiftly into action and while Sam and Veronica bring their lost friend home, Julia leads the others onto the battlefield for one more stand against evil and corruption.

Stealing the Egg


LeRoy Clary - 2015
    He is warned by night whispers to flee from his tiny mountain village of Dun Mare. The stolen egg of a dragon will pay his way, if he manages to live long enough to sell it. However there are forces against him far beyond his understanding. All he believes he knows about his life and home is false, but the egg of the black dragon is the key. Many believe black dragons do not exist or have gone extinct. Gareth finds himself alone in a strange world of tempest seas, flying dragons, and powerful foes vying for the mental powers he may possess, and for control of the egg. Telepathic teachers a secret sisterhood, and the king's armies willing to kill for a black dragon are only the beginning of Gareth's story. The second book of the series is expected to be published by October of 2015.

Hawthorn Academy: Year One


D.R. Perry - 2020
    All of my life, I grew up on tales of my great-grandfather’s magic bringing light and healing to the world.  Then, I bonded with my dragonet Ember on my sixteenth birthday, which means I’ll be scary powerful someday.  There’s one problem. Mom’s kept secrets that everyone at my new school seems to know.  Turns out, I’ve got an infamously criminal uncle and now everyone’s waiting for me to do something evil.  After my first horrible day at school I’m convinced I’m going to do something evil. My biggest challenge this year isn’t history, math, Gym, or even the dreaded Magiscience Lab. No, it’s keeping a devastating secret from almost everyone, including my own family.  I’m an extramagus. Is evil really my destiny, or can I fight it somehow? Scroll up and click 'Buy Now' or 'Read for Free' and jump into the fight for Aliyah's future!

Camp Half-Blood - The Heroes of Olympus Characters: The Lost Hero Characters, the Son of Neptune Characters, etc.


Source Wikipedia - 2011
    Pages: 148. Chapters: The Lost Hero characters, The Son of Neptune characters, Ella, Enceladus, Hazel Levesque, Lupa, Polybotes, Aeolus, Annabeth Chase, Aphrodite, Argus, Big Three, Boreas, Butch, Calais, Chiron, Clarisse La Rue, Clovis, Drew, Dylan, Enceladus, Esperanza Valdez, Festus, Gaea, Gegeines, Giant, Gleeson Hedge, Harley, Hecate, Hephaestus, Hera, Iris, Isabel, Jake Mason, Jane, Jason Grace, Khione, Krios, Lacy, Leo Valdez, Lityerses, Lou Ellen, Lupa, Lycanthrope, Lycaon, Ma Gasket, Medea, Mellie, Midas, Miranda Gardiner, Mitchell, Ms. Grace, Naiad, Nyssa, Phoebe, Piper McLean, Porphyrion, Rachel Elizabeth Dare, Seymour, Sump, Tempest, Thalia Grace, The Gigantes, The Oracle, Torque, Travis Stoll, Tristan McLean, Ventus, Water Nymph, Will Solace, Wind Gods, Wind Nymph, Zethes, Zeus, Zoe, Alcyoneus, Amazons, Ares, Argentium, Arion, Auguries, Aurum, Basilisk, Bobby, Dakota, Don the Faun, Doris, Ella, Emily Zhang, Euryale, Festus, Fleecy, Frank Zhang, Gaea, Gegeines, Grandma Zhang, Gray, Gwendolyn, Hades, Hannibal, Hazel Levesque, Hellhound, Hera, Hylla, Iris, Julia, Karpoi, Kinzie, Laistrygonian Giant, Lares, Larry, Leo Valdez, Lulu, Lupa, Ma Gasket, Mrs. O'Leary, Nico di Angelo, Octavian, Otrera, Percy Jackson, Phineas, Polybotes, Reyna, Sammy Valdez, Scipio, Stheno, Terminus, Thanatos, The Gorgons, Tyson. Excerpt: Ella is a Harpy that appears in The Son of Neptune. Ella is an ally of Percy, Frank and Hazel who holds a number of secrets. She was originally with Phineas and the other harpies, cursed to only eat from Phineas' table. Phineas said Ella was the most annoying harpy, and that she was more persistant than the rest. She was harrassed by the other harpies, whenever she got food, the others would steal it and leave her with nothing. Ella lived on a makeshift cardboard shelter on top of the Multnomah County Library, surrounded by books. After the trio defeated Phineas, Ella said...

The Demons of Jaitraya


Shubira Prasad - 2020
    They hid in the bowels of the Earth, in the water and in space and remained dormant for eons. In the 20th century of the Christian era, however, some of them reappeared in different forms to plague the Earth with Wars and illnesses. At the end of his war with Ravana, Rama had asked Hanuman to raise and train a contingent of warriors who would take birth multiple times on Earth, to contain the demons. Aishani and adheesh are two such warriors, blessed with divine weapons and powers to fight the world’s evils at present times. Read this exciting story to know who finally wins. The good or the evil? The demons of jaitraya is the first book of the trilogy of the war between demons and humans.

My Body Fell Off!


B.J. Rowley - 2000
    A recent transplant from California to Utah, Bart is just beginning to enjoy the excitement of high school, driving, and dating, when his whole world is turned upside down by the bizarre events transpiring around him. And suddenly, his unusual ability is the only thing standing between life and death for himself and his new-found friends. Now ...imagine trying to explain to ANYBODY about your rare skills and abilities without them thinking you're as crazy as a three-dollar bill and throwing you in the loony-bin for life. My Body Fell Off! delivers a fast-paced, heart-pounding adventure that will leave you gasping at every turn. An adventure that, once begun, will be impossible to put aside until its final, dramatic conclusion.

Greysuits


Nathan Lee Green
    When a terrorist attack rocks a quiet outer ring mining colony, Aera Maccarin decides to leave her career and her world behind to follow in her parents' footsteps and try to become a Greysuit, one of the most powerful—and illegal—super soldiers in the Coz.Attempting to stop the terrorists before they develop their own Greysuit soldiers, Aera joins a handful of other candidates on a dead end world under the supervision of a crusty veteran, his quiet but strict colleague, and a slightly off kilter biotechnician.Can Aera come to terms with the family legacy that haunts her and survive training, Greysuit fusion, and enemies popping up on every side? Will she make the sacrifices required to change the universe and become the hero it needs?

Sword & Flame


Jonathan Moeller - 2020
    He has crushed every enemy…but it will take more than swords to defeat his new foe. When the dreaded necromancer Lucan Mandragon returns from the grave, Mazael will need to rally all his allies and followers to face the threat. But the things hunting Lucan are far more dangerous…

Kings and Daemons


Marcus Lee - 2020
    Gifted with eternal youth, his vampiric power is responsible for the decay that afflicts his realm, and now other kingdoms must fall to quench his never-ending thirst for life.However, on the cusp of the invasion, Maya, a peasant huntress, is arrested, Daleth’s soldiers kill an old farmer’s wife, and a young outcast is reluctantly enlisted into the Witch-King’s army. Three seemingly innocuous events that nonetheless have the potential to alter the destiny of generations to come.For Maya is gifted with the ability to heal and can influence the hearts and minds of men if she but finds the strength to do so. The young recruit carries a gift of reading thoughts and has no love for the king he serves. As for the vengeful farmer … he’s an ancient warrior gifted in reaping souls who now seeks to fulfil a long-forgotten oath against unbeatable odds.The world will soon be soaked by the blood of war, but with these three individuals’ lives inescapably entwined, the faint light of hope begins to shine. Alliances will have to be forged, enemies convinced to become friends, and a flicker of love given a chance to become a flame for there to be a chance to fight the encroaching darkness of the Witch-King's evil.-----The Gifted and the Cursed. A dark fantasy trilogy set in a dystopian land, with heroes that are at times more demonic than the evil they face. The bloody battles, quests for revenge and fights for survival are artfully balanced with a light romance, tales of redemption, and the breath-taking beauty of Maya’s gift

The Serpent's Tale


Dana Cameron - 2013
    And the events are worrying indeed—stolen farm implements, a mutilated goat, and now a missing child. Their investigation is further complicated by the arrival of Robert Fynch, who was drawn to the scene by the tales of mysterious happenings in the village. A member of the fanatical Order of Nicomedia, he is bent on tracking down and killing those “born to the Fang,” believing the shape-shifters to be demons, rather than the protectors of humanity they truly are. Can Lady Alice, Sir Hugo, and Father Gilbert stop a murderer in their village without their true nature being discovered?

A Higher Calling


Willow Cross - 2012
    For twenty years life couldn’t have been better, until the day her daughter showed up on her doorstep bloodied and bruised. They say, “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” But the wrath of a mother, whose only desire was to protect her child, is unfathomable. Those pure of heart can rest easy. However, if you carry the slightest tinge of darkness, beware the Higher Calling.

Insatiable


Daniele Lanzarotta - 2013
    Ever since she was little, she used to hide behind the rocks in the sea, and watch the human family who spent their summers on that island. Over the years, there was nothing she wished more than to be like them, especially so she could get close to Blake, the human boy who she saw turn into a troubled teenager and then, an unhappy man.Once her dad grew tired of her dreams and hopes for a reality that is not her own, Arianna is thrown into an arranged marriage, and her only way out of it is to make a deal with the power-hungry man who will give her everything that she has ever dreamed of. Dreams that turn into nightmares as she watches Blake’s world fall apart, because of her and Blake’s inability to control their desires for one another.***paperback edition will be released on March 30th. *** :)

Bridge of Snow


Marie Rutkoski - 2014
    Let the carriage to a royal ball wait. There is a story to be told: of a starless night, a mother and her sick son, and a mortal who falls in love with the snow god, and will do anything to have her...

The Cupid Mixup


L. Penelope - 2020
    I met him in the bar late one night and it was obvious he was too much for me — too handsome, too charming, too rich. And while I could pretend I was a princess for a night, at the stroke of midnight, I ran away without giving him my name. I didn’t leave my shoe behind, but I might have just lost my heart.Can the Cupid Guild help this modern-day Cinderella get her second chance?A quick, sexy, standalone romance with a paranormal touch. The story first appeared in Heart’s Kiss magazine, published as “Before I Go.”