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Sins of Calate: BOOK II OF THE FOUR REALMS SERIES by ScarletteDrake
Sins of Calate: BOOK II OF THE FOUR REALMS SERIES
ScarletteDrake
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**BOOK II OF THE FOUR REALMS SERIES** When war came for Azura, Fara of Calate lost everything. Her husband, her new home, her freedom. When her captor - the formidable commander of the Leoth army - saves her life, she begins to see the enemy as something more than just the inhuman monsters she has feared all her life. When he finally gives her back her freedom, Fara must decide once and for all where her loyalty, and her heart lies. Stronger than she's ever been, and pregnant with the last heir of Azura, Fara returns home to the brother she risked everything to escape from. Can she finally confront her fears in order to save her people from more war? ** Theodan of Teredia, defied his realm and his God when he chose to free Fara of Calate. Now, with the woman he loves released back to the nightmare she risked all to escape from, he will do all he can to keep his promise to her. As war hurtles ever closer and the echoes of hi온라인카지노게임 begin to murmur down through the ages, he will once again be forced to chose - this time between his very soul and that which is greater: love. **THIS BOOK CONTAINS MATURE THEMES THAT ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR YOUNGER READERS** Cover series design by @rentachi
Heart of Leoth: [HAITUS] by ScarletteDrake
Heart of Leoth: [HAITUS]
ScarletteDrake
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Heart of Leoth is on Haitus as I work on my next published book. It will return end of March 2023. ------------------------------- The Final Book of The Four Realms series. Carrying the last blood heir of Azura, Fara has returned to Calate to try and persuade her brother the king to court peace. Yet her heart remains with the Leoth warrior she left behind. As Fara tries to manoeuvre the political pieces of her own realm in order to bring peace to Ethis, Theodan too must embrace his destiny. A destiny that will force him to make a choice between his realm and the woman he loves. In the furthest corners of the Four Realms, a dark force starts to rise to the surface, and the strings of fate that have been loose too long, start to pull taught. War is coming. But so is something far more powerful. Soon, Leoth and Human alike will be forced to take a side, for what else are mortals capable of, but love and war.
The Silver Sparrow by Siennafrost
The Silver Sparrow
Siennafrost
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Some things are deadly when broken... Sold for the price of a pig, trained into the most expensive male escort in the peninsula, Hasheem, the Silver Sparrow of Azalea, finds himself running from his hard-earned life of privilege when a woman decides to die in his room. Forced to escape through hostile territories belonging to desert warriors, Hasheem runs into Djari, the immovable daughter of a tribal chieftain who offers him protection in exchange for an oath of lifetime servitude. Prophesied by her oracle brother as the one born to end the centuries-long war between her people and an empire, Djari's precarious destiny plunges them both into the blood sport of power, politics, and warfare that exacts heartbreaking sacrifices in exchange for peace. CONTAINS VIOLENCE, STRONG LANGUAGE AND SEXUAL CONTENT Amazon Bestseller #1 in Fantasy Anthologies #1 in War Fiction #1 in Asian Myth and Legend #1 in Asian Literature 카지노후기 contests: #Fantasy Winner - Aesthete Awards 2020 #1st in Fantasy - Chaos Awards 8 2020 #1st in Fantasy - Majestic Wings Awards 2019 #1st in Adventure- Ace Awards 2020 #2nd in Fantasy - Gothica Awards 2020 #2nd in Fantasy - The Ruby Awards 2019 #2nd in fantasy - Majestic Awards 2019 #3rd in fantasy - The Wolf Awards 2020 #3rd in fantasy - Fabulous Awards 2019 #3rd in Fantasy - Genre Awards 2019 # Honorable mention (all genre) - The Genre Contest 2019 # Top ten finalists (all genre) - The High Tide Awards 2019 FEATURED ON @fantasy profile reading list FEATURED ON @adventure profile reading list. FEATURED ON @newlywrittenbooks profile reading list. FEATURED ON @storiesundiscovered Garnet reading list 2019 FEATURED ON @ultimatewriters Wanderlust & Ventures reading list FEATURED ON @psychologicalnovel reading list FEATURED ON @badassreads reading list FEATURED ON @wattpaddarkfantasy reading list
The Wings of Ashtaroth by SteveWestenra
The Wings of Ashtaroth
SteveWestenra
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The great city of Qemassen is at a crossroads. A powerful empire from beyond the ocean threatens to reignite a centuries-old feud. A slave rebellion brews in the tangled labyrinth of tunnels beneath the city streets. And Crown Prince Ashtaroth, the city's supposed saviour, is considered unfit to rule even by those closest to him. When the high priest burns one of the royal children alive as a desperate offering to the city's absentee gods, it destroys the fragile peace within Qemassen's scheming first family. Seeking revenge for the death of her child, Ashtaroth's mother calls on a powerful demon named Lilit. But Lilit cannot be trusted. Her cruel machinations pit brother against sister and father against daughter, laying waste to Ashtaroth's family. Then Lilit approaches Ashtaroth with a demonic pact of his own-one that could save his people and his home. But between war from without and a revolution erupting within, even a demon may not be enough to keep Qemassen standing. Set in a secondary world based on the conflict between Ancient Carthage and Rome, The Wings of Ashtaroth is a sprawling, multi-POV epic fantasy, full of queerness, political intrigue, and demons.
A Blaze in the Dark (A New Dawn #1) by Dante_Greywolf
A Blaze in the Dark (A New Dawn #1)
Dante_Greywolf
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[High Fantasy/Dark Fantasy] Sebastian is finally old enough to be a warrior. He has dreamt about joining his friends, Alex and Nick, for as long as he can remember. His best friend, Fox, doesn't like it one bit that he still has to wait nine more moons before he can prove himself a real man. But something is stirring in the Forest of Lane. Katla the Fire Magician has been sent south to unleash hell. Torn away from the protection of their parents and each other, Sebastian, Alex, Nick, and Fox become stuck as pawns in a life-threatening game played by kings, generals, and power-hungry magicians. Friendships fall as the only escape is to rise to power themselves... Cover created by the wonderful @Krystal_M
The Midnight Storm (A New Dawn #2) by Dante_Greywolf
The Midnight Storm (A New Dawn #2)
Dante_Greywolf
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[Book 2] Growing up isn't easy, especially not when you're Crown Prince Sebastian, heir to the Greenlander throne. While the God of Wrath reigns at court, the prince only finds empty seats at the dinner table. His once so close friends, Alex and Nick are fighting for their lives on opposite sides of the country, and King Thomas is becoming more secluded and paranoid by the day. When seemingly all hope is lost, Sebastian gets help from an unexpected source. Hundreds of miles more north, Fox is battling the implications of being a royal bastard. The young Fire Magician doesn't know whether to pledge allegiance to his half-brother or to King Ariel. And then a third royal arrives in Silvermark, a Prince from Ice...
Blood-Bound [ Lore of Penrua: Book I ] by MinaParkes
Blood-Bound [ Lore of Penrua: Book I ]
MinaParkes
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A LINE UNBROKEN. A TRUTH UNSPOKEN. Born into wealth and privilege as the niece of an emperor, Starborn Lady Mhera never dreamt that tragedy would shatter her world. But darkness roils beneath the peaceful facade of the Holy City: a rebellion is brewing among the Arcborn-the dangerous, magic-blooded undercaste of Penrua-and they will stop at nothing to destroy the peace of the realm. That much is proven to Mhera when she is just a girl and her greatest treasure is taken from her. Years later, still wounded by the evil the Arcborn wrought against her, she is on the brink of professing her final vows as a nun...but before she can accept the life of safety and solitude she doesn't truly desire, she is offered a chilling compromise with fate that threatens everything she has ever known. FIRST PLACE WINNER - 2018 Clash of Swords (hosted by The Fae Folk) - Dark Fantasy Category SECOND PLACE WINNER - 2018 Sunset Awards - Fantasy Category SECOND PLACE - 2018 X Factor Awards - Overall!
Oleander by emc_scribbles
Oleander
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They would sing his name for generations: the man who conquered the continent. Undefeated in battle, Andar of Tyr stands on the precipice of uniting the world under his flag. The songs forget the shadowy truths and the crushed opposition that built the foundations of his empire. Educated and impulsive, brutal and loved, Andar fights to keep his conquests and his legacy. Yalira dao Eheia, High Priestess of the temple-city Antalis, is the youngest chosen by the goddess of truth. Gifted with visions of the future and the uncanny ability to sense lies, she alone fights to oppose the most powerful man in the world. Surrounded by jealous queens and conniving politicos, even goddess-blessed Yalira must challenge him the only way permitted: she must play his game better than anyone. Trapped in the heart of his empire, stolen as his ninth-wife, Yalira uncovers dark secrets in the battle to overthrow a tyrant. Behind each twisted truth live vipers and wolves, hungry to consume the world.
The Gathering Dark (The Kingkiller Duology #1) by dionysiann
The Gathering Dark (The Kingkiller Duology #1)
dionysiann
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"Dark shalt beest this fire, 'Twill gathereth forth. Above art Nine bright shin'rs, The dark shalt smoth'r them all." She was to be the guardian of the realm, the holder of the threads of existence that bound all the magic in the world, as her ancestors were before her. Vaerys Galaenys is no stranger to assassins, those who wish to hold the power that ties every man and beast in the Isles of Ula'ree. The night of her mother, Aenora's death, the burden of the threads of existence passes on to her, branding her queen of the isles at the young age of eleven. But Fate is a fickle thing, and she was about to tip the scales in another's favor. Ragaevor Celinarys was a name spoken only in hushed tones. A man who had conquered the binds on his power, the ones placed by Vaerys's ancestors who hoped to limit the greed of men. But some, those who loathe the Galaenys queens for their binds on magic, claim Ragaevor is no man at all, but perhaps a son of the Nine gods themselves. None of that matters the night Vaerys' mother dies. He has come, and he comes for her power. When her mother's Advisor Paramount, Lord Caildish, offers a solution, Ragaevor's battalions at the gates, Vaerys grants him a seed of power. Just enough to send her back in time, where she might be safe from Ragaevor. Thrust nigh on eight hundred years in the past, Vaerys knows not who she is. She grows up Ahresa Ennion, the baseborn child of Lord Rahaellis of Ironforge. She eats at the lord's table and is schooled alongside the lord's own children. Yet even so, something haunts her. Every time she gazes at her reflection she remembers a name. Vaerys. Aenora. Ragaevor. She knows that if she forgets these names, everything she is will cease to exist. But even eight hundred years may not be far enough from Ragaevor, and he has new plans for Vaerys.
TALES OF A HOLLOW BEAST by soIniska
TALES OF A HOLLOW BEAST
soIniska
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TALES OF A HOLLOW BEAST she came from the woods with a beast hidden beneath her scarred flesh. he is the man they fear. together they will change the line of royalty and crown the darkness king. all rights reserved | ©️