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Red Herring ✔️ by carolinaw16
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Light the lanterns. Carve the pumpkins. It's getting spooky, witches. ---------------------- In the foggy town of Hollywood, Oregon, Mazie Oliver is sucked into a mysterious vortex of missing persons, cheerleaders with drug addictions, haunted cabins, and late night rendezvouses in the woods. Oh, and her hot, hot neighbor, Christian Slater. Who is determined, with her help, to solve the Murder Mystery before the clock strikes midnight on Halloween.
Night Shift by anniecrownbooks
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(SAMPLE) Now available everywhere in ebook & paperback (and on Kindle Unlimited in the US & Canada). Kendall works the night shift at the campus library. It's the perfect job: she gets to spend hours reading her romance novels without interruption... until the night that Vincent, king of campus and star of the basketball team, comes to the front desk and asks her for reading recommendations. (75k words. No cheating, no love triangles, happy ending. Adult content. 18+ recommended.)
Is This Family? by caughtinacuff
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Katherine Jane, a simple and sweet loving girl. Everybody loves her....No. Nobody loves her. She always thought that if she gives love to everyone, everyone will love her. But she couldn't understand the harsh reality of the world. She was depressed and alone. Not to mention the constant verbal abuse from her mother. Yes, she has a birth mother but she doesn't care for her daughter. For her she is just a stomach she has to fill. Kat's only escape from this hateful world was her art. She is very smart and talented. Too pure for the world. The pain was excruciating and she was cracking under it. Until one day a knock on her door changes her life. But is it for good? Who knows... Turns out she has...brothers...6 of them. Disgustingly rich brothers. And they want to take her in. After a long time she sees hope. To be loved and taken care of. But she doesn't know she is in for another rejection and pain all over again. Will this rejection ever turn into love? Something she has never felt? Will she be able to win them? Or will they crush her until she finally gives up? Dive into the story of the Wright family. Get in for an emotional rollercoaster. One filled with pain towards love. Love. CONTAINS SWEARING.
The Licensed Mage by SarahKlein367
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Dive into a world full of magic and modernization. It's 2218 and magic has been a part of the world since the 5th century. With the rise of government and regulation, Magic Laws have been placed in effect to appease the people of the world. Every mage must have a license to use their magic outside of their homes but there are those who follow the dangerous path instead. Follow our resident mage (a magical person) Claire Dunsworth who becomes a NYC Mage Detective and her new partner the rugged Detective Raven Black as they investigate crimes of a magical nature. Claire is a mage with exceptional magical talent if not too exceptional for the higher ups within the Guild that monitors all mages of the world. She is an orphan and grew up in a Home for Magical Children on Mage Island, floating in the middle of the Pacific. Under constant watch and scrutiny from the Guild, Claire now finds herself working side by side with a Black, the very family that was breed to become mage assassins, killing thousands of her people. The fact that the Black is also a handsome man does not help Claire's case at all. Raven has nothing to do with his family and yet is hostile to Claire upon finding out she's a mage. He worked as a detective to make sure everyone had equal justice but when he got his new partner Claire his world is thrown upside down. Not only is she a mage whom he silently despises but she's also the most beautiful woman he's ever laid eyes on. As they work together and find a rocky truce between themselves they travel the city solving crimes with a magical association. Raven accepts Claire without cause while Claire lays her life down for the man who stole her heart. As they fall for one another a dark figure lerks in the shadows, plotting something sinister for our mage Claire. Could this dark figure perhaps have something to do with Claire's unclear past? Can Raven, a Black, somehow save this woman before she's taken from him forever?
Finding Ximena by reina-draftss
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Ximena. A girl who had been through a lot as soon as she was born. She had known pain and only pain at the age of one. She is the daughter of Esmeralda and Fernando Alonso-Garza. After about three years of her being missing she was finally found but they knew when they found her she wasn't going to be a happy little girl they soo desperately wanted her to be. Follow the Alonso-Garza family as they try to protect little Ximena. Started: April 8, 2021. Completed: - January 8 2022
Mafia's Daughter by ashm12351
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Taylor was cast out onto the streets as a kid, she's been begging and couch surfing ever since. what else is there for a thirteen-year-old to do in the life she was given? after doing the dirty work for every gang in town just for her next meal, she meets the Mafia. a family you wouldn't expect to take in a homeless girl, but will it be just what she needs to give her back some hope?
A Dragon's Rider (Edited) by 101silver_wolf
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Liora lives a good life. She has shelter, food, and family. But she's always wanted more. In her village of San Marral, boys are valued more than girls, choosing who they'll marry, where they'll live, and what they do. Women are expected to follow the men like a herd of sheep. Liora wants to be more than a pretty face. She gets the chance to make her dreams a reality at the annual Choosing. Usually, 5 boys are chosen to become dragons. However, only 4 are chosen. The 5th dragon rider is found to be Liora. Follow our heroine as she navigates the complexities of being the only girl in an all-boys world and bullying, thievery, and murder attempts. Editor Credits: @Weylyn_Wolf @arvialle
The Chosen One by jadadenae
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Women in her village are expected to clean and cook, while the men and other boys are praised for their mighty hunting skills and swordsmanship. Females are seen as uncapable, a liability, while males are seen as strong and talented. Being that only males can bestow honor among their families if chosen to become a dragon rider or magic wielder, Rose is determined to overcome the stereotypes. Vera 'Rose' Wellington has always been different. Being abandoned on the doorstep in the orphanage in Trinity Stone village, she has not had the easiest beginning. But, her appearance is what draws in others. Her aura is so powerful, it makes you want to respect her and follow her lead. For always being interested in weaponry than makeup, rather to hunt than to dress up for the village golden boys, what happens when the annual Dragon Fest approaches as Rose comes of age? What happens when she is among the chosen? WARNING: THIS BOOK ENDS ON A CLIFFHANGER AND HAS SINCE BEEN DISCONTINUED!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\\~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + cover created by @shobitaaa ❤️ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\\~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ • [ #1 - abilities :: 11.29.20 ] • • [ #1 - dragon :: 12.01.20 ] • • [ #1 - swords :: 12.01.20 ] • • [ #1 - rare :: 12.06.20 ] • • [ #1 - daggers :: 12.08.20] • • [ #1 - dragonrider :: 12.19.20 ] • • [ #1 - special :: 01.11.21] • • [ #1 - dragons :: 01.31.21] • [ #1 - village :: 03.09.21] • • [ #1 - air :: 03.15.21] • • [ #1 - gifted :: 03.19.21] • • [ #1 - magical :: 03.25.21] • • [ #1 - water :: 03.04.22] • Started :: November 13, 2020 Ended :: June 5th, 2021 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\\~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A Fifth Daughter [Book 1: The Dragon Rider] by JJHays
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A MODERN MEDIEVAL FANTASY #3 in Fantasy |Book 1 of the Fifth Daughter Trilogy| When darkness arises and the world of Fantasy is in danger of being destroyed, the Dragon Riders are the first to show up. Fire and fang, sword and shaft, meet the enemy head on and the wars don't end until the enemy is disbanded. It's not a pretty business, but it must be done to secure the lives of every creature within Fantasy. There are two Rider schools - over thousands of Riders and dragons - and Smoke Green is one of them, no matter how much she dislikes the idea and the heights. Her fate has been chosen, even if she doesn't want it. With a vacant father, a mother who has too many secrets, four older sisters, an older brother, and a three minute older, annoying twin brother, Smoke isn't expected to be much more than a hometown girl of Folklore; who will get a boring desk job and never leave home. But then the Sage of the Burrows proclaims her a Dragon Rider and a Fifth Daughter and Smoke's life changes stories - literally. Moving from Folklore to Legend, Smoke is taught that fears can be conquered and villains do have a hunger for power. She also learns she might just have the power this villain is after. She makes friends: Something she didn't know she could do, she finds her dragon: Someone she didn't know even existed, and she learns her past: Something she didn't know was so complicated. But when rebellions begin to break out across the globe; the world of Fantasy is once again put in danger and the Dragon Riders might not be able to save their home this time around. Especially, when the enemy is from one of their own royal families; once thought incinerated, and his accomplice might just be Smoke's long thought dead father. In this first book of the Fifth Daughter Trilogy, J.J. wants you to forget everything you think you know of mythology and open your mind to a new kind of fantasy. Started: 03.25.15 Restarted: 11.29.16 Completed: 03.01.17
TADRE by TheBlueDragonCat
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The Acadmey of Dragon Riding Excellencecy has been hiden for 425 years, but it had few riders. People were loosing their 'belief'. That, among other things, cause them to be unable to be a dragon rider. In a small town, three men in black, red and gold cloaks are asking people to send forth the thirteen year old children to test for dragon riders. The villages' strongest hunter, a teenage tom-boy, agrees to test. She pulls back her hood, letting her brown braid hang down. Her brown cloak hung loose on her frame. She tests positive, and is wisked away, to the magic world of TADRE, & dragons! She fights to blend with the other male riders, and earn the trust of her dragon, and her peers! When the acadmey plays a hiden card, she is forced to flee, and she learns a few things she had hid from herself... She also discovers the school and its' staff have more secrets than she'd like to know about... What readers are saying about TADRE: "Too good." "So many plot twists. Love it." #938 in fantasy!!! #1 in dragonriders