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Candlemaiden: The Stranger Shore by StormlitFain
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Evil spirits. A cursed prince. Death itself in disarray. Iris just wants to go home, but fate has other plans for this young priestess and her odd companions. /// The land of Erinlin is dying, its ancient traditions choked out by the Kaerent church and its true priestesses, the Candlemaidens, increasingly regarded with fear and suspicion. All Iris wants is to tend her candles, win her shade battles, and chat with the spirits of her realm. But when she is torn away from her home by the Kaerent king, she learns that her country needs her to be far more than a typical Candlemaiden-- she must be as the legendary priestesses of old and walk through Death itself. *** Cover help from the awesome @ArdenBrooks. Special thanks to @rainersalt, @giveitameaning, and @piperjones033 !
Iron & Wine by CandaceOsmond
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Iron & Wine is a Paranormal Romance set in a world full of hidden magical places and secret societies cloaked by modern day. In the first instalment of the Iron World Series, young artist Avery Quinn reluctantly leaves behind her quiet and comfortable home in the country and moves to the city with her best friend Julie Ryan. With the expectation that college will be the most exciting part of her life, Avery hopes that her little world remains quiet and simple. But after a troublesome blue sprite comes looking for help, her boss turns out to be a three-hundred-year old vampire, and her best friend accidentally reveals herself as an orphaned pixie, school quickly becomes the least of her worries. Every aspect of Avery's life explodes with mythical beings and legendary creatures who all play a very important role in her existence. Some are friends, some are guardians, while others quickly become deadly enemies. Avery must learn to juggle living in both her world and theirs. But in this magical tale of strange love, strong bonds and scary beings; what once was nothing more than mere fairy tales told to her by her Aunt Tess are now a scary reality and Avery has somehow landed deep in the middle with no way out except death or worse...the loss of her humanity
Fledging by Raven17
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In a world where four dominate races struggle to live together and survive, anything is possible. When Araceli was only seven years old, she was kidnapped by a group of Vroulk, a species opposite of her own, the winged race of the Pavox. Taken to live in one of their cities as a slave, Ari's captives give her a new name for a new life: Kyra. Ten years and two masters pass and all is as it always is, struggling to do her job, and try to stay out of as much trouble as possible. Then one day, another stranger comes into her life, her master's nephew. During his stay the manor, Ari can't get over the feeling that something is different about this Vroulk, or human as they call themselves and his kindness towards her is a foreign idea to her. Soon, Ari will be in for the surprise and adventure of her life, where she will come to question all she has ever known in her life, both free and enslaved, Her journey will be one of turbulent skies and learned acceptance. But with a little trust and willingness, anything is possible... even love.
Born of Shadow - Book 1 (complete) by SarahBensonBooks
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On her seventeenth birthday, Kami receives a mysterious artifact and a ticket to visit her estranged grandparents in Egypt. When she arrives, no one is there to meet her. Alone in an unfamiliar country, she discovers their disappearance is only part of a greater threat. Whispers of strange creatures made of a shadowy substance can be heard among the nomads of the desert. A new queen has quietly come to power, given strength by a powerful evil unleashed when she opens an ancient jar. Kami must rely on a band of misfit friends she makes along the way to save her grandparents and stop the queen. But does the handsome boy she just met have the answers, or is he part of the reason for her grandparents' disappearance? Born of Shadow is the first book in the Shadow Wars Series and is a featured story on Wattpad. It has hit top 10 rankings in adventure, fantasy and paranormal hotlists. It was chosen by the hit TV show ONCE UPON A TIME for Best Heroes & Villains and is now available to buy on Amazon! © Copyright 2014, All rights reserved
The Grendel Curse by EddieWelch
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When Chief Superintendent Jack Spike's head was discovered impaled on the iron railings in front of the Tower of London a ripple of horror swept across England. This ripple grew to tsunami proportions when it was leaked out that a note had been stapled to his tongue, written by his own hand and in his own blood, pleading that Bill Watson and Jennie Holmes be assigned to the investigation into his murder. Detective Inspector Bill Watson had retired from Scotland Yard after being shot and wounded during the Xmas Murders' case where identical twins calling themselves the Scalpel Sisters tortured and killed members of the English Establishment.. His assistant, Detective Sergeant Jennie Holmes, resigned from the force and left for the USA with her lover, Professor Tony Bush, to get married and settle down on his university campus. The Scalpel Sisters were shot and suffered multiple injuries by the henchmen of the Russian oligarch, Biteya Gonadsoffski. He was arrested and deported to the USA to face charges relating to drug crimes, funding terrorist organizations and murder. When a new outbreak of serial killings seem to be the work of a copycat killer but this time aimed at an erratic, global pool of victims, Bill Watson and Jennie Holmes are persuaded to assist with the investigation. A/N This is the follow-up to the Xmas Murders. Reviews "The greatest work of fiction since the LibDem manifesto" -Nick Clegg "Eddie Welch has done it again" - Lavatory door, Basingstoke
And the MEEK Shall Inherit the Earth.   Book One by EddieWelch
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ON HOLD Don't read this book if you think that History is irrelevant. However, if you believe, like my old professor, that a nation without knowledge of its history is like a man suffering from amnesia, then please read on as many of the events actually happened and many of the characters existed. The science and technology covered is happening already.. NOT SUITABLE FOR UNDER 18s ON HOLD "This day's black fate on more days doth depend; This but begins the woe others must end." Wm Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet 3.1 Two star-crossed families are fated to fight each other in different centuries. From the horror of a WW2 atrocity to the rise of a dreadful evil in the very near future. The twins Alena and Stefan, with their friend Peter and their martial arts mentor, Winston Black, must solve the mystery behind the disappearance of their grandmother and follow a trail that will lead them into conflict with the most powerful secret society on Earth.
The Xmas Murders by EddieWelch
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With their long pink hair and their eyes of green, And their skin so fair and figures so lean. Androgynous, anaemic but with a faint hue They're tougher than tungsten and as gentle as dew. Detective Inspector Bill Watson of Scotland Yard was a steady old plod just keeping his nose clean until he retires to his dream cottage near the sea - preferably without his wife. However, sometimes even the most unassuming of people are forced to have their twelve days of fame. When serial killers begin to murder members of the English Establishment on a daily basis, with each killing more gruesome than the last, he is taunted by the killers and forced into playing a major part in the investigation. Can Watson and his brilliant and beautiful assistant Jennie Holmes together with her eminent American criminologist lover, capture the killers before they murder their prime target? And if they deduce who that target is, will they even want to? Reviews: 'Don't read this book; it's a total fantasy' - Santa Claus. 'Don't read this book, it's murder' - Jack the Ripper