Strong Female Leads
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The Wolves of Wullferg Keep by TheBlueShoeSkidoo
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Where there is power, there is corruption. In the city of Halogaist, it comes in the form of a weak willed Council, degenerate city guards, and the League of Huntsmen. Once, the Huntsmen kept the city safe from the creatures of Wullferg Forest. Now, for people like Emily, wrongfully accused and imprisoned, the forest is their only hope. Emily runs from the Huntsmen and right into a pack of werewolves--creatures she thought were only legends. Even here she can't escape the effects of corruption. Instead of leading to crooked guards and pompous council members, it leads to sadism, terror, and bloodshed. As if learning how to behave in an entirely new culture and coping with the grief of lost love isn't enough, Emily finds herself caught in a game of lies and deceit--and no one will tell her the rules. What's worse is the other game she's made to play. She thought she knew the rules, she was engaged after all. But romance is different when you're dealing with werewolves. Especially anti-social, grim faced Alphas, or over enthusiastic redheads who are so nice and so oblivious, or brutes who only have one thing on their mind. There's no escape from any of this, nowhere left to run to. Only, Emily doesn't want to run this time. She lost her home once, and will do anything to keep it from happening again. If her newfound friends can't protect themselves, she'll do it for them. And if staying means putting up with advances from mate-crazy werewolves and playing nice with the Alpha, so be it. Emily soon learns that it's not just the weak who need help, but sometimes the strong as well--including the Alpha. But often, when you help someone, you end up drawing close to them, no matter what your original intentions were. And soon she's too close to pull away, even if she wanted to. Emily may be weaker and lacking claws, but she has been told than an iron poker to the throat can do a lot of damage--enough to kill a werewolf. CONTAINS: Violence, abuse, mild language.
Freeing Lilia by SaoiMarie
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She goes by many names. But there is only one name she wants to hide. A name being whispered throughout the land. Rumors are spreading of a warrior who has tamed a dragon. The First Dragon Rider. As a woman used to betrayal and pain, Lilia finds her home in the company of the vicious Rainer Thieves. The pain that haunts her is secondary as her life is filled with the danger of her job, and shared with the dragon bound to her soul. Then, war threatens to up-heave Lilia's life as forces that she cannot control collide and she finds herself separated from the dragon she is bound too and forced to join a strange group of the King's soldiers, where their leaders claims her as his Fate has taken hold of her life and the journey is unforgettable. ** This is the story of Lilia Merek, the first RIder. The story is a stand alone book to my Rider's Series and can be read without reading that series.**
Secrets in the Moon (Crescent City Werewolves #1) by JulieMidnight
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Savage appetites and opulent vices are a way of life in Crescent City, a metropolis split among werewolves and humans. As one of its most beautiful socialites, Cora Marshall thrives on scandals and the attention they bring. Yet even she is stunned by her father's murder... and by becoming the prime suspect for it. Determined to prove her innocence, Cora hires Detective Sam Hayes, an irresistibly handsome werewolf with as many secrets to his name as she has to hers. To uncover the truth, they must trust each other with everything--especially now that the real killer hunts them throughout the city. *A WINNER OF THE 2023 ALPHA AWARDS*
Crash and Burn (1) by eastcoastgirrrl
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[PREVIOUSLY TITLED CHASING BACK ALLEYS] ❝Once a King, always a King.❞
Blood Bound ||The Arcane Legacy #1 by AsterQing
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[FIRST DRAFT] ☆Long forgotten powers are stirring...☆ After years of captivity under the King's will, Avira -an Arcane, those tainted by magic- is finally freed from his grasp by an enigmatic stranger who vanishes into the night. With the taste of freedom fresh in her mind, she sets out across the realm to find and reunite with her brother. But between evading the deadly Shivané assassins sent after her and the constant threat of death by man and monster looming over her, will she survive long enough to see her brother again? ☆...roiling and creeping within the shadows...☆ Rollen's world is swept from under him when he is framed and taken prisoner. Convicted for aiding the theft of one of the most powerful remnants of the Ancient World, he narrowly evades immediate death. Determined, he seeks out the real culprit and renew his tarnished name, before his postponed fate catches up to him. ☆...extending their reach to choke all occluding their aspirations.☆ COVER BY THE AMAZING @RachelS8766 ●2ND PLACE WINNER OF THE SILVER AWARDS◇ ●3RD PLACE WINNER OF THE WOTY AWARDS◇
Aligning the Forgotten ✓ by leannamattos
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[Book 3 of the Grounding the Storm series] Renit's worst nightmare has come true. Roux isn't at his side, and he's banished from his throne and his crown, leaving him nameless and on the run. While trying to escape his father's cruel reign, he has to find a way to get Roux back, putting together a team that was once on the other side of his alliance. All the while, those at the castle do what they can to ensure Roux remains alive and they must protect her sister, Celestine, at all costs, leaving some in a very dire situation to choose which side they want to ally with. This is the third installment to the Grounding the Storm series! This novel is complete. Ensure to read the first two books of the series before this one. You can find the entire series on my profile. Beautiful cover by @scmimi
Grounding the Storm ✓ by leannamattos
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[Completed] In a kingdom ruled by a cruel king, no one is out of the watchful eye of the royal family. Not even Roux Aimrey herself, hidden away in a refugee village built from the ground by her parents. If dealing with the looming eye of their leader wasn't enough, Roux's power, an immortal strength, is dangerous and untrained. She believes facing the hypocrisy of the village is the worst of her problems until a powerful storm invades their home, and it's not just any storm. Standing in the chaos, Roux finds the prince of Esaria has come for her; he requires her power to aide his own. Roux must navigate her new life in the castle and learn to leave her old one behind, all the while learning to trust her power and what it must take to force her way into the prince's black heart. Beautiful cover made by @scmimi Book one of a four-book series! Reached #1 in darkfantasy Reached #1 in prince Reached #1 in magic Reached #1 in witch Reached #1 in sword Reached #1 in king Reached #1 in castle Reached #1 in epicfantasy
Bridging the Ancient ✓ by leannamattos
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[Sequel to Grounding the Storm] The fate of the kingdom hangs in the air. Renit and Roux have been captured on their journey to Fosux Mines and both princes are injured. Their strength and willingness to survive what they've endured will determine the kingdom's future. Book Two of the Grounding the Storm series! This novel cannot be read as a stand-alone, so check out Grounding the Storm before reading Bridging the Ancient. You can find both on my profile. Beautiful cover made by @scmimi
Forever Green by lavenderstar
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*Wattys Shortlisted!* A witch. A hunter. And a curse. ~*~ Theiden Guster hadn't intended to abandon his family. But after trying to kill the witch named Lenesa Evergreen, he ends up miles from home as her captive instead. High up in the mountains, the rules of the city no longer apply, and he is forced to face off against the wild and the weird, all the while looking for a chance to strike the witch down in a moment of weakness and make his escape. But the witch needs his help. A dark and vengeful presence is growing in the forest, thirsting for the blood of those in the city, and the witch hunters are preparing to cleanse the mountains in a brutal final attack. Lenesa knows there's not much hope for her ever-worsening condition, but is willing to do whatever it takes to bring peace back to the land and stop the bloodshed. If she's lucky, she'll be able to see the dawn of a new era before succumbing to her affliction. Yet with hardly a plan and very little time, the odds do not appear in her favor, and it seems each step she takes brings about more harm than good. ~*~Cover by TheHeraEra, who has a cover/icon/banner design book/shop if you'd like to inquire for one of your own stories. Thank you Hera!~*~
Mark of the Harbinger (Book 1) by rentachi
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More than anything, Grae Winters wants to live an average, boring life. No surprises, no magic, and definitely no vampires. Unfortunately for Grae, she's anything but normal. Cursed with a power she doesn't understand, pretending to be ordinary is difficult when living in a city of the bizarre and supernatural. Grae's life only gets weirder when vampires start disappearing off Roccia Nera's streets, and she's coerced into searching for a master vampire's missing daughter. If Grae fails to find her, she'll have to take the woman's place in the master's cadre...for eternity. In a city where normalcy is overrated, Grae's life is about to get much stranger. [Series Discontinued]