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Stealing from Wizards by raconsell
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Volume 1: Pickpocketing Living in secret and stealing to eat is a hard life , but it's all Kuro has ever known. Fear and necessity honed him from a young age into the finest young thief in in the wizard kingdoms. Nobody can hide forever, though, and a run of poor luck lands Kuro in a place where his quick hands and quiet feet count for nothing: Avalon Academy, school of magic. Out of his depth and unable to escape, can Kuro find a place among the other misfits at the school, or will his past return to ruin the one chance he has to leave his life in the shadows?
the purge ○ matthew by nohanthony
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in which a helpless, innocent girl has to team up with a strict, not-so-innocent boy during the 12 hours when all crime is legal. © nohanthony 2015
Faerie by JenniTomalin
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Once Upon a Time the Beryl crystal maintained equilibrium in the mythical kingdom of Faerie, which resides alongside our own mortal world. When the crystal is stolen, the land of Faerie began to slowly perish. When researcher Sophia Rose comes across an ancient crystal in Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum it represents an unwelcome intrusion of mythical knowledge into her carefully ordinary life. Though descended from the magical and mythical Fair Folk, she is determined to remain untouched by her family's legacy. She hides the crystal, but Sophia finds it impossible to hold the world of Faerie at bay any longer.
Ugly: A Faerie Tale Retold by HannahRobinsonAuthor
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You've heard the story of Cinderella-- how she conquered the odds, danced at the ball, and married the prince. That's mostly accurate, except for the part about marrying the prince. This story is not about Cinderella. It's about her ugly stepsister, Thisbe, who also conquered the odds and danced at the ball. And if you want to find out who actually married the prince... well, you'll have to read the story. Trigger warnings: Child abuse and mentions of suicide.
Sly by SabrinaBlackburry
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With a flick of the wrist and a slip of her cloak, Sly can steal a coin right from under a noble's nose. But when her brother and their band of rogues catch the attention of a prince, she may find herself in a sea of deception that just might drown them all. Unless a certain goddess of mischief intervenes...
Wylde Magic | Book 3 by SabrinaBlackburry
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The Wylde series book 3 Thank you @AWFrasier for the amazing cover! Wren and her friends return to the Wyldes with most of the answered they sought, only to find their beloved home in a state of tension. Courts choose sides, tensions rise, and barriers crumble as Wren tries desperately to keep it all together. Can they keep the Wyldes in one piece, or will it need to break apart to be forged anew?
Half Magic | Book 2 by SabrinaBlackburry
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Book 2 of the Wylde Series Thank you @AWFrasier for the amazing cover! Wren has come out of the Wyldes with more questions than answers as to who she is. After escaping DuVarick's clutches, Wren puts as much distance as she can between her and the Winter lands. Now with part of her triquetram found and her magic somewhat under control, her sights are set on finding the witches, the elves, and maybe even an ancient being who keeps beckoning her toward it. Find me...
Half Wylde | Book 1 by SabrinaBlackburry
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Half-blooded Wren escapes her old life among humans to go live with the fae. After a warm welcome, Wren slowly begins to accept herself for who she is, until she encounters a more sinister court that would rather see the child of their enemy dead. ***** When an unexpected attack on the nearby village effectively renders Wren homeless, she encounters the wild and frightening Thain, who would take her to the Wyldes: the land of the fae creatures. As a half breed raised among humans, Wren was shunned for her non-human half and taught to fear the fae. Now that she's living among them, she has to face her fears and accept her own heritage in order to live among them. But as the mystery of her parentage begins to unravel, Wren might find herself in more danger than she could have ever imagined. Book 1 of the Wylde Series *SHORT LISTED* Wattys 2018 Wattpad "Hot Off The Press" featured book April 2018 Thank you @AWFrasier for the awesome cover!
Carnival Souls by RedasNight
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COMPLETED: 2019 Watty Award Winner in Fantasy Every night she plays...and every night they come... Lira is a violinist by nature and a performer by imprisonment. Stolen as a child by a malevolent wraith and trapped in the Spirit World, Lira now spends her days playing the very music that seduced her in the first place. She sees no escape from her existence under the sorceress Bebinn, until one day her music lures Owen who, at age 16, is supposed to be too old to succumb to its spell. Imprisoned alongside Lira and desperate to find a way back home, Owen vows to find a way to free them both. The only problem: no one has ever escaped Bebinn and the Spirit World alive. 1st Place Winner in Fantasy for the Undiscovered Writer Awards! 1st Place in Fantasy for the Hidden Author Awards! 1st Place in Fantasy for the Hot Dog Awards! Winner of @EventualElites "Hypnotized and Hooked" Award! 3rd Place in Fantasy for the Book Center's Summer Awards! Cover by: @Baneen121
He was Almost Absorbed by the System by Ebonsolaris
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Paralysed from the neck down after a serious accident and unable to pay for full body restoration, Kyan was sent into an Alien Archive to rescue the V.I.P's trapped within it's virtual records. However, unbeknownst to him, he is little more than real life cannon fodder, sent to die, so the V.I.P's could live. Dragged through the worlds recorded in the files, he is now on the brink of exhaustion and the System is almost ready to absorb what remains of him and replace him in the physical world. But just as he is due to complete his last mission, someone interferes... ( 18+) (b x b) Part One of Two! (Cover by Claira232)