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A Battle of Pride and Desire

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Parts 33
Time 8h 5m

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Brigette has never know anything other than poverty, so when an opportunity to pull her family out of financial debt arises, she seizes it. But with her actions come consequences and she is pulled into a world unfamiliar to her. In this world, beings beyond her imagination exist and they are less than pleased with her arrival. With dark forces at play and a handsome faerie male making life harder for her, Brigette is in way over her head. 


A retelling and different interpretation of the folklore I learned as a child in Ireland.All Rights Reserved

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The Last Sídhe by dreams_of_silver

The Sídhe: creatures of the earth that hold incredible powers, and a rare sight indeed in Rienne. Maeve, a girl who can draw fire from the sun, is one of the few Sídhe left--and the only one to linger amongst humans. She is content to live a simple life as a farmer's daughter, working beside the ocean and caring for her cattle. But peace is a fickle thing, and flees easily. When strange, dark beasts long since reduced to myth--Tremluí--return to ravage the land, Maeve's quiet existence is shattered. To protect all of Rienne, she sets off with the aid of a Sídhe boy who claims to know how to stop the nightmarish creatures. It is a dangerous, long journey to the Tremluí's home; to survive, Maeve must rely upon her flame as never before. After all, even the deepest shadows will be driven away by the light. ~ Cover by the amazing @Lueur_laVespine!

Isle of the Faeries by KayETib

There are still some places in this world where magic exists. It clings to the remote parts of the world that Time has left behind and forgotten, where life is simpler and nature is powerful. An example is Teelin, an island off the coast of Ireland, in Teelin you are either a farmer or a fisherman unless you work in Rell the largest town on Teelin. There are few cars and fewer well paved roads, the summers are often cloudy and the winters bitter but there is a wild powerful magic in every leaf and every wave that crashes on the cliffs. It is not the magic of movies with pretty sparks and silly words, it is the raw elements, deep and dark, complex and dangerous. It is addicting, and to the residents of Teelin it is a part of life. Something to watch out for, something to beware of but in the end no different than the wild dog packs that roam the moors, dangerous but avoidable. For it is not humans who wield the magic, it is the Sidhe, the Fey who wander the island, who live in the forests and lurk under the waves.

All is Fair in Myth & Truth by J_Janssen

Elina is on her way to join the army of King Lammert. Her step-brother Tijl left already three days ago without warning. With her own father far away in pursuit to unravel the myths of the ancient gods, it's up to her now. All she needs to do is volunteer as a medic, find her step-brother and drag his stubborn ass back home. It all sounded so simple... Walewein wasn't going to let Elina, travel alone to the army of King Lammert. So here he is, and he will do anything to keep her and Tijl safe. But confronted with the realities of war, he has to discover for himself how brave he actually is... Far away from Elina and Walewein, in pitch black darkness something awakens, wondering where it is and how long it has been asleep. But moreover, it's ready to unlease its powers once more upon the world...

Gryffynhall (the Danu Cycle: Fiann Trilogy Book 1) by writeriz

Only three things matter to all good fey; fighting, festivities and fornication. Eamon mac Aeveen is the youngest child of the king of the fey. With twenty-nine older siblings, Eamon's always allowed himself to indulge to excess even by fey standards. His fiann are the only ones he lets near, and even then they're at arm's length. But, he has earnt the fierce loyalty of his eight fighters and they are the only ones for whom he would lay down his immortal life. Their oath is strong and their bond stronger as they stalk Tir nAill and Innisfail for threats to the balance. What do you do when you find out your life is half a lie? Well, one-quarter a lie, anyway. Niamh O'Callaghan was a normal girl. Or, so she thought. When a chance encounter with two strange boys finds Niamh in some perverted version of Hogwarts, she has to learn to fight, weave magic, and not fall for Killian, the boy with the brilliant blue eyes. Because fey are not like humans and there is nothing normal about falling for one. Thank Danu for Lachlan, who is more brother than friend in such a strange place. The only thing stronger than your oath... If falling for Killian wasn't worrying enough, Eamon's return to Gryffnhall throws Niamh's world upside down once more. Once a friend to her parents and still haunted by their deaths, Eamon has nothing to lose and everything to gain by taking Niamh from Killian, and he sets out to do just that using every tool in his royal fey arsenal. Niamh's determined not to give into either of them ...is the power of Her heart. But, an old evil is resurfacing and Niamh has an inheritance to claim from the king. So, Eamon and the Gryffyns are tasked with escorting Niamh and her fiann to the king. And, if they can lure out the big bad gunning for Niamh, all the better. But, travelling in close quarters stirs up trouble between Kilian and Eamon in the battle for Niamh.

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The Bane of the Empire by AnnyVirdi

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Of Thyme and Waves by ThymeNext

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King of the Woodlands by prvmadonna

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