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The Queen's Gambit

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Seventeen-year-old Rhea is fast, deadly, and on the run, her ability to evade capture determining the future of the kingdom of Etria. The once-exiled Witch King has usurped the throne, and Rhea posesses a desperate plan to raise the armies of the southern kingdom against him and restore the rightful queen. 

But it doesn't take long for her plans to sour when she finds herself hunted by dark forces she hardly understands. After a deadly accident, she becomes stuck with a mysterious stranger wearing odd silver cuffs, and while uncovering his secrets, her own past begins to unravel.

She has the power to save the kingdom--unless the demons of her past bring her down first.All Rights Reserved

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Gazing At The Moon by Charliethehoe

The princess, elegant, quiet and beautiful, is getting used to her new guard. Her guard, who's not a man (or a human) like everyone thinks, also needs to get used to her, but that won't take long. Something new will start to sprout, even. Something she has no control over. But unfortunately, for the good of everyone involved, this has to be a secret. Things, however, will not be that easy.

A Whisper to the North by AbigaelOfAgartha

Damsels aren't supposed to wield swords, especially ancient swords that will have the blood of thousands spilled across it. ✵✵✵✵✵ Deep in the mountains of Cambria, there lives a legendary queen of unparalleled beauty, benevolence and brutality. She seeks only to avenge her family, but it is easier said than done. She must travel far into the formidable lands of Northumbria to find the king who killed her father. With the help of an assassin turned friend, queen Una sees that nothing can get in her way, except a secret that will shatter her reality forever. ✵✵✵✵✵ EXCERPT ✵✵✵✵✵ "I can understand what it must be like for you, trapped in the walls of the north mountains. While Christian Bryttania grew, your pagan roots began to rot as your people lay waste to the invasions of the Danes and Vikings. A millennia ago, most lived and died within the short distance of which they were born. Their existence was bounded by the wilderness in the unyielding darkness of ancient woods, by the ice shown peaks of impenetrable mountains. This old truth is your reality, is it not?" ✵✵✵✵ WARNING CONTAINS ✵✵✵✵ Disturbing Images Strong Sexual Content Strong Violence Pervasive Language ✵✵✵✵✵✵ Word Count ✵✵✵✵✵✵ Number of words: 191,554 Number of pages in book: 734

The Siege of Talons & Torment by bcfajohn

With the Age of Dragons long dead, only the four runes promise absolution. Days after Cateline wakes from a years-long magical sleep, she is faced with the daunting task of marrying off so her home can be rid of the curse burned into her neck. Mere hours after her scandalous arrangement with the only courter her age-a promise of freedom and safety-the masquerade descends into bloodshed, and she is thrust into a new kingdom with uncertain threats. Safe within the walls of Lighthelm Academy of Magic, Cateline must harness her long-suppressed powers, unravel the Dragon's Prophecy that threatens to doom the world as they knew it, and discern friend from foe as those closest to her unravel the delicate web of lies she'd built to protect herself from the enemies her father had made. As her new identity start to fall apart, the only friends she'd ever truly known start to turn on her. With uncertain allies and dangerous enemies, her struggle evolves from mastering magic to sheer survival. Alliances shift, and kingdoms clash. Only a love that dares to defy destiny can turn the tide.

Mutation by sightsfromtheoutside

Terrilynn Falana, aka Terri, has lost her father and her mother to an unknown face. She feels alone, lost in world where she is a freak among freaks. A mutation on her Lupine Gene leaves her stuck in a community full of werewolves without the ability to shift. Her life is changing as she leaves her sheltered, single parent environment for the huge, muddled pack life her grandparents have always known. But maybe, with the help of her own special abilities, she'll be able fit in better than she expected. New friends, new problems, and new romances wait for her, but balancing everything that is happening to her will be the true challenge as she fights for control of her life.

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Ikelos (The Ephemeral: Book 2) by gtgrandom

Fearing for Will's life, Alex crosses the Rim to save him from the Rhean monarchy, but the dark truths awaiting her will make her question everything. ***** Two months have passed since the battle at Holly, and Alex has worked tirelessly to master her power. Training under the Command has taken a toll on her health, but she welcomes the distraction - anything to keep her mind off the elusive Rhean prince. No one has heard from Will since his departure, and while her peers implore her to wait for his return, Alex has never known patience. Accompanied by two unlikely allies, she ventures into Rhean territory, desperate to save her friend. But one rescue mission might just cost her everything. ***** (Book 2 in the Ephemeral Series)

Once was a time by Lying_DM

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The Deathly Scream - 𝟙 by LauraChelsey

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Gazing At The Moon

The princess, elegant, quiet and beautiful, is getting used to her new guard. Her guard, who's not a man (or a human) like everyone thinks, also needs to get used to her, but that won't take long. Something new will start to sprout, even. Something she has no control over. But unfortunately, for the good of everyone involved, this has to be a secret. Things, however, will not be that easy.