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Half Lost

by Sally Green • 2016

A half-witch soldier's magic makes him unstoppable. It cannot save the boy he loves.

4.03

19k+

🧙 Dark Witch Fantasy 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Witch Saga 🖤 Morally Gray Hero ⚔️ Gritty Fantasy 🕯️ Hidden Magic Society

Half Lost

A half-witch soldier's magic makes him unstoppable. It cannot save the boy he loves.

by Sally Green 2016 340 pages

4.03

19k+ ratings

🧙 Dark Witch Fantasy 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Witch Saga 🖤 Morally Gray Hero ⚔️ Gritty Fantasy 🕯️ Hidden Magic Society

Awakened

by P.C. Cast • 2011

One murdered fledgling, one grieving circle, and a High Priestess whose tears hide fresh fangs.

4.00

100k+

🏫 Vampire Boarding School 🔥 Elemental Magic 🔄 Redemption Arc 💕 Forbidden Romance 👥 Found Family

Awakened

One murdered fledgling, one grieving circle, and a High Priestess whose tears hide fresh fangs.

by P.C. Cast 2011 290 pages

4.00

100k+ ratings

🏫 Vampire Boarding School 🔥 Elemental Magic 🔄 Redemption Arc 💕 Forbidden Romance 👥 Found Family

Spells for Forgetting

by Adrienne Young • 2022

After fourteen years, August Salt returns to the island where a girl's drowning whispers his name.

3.85

72k+

🖤 Small Town Gothic 🍂 Folk Magic 💔 Second Chance Romance 🌙 Friends To Lovers 🔑 Generational Secrets

Spells for Forgetting

After fourteen years, August Salt returns to the island where a girl's drowning whispers his name.

by Adrienne Young 2022 351 pages

3.85

72k+ ratings

🖤 Small Town Gothic 🍂 Folk Magic 💔 Second Chance Romance 🌙 Friends To Lovers 🔑 Generational Secrets

Unforgiven

by Lauren Kate • 2015

A fallen angel wagers his soul to win back the girl he damned to Hell.

3.87

19k+

🖤 Fallen Angel Romance 💫 Second Chance Love 🔥 Deal With The Devil 🔄 Reincarnation Romance 😈 Redeemed Bad Boy

Unforgiven

A fallen angel wagers his soul to win back the girl he damned to Hell.

by Lauren Kate 2015 400 pages

3.87

19k+ ratings

🖤 Fallen Angel Romance 💫 Second Chance Love 🔥 Deal With The Devil 🔄 Reincarnation Romance 😈 Redeemed Bad Boy

The Queen's Bargain

by Anne Bishop • 2020

A warlord prince's dark power turns against him, threatening his marriage and his realm.

4.19

4k+

🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance 🌹 Sensual Magic 🏠 Found Family 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🔥 Redemption Arc

The Queen's Bargain

A warlord prince's dark power turns against him, threatening his marriage and his realm.

by Anne Bishop 2020 414 pages

4.19

4k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Fantasy Romance 🌹 Sensual Magic 🏠 Found Family 💔 Marriage In Crisis 🔥 Redemption Arc

The Devil Rides Out

by Dennis Wheatley • 1934

An occultist duke and his American friend battle a black magician to reclaim a man's soul.

3.77

2k+

🕵️ Occult Detective 🕯️ Secret Satanic Cult 🌑 Occult Initiation 🔮 Ritual Magic 🏃 Supernatural Pursuit

The Devil Rides Out

An occultist duke and his American friend battle a black magician to reclaim a man's soul.

by Dennis Wheatley 1934 320 pages

3.77

2k+ ratings

🕵️ Occult Detective 🕯️ Secret Satanic Cult 🌑 Occult Initiation 🔮 Ritual Magic 🏃 Supernatural Pursuit

Court of Serpents and Secrets

by Eliza Raine • 2023

Bound to a cursed fae prince, a human slave must survive his stepmother's deadly games.

4.07

17k+

📜 Norse-Inspired Fantasy 🏰 Fae Courts 👑 Cursed Prince 💍 Forced Betrothal 🔮 Hidden Heritage

Court of Serpents and Secrets

Bound to a cursed fae prince, a human slave must survive his stepmother's deadly games.

by Eliza Raine 2023 296 pages

4.07

17k+ ratings

📜 Norse-Inspired Fantasy 🏰 Fae Courts 👑 Cursed Prince 💍 Forced Betrothal 🔮 Hidden Heritage

Sorcery of Thorns

by Margaret Rogerson • 2019

Framed for murder, a library apprentice must trust a sorcerer and the demon who raised him.

4.04

100k+

📚 Sentient Libraries 💕 Enemies To Lovers 👥 Found Family 👹 Demon Companion 🤝 Demon Bargains

Sorcery of Thorns

Framed for murder, a library apprentice must trust a sorcerer and the demon who raised him.

by Margaret Rogerson 2019 456 pages

4.04

100k+ ratings

📚 Sentient Libraries 💕 Enemies To Lovers 👥 Found Family 👹 Demon Companion 🤝 Demon Bargains

Haunted

by Meg Cabot • 2003

A rival medium returns with forbidden powers, threatening to tear her from her ghostly love.

4.14

40k+

🖤 Teen Medium 💔 Ghost Love Triangle 🌌 Realm Crossing 👻 Unfinished Business 😔 Survivor's Guilt

Haunted

A rival medium returns with forbidden powers, threatening to tear her from her ghostly love.

by Meg Cabot 2003 263 pages

4.14

40k+ ratings

🖤 Teen Medium 💔 Ghost Love Triangle 🌌 Realm Crossing 👻 Unfinished Business 😔 Survivor's Guilt

The Serpent's Bride

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley • 2025

A shapeshifter marries a vampire crime lord for revenge, and his obsession becomes her cage.

3.92

3k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity 🗡️ Revenge Quest 🩸 Vampire Mafia 💀 Dangerous Attraction

The Serpent's Bride

A shapeshifter marries a vampire crime lord for revenge, and his obsession becomes her cage.

by Kathryn Ann Kingsley 2025 306 pages

3.92

3k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 🎭 Hidden Identity 🗡️ Revenge Quest 🩸 Vampire Mafia 💀 Dangerous Attraction

The Wolf in the Whale

by Jordanna Max Brodsky • 2019

An Inuk shaman, both man and woman, battles Viking invaders in a war of dying gods.

4.10

5k+

❄️ Arctic Survival 🌙 Genderfluid Protagonist 🪓 Viking Age Setting 🦅 Shamanic Journey ⚔️ Clash Of Mythologies

The Wolf in the Whale

An Inuk shaman, both man and woman, battles Viking invaders in a war of dying gods.

by Jordanna Max Brodsky 2019 544 pages

4.10

5k+ ratings

❄️ Arctic Survival 🌙 Genderfluid Protagonist 🪓 Viking Age Setting 🦅 Shamanic Journey ⚔️ Clash Of Mythologies

The Kingdom of Ruin

by K.C. Kean • 2024

A scarred fae princess fights for the throne as four rival heirs fight for her.

4.20

7k+

🧚 Fae Academy Romance 💕 Why Choose Fantasy 👑 Hidden Princess 💔 Scarred Heroine ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers

The Kingdom of Ruin

A scarred fae princess fights for the throne as four rival heirs fight for her.

by K.C. Kean 2024 480 pages

4.20

7k+ ratings

🧚 Fae Academy Romance 💕 Why Choose Fantasy 👑 Hidden Princess 💔 Scarred Heroine ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers

A Breaking of Realms

by Jasmine Young • 2023

An outcast secretly bonds with a wild dragon the law demands dead.

4.27

1k+

🐉 Dragon Rider Fantasy 🪓 Norse-Inspired Fantasy 🖤 Forbidden Dragon Bond 💔 Estranged Siblings ⚖️ Corrupt Magical Order

A Breaking of Realms

An outcast secretly bonds with a wild dragon the law demands dead.

by Jasmine Young 2023 460 pages

4.27

1k+ ratings

🐉 Dragon Rider Fantasy 🪓 Norse-Inspired Fantasy 🖤 Forbidden Dragon Bond 💔 Estranged Siblings ⚖️ Corrupt Magical Order

Gilded Serpent

by Danielle L. Jensen • 2021

Conquest earns a legion commander a death warrant, and his navigator a target on her back.

4.44

5k+

💔 Enemies To Lovers 🗡️ Military Fantasy 🏛️ Political Fantasy ✨ Marked By Gods ⚖️ Divided Loyalties

Gilded Serpent

Conquest earns a legion commander a death warrant, and his navigator a target on her back.

by Danielle L. Jensen 2021 576 pages

4.44

5k+ ratings

💔 Enemies To Lovers 🗡️ Military Fantasy 🏛️ Political Fantasy ✨ Marked By Gods ⚖️ Divided Loyalties

The Lifters

by Dave Eggers • 2018

An invisible boy learns his crumbling town is held together by children propping up the earth.

3.61

2k+

🕳️ Secret Underground World 🏘️ Small Town Fantasy 🕵️ Secret Society Of Kids 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏠 Found Family

The Lifters

An invisible boy learns his crumbling town is held together by children propping up the earth.

by Dave Eggers 2018 352 pages

3.61

2k+ ratings

🕳️ Secret Underground World 🏘️ Small Town Fantasy 🕵️ Secret Society Of Kids 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 🏠 Found Family

Reckless Souls

by K.C. Kean • 2022

Her hidden power lands a human orphan in a supernatural academy, fated to four dangerous men.

4.21

14k+

💖 Why Choose 💫 Fated Mates 🏰 Magical Academy 🔮 Hidden Heritage 🐺 Possessive Heroes

Reckless Souls

Her hidden power lands a human orphan in a supernatural academy, fated to four dangerous men.

by K.C. Kean 2022 388 pages

4.21

14k+ ratings

💖 Why Choose 💫 Fated Mates 🏰 Magical Academy 🔮 Hidden Heritage 🐺 Possessive Heroes

A Court of Mist and Fury (Part 1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]

by Sarah J. Maas • 2022

Stolen from her wedding by a dark fae lord, a broken huntress finds freedom in his hidden city.

4.7

20k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏰 Fae Court Intrigue 💫 Fated Mates 💔 Trauma Recovery

A Court of Mist and Fury (Part 1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]

Stolen from her wedding by a dark fae lord, a broken huntress finds freedom in his hidden city.

by Sarah J. Maas 2022

4.7

20k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 🏰 Fae Court Intrigue 💫 Fated Mates 💔 Trauma Recovery

Children of Virtue and Vengeance

by Tomi Adeyemi • 2019

Magic returned. So did the queen, with stolen power and an army aimed at Zélie's rebellion.

3.89

82k+

🗺️ West African Fantasy 🏛️ African Mythology ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Magical Rebellion

Children of Virtue and Vengeance

Magic returned. So did the queen, with stolen power and an army aimed at Zélie's rebellion.

by Tomi Adeyemi 2019 404 pages

3.89

82k+ ratings

🗺️ West African Fantasy 🏛️ African Mythology ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 🔥 Magical Rebellion

Queens

by Invi Wright • 2025

A demon princess hunts a murderous queen and falls for the man betrothed to her daughter.

3.92

3k+

🌑 Dark Romantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💫 Fated Mates 🎭 Hidden Identity ⚔️ Vengeance Quest

Queens

A demon princess hunts a murderous queen and falls for the man betrothed to her daughter.

by Invi Wright 2025 13 pages

3.92

3k+ ratings

🌑 Dark Romantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 💫 Fated Mates 🎭 Hidden Identity ⚔️ Vengeance Quest

Dark Restraint

by Katee Robert • 2024

Sent to kill Ariadne, the Minotaur hunts her for a darker purpose: he wants her back.

3.47

20k+

🏛️ Greek Myth Retelling ⚡ Modern Gods 🖤 Possessive Hero 👑 Political Marriage 🌑 Morally Gray Hero

Dark Restraint

Sent to kill Ariadne, the Minotaur hunts her for a darker purpose: he wants her back.

by Katee Robert 2024 300 pages

3.47

20k+ ratings

🏛️ Greek Myth Retelling ⚡ Modern Gods 🖤 Possessive Hero 👑 Political Marriage 🌑 Morally Gray Hero

Dark & Darker Still

by Nikki St. Crowe • 2025

She hears the dead and is bound to two monster brothers. A political marriage spells catastrophe.

4.16

4k+

🃏 Wonderland Retelling 🥀 Toxic Monster Romance 🖤 Toxic Love Triangle 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 💀 Necromancer Heroine

Dark & Darker Still

She hears the dead and is bound to two monster brothers. A political marriage spells catastrophe.

by Nikki St. Crowe 2025 149 pages

4.16

4k+ ratings

🃏 Wonderland Retelling 🥀 Toxic Monster Romance 🖤 Toxic Love Triangle 🗡️ Touch Her And Die 💀 Necromancer Heroine

Instant Karma

by Marissa Meyer • 2020

The universe delivers poetic justice at her command, but her lab partner alone is immune.

3.74

25k+

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🦭 Animal Rescue 🌊 Coastal Town

Instant Karma

The universe delivers poetic justice at her command, but her lab partner alone is immune.

by Marissa Meyer 2020 400 pages

3.74

25k+ ratings

🖤 Enemies To Lovers ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Forced Proximity 🦭 Animal Rescue 🌊 Coastal Town

The Ending Fire

by Saara El-Arifi • 2024

An empire's final war hinges on a warrior, her messiah lover, and magic paid in bone.

4.03

3k+

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Epic Fantasy 🩸 Blood Caste Society 🔥 Reluctant Chosen One ✊ Found Family Revolution 💀 Forbidden Blood Magic

The Ending Fire

An empire's final war hinges on a warrior, her messiah lover, and magic paid in bone.

by Saara El-Arifi 2024 512 pages

4.03

3k+ ratings

🏳️‍🌈 Sapphic Epic Fantasy 🩸 Blood Caste Society 🔥 Reluctant Chosen One ✊ Found Family Revolution 💀 Forbidden Blood Magic

Fated to the Frost King

by Robin D. Mahle • 2025

An outcast with no magic weds the Frost King. The blood bond between them will obey no law.

4.08

3k+

🏰 Fae Court Intrigue 🌑 Dark Fae 💍 Forced Marriage 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🔮 Hidden Powers

Fated to the Frost King

An outcast with no magic weds the Frost King. The blood bond between them will obey no law.

by Robin D. Mahle 2025 358 pages

4.08

3k+ ratings

🏰 Fae Court Intrigue 🌑 Dark Fae 💍 Forced Marriage 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🔮 Hidden Powers

Sourdough

by Robin Sloan • 2017

When a San Francisco coder inherits a singing sourdough starter, her optimized life begins to rise.

3.75

62k+

🪄 Magical Realism 🍞 Foodie Fiction ☕ Cozy Fantasy Energy 🤝 Unlikely Mentorship 💻 Women In Stem

Sourdough

When a San Francisco coder inherits a singing sourdough starter, her optimized life begins to rise.

by Robin Sloan 2017 259 pages

3.75

62k+ ratings

🪄 Magical Realism 🍞 Foodie Fiction ☕ Cozy Fantasy Energy 🤝 Unlikely Mentorship 💻 Women In Stem

The Sky on Fire

by Jenn Lyons • 2024

Banished underground, a beast-tamer leads a crew to rob a dragon queen's vault of secrets.

3.59

3k+

🗡️ Heist Fantasy 🐉 Dragon Riders 💛 Found Family 🤝 Enemies To Allies 👥 Hidden Family

The Sky on Fire

Banished underground, a beast-tamer leads a crew to rob a dragon queen's vault of secrets.

by Jenn Lyons 2024 435 pages

3.59

3k+ ratings

🗡️ Heist Fantasy 🐉 Dragon Riders 💛 Found Family 🤝 Enemies To Allies 👥 Hidden Family

The Bone Shard Daughter

by Andrea Stewart • 2020

An emperor's memory-blank heir battles her foster brother for the throne and a soul-stealing magic.

3.98

37k+

🧙 Hard Magic System 🏰 Palace Intrigue ⚔️ Rival Heirs 🤖 Sentient Constructs 🐾 Magical Beast Bond

The Bone Shard Daughter

An emperor's memory-blank heir battles her foster brother for the throne and a soul-stealing magic.

by Andrea Stewart 2020 435 pages

3.98

37k+ ratings

🧙 Hard Magic System 🏰 Palace Intrigue ⚔️ Rival Heirs 🤖 Sentient Constructs 🐾 Magical Beast Bond

Dead Lands

by Stacey Marie Brown • 2021

Bound to the fae warrior she despises, a rebel necromancer holds the spark of revolution.

4.12

25k+

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💀 Fated Mates 🌙 Dark Romantasy 🏰 Eastern European Fantasy ⚔️ Rebel Uprising

Dead Lands

Bound to the fae warrior she despises, a rebel necromancer holds the spark of revolution.

by Stacey Marie Brown 2021 446 pages

4.12

25k+ ratings

🔥 Enemies To Lovers 💀 Fated Mates 🌙 Dark Romantasy 🏰 Eastern European Fantasy ⚔️ Rebel Uprising

Skysworn

by Will Wight • 2017

Conscripted into the sky corps, a maimed outcast faces a blood god's crimson apocalypse.

4.37

37k+

🪜 Progression Fantasy 🌿 Cultivation Magic 🖤 Found Family 💪 Relentless Underdog ⚠️ Power At A Cost

Skysworn

Conscripted into the sky corps, a maimed outcast faces a blood god's crimson apocalypse.

by Will Wight 2017 292 pages

4.37

37k+ ratings

🪜 Progression Fantasy 🌿 Cultivation Magic 🖤 Found Family 💪 Relentless Underdog ⚠️ Power At A Cost

Conflicted

by Lark Taylor • 2024

An angel commander and a demon share a fated bond Heaven forbids and neither can resist.

4.34

2k+

👼 Angel Demon Romance 💫 Fated Mates ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🚫 Forbidden Love 🫂 Found Family

Conflicted

An angel commander and a demon share a fated bond Heaven forbids and neither can resist.

by Lark Taylor 2024 428 pages

4.34

2k+ ratings

👼 Angel Demon Romance 💫 Fated Mates ⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 🚫 Forbidden Love 🫂 Found Family

Catharsis

by Travis Bagwell • 2016

The VR game's AI reads a bullied teen's rage and offers him a kingdom of the undead.

4.37

16k+

🎮 Litrpg 🌐 Vr Game World 💀 Necromancer Protagonist 🔥 Revenge Arc 🖤 Corruption Arc

Catharsis

The VR game's AI reads a bullied teen's rage and offers him a kingdom of the undead.

by Travis Bagwell 2016 525 pages

4.37

16k+ ratings

🎮 Litrpg 🌐 Vr Game World 💀 Necromancer Protagonist 🔥 Revenge Arc 🖤 Corruption Arc

Kiss of Midnight

by Lara Adrian • 2007

A photographer films a vampire attack. The warrior who finds her knows she belongs to him.

3.92

66k+

🩸 Vampire Warrior Romance 💫 Fated Mates ⚔️ Brotherhood Of Warriors 🎭 Secret Identity 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Kiss of Midnight

A photographer films a vampire attack. The warrior who finds her knows she belongs to him.

by Lara Adrian 2007 402 pages

3.92

66k+ ratings

🩸 Vampire Warrior Romance 💫 Fated Mates ⚔️ Brotherhood Of Warriors 🎭 Secret Identity 🔪 Touch Her And Die

Star Wars

by Greg Bear • 2000

A Padawan and his master seek a planet that builds living ships, unaware it is alive.

3.39

7k+

🪐 Sentient Planet ⚔️ Master And Apprentice 🌱 Jedi Coming Of Age 🌑 Dark Side Temptation 🌍 Alien World Exploration

Star Wars

A Padawan and his master seek a planet that builds living ships, unaware it is alive.

by Greg Bear 2000 336 pages

3.39

7k+ ratings

🪐 Sentient Planet ⚔️ Master And Apprentice 🌱 Jedi Coming Of Age 🌑 Dark Side Temptation 🌍 Alien World Exploration

Devour the Dark

by Nikki St. Crowe • 2025

Devoured by the witch he swallowed, a man's only hope is two lovers hunting a mythic cure.

4.05

12k+

🌑 Dark Retelling 🖤 Monster Romance 😈 Cursed Hero 💕 Why Choose 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Devour the Dark

Devoured by the witch he swallowed, a man's only hope is two lovers hunting a mythic cure.

by Nikki St. Crowe 2025 206 pages

4.05

12k+ ratings

🌑 Dark Retelling 🖤 Monster Romance 😈 Cursed Hero 💕 Why Choose 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

Born in Blood

by Sadie Kincaid • 2024

A Victorian rake turned vampire awakens an immortal hunger that binds him to his ancient sire.

3.83

7k+

🩸 Sire Bond 🏙️ Victorian London 🎩 Rake Hero 🦇 Gothic Atmosphere ⚔️ Revenge Quest

Born in Blood

A Victorian rake turned vampire awakens an immortal hunger that binds him to his ancient sire.

by Sadie Kincaid 2024 58 pages

3.83

7k+ ratings

🩸 Sire Bond 🏙️ Victorian London 🎩 Rake Hero 🦇 Gothic Atmosphere ⚔️ Revenge Quest

How to Flirt with a Hellhound

by Shannon Mae • 2024

An anxious writer asks his hot neighbor about dismemberment. He's a hellhound. He's into it.

4.13

5k+

🖤 Dark Paranormal Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 😈 Morally Grey Hero

How to Flirt with a Hellhound

An anxious writer asks his hot neighbor about dismemberment. He's a hellhound. He's into it.

by Shannon Mae 2024 226 pages

4.13

5k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Paranormal Romance ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🏠 Neighbors To Lovers 🫂 Found Family 😈 Morally Grey Hero

The King of Frost and Shadows

by Jen L. Grey • 2024

Abducted to a winter court, she's at the mercy of a king she once loved.

3.94

15k+

🖤 Fated Mates 🔥 Enemies To Lovers ⚔️ Deadly Trials 👑 Lost Princess 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

The King of Frost and Shadows

Abducted to a winter court, she's at the mercy of a king she once loved.

by Jen L. Grey 2024 348 pages

3.94

15k+ ratings

🖤 Fated Mates 🔥 Enemies To Lovers ⚔️ Deadly Trials 👑 Lost Princess 🗡️ Touch Her And Die

The Citadel of the Autarch

by Gene Wolfe • 1983

A torturer with a healing relic must consume a ruler's mind to inherit a dying world.

4.26

11k+

🏚️ Dying Earth 📖 Literary Fantasy 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Merged Identity 📚 Nested Stories

The Citadel of the Autarch

A torturer with a healing relic must consume a ruler's mind to inherit a dying world.

by Gene Wolfe 1983 330 pages

4.26

11k+ ratings

🏚️ Dying Earth 📖 Literary Fantasy 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 🧠 Merged Identity 📚 Nested Stories

Reaper

by Suzanne Wright • 2022

A nightmare demon's fated mate is the one man off-limits: her stepsister's ex, a lethal reaper.

4.21

5k+

💫 Fated Mates 🧠 Psychic Bond 🗡️ Possessive Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 😈 Demon Romance

Reaper

A nightmare demon's fated mate is the one man off-limits: her stepsister's ex, a lethal reaper.

by Suzanne Wright 2022 374 pages

4.21

5k+ ratings

💫 Fated Mates 🧠 Psychic Bond 🗡️ Possessive Hero 🏠 Forced Proximity 😈 Demon Romance

House of Bane and Blood

by Alexis L. Menard • 2023

One stolen night of freedom ties an heiress to the stranger who crashes her wedding.

3.95

22k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💍 Arranged Marriage ⚙️ Industrial Fantasy 🌑 Morally Grey Hero 🏠 Found Family

House of Bane and Blood

One stolen night of freedom ties an heiress to the stranger who crashes her wedding.

by Alexis L. Menard 2023 432 pages

3.95

22k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💍 Arranged Marriage ⚙️ Industrial Fantasy 🌑 Morally Grey Hero 🏠 Found Family

Grendel

by John Gardner • 1971

Deathless and despised, a monster wages war on the hall whose stories made him evil.

3.69

43k+

🧠 Philosophical Fantasy 👹 Monster Protagonist 📖 Literary Retelling 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 👁️ Outsider Narrator

Grendel

Deathless and despised, a monster wages war on the hall whose stories made him evil.

by John Gardner 1971 194 pages

3.69

43k+ ratings

🧠 Philosophical Fantasy 👹 Monster Protagonist 📖 Literary Retelling 🗣️ Unreliable Narrator 👁️ Outsider Narrator

Paladin's Faith

by T. Kingfisher • 2023

A hunted spy and a guilt-ridden paladin seek an invention that could shatter a deadly monopoly.

4.19

17k+

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🕵️ Spy Heroine 💬 Witty Banter 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👑 Court Intrigue

Paladin's Faith

A hunted spy and a guilt-ridden paladin seek an invention that could shatter a deadly monopoly.

by T. Kingfisher 2023 446 pages

4.19

17k+ ratings

🛡️ Bodyguard Romance 🕵️ Spy Heroine 💬 Witty Banter 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family 👑 Court Intrigue

The Hobbit

by Jane Johnson • 2012

Concept art and set photography trace the film's adventure from the Shire to the dragon's lair.

4.62

26k+

🎨 Film Production Art 🎬 Behind The Scenes 🎥 Fantasy Film Companion 🦶 Reluctant Hero 🧙 Wizard Mentor

The Hobbit

Concept art and set photography trace the film's adventure from the Shire to the dragon's lair.

by Jane Johnson 2012 75 pages

4.62

26k+ ratings

🎨 Film Production Art 🎬 Behind The Scenes 🎥 Fantasy Film Companion 🦶 Reluctant Hero 🧙 Wizard Mentor

The Shattered Kingdom

by Invi Wright • 2025

A human must clear her friend of regicide, but fate binds her to two princes.

4.03

2k+

🖤 Fated Mates 🏰 Faerie Court 🌍 Human In Fae World 👥 Reverse Harem ⚖️ Political Intrigue

The Shattered Kingdom

A human must clear her friend of regicide, but fate binds her to two princes.

by Invi Wright 2025

4.03

2k+ ratings

🖤 Fated Mates 🏰 Faerie Court 🌍 Human In Fae World 👥 Reverse Harem ⚖️ Political Intrigue

Dawn of Flames

by Tessa Hale • 2024

The last dragon princess is a prisoner; her five fated mates will tear the world apart.

3.93

21k+

🐉 Dragon Shifters 💖 Fated Mates 👑 Hidden Royalty 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🫂 Found Family

Dawn of Flames

The last dragon princess is a prisoner; her five fated mates will tear the world apart.

by Tessa Hale 2024 262 pages

3.93

21k+ ratings

🐉 Dragon Shifters 💖 Fated Mates 👑 Hidden Royalty 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🫂 Found Family

The Rivaled Crown

by Holly Renee • 2025

A magic-draining princess. A rebel who loves her. A kingdom that wants them both dead.

3.47

20k+

🖤 Dark Romantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Tyrant's Daughter ✨ Magical Bond 🛡️ Found Family

The Rivaled Crown

A magic-draining princess. A rebel who loves her. A kingdom that wants them both dead.

by Holly Renee 2025 488 pages

3.47

20k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Romantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 👑 Tyrant's Daughter ✨ Magical Bond 🛡️ Found Family

Flamefall

by Rosaria Munda • 2021

Her revolution is starving. The old regime is coming back. And they're bringing dragons.

4.22

18k+

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Flamefall

Her revolution is starving. The old regime is coming back. And they're bringing dragons.

by Rosaria Munda 2021 496 pages

4.22

18k+ ratings

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Fallen

by Suzanne Wright • 2021

A succubus bargains with her fated psychic mate, a demon lord, to save her dying friend.

4.29

6k+

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Fallen

A succubus bargains with her fated psychic mate, a demon lord, to save her dying friend.

by Suzanne Wright 2021 400 pages

4.29

6k+ ratings

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The Rebel Mages

by Laurie Forest • 2019

An outcast mage survives a purge with forbidden fire, then is bound in a magical marriage.

4.38

2k+

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The Rebel Mages

An outcast mage survives a purge with forbidden fire, then is bound in a magical marriage.

by Laurie Forest 2019 570 pages

4.38

2k+ ratings

🫂 Found Family 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 💍 Arranged Marriage ⚔️ Resistance Movement 🎭 Hidden Identity

Only a Monster

by Vanessa Len • 2022

She steals time from the living. The boy she loves kills her kind.

3.86

32k+

🕰️ Time Travel Fantasy 🌃 Dark Urban Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Forbidden Love 🎭 Hidden Identity

Only a Monster

She steals time from the living. The boy she loves kills her kind.

by Vanessa Len 2022 416 pages

3.86

32k+ ratings

🕰️ Time Travel Fantasy 🌃 Dark Urban Fantasy 💔 Enemies To Lovers 🖤 Forbidden Love 🎭 Hidden Identity

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