From acclaimed author Makiia Lucier, a dazzling, romantic fantasy inspired by Pacific Island mythology. In the old tales, it is written that the egg of a seadragon, dragonfruit, holds within it the power to undo a person’s greatest sorrow. An unwanted marriage, a painful illness, and unpaid debt ... gone. But as with all things that promise the moon and the stars and offer hope when hope has gone, the tale comes with a warning. Every wish demands a price. Hanalei of Tamarind is the cherished daughter of an old island family. But when her father steals a seadragon egg meant for an ailing princess, she is forced into a life of exile. In the years that follow, Hanalei finds solace in studying the majestic seadragons that roam the Nominomi Sea. Until, one day, an encounter with a female dragon offers her what she desires most. A chance to return home, and to right a terrible wrong. Samahtitamahenele, Sam, is the last remaining prince of Tamarind. But he can never inherit the throne, for Tamarind is a matriarchal society. With his mother ill and his grandmother nearing the end of her reign. Sam is left with two to marry, or to find a cure for the sickness that has plagued his mother for ten long years. When a childhood companion returns from exile, she brings with her something he has not felt in a very long time - hope. But Hanalei and Sam are not the only ones searching for the dragonfruit. And as they battle enemies both near and far, there is another danger they cannot escape…that of the dragonfruit itself.  

Narnia but dark and bloody and mixed with a heartbreaking romance. Fourteen years ago, twelve boys vanished. Four years later, half of them returned—on horseback, scarred and wordless.Salje's brother was not among them.Salje has learned to survive, but when dreams of her missing brother haunt her, she believe he’s alive and needs her help. Confronting his mysterious friends, the Returned, opens a door into a realm of fractured kingdoms, elven cities, and brutal magic.To save Damian, Salje must face ever greater threats, she was not trained for and the price for answers is high. At her side are the men Asydiar calls Aaron, the exiled king and powerful mage, and Valerio, his general, who kills like a storm yet steadies Salje when she falters.A dark tale of love, power and war.Epic scope. Intimate stakes. For readers of Danielle L. Jensen, Carissa Broadbent, Sabaa Tahir, and classics like Narnia. Epilogue of Kings delivers great world building, a star-crossed romance, found family, hurt & comfort, and brutal battles. This is an adult fantasy with dark themes - check Trigger Warnings on the author website or in the back of the book.

Three heirs. Three dragons. One impossible choice. Three royal siblings face their dragons when the Ashkar Empire sends a delegation that changes everything. Kaelen, the Golden Prince, finds himself drawn to an enemy emissary in ways that defy loyalty. Lyra, the rebellious princess, discovers freedom's true cost. Elion, the scholarly heir, uncovers secrets suggesting nothing is what it seems. Their dragons should grant strength. Instead, the bonds reveal impossible truths about power, identity, and connection. As threats from the wastelands grow louder, the line between ally and enemy blurs. Someone is hiding what's coming. Someone holds power that could save or destroy both kingdoms. The siblings must navigate deadly games, forbidden attractions, and awakening abilities while ancient danger masses at the borders. Duty demands sacrifice. Desire demands truth. Dragons demand choice. Will they choose the kingdoms they've sworn to protect? Or the people who've awakened their hearts? Grab this addictive romantic fantasy packed with dragon magic, multiple perspectives, and romances that will set your soul on fire.

Her choice is to serve or die. In the aftermath of shattered innocence, will the hunt for her magic claim her last breath? Zerina Redfearn is naïve to the world's cruelty. So when she and her sisters are dragged from their home and put on trial for witchcraft, she’s horrified to be trapped between being enslaved in the king’s forces or execution. But after witnessing her siblings' cruel deaths, she unleashes her powers for the first time and makes her escape. Joining two refugees in fleeing to the perilous ocean with enemy ships in hot pursuit, Zerina wields her gifts against deadly threats even though each use torments her body. And as she pays an agonizing price by aging prematurely, she fears she won’t reach the cure seen in a vision before she perishes. Can Zerina turn the tide on a crippling future? A Sea Of Sorrow And Scorn is the gripping second book in the Tales of Levanthria fantasy-retelling series. If you like dangerous quests, good girls gone badass, and relentless action, then you’ll love A.P Beswick’s windswept adventure.

Myung and Laleh are keepers of the whale of babel. They roam within its cosmic chambers, speak folktales of themselves, and pray to an enigmatic figure they know only as 'Great Wisa'. To Laleh, this is everything. For Myung, it is not enough. When Myung flees the whale, she stumbles into a new universe where shapeshifting islands and ancient maps hold sway. There, she sets off on an adventure that is both tragic and transformative, for her and Laleh. For at the heart of her quest lies a mystery that has confounded scholars for centuries: the truth about the mad sisters of Esi. Fables, dreams and myths come together in this masterful work of fantasy by acclaimed author Tashan Mehta, sweeping across three landscapes, and featuring a museum of collective memory and a festival of madness. At its core, it asks: In the devastating chaos of this world, where all is in flux and the truth ever-changing, what will you choose to hold on to?

This 1818 novel is set in a former abbey whose owner, Christopher Glowry, is host to visitors who enjoy his hospitality and engage in endless debate. Among these guests are figures recognizable to Peacock's contemporaries, including characters based on Lord Byron and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Mr. Glowry's son Scythrop (also modeled on a famous Romantic, Peacock's friend Percy Bysshe Shelley) locks himself up in a tower where he reads German tragedies and transcendental philosophy and develops a "passion for reforming the world." Disappointed in love, a sorrowful Scythrop decides the only thing to do is to commit suicide, but circumstances persuade him to instead follow his father in a love of misanthropy and Madeira. In addition to satire and comic romance, Nightmare Abbey presents a biting critique of the texts we view as central to British romanticism.

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When a developing polluting force is found to be growing faster than realized, twenty-seven-year-old Feina Fourlise and her younger sister Cora are thrust from their home city of Valkyrios. The pair race to find the last three Nathairs, and take the battle to the fallen goddess Ela, in a desperate attempt to halt the impending apocalypse.