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Ena never hoped for a peaceful life. She never dreamt she'd become a killer either.After her home is reduced to ash, Ena is swallowed by a world of secrets and magic. Legends warned of dark shadows hiding in the mountains. They didn't warn of the dangers of falling in love with a myth.When a stranger with sorcery in his blood gives Ena a glimpse of a life she didn't know she longed for, a beautiful future seems within reach.But hope demands a ...

The battle lines have been drawn. My fellow scions and I stand on one side, and the power-hungry barons on the other.The scheme they've put in motion could shatter both our community and the nonmagical world. Neither I nor the guys I love are willing to let that happen, but with the barons throwing both laws and parental bonds aside, we're short on options. The fate of our world could come down to a literal battle for our lives, one I'm not su...

Forgiveness is beyond the power of the Siren.Magic and mystery fill the Siren's Realm, but danger seeps into the cracks of her world. The Compère has arrived, bringing with him spectacle and brutality. In the face of unprecedented fear, the people of the Siren's Realm need a champion to defend them.But Bertrand Wayland has left the Siren's Realm and the people who dwell there, and the Siren does not take abandonment lightly.As the danger from ...

They should not have let me live.There are beautiful and peaceful places in this world. There is magic hiding just out of sight. There are girls who find love and build happy homes.I was not born into a life of such glories.I am nothing but an orphan left at the mercy of the Guilds. They destroy our homes and steal our land. They murder us without consequence. There can be no hope in a land the Guilds control.I am tired of waiting to die, of w...

I've won one victory against my enemies, but it seems the barons are just getting started with their new, vicious schemes. They'll stop at nothing to expand their power.Any move I make to oppose them could have horrible consequences for both me and the guys I love. My only hope is playing along until the right opportunity comes my way.There's a chance I could sway my mother if I can earn her trust. She may be brutal when she feels she needs to...

Home, love, safety. They are all a lie.Healing is a hanging offense, and Ena is done risking her neck to watch her patients die. Fleeing a future of blood and death, Ena braves the dark unknown. Life taught her the cruelty of the world. But she never imagined the dangers of her journey.As evil surrounds her, Ena is threatened with a fate worse than the one she escaped. Legends and dark magic stand between her and the future she dreams of. A fu...

Home, love, safety. They are all a lie.Healing is a hanging offense, and Ena is done risking her neck to watch her patients die. Fleeing a future of blood and death, Ena braves the dark unknown. Life taught her the cruelty of the world. But she never imagined the dangers of her journey.As evil surrounds her, Ena is threatened with a fate worse than the one she escaped. Legends and dark magic stand between her and the future she dreams of. A fu...

I thought I knew what I was fighting for. I thought I knew what I'd already lost. But it turns out the shrouded folk have been keeping a secret even more horrifying than I could have imagined.To make up for my failure years ago, I'll travel right into their hellish realm. I'll sacrifice every happiness I've found and the men I've found it with. My life means nothing if I can't see this mission through.My men aren't so willing to let me go, tho...

At long last, I'm free from the contract that promised my soul to the shrouded folk. Now I can get to work destroying every bit of influence the demonic fiends have in our world. As an added bonus, I've found myself with three unexpected allies who'll help with that mission.It's certainly enjoyable having Sherlock, John, and Garrett around and on my side-both for strategizing and for other, more intimate pastimes. I can't say I'm entirely at e...

As the world's foremost criminal mastermind, I take what I want when I want it. But my life is hardly a breeze. Especially now that I've got the demonic fiend I just betrayed hot on my heels.To be fair, I do still owe that fiend my soul. A small technicality I'm about to fix. I just have to track down the most secretive sect of the cult that tormented my childhood and steal the source of their power.When Sherlock, John, and Garrett turn up to ...

One female criminal genius. Three brilliant, passionate detectives who stand in her way. Let the seduction begin...My family expected me to play sacrificial lamb for their supernatural cult. Through a desperate bargain with a demonic fiend, I escaped-into a criminal underworld that saw me as easy prey.I've proven them wrong a thousand times over. These days, what I want, I get, by whatever means necessary.Now my fiendish friend is coming to co...

Three keys to claiming Wonderland's throne:1. Win over the citizens (who are caught up in a drug-fueled daze). 2. Recover the magical artifacts of my royal line (which are hidden behind a squad of brutal guards). 3. Draw on the love of the three most extraordinary men I've ever met (one of whom is held captive by a tyrant queen).Okay, I've got my work cut out for me. But my people and my lovers are counting on me. I won't give up this wondrous...

All he wants is to win her love. A dark spell may separate them forever.A high school loner in a perfect town-that was Jacob's life. Until his school was ripped apart by magic. After losing everything, Jacob is thrown into a world of enchantment. But the wonder of being a wizard isn't enough to hide the danger lurking in the shadows.Emilia is the heir of her clan, raised to help her people hide right under the humans' noses. She can't escape h...

Having my birth mother back in my life? To say it's a big transition is an understatement. Especially when she's basically a stranger to me, and I'm not sure yet whether I can trust her to be any more maternal than the average fearmancer parent (which, spoiler, isn't much).Unfortunately, the other barons aren't giving me time to ease into the situation. They've turned their sights on my fellow scions and newfound lovers, putting them under fir...

Four ways to piss off the Queen of Hearts:1. Have a name that sounds kind of like Alice. 2. Change the decor in her favorite club. 3. Destroy the magic she's used to hold Wonderland in her cruel grasp. 4. Fail to offer your head in penance.I didn't come to this bizarre, intoxicating place looking for trouble, but I've sure as hell found it. As the Queen retaliates viciously against the Spades' rebellion, it's up to me and the three alluring me...

Dive through the looking-glass into a Wonderland that's lush, exhilarating… and deadly.Five steps to getting over a nasty break-up: 1. Inherit a mini-castle from your reclusive grand-aunt. 2. Fall through a mirror into a decadent upside-down world. 3. Get to know the smoking-hot locals. Prickly Hatter. Playful Chess. And the passionate White Knight… Wait, what was I talking about? Oh, right. 4. Discover you possess powers that could win a rebe...

Do I want to spend my summer with my vicious classmates at Bloodstone University-better known as Villain Academy? No, thank you. But I've got to find a way to tackle my enemies before they try to destroy me again, and the trail to potential answers starts there.I've had it with taking the high road, though. Come at me, and you'd better believe I'll hit you back just as hard. Maybe that'll mean I have to tap into my dark magic instincts more th...

In a month, I've gone from magicless to one of the most powerful dark mages in the world. You'd think that would make my life easier.But all that power is only potential until I learn how to wield it, and my enemies have a huge head start. While I'm picking up every skill I can, adversaries both within Villain Academy and beyond it are working to knock me down.My fellow scions? I can count at least a couple of them among those enemies. The oth...

I thought I was ordinary Rory Franco: college student, artist, and over-protected daughter. Then mages barge into my family's home, murder my parents, and whisk me off to a university known to the rest of magical society as Villain Academy.It turns out I'm Persephone Bloodstone, the long lost heir to one of the five royal families of dark magic. I'm destined to learn how to manipulate the world with fear-and to stand beside the four other scio...

I was starting to think I knew what I was dealing with here at the university best known as Villain Academy. Not so much. But can I really trust a shocking revelation from someone who's proven to be my enemy?There's no way to answer that without diving in. If my mother is still out there alive, I have to uncover the truth. Even if it means putting myself back in the hands of the mages who've betrayed me before.The other scions have my back now...