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The new book in the riveting viral dark fantasy series where a young woman named Cassia has been plotting her revenge against the Queen of Greed, but when a man named Rexton strikes the killing blow before she can, Cassia decides to take her vengeance on him... The compelling new book in the...

I never wanted to join the Queen Trials. But I’m not a victim and never have been. When a peacekeeper attacks me in a mine shaft, I fight back and win. Sort of. Because I made a mistake. I let him live. He knows my name. He’ll come after me, and he’ll kill the only person I love: my sweet, clueless brother Shellor. Nobody escapes from Locality Fourteen. There was only one way out that would protect us both: Enter the Queen Trials and become a star. Now, I’m plunged into a competition with dozens of gorgeous women from all over the kingdom.

Society, led by the queen, has long held that the Esselrode people and their abilities are inherently, irredeemably evil, a truth that Naida has been brought up to believe. But as one of them, feeling compelled to use her powers again and again to heal those on the brink of death, it's hard to accept. It's even harder to live a lie, conflicted about her hidden identity, when the truth could save lives.

They say I am a queen. They say I married a monster. That I did so willingly. They say he cannot die, that he does not age. That, together, we rule a ravaged world. They say I used to be one of them, but now I am a traitor. They say many things, all which I cannot remember, but.... I fear what they say is true. Then there is what they don't say, what I see in their eyes - the king terrifies them. He cannot be stopped. And, most worrisome of all.... He is coming for me.

She’s a martyr. A myth. A ghost. A legend. She’s my soulmate and my captive, my conscience and my wrath. I love her too much to let her die; I fear her too much to wake her from her slumber. She’s mine. And now she’s gone. He’s unnatural. Undying. Unethical. Unstoppable. He’s the keeper of lies and lost souls. Mine slipped through his clutches. I am his wife, his queen, the love of his very long life. And soon, I will be his executioner.

In Caimor sind die Reichen so gut wie unsterblich. Wer genug Geld hat, kauft sich einen neuen Körper, wenn der alte versagt – oder nicht mehr gefällt. Doch Anabelle Gage ist nicht reich. Sie kann sich nur einen schwachen, kranken Jungenkörper leisten. Ihre einzige Chance auf ein besseres Leben ist die Paragon Academy, die magische Eliteschule Caimors. Als Anabelle zum dritten Mal durch die Aufnahmeprüfung fällt, beschließt sie, einen neuen Körper zu stehlen – und wird prompt erwischt. Und zwar von keinem Geringeren als Carriwitch, dem Direktor der Paragon Academy.

In the future, the world is at war. For the last decade, King Lazuli of the Eastern Empire has systematically taken over the world. No one knows much about him other than a series of impossible facts: he cannot die, he has not aged since the conflict began, and he wants to rule the world. All Serenity Freeman has known is bloodshed. War has taken away her mother, her home, her safety. As the future emissary of the Western United Nations, the last autonomous region of the globe, she is responsible for forging alliances where she can.

Bestselling author Jennifer Estep continues her Gargoyle Queen epic fantasy series where magic reigns, alliances are tested, and a dangerous attraction could tear down a throne. . . Crown princess. Clever spy. Powerful mind magier. Gemma Ripley of Andvari is all those things—and determined to...

The Queen of Smiles has long been a mystery, even to herself. A storm of steel wrapped in a human shell, she's spent decades crossing the continent in search of answers about her origin and the rules she has been forced to live by. Three years ago, under a bright New Mexico sun, she found those answers... and they were as unsatisfactory as they come.

Felicity is a predator. Born into bloodshed, raised with wolves, she lives only for the hunt. When Imperial forces invade her sanctuary and shatter the winter silence with the screams of countless victims, Felicity catches scent of a bigger game. A game of vengeance, love, and death. To follow this path, she must put her life in the hands of five strangers. Easier said than done for a wolfchild. For Felicity, caught between the two worlds of man and beast, a single question repeats itself. What makes you human?

All Princess Clio has wanted since she joined the Queen Trials was to find a way out of the competition before the killing round began. But when King Ergondy grants her wish, Clio learns more about the Forever War than she bargained for.

Thrown into the Wishing Well, Clio must find three keys while fighting to stay alive in a nine-square grid of fear. Whether she wins or loses the round, her wish will be read aloud. Clio knows that if she holds three keys when King Ergondy learns what she wished for, her wish will have to be granted.

Clio has learned a horrible truth. Now, what will she do with the knowledge? She has always planned to escape The Queen Trials ahead of the killing round. She doesn't want to be a queen, she just wants to survive. But if she chooses survival, can she live with herself? Clio has always been destined for more. She just didn't know how much she would be asked to give.

Now you can have the exciting and sexy vampire romance trilogy in one convenient audiobook. Follow the thrilling life and adventures of Casey Merker as she goes from an innocent and naive young woman living in a remote dystopian location to a wise and worldly wife, mother, and vampire queen.

Against enormous odds, Clio Fathom has advanced to the next round of The Queen Trials, along with dozens of other women and girls... some of whom are already making plans to kill her. But first comes The Wishing Round, where three winners will receive the ultimate prize: the chance to make one wish, which King Ergondy is bound by duty to grant...whether he wants to or not.