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Joan has just learned the truth: her family are monsters, with terrifying, hidden powers. And the cute boy at work isn't just a boy: he's a legendary monster slayer, who will do anything to destroy her family.

After being wronged by a young mage, Ferius Parfax will risk anything for revenge. But then she meets a philosopher who defeats opponents with compassion. Does he hold the key to victory, or the recipe for self-destruction?

A young girl will become one of the four saints of Haven. With her sisters, she will stand against the evil power that lives beneath the black mountain, an evil which has already killed nine of her village's men.

The realm war is near and the Prophecy is at hand. The Black Witch is back, and the demon tide is coming. Elloren Gardner Grey is on the run, seeking allies, not knowing if she'll find friends or foes.

By night, the Ankou is a legendary, permanently young mercenary--the most fearsome sword for hire in all of the Five Lands, and its most abiding mystery. But when the sun rises, a dark magic leaves him no more than bones. Cursed with this cycle of death and resurrection, the Ankou wants only to find the final rest that has been prophesied for him, no matter the cost.

Fifteen-year-old Sloane can incinerate an enemy at will, but she faces death if her powers are discovered. When she is forcibly conscripted into the Lucis army, Sloane sees an opportunity to destroy them from within.

Deep in the wilds of Scotland lives a secret colony of beavers that is craved for their fur pelts. No beaver has been spotted in Scotland or England for over five hundred years, until the young beaver, Dunwattle, is sighted. Dunwattle's flight is driven by the presence of a ghostly figure, a mysterious young girl who is almost one thousand years old. Dunwattle is destined to be destroyed for revealing the hidden colony, but his best friend Locksley is determined to save him.

At first Theo ignored the floating texts, questioning his sanity. But when he clicks on it, he is thrust into another world. The only way for him to survive is to level up and to claim his rightful draconic heritage.

Ever since her mother's death, Kela feels broken. When she finds a comb in a coral cave, she takes it. Far away, the mermaid Ophidia feels her comb has been taken. To get it back, she offers Kela one wish.

Spring 1662. In the wake of Fouquet's defeat, Henriette of England is keeping her promise to the Sun King and helping him build the enchanted Palace of Versailles. But when her poor health worsens, her magic wanes, and her husband, Philippe, fears for her well-being to such an extent that he forbids her to remain Louis's Source. Forced to step aside, Henriette witnesses the swift rise of a new player at the French court: The handsome and self-assured Chevalier de Lorraine quickly becomes Louis's new Source of magic, and Philippe's latest lover.