Sapphic Fantasy Week (IHS Reading Challenge #2)

A devout mermaid. A disgraced princess. A feud as ancient as the gods.

Worlds collide when Tallora is kidnapped from her ocean home and forced to be a pet to a tyrannical foreign empire. Her only hope for rescue lies with a sworn enemy—Princess Dauriel, infamous for her stone heart and conflicted past. But when Dauriel’s kingdom comes to the cusp of war, could their uneasy alliance be the key to defeating a common foe? Or will their growing feelings for each other lead them to ruin?

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Danger, betrayal, secrets and new lovers are mixed into a melting pot of magic.

The sweeping saga of Rand continues to its gripping conclusion. As the battle for Rand escalates, it becomes a race against the clock to find the enemy’s time gateway. And while Savannah tries to unravel the past, she must face her greatest nemesis.

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When your lover kills the queen for you, it's all downhill from there!

Zelda is a young sorceress set to graduate and leave the tower for a life of her own. When she is assigned Calain as her guardian and knight, the queen of Eriallon becomes envious and seeks to take Zelda for herself. Fiery red-haired Calain fights to protect her love from the queen and is forced to flee with Zelda and fellow knight, Selene.

This is Xena for the new generation with all subtlety around sex and violence as Game of Thrones or Spartacus.

When Skylar saves Princess Alexis’ life, an undeniable bond is formed between the two women. Skylar is used to getting what she wants, but so is Alexis’ betrothed. The fight for the princess will be fierce.

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When Rosemary’s research on the elusive teleporting warbler takes her out of cell service, established middle-aged couple Eleanor and Rosemary keep in touch by sending letters via their winged pet cat Ursula.

An f/f epistolary short story. When Rosemary’s research on the elusive teleporting warbler takes her out of cell service, established middle-aged couple Eleanor and Rosemary keep in touch by sending letters via their winged pet cat Ursula.

A warrior, witch and airship captain uncover an ancient prophesy

Lucinda knows one thing when it comes to visions. If there is blood, there is trouble. Something not quite human is roaming the streets. Baffled officials seek out the tower witch. Lucinda must defeat the monsters of her vision. Everyone’s life depends upon it.

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“I never forgot the sound of you calling for me. Not for a second.”

After seven years in prison, Clematis gets one last chance to win freedom. In the process, she’ll be forced to cooperate with the powerful, distant mage who originally put her behind bars. The same traitorous mage who just happens to be her former best friend—and perhaps so much more.

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Princess Tharon and Princess Roswynd were best of friends as pups; now they are enemies and forced to marry each other.

The Kingdom of White Sommer and the Kingdom of Wyndfeld had been united and strong. Princess Tharon of White Sommer grew up with her best friend Princess Roswynd of Wyndfeld, both having vowed to always be together. But it all came crashing down when Tharon’s mother was murdered by Roswynd’s family. The two kingdoms plunged into a dark, bloody war of revenge and hatred. After ten long years at war, the kingdoms agree to a ceasefire, but under the condition of a forced marriage between the two princesses.

Aozora Kaede is on the run. Forced to flee from home after a violent disagreement with her aunt and cousin, she is a wanderer with a spirit wolf as her only companion.

Homura Imari lives in the lap of luxury. As the daughter of a daimyo, her duties are clear: stay home and learn how to rule the province she will inherit. But when fate brings the two of them together, Imari notices Kaede’s connection to the spirits and decides to ask for a favor.

Faye's been Molly's lover and agent for her creature-hunting friends for a year, but she's still unsettled and unwilling to fully-explore her Tainted Side.

She is sent on a mission and disappears in South America.

Molly, a powerful witch, searches for Faye ruthlessly, leading to conflict with her team. Meanwhile, she’s brought Amelia in to help, and Amelia has her sights on seducing Molly as things fall apart. There may no longer be such a thing as home sweet home.

Cast into the depths of a dungeon, Talyn must survive.

Just as she’s finding her place in Castra, Talyn is torn from Melody and thrown into the depths of the dungeon. Yet if she can survive to escape, it will change the city forever.

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An apprentice mage’s faith is tested when her goddess denies her the gift of magic.

When an apprentice mage discovers that her goddess has denied her the gift of magic, she embarks on a journey to find out why. Terrible things happen to her along the way, things that test her faith and change her in ways she never could have imagined.

Two adventuresses race across the kingdom leaving chaos in their weake.

An adventurer and her centaur girlfriend get roped into traveling across a fantasy kingdom to steal an ancient artifact before time runs out. Along the way, they run into bandits, wizards, con artists, and nonstop trouble. Lots of action and humor in this unconventional adventure.

She never expected to inherit a fortune, much less the swordswoman who came with it.

Margerit didn’t want a successful season and a betrothal, but what she did want–to study thaumaturgy at the university–was out of reach until an unexpected inheritance makes all things possible. Barbara thought the baron’s death would free her; instead she’s now bound to keep Margerit safe.

When Charlotte starts at Griffin Sanctuary, she gets to look after the animal she's been most excited by...unicorns.

In a magical world where mythical animals are the norm, Charlotte and Felicity start their internships by looking after Silver Blush Unicorns. But even if the two of them love the same thing, it doesn’t mean they’ll automatically love one another…

If you love somebody enough, you will do anything to claw your way back to them…

Elysia Dayne returns in this continuation to the multiple award-winning literary epic fantasy, Under an Azure Sky. Elysia and Isabella’s bond deepens as the expedition continues, fraught with undiscovered peril. Embroiled in danger, can Elysia save the love of her life from the shadows under the shade?

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Stepping out in borrowed shoes has never been so dangerous.

A life of drudgery under greedy stepmother. An invitation to the royal ball. A pair of ill-fitting glass shoes. Will a chance encounter with Princess Viktoriya grant Alla a happily ever after? Or will it seal her fate of execution or worse?

Without her Fiendish power, can Princess Katya and her consort Starbride stop a magic-wielding madman from sparking an uprising in the kingdom of Farraday?

Princess Katya’s uncle stripped her of her greatest weapon, her Fiendish power. Starbride has become the princess consort, a pyradisté, and a member of the secret order protecting the crown. While wading through court intrigue and resisting schemes to break their bond, they must prepare for a covert war.

There’s a new warlock in town when Burgundy comes home to Rock Grove.

Burgundy has been hiding like a fugitive ever since the Finders occupied Rock Grove, and getting her fellow warlocks to work together is like herding cats. It’s time for Burgundy to take a stand once and for all.

Woman must trust her grandma’s infuriatingly attractive apiary manger with a secret that could bring them both to what their hearts desire.

Their shaky start is layered with both suspicion and attraction, but when Shay experiences a magical incident at the local farmers’ market, something between them starts to shift.

A kingdom of secrets and a game of lies

When Lia, an idealistic queen, falls for Xania, her new spymaster–who took the job to avenge her murdered father–they realise all isn’t fair in love and treason.

They don’t have dragons where half-faerie Sadie was born—not living ones, anyway—but in the Grove, everyone knows dragon eggs grow on trees like leaves and need Dreams to hatch.

Without faerie Dreams, the dragons won’t survive. And neither will anyone else.