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Frost, Winter's Lonely Guardian, E. E. Rawls

Frost, Winter’s Lonely Guardian

Seventeen-year-old Norah meets a handsome guy with snowflakes in his hair who says he’ll train her to become the next Winter Guardian.
Reader ages: teens + young adults
Beauty from Ashes, Pamela Hart

Beauty from Ashes

Prince Arnion must conceal his identity from the people he’s been sent to save, including a young woman he’s inexplicably drawn to.
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults
Silverblood, Jamie Foley

Silverblood

Brooke accepts a marriage alliance she knows she’ll soon regret. Meanwhile, an Emberhawk prince is seeding a rebellion.
Reader ages: teens + young adults
Final Chance, E. B. Roshan

Final Chance

Preen is convinced she can rescue her husband, but before long she realizes she’s the one in danger.
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults
Wrong Place, Right Time, E. B. Roshan

Wrong Place, Right Time

Anna and Boris must decide if they will allow the hatred that is destroying their city to tear them apart too.
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults
Emberhawk, Jamie Foley
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Emberhawk

The elementals have decided they’re gods, and humans are nothing but fuel for their fire.
“Jamie Foley’s worldbuilding is astounding . . . layers of plot and various twists make this a book readers won’t want to put down.”
—Lorehaven review, summer 2020
Reader ages: teens + young adults
Adela's Curse, Claire M. Banschbach

Adela’s Curse

A young faery risks everything to defeat an evil witch before she dooms an innocent human.
Reader ages: teens + young adults

The Carnelian Legacy

Marisa MacCallum always believed the man of her dreams was out there somewhere. The problem is — he’s in a parallel universe.
Reader ages:
Illusion, Frank Peretti
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Illusion

Dane and Mandy, a popular magic act for forty years, are separated by a car wreck. Then Mandy awakes in the past, with truly magical abilities.
“Frank Peretti’s last novel creates a romantic world with sci-fi flourishes where likeable heroes, villain twists, and familiar places sell a dramatic performance.”
—Lorehaven review, 2023
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults

From Darkness Won

Achan steps into his role as Crown Prince and prepares for war. But war against whom? Could Esek still be alive? Has Lord Nathak taken Esek’s place? Or is the mysterious Hadad the true enemy Achan must confront? Book 3 in the Blood of Kings series by Jill Williamson.
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults

The Healer’s Apprentice

Lord Hamlin, the future ruler of the region, is injured and Rose must overcome her squeamishness to save him. He is everything that is noble and good. But he is already betrothed to a mysterious woman in hiding. Romantic medieval fantasy by Melanie Dickerson.
Reader ages: teens + young adults

To Darkness Fled

Chased by an evil prince, Achan, Vrell, and the Kingsguard knights plunge into Darkness. They head north, for Tsaftown and Ice Island, where they must free an army that can help them fight for Er’Rets. Book 2 in the Blood of Kings fantasy series by Jill Williamson.
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults

By Darkness Hid

Young Achan Cham dreams of serving in the Kingsguard Knights, but he is a stray—worse than a slave—and such aspirations are out of his reach. Worse, Achan is beginning to hear strange voices in his head. Book 1 in the Blood of Kings fantasy series by Jill Williamson.
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults

Gallimore

Jessica Neale’s faith is lost the day of her husband’s death, and with it, her belief in love. In a journey to find peace, she encounters a gentle, green-eyed stranger who leads her to the ruins of the medieval castle, Gallimore. Romantic fantasy by Michelle Griep.
Reader ages: adults

The Scarlet Trefoil

Despite the baron’s noble talk and pretended peace, Lionell lures Tahn into a trap that will secure his own hold on the House of Trent. Can Tahn free his true love? Or will his dream be forever lost? Book 3 in L.A. Kelly’s medieval fantasy series.
Reader ages: adults

Return To Alastair

Return to Alastair is the continuing tale of an unlikely hero who must learn the power of forgiving others — and forgiving himself — in order to accept the love of a good lady. Medieval fantasy by L. A. Kelly.
Reader ages: adults

Legend Of The Emerald Rose

After the deaths of King Arthur and Guenevere, Merlin’s son Shadoe un Hollo Tors and warrior princess Emerald Rose Rayn must join together, fight sorcery and demons, and save the Isle of Might. Medieval fantasy by Linda Wichman.
Reader ages: adults, teens + young adults

Tahn

Trained in his youth to be a mercenary but troubled by the deeds of his past, Tahn must now choose between the commands of a master and the urgings of his own good conscience. Medieval fantasy by L. A. Kelly.
Reader ages: adults

Double Vision

Three secrets. Two women. One man. No time. Romantic technothriller for adult readers, by Randall Ingermanson.
Reader ages: adults

Nicole Of Prie Mer

17-year-old Nicole, daughter of a humble tailor, has several marriage prospects. But these are dark times in the land of Lystra, and Nicole discovers that in the presence of evil, even good men may veil the truth. Romantic fantasy by Robin Hardy.
Reader ages: adults

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