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Fantasy and Science Fiction June 2025 |
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| The River Has Roots by Amal El-MohtarIn the small town of Thistleford, the two youngest Hawthorn sisters tend to the magic on the edge of the Faerie with more devotion than anyone else. However, when Esther abandons an arranged marriage for her lover from the Faerie, her bond with Ysabel is not the only thing in danger. Heart-wrenching and spellbinding, this enrapturing family fairy tale is the solo debut from one of the co-authors of the viral sensation This Is How You Lose the Time War. |
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Written on the dark
by Guy Gavriel Kay
Both sweeping and intimate, a majestic novel of love and war that brilliantly evokes the drama and turbulence of medieval France. Thierry Villar is a well-known-even notorious- tavern poet, familiar with the rogues and shadows of that world, but not at all with courts and power. But as he does, he meets his poetic equal in an aristocratic woman and is drawn to more than one unsettling person with a connection to the world beyond this one. He also crosses paths with an extraordinary young woman driven by voices within to try to heal the ailing king-and help his forces in war.
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| Tea You at the Altar by Rebecca ThorneIn this third volume in the series that started with Can't Spell Treason Without Tea, Kianthe and Reyna are finally ready to say "I do" in just a week. But of course, everything is bound to go wrong with baby dragons, surprise parental visits, and conspiracies to overthrow the queen blocking their path to wedded bliss. For fans of: LGBTQIA+ cozy fantasy romance with a dash of intrigue such as The Honey Witch by Sydney Shields and Notorious Sorcerer by Davinia Evans. |
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Behooved
by M. Stevenson
Bianca knows her duty comes before her heart. So when the threat of war looms, she agrees to marry the neighboring kingdom's heir. But not all royal weddings are a fairytale, and Prince Aric, Bianca's betrothed, is cold, aloof, and seems to hate her on sight. To make matters worse, on their wedding night, an assassination attempt goes awry -- leaving Aric magically transformed into a horse. Bianca does what any bride in this situation would do: she mounts her new husband and rides away to safety.
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I'm afraid you've got dragons
by Peter S. Beagle
Unhappily inheriting his late father's job as a dragon catcher/exterminator Robert dreams of quitting and becoming a princess valet because he just really likes dragons, in the new novel by the best-selling author of The Last Unicorn.
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The will of the many
by James Islington
To destroy the empire that executed his family, Vis Telimus infiltrates the elite Catenan Academy, a school that leeches away peoples' Will—drive, strength and focus—and gives it to those in power, keeping his identity a secret from the Hierarchy to survive.
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The legacy of Arniston House
by T. L. Huchu
Ropa Moyo, a young magician who communicates with the dead, returns home from her job with the English Sorcerer Royal to find her grandmother murdered and herself the prime suspect, forcing her to unravel the dark secrets of a deadly cult determined to resurrect an ancient power.
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A letter from the lonesome shore
by Sylvie Cathrall
Publisher Annotation: Former correspondents E. and Henerey, accustomed to loving each other from afar, did not anticipate continuing their courtship in an enigmatic underwater city. When their journey through the Structure in E.'s garden strands them in a peculiar society preoccupied with the pleasures and perils of knowledge, E. and Henerey come to accept--and, more surprisingly still, embrace--the fact that they may never return home.
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Kingdom of claw
by Demi Winters
Having fled Kopa with Reynir Galtung of the Bloodaxe Crew, Silla Nordvig plans to master her magic to save her sister while Saga Volsik, her family murdered and throne stolen, attempts to dismantle Queen Signe's plans as long-dead magic wakes in Íseldur.
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The Tomb of Dragons
by Katherine Addison
Stripped of his title as Witness for the Dead, Thara Celehar navigates cemetery secrets, political unrest and a dangerous murder investigation with the help of loyal allies, seeking justice for the voiceless while confronting threats to his life and identity.
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Anima rising : a novel
by Christopher Moore
Vienna, 1911. Gustav Klimt, the most famous painter in the Austrian Empire, the darling of Viennese society, spots a woman's nude body in the Danube canal. He knows he should summon a policeman, but he can't resist stopping to make a sketch first. And as he draws, the woman coughs. She's alive! She's nearly feral and doesn't remember who she is, or how she came to be floating in the canal. With a little help from Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, Judith recalls being stranded in the arctic one hundred years ago.
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Galaphile
by Terry Brooks
Galaphile, an orphan turned master mage, builds the legendary Druid citadel Paranor while experiencing love, loss and battling an ancient evil who threatens the Four Lands, in the new series by the author of The Last Druid.
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Shield of Sparrows
by Devney Perry
The gods sent monsters to the five kingdoms to remind mortals they must kneel. I've spent my life kneeling -- to their will and to my father's. As a princess, my only duty is to wear the crown and obey the king. I was never meant to rule. Never meant to fight. And I was never supposed to be the daughter who sealed an ancient treaty with her own blood.
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