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Fran’s Top 10 Fantasy Reads

Dive into cozy worlds, or bewitching scams! Here are 10 titles of fantasy that Fran is in love with! Do you have similar taste? Warning… a few go down the spicy route! 

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Divine Rivals

Divine Rivals

ByRebecca Ross

Divine Rivals is a love story to defy the gods. This epic enemies-to-lovers fantasy novel, filled with hope and heartbreak, comes from number one Sunday Times bestseller Rebecca Ross. A love that conquers all. Eighteen-year-old Iris dreams that one day her writing will make a difference. A war between gods is raging, and she’s landed a prestigious job at the Oath Gazette. But at home, she's barely holding it together. Her brother is missing on the frontline, her mother is lost in a haze of addiction, and each night Iris pours her heart out in letters to her brother. Letters that will never be answered. Or so she thinks... Rivals drawn together by ink and magic. Her letters have made their way into the hands of the last...

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Ruthless Vows

Ruthless Vows

ByRebecca Ross

Torn apart by war. Reunited by love? The epic conclusion to the intensely romantic and beautifully written story that started in Divine Rivals. Two weeks have passed since Iris returned home bruised and heartbroken from the front, but the war is far from over. Roman is missing, lost behind enemy lines, with no memory of his past, or Iris. Hoping his memories return, he begins to write again – but this time for the enemy. When a strange letter arrives through his wardrobe door, he strikes up a correspondence with a penpal who seems at once mysterious… and strangely familiar. As their connection deepens, the two of them will risk their very hearts and futures to change the tides of the war. Praise for Divine Rivals: ‘Rich and...

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The Spellshop

The Spellshop

BySarah Beth Durst

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY AND INDIE BESTSELLER!A #1 LibraryReads pick! An Indie Next pick! DELUXE EDITION—a gorgeous hardcover edition featuring beautiful lavender sprayed edges! The Spellshop is Sarah Beth Durst’s romantasy debut—a lush cottagecore tale full of stolen spellbooks, unexpected friendships, sweet jams, and even sweeter love. Kiela has always had trouble dealing with people. Thankfully, as a librarian at the Great Library of Alyssium, she and her assistant, Caz—a magically sentient spider plant—have spent the last decade sequestered among the empire’s most precious spellbooks, preserving their magic for the city’s elite. When a revolution begins and the library goes up in flames, she and Caz flee with all the spellbooks they can carry and head to a remote island Kiela never thought she’d see...

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The Enchanted Greenhouse

The Enchanted Greenhouse

BySarah Beth Durst

The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst tells the tale of Terlu Perna, who broke the law for the simple reason of loneliness. She cast a spell to create a magically sentient spider plant. As a result of her actions, she was transformed into a wooden statue and hidden away in an alcove of the North Reading Room of the Great Library of Alyssium. This seemed to be the end of her story. However, one day, Terlu awakens amidst the cold of winter on a nearly-deserted island brimming with hundreds of magical greenhouses. Starving and freezing, she encounters the only other human on the island— a grumpy gardener. Much to her surprise, he offers her a place to sleep, clean clothes, and freshly baked honey cakes, at least...

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Sea of Charms

Sea of Charms

BySarah Beth Durst

Her boat. Her rules. His music. Their hearts . . . From the acclaimed author of The Spellshop, Sea of Charms is a delightful cosy fantasy romance about finding your crew, your family, and moreover, finding yourself. Marin has always belonged on the great blue sea. Betrayed by love, she lives and works as a supply runner, sailing from island to island, delivering an array of goods with Perri the sea serpent and Ree the sailor shrub as her crew. On one of her routine trips to the capital, Alyssium, Marin finds a revolution underway - and a friend in the line of fire. What starts as a rescue evolves into a deal: Marin will keep Dax on as a member of her crew if he pretends to...

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The Wolf King

The Wolf King

ByLauren Palphreyman

ACOTAR meets Outlander with werewolves. This truly addictive romantasy is driving readers wild! When war erupts between humans and werewolves, a princess finds herself torn between duty and desire. On the eve of her wedding, Princess Aurora spares the life of a young werewolf at a brutal dog fight, catching the eye of a powerful alpha, Callum. That night, the alpha escapes and kidnaps Aurora, whisking her away to the rugged lands north of the border, where the once-warring Wolf clans are beginning to unite. Callum believes she is the key to their victory against the humans. As they send time together, a forbidden attraction starts to grow. Just when Aurora learns not all Wolves are bad, Callum discovers that she is in danger from both his enemies and those...

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Between the Lines

Between the Lines

BySamantha van Leer and Jodi Picoult

Between the Lines by Samantha van Leer and Jodi Picoult is a whimsical tale about Delilah, a teenager who discovers that a character in her favourite fairy tale, Oliver, is more than just words on a page. The story explores the boundary between reality and fantasy as Delilah and Oliver attempt to bridge their worlds, blending elements of romance, adventure, and the enchanting power of stories.

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Bonded by Thorns

Bonded by Thorns

ByElizabeth Helen

🥀 Start the sizzling SUNDAY TIMES bestselling series, a scorching take on Beauty and the Beast 🥀 Four handsome fae princes. One awkward bookworm. An Enchanted Vale. A beastly curse to break. Rosalina O’Connell lives her life in Orca Cove as quietly as she can. When her father turns up missing, Rosie goes after him and finds herself in the Enchanted Vale, the land of the fae. Where her father has been imprisoned and Rosie has no choice but to make a deal with four fae Princes to take his place. As Rosie begins to learn more about the four Princes, she discovers that they have been cursed. The Princes must take on the form of demonic wolves every night and with every year that passes, more of...

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The Crimson Moth

The Crimson Moth

ByKristen Ciccarelli

Enemies-to-lovers doesn't get more high stakes than a witch and a witch hunter falling in love in bestselling author Kristen Ciccarelli's latest romantic fantasy. On the night Rune’s life changed forever, blood ran in the streets. Now, in the aftermath of a devastating revolution, witches have been diminished from powerful rulers to outcasts ruthlessly hunted due to their waning magic, and Rune must hide what she is. Spending her days pretending to be nothing more than a vapid young socialite, Rune spends her nights as the Crimson Moth, a witch vigilante who rescues her kind from being purged. When a rescue goes wrong, she decides to throw the witch hunters off her scent and gain the intel she desperately needs by courting the handsome Gideon Sharpe – a...

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The Rose Bargain

The Rose Bargain

BySasha Peyton Smith

The Cruel Prince meets Bridgerton in this captivating fantasy brimming with heart-pounding romance, vicious competition, and beautiful, cruel fae, from the NYT bestselling author of The Witch Haven, Sasha Peyton Smith. "A deliciously dark and romantic fantasy. I absolutely devoured this book!” - STEPHANIE GARBER, #1 NYT BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ONCE UPON A BROKEN HEART “If you’re looking for the next YA sensation, here it is.” - ADALYN GRACE, #1 NYT BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF BELLADONNA “Both lush and dangerous, like flower petals tipped with poison. With twists, secrets, and stolen kisses, I was riveted through every page.” - AVA REID, #1 NYT BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A STUDY IN DROWNING The Rose Bargain will enthrall you with its cruel beauty and lush violence; I loved every minute of it.”...

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