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There have never been secrets between Iano and his twin brother, Miano. But that changes when his brother marries an heir of the most powerful fief of the village. With such power comes the right to see the face of the Goddess. Only, Iano's twin must abide by a vow of secrecy. Iano is determined to see the Goddess, too. And his curiosity soon festers into an obsession. When he finds foreign settlers in Forest Anuka, he realizes that they may be his key to meeting Mother Forest.Kairou-a graduate botanist avid to take his family out of poverty- embarks on a project in a far-away forest to find the cure for a dangerous disease, The Bite. On the ship taking them to their destination, he discovers that his mentor is sick and dying from the said disease. As Kairou struggles to save him, he starts to realize that the project he was sold hides dangerous secrets. In the meanwhile, an indigenous man has been surveilling their settlements. Silent, watching, stalking.…

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Fantasy novel | gay romance sub-plot| poc main character. An heir to a monarchy threatened by a popular revolution forges an alliance with an amnesiac man who could have forgotten links to the rebellion. - - - Heron, Monarch-in-Prospect of Ceres, lost his mother to an icy storm. Two years later he still battles with the grief. The storm is back. And Heron finds a man trapped unconscious in the middle of the cold winds. His vital signs are odd and the only thing he remembers is his name : Davir.Heron provides Davir with medical care and finds in the stranger the opportunity to have a pawn in the royal guard. An alibi to buy himself liberty from the control of the ruling council of the capital. An indebted man is a man easy to persuade, and Davir acts as intended. As a popular rebellion against the Monarchy festers in the capital, Heron's new-found liberty soon leads him to cross paths with the rebels. An unsettling discovery comes to the surface: he'd been lied to about the death of his mother by the ruling council. Suspicious that he's, too, a pawn trapped in a tangle of political interests he cares little for, Heron is determined to get to the bottom of the secrets kept from him. Davir's military abilities could be of great help. Davir, too, needs Heron's ressources to discover his forgotten identity. An alliance between the two is then formed. But the clues leading to Davir's past point toward where they shouldn't : the rebellion and dark, sinful, supernatural arts of soul eaters.____________________________________©Copyright A. Gonçalo. All rights reserved.…

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ONC 2024 Shortlister_____________________Just one week before his marriage with a chief bloodshaman of the Kurat's army, young surgeon Genul sees his wife, Kenit, die under his care after a terrorist attack launched by the neighboring nation.As old wounds resurface and feed into his grief, Genul unburies his past training as a bloodshaman with an irrevocable aim: find his way to his wife again. Blood is the price to pay to bring back the dead to life and those across the border are charged with it.Genul's main target is the Regent of Lomurat, Jyr Omar VI. But once infiltrated as a servant inside the palace of the enemy nation, Genul finds himself fighting against his certainties. Because the regent, known for taking male servants as lovers, has a real interest in Genul. Genul fights back, but the alluring noble may hide secrets more valuable than his blood.…

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[A young adult retelling of Cinderella - LGBT]What begins as a failed date in a tea shop leads Jay to find his fairy Godmother, the one who could make love finally come his way.__Jay struggles with being out of the closet to his friends but getting back inside every evening when he returns home.Navigating high-school should be easy when you have a fairy Godmother to use magic when things go wrong, but what if your fairy Godmother is just an apprentice?Jay's hopeless romantic heart may be Cindy's last opportunity to land a job at Godmada Inc. But before the chaotic fairy helps him find love, Jay will need to avoid being accidentally blown up by one of Cindy's failed spells.…

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After a date with a stranger, Sara wakes up with no means of communication in an island in the middle of the ocean with no mainland at sight. She's not alone. Others roam the island, confused and seeking an escape. Waiting for help is not a viable option. Lions prowl in the island, killing whoever they encounter on their path. Mysterious Marco appears as the only hope for Sara to leave the feline-infested Island. But his help comes with a price: Sara has to pretend that she is dead to world and work under Marco's orders. Marco reveals to Sara that she is a Real Lion and a part of the secret Society of Zodiacs, rare humans in whom the zodiac signs manifest, grating them supernatural talents. Marco's ultimate mission for Sara is to send her back into the Den of Lions to kill their leader. Only, the Lions come hunting Sara before she is ready to enter the Den. Fighting back with same ferocity of her attackers is the only way to survive.…