The Threads of Magic

Deephaven

The Thickety: A Path Begins

The Islands of Chaldea

Escape From the Isle of the Lost: Descendants

The Amulet of Samarkand: The Bartimaeus Trilogy

The Bronze Key: Magisterium

Wizardology: The Book of the Secrets of Merlin

Cruel Beauty Universe

Since birth, Nyx has been betrothed to the evil ruler of her kingdom-all because of a foolish bargain struck by her father. And since birth, she has been in training to kill him.

With no choice but to fulfill her duty, Nyx resents her family for never trying to save her and hates herself for wanting to escape her fate. Still, on her seventeenth birthday, Nyx abandons everything she's ever known to marry the all-powerful, immortal Ignifex. Her plan? Seduce him, destroy his enchanted castle, and break the nine-hundred-year-old curse he put on her people.

But Ignifex is not at all what Nyx expected. The strangely charming lord beguiles her, and his castle—a shifting maze of magical rooms—enthralls her.

As Nyx searches for a way to free her homeland by uncovering Ignifex's secrets, she finds herself unwillingly drawn to him. Even if she could bring herself to love her sworn enemy, how can she refuse her duty to kill him? With time running out, Nyx must decide what is more important: the future of her kingdom, or the man she was never supposed to love.

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The Threads of Magic

Alison Croggon, 2020

Deephaven

Ethan M. Aldridge, 2023

The Thickety: A Path Begins

Andrea Offermann, J.A. White, 2014

The Islands of Chaldea

Diana Wynne Jones, Ursula Jones, 2014

Escape From the Isle of the Lost: Descendants

Melissa De La Cruz, 2019

The Amulet of Samarkand: The Bartimaeus Trilogy

Jonathan Stroud, Andrew Donkin, Lee Sullivan, 2010

The Bronze Key: Magisterium

Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, 2016

Wizardology: The Book of the Secrets of Merlin

Dugald A. Steer, Master Merlin, 2005