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Prince Rohan, a handsome prince who was cursed by a ruthless witch, and on the day of his coronation, Prince Rohan turned to a hideous creature, a monster covered with horns and fur.
After the magicians failed to revive his handsome appearance, the prince creature abandoned his rightful place at king Mile's fortress and went to live in the forest where he met Tilda, the witch's daughter and fell in love not knowing that she was the witch's daughter....
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For Alissa, life was once sweet, wrapped in the loving kindness of her mother, Alice, and innocent play with cousins. But a deadly epidemic and her mother's false witchcraft conviction ended her childhood abruptly. She survived by leaning on her Aunt Rhody and forgetting the dark details that changed everything. However, as ugly rumors of another "witch" emerged in Windsor, Alissa could no longer hide from the past or herself. Through friendship and...
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Fearless Thea has never known life outside of war. As the favorite daughter of the Sylvan King, she's a relentless fighter who longs to lead his army as First Huntsman, ignoring the pretty clothes and fanciful notions others enjoy. But when a mysterious dress full of dark magic appears on her hearth one evening, Thea doesn't know how to fight an enemy she can't see or touch. Still, her curiosity builds as a new gown appears each night--until she gives...
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A noblewoman takes her twin's place in marriage to a Norman invader in this "absorbing, sexually charged" medieval romance from a USA Today–bestselling author (Publishers Weekly). All her life, Linnea de Valcourt has been reviled as the cursed daughter of Maidenstone Castle. The younger of identical twins, she narrowly escaped a death sentence at birth. To save her beloved sister from marriage to the savage Norman conqueror who has laid siege to...
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A cursed daughter. A stolen son. Time is running out.
When her brother is kidnapped, Cassie Goodlight is determined to save him-even if it means learning the magic that nearly destroyed her mother.
But how can she beat a shape-shifting sea goblin that taunts her at every turn? Cassie must find a way before a year is up or her brother will be lost forever.
And who, or what, is the handsome stranger who keeps turning up in her life?
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One murderous mission. One killer case of PMS. Who said "the curse" was a myth?
Ever since the original Medusa ticked off Athena by bragging about her beauty, her cursed daughters have been paying for that mistake. To this day, successive Medusas play cat and mouse with the descendants of Perseus, known as the Harvesters.
When Kallan Tassos tracks down the current Medusa, he expects to find a monster. Instead, he finds a wary, beautiful woman, shielded...
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She will first save the kingdom.Then she'll steal it.The sole heir to the kingdom is destined to sleep for a hundred years. To hide this liability, the queen left her cursed daughter in the care of a trusted lord, while taking his son as her own. Rowan grew up hating the boy who had her crown and vowed to one day reclaim her place as queen.But when a neighboring king threatens a war they won't survive, Rowan must work with the fraud prince to save...
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Fairytales lie! Heroes don't ride in on white horses-they're cursed, betrayed, and barely hanging on.
Meet Enid Davies. Just your average teen, right? Wrong.
When she looks in the mirror, she doesn't see a hero staring back-she sees the cursed daughter of a witch. And on her 16th birthday? Things go from weird to absolutely WILD. Her best friend Dylan is snatched by the ruthless fae Queen Malagant. Time freezes. A portal rips open. BOOM. He's gone.
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11) Karma
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Karma is a dark fantasy romance about desire, power, and the ruinous path to redemption-a story where love burns as fiercely as vengeance, and every sin leaves a scar that refuses to fade.Born in a village that cursed her name, Adalet is the daughter of a prostitute and a king who refuses to claim her. Branded a sorceress and forced into her mother's trade, she learns early that mercy is not given-it's taken. When tragedy drives her to the brink,...
12) Splintered
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A descendant of the inspiration for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, sixteen-year-old Alyssa Gardner fears she is mentally ill like her mother until she finds that Wonderland is real and, if she passes a series of tests to fix Alice's mistakes, she may save her family from their curse.
13) The Amalfi curse
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"Haven Ambrose, a trailblazing nautical archaeologist, has come to the sun-soaked village of Positano to investigate the mysterious shipwrecks along the Amalfi Coast. But Haven is hoping to find more than old artifacts beneath the azure waters; she is secretly on a quest to locate a trove of priceless gemstones her late father spotted on his final dive. Upon Haven's arrival, strange maelstroms and misfortunes start plaguing the town. Is it nature...
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"The Owens family has been cursed in matters of love for over three hundred years, but all of that is about to change. The novel begins in a library, the best place for a story to be conjured, when beloved aunt Jet Owens hears the deathwatch beetle and knows she has only seven days to live. Jet is not the only one in danger - the curse is already at work. A frantic attempt to save a young man's life spurs three generations of the Owens women, and...
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Femininomenon (SCPL-YA)
Myths & Legends (SCPL-YA)
OLPL: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Romantasy
Myths & Legends (SCPL-YA)
OLPL: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Romantasy
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In the realm of Awara, where gods, monsters, and humans exist side by side, Miuko is an ordinary girl resigned to a safe, if uneventful, existence as an innkeeper’s daughter. But when Miuko is cursed and begins to transform into a demon with a deadly touch, she embarks on a quest to reverse the curse and return to her normal life. Aided by a thieving magpie spirit and continuously thwarted by a demon prince, Miuko must outfox tricksters, escape...
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Arab American Heritage Month
CSPL Arab American Heritage Month
Muslim American Heritage - Adult
New Reads
CSPL Arab American Heritage Month
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Raised in a conservative and emotionally volatile Palestinian family in Brooklyn, Yara thought she would finally feel free when she married a charming entrepreneur who took her to the suburbs. She's gotten to follow her dreams, completing an undergraduate degree in Art and landing a good job at the local college. As a traditional wife, she also raises their two school-aged daughters, takes care of the house, and has dinner ready when her husband gets...
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"Justin has a curse, and thanks to a Reddit thread, it's now all over the internet. Every woman he dates goes on to find their soul mate the second they break up. When a woman slides into his DMs with the same problem, they come up with a plan: They'll date each other and break up. Their curses will cancel each other's out, and they'll both go on to find the love of their lives. It's a bonkers idea ... and it just might work. Emma hadn't planned that...
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"It started with their ancestor, Oanh, who dared to leave her marriage for true love-so a fearsome Vietnamese witch cursed Oanh and her descendants so that they would never find love or happiness, and the Duong women would give birth to daughters, never sons. Oanh's current descendant Mai Nguyen knows this curse well. She's divorced, and after an explosive disagreement a decade ago, she's estranged from her younger sisters, Minh Pham (the middle and...
19) Gilded
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Let's Write It Again! (SCPL)
YA - Fairy Tale Retellings (WPL-Teen)
YA - Gothic (WPL-Teen)
YA Fairytale Retellings
YA - Fairy Tale Retellings (WPL-Teen)
YA - Gothic (WPL-Teen)
YA Fairytale Retellings
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A retelling of the Rumplestiltskin story where a king orders a poor miller's daughter to complete the impossible task of spinning straw into gold, so in her desperation she unwittingly summons a mysterious boy, soon discovering other secrets in the castle, including an ancient curse that must be broken.
When one of Serilda's outlandish tales draws the attention of the sinister Erlking and his undead hunters, she finds herself swept away into a grim...
20) The darkening
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"Vesper Vale is the daughter of revolutionaries. Failed revolutionaries. When her mother was caught by the queen's soldiers, they gave her a choice: death by the hangman's axe, or death by the Storm that surrounds the city and curses anyone it touches. She chose the Storm. And when the queen's soldiers--led by a paranoid prince--catch up to Vesper's father after twelve years on the run, Vesper will do whatever it takes to save him from sharing that...











