
The Scorpion and the Night Blossom
The Three Realms, Book 1
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Amélie Wen Zhao
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In a world at war with demons, one girl will face the ultimate test when she is forced to enter into an ancient, deadly competition for the chance to save her mother's soul… before she loses her forever. From the author of Song of Silver, Flame Like Night comes the beginning of a dark and opulent fantasy duology, perfect for fans of Throne of Glass.
Nine years ago, the war between the Kingdom of Night and the Kingdom of Rivers tore Àn’yīng’s family apart, leaving her mother barely alive and a baby sister to fend for. Now the mortal realm is falling into eternal night, and mó—beautiful, ravenous demons—roam the land, feasting on the flesh of humans and drinking their souls.
Àn’yīng is no longer a helpless child, though. Armed with her crescent blades and trained in the ancient art of practitioning, she has decided to enter the Immortality Trials, which are open to any mortal who can survive the journey to the immortal realm. Those who complete the Trials are granted a pill of eternal life—the one thing Àn’yīng knows can heal her dying mother. But to attain the prize, she must survive the competition.
Death is common in the Trials. Yet oddly, Àn’yīng finds that someone is helping her stay alive. A rival contestant. Powerful and handsome, Yù’chén is as secretive about his past as he is about his motives for protecting Àn’yīng.
The longer she survives the Trials, the clearer it becomes that all is not right in the immortal realm. To save her mother and herself, Àn’yīng will need to figure out whether she can truly trust the stranger she’s falling for or if he’s the most dangerous player of all . . . for herself and for all the realms.
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Critic reviews
“A sweeping romantasy that’s sure to cause a buzz. Fast-paced and brimming with a gritty allure, The Scorpion and the Night Blossom is your next must-read.”—Adalyn Grace, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Belladonna
“A mesmerizing blend of danger, spellbinding magic, and lush world-building, The Scorpion and the Night Blossom plunges readers into a world of deadly trials and ravenous demons. Àn’yīng’s journey is as captivating as it is perilous, with a romance that haunts and a plot that grips until the last page.”—Isabel Ibañez, #1 New York Times bestselling author of What the River Knows
“Lush and imaginative, with characters who will steal your heart from the very first page. The Scorpion and the Night Blossom is a brilliant entrance into the world of crossover romantasy.”—Brigid Kemmerer, New York Times bestselling author of Defy the Night
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The night Fei was born, a prophecy was made: she would one day become the Empress of All Empresses. Torn from her family as a child and raised in the palace to one day marry the Crown Prince of the most powerful empire in the land, Fei has only ever known loneliness. When the opportunity arises to seize her own destiny for the first time in her life, Fei sets out to hunt a legendary tiger, knowing it might cost her everything. What she doesn’t expect is to fall under the mercy of Yexue, the beautiful runaway prince from a rival kingdom.
By: Molly X. Chang
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Spin the Dawn
- The Blood of Stars, Book 1
- By: Elizabeth Lim
- Narrated by: Kim Mai Guest
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Maia Tamarin dreams of becoming the greatest tailor in the land, but as a girl, the best she can hope for is to marry well. When a royal messenger summons her ailing father, once a tailor of renown, to court, Maia poses as a boy and takes his place. She knows her life is forfeit if her secret is discovered, but she'll take that risk to achieve her dream and save her family from ruin. There's just one catch: Maia is one of 12 tailors vying for the job.
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just alright.
- By Tara R on 10-28-19
By: Elizabeth Lim
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Our Infinite Fates
- A Novel
- By: Laura Steven
- Narrated by: Sofia Oxenham
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Evelyn can remember all her past lives. She can also remember that in every single one, she’s been murdered before her eighteenth birthday by Arden, a supernatural being linked to her soul. The problem is that she’s quite fond of the life she’s in now, and her little sister needs her in order to stay alive. If Evelyn wants to save her sister, she’ll have to find the centuries-old devil who hunts her through each life before they find her first, figure out why she’s being hunted and finally break their curse, and try not to fall in love . . . again.
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Tragically sweet
- By Robert/Tiffany Bowler on 05-04-25
By: Laura Steven
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Blood Heir
- By: Amélie Wen Zhao
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 13 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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In the Cyrilian Empire, Affinites are reviled. Their varied gifts to control the world around them are unnatural - dangerous. And Anastacya Mikhailov, the crown princess, has a terrifying secret. Her deadly Affinity to blood is her curse and the reason she has lived her life hidden behind palace walls. When Ana's father, the emperor, is murdered, her world is shattered. Framed as his killer, Ana must flee the palace to save her life. And to clear her name, she must find her father's murderer on her own.
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By the end, I was in trepidation
- By Rami Ungar on 04-07-20
By: Amélie Wen Zhao
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Strike the Zither
- Kingdom of Three, Book 1
- By: Joan He
- Narrated by: Nancy Wu
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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The year is 414 of the Xin Dynasty, and chaos abounds. A puppet empress is on the throne. The realm has fractured into three factions and three warlordesses hoping to claim the continent for themselves. But Zephyr knows it's no contest. Orphaned at a young age, Zephyr took control of her fate by becoming the best strategist of the land and serving under Xin Ren, a warlordess whose loyalty to the empress is double-edged—while Ren's honor draws Zephyr to her cause, it also jeopardizes their survival in a war where one must betray or be betrayed.
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rushed
- By Robin on 10-07-23
By: Joan He
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The Rose Bargain
- By: Sasha Peyton Smith
- Narrated by: Emily Mount, Shiromi Arserio, James Meunier
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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London, 1848—For four hundred years, England has been under the control of an immortal fae queen who tricked her way onto the throne. To maintain an illusion of benevolence, Queen Mor grants each of her subjects one opportunity to bargain for their deepest desire. As Ivy Benton prepares to make her debut, she knows that not even a deal with the queen could fix what has gone wrong: Her family’s social standing is in shambles, her sister is a shadow of her former self, and Ivy’s marriage prospects are nonexistent.
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The Cruel Prince it is not.
- By K on 02-23-25
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The Encanto's Daughter
- The Encanto's Daughter, Book 1
- By: Melissa de la Cruz
- Narrated by: Leiana Bertrand
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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MJ Rodriguez has spent her life hiding in the human world, keeping a heavy secret: She’s half-encanto. As the only child of King Vivencio of the Sirena Court, she’s also next in line for the throne. And now, upon her estranged father’s sudden death, MJ must claim her place as rightful heir.
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I Am Made of Death
- By: Kelly Andrew
- Narrated by: Annalee Scott, Kirby Heyborne, Andrew Eiden
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Following the death of his father, Thomas Walsh had to grow up quickly, taking on odd-jobs to keep food on the table and help pay his gravely ill mother's medical bills. When he's offered a highly paid position as an interpreter for an heiress who exclusively signs, Thomas—the hearing child of a Deaf adult—jumps at the opportunity. But the job is not without its challenges. Thomas is expected to accompany Vivienne wherever she goes, but from the start, she seems determined to shake him. To make matters worse, her parents keep her on an extremely short leash.
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A Crossover!
- By Robin L. on 04-29-25
By: Kelly Andrew
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The Blood Phoenix
- Of Jade and Dragons, Book 2
- By: Amber Chen
- Narrated by: Jen Zhao
- Length: 13 hrs
- Unabridged
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Two years after Ying leaves the Engineer’s Guild and the ghost of her father’s unjust death behind, life seems to regain a semblance of normalcy. But the winds of unrest continue to stir within the Nine Isles, and the aftermath of a horrific pirate attack by the mysterious Blood Phoenix fleet forces Ying back into the tense political world of the new High Commander, Ye-yang. And soon, Ying, Ye-yang and her former friends from the guild must work together to find a way to outsmart the cunning pirates who terrorise the straits—and the elusive mastermind who’s controlling them.
By: Amber Chen
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A Magic Steeped in Poison
- The Book of Tea, Book 1
- By: Judy I. Lin
- Narrated by: Carolyn Kang
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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For Ning, the only thing worse than losing her mother is knowing that it's her own fault. She was the one who unknowingly brewed the poison tea that killed her - the poison tea that now threatens to also take her sister, Shu. When Ning hears of a competition to find the kingdom's greatest shennong-shi - masters of the ancient and magical art of tea-making - she travels to the imperial city to compete. The winner will receive a favor from the princess, which may be Ning's only chance to save her sister's life.
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Left a lot to be desired
- By jill on 06-02-24
By: Judy I. Lin
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Stone Angels
- By: Helena Rho
- Narrated by: Greta Jung, Helena Rho
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Angelina Lee feels like she doesn’t belong. Newly divorced, and completely unmoored by the sudden and tragic death of her mother, she hopes studying Korean will reconnect her to her roots, but nothing about Seoul feels familiar. Further complicating matters is the resurgence of an alluring man from Angelina’s past, and fellow classmate Keisuke Ono, an irritatingly good looking Japanese American journalist who refuses to leave her alone. What she’ll barely admit, however, is the true reason behind her trip. She’s convinced the key to understanding her mother’s suicide lies in Korea.
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Wow! Just wow!
- By Elizabeth Morris on 05-05-25
By: Helena Rho
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They Bloom at Night
- By: Trang Thanh Tran
- Narrated by: Nhi Do
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Since the hurricane, the town of Mercy, Louisiana has been overtaken by a strange red algae bloom. Noon and her mother have carved out a life in the wreckage, trawling for the mutated wildlife that lurks in the water and trading it to the corrupt harbormaster. When she’s focused on survival, Noon doesn’t have to cope with what happened to her at the Cove or the monster itching at her skin.
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An interesting kind of horror
- By LacrYmosa Wolf on 04-14-25
By: Trang Thanh Tran
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The Thirteenth Child
- By: Erin A. Craig
- Narrated by: Christine Lakin
- Length: 16 hrs and 30 mins
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Hazel Trépas has always known she wasn’t like the rest of her siblings. A thirteenth child, promised away to one of the gods, she spends her childhood waiting for her godfather—Merrick, the Dreaded End—to arrive. When he does, he lays out exactly how he’s planned Hazel’s future. She will become a great healer, known throughout the kingdom for her precision and skill. To aid her endeavors, Merrick blesses Hazel with a gift, the ability to instantly deduce the exact cure needed to treat the sick. But all gifts come with a price.
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Great Gothic Tale
- By Kristin B on 01-29-25
By: Erin A. Craig
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Cruel Is the Light
- By: Sophie Clark
- Narrated by: Fiona Hardingham, Ethan Reid, Steve West
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
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A bloody war between demons and the Vatican has waged for more than a century, with two elite soldiers now at its center: Selene Alleva, a high-ranking exorcist running from a dark family legacy, and orphan Jules Lacroix, recruited by the Vatican and unrivalled on the battlefield. When their paths cross over a series of unprecedented demon attacks, the distrust—and unwelcome attraction—they have for each other is immediate. But to get to the bottom of the breaches they strike an uneasy alliance to avoid suspicion.
By: Sophie Clark
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A Forgery of Fate
- By: Elizabeth Lim
- Narrated by: Mirai
- Length: 13 hrs
- Unabridged
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Truyan Saigas didn't choose to become a con artist, but after her father is lost at sea, it’s up to her to support her mother and two younger sisters. A gifted art forger, Tru has the unique ability to paint the future, but even such magic is not enough to put her family back together again, or stave off the gangsters demanding payment in blood for her mother’s gambling debts. Left with few options, Tru agrees to a marriage contract with a mysterious dragon lord.
By: Elizabeth Lim