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Reign & Ruin

Mages of the Wheel, Book 1

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Reign & Ruin

By: J.D. Evans
Narrated by: Tim Campbell, Caren Naess
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“All magic is beautiful...and terrible. Do you not see the beauty in yours, nor the terror in mine? You can stop a heart, and I can stop your breath.”

She is heir to a Sultanate that once ruled the world. He is an unwanted prince with the power to destroy. She is order and intellect, a woman fit to rule in a man's place. He is chaos and violence and will stop at nothing to protect his people.

His magic answers hers with shadow for light. They need each other, but the cost of balance may be too high a price. Magic is dying and the only way to save it is to enlist mages who wield the forbidden power of death, mages cast out centuries ago in a brutal and bloody war.

Now, a new war is coming. Science and machines to replace magic and old religion.

They must find a way to save their people from annihilation and balance the sacred Wheel—but first, they will have to balance their own forbidden passion. His peace for her tempest, his restlessness for her calm.

Night and day, dusk and dawn, the end, and the beginning.

©2019 J.D. Evans (P)2022 Podium Audio
Fantasy Fiction Paranormal Paranormal Romance Romance Emotionally Gripping Heartfelt Magic Users Wizardry War

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Beautiful narration to suit an amazing story

The writing was amazing - the political plot, characters and flow (everything) was perfect. I couldn’t put it down. It definitely stands out among all the romance books I have read. The fmc was strong and intelligent and all characters were multifaceted. The growth of the relationship seemed realistic and it is a shame that this story doesn’t continue on in the next book.
The narration performance was fantastic and I give high praise to both narrators. Their accents were great and I have recommended this audiobook to many friends.

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Beautifully written book.

Fantastic book and wonderful audio performances. Great main characters, can't wait to read the next one!

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Lovely read

A lovely read with interesting character development and superb vocal performances. The romance between the two main characters was charming and believable.

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Obsessed.

5⭐️ I have been thoroughly ruined by this book and loved every single second of it.

The world building is rich and tangible, the prose and dialogue is lyrical yet restrained, the slow burn is a gorgeous smoulder that had me in an absolute chokehold before they even met!

At its heart this is a deeply feminist book—the FMC is amazing, a brilliant mind and leader fighting to hold onto her birthright as heir of the Sultan despite being a woman in a patriarchal society. Where it takes off for me is in the way the MMC really SEES her and their shared ideals, and seeks to support her vision rather than try to grasp at her power or control or subjugate her as others have tried to.

Highly recommended adult fantasy romance!

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Loved it!

These narrators do a superb job! I thoroughly enjoyed this story and their reading of it added so much.

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Sumptuous, gorgeously written fantasy!

I took a bit of a gamble on this one but WOW did it pay off!!! This is a richly evocative, deeply romantic and lushly well-crafted story that still manages to include satisfying levels of palace intrigue & swashbuckling sword action. (There’s just enough NSFW bedroom action to make this book-rotica addict happy, too 😉)

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