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An Immortal's Pain by Auburn Tempest, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.65 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe moment you let your guard down and think you’ve got a handle on life—you jinx it.I bust my butt on the daily, smoothing the rough edges after moving in with the boyfriend, making amends to angry empowered ones, and patching things up with hostile in-laws. Things are good on the home front with my job, family, and friends. I’ve got this, right?Wrong...Categorized as:
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![The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa]()
The Travelling Cat Chronicles by Hiro Arikawa
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsA life-affirming anthem to kindness and self-sacrifice, The Travelling Cat Chronicles shows how the smallest things can provide the greatest joy.We take journeys to explore exotic new places and to return to the comforts of home, to visit old acquaintances and to make new friends. But the most important journey is the one that shows us how to follow our hearts . .Categorized as:
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MacTavish by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt's Gibbs MacTavish's turn to start his second life. He proved himself on the battlefield 270 years ago, but is he brave enough to imagine life away from the sactuary of Wickham's ranch?You're about to find out... -
![The Echo Trilogy Collection by Lindsey Sparks]()
The Echo Trilogy Collection by Lindsey Sparks
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAll three novels and both Echo Trilogy novellas bundled together!Their love is destined to shatter the boundaries of time...Archaeology grad student Alexandra Larson's world is turned upside down when her mother shares her deepest, darkest secret--that she doesn't know the true identity of Lex's father. The revelation sparks a change within Lex, and her dreams become far too real...Categorized as:
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![Midnight's Lover by Donna Grant]()
Midnight's Lover by Donna Grant
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDriven by the fierce god within him, highlander Ian Kerr is sworn to fight for the land he loves—and the brother he lost. But when he’s transported four centuries into the future, he finds himself fighting his own desires—for a beautiful, bewitching woman who could hold a warrior spellbound…Danielle Buchanan has heard the legends. She has felt the power of Druid blood in her veins...Categorized as:
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Darkest Highlander by Donna Grant
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the acclaimed Dark Sword series, the darkest, fiercest warriors of Scottish legend finally meet their match—in the brave, fiery hearts of the women they cherish…For years, Broc has watched over her, protected her—and hidden his love for her. But when his beautiful Sonya, finds herself in a hopeless situation, the Highlander flies to her side to save her...Categorized as:
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![Old Bones by Alexie Aaron]()
Old Bones by Alexie Aaron
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvery family has a few skeletons in their closet.Meeting the future in-laws has Mia in a panic. She’d rather face a hoard of marauding ghosts than make polite conversation with the 150 relatives and friends that have arrived to check her out."If you are reading this then I, Giuseppe Basso, am dead. I have been murdered... -
![New Horizons by Selkie Myth]()
New Horizons by Selkie Myth
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsElaine's mission through the fairy ring went horribly wrong, and she finds herself in Pallos once again - over 20,000 years in the future. The only things she has are her friends, her magic, and the clothes on her back. Fighting their way out of the wilderness, they quickly meet Iona, a wandering paladin of the Valkyrie order... -
![Preserving Will by Alex Albrinck, Todd McLaren]()
Preserving Will by Alex Albrinck, Todd McLaren
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHe's provided for each of them the opportunity to lead a life of health, wealth, and power far beyond their imagination. By his own example, he's shown them that such gifts are meant to be shared, used to make the world a better place. And he's never asked them for anything in return, showing a willingness to risk even his own life to live to his own ideals. Now Will Stark needs their help... -
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Stark Cataclysm by Alex Albrinck, Todd McLaren
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt is a time of unknowns for members of the Alliance. They have no information to guide their actions, no record of the key events to influence their research. For Fil Trask and his sister, Angel, it is also a time of growing up. It is a time when they must learn the deep sacrifices it often takes to keep a family together through great trial and tribulation... -
![Convergence by Alex Albrinck]()
Convergence by Alex Albrinck
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHostility has formed over the centuries. It's grown with each Hunt, each capture, each death. It's been magnified at each effort to thwart global dominion over those unable to defend against the advance of a ruthless tyrant who won't rest until the entire world is full of those who exist solely to do his will. Circumstances have prevented outright warfare. Until now... -
![Deception of a Witch by Suza Kates]()
Deception of a Witch by Suza Kates
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsClaudia Grant has officially been called to face her trial. To stand for the Savannah Coven and complete the task that has been set for her. When the antique items she touches show her more of history than she bargained for, she realizes her special talent has taken a dangerous turn. Evil thrives in the present but is also alive and well in the past.And it's been waiting for her... -
![The Sundering by Richard A. Knaak]()
The Sundering by Richard A. Knaak
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe hour of wrath draws near... The valiant night elves have been shattered by the loss of their beloved general. The black dragon, Neltharion, has claimed the Demon Soul and scattered the mighty dragonflights to the winds. Above all, the demonlord, Archimonde, has led the Burning Legion to the very brink of victory over Kalimdor... -
![Vampires Need Not...Apply? by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff]()
Vampires Need Not...Apply? by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThis is book 4 in the New York Times and USA Today bestselling Accidentally Yours paranormal romance series. Meet Dr. Antonio Acero. Heir to Spain's wealthiest family, world-renowned physicist, and dedicated bachelor. While on vacation in southern Mexico, Antonio discovers an ancient Mayan tablet... -
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![The Lost City of Faar by D.J. MacHale]()
The Lost City of Faar by D.J. MacHale
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsCLORALFOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD Bobby Pendragon is not like other boys his age. His uncle Press is a Traveler, and, as Bobby has learned, that means Uncle Press is responsible, through his journeys, for solving interdimensional conflict wherever he encounters it. His mission is nothing less than to save the universe from ultimate evil. And he's taking Bobby along for the ride...Categorized as:
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![A Christmas Carol / The Chimes / The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens]()
A Christmas Carol / The Chimes / The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 48 ratingsA Christmas Carol, The Chimes, and The Cricket on the Hearth, by Charles Dickens, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras... -
![Accidentally...Over? by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff]()
Accidentally...Over? by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsWhen it comes to Máax, the God of Truth who refuses to follow the rules, there's more to him than meets the eye. Literally. Because Maáx is invisible! Which is probably why, after seventy-thousand years, he's still unable to find a mate.Ashli Rosewood was never meant to die...Categorized as:
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![Daughter of Blood: The Wall of Night Book Three by Helen Lowe]()
Daughter of Blood: The Wall of Night Book Three by Helen Lowe
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Gemmell Award-Winning SeriesMalian of Night and Kalan, her trusted ally, are returning to the Wall of Night—but already it may be too late. The Wall is dangerously weakened, the Nine Houses of the Derai fractured by rivalry and hate. And now, the Darkswarm is rising . . .Among Grayharbor backstreets, an orphan boy falls foul of dark forces...Categorized as:
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![Infinite Loss by L.E. Waters]()
Infinite Loss by L.E. Waters
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith lessons and lives of sacrifice and devotion behind her, Maya must continue the journey into her next incarnations as a young and passionate Lakota warrior on the Great American Plains; the dashing British spy Major John André, fighting the tide of a great revolution; and the desolate master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe.Each life is touched with love but strained by unbearable grief...Categorized as:
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![Water Logic by Laurie J. Marks]()
Water Logic by Laurie J. Marks
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBy water logic, a cow doctor becomes a politician. A soldier becomes a flower farmer. A lost book contains a lost future. The patterns of history are made and unmade. Amid assassinations, rebellions, and the pyres of too many dead, a new government forms in the land of Shaftal-a government of soldiers and farmers, scholars and elemental talents, all weary of war and longing for peace...Categorized as:
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![Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde]()
Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsDetective Thursday Next has had her fill of her responsibilities as the Bellman in Jurisfiction. Packing up her son, Friday, Thursday returns to Swindon accompanied by none other than the dithering Danish prince Hamlet... -
![The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn Womack]()
The Fortune Teller by Gwendolyn Womack
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsSemele Cavnow appraises antiquities for an exclusive Manhattan auction house, deciphering ancient texts—and when she discovers a manuscript written in the time of Cleopatra, she knows it will be the find of her career. Its author tells the story of a priceless tarot deck, now lost to history, but as Semele delves further, she realizes the manuscript is more than it seems...Categorized as:
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![The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley]()
The Firebird by Susanna Kearsley
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsNicola Marter was born with a gift. When she touches an object, she sometimes glimpses those who have owned it before. When a woman arrives with a small wooden carving at the gallery Nicola works at, she can see the object’s history and knows that it was named after the Firebird—the mythical creature from an old Russian fable...Categorized as:
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![Leviathan by Robert McCammon]()
Leviathan by Robert McCammon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt is August of 1704, and Matthew Corbett and his companions have narrowly escaped the island of Golgotha and are recuperating in the town of Alghero on the northwestern coast of Sardinia, currently under Spanish rule. Hudson Greathouse is at his limits, both mentally and physically, after their harrowing ordeal...Categorized as:
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![The Midnight Library by Matt Haig]()
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 94 ratingsBetween life and death there is a library, and within that library, the shelves go on forever. Every book provides a chance to try another life you could have lived. To see how things would be if you had made other choices . .Categorized as:
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![The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow]()
The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 69 ratingsIn a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored, and utterly out of place.Then she finds a strange book...Categorized as:
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![Lover's Intuition by Noelle Greene]()
Lover's Intuition by Noelle Greene
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA psychic must use her gift to save the skeptic she loves.Camille Jorgensen is starting over in a small town after a heartbreaking loss. On the night she meets reclusive billionaire Will Holloway, her sixth sense suddenly goes haywire. Although Camille’s intuition whispers that evil will strike, she doesn’t know when, why, or where... -
![Coven by Lacey Weatherford]()
Coven by Lacey Weatherford
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Prepare to be DAZZLED as Lacey Weatherford returns to her paranormal romance roots with Coven, the first book in her brand new Of Witches And Demons series. This might just be my absolute FAVORITE from Lacey, captivating my heart from start to finish in what can only be described as a swoonfest of EPIC proportions... -
![Destroyer of Worlds by Mark Chadbourn]()
Destroyer of Worlds by Mark Chadbourn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt is the beginning of the end ...The end of the axe-age, the sword-age, leading to the passing of gods and men from the universe. As all the ancient prophecies fall into place, the final battle rages, on Earth, across Faerie, and into the land of the dead... -
![Redemption by Rosa Lee Jude, Mary Lin Brewer]()
Redemption by Rosa Lee Jude, Mary Lin Brewer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBe careful what you wish for. When the breakup of her family forces Grae White’s mother to move her two children from their privileged city life to her hometown in the mountains of Virginia, all Grae wants is to be invisible in her new life...Categorized as:
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![The Academy by F.D. Lee]()
The Academy by F.D. Lee
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLibrarian's note: There is an Alternate Cover Edition for this edition of this book here.Apparently, school is supposed to be the best time of your life. Obviously, whoever believes that has never tried to rescue a ghost and study for mid-terms. Bea’s back! But life at the Academy isn’t all it’s cracked up to be... -
![Broken Home by Glenn Bullion]()
Broken Home by Glenn Bullion
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEven a demon has a beginning.The year is 1973. Janet Fields is living the stereotypical American Dream. She has a loving husband, two wonderful daughters, and a beautiful home away from the hustle of city life. Life couldn’t be any better.That changed the day the stranger invaded her home, and tore apart not only everything Janet knew about her life, but also the world around her... -
![Outmove by Brandt Legg]()
Outmove by Brandt Legg
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOUTMOVE, the thrilling conclusion to the best selling Inner Movement trilogy.Humankind is on the brink . . . Earth will either become dystopian or utopian . . . There is only one chance.Defying the odds, Nate has repeatedly eluded death. Now, with full command of his powers and a clear sense of destiny, he leads the Movement. But the revolution is crumbling...Categorized as:
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![Outin by Brandt Legg]()
Outin by Brandt Legg
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOUTIN, book two of The Inner Movement trilogy, from the USA TODAY bestselling author of The Last Librarian.A story of wonder, in which time and dimensions collide in an explosion of psychic phenomena and kaleidoscopic magic. Relentlessly pursued, seventeen year old, Nate Ryder embarks on a new journey where he faces impossible choices that transcend life and death... -
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![Indigo by Satyajit Ray]()
Indigo by Satyajit Ray
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSpine-tingling tales from the other side of midnight. Indigo is the mood in this new collection of stories about the supernatural, the peculiar and the inexplicable from Satyajit Ray, one of the best-loved writers of our times. There are tales here of dark horror, fantasy and adventure along with heart-warmingly funny stories about ordinary people in extraordinary situations... -
![Embrace the Highland Warrior by Anita Clenney]()
Embrace the Highland Warrior by Anita Clenney
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThey were driven apart by a timeless secret… Cody MacBain let the woman of his destiny slip away. A member of an ancient clan of Scottish warriors, he grew up beside Shay Logan as her secret protector, but his heart compelled him to become more...Categorized as:
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![A Tale of Two Vampires by Katie MacAlister]()
A Tale of Two Vampires by Katie MacAlister
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTime isn’t always on a vampire’s side…Iolanthe Tennyson has had a very bad year—due in part to the very bad men in her life. So, she’s accepted her cousin’s invitation to spend the summer in Austria indulging in her photography hobby...Categorized as:
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![To the Future, Ben Franklin! by Mary Pope Osborne]()
To the Future, Ben Franklin! by Mary Pope Osborne
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsGet whisked away through time in the magic tree house with Jack and Annie in the #1 bestselling series--and meet famous founding-father and inventor Ben Franklin!Jack and Annie know all about Ben Franklin. He was a founding father, a journalist, and a famous inventor! When the magic tree house whisks them back to meet the man himself, they're not sure what their mission is...Categorized as:
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![Birth of the Alliance by Alex Albrinck]()
Birth of the Alliance by Alex Albrinck
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFreed from the constraints of the Aliomenti, Will Stark creates a new group, an Alliance of men and women committed to using the Energy skills they've developed and technological advances they've made to improve the lives of all.It's an act of rebellion that won't go unnoticed--or unpunished--by the Aliomenti Elites... -
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Peace by Gene Wolfe
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMesmerizing sci-fi from the author the Denver Post calls "one of the literary giants of science fiction." The melancholy memoir of Alden Dennis Weer, an embittered old man living in a small midwestern town, reveals a miraculous dimension. For Weer's imagination has the power to obliterate time and reshape reality, transcending even death itself...Categorized as:
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![Preserving Hope by Alex Albrinck]()
Preserving Hope by Alex Albrinck
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt was his mission to save her life.But first, he'd need to convince her that hers was a life worth saving.Will Stark has been sent on a mission to save the life of a young woman named Elizabeth. He does not know who is threatening her, or why. He only knows that failure is not an option, for it will mean three of the most important people in his life will cease to exist... -
![The Tengu's Game of Go by Lian Hearn]()
The Tengu's Game of Go by Lian Hearn
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe rightful emperor is lost to the world, farther from the throne than ever before . . . The lord of the usurper clan has fallen ill, and further unrest looms . . . Shikanoko has withdrawn to the furthest reaches of the country, leaving his allies stranded and the Spider Tribe unchecked . .Categorized as:
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![For All The Evers by Debra Anastasia]()
For All The Evers by Debra Anastasia
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFallen Billow should be in college like most of her friends, but instead she’s raising her brother and working as a housekeeper at a vintage local hotel. It’s back-breaking work, but not nearly as challenging as fending off unwanted advances from the hotel’s owner. Thomas McHugh is fighting for our country, across the globe and decades before Fallen Billow was even born... -
![Dead Again by T.J. Garrett]()
Dead Again by T.J. Garrett
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsForced to come to terms with his wife's death, Daniel discovers he has an affinity with other-worldly creatures. With the help of a mysterious clairvoyant, Daniel attempts to use his new-found abilities to find his wife's killer. However, all is not as it seems, and instead of finding answers, every twist and turn will lead Daniel to yet more questions... -
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![The Muse of History by Jodi Taylor]()
The Muse of History by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA little background on Mrs. Partridge...Categorized as:
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![World Without End by Molly Cochran, Warren Murphy]()
World Without End by Molly Cochran, Warren Murphy
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTrapped in the turmoil and panic of Atlantis's destruction is a modern-day man, Sam Smith. In the 1990s, he finds himself the target of an international network of conspirators bent on destroying anyone who has found a clue to the location of the lost continent and the secrets of the Atlanteans... -
![Marianne, the Madame, and the Momentary Gods by Sheri S. Tepper]()
Marianne, the Madame, and the Momentary Gods by Sheri S. Tepper
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen Marianne's parents died, leaving control of their fortune to her feared older brother, she struggled to make her way as a student in America - and her old home began to seem as unreal as a fairy tale, her childhood there as distant as a dream . .Categorized as:
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![Fishboy: A Ghost's Story by Mark Richard]()
Fishboy: A Ghost's Story by Mark Richard
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the brilliant idiom of a modern Melville or Conrad, an odyssey of discovery by a bold and outrageous talent--the PEN/Hemingway Award--winning author of The Ice At The Bottom Of The World...Categorized as:
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![Bridge of Dreams by Christina Skye]()
Bridge of Dreams by Christina Skye
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1794Rake and reckless hero, Gabriel Montserrat falls prey to blackest treachery; his death a mystery to be locked away forever in the deepest recesses of Draycott Abbey.1994American-born beauty Cathlin O'Neill finds herself named in a strange bequest... -
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Gaia Codex by Sarah Drew
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Feminine Mysteries Long Forgotten...An Ancient Wisdom Text Revealed . . . www.GaiaCodex.com Both an ancient, "found" wisdom text and a sumptuous, epic novel, Gaia Codex reveals the hidden histories of a world long forgotten, the secret wisdom of an ancient lineage of women, the Priestesses of Astera...Categorized as:
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