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Waging War by April White
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsWar is being waged against the Descendants and Saira Elian is desperate to stop the Mongers’ savage bid for power… Saira’s search for kidnapped mixed-bloods draws her into the Mongers’ stronghold, revealing the horrible truth behind the irresistible Monger ring and the vile plan to cleanse Family bloodlines … permanently...Categorized as:
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Cheating Death by April White
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIn this thrilling conclusion to The Immortal Descendants series, a life has ended, the future is lost, and a war has just begun. An explosion has split Time and Archer has paid the ultimate price, leaving Saira heartbroken and desperate to repair the rupture. But the blast has trapped Saira in an alternate future where Mongers are cornered predators and Death is the ultimate judge...Categorized as:
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Oaths by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsGeneral Ridgewalker Zirkander is getting married. Sardelle—the woman who’s battled dragons, shamans, and countless enemy soldiers at his side—has accepted his proposal, and it’s the perfect time for a wedding... -
A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows by Diana Gabaldon
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsAvailable for the first time as an exclusive eBook in this original Outlander novella, Diana Gabaldon reveals what really happened to Roger MacKenzie Wakefield’s parents. Orphaned during World War II, Roger believed that his mother died during the London Blitz, and that his father, an RAF pilot, was killed in combat. But in An Echo in the Bone, Roger discovers that this may not be the whole story... -
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Changing Nature by April White
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsImmortal Descendants are disappearing one by one, and seventeen-year-old Clocker Saira Elian is next on the list…Saira and Archer’s London summer is carefree and romantic, until a brazen attempt to capture Saira looks suspiciously like the handiwork of the Descendants of War. When the kidnappings of other Descendants come to light and Mr...Categorized as:
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Tempting Fate by April White
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Clocker, Saira Elian is back on the run and being hunted by Mongers. The Descendants of War are amassing power in the 21st century, bent on controlling all the Immortal Descendants. Their attempt to kidnap Saira, a rare Descendant of Time and Nature, reveals just how brazen they’ve become...Categorized as:
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Love Beyond Belief by Bethany Claire
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsUSA TODAY Bestselling Author Bethany Claire continues her Morna's Legacy Series beautifully with Love Beyond Belief The best surprises are the ones you never see coming. All Sydney Pearce needs is some time away from the stress and chaos of running her own restaurant. Maybe then she’ll be able to remember why it was such a dream come true to open the place...Categorized as:
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Time Anomaly by Lindsey Sparks
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe sequel to ECHO IN TIME, previously published as ECHO QUEEN. For most people, time is a river, flowing in only one direction...but Alexandra Larson isn’t most people. PRESENT DAY...When Lex notices an inky presence darkening Marcus’s eyes, she discovers he’s no longer what he seemed...Categorized as:
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Sensing Danger by Wendy Vella
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom USA Today Bestseller Wendy Vella comes an exciting Regency series about legend, love and destiny, with a hint of magic ... Legend says the Sinclairs heightened senses are a result of a long ago pact between them and the powerful Raven family. To Honor and Protect is their creed, but the current Duke of Raven doesn't make their task easy...Categorized as:
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The World of All Souls: A Complete Guide to A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night and The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness, Colleen Madden
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA fully illustrated guide to Deborah Harkness's #1 New York Times bestselling All Souls trilogy--"an irresistible . . . wonderfully imaginative grown-up fantasy" (People)A Discovery of Witches introduced Diana Bishop, Oxford scholar and reluctant witch, and vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont. Shadow of Night and The Book of Life carried Deborah Harkness's series to its spellbinding conclusion...Categorized as:
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Dragon Designed by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWorking out tension during some light espionage seems like the thing to do while pondering her future. Eltrinia has been progressing. She is the master of the on-loan gallery, she takes tours of all ages around, and she has been recruited for operative training at the capital. Learning combat tactics in sparring matches with Trin is bizarrely fun. It is like looking into a tinted mirror... -
Whisper the Dead by Alyxandra Harvey
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCousins Gretchen, Emma, and Penelope are all dealing with what it means to be a Lovegrove. For Gretchen, it means she often feels like her head is going to explode. As a Whisperer, Gretchen constantly hears the whispers of other witches' spells...Categorized as:
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Witch Fall by Amber Argyle
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn alternate cover for this ASIN can be found here.Supreme in their dominion over seasons, storms, and sea, the witches have forgotten the unmatched destructiveness of mankind. And among the weapons men seek are the magical songs of the witches. Born of witches but raised among their enemies, Lilette searches for a way to heal the rift between mankind and the witches...Categorized as:
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The Prisoner's Key by C.J. Archer
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIndia's study into the language of spells is interrupted by the arrest of her teacher for an unpaid debt. Before Matt can repay it for him, the powerful magician escapes from his prison cell. To make matters worse, the moneylender is murdered and the magician is implicated...Categorized as:
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The Custom of the Army by Diana Gabaldon
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsNote: Previously included in the anthology Warriors.Diana Gabaldon, bestselling author of the acclaimed Outlander series, weaves an engrossing tale of war, history, and suspense in this original novella—available exclusively as an eBook—featuring returning hero Lord John Grey.London, 1759...Categorized as:
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A Swift and Savage Tide by Chloe Neill
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsChloe Neill's bold, seafaring heroine Captain Kit Brightling sets sail for high seas and high sorcery in this swashbuckling fantasy series. Captain Kit Brightling is Aligned to the magic of the sea, which makes her an invaluable asset to the Saxon Isles and its monarch, Queen Charlotte... -
Magicians of Quality by Patricia C. Wrede, Caroline Stevermer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor country-bred cousins Cecelia Rushton and Katherine Talgarth, something extraordinary is afoot besides the constant whirl of Regency balls - something Young Ladies of Quality rarely come in contact with: magic. Oh, not the mere love spells used by country folk, but real sorcery capable of thwarting ambitions and destroying life...Categorized as:
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Ruby Run by Sam Burns
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAugustus Ambrose never planned to return to the United States after graduation. His mother’s final letter, with its dire threats about what would await if he did, had been more than enough to keep him away. But when his Aunt Grace dies unexpectedly and leaves him her ranch in the New Mexico Territory, he can’t ignore it...Categorized as:
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Viking Academy by S.T. Bende
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBOOK 1 IN THE BRAND NEW SERIES FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR S.T. BENDE Erik held me until my shoulders stopped shaking--whether it was a minute or an hour, I couldn't tell. The only things I knew for sure were: (1) I was trapped a thousand years in the past, with little hope of ever going home...Categorized as:
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The Imposter's Inheritance by C.J. Archer
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA sordid scandal rocks the Glass household and threatens to ruin Matt's family unless he can suppress it. But after word gets out, and a rare magical coronet is stolen, he and India find themselves scrambling to recover the heirloom and suppress the gossip before reputations are ruined...Categorized as:
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Secrets of the Chocolate House by Paula Brackston
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe second novel in a bewitching series "brimming with charm and charisma" that will make "fans of Outlander rejoice!" (Woman's World Magazine)New York Times bestselling author Paula Brackston’s The Little Shop of Found Things was called “a page-turner that will no doubt leave readers eager for future series installments” (Publishers Weekly)...Categorized as:
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Witch Born by Amber Argyle
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA witch. Her guardian. Centuries of secrets . . . Brusenna defeated the dark witch, saving her fellow witches from imprisonment and death. She found love and a place to belong. But the longer she stays with the witches, the more disturbing secrets she dredges up from their sordid past.Secrets that threaten to destroy them all...Categorized as:
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So Silver Bright by Lisa Mantchev
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAct Three, Scene OneBertie thinks her quest is almost done. With the help of Ariel and the rest of her friends, she has managed to find her father and rescue Nate from Sedna, the Sea Goddess. Now, all she has to do is reunite her father, the Scrimshander, with her mother, Ophelia, and she will finally have a true family of her own...Categorized as:
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Dark Passage by M.J. Putney
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Irregulars return home to 1803 England safely, but their worldview has changed. Not only have their heroic efforts at Dunkirk given them pride and confidence but their dangerous mission has increased their magical powers... -
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Ballgowns & Butterflies by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe North Yorkshire moors are always a magical place, but they’re particularly enchanting at the holidays…especially if one gets to travel back in time to a Victorian Christmas. For Bronwyn Dale, it is the stuff of dreams. Fancy-dress balls, quirky small-town traditions, even that classic one-horse open sleigh, complete with jingle bells. There’s just the tiny problem of the Butterfly Effect...Categorized as:
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Snowstorms & Sleigh Bells by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt’s a Victorian Christmas at Thorne Manor, and Rosalind Courtenay is staying far, far away from the door that leads to the twenty-first century. It took her four years to get back home, and she’s never going near the time stitch again... -
Distant Voices by Barbara Erskine
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBarbara Erskine's storytelling talent is undeniable. -- "The Times" Barbara Erskine's second volume of short stories creates a wide and vivid range of worlds and emotions, from love, romance, loneliness and grief, to betrayal, passion, adventure and compelling suspense...Categorized as:
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The Last Knight by Nicola S. Dorrington
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings17-year-old Cara Page is the last descendant of an ancient and powerful bloodline, living in a world where magic isn't supposed to exist. Until the day she starts seeing terrifying visions of the future and hearing the voice of a long-dead King. The new guy in town, with his battered leather jacket and knowing smirks, might just have the answers she's looking for...Categorized as:
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Rory, the Sleeper by A.W. Exley
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWho will awaken the sleeper…? Ella wants the sleeper to stay undisturbed. Especially since it's Millicent deMage, the first Duchess of Leithfield and a supposed witch who died over three hundred years ago. As Ella learns about the history of Serenity House, she begins to realise the long dead duchess could be the key to understanding the pandemic of vermin...Categorized as:
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Come, the Dark by Rebecca Hamilton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA New Adult Paranormal Romance Novel Forced to choose between two forbidden loves. Rose desperately wants to escape her abusive father and the dark spirits who haunt her, but before she can get away, her daughter is kidnapped, and the spirits force her three hundred years into the past...Categorized as:
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Her Muse, Lord Patrick by Jane Charles
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLord Patrick Delaney promised to deliver an important message to his best friend's sister, but promises are hard to keep when one becomes a ghost. After Patrick is attacked in the forest and tossed into a river, he is surprised to wake at the country estate where the lovely Miss Laura Chetwey is mourning the loss of her brother...Categorized as:
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Ashes To Ashes by C.J. Archer
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWith Charlie gone, Lincoln finds that Lichfield Towers offers no sanctuary. With reminders of her at every turn, and employees threatening to mutiny, he must try to find the murderer who is killing supernaturals on his own...Categorized as:
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The Spirit of Nimue by Donna Hosie
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE RETURN TO CAMELOT trilogy concludes in THE SPIRIT OF NIMUE.Natasha Roth and her older brother, Arthur, have removed the magical darkness that had fallen over the land of Logres.But all actions have consequences.Nimue, the Lady of the Lake, is now a sworn enemy. Natasha realises that the only way the land of Logres will truly be at peace is if the sorceress is removed forever...Categorized as:
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The Time Collector by Gwendolyn Womack
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA thrilling page-turner from Gwendolyn Womack, the USA Today bestselling author of The Fortune TellerTravel through time with the touch of a hand.Roan West was born with an extraordinary gift: he can perceive the past of any object he touches. A highly skilled pyschometrist, he uses his talents to find and sell valuable antiques, but his quiet life in New Orleans is about to change...Categorized as:
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Dark Destiny by M.J. Putney
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTory and her friends are celebrating the success of a second mission to aid WWII Britain when an urgent summons calls them back to their own time: Napoleon is on the brink of invading England. Can a handful of young mages stop an army? In desperation, Merlin’s Irregulars ask Rebecca Weiss, an untrained telepath from 1940, to come back to 1804 and change Napoleon’s mind before it’s too late... -
Whispers on the Wind by Donna Fletcher
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBelinda Latham travels from Nantucket, Massachusetts to Cornwall, England to claim her inheritance… Radborne Manor. She arrives on a dark and stormy night and can find no coach driver who will take her to the manor. She learns why from the inhabitants of the local inn. It seems that Belinda has inherited more than just the manor... -
Witch Hunt by Ruth Warburton
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLondon, 1880. Eighteen-year-old Witch Hunter Luke Lexton has failed his initiation into the Malleus Maleficorum - the secretive brotherhood devoted to hunting witches. Instead of killing the witch he picked from the Book of Witches, he has committed the worst possible crime: he has fallen for her...Categorized as:
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The Blind Wish by Amber Lough
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo sisters. A war. And the wish to end regret. . . . The magical, evocative follow-up to The Fire Wish. The war: The lies that started the conflict are in the open now, but the war between the humans and the jinn is as bitter as ever—and becoming far more treacherous.The sisters: Najwa and Zayele have just learned they’re half-jinni, half-human twins...Categorized as:
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Mist, Metal, and Ash by Gwendolyn Clare
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWorlds collide in this thrilling sequel to the epic, imaginative, acclaimed fantasy Ink, Iron, and Glass.In an alternate 19th-century Italy, Elsa has an incredible gift: she can craft new worlds with precise lines of script written in books. But political extremists have stolen the most dangerous book ever scribed―one that can rewrite the Earth itself... -
Hawthorn by Carol Goodman
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA world on the brink of war. All Avaline Hall wants is to enjoy her senior year at Blythewood Academy, the boarding school where she’s been trained to defend humankind from forces of dark magic...Categorized as:
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Mortal Fire by Elizabeth Knox
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSixteen-year-old Canny Mochrie's parents go away on a vacation, so they send her off on a trip of her own with her stepbrother, Sholto, and his opinionated girlfriend, Susan, who are interviewing the survivors of a strange coal mine disaster and researching local folklore in 1959 Southland, New Zealand... -
The Faerie Ring by Kiki Hamilton
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTHE YEAR IS 1871... Tiki has been making a home for herself and her family of orphans in a deserted hideaway adjoining Charing Cross Station in central London. Their only means of survival is by picking pockets. One December night, Tiki steals a ring, and sets off a chain of events that could lead to all-out war with the Fey...Categorized as:
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Moonless by Crystal Collier
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the English society of 1768 where women are bred to marry, unattractive Alexia, just sixteen, believes she will end up alone. But on the county doorstep of a neighbor’s estate, she meets a man straight out of her nightmares, one whose blue eyes threaten to consume her whole world—especially later when she discovers him standing over her murdered host in the middle of the night...Categorized as:
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The Eternal Sea by Angie Frazier
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRomance and adventure are just around the corner . . .After the thrilling journey that led Camille through the dangerous discovery of love, secrets, and a magical stone that grants immortality, Camille has everything she wants. She's escaped the men who wanted her dead, and now she is ready to build a new life with Oscar, her one true love. But things are not to be so simple... -
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The Hidden Goddess by M.K. Hobson
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIn a brilliant mix of magic, history, and romance, M. K. Hobson moves her feisty young Witch, Emily Edwards, from the Old West of 1876 to turn-of-the-nineteenth-century New York City, whose polished surfaces conceal as much danger as anything west of the Rockies.Like it or not, Emily has fallen in love with Dreadnought Stanton, a New York Warlock as irresistible as he is insufferable... -
Crossings by Alex Landragin
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsCrossings is an unforgettable and explosive genre-bending debut--a novel in three parts, designed to be read in two different directions, spanning a hundred and fifty years and seven lifetimes.On the brink of the Nazi occupation of Paris, a German-Jewish bookbinder stumbles across a manuscript called Crossings. It has three narratives, each as unlikely as the next...Categorized as:
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Lady of Magick by Sylvia Izzo Hunter
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSylvia Izzo Hunter brought “both rural Brittany and an alternative Regency England to vivid life”* in The Midnight Queen, her debut novel of history, magic, and myth. Now, in her new Noctis Magicae novel, Sophie and Gray Marshall are ensnared in an arcane plot that threatens to undo them both... -
The Apothecary's Curse by Barbara Barnett
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis Bram Stoker Award-nominated urban fantasy mixes alchemy and genetics as a gentleman physician and a brilliant apothecary try to prevent a pharmaceutical company from exploiting the book that made them immortal centuries ago... -
These Vengeful Souls by Tarun Shanker, Kelly Zekas
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEngland, 1883. On the run with the grieving Sebastian Braddock, Evelyn wants two things: to be reunited with her friends, and to get revenge on the evil Captain Goode. Not only has he misused his and Sebastian's powers to rack up a terrible death toll, but he's also completely destroyed any hope of Evelyn or her friends regaining the life they once knew...Categorized as:
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Shifter Made by Jennifer Ashley
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNote that this novella appears in print as an extra in the book Hard Mated. Alanna, sister to a Fae prince, is sent on a thankless mission--to return to medieval Ireland and coerce a Shifter to craft an incredible sword. Niall O'Connell, master sword maker of the old Kingdom of Ciarraí, hates Fae, resenting the time when Shifters were little better than Fae slaves...Categorized as:
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