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A Very Proper Monster by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPower, passion, and politics collide in an Elemental World that is ruled by the ancients.In Victorian-era Dublin, Josephine Shaw spends long nights filling the pages of her Gothic stories with the fantastic and the macabre, unaware that the suitor her father has arranged is one of the dark creatures she's always dreamed... -
The Fallen Viscount by Wendy Vella
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRuined in the eyes of society, and removed from the only world they’d ever known, the Nightingale siblings vow never to be victims again. They will build their new life on what they’d once ignored. Being a clairvoyant is an excellent survival skill.Could she be the one to save him?Leopold Nightingale was a man who could find things no one else could...Categorized as:
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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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Highlander's Love by Mariah Stone
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe’s on the run. He’s digging in. When their destinies collide in medieval Scotland, will they forge a love for the ages?Afghanistan, 2020. US Army officer Amber Ryan never imagined her honor would come under fire. Framed for murdering her ex-boyfriend, she flees to Scotland and hides out in the ruins of Inverlochy Castle...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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The Silent by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThey are called kareshta, the silent ones.But the silent are waking.Kyra has lived her life in the shadow of a powerful Grigori brother. She’s ignored her own desires for the good of her family. But an unexpected request from Thailand sends her on a mission that could change her life and alter the fate of free Grigori all over the world... -
Spirit of the Knight by Debbie Peterson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe fell deeply in love with him in the early days of her childhood. And in return, she captured his heart the moment he first cast his gaze upon her... Renowned artist, Mariah Jennings hired to paint a thirteenth-century Scottish castle, gets the shock of her life when she encounters the handsome knight who has dominated a lifetime of portraits and sketchbooks... -
The Staff and the Blade by Elizabeth Hunter
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsLovers. Warriors. Enemies. Legends. Damien and Sari. Their union became pivotal in Irin history. But to understand their ending, you must go back to the beginning. A young singer and a hardened warrior meet and mate, but their life is torn apart by violence, betrayal, and grief. Yet no matter how much pain and anger stain their lives, bonds in the Irin race cannot be abandoned...Categorized as:
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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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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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Sapphire Blue by Kerstin Gier
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 68 ratingsGwen’s life has been a rollercoaster since she discovered she was the Ruby, the final member of the secret time-traveling Circle of Twelve. In between searching through history for the other time-travelers and asking for a bit of their blood (gross!), she’s been trying to figure out what all the mysteries and prophecies surrounding the Circle really mean. At least Gwen has plenty of help...Categorized as:
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City of Time and Magic by Paula Brackston
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsXanthe meets Brackston's most famous heroine, Elizabeth Hawksmith from The Witch's Daughter, in this crossover story with all the "historical detail, village charm, and twisty plotting" of the Found Things series (Publishers Weekly).City of Time and Magic sees Xanthe face her greatest challenges yet... -
Emerald Green by Kerstin Gier
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 69 ratingsGwen has a destiny to fulfill, but no one will tell her what it is. She’s only recently learned that she is the Ruby, the final member of the time-traveling Circle of Twelve, and since then nothing has been going right. She suspects the founder of the Circle, Count Saint-German, is up to something nefarious, but nobody will believe her...Categorized as:
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The Sacred Veil by Christopher Pike
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIt's no dream.At last the truth of what happened during those hellish days has come back to her.In her five thousand years as a vampire, Alisa - or Sita, as she was originally called - has experienced the equivalent of fifty lifetimes. Every moment of her immortal life is seared deep into her being. Every person she has loved, every victim she has killed - their faces are forever part of her... -
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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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The Vengeance of the Vampire Bride by Rhiannon Frater
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI was born Lady Glynis Wright, the daughter of English aristocrats. When traveling in the Carpathian Mountains, my family met a tragic end. I was transformed into a creature of the night, and I suffered great horrors at the hands of my evil vampire master, Count Vlad Dracula. I vowed to one day escape him, and live a life free of his brutality... -
A Castle in the Air by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPortia Hastings has spent her life rescuing her younger sister from one scrape or another. Now, she has to step through time to do it, following Miranda from the nineteenth century to the eighteenth. Almost immediately, Portia is beset by highwaymen, which might be the most exciting thing to happen to her in a long time, even if she’d never admit it...Categorized as:
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Audette of Brookraven by Shari L. Tapscott
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is a previously-published edition - ASIN: B01ED5ZQSSThe Final Chapter in The Eldentimber SeriesWhen Audette pictured her wedding day, she never imagined leaving her intended at the altar...Categorized as:
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Infinity by Maggie Shayne
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor five centuries, Immortal High Witch Nicodimus has been suspended in an eternity of darkness. His heart was stolen away in the ultimate betrayal by his love Arianna... Now Arianna discovers a way to bring him back. But the power that returns Nicodimus to her arms also summons an ancient enemy. To fight this dark danger, they must confront the past--and reclaim infinity.. -
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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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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The Dark by Marianne Curley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEthan and Isabel, heroes from The Named, are on a more exciting journey than ever and are joined by Isabel's brother Matt, who is still getting accustomed to life in the Guard. Arkarian, their ageless mentor, has been kidnapped and sent by the Goddess of Chaos to a frighteningly dark underworld...Categorized as:
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The Key by Marianne Curley
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe battle to protect the future is coming to an end as the evil Order of Chaos launches their final attack on the Named. To defeat the Order, the Named must locate the Key to a treasury of weapons hidden somewhere in the ancient city of Atlantis. The race is on to capture the Key before a horde of undead soldiers find it... -
Miss Percy's Pocket Guide to the Care and Feeding of British Dragons by Quenby Olson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMiss Mildred Percy inherits a dragon. Ah, but we’ve already got ahead of ourselves…Miss Mildred Percy is a spinster. She does not dance, she has long stopped dreaming, and she certainly does not have adventures. That is, until her great uncle has the audacity to leave her an inheritance, one that includes a dragon’s egg... -
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The Cross of Ciaran by Andrea Matthews
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen a fifth century pagan priest is unearthed in Ireland fifteen hundred years after being entombed, archaeologist Caitlin O’Connell is convinced it’s the find of the century. The body is in perfect condition, right down to the intricate tattoos adorning the Celt’s skin. In fact, if scientific data hadn’t proved otherwise, she would swear he hadn’t been interred more than a few hours...Categorized as:
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Age of Wolves by Mariah Stone
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHer suspect. Her lover. Her doom.Boston police detective Ella O’Connor’s job is on the line. And only busting port owner Channing Hakonson for drug smuggling will satisfy her boss. But there’s more to the tattooed billionaire than she imagined—something mystical and ancient.Wolves protect him. Time traveling Viking assassins stalk him. The mafia bails him out of prison...Categorized as:
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Theory of Magic by Patricia Rice
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA blind marquess who detects lies…A spinster who hides behind deceit…Can even magic bring them together?“Patricia Rice weaves magical love stories” – Mary Jo Putney, NY Times Bestselling AuthorDiscover the third book in NY Times bestseller Patricia Rice’s Unexpected Magic historical romance series!Scorned by suitors for her statuesque size, Harriet Stansbury bolts when her abusive stepfather... -
Forever Doon by Carey Corp, Lorie Langdon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWith the witch of Doon on the throne, Jamie believed dead, and Duncan and Mackenna trapped in Alloway, Veronica has no choice but to put her grief aside and prepare her remaining followers for the impending battle against the false queen and her forces...Categorized as:
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Dreadful Sorry by Kathryn Reiss
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Molly's recurrent nightmares become waking visions after she nearly drowns at a party. Soon she's witnessing events through the eyes of a girl who lived in her father's house nearly a century before... -
Whispers of the Flesh by Louisa Burton
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this irresistibly seductive new book, Louisa Burton extends her most provocative invitation yet to the infamous Castle of the Hidden Grotto—a voluptuous sanctuary of pleasure and passion. Hidden in a deep mountain valley in rural France is an ancient castle known only to an exclusive few...Categorized as:
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Roaring Shadows: Macey Book 2 by Colleen Gleason
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe saga of Macey Gardella continues in the second volume of award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Colleen Gleason's Roaring Trilogy...In the dark underworld of Jazz Age speakeasies and gangsters, Macey Gardella finds herself caught up in a dangerous alliance with Al Capone... -
A Demon's Wrath: A Steamy Fantasy Romance by Alexia Praks, Alexia X.
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn order to save her mother’s life from a deadly poison, spirited Cecelia Van Zandt must retrieve the Pearl of Life, a powerful treasure that belongs to the fearsome demon king Drake McNamara... -
Vampire Seeker by Tim O'Rourke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings300,000 books sold 4000 five star reviews Discover an underground phenomenon Discover Tim O'Rourke Samantha Carter believes a vampire is responsible for the brutal deaths of four women in London and finally she has the chance to catch him. Desperate to prove the killer's identity, she chases him onto a late night tube train... -
Die Stunde der Lilie by Sandra Regnier, Vanida Karun
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEs sollte ein gewöhnlicher Ausritt nach einem anstrengenden Schultag werden. Niemals hätte sich die sechzehnjährige Julia träumen lassen, dass es sie an der mit Lilien gesäumten Weggabelung aus dem Deutschland der Gegenwart ins Frankreich des 17. Jahrhunderts verschlagen würde. Und das ohne eine Möglichkeit der Rückkehr...Categorized as:
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Banished by C.J. Archer
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn infestation of evil ghosts is too much for spirit medium Cara to handle alone. She summons Quin, and together they attempt to discover where the ghosts came from, and why they refuse to leave this realm. To protect the residents, Cara and Quin must work closely together, leading to old feelings resurfacing between them... -
Black Blood by Melissa Pearl
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGemma's parents have put enough rules around her relationship with Harrison that she feels like she's living on parole. But she wins one battle—a summer job working for Harrison's step-father. It is the perfect chance to spend the steamy, hot Florida days with her boyfriend... -
Time Without End by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom his first passionate encounters with love and death in the dark days of the fourteenth century to his dazzling fame as master of illusion in modern-day Las Vegas, Valerian could never escape the joys and anguish of human desire. It was his fate from the beginning.. -
Rook by William Ritter
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis standalone adventure set in the world of the New York Times bestselling Jackaby series brims with humor, heart, and—of course—a hefty dose of supernatural mayhem. Abigail Rook never intended to be the mortal bridge between the human and supernatural world...Categorized as:
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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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The Sons of Adam by Eva García Sáenz
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“The Sons of Adam” is the highly-anticipated sequel of the international best seller “The Immortal Collection”, the first part of “A Saga of the Ancient Family”, the successful immortal series that has captured the hearts of millions of teen and adult loyal readers in the US, UK, Australia, Canada and Europe, as happened before with the Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance Series "The Mortal... -
Rejar by Dara Joy
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThere is only one thing a woman can think of when looking at a man like him. Sex. But Lilac never guesses that bringing a stray cat into her home will soon have her stroking the most wanted man in 1811 London...Categorized as:
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The Named by Marianne Curley
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsEthan lives a secret life as a Guardian of the Named. Under the guidance of Arkarian, his mentor, and with the help of Isabel, his unlikely but highly capable apprentice, Ethan has become a valued member of this other-worldly corps...Categorized as:
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A House Between Sea and Sky by Beth Cato
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn 1920s California, two people in need of healing find strange refuge in a house with a mind of its own in an enthralling fantasy by the author of A Thousand Recipes for Revenge.Grieving Hollywood writer Fayette Wynne arrives in Carmel-by-the-Sea in 1926 to finish her latest project in peace...Categorized as:
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City of Ships by Mary Hoffman
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIsabel was rushing to her next lesson when she nearly tripped over the little ped pouch. She picked it up, fascinated; it looked like a prop from a school play. It definitely did have something inside and she couldn't resist opening the string to see what it was.Until she finds the mysterious little bag that seems to be from another time and place, Isabel is anything but extraordinary... -
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Eternity by Maggie Shayne
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThree hundred years ago, Raven St. James was accused of witchcraft...Only one man tried to free her from the hangman's noose--Duncan, the town minister, who died trying to save her. Three hundred years later, the accused witch still lives and longs for her love...At last, after centuries of loneliness, Raven has found her precious Duncan... -
The Immortal Collection by Eva García Sáenz
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen Adriana, a brilliant young archaeologist, accepts a position at the Museum of Archaeology in her hometown of Santander, Spain, she never imagines that her new boss has lived through the history she can only study.Iago, the charismatic technical director of the museum, is more than ten thousand years old but appears to be only thirty-five... -
Her Viking Wolf by Theodora Taylor
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe third steamy interracial romance in the 50 Loving States series from the author of Amazon Bestsellers, THE OWNER OF HIS HEART and HER RUSSIAN BILLIONAIRE!When Chloe Adams was four her shiftless shifter parents abandoned her on the side of the road... -
Revelle by Lyssa Mia Smith
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsInspired by Moulin Rouge! and set on an island in a magical version of Prohibition-era New York, Revelle is a breathtaking YA stand-alone fantasy full of dazzling magic, romance, and mystery from debut author Lyssa Mia Smith.On the island of Charmant, magic flows like bootlegged champagne, and fantasies can be bought for the price of a gemstone...Categorized as:
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Imagine by Jill Barnett
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAfter years in prison for a murder he never committed, escaped convict Hank Wyatt knew how to survive. But he didn't know if he could last an hour marooned on a deserted tropical island with a beautiful blonde and three orphaned children. Now, looking out for number one doesn't seem to be enough ...San Francisco attorney Maggie Smith felt like having a good cry...Categorized as:
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The Wisdom of Madness by C.J. Archer
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWith Alice determined to discover the truth about her past, and Seth determined to help her, the couple find themselves sucked into a world where nothing is as it seems and no one can be trusted. On the run to escape a mad queen's wrath, and with an entire realm looking for them, tensions fray and friendships are tested...Categorized as:
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