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Malleus maleficarum by Marija Jurić Zagorka
Rated: 4.58 of 5 stars · 12 ratings''Dolaze zagrebačke vještice!'' Te su riječi u Beču išle od usta do usta. Pred zidinama bečkog dvora skupio se toliki svijet da su ga stražari jedva mogli zadržati u redu. Sve se guralo naprijed da bude što bliže velikim vratima na kojima će se na ulazu u dvor vidjeti te čuvene zagrebačke vještice.Pričale se o njima čitave legende i pripovjesti...Categorized as:
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The Reckoning by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe most highly anticipated romance of the series is here. Sure, Soni lost her heart to 79 Highlanders, but Simon McLaren has dibs on her soul. And you're about to find out why! Time Travel romance was born for star-crossed lovers like these two, and Soni knows just the witch to make it happen. What she doesn't anticipate is what will be waiting for her when she returns...Categorized as:
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Bourne by Lisa Tawn Bergren
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsBOURNE picks up right where TORRENT left off...Find out what has happened to men returning from the battle, gravely wounded, to the Betarrinis, fighting for the men they love, and just who is hunting them next.. -
Tributary by Lisa Tawn Bergren
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsLia struggles to overcome the fear that constant battle has heaped upon her; Gabi and Marcello face an unexpected crisis; and Lord Greco just may be ready to leave the grief and loss of his past behind him, so that he might grab hold of the future..Categorized as:
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Torrent by Lisa Tawn Bergren
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsWould you sacrifice your future ... for an uncertain past?Gabriella and Evangelia Betarrini are just two normal American teenagers. Normal--except for the fact that they time travel to fourteenth-century Italy, where they've lived in castles, become swept up in historic battles, and fallen in love with handsome knights willing to do anything to keep them alive... -
Chisholm by Jo Jones
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHEAVEN OR HELL? DARACH CHISHOLM wants to go to hell.After nearly three centuries tethered to Culloden's ghostly moor, Darach has yet to find peace. He's ready to do penance for his evil deed. First, he must spend two mortal days with a feisty woman and her adorable niece, in a centuries-old manor. However, the manor already has a resident ghost who has no intention of sharing his territory... -
Kisses With KC by Jo Noelle
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs a result of mounting numbers of homesteaders abandoning Creede, Colorado, Eliza Turley suspects foul play. She’s worried for her friends and family if the real reason people are missing isn’t solved. She sends a letter requesting a detective come look into the strange disappearances. She hadn’t thought an agent would respond so quickly. The last thing Eliza is looking for is love... -
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... -
Duncan by Jo Jones
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRead THE GATHERING first to avoid spoilersDuncan Macpherson has but one thing in mind. Complete an act of valor in the two days of mortality allotted him by the Muir Witch, in order to win the chance to confront Bonny Prince Charles and put his sizeable Macpherson strength behind a long awaited reckoning... -
The Ciphers of Muirwood by Jeff Wheeler
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsFrom the moment she was banished by her father, the king, Princess Maia journeyed to seek sanctuary at Muirwood Abbey, the epicenter of magic and good in the land. Now safe for the first time since her cruel abandonment, Maia must foster uneasy friendships with other girls training to be Ciphers: women who learn to read and engrave tomes of ancient power, despite the laws forbidding them to do so... -
The Hero's Lot by Patrick W. Carr
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsRiveting Sequel from Christian Fantasy's Most Talented New Voice When Sarin Valon, the corrupt secondus of the conclave, flees Erinon and the kingdom, Errol Stone believes his troubles have at last ended. But other forces bent on the destruction of the kingdom remain and conspire to accuse Errol and his friends of a conspiracy to usurp the throne... -
Dragonwitch by Anne Elisabeth Stengl
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA New Tale Is Added to this Christy Award-Winning Fantasy Saga!Submissive to her father's will, Lady Leta of Aiven travels far to meet a prospective husband she neither knows nor loves--Lord Alistair, future king of the North Country. But within the walls of Gaheris Castle, all is not right. Vicious night terrors plague Lord Alistair to the brink of insanity. Whispers rise from the family crypt... -
Unfaithful by Elisa S. Amore
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsDESPERATE DECISIONSA Secret that Should Never Have Been RevealedA dark reality lies hidden under our very eyes.Since their creation, the Màsala have enforced the destiny of humankind on Earth through the Subterraneans, Angels condemned to carry the weight of death on their shoulders in order to please Fate... -
Corrag by Susan Fletcher
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn 'Corrag', Susan Fletcher tells us the story of an epic historic event, of the difference a single heart can make - and how deep and lasting relationships can come from the most unlikely places...Categorized as:
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Starflower by Anne Elisabeth Stengl
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe Black Dogs are on the hunt, but who is their prey?When a cursed dragon-witch kidnaps fairest Lady Gleamdren, the Bard Eanrin sets boldly forth on a rescue mission...and a race against his rival for Gleamdren's favor. Intent upon his quest, the last thing the immortal Faerie needs is to become mixed up with the troubles of an insignificant mortal... -
Lacewood by Jessica James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA love story that spans centuries… Two people trying to escape their pasts find a connection through an old house—and fulfill a destiny through the secrets it shares. Part love story, part ghost story, Lacewood is a timeless novel about love and loss, roots and belonging, and spirits of the past that refuse to be quieted. -
Hannah the Healer by George H. McVey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHannah Coppersmith came to Creede in answer to an ad as a nurse to the local doctor only to find there was no doctor. She’d been tricked and locked up by a man who was taking women to work as calico queens at a saloon. Now freed, she helps as she can those hurt or sick in Creede and the surrounding areas as well as delivering babes as a midwife... -
Gerard by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRead THE GATHERING first, to avoid confusion. The spirit of Gerard Ross still pines for a woman he'd known for only a day before the Battle of Culloden Moor, a woman who's true name he never knew. And in what he believes is a move of unfathomable generosity, the witch allows him to leave Culloden and keep the promise he'd made to his beloved so long ago... -
Rory by Jo Jones
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPlease read THE GATHERING first to avoid spoilers “Lass," Rory sighed. “Ye challenge me to be honorable, while ye tempt me to be dishonorable.” Rory Patterson is a ghost haunted by his past, and he’s in no hurry to leave the moor. Since The 79 are the only real family he’s known, he’s pledged his loyalty to them... -
Macbeth by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRead THE GATHERING first, to avoid spoilers. MACBETH is the tenth book in the series. Macbeth, along with the rest of Culloden’s 79 Highlander ghosts, is being forced to move on to the next life. But with a small, angry army waiting for him inside the gates of the Hereafter, he’s got more reason than most to remain a ghost... -
Iain by Melissa Mayhue
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPlease read THE GATHERING first to avoid spoilers. Culloden Moor, Scotland Iain MacIntosh died at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Only his desire for revenge has kept him tethered to the lonely moor for the past two hundred seventy years. The time for that revenge, and his ultimate rest, is finally at hand. All that’s holding him up is one small task to prove his worth... -
Dougal by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBOOK 12 in The Ghosts of Culloden Moor Series. Be sure to read THE GATHERING FIRST to avoid spoilers. Hannah is a socially introverted painter with a problem. At the Mendon Mountain Music Festival, she must sell some of her artwork to pay her taxes or she’ll lose her precious home. But if she sells her paintings to the wrong people, she’s afraid she’ll lose her soul... -
Kennedy by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRead THE GATHERING first to understand the rest. KENNEDY is #13... “I am no coward!” --the dictum of fools and warriors, and the lasses who love them. Kennedy is keeping secrets... Visit the series page for The Ghosts of Culloden Moor for the list of books in order. LIAM will be next... -
Hamish by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA rescue through time... Have you ever been tempted to sit patiently on a Scottish hillside to see what--or whom--the mist might bring? With violin in hand, Samantha MacKord sets out to do just that. But when a Highlander appears, she realizes it might be her music, and not the mist, that lured him to her. Unfortunately, he's not the only one who's been listening.. -
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A Haunting at Havenwood by Sally Britton
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNothing will keep Louisa from her great-aunt's fortune. Except perhaps a phantom who turns out to be a most eligible bachelor. Although Louisa Banner insists she is not the least bit superstitious, she cannot help her misgivings when her family announces she must spend October with her great aunt in a rundown Welsh castle riddled with tales of ghosts... -
She Walks in Power by MaryLu Tyndall
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom Award-Winning Author, MaryLu Tyndall, comes an exciting Medieval Romance surrounding the Spear of Destiny! Alexia D'Clere didn't ask to be Protector of the Spear, but after her dying mother gave her the tiny metal object and made her promise to keep it safe, she had no choice. Orphaned at age eight, she began to take over the running of her parent's castle with the help of a trusted steward... -
Fraser by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBe sure to read THE GATHERING first to avoid confusion. True love is salve for the soul...unless those souls were never meant to be together. The ghost of Alexander Fraser agrees to play the witch’s game and leave off haunting for two reasons... -
Fallen Angel by Tracy Borman
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLife has never been quiet for Frances Gorges at the court of King James, but after finding herself at the center of plots and conspiracies for many years both as an accused witch and a secret Catholic, by 1614 Frances hopes to distance herself from the decadence and ruthlessness of the aging and venal monarch...Categorized as:
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Counted with the Stars by Connilyn Cossette
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsSold into slavery by her father and forsaken by the man she was supposed to marry, young Egyptian Kiya must serve a mistress who takes pleasure in her humiliation. When terrifying plagues strike Egypt, Kiya is in the middle of it all.Choosing to flee with the Hebrews, Kiya finds herself reliant on a strange God and drawn to a man who despises her people... -
Gladly Beyond by Nichole Van, Alan Carlson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsClaire Raythorn arrives in Florence, Italy, shattered, alone, and anxious to rebuild her life--preferably without men. But she soon finds herself hunted and haunted--literally--when a mysterious stalker dressed like Mr. Darcy from BBC central casting appears in her photos...and only her photos...Categorized as:
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The Passion of Mary Magdalen by Elizabeth Cunningham
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFor the millions of readers fascinated by Dan Brown's revelations about Mary Magdalen in The Da Vinci Code, here, at last, is their chance to meet the Gospel's most provocative woman face to face-on her own terms.Make way for a new Magdalen. Born on a Celtic isle to eight warrior-witch mothers, Maeve is raised to be as brave as any hero... -
Tamed & Unleashed: The Highlander's Vivacious Wife by Bree Wolf
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA forgotten night. A stolen child. And a stranger who feels all too familiar. Waking up alone after a drunken night with a stranger in Gretna Green, CLAUDIA DAVENPORT, sister to Viscount Ashwood, finds herself still unmarried…and with child... -
If He's Noble by Hannah Howell, Polly Lee
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Hannah Howell delivers adventure and instant attraction in this Wherlocke Family novel.…For Lady Primrose Wootten, nothing has been ordinary since her father, the baron, died, and his wayward family filled the estate with greed and treachery. Primrose knows if she can just track down her brother, he can send the odious relations on their way... -
Timeless Moments by Michelle Kidd
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsJack Vines has the Victorian home of his dreams-or so it seems until he discovers an intriguing beauty lurking in the shadows. Stunned, he finds they share the house but live a century apart. The realization leads him to questions so disturbing it changes both their lives forever. She is a prisoner of the past, shrouded in a world of dark mysteries... -
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Enemies & Shadows by Ginn Hale
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWhen John opens a letter addressed to his missing roommate, Kyle, he expects to find a house key, but instead he is swept into a strange realm of magic, mysticism, revolutionaries and assassins. Though he struggles to escape, John is drawn steadily closer to a fate he share with Kyle—to wake the destroyer god, the Rifter, and shatter a world... -
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 74 ratingsHere is the magical legend of King Arthur, vividly retold through the eyes and lives of the women who wielded power from behind the throne. A spellbinding novel, an extraordinary literary achievement, THE MISTS OF AVALON will stay with you for a long time to come...Categorized as:
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DragonKnight by Donita K. Paul
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsReturn to the land of dragons and magic you discovered in Dragonspell and DragonQuest, in this finely crafted and memorable work of fantasy fiction with a core of eternal truth.Trapped in an evil spell... can the knights of Paladin be rescued?Before vowing his allegiance to Wulder as a knight, Bardon heads to the mountains for solitude... -
The Story Raider by Lindsay A. Franklin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeceiving an empire is a treacherous game.Tanwen and the Corsyth weavers race to collect the strands of an ancient cure that might save Gryfelle. But Tanwen has a secret: Gryfelle isn’t the only one afflicted by the weaver's curse.As Queen Braith struggles to assert her rule, a new arrival throws her tenuous claim to the Tirian throne into question... -
Season of Glory by Lisa Tawn Bergren
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the third and final volume of the Remnants series—Seasons of Glory—the power of the Remnants and their people are growing, threatening Pacifica’s careful plans for domination. Among the Trading Union, village after village, outpost after outpost, and city after city are drawn to people of the Way, and agree to stand against those who hunt them... -
Crossing Into The Mystic by D.L. Koontz
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNow and then, you see something that alters how you view the world. That's what teen orphan Grace MacKenna learns in this paranormal suspense novel, Into the Mystic, the first book in The Crossings Trilogy... -
Brodrick by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRead THE GATHERING FIRST to see how it all begins.BRODRICK is #23 in the series.Larkin Nash never had a fairy godmother. The doctorate degree she just earned, she earned on her own, sacrificing everything to avoid a monstrous student debt. It's finally time to toss out the Top Ramen... -
Lucky in Love by Jo Noelle, Cowboys and Angels
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJulianne Parker is twenty-four and ready to take her future into her own hands. Determined to succeed and escape an arranged marriage her parents are thrusting on her, she emigrates from Chicago to the new state of Colorado to establish a school in a mining boomtown. Upon arriving, she finds that her adopted hometown is not what she expected, nor is she safe...Categorized as:
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Payton by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBe sure to read THE GATHERING, the first in the series, to avoid spoilers. A damsel in distress... When Grace returns home to Texas for her big sister’s wedding, she thinks she has all her bases covered... -
Abandoned Memories by MaryLu Tyndall
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSomething sinister lurks in the lush Brazilian jungle. . . . It is 1866 and the fledgling Confederate colony of New Hope is Angeline Moore’s last chance at a normal life. Running from the law, she longs to make a fresh start in this new Southern Utopia... -
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Watson by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRead THE GATHERING first, to understand how it all started between the wee witch and these 79 Highland Warriors.The ever-lovable Esme Forsyth has taken desperate steps to save her late father's reputation. But she never suspected someone would try to murder her for it. Luckily, a handsome and braw Highlander offers his protection. In fact, he insists. But he's not just brave, he's nosey... -
Magdalen Rising: The Beginning by Elizabeth Cunningham
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsYoung Magdalen and Jesus, brimming with youthful charm and arrogance, find each other and fall in love, forging a bond that is stronger than death. Their pleasure is overshadowed by a brilliant but unbalanced druid who knows a perilous secret about Maeve’s past. The prequel to The Passion of Mary Magdalen...Categorized as:
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Tryst by Elswyth Thane
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHilary Shenstone is dead, yet he haunts his old home. Only animals and a young girl Sabrina can sense his presence. The old housekeeper is aware of this, and helps Sabrina to contact the spirit... -
Three Wishes by Lisa Tawn Bergren
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR. BECAUSE YOU JUST MIGHT GET IT. Zara Ruiz is a normal California girl on the verge of graduating from high school and thinking about her dawning future. But when dusk brings a shattering loss—and she discovers a priceless object in the shallows of a tide pool—she is thrust a hundred-and-eighty years into the past... -
The Peculiar Talent of Miss Elizabeth Bennet by Elizabeth Adams
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsElizabeth Bennet is…special. She has been different since her sixteenth birthday, when she awoke after a dream of the future so vivid it could be nothing but a premonition.Now that she knows about her own future, is forewarned forearmed? Or will she make the same mistakes she always has? And more importantly, will Mr...Categorized as:
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The Lost Queen by Signe Pike
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsCompared to Outlander and The Mists of Avalon, this thrilling first novel of a debut trilogy reveals the untold story of Languoreth—a forgotten queen of sixth-century Scotland—twin sister of the man who inspired the legend of Merlin. I write because I have seen the darkness that will come. Already there are those who seek to tell a new history..Categorized as:
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