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Lies, Damned Lies, and History by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 34 ratings'I've done some stupid things in my time. I've been reckless. I've broken a few rules. But never before have I ruined so many lives or left such a trail of destruction behind me.'As Max would be the first to admit, she's never been one for rules. They tend to happen to other people. But this time she's gone too far and everyone is paying the price...Categorized as:
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The Kraken King and the Crumbling Walls by Meljean Brook
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsExperience the incredible adventure and heart-stopping romance of the Iron Seas in this thrilling steampunk tale from New York Times bestselling author Meljean Brook... -
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The Kraken King and the Abominable Worm by Meljean Brook
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAs they continue their expedition across Australia, Ariq is determined to stay close to Zenobia and figure out what kind of game she’s playing—even as his admiration for the enigmatic woman starts to override his suspicion... -
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The Kraken King and the Fox's Den by Meljean Brook
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsExperience the incredible adventure and heart-stopping romance of the Iron Seas in this thrilling steampunk tale from New York Times bestselling author Meljean Brook... -
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![Reticence by Gail Carriger]()
Reticence by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsBookish and proper Percival Tunstell finds himself out of his depth when floating cities, spirited plumbing, and soggy biscuits collide in this delightful conclusion to NYT bestselling author Gail Carriger's The Custard Protocol series.Percival Tunstell loves that his sister and her best friend are building themselves a family of misfits aboard their airship, The Spotted Custard...Categorized as:
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The Kraken King by Meljean Brook
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA former smuggler and thief, Ariq-better known as the Kraken King-doesn't know what to make of the clever, mysterious woman he rescues from an airship besieged by marauders. Unsure if she's a spy or a pawn in someone else's game, Ariq isn't about to let her out of his sight until he finds out...Categorized as:
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The Book Keeper by Sarah Painter
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMysterious, magical, and a little bit deadly... Welcome to Unholy Island.Luke Taylor was searching for his missing twin brother when he discovered a new purpose on a magical tidal island. Living in a quirky bookshop is a dream come true - he just didn't expect it to be so damn dangerous... -
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Manners & Mutiny by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsIf one must flirt...flirt with danger. Lessons in the art of espionage aboard Mademoiselle Geraldine's floating dirigible have become tedious without Sophronia's sweet sootie Soap nearby. She would much rather be using her skills to thwart the dastardly Picklemen, yet her concerns about their wicked intentions are ignored, and now she's not sure whom to trust... -
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The Kraken King and the Scribbling Spinster by Meljean Brook
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA former smuggler and thief, Ariq—better known as the Kraken King—doesn’t know what to make of the clever, mysterious woman he rescues from an airship besieged by marauders...Categorized as:
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![How to Marry a Werewolf by Gail Carriger]()
How to Marry a Werewolf by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsGuilty of an indiscretion? Time to marry a werewolf.WEREWOLVESThe monsters left Faith ruined in the eyes of society, so now they’re her only option. Rejected by her family, Faith crosses the Atlantic, looking for a marriage of convenience and revenge.But things are done differently in London. Werewolves are civilized. At least they pretend to be...Categorized as:
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The Kraken King and the Iron Heart by Meljean Brook
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsExperience the incredible adventure and heart-stopping romance of the Iron Seas in this thrilling steampunk tale from New York Times bestselling author Meljean Brook. The Kraken King, Part V The Kraken King and the Iron Heart With their lives and the fate of an empire at stake, Ariq is forced to leave Zenobia behind... -
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Written in Fire by Marcus Sakey
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThe explosive conclusion to the bestselling Brilliance TrilogyFor thirty years humanity struggled to cope with the brilliants, the one percent of people born with remarkable gifts. For thirty years we tried to avoid a devastating civil war.We failed.The White House is a smoking ruin. Madison Square Garden is an internment camp...Categorized as:
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![Waistcoats & Weaponry by Gail Carriger]()
Waistcoats & Weaponry by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsSophronia continues her second year at finishing school in style—with a steel-bladed fan secreted in the folds of her ball gown, of course. Such a fashionable choice of weapon comes in handy when Sophronia, her best friend Dimity, sweet sootie Soap, and the charming Lord Felix Mersey stowaway on a train to return their classmate Sidheag to her werewolf pack in Scotland... -
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Defy or Defend by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA vampire hive descending into madness. A beautiful spy with a sparkly plan. The bodyguard who must keep them from killing each other.New York Times bestselling romantic comedy author Gail Carriger brings you a charming story of love, espionage, and Gothic makeovers set in her popular Parasolverse...Categorized as:
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![The Kraken King and the Inevitable Abduction by Meljean Brook]()
The Kraken King and the Inevitable Abduction by Meljean Brook
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Kraken King has declared that Zenobia Fox is under his protection—and with her identity revealed, she needs that protection more than ever. But it comes with a price when Ariq demands that Zenobia reveal her secrets in return.Ariq wants nothing more than for Zenobia to trust him, and he knows exactly which sensual tricks will breach her defenses... -
![Curtsies & Conspiracies by Gail Carriger]()
Curtsies & Conspiracies by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsDoes one need four fully grown foxgloves for decorating a dinner table for six guests? Or is it six foxgloves to kill four fully grown guests?Sophronia's first year at Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality has certainly been rousing! For one thing, finishing school is training her to be a spy--won't Mumsy be surprised? Furthermore, Sophronia got mixed up in an... -
![A Better World by Marcus Sakey]()
A Better World by Marcus Sakey
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThe brilliants changed everything.Since 1980, 1% of the world has been born with gifts we’d only dreamed of. The ability to sense a person’s most intimate secrets, or predict the stock market, or move virtually unseen. For thirty years the world has struggled with a growing divide between the exceptional...and the rest of us.Now a terrorist network led by brilliants has crippled three cities... -
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Tethered by Meljean Brook
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSurviving on the treacherous Iron Seas requires a heart of steel…but how can Yasmeen hope to survive when her heart has already been stolen by Archimedes Fox…?Tethered along the south dock of Port Fallow, Captain Yasmeen Corsair’s magnificent new airship, Lady Nergüi, awaits its departure with adventurer and treasure-hunter Archimedes Fox... -
![Meat Cute: The Hedgehog Incident by Gail Carriger]()
Meat Cute: The Hedgehog Incident by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA Parasol Protectorate Prequel ShortFrom the comedic mind of New York Times bestseller Gail Carriger comes the much requested prequel short story to Soulless.Alexia Tarabotti attends what appears to be a very dull London party, until the new werewolf Alpha turns up, is unconscionably rude to her, and sits on a hedgehog...Categorized as:
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Romancing the Werewolf by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWerewolf in trouble... Biffy, newly minted Alpha of the London Pack, is not having a good Christmas. His Beta abandoned him, his werewolves object to his curtain choices, and someone keeps leaving babies on his doorstep.Professor Randolph Lyall returns home to London after twenty years abroad, afraid of what he might find... -
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Of Silk and Steam by Bec McMaster
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEnemies. Allies. Lovers.When her beloved father was assassinated, Lady Aramina swore revenge. The man responsible is well beyond her grasp, but his dangerously seductive heir, Leo Barrons, is fair game. When Mina obtains evidence proving that Leo is illegitimate, she has the means to destroy both the killer and his son, a man who troubles her heart and tempts her body...Categorized as:
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![Timeless by Gail Carriger]()
Timeless by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsAlexia Tarabotti, Lady Maccon, has settled into domestic bliss. Of course, being Alexia, such bliss involves integrating werewolves into London High society, living in a vampire's second best closet, and coping with a precocious toddler who is prone to turning supernatural willy-nilly. Until, that is, she receives a summons that cannot be ignored... -
![My Lady Quicksilver by Bec McMaster]()
My Lady Quicksilver by Bec McMaster
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDetermined to destroy the Echelon she despises, Rosalind Fairchild is on seemingly easy mission. Get in. Uncover the secrets of her brother's disappearance. And get out.In order to infiltrate the Nighthawks and find their leader, Sir Jasper Lynch, Rosalind will pose as their secretary...Categorized as:
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![Sojourn by Jana Oliver]()
Sojourn by Jana Oliver
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLondon, September 1888. An aged Queen Victoria rules. The threat of anarchy hovers in the air. A new kind of evil lurks in the back alleys of Whitechapel. Enter Jacynda Lassiter, a Time Rover on a mission find an overdue tourist' and return him to 2057 before he changes history. Victorian London is a dangerous place for the unwary... -
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![Peacemaker by Lindsay Buroker]()
Peacemaker by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHalf-breed tinkerer Kali McAlister doesn’t care that the gold rush has stormed into Dawson and prospectors are flooding the north—all she wants is to finish construction of her airship, so she can escape the Yukon and see the world...Categorized as:
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![Long Live the Queen by Kate Locke]()
Long Live the Queen by Kate Locke
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsXandra Vardan thought life would be simpler when she accepted the goblin crown and became their queen, but life has only become more complicated. Everyone -- vampires, werewolves and humans -- wants the goblins on their side, because whoever has the goblins -- wins...Categorized as:
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The Chess Queen Enigma by Colleen Gleason
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAnd then she mouthed a word at me—an unmistakable word that told me everything I needed to know. “Checkmate.”Evaline Stoker & Mina Holmes have reluctantly agreed to act as social chaperones and undercover bodyguards for Princess Lurelia of Betrovia, who has arrived in London to deliver a letter that details the secret location of an ancient chess queen that’s been missing for centuries... -
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The Queen Is Dead by Kate Locke
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNothing lasts forever---and immortality isn't all its cracked up to be.When her brother Val gets in over his head in an investigation of Half-Blood disappearances and goes missing himself, it's up to Xandra, newly crowned Goblin Queen, to get him back and bring the atrocities to light...Categorized as:
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![Forged by Desire by Bec McMaster]()
Forged by Desire by Bec McMaster
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA fear she can't escape....Nine years ago, Perry fled her thrall contract to find sanctuary among the Nighthawks. In that time, she's become a respected member of the Guard, and she's wanted Garrett Reed for as long as she can remember. But when a new case takes a chillingly familiar turn, Perry finds herself once again in the path of a madman...only this time, there's nowhere left to run...Categorized as:
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Competence by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger comes the delightful sequel to Imprudence.Accidentally abandoned!All alone in Singapore, proper Miss Primrose Tunstell must steal helium to save her airship, the Spotted Custard, in a scheme involving a lovesick werecat and a fake fish tail.When she uncovers rumors of a new kind of vampire, Prim and the Custard crew embark on a mission to Peru...Categorized as:
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![The Doomsday Code by Alex Scarrow]()
The Doomsday Code by Alex Scarrow
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLiam O’Connor should have died at sea in 1912.Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010.Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026.But all three have been given a second chance—to work for an agency that no one knows exists. Its purpose: to prevent time travel destroying history..Categorized as:
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![All the Dead Shall Weep by Charlaine Harris]()
All the Dead Shall Weep by Charlaine Harris
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratings#1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author returns with the fifth installment in the bestselling Gunnie Rose series as sisters Lizbeth Rose and Felicia as well as brother Eli and Peter, are reunited in Texoma only to break apart before the Wizard’s Ball held in San Diego, which will determine all their fates... -
![Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray]()
Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsEver since she used the Firebird, her parents' invention, to cross into alternate dimensions, Marguerite has caught the attention of enemies who will do anything to force her into helping them dominate the multiverse—even hurting the people she loves. She resists until her boyfriend, Paul, is attacked and his consciousness scattered across multiple dimensions...Categorized as:
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The Trap by Andrew Fukuda
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsFrom author Andrew Fukuda comes The Trap, the explosive finale to The Hunt trilogy—perfect for fans of The Hunger Games!After barely escaping the Mission alive, Gene and Sissy face an impossible task: staying alive long enough to stop an entire world bent on their destruction... -
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![Kiss of the Spindle by Nancy Campbell Allen]()
Kiss of the Spindle by Nancy Campbell Allen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA steampunk Sleeping Beauty story from the author of Beauty and the Clockwork Beast.Doctor Isla Cooper is cursed. Literally. Each night, at the stroke of midnight she falls into a death-like sleep from which she cannot be awakened for six hours. To make it worse, the curse has an expiration date—after a year, it becomes permanent. And the year is almost up...Categorized as:
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![Brilliant Devices by Shelley Adina]()
Brilliant Devices by Shelley Adina
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBook four in the Magnificent Devices steampunk series! A lady of resources has the power to change the world-if she can stay alive long enough to do it. Lady Claire Trevelyan had been looking forward to glittering balls, congenial society, and relief from pursuit during her stay with Lord and Lady Dunsmuir in the Canadas. Well, perhaps not entirely...Categorized as:
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![A Study in Ashes by Emma Jane Holloway]()
A Study in Ashes by Emma Jane Holloway
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAs part of her devil’s bargain with the industrial steam barons, Evelina Cooper is finally enrolled in the Ladies’ College of London. However, she’s attending as the Gold King’s pet magician, in handcuffs and forbidden contact with even her closest relation, the detective Sherlock Holmes.Not even Niccolo, the dashing pirate captain, and his sentient airship can save her... -
![The Mech Who Loved Me by Bec McMaster]()
The Mech Who Loved Me by Bec McMaster
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAva McLaren is tired of being both a virgin, and a mere laboratory assistant for the Company of Rogues. When a baffling mystery rears its head, it presents her with the opportunity to work a real case... and perhaps get a taste of the passion that eludes her.Blue bloods are dying from a mysterious disease, which should be impossible...Categorized as:
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![The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North]()
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 58 ratingsSome stories cannot be told in just one lifetime. Harry August is on his deathbed. Again. No matter what he does or the decisions he makes, when death comes, Harry always returns to where he began, a child with all the knowledge of a life he has already lived a dozen times before. Nothing ever changes. Until now. As Harry nears the end of his eleventh life, a little girl appears at his bedside...Categorized as:
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The Engineer by C.S. Poe
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratings1881—Special Agent Gillian Hamilton is a magic caster with the Federal Bureau of Magic and Steam. He’s sent to Shallow Grave, Arizona, to arrest a madman engineer known as Tinkerer, who’s responsible for blowing up half of Baltimore. Gillian has handled some of the worst criminals in the Bureau’s history, so this assignment shouldn’t be a problem...Categorized as:
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![Imprudence by Gail Carriger]()
Imprudence by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsRue and the crew of the Spotted Custard return from India with revelations that shake the foundations of England's scientific community. Queen Victoria is not amused, the vampires are tetchy, and something is wrong with the local werewolf pack. To top it all off, Rue's best friend Primrose keeps getting engaged to the most unacceptable military types. Rue has family problems as well... -
![The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross]()
The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsBob Howard, from The Laundry, secret UK agency against evil forces, narrates boarding yacht of Ellis Billington for Gravedust device that talks with dead. Ellis plans to raise Jennifer Morgue, monster from deep sea, rule world. U.S. Black Chamber sends lethal Ramona Random, in conflict with her bosses. Includes: Pimpf tale - Bob in virtual game; Afterword; Glossary... -
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Empire of Ruins by Arthur Slade
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSecret agent Modo's next assignment? Find ancient Egyptian ruins hidden deep in the Australian jungle and the mysterious God Face, rumoured to be a powerful weapon—anyone who looks upon it will be driven mad... -
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Changeless by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 48 ratingsAlexia Maccon, the Lady Woolsey, awakens in the wee hours of the mid-afternoon to find her husband, who should be decently asleep like any normal werewolf, yelling at the top of his lungs. Then he disappears; leaving her to deal with a regiment of supernatural soldiers encamped on her doorstep, a plethora of exorcised ghosts, and an angry Queen Victoria...Categorized as:
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![Poison or Protect by Gail Carriger]()
Poison or Protect by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsLondon’s most scandalous lady assassin versus one very hot Highlander. Lady Preshea Villentia, the Mourning Star, has four dead husbands and a nasty reputation. Fortunately, she looks fabulous in black.What society doesn’t know is that all her husbands were marked for death by Preshea’s employer. And Preshea has one final assignment...Categorized as:
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![Brilliance by Marcus Sakey]()
Brilliance by Marcus Sakey
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsIn Wyoming, a little girl reads people’s darkest secrets by the way they fold their arms. In New York, a man sensing patterns in the stock market racks up $300 billion. In Chicago, a woman can go invisible by being where no one is looking. They’re called "brilliants," and since 1980, one percent of people have been born this way... -
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Heartless by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsLady Alexia Maccon, soulless, is at it again, only this time the trouble is not her fault. When a mad ghost threatens the queen, Alexia is on the case, following a trail that leads her deep into her husband's past...Categorized as:
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Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFrom the acclaimed author of The Gone-Away World, blistering gangster noir meets howling absurdist comedy as the forces of good square off against the forces of evil, and only an unassuming clockwork repairman and an octogenarian former superspy can save the world from total destruction.Joe Spork spends his days fixing antique clocks... -
![Blameless by Gail Carriger]()
Blameless by Gail Carriger
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsQuitting her husband's house and moving back in with her horrible family, Lady Maccon becomes the scandal of the London season in the third book of the NYT bestselling Parasol Protectorate series.Queen Victoria dismisses her from the Shadow Council, and the only person who can explain anything, Lord Akeldama, unexpectedly leaves town... -
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Heart of Steel by Meljean Brook
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Iron Duke introduced the gritty, alluring adventure of the Iron Seas, where nanotech fuses with Victorian sensibilities—and steam.As the mercenary captain of Lady Corsair, Yasmeen has learned to keep her heart as cold as steel, her only loyalty bound to her ship and her crew...Categorized as:
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