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The Three Brooches by Katherine Lowry Logan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Kit MacKlenna returned to her soul mate in the 19th century, Elliott Fraser thought he would never see his beloved goddaughter again. But when a message from Kit is discovered in a 135-year-old painting, Elliot must either ignore Kit's request for help or test the Legend of the Three Brooches... -
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死亡万花筒 Kaleidoscope of Death by Xi Zi Xu, 西子绪
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratings起初的异样，是家里的猫不让抱了。林秋石发现周围的一切都开始变得充满了不协调感。然后某一天，当他推开家中的门，却发现熟悉的楼道变成了长长的走廊。走廊的两头，是十二扇一模一样的铁门。故事由此开始。阮南烛对林秋石说，当你凝视深渊时，深渊也在凝视着你。林秋石听后陷入沉思，然后对着深渊拉下了裤子拉链……阮南烛：“……你把裤子给我好好穿上！”不皮会死病娇攻X一起皮的沉稳受，双皮奶组合，灵异风格升级流。"Kaleidoscope of Death"It started off peculiarly; first, his domestic cat refused to let him cuddle it... -
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BETA: A Technological Nightmare by Sammy Scott
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMichael Danvers’ life of self-imposed seclusion is interrupted when he receives a strange the unique opportunity to move into and beta-test a fully automated, state-of-the-art smart home... -
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Three in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 29 ratings#1 New York Times bestselling author J. D. Robb delivers a potent combination of futuristic suspense, thrills, and passion in these three favorite In Death stories—together in one volume for the first time.INTERLUDE IN DEATHLieutenant Eve Dallas is resigned to the fact that she’s been ordered to give a seminar at a police conference—and that she’ll have to leave Earth to do it... -
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Soul of the Sentinel by E.E. Holmes
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA mysterious mark, an ancient spirit, and a message from beyond the Aether… After uncovering and destroying a Necromancer plot to take over Skye Príosún, Jess and Finn are united at last and longing to move on with their life together. But the Durupinen world has other plans... -
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The Void by Dirk Patton
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's been a year since Robert Tracy (Agent Bering), saved from the executioner's needle, foiled the Cabal's plan to assassinate the President and take control of the country. Seizing the opportunity for a new life, he is happy and in love. But a rift in the very fabric of space-time, and an undefeated Cabal, conspire to strip away everything he cares about... -
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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 House on the Hill by Irina Shapiro
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsStill grieving the death of her husband, Lauren leaves the hubbub of Boston for the peaceful shores of Cape Cod, where she hopes to come to terms with her loss and devote herself to her writing... -
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Yestertime by Andrew Cunningham
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"I'm going to die a hundred years before I was born..."The handwritten note was in a dusty trunk that sat in a cave untouched for 150 years. What did the words mean? When journalist Ray Burton finds the trunk near the Arizona ghost town of Hollow Rock, his life changes in an instant.Something in the trunk shouldn’t be there.This begins a dangerous journey of discovery bordering on the impossible... -
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The Last MacKlenna by Katherine Lowry Logan
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA multi-layered international romance that will keep you on the edge of your seat.A cat and mouse game between two corporate jet-setters that will take you from Scotland, to Kentucky, to California and back again.Meredith Montgomery, the owner of a Napa, California winery, is facing not only another holiday alone but devastating news... -
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The Family Experiment by John Marrs
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the acclaimed author of The One and The Marriage Act, The Family Experiment is a dark and brilliant speculative thriller about families: real and virtual.Some families are virtually perfect…The world's population is soaring, creating overcrowded cities and an economic crisis. And in the UK, the breaking point has arrived... -
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Chaos in Death / Possession in Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsChaos in Death When eye witness testimony paints the killer as a green-skinned monster with swollen red eyes and goblin ears, even Eve Dallas is shaken. But as she gets closer, the trail suggests something far more disturbing - someone is playing with science... Possession in Death After a Russian woman whispers her dying words to Eve Dallas, strange things begin to happen... -
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Shaw by Milly Taiden
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlpha Geek 6: ShawPanther shifter Poppy Cain has been living a secret life. She’s been hiding her nursing career from an overbearing uncle and terrifying cousins. They run a shady business in town, and when they want to use her as a pawn, Poppy makes a hard decision: run. What she didn’t expect was to find a mate in the process. Shit just got real.Shaw Eagan uses his hacking skills for good... -
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Aliss by Patrick Senécal
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAlice, une jeune fille curieuse, délurée, fonceuse et intelligente de Brossard (Québec, Canada). A dix-huit ans, poussée par son besoin d'affirmation de soi, elle décide qu'il est temps de quitter le cégep et le cocon familial pour aller vivre sa vie là où tout est possible, c'est-à-dire dans la métropole... -
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Defending the Galaxy by Maria V. Snyder
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsYear 2522. Oh. My. Stars.Junior Officer Ara Lawrence here, reporting for duty. Again. It's situation critical for the security team and everyone in the base - including my parents - with a new attack from the looters imminent, a possible galaxy-wide crime conspiracy and an unstoppable alien threat. But this all pales in the face of my mind-blowing discovery about the Q-net... -
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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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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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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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Blind Sided by Susan Kiernan-Lewis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter four years of life in a post-apocalyptic world, the one thing that both Mike and Sarah know for sure is that nothing ever stays the same. Just when life has begun to settle down, a threat comes at them from a totally unexpected source. Not England, nor the US, not rampaging gypsies or even the Middle East... -
![Rebel by Joanne Macgregor]()
Rebel by Joanne Macgregor
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan you win a war without losing yourself? Sixteen year-old online gamer Jinxy James has been trained as an expert sniper in the war against a terrorist-spread plague which has decimated the USA. Now she’s a wanted fugitive, on the run with a rebel splinter group, risking everything to save and protect her loved ones... -
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Forgetting to Remember by M.J. Rose
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDiscover a spellbinding love story in this dazzling time-travel adventure from the NYT bestselling author of The Last Tiara, M.J. Rose...Categorized as:
ghosts suspense romance historical-fiction fantasy fiction time-travel magical-realism -
![I Am Sal by Abraham Falls]()
I Am Sal by Abraham Falls
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat if you were born as a fully formed adult? Completely aware of your surroundings, fully able to speak, walk, think, and recognize, by name, all of the items you could see? The only thing missing, the only nagging void in your memory: your identity... -
![A Rip in Time by Monique Martin]()
A Rip in Time by Monique Martin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Crosses are back in book 7 of the Out of Time Series. An old enemy returns threatening to destroy not just Simon and Elizabeth, but the timeline itself. To keep that from happening, they must travel back to 1888 London to find Jack the Ripper…and save his life. If he dies, the timeline changes, and everything they know, their lives together, will be lost... -
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![The Warp Clock by Nathan Van Coops]()
The Warp Clock by Nathan Van Coops
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTo Save Her Future, He Can’t Have One. Ben Travers is facing an impossible choice. When a girl arrives from his future claiming to be family, she brings nothing but bad news. Ben has two possible fates, and no matter which he chooses, he has to die.In a desperate bid to alter his future, Ben must seek a mysterious device that the Quickly family would rather keep hidden... -
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Rising Sun / Jurassic Park / Sphere by Michael Crichton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHere are three of Michael Crichton's research-intensive thrillers in one dandy box. Rising Sun was as timely in 1992 as it now seems ironic. It brilliantly taps the early-'90s American terror of Japan's then apparently invincible high-tech economy with a snappy murder mystery. While celebs rub elbows at the opening party of a Japanese high-rise in L.A... -
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Spot and Smudge by Robert Udulutch
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe speculative fiction thriller that masterfully kicks off the series! This darkly humorous, wonderfully twisted, 'boy and his dogs' tale has been bitten, kicked in the crotch, attacked by a pack of wild dogs, and genetically modified into a superbly crafted story... -
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The Lost by J.D. Robb, Patricia Gaffney
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJ.D. Robb’s Missing in Death investigates a female tourist’s disappearance during a ferry ride. Detective Eve Dallas wonders…if she didn’t jump, and she’s not on board, then where in the world is she? In Patricia Gaffney’s The Dog Days of Laurie Summer, a woman awakens to a familiar yet unsettling world... -
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Call of the Hero by Robert J. Crane
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe city of Reikonos is prisoner to a tyrant. After a thousand years, Cyrus Davidon and the guild of Sanctuary have returned to find the human capital in a terrible state: food is in short supply, the skies are choked with the smoke of industry, and a criminal gang known as the Machine prey on all who dare raise their hand in opposition to the Lord Protector... -
![Tierra by Eloy Moreno]()
Tierra by Eloy Moreno
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsEn el interior de una cabaña escondida en el bosque, un hombre hace una promesa a sus dos hijos: Pensad en lo que más os gustaría tener en la vida. Si acabáis este juego, os prometo que lo tendréis... Pero aquel juego nunca acabó.Treinta años después, uno de los niños ha conseguido cumplir su deseo, su hermana no... -
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Hallows Gate by Michelle Erickson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlternative Cover Edition for ASIN B0078TEC8WNew Years Eve changed Angelina ‘s lifeShe got lost and fell in love – with a ghostNow she needs to save him by becoming his wifeThe problem?If she succeeds, she frees him, but loses him forever.Love is more complicated than she thought...And that doesn’t include the elves... -
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Dark Game by Michael Robertson Jr.
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLess than twenty-four hours after the horrific events that forced him to flee his hometown, Lance Brody steps off a bus into a whole different nightmare.The small town of Westhaven seems ordinary on the surface, but Lance can feel the evil lurking in the air … and it knows Lance has arrived... -
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Thursday's Child by Monique Martin
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Crosses -- renowned Professor of the Occult Simon and irrepressible Elizabeth -- set off on their latest time traveling adventure. Leaving Jack behind to nurse his broken heart, the couple travels to 1852 Natchez, Mississippi to help the next person on grandfather Sebastian's list, Mary Stewart. There's just one problem. Little Mary Stewart, just 8 years old, died two days ago... -
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Blood Ties by Jo Nesbø, Robert Ferguson
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn many ways, the brothers Carl and Roy Opgard have succeeded in life. Or at least they’ve had as much success as is possible in a small town like Os where they've had to kill their way to the top. Carl manages the area’s swanky spa hotel, while Roy has made ambitious plans for an amusement park complete with a roller coaster. The only way is up for the two brothers... -
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![Under the Dome: Part Two by Stephen King]()
Under the Dome: Part Two by Stephen King
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAll hell has broken loose in Chester's Mill after an invisible force field suddenly and inexplicably descends on the small Maine town, isolating all within it from the outside world. As the grim reality of the situation dawns and panic sets in, each other town's denizens reveals their true nature in the face of shortages, rationing, lawlessness, and uncertainty... -
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Intercepts by T.J. Payne
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJoe works at a facility that performs human experimentation.His work just followed him home. The government wanted to unlock hidden abilities in the human mind.They put subjects in extreme sensory deprivation.All the test subjects went violently insane.But the research continued.Today it has been perfected.Almost perfected... -
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King Solomon's Curse by Andy McDermott
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFollowing on from THE MIDAS LEGACY, Andy McDermott's new Wilde and Chase novel sees our daring duo on the trail of a strange, ancient weapon of immense power hidden in a lost city deep in the African jungle. Perfect for fans of Clive Cussler, Chris Kuzneski, Dan Brown and Scott Mariani.Nina Wilde is back on the hunt. Now a presenter of her own TV documentary series, Nina is in Jerusalem...Categorized as:
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I Sing the Body Electric! & Other Stories by Ray Bradbury
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe mind of Ray Bradbury is a wonder-filled carnival of delight and terror that stretches from the verdant Irish countryside to the coldest reaches of outer space. Yet all his work is united by one common thread: a vivid and profound understanding of the vast set of emotions that bring strength and mythic resonance to our frail species... -
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Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsTitanic meets The Shining in S.A. Barnes’ Dead Silence, a SF horror novel in which a woman and her crew board a decades-lost luxury cruiser and find the wreckage of a nightmare that hasn't yet ended.A GHOST SHIP.A SALVAGE CREW.UNSPEAKABLE HORRORS.Claire Kovalik is days away from being unemployed—made obsolete—when her beacon repair crew picks up a strange distress signal... -
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Escape to Eden by Rachel McClellan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAlternate cover edition of ASIN B085N9KGTQRun now! When seventeen-year-old Sage wakes up in a hospital with no memories, her only clue are the words written on her hand. With a deadly disease threatening to wipe out mankind, Sage must find out who she is and why most people would kill to get their hands on her—before it’s too late... -
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Casebook of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvery month, the Black Widowers convene for sumptuous food, fine wine, and a cosmically baffling mystery. Attended by Henry, the all-knowing waiter, these gentle rogues ponder such imponderables as: * the one-syllable middle name that represents what every schoolboy knows, yet doesn't... * a murder by solar eclipse very far out in space.. -
![Banquets of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov]()
Banquets of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis book is the fourth of six that describe mysteries solved by the Black Widowers, based on a literary dining club he belonged to known as the Trap Door Spiders. It collects twelve stories by Asimov, together with a general introduction and an afterword following each story by the author... -
![Missing by Francine Pascal]()
Missing by Francine Pascal
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNobody knows where I am. Nobody knows how to find me. Nobody knows my real identity.Including me... -
![Naked by Francine Pascal]()
Naked by Francine Pascal
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI’ve been stripped of a home. Stripped of a family. Stripped of a life. I have almost nothing left to lose.Except the one I love most... -
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![Evolution by Teri Terry]()
Evolution by Teri Terry
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA thrilling showdown brings the Dark Matter trilogy to a satsifying close. Shay is trapped at the Multiverse compound while looking for the real Callie, and an unforgiving Kai is her best chance at outsmarting Alex and saving countless lives.Shay has left Kai once again by following Alex to his Multiverse compound... -
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Past Prologue by Diana Gabaldon, Steve Berry
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn original short story from iconic thriller collection Match Up, edited by Lee Child, featuring a never-before-seen pairing between bestsellers Diana Gabaldon and Steve Berry...Categorized as:
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The Man From Taured: A breakneck mystery-thriller: 3 by Jeremy Bates
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEver been to Taured before? No? In fact, you’ve never heard of it? Well, neither had the rest of the world when in July of 2020 a European businessman shows up at Tokyo International Airport claiming to not only hail from the non-existent country but produces a legitimate passport... -
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The Edge of Dark by Pamela Hartshorne
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJane believes in keeping her promises, but a deathbed vow sets her on a twisting path of deceit and joy that takes her from the dark secrets of Holmwood House in York to the sign of the golden lily in London's Mincing Lane. Getting what you want, Jane discovers, comes at a price... -
![Gentleman Junkie and Other Stories of the Hung-Up Generation by Harlan Ellison]()
Gentleman Junkie and Other Stories of the Hung-Up Generation by Harlan Ellison
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe original 50 cent paperback edition of this book now goes for $100 in rare book auctions. Why? Because it contains 25 of the best, hardest-to-find stories of the writer the Washington Post calls "one of the great living American short story writers," the unpredictable Harlan Ellison... -
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The God Hater by Bill Myers
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA cranky, atheistic philosophy professor loves to shred the faith of incoming freshmen. He is chosen by a group of scientists to create a philosophy for a computer-generated world exactly like ours. Much to his frustration every model he introduces—from Darwinism, to Existentialism, to Relativism, to Buddhism—fails...
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