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The Emperor's Bone Palace by Hailey Turner
Rated: 4.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEvery heart is meant to break.THE NAMELESS. As a warden, Soren’s duty is to guard against the dead, but he was never trained to guard against his heart. Drawn into a web of Solarian politics, Soren finds himself at the center of a storm of his own making, unwilling to break free if it means losing the man he loves... -
![Dragons Beyond the Pale by Maria Grace]()
Dragons Beyond the Pale by Maria Grace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSmugglers. A kidnapping. A fire-breathing fairy dragon? The Blue Order is falling apart at the seams.After months in Bath mentoring Dragon Keepers and Friends, Dragon Sage Elizabeth Darcy actually anticipates traveling to London for the Keeper’s Cotillion. Which says a great deal considering the she-dragons who make up the Cotillion board would very much like to show the Sage her proper place... -
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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...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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![The Kraken King and the Fox's Den by Meljean Brook]()
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...Categorized as:
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![A Matter of Secrets and Spies by Honor Raconteur]()
A Matter of Secrets and Spies by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHow many ways can a marriage proposal go wrong?One: the ring gets stolenTwo: a storm destroys the beachThree: a dead body, seriously?Four: A THEFT RING?!Come hell or highwater, he WILL propose before leaving this benighted island... -
![Lycans and Legends by Melanie Karsak]()
Lycans and Legends by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSomeone is trying to assassinate the Queen.After stopping a mysterious preternatural assailant wielding an enchanted dagger, Clemeny is on the hunt. Why is someone after Victoria? To find answers, Clemeny Louvel must travel to the one place she's been avoiding, the Summer Country. Among the mist and standing stones, secrets about her case-and herself-are hiding... -
![Mandrake Company by Ruby Lionsdrake]()
Mandrake Company by Ruby Lionsdrake
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSeven sizzling science-fiction romance novels!If you loved Star Wars and Firefly, but wanted way more romance, this is the series for you...Categorized as:
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![Heart Bond by Tara Grayce]()
Heart Bond by Tara Grayce
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFan favorites find their happy endings in this collection of Elven Alliance short stories and novellas!King of Escarland – When King Averett is shot on his coronation day, sparks fly between him and the captain’s daughter Paige... -
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Howls and Hallows by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsYou're invited to the All Hallows Ball.*Werewolves prohibited.Busy tracking down thieving werewolves in London, Clemeny is surprised when Edwin asks her to lead a new case in the Fenlands of east England.The Cabell family is haunted by a curse. Something in the misty moors surrounding Cabell Manor has come howling just days before the exclusive All Hallows Ball. How gauche... -
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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... -
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Moseh's Staff by A.W. Exley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAll things must come to an end... London is in the frozen grip of an unnatural winter and Queen Victoria wants answers. Cara and Nate know who - the Curator. The queen's artifact hunters just don't know what is responsible. Cara is on the trail of an ancient and powerful artifact capable of freezing a city and stirring demons. First she must confront her past and her father's history...Categorized as:
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![The Kraken King and the Iron Heart by Meljean Brook]()
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...Categorized as:
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Garden of the Cursed by Katy Rose Pool
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIn this thrilling YA fantasy/mystery duology from award-winning author Katy Pool, cursebreaker Marlow Briggs reluctantly pretends to be in love with one of the most powerful nobles in Caraza City to gain entry into an illustrious—and deadly—society that holds clues to her mother's disappearance. Perfect for fans of Veronica Mars, These Violent Delights, and Chain of Iron... -
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![The Kraken King and the Empress's Eyes by Meljean Brook]()
The Kraken King and the Empress's Eyes by Meljean Brook
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 12 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 VIIThe Kraken King and the Empress’s EyesIn the imperial city, nothing escapes the attention of the empress’s spies...Categorized as:
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![The Chronothon by Nathan Van Coops]()
The Chronothon by Nathan Van Coops
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsRun from the past. Run from the future. Run for your lives. He’s a novice time traveler in a big universe.Ben just wants time with the scientist’s daughter who got him into this, but when he’s rooked into competing in a chronothon–an Amazing Race through time–getting the girl means he’ll need to make the finish line... -
![The Kraken King and the Greatest Adventure by Meljean Brook]()
The Kraken King and the Greatest Adventure by Meljean Brook
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 12 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 VIII The Kraken King and the Greatest AdventureArriving in Krakentown with their enemies in hot pursuit, Zenobia doesn’t know how they can even hope to win...Categorized as:
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![Ferromancer by Becca Andre]()
Ferromancer by Becca Andre
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSolutions aren’t always black and white—sometimes they come in shades of iron gray.Captain Bridget “Briar” Rose wants for nothing. Each day is a new adventure, living the life she loves, running cargo on the Ohio & Erie Canal. That is, until her cousin decides to sell the family boat to finance a new business venture...Categorized as:
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![Goblins and Snowflakes: An Elves and the Shoemaker Retelling by Melanie Karsak]()
Goblins and Snowflakes: An Elves and the Shoemaker Retelling by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNever bargain with goblin men.Scarlette Rossetti thought her stay at Strawberry Hill Castle during the Christmas holiday would pass by uneventfully. She couldn't have been more wrong. Enticed by the delights of the nearby village of Twickenham, Scarlette's life would change in unimaginable ways.She never expected to be drawn magnetically to The Two Sisters Doll Shop and Toy Emporium...Categorized as:
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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...Categorized as:
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![A Gentleman of Means by Shelley Adina]()
A Gentleman of Means by Shelley Adina
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook 8 in the Magnificent Devices steampunk series!How much must one sacrifice for the sake of friendship?Lady Claire Trevelyan has had to deal with betrayal before, in small ways and large. But none is quite so painful as the belief that Gloria Meriwether-Astor had deserted her and her friends and left them to die under the waters of Venice...Categorized as:
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![Prosperity by Alexis Hall]()
Prosperity by Alexis Hall
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA breathtaking tale of passion and adventure in the untamed skies! Prosperity, 1863: a lawless skytown where varlets, chancers, and ne’er-do-wells risk everything to chase a fortune in the clouds, and where a Gaslight guttersnipe named Piccadilly is about to cheat the wrong man. This mistake will endanger his life . . . and his heart. Thrill! As our hero battles dreadful kraken above Prosperity...Categorized as:
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![Here There Be Monsters by Meljean Brook]()
Here There Be Monsters by Meljean Brook
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwo years ago, blacksmith Ivy, desperate to flee London, purchased her overseas passage by agreeing to spend the voyage in the bed of the pirate captain, Mad Machen...Categorized as:
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![A Knack for Metal and Bone by Kim McDougall]()
A Knack for Metal and Bone by Kim McDougall
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA royal tinker and a rogue soldier must unite to stop the monsters threatening their city—and unravel the secrets lurking within it. Rowan doesn’t just work with machines—she hears them. The hum of engines, the whisper of gears and wires—they speak to her through the magic that flows from her mech hand... -
![Liberty by Lindsay Buroker]()
Liberty by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsKali has been working toward her dream of building an airship and escaping the frozen Yukon for so long that she can scarcely believe it’s close to becoming a reality. There’s just one problem. Cedar, her friend and business partner (and maybe a little more), is in jail, and the American authorities are on their way to hang him...Categorized as:
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Nyssa Glass and the House of Mirrors by H.L. Burke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNyssa Glass is a reformed cat burglar turned electrician's apprentice, settled into a life repairing videophones and radio-sets. However, when her past comes calling, she finds herself forced into one last job. No one has entered Professor Dalhart's secluded mansion in almost a decade, at least not and returned to tell the tale... -
![Chasing the Green Fairy by Melanie Karsak]()
Chasing the Green Fairy by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA sabotaged airship.A recovering opium addict.A messenger with life-shattering news.With the 1824 British airship qualifying race only weeks away, Lily Stargazer is at the top of her game. She’s racing like a pro, truly in love, and living clean. But on one ill-omened day, everything changes...Categorized as:
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![The Iron Fin by Anne Renwick]()
The Iron Fin by Anne Renwick
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA vampiric octopus hunting selkies. A torrid love affair. Traitors who prey on those closest to them in a bid for power. Isa McQuiston is caught between two worlds. Strange creatures are attacking her people, their injuries beyond her medical expertise. More than one fisherman has been tossed ashore by the waves, drained of blood, a severed tentacle piercing his flesh...Categorized as:
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![From London, With Love by Bec McMaster]()
From London, With Love by Bec McMaster
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWith London finally at peace, there is only one threat remaining to the stability of the monarchy... The queen is without an heir.Queen Alexandra is done with marriage, but as always, the Duke of Malloryn has a plan. With Malloryn insisting upon an heir for the realm, Alexandra reluctantly agrees to accept a husband...Categorized as:
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Cold Stone & Ivy: The Ghost Club by H. Leighton Dickson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJack the Ripper gave her his heart. Now he wants it back. The year is 1888, the clockwork British Empire is crumbling and young writer Ivy Savage has literally received a heart in the post. Terrified, her father sends her north to a strange sanitarium in Lancashire where the brilliant but unpredictable “Mad Lord of Lasingstoke” makes his home...Categorized as:
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![The Angel & the Outlaw by Madeline Baker]()
The Angel & the Outlaw by Madeline Baker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn outlaw, a horse thief, a man killer, J.T. Cutter wasn't surprised when he was strung up for his crimes. What amazed him was the heavenly being who granted him one year to change his wicked ways, Yet when he returned to his old life, he hoped to cram a whole lot of hell-raising into those 12 months no matter what the future held...Categorized as:
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![A Whisper In The Wind by Madeline Baker]()
A Whisper In The Wind by Madeline Baker
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Black Hills - a land of fragrant pines and vast blue skies, a sacred land inhabited by the buffalo, the bear, the hawk and the eagle. An untamed land where the Cheyenne still roamed free Accustomed to the ways of the white man, Michael Wolf agreed to seek a vision to fulfill the dying wish of his Cheyenne grandfather...Categorized as:
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![This Strange and Familiar Place by Rachel Carter]()
This Strange and Familiar Place by Rachel Carter
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTHESE ARE THE THINGS of which Lydia is now certain:The Montauk Project has been experimenting with time travel for years.The Project's subjects are "recruits" from across time, recruits like Wes, Lydia's ally, friend, and love.The Project is now responsible for the disappearance of two members of her family...And they're coming for Lydia next...Categorized as:
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![Fields of Air by Shelley Adina]()
Fields of Air by Shelley Adina
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook 10 in the Magnificent Devices steampunk series! Her father started a war. She intends to stop it. Her father may have sacrificed his own life to save hers, but heiress Gloria Meriwether-Astor is finding it difficult to forgive him...Categorized as:
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![A Lesson in Friendship by Jennifer Connors]()
A Lesson in Friendship by Jennifer Connors
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook #4 of the Lesson SeriesWith so many lessons to learn, Ginny's back in yet another novel adventure. Having been ripped from a good life in Wyoming, Ginny, a 21st century woman living in the past, has had enough. She doesn't want to meet another eligible gentleman and definitely doesn't want to fall in love.Baron Oliver Conway becomes her unsuspecting hero... -
![A Lady of Integrity by Shelley Adina]()
A Lady of Integrity by Shelley Adina
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook 7 in the Magnificent Devices steampunk series! Will a daring rescue put a wedding and a future at risk? Lady Claire Trevelyan and renowned scientist Andrew Malvern are looking forward to domestic felicity in London when they are surprised by an unexpected visitor...Categorized as:
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![Rebel Magisters by Shanna Swendson]()
Rebel Magisters by Shanna Swendson
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTea, Love ... and Revolution!The Rebel Mechanics aren’t the only group plotting revolution against the magical British Empire. There are rebel magisters, as well, and Verity Newton and her magister employer, Lord Henry, know that the only way for the revolution to succeed is if both groups work together...Categorized as:
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![Beauty and Beastly: Steampunk Beauty and the Beast by Melanie Karsak]()
Beauty and Beastly: Steampunk Beauty and the Beast by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn this tale as old as time, Isabella Hawking must tinker a solution to a heartbreaking mystery. When Isabelle and her papa set out from London on a sea voyage, Isabelle was thrilled. Visiting foreign courts, learning from master tinkers, and studying new ways to manipulate mechanicals sounded like a dream. But an unexpected gale turns the waters violent, and the ship is lost...Categorized as:
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![You Only Love Twice by Bec McMaster]()
You Only Love Twice by Bec McMaster
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWith the clock ticking down, the Company of Rogues must find a deadly killer and stop them from assassinating the Queen... before London burns. First rule of espionage: don't ever fall in love with your target.Five years ago, Gemma Townsend learned the hard way what happens when you break this rule. She lost everything. Her mentor's trust. The man she loved. And almost her life...Categorized as:
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![A Lady of Spirit by Shelley Adina]()
A Lady of Spirit by Shelley Adina
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsYou can choose your friends, but you cannot choose your family … or can you? Under normal circumstances, Maggie and Lizzie would be delighted to meet their long-lost relatives and be reunited with those who had believed them dead, but when are the Mopsies’ circumstances ever to be considered normal? With her half-brother Claude Seacombe, Lizzie travels to Cornwall to meet her mother’s parents...Categorized as:
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![Nero's Fiddle by A.W. Exley]()
Nero's Fiddle by A.W. Exley
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOne death by spontaneous human combustion is a rare act of God. Two... is surely a freakish coincidence. Three... well, that's starting to look deliberate. Cara has a new role as Queen Victoria's artifact hunter, she's adapting to married life and living in a country manor that more closely resembles a mausoleum...Categorized as:
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![Hunted by Lindsay Buroker]()
Hunted by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSelf-taught tinkerer Kali McAlister is determined to build an airship and escape the frigid Yukon forever. Unfortunately, she’s the heir to the secrets of flash gold, an alchemical energy source that tends to make her a popular target for bandits, gangsters, and pirates...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... -
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![The Queen Is Dead by Kate Locke]()
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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![Claimed by Lindsay Buroker]()
Claimed by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter years on the hunt, Cedar Kartes is finally within striking distance of Cudgel Conrad, the criminal who slew his brother and framed him for murder. With the help of Kali McAlister, his business partner and the woman he’s mustering the courage to court, he believes he can finally rid the world of a bloodthirsty felon. But nothing is ever easy in the Yukon...Categorized as:
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Blood and Steam by Jamie Sedgwick
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFive Stars: "Cannot say enough about how much I enjoyed this book. Author knows how to write an interesting story."-Goodreads ReviewFive Stars: "Sedgwick's imagination soars for this tale..."-Amazon ReviewFive Stars: "... the best series I've read in a long while... This series gets top marks from me..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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![Realms of Wrath and Ruin by Alli Earnest]()
Realms of Wrath and Ruin by Alli Earnest
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe end of time is coming.All that's left of Hallie Walker after the Eudora Jayde mission are nightmares and an ancestry tangled with dark secrets. When her parents send an urgent telegram to return home, she knows it's time to face the past she's determined to forget. In doing so, she unwittingly stumbles into a scheme as old as the planet itself... -
![The Silver Skull by Anne Renwick]()
The Silver Skull by Anne Renwick
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn illegal border crossing.A fake marriage.A mad German count determined to create an army of unbreakable soldiers.Lady Olivia is not all she seems.Trained for marriage to an assigned political target, her skills lie in programming household steambots to serve tea, dress her hair...and sound the alarm while she picks locks and listens at doors...
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