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Readers who enjoyed Barbalien: Red Planet #2 by Jeff Lemire, Tate Brombal, Gabriel Hernández Walta & Jordie Bellaire also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Double Cross by Stuart Gibbs
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGreg Rich has traveled through time, become one of the legendary Musketeers, and—most recently— prevented the Spanish army from attacking Paris. He should feel invincible. Instead, he and his friends languish in prison, having stumbled into a trap set by Milady and the Prince of Condé.But Greg didn't come to the seventeenth century to sit in a jail cell and await execution...Categorized as:
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Nothing but Dust by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMagnus and Kaitlyn need to mount a rescue. A kingdom might be lost. Vessels need to be secured. Friends need to be saved and there is an uncle that needs to be reckoned with. Through it all, Magnus and Kaitlyn need to keep their family together.“He is asking for a fight and we must bring it.”“Yes.” I straighted and tried to look braver than I felt. "At least we have our family around us...Categorized as:
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Under the Same Sky by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMagnus and Kaitlyn are in two different places, two different times. But she remembers their last conversation — “Where do you know I love you?” “On the air around me, mo reul-iuil. On every breeze is your sigh, under every sky. Tis always the same stars, ye ken. As long as ye are under them then I can hear ye, I love ye, ye say. I can always hear it.” “Good...Categorized as:
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Traitor's Chase by Stuart Gibbs
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGreg Rich is beginning to get the hang of things in 1615 Paris. Having assumed the identity of a young D'Artagnan, Greg united the legendary three Musketeers and succeeded in freeing his parents from a dank prison cell. But he hasn't figured out how to get home. Or how to defeat the dangerous Michel Dinicoeur...Categorized as:
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Magnus and a Love Beyond Words by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLove conquers all, but can it conquer a storm of this magnitude? "I need ye tae run, Kaitlyn. When I say go, ye run, and daena look back." — Magnus 2019There is a battle against time for the origin story of the vessels. It encompasses past, present, and future. And Magnus and Kaitlyn have loved ones to protect in every time.__________________"I can't leave you. I can't.”"When I say.. -
Entangled With You by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMagnus and Kaitlyn are trying to heal. To live. To love.But they're entangled in futures and pasts that threaten to pull them apart."You get scared?""Aye, sometimes. Mostly for ye. I am scared I winna be able tae keep ye safe."There are vessels that must be secured. A castle with walls that have been breached. A baby about to be born and a future that demands to be reckoned with...Categorized as:
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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... -
Atlic by Sophie Davis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHow long does it take for ‘astounding’ to become ‘normal’?Three weeks after returning from her last mission, Stassi 2446-89 is finally ready to move on from the events in Paris, with one exception: the hitchhiker, Charles DuPree...Categorized as:
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The Gangster by C.S. Poe
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratings1881—Special Agent Gillian Hamilton, magic caster for the Federal Bureau of Magic and Steam, has recovered from injuries obtained while in Shallow Grave, Arizona. Now back in New York City, Gillian makes an arrest on New Year’s Eve that leads to information on a gangster, known only as Tick Tock, who’s perfected utilizing elemental magic ammunition...Categorized as:
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Nowhere Near You by Leah Thomas
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFollowing up her acclaimed debut, Because You'll Never Meet Me, Leah Thomas continues the stories of Ollie and Moritz in another heart-warming story of unique friendship.Ollie and Moritz might never meet, but their friendship knows no bounds... -
Warrior of My Own by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMy husband pushed back his chair and dropped to his knees in front of me. His head bowed — he spoke in a stream like a prayer. “I die when I am in the past, how dost ye know when tae declare me dead? You could decide it, call me dead, and I canna blame ye for it. Because I am. But I daena want tae be, I want tae live — with ye.” — Magnus 1702 There are things left undone...Categorized as:
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Generation One by Pittacus Lore
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsThe first book in a pulse-pounding new series that's set in the world of the #1 New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series. The war may be over—but for the next generation, the battle has just begun!It has been over a year since the invasion of Earth was thwarted in Pittacus Lore's United as One... -
Bitter Wind by Niall Teasdale
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNava Ward, the mysterious first year student at the Shinden Alliance School of Sorcery, is about to receive an offer she would be stupid to refuse. Then she gets an offer she would really prefer to refuse but can’t. And soon she must deal with the ghost of a dead actress and the bitter schemes of a mad metaphysicist... -
The Choice by Ceci Giltenan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Choice contains 2, brand-new, full-length novels, each with a different HEA. Sixty days in another life, another time…it’s tempting. Now the decision to accept the pocket watch is yours. What choice will you make? Sara Wells is in Venice, preparing to leave on a fourteen day cruise to Greece, when Gertrude offers her the pocket watch. Will she take it? You choose...Categorized as:
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Relive by K.J. Nelson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhat happens when you fall in love with the girl you murdered in your first life?An electrifying debut novel from KJ Nelson. It will leave you breathless and reading way past your bedtime!★★★★★There is a secret order called The Journeyers. They are a group of people that live their lives over and over. For the most part, they keep to themselves and enjoy their special kind of immortality...Categorized as:
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Lost and Sound by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSonic senses and determination take her to the Citadel, but only a sense of purpose can keep her there.Yllin has been raised in privilege and has never felt like it was the right life for her. She honed her skills for sonar as a waitress at a busy restaurant and jumped at the chance to apply for a position in Citadel Ohkhan.Her acceptance is a delightful surprise that isn’t enjoyed by her family... -
A Bounty with Strings by Markus Matthews
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a blue-collar steel town……these bounty hunters needed more than their powers.Were they in over their heads?From the roof of the business park, the six-story height gave Zack a perfect view of the club. The bounty was clear - dead or alive, and knowing what he did about this particular Earth Elemental, it would likely be the former. He was ready but didn’t expect guests...Categorized as:
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I Dated a Hot Assassin by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe has something he wants, and it’s embarrassing. Pretending she’s normal loses its appeal in the arms of her own assassin.Khytten Danforth has spent her adult life getting by. She spends her days at work and her spare time volunteering at the hospital as a wetnurse. It sounds generous, but since her lactating talent activated after puberty, she’s been stuck with the effects... -
Peppermint and Pentacles by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsUp on the housetop werewolves howlOut jumps good old Agent LouvelDown through the chimney chasing monsters quickFeeling far less jolly than Old Saint Nick Red Cape Society Agent Clemeny Louvel is used to chasing werewolves across London. But when she's reassigned to a special case just days before Christmas, she learns that she'll need more than a silver bullet to keep everyone on the nice list... -
Bitches and Brawlers by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJust when things start going well for Agent Clemeny Louvel, a bitch has to make trouble.Since Cyril's death, an uneasy peace has existed between Alodie and Lionheart. Her brothel closed, her rank in the werewolf pecking order obliterated, and shunned by the Templars, Alodie has been living on the fringes of the dark district...Categorized as:
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Race Across Spacetime by M.D. Cooper
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Alliance has suffered an unimaginable loss: Tangel is dead. The crew of the I2 struggles to carry on, dealing with the impending occupation of New Sol and surrender of the Orion Freedom Alliance. But Bob harbors a suspicion, a kernel of hope, and sends the Falconer in search of additional survivors... -
The Persistence of Vision by John Varley
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIntroduction · Algis Budrys · in The Phantom of Kansas · nv Galaxy Feb ’76 Air Raid [as by Herb Boehm] · ss IASFM Spr ’77 Retrograde Summer · nv F&SF Feb ’75 The Black Hole Passes · nv F&SF Jun ’75 In the Hall of the Martian Kings · na F&SF Feb ’77 In the Bowl · nv F&SF Dec ’75 Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance · nv Galaxy Jul ’76 Overdrawn at the Memory Bank · nv Galaxy May ’76 The...Categorized as:
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Time and Space Between Us by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCan they trust each other enough to survive the dangers that confront them? “Tis a truth I must warn ye of. I love ye, and tis brutal that ye are alive three hundred years away.” — Magnus 1702 Magnus and Kaitlyn try to begin their life together but there are dangerous forces that must be reckoned with. A time-journeying vessel that they can't seem to control...Categorized as:
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Rebel Robin by A.R. Capetta
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsDiscover the backstory of the new Stranger Things fan favorite, Robin, played by Maya Hawke! The perfect read while you're waiting for Season 4 to drop on Netflix! High school is a monster, and it's eating everyone Robin knows. As sophomore year starts, Robin's Odd Squad friends have decided to try to be just like everyone else... -
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Call the Moon by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNaka can use her mind to destroy a world, or she can save it. When nothing seems right, she calls the moon.Naka was adrift with no means to focus, but accidentally starting a tremor in her hometown lets everyone know what she is and sentences her to confinement... -
Hiding by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMaking herself unseen was Daphne’s skill until a forest encounter made her want to be noticed by the new Ambassador of the Nine. Daphne has spent her adult life since the Tokkel invasion fighting for jobs to support herself. With her parents dead, her family consists of one... -
Fire Dance by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHer element is fire, her mind is missing memories and a dream master is her keeper. Hahvi’s dance will reshape a world. Hahvi has spent eight years in the dome with other physical talents. Her body is wrapped in a restrictor suit, but she keeps her mind free to dream of possibilities. She is given to the Citadel, and when she meets the dream master, her world and her options shift dramatically... -
Wrapped in Starlight by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKiiki has spent ten years in the Dome, the first to be dumped there when she was fourteen. Now, the Citadel is offering her a chance to get out and she is not hesitating. Her family will keep, she needs out NOW.Harken is a cloud-formed Nishan and Kiiki’s new partner... -
Power of Learning by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYavil suffers from an intellectual infection. Her mind absorbs every detail of everything she sees, and she can force understanding on her students when she goes into lecture mode. Her brainstorms have gotten the attention of the Alliance, and after she speaks with one of their representatives from Citadel Morganti, she is on her way to working as an educator to the best and brightest of talents... -
Resurrecting Flame by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJenya has spent days leading one hundred prisoners to freedom through a tunnel of her own making. She succeeds in her task and is ready to rest, but the arrival of the Sector Guard throws a wrench in her plans to fade away. Green flames pull her back into the living world and the silver eyes of a Kozue Guardsman are the first things she sees when she wakes... -
Lady by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMistress of chills, a true ice queen, she journeys to find a man who makes her burn and a world that needs some cooling off.Roxelena has inherited her family talent for cold. On Earth, it is useless, but there is a request for a woman with talent on a world she has never heard of.Marriage is a condition of her travel, so she agrees... -
Fighting Sanity by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBeing a bastard on Bassinor has been difficult enough, but Erinii Zakkata has always done her duty to family and that was what landed her in the facility to begin with. Gassed into a hallucinogenic state, she has spent four years trying to swim out of the fanciful creations of her mind, and with a little intervention from a familiar face she manages to find reality again... -
Determine by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA teacher of etiquette and contract law with a fetish for Terran coffee meets a superhero who wants to get into her briefs.Hydrangea has been teaching contract law and other species etiquette in the Nyal Imperium for months. There is nothing to her life but marking, teaching and going for tea with friends... -
Defender by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDark elves, Raiders and a munitions specialist lead to a new life on a locked world and a hunt for a lost code. Scotia enjoys blowing things up for a living. As telekinetic munitions specialist, she is assigned to blow up the Ikanni station. There is only one problem... -
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Bandit by Brooke Matthews
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBennett Fields has a secret. But then again, who doesn't? When tasked with retrieving the talisman belonging to one of Mercy Height's most dangerous supervillains, Bennett finds himself dealing with more than he bargained for... -
Alphas and Airships by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith Lionheart as the new alpha, the streets of London are quiet. But above the realm, mischief is brewing. While airship pirates are a common plague upon the kingdom, the Airship Fenrir proves particularly troublesome--especially on a full moon.Clemeny must take to the skies before these shape-shifting Vikings kick off a new Ragnarok... -
Honey from the Lion by Jackie North
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSoulmates across time. A love that was meant to be.In present day, Laurie, tired of corporate life, takes a much-needed vacation at Farthingdale Dude Ranch.The very first night a freak blizzard combined with a powerful meteor shower takes Laurie back to the year 1891... -
Exo by Steven Gould
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsCent can teleport. So can her parents, but they are the only people in the world who can. This is not as great as you might think it would be — sure, you can go shopping in Japan and then have tea in London, but it’s hard to keep a secret like that. And there are people, dangerous people, who work for governments and have guns, who want to make you do just this one thing for them...Categorized as:
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Downtime by James Allen, Tamara Allen
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFBI Agent Morgan Nash is on assignment in London when his case goes awry and he finds himself moments away from a bullet through the heart. But fate has other plans: Morgan gets knocked out pursuing a suspect... and wakes up in 1888... -
Fifteen Postcards by Kirsten McKenzie
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHistory shapes those who travel through it Determined to save the antiques store she has inherited from ruin after the unexplained disappearance of her parents, Sarah Lester discovers a jumbled collection of vintage postcards which lead her on a journey through time...Categorized as:
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Aye, and Gomorrah by Samuel R. Delany
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA father must come to terms with his son's death in the war. In Venice an architecture student commits a crime of passion. A white southern airport loader tries to do a favor for a black northern child... -
What Doctor Gottlieb Saw by Ian Tregillis
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsGretel has wires in her head. Gretel likes to pick wildflowers. Gretel is one of the subjects on the farm, and she is Doctor Gottlieb's responsibility, but she knows something she isn't telling -- and if Doctor Gottlieb doesn't figure it out, it may be his body in a ditch next. This story is set in the world of Ian Tregillis's Milkweed series, which began with Bitter Seeds...Categorized as:
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Soul Keeper by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsZeyan has lived in the shadows, keeping her talent to herself. When she tries to reach out to console a grieving loved one and is summarily arrested by her people she finds life and a new start in the Citadel, as the Soul Keeper.Zeyan has been banished by her own race and her talents have developed under the careful eye of the instructors at the Citadel... -
Heroes for Ghosts by Jackie North
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSoulmates across time. A sacrifice that could keep them apart forever. In present day, near the village of Ornes, France, Devon works on his master's thesis in history as he fantasizes about meeting a WWI American Doughboy. In 1916, during the Battle of Ornes, Stanley is a young soldier facing the horrors of the battlefield... -
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Sketches by Teyla Branton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSomeone will do anything to stop them from learning the truth.Eighty years after Breakdown, Detective Reese Parker has pulled herself up from the dregs of society in Welfare Colony 6 to become a sketch artist and enforcer for the CORE (Commonwealth Objective for Reform and Efficiency)...Categorized as:
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Pagan's Ark by Matt Eaton
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBuried underground in Rome there lurks a secret artefact powerful enough to rewrite human history.The keeper of this strange object is a Catholic priest cloistered deep in the basement of the Vatican's secret archives.Is he a heretic or a madman?For the men of the church in 1951, it must be one of the above: the alternative is unimaginable...Categorized as:
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Truth by Robin Wasserman
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSome things are too painful to remember--and too deadly to forget.Found: One girl, age 13. Unconscious. Unharmed. Unclaimed. Unidentified.Lost: Everything.J.D. can't run from her past any longer. She knows the truth now: that she's dangerous, a weapon. If she can't learn to control her powers, there's no telling what...or who...she'll destroy next...Categorized as:
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Frisk by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn Enforcer turned Peacekeeper, Lera has to deal with the shift to Guardian Liaison and lover.Lera has been through a few jobs since she left Terra. First, she was in training, then an Enforcer on alien worlds and now she is part of the Peacekeeper-Enforcer exchange program, dealing with the daily drudgery of being a beat cop in her small sector of a strange city... -
Villain by Michael Grant
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIt’s been four years since the events of GONE.The Perdido Beach dome is down, but the horrors within have spread, and now all of humanity is in danger. The alien virus-infested rock that created the FAYZ is creating monsters–monsters that walk the cities and countryside, terrorizing all... -
The Academy by Jonathan Yanez
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen cyber bullying goes extraterrestrial... And Earth’s about to be blindsided with annihilation...It’s up to Emma to rise up.Her problems go far beyond carb-counting mean girls. She’s got ears pointy enough to pass for an elf and a stuttering problem brought on by anxiety. A mother not of this world is about to enter her life with dire news...Categorized as:
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