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11/22/63 by Stephen King
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 79 ratingsOn November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back? Stephen King’s heart-stoppingly dramatic new novel is about a man who travels back in time to prevent the JFK assassination—a thousand page tour de force... -
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... -
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...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..Categorized as:
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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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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... -
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...Categorized as:
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The Blacksmith by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is The Blacksmith you've been looking for...Risen from the dead, Kerry Mather has little time to perform a miracle. He's got to teach an American photographer that staying detached is the same as staying lonely. He only hopes that touching her heart won't break it... when he has to move on... -
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... -
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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Highland Protector by Catherine Bybee
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNo ordinary hero can save Amber from death... it will take a Highland Protector Amber MacCoinnich survival depends on her traveling to the twenty first century, or so her mother’s premonition told her. Death taunts Amber and offers peace in her endless pain. Without the mysterious savior her mother spoke of, Amber prepares for death only to wake with a handsome, dark stranger in her bed...Categorized as:
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Rhys by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne wrong move and he'll be dead...again.Rhys was never supposed to die on the moor that day, and if the witch is offering him new life, he plans to take it—and run! He doesn't care about the boon he could earn. All he wants is vindication and a long life... -
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.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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The Carnelian Crow by Colleen Gleason
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEver since the debacle of the Chess Queen Enigma, Mina Holmes and Evaline Stoker have laid low, trying to settle back into their quiet lives as young ladies of London. But the Holmesian deductive abilities won't remain dormant for long, and when Mina receives a strange package from a winged, midnight visitor, she is catapulted into a new, dangerous adventure: the search for The Carnelian Crow...Categorized as:
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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... -
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... -
Begin Where We Are by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMagnus leaves. He fights. He tries to survive. “Can you tell me what happened tae her, how she ended?” — Magnus in 2381 Magnus is forced to travel to an uncertain future, to fight for a throne he doesn't want.And he couldn't bring Kaitlyn, because it's too dangerous by far.So Kaitlyn tries to live on without him. She's two hundred sixty-three years in the past now. Nothing but dust... -
A Knight in Shining Armor by Jude Deveraux
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsan alternate cover editions can be found here and hereNew York Times bestselling author Jude Deveraux will capture your heart with signature classic novel, a time-travel romance featuring a present-day heroine and a dashing hero from the sixteenth century!Abandoned by a cruel fate, lovely Dougless Montgomery lies weeping upon a cold tombstone in an English church...Categorized as:
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Highland Shifter by Catherine Bybee
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHelen Adams has a knack for finding lost objects, but the Simon McAllister she finds isn’t what she expected. The missing California teen is now a grown man—a kilted, sword wielding, Highland warrior. A mysterious Druid book and Helen’s sixth sense send her to Scotland in search of a missing boy...Categorized as:
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With Every Breath by Lynn Kurland
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen medieval laird Robert Cameron pounds on Sunny Phillips's door, he isn't paying a social call. He's braved a trip onto enemy soil to fetch the MacLeod witch, a crone renowned for her healing powers. But the woman who opens her door to him is enchanting and young... and not from his century. **This is a Read Pink edition...Categorized as:
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Redeeming Vows by Catherine Bybee
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFor her own safety, modern day, single mom, Lizzy McAllister is forced to bow to the medieval men who surround her when she's thrust back in time to the sixteenth century against her will. When Lizzie finds herself trapped in time with Fin, the one man she finds both irresistible and maddening, she agrees to combine forces with him to rid Scotland of the evil witch, Grainna... -
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...Categorized as:
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Amazing Grace by Elizabeth Davies
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is the second novel in the Resurrection seriesAs Grace's health deteriorates in her own world and she moves ever closer to her death, she returns to the past where Roman is waiting for her and she falls deeper in love with a man whose sole purpose in life is his quest for blood... -
Sanctifying Grace by Elizabeth Davies
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is the third and final novel in the Resurrection series. Grace is at the end of her life, Roman by her side. He has failed in his quest to discover how to resurrect those humans who can be enthralled and now Grace is facing certain death. How can Roman live without her - she has be a part of his life for millennia, but all he can do now is to be there for her... -
Carried Away by Kamery Solomon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom Kamery Solomon, #1 bestselling genre author and creator of the international bestseller SWEPT AWAY, comes CARRIED AWAY (The Swept Away Saga, Book Two), a continuation of the time travel, pirate adventure that stole your heart!Ever since his friend, Samantha, drowned in the Treasure Pit, he’s been running from her ghost... -
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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Edane by Hazel Hunter
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA fun-loving American gal, a brooding clan of ancient warriors, and a dangerous castle full of traps. What could possibly go wrong? From the moment that Edane mag Raith rescues Nellie from a pursuing Sluath, he is smitten. But while he’s certain that she is the woman from his dreams, she doesn’t seem so sure... -
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:
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The Changing Lives of Joe Hart by Shawn Inmon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTime Travel with a Twist. Before Joe Hart can stop the murder of John Lennon, he must die himself. When Joe Hart dies after leading a wasted life, he chooses to use his second chance to make the world better. Even when he thinks he knows what is coming, changing the past is difficult... -
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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...Categorized as:
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The Tribulations of Ned Summers by Shawn Inmon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA young woman is murdered in Middle Falls, Oregon in 1952. The police never make an arrest, but the town convicts Ned Summers of the crime anyway. He banishes himself to a small house in the woods where he lives alone for the rest of his life. When he dies, he opens his eyes back in 1952, just a few days before the murder occurred... -
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...Categorized as:
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Return by Michael Siemsen
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMatt Turner’s psychic ability has granted him a window into the entirety of Earth’s intelligent beings—past and present—but this gift has also been his heaviest burden. A talent like Matt’s can only be kept secret for so long, and ruthless individuals desiring lost and rare items have viewed him only as a prized tool. Now, there is no more secret...Categorized as:
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Falling for the Knight by Cecelia Mecca
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen she’s sent back to the past she finds new hope for the future. Hannah Sutton prides herself on being a strong, independent woman, perfectly in control of her career and personal life. But her orderly existence is upended when she and her sisters travel to Scotland and jump off an enchanted waterfall as a lark. After blacking out, she finds herself marooned near a castle in England, alone...Categorized as:
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Roses in Moonlight by Lynn Kurland
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEscaping Into The Past…Derrick Cameron, antiquities dealer and adventurer, is furious when the priceless piece of Elizabethan lace he's been pursuing slips right by him, in the improbable custody of a mousy textile historian! But he will retrieve it, even if it means dragging a very skeptical, albeit adorable, Samantha back in time with him...Categorized as:
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Love Beyond Hope by Bethany Claire
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLove is the most powerful kind of magic. Baodan McMillan values many things in life: friendship, loyalty, kindness, but certainly not love. After the tragic death of his wife many years ago, he hardened himself to the idea of giving his heart to another...Categorized as:
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Much Ado in the Moonlight by Lynn Kurland
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLynn Kurland pens a wonderfully romantic tale about an eight-hundred-year-old ghost and the modern woman who turns his plans for a peaceful afterlife upside down…When Victoria McKinnon’s brother offers to finance her production of Hamlet, she leaps at the chance. She can’t imagine anything better than staging Shakespeare’s masterpiece in an honest-to-goodness English castle...Categorized as:
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Silent Vows by Catherine Bybee
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMyra, a medieval virgin druidess, flees five hundred years into the future to escape death at the hands of a cursed witch and lands in the arms of a handsome but cynical twenty-first century cop. Officer Todd Blakely knows Myra is hiding something but can't resist her innocent charms. Destiny throws them both into a world of intrigue and mysticism...Categorized as:
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All For You by Lynn Kurland
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFALLING THROUGH TIME IS DANGEROUS… Peaches Alexander is thrilled to receive an unexpected invitation to a weekend party given by the handsome, eligible Duke of Kenneworth. The only problem: Stephen de Piaget, a stuffy medieval studies scholar who seems determined to get in the way...Categorized as:
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Tangled in Time by Barbara Longley
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA time-travel romance for fans of Diana Gabaldon and Hazel Hunter. To set him free from an ancient curse, she must travel to a time of myth and legend… Regan MacCarthy’s ability to see ghosts is a gift inherited from her Irish ancestors, but it’s one she’d dearly like to give back... -
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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One Enchanted Evening by Lynn Kurland
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsTime-travel romances have made Lynn Kurland a bestseller in the here-and-now. A duty-bound knight has taken on the task of rebuilding the most dilapidated castle in all of England. A costume designer gets her chance to shine by showcasing her fairy- tale designs at an upscale party in an authentic medieval castle...Categorized as:
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Crusade by Taylor Anderson
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe "gripping and riveting" Destroyermen saga continues.Lieutenant Commander Matthew Reddy, along with the men and women of the USS Walker, have chosen sides in a war not of their making. Swept from the World War II Pacific into an alternate world, they have allied with the Lemurians?a mammalian race threatened by the warlike reptilian Grik... -
Dukes Are Forever by Bec McMaster
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA compromising situation forced him into marriage. But has his wife been working for the enemy all along?In a steam-fuelled world where vampires once ruled the aristocracy, the Duke of Malloryn knows his nemesis, Lord Balfour, has finally returned to enact his plans of revenge...Categorized as:
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Complete Stories of Robert Bloch: Final Reckonings (Complete Stories of Robert Bloch, Volume 1) by Robert Bloch
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBest known as the author of "Psycho", Robert Bloch is world-renowned for his stories of horror, mystery, fantasy, and science fiction. Many of the 25 stories in this first volume of "The Complete Stories of Robert Bloch" have been unavailable for decades. The stories are in his classic style of gripping suspense, science fiction and fantasy...
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