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Dealing with Mapinguari and Dogged Engineers by A.J. Sherwood
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAs Shakespeare once said, the course of true love never did run smooth.Since parting with Adrien after their first case, Hugh Quartermain has committed himself to one he wants Adrien. With the months’ long trip to Brazil ahead of them, Hugh should have no problem confessing, right?The problem is the universe seems determined to thwart Hugh... -
![A (Non) Comprehensive Guide to Sea Serpents by A.J. Sherwood]()
A (Non) Comprehensive Guide to Sea Serpents by A.J. Sherwood
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsTwo new apprentices. One charming engineer. A potential battle with both sea serpents and evil sorcerers.When Sorcerer Adrien Danvers takes on a job that leads him into the slums of England, he never imagined he’d end up with not one, but two apprentices. Despite his doubts in himself, he’s the only chance the two pre-teens have to escape their hellish life... -
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Signal Moon by Kate Quinn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA short story about an impossible connection across two centuries that could make the difference between peace or war.Yorkshire, 1943. Lily Baines, a bright young debutante increasingly ground down by an endless war, has traded in her white gloves for a set of headphones. It’s her job to intercept enemy naval communications and send them to Bletchley Park for decryption... -
![A Time to Change by Callie Langridge]()
A Time to Change by Callie Langridge
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAn abandoned English manor transports a young woman back to the Edwardian era—where love and danger await—in this time travel romance.East Midlands, England, 2013 . The once grand Hill House is now surrounded by a shabby town of pubs and chip shops. As a child, Louisa Arnold was enthralled by the tragic history of its owners, the Mandeville family... -
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![Every Hour Until Then by Gabrielle Meyer]()
Every Hour Until Then by Gabrielle Meyer
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsGifted with the ability to time-cross between Victorian-era London and World War II Washington, DC, Kathryn faces two lives fraught with danger. In 1938 amid the looming shadow of war, Kathryn is invited to the London Museum as a guest curator to create a groundbreaking exhibit on Jack the Ripper and his reign of terror...Categorized as:
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![杀破狼 [Sha Po Lang] by Priest]()
杀破狼 [Sha Po Lang] by Priest
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the age of the Great Liang Dynasty, the lives of the people were made convenient with steam-powered machines that run on a fuel named Violetstream Gold...Categorized as:
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![One Day You'll Leave Me by Debra Flores]()
One Day You'll Leave Me by Debra Flores
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat would you be willing to give up for the person you love? Your life? Your memories? Everybody and everything you've ever known? Karen Stephens is an ordinary woman living an ordinary life in the year 2010. Until the day she hears something. A song, an unfamiliar one that moves her in a way she cannot understand or explain... -
![Sea Spray by John A. Heldt]()
Sea Spray by John A. Heldt
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMonths after stealing two time machines from a madman who wants them back, the Lanes, a family of seven, seek peace and safety in 1927, the latest stop on a journey through time. For a while, each succeeds.Parents Mark and Mary find housing in affluent East Hampton, New York, where a gracious elderly couple offers use of their mansion. Son Jordan and his new wife, Jessie, plan a family...Categorized as:
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![The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis]()
The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Fiona Davis, an utterly addictive new novel that will transport you from New York City’s most glamorous party to the labyrinth streets of Cairo and back. Egypt, 1936: When anthropology student Charlotte Cross is offered a coveted spot on an archaeological dig in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, she leaps at the opportunity...Categorized as:
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![A Time to Seek by Tracy L. Higley]()
A Time to Seek by Tracy L. Higley
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHer Future Destiny is Hidden in the Ancient Past.Sahara Aldridge, a young Egyptologist in 1922, is making a name for herself on the digsite soon to become Egypt’s most sensational discovery—the tomb of the boy-king, Tutankhamun.Despite opposition from a mostly-male profession, Sahara fights to continue the legacy of her Egyptologist parents, who died tragically at sea when she was a teen...Categorized as:
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![Voices of the Dead by Ambrose Parry]()
Voices of the Dead by Ambrose Parry
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratings1854 marks the dawn of a scientific age. Queen Victoria delivers a healthy heir after receiving chloroform during labour. Florence Nightingale makes headlines as she leads a troop of middle-class women out into the war zones as nurses... -
![The Night Crossing by Robert Masello]()
The Night Crossing by Robert Masello
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBram Stoker kept secret a tale even more terrifying than Dracula. It begins among the Carpathian peaks, when an intrepid explorer discovers a mysterious golden box. She brings it back with her to the foggy streets of Victorian London, unaware of its dangerous power…or that an evil beyond imagining has already taken root in the city... -
![Unnatural Creatures: A Novel of the Frankenstein Women by Kris Waldherr]()
Unnatural Creatures: A Novel of the Frankenstein Women by Kris Waldherr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor the first time, the untold story of the three women closest to Victor Frankenstein is brought to life in a dark and sweeping reimagining of Frankenstein by the author of The Lost History of Dreams.The MotherCaroline Frankenstein will do anything to protect her family against the nightmarish revolutions engulfing 18th-century Europe...Categorized as:
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![Wormwood Abbey by Christina Baehr]()
Wormwood Abbey by Christina Baehr
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs a Victorian clergyman’s daughter, Edith Worms has seen everything — until a mythical salamander tumbles out of the fireplace into her lap. When a letter arrives from estranged relatives, Edith is swept away to a crumbling gothic Abbey in the wilds of Yorkshire... -
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![Forgetting to Remember by M.J. Rose]()
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 Winter Garden by Nicola Cornick]()
The Winter Garden by Nicola Cornick
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSweeping across generations from the 1600s to the present day and inspired by the true story of the leader of the infamous Gunpowder Plot, Nicola Cornick’s latest historical mystery combines past and present story lines that fans of Philippa Gregory and Susanna Kearsley will devour.1605: Anne Catesby fears for her family...Categorized as:
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![Rescued By The Highlander by Rebecca Preston]()
Rescued By The Highlander by Rebecca Preston
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThrust back in time to 16th century Scotland, Anna finds herself embroiled in a vicious witch hunt and growing attraction for Laird Donal… Anna Clarke has never had any problem defending herself, but her martial arts expertise can’t stop the fae from pulling her from modern times back to a festering state of unrest in the Scottish Highlands around Loch Ness...Categorized as:
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![Sleeper's Castle by Barbara Erskine]()
Sleeper's Castle by Barbara Erskine
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsTwo women, centuries apart. One endless nightmare tearing Wales apart – and only they can stop it.Sunday Times bestselling author Barbara Erskine returns to Hay in the year that marks the 30th anniversary of her sensational debut bestseller, Lady of Hay.Hay-On-Wye, 1400 – War is brewing in the Welsh borders, Catrin is on the brink of womanhood and falling in love for the first time...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... -
![Disturbing the Dead by Kelley Armstrong]()
Disturbing the Dead by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDisturbing the Dead is the latest in a unique series with one foot in the 1890s and the other in the present day. The A Rip Through Time crime novels are a genre-blending, atmospheric romp from New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong.Victorian Scotland is becoming less strange to modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson... -
![The Emperor’s Aeronaut by Shelley Adina, R.E. Scott]()
The Emperor’s Aeronaut by Shelley Adina, R.E. Scott
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNapoleon is determined to conquer the world with his steam-powered weapons. Nothing in England can stop him … except two young lady inventors.In 1819, France is surrounded by armies. With Russia in the north, the Karlsruhe Confederacy in the east, and a pirate kingdom in the south, Napoleon cannot break out, nor can the English Navy seem to break in. Europe teeters on the edge of a sword...Categorized as:
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![The Gentleman Spy by Georgina North]()
The Gentleman Spy by Georgina North
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA spy. His Ward. And a battle of wills that sparks with chemistry. After years abroad as a spy for England, an injury forces Beauden Calverleigh home. But what he finds upon his return is more captivating—and vexing—than he could have ever imagined.Emerald, the longtime ward of the Calverleigh family, has blossomed into a vision of beauty and independence during Beau's absence...Categorized as:
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![A Song for the Void by Andrew C. Piazza]()
A Song for the Void by Andrew C. Piazza
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Mind Imprisoned Is The Greatest Of Hells.1853. South China Sea. While on patrol between the Opium Wars, the crew of the steam frigate HMS Charger pursues a fleet of pirates that have been terrorizing the waters surrounding Hong Kong.But now the hunters have become the hunted. Something else has come to the South China Sea, something ancient and powerful and malevolent... -
![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... -
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![Polostan by Neal Stephenson]()
Polostan by Neal Stephenson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe first installment in Neal Stephenson’s three-part Bomb Light cycle, Polostan follows the early life of the enigmatic Dawn Rae Bjornberg. Born in the American West to a clan of cowboy anarchists, Dawn is raised in Leningrad after the Russian Revolution by her Russian father, a party line Leninist who re-christens her Aurora...Categorized as:
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![The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown]()
The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCassie Andrews works in a New York City bookshop, shelving books and making coffee for customers. Then one day one of her favorite customers dies right in front of her. Cassie is devastated. She always loved the charming old man's stories, and now she has nothing to remember him by--nothing but the last book he was reading. But this is no ordinary book--it is the Book of Doors... -
![Roaring by Lindsey Duga]()
Roaring by Lindsey Duga
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsColt Clemmons is an agent in a specialized division within the Bureau of Investigation—one that hunts down not just mobsters, but also monsters. For reasons that are kept top secret, Colt is the only person who can resist a siren's voice. But he's never had a chance to test this ability. The last siren left in the world mysteriously disappeared years ago... -
![Clockwork Butterfly by Kendra Moreno]()
Clockwork Butterfly by Kendra Moreno
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVictoria Greene would rather spend her time with machines than the high society she comes into contact with in London. She's happy with her gears and cogs, even if that means she will end up a spinster. When her father gets the funding for a trip to the Amazon to search for a mythical jewel, she jumps on the chance to come aboard as the Master Tinker... -
![Miss Ellerby and the Ferryman by Charlotte E. English]()
Miss Ellerby and the Ferryman by Charlotte E. English
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTilby, Lincolnshire, 1812. Miss Isabel Ellerby is a dutiful daughter to her loving parents, and more than happy to go along with the marriage they have planned for her. But the revelation of a long-held secret turns her neatly-arranged life upside down... -
![The Power of Love: The One by Ross J. Kinnaird]()
The Power of Love: The One by Ross J. Kinnaird
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratings'It all began... When did it begin?'Just before turning thirty, Daniel begins to experience vivid daydreams, visions of an ancient past, and connections with someone he has never met before. Moved by an unknown will and supported by his loved ones, he finds himself in the biggest adventure of his life... -
![The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley by Sean Lusk]()
The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley by Sean Lusk
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsZachary Cloudesley is gifted in a remarkable way. But not all gifts are a blessing...Leadenhall Street, London, 1754.Raised amongst the cogs and springs of his father's workshop, Zachary Cloudesley has grown up surrounded by strange and enchanting clockwork automata. He is a happy child, beloved by his father Abel and the workmen who help bring his father's creations to life...Categorized as:
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Angel Down by Daniel Kraus
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe critically acclaimed author of the “crazily enjoyable” (The New York Times) Whalefall returns with an immersive, cinematic novel about five World War I soldiers who stumble upon a fallen angel that could hold the key to ending the war... -
![Killing Time by K.J. Waters]()
Killing Time by K.J. Waters
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Strongest Hurricane in Decades Takes Aim at Florida. Will Ronnie Escape its Wrath or be Lost in Time Forever?Ronnie Andrews is lucky to be alive after a time travel glitch nearly took her life during Hurricane Frances... -
![Cthulhu'nun Çağrısı by H.P. Lovecraft]()
Cthulhu'nun Çağrısı by H.P. Lovecraft
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 40 ratings'What has risen may sink, and what has sunk may rise...'Mad, macabre tales of demonic spirits, hideous rites, ancient curses and alien entities lurking beneath the surface of rural New England, from the man who created the modern horror story... -
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![The Shadow Key by Susan Stokes-Chapman]()
The Shadow Key by Susan Stokes-Chapman
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThere's something mysterious about the village of Penhelyg. Will unlocking its truth bring light or darkness?Meirionydd, 1783. Henry Talbot has been dismissed from his post at a prestigious London hospital... -
![La Loterie et autres contes noirs by Shirley Jackson]()
La Loterie et autres contes noirs by Shirley Jackson
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsDans le monde de Shirley Jackson, rien ne paraît sortir de l'ordinaire. De petites villes, des couples, des maisons, des gens qu'on croise dans le bus ou chez l'épicier. Au premier abord, tout est normal. Puis un détail sème le doute. Un autre fait tout déraper vers des zones noires et troubles, qui suscitent une profonde inquiétude chez le lecteur... -
![A Proper Dragon by E.B. Wheeler]()
A Proper Dragon by E.B. Wheeler
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIf Phoebe's magic doesn't behave, London will be a disaster.Phoebe Hart is one of the dragon-linked, those chosen by a young dragon as a companion, who get magic in return. Her family and country neighbors have never been happy about her abilities, so she hopes to find her place in London... -
![The Frozen People by Elly Griffiths]()
The Frozen People by Elly Griffiths
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSome murders can’t be solved in just one lifetime.Ali Dawson and her cold case team investigate crimes so old, they’re frozen—or so their inside joke goes. Nobody knows that her team has a secret: they can travel back in time to look for evidence... -
![Two Past Midnight: Secret Window, Secret Garden by Stephen King, James Woods]()
Two Past Midnight: Secret Window, Secret Garden by Stephen King, James Woods
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe second of a four-part audio series from Stephen King's bestselling book, Four Past Midnight. Recently divorced writer Mort Rainey is alone at Tashmore Lake--that is, until a figure named John Shooter arrives, pointing an accusing finger... -
![The Assassin of Venice by Alyssa Palombo]()
The Assassin of Venice by Alyssa Palombo
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Renaissance courtesan must choose between love and duty in this high stakes 16th-century mystery, perfect for fans of Madeline Hunter and Rhys Bowen.Valentina Riccardi is many things: beautiful, cultured, deadly. As one of Venice’s famous courtesans, she’s perfectly positioned to seduce powerful men, get them alone, and assassinate them. Spies. Traitors... -
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The Queen's Spade by Sarah Raughley
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this riveting historical thriller that’s loosely inspired by true life events, The Count of Monte Cristo meets Bridgerton as revenge, romance, and twisted secrets take center stage in Victorian England’s royal court when Sally, a kidnapped African princess and goddaughter to Queen Victoria, plots her way to take down the monarchy that stole her from her homeland...Categorized as:
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![The Wehrwolf by Alma Katsu]()
The Wehrwolf by Alma Katsu
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAlma Katsu, the visionary author of The Fervor, The Hunger, and The Deep, brings readers a terrifying short story about monsters among men—and the thin lines that divide them.Germany, 1945. In the waning days of World War II, the Nazis have been all but defeated. Uwe Fuchs, never a fighter, feels fortunate to have avoided the front lines as he cared for his widowed mother... -
![A Botanist's Guide to Rituals and Revenge by Kate Khavari]()
A Botanist's Guide to Rituals and Revenge by Kate Khavari
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBrilliant botanist Saffron Everleigh faces her hardest challenge yet when she returns to her childhood home in the fourth book in the charming Saffron Everleigh mystery series. “A cleverly plotted puzzle” (Ashley Weaver) in the vein of Opium and Absinthe, this is perfect for fans of Rhys Bowen and Sujata Massey... -
![Head Like a Hole by Andrew Van Wey]()
Head Like a Hole by Andrew Van Wey
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen you bury your past make sure that it’s dead.It’s the mid-nineties. Grunge and flannel are fading as the Spice Girls and Hot Topic conquer the malls. Cherry gloss glistens on the lips of the youth. Modems hiss as America comes online.And in a fog-drenched cove at the edge of New England, something terrible awakens when a fisherman reels in a gruesome catch: the remains of a young woman...Categorized as:
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![One Good Turn by Sarah Wallace]()
One Good Turn by Sarah Wallace
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA reformed thief, a magical viscount,And one good deed that will change a life forever.In the underbelly of London, Nell Birks longs to escape the world of poverty and crime. When she rescues a wealthy gentleman from a gang of thieves, Nell is tasked with robbing the powerful spellcaster Viscount Finlington — as recompense for stealing a mark from a notorious crime lord... -
![The Poppy and the Rose by Ashlee Cowles]()
The Poppy and the Rose by Ashlee Cowles
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1912: Ava Knight, a teen heiress, boards the Titanic to escape the shadow of her unstable mother and to fulfill her dream of becoming a photographer in New York. During the journey she meets three people who will change her life: a handsome sailor, a soldier in the secret Black Hand society that will trigger World War I, and a woman with clairvoyant abilities... -
![Let the Dead Bury the Dead by Allison Epstein]()
Let the Dead Bury the Dead by Allison Epstein
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn urgent, immersive alternate history set in an imperial Russia on the brink of disaster, following a surprising cast of characters seeking a better future as Saint Petersburg struggles in the wake of Napoleon's failed invasion.Saint Petersburg, 1812. Russian forces have defeated Napoleon at great cost, and the tsar's empire is once again at peace... -
![A Carriger Quartet by Gail Carriger]()
A Carriger Quartet by Gail Carriger
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFour original, unabridged, full-cast productions of Gail Carriger's most beloved fantasy short stories:"The Curious Case of the Werewolf That Wasn't, the Mummy That Was, and the Cat in the Jar": A mummified cat, a secret agent, and an aristocrat entangle Alessandro Tarraboti (father of Alexia Tarraboti from the Parasol Protectorate series) in a rollicking, wry adventure into the supernatural...Categorized as:
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The Raptures by Carson Jan
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen several children from the same village start succumbing to a mysterious illness, the quest to discover the cause has devastating and extraordinary consequences.It is late June in Ballylack. Hannah Adger anticipates eight long weeks' reprieve from school, but when her classmate Ross succumbs to a violent and mysterious illness, it marks the beginning of a summer like no other...Categorized as:
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![The Barbed Crown: An Ethan Gage Adventure by William Dietrich]()
The Barbed Crown: An Ethan Gage Adventure by William Dietrich
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Barbed Crown by William Dietrich has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher...Categorized as:
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