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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...Categorized as:
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![Lies, Damned Lies, and History by Jodi Taylor]()
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...Categorized as:
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![The Kraken King and the Crumbling Walls by Meljean Brook]()
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...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... -
![Reticence by Gail Carriger]()
Reticence by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsBookish and proper Percival Tunstell finds himself out of his depth when floating cities, spirited plumbing, and soggy biscuits collide in this delightful conclusion to NYT bestselling author Gail Carriger's The Custard Protocol series.Percival Tunstell loves that his sister and her best friend are building themselves a family of misfits aboard their airship, The Spotted Custard...Categorized as:
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The Kraken King by Meljean Brook
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 26 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. Unsure if she's a spy or a pawn in someone else's game, Ariq isn't about to let her out of his sight until he finds out...Categorized as:
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![The Gangster by C.S. Poe]()
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... -
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Manners & Mutiny by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsIf one must flirt...flirt with danger. Lessons in the art of espionage aboard Mademoiselle Geraldine's floating dirigible have become tedious without Sophronia's sweet sootie Soap nearby. She would much rather be using her skills to thwart the dastardly Picklemen, yet her concerns about their wicked intentions are ignored, and now she's not sure whom to trust... -
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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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![The Carnelian Crow by Colleen Gleason]()
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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![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... -
![How to Marry a Werewolf by Gail Carriger]()
How to Marry a Werewolf by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsGuilty of an indiscretion? Time to marry a werewolf.WEREWOLVESThe monsters left Faith ruined in the eyes of society, so now they’re her only option. Rejected by her family, Faith crosses the Atlantic, looking for a marriage of convenience and revenge.But things are done differently in London. Werewolves are civilized. At least they pretend to be...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... -
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![Waistcoats & Weaponry by Gail Carriger]()
Waistcoats & Weaponry by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsSophronia continues her second year at finishing school in style—with a steel-bladed fan secreted in the folds of her ball gown, of course. Such a fashionable choice of weapon comes in handy when Sophronia, her best friend Dimity, sweet sootie Soap, and the charming Lord Felix Mersey stowaway on a train to return their classmate Sidheag to her werewolf pack in Scotland... -
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Defy or Defend by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsA vampire hive descending into madness. A beautiful spy with a sparkly plan. The bodyguard who must keep them from killing each other.New York Times bestselling romantic comedy author Gail Carriger brings you a charming story of love, espionage, and Gothic makeovers set in her popular Parasolverse...Categorized as:
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![The Fourth Mandate by Vered Ehsani]()
The Fourth Mandate by Vered Ehsani
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Beatrice Knight is as delightful as Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody…” “Her handy cane is like a Swiss Army Knife on steroids…” “Wonderfully different, quirky & had me laughing out loud …” Having offered her firm and unequivocal resignation, Beatrice Knight is certain she is clear of her former employer, the Society for Paranormals, and is now free to proceed with her life and a wedding... -
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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... -
![Curtsies & Conspiracies by Gail Carriger]()
Curtsies & Conspiracies by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsDoes one need four fully grown foxgloves for decorating a dinner table for six guests? Or is it six foxgloves to kill four fully grown guests?Sophronia's first year at Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality has certainly been rousing! For one thing, finishing school is training her to be a spy--won't Mumsy be surprised? Furthermore, Sophronia got mixed up in an...Categorized as:
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![Tethered by Meljean Brook]()
Tethered by Meljean Brook
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSurviving on the treacherous Iron Seas requires a heart of steel…but how can Yasmeen hope to survive when her heart has already been stolen by Archimedes Fox…?Tethered along the south dock of Port Fallow, Captain Yasmeen Corsair’s magnificent new airship, Lady Nergüi, awaits its departure with adventurer and treasure-hunter Archimedes Fox... -
![Meat Cute: The Hedgehog Incident by Gail Carriger]()
Meat Cute: The Hedgehog Incident by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA Parasol Protectorate Prequel ShortFrom the comedic mind of New York Times bestseller Gail Carriger comes the much requested prequel short story to Soulless.Alexia Tarabotti attends what appears to be a very dull London party, until the new werewolf Alpha turns up, is unconscionably rude to her, and sits on a hedgehog...Categorized as:
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![Romancing the Werewolf by Gail Carriger]()
Romancing the Werewolf by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWerewolf in trouble... Biffy, newly minted Alpha of the London Pack, is not having a good Christmas. His Beta abandoned him, his werewolves object to his curtain choices, and someone keeps leaving babies on his doorstep.Professor Randolph Lyall returns home to London after twenty years abroad, afraid of what he might find...Categorized as:
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![Of Silk and Steam by Bec McMaster]()
Of Silk and Steam by Bec McMaster
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsEnemies. Allies. Lovers.When her beloved father was assassinated, Lady Aramina swore revenge. The man responsible is well beyond her grasp, but his dangerously seductive heir, Leo Barrons, is fair game. When Mina obtains evidence proving that Leo is illegitimate, she has the means to destroy both the killer and his son, a man who troubles her heart and tempts her body...Categorized as:
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![Timeless by Gail Carriger]()
Timeless by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsAlexia Tarabotti, Lady Maccon, has settled into domestic bliss. Of course, being Alexia, such bliss involves integrating werewolves into London High society, living in a vampire's second best closet, and coping with a precocious toddler who is prone to turning supernatural willy-nilly. Until, that is, she receives a summons that cannot be ignored... -
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![My Lady Quicksilver by Bec McMaster]()
My Lady Quicksilver by Bec McMaster
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDetermined to destroy the Echelon she despises, Rosalind Fairchild is on seemingly easy mission. Get in. Uncover the secrets of her brother's disappearance. And get out.In order to infiltrate the Nighthawks and find their leader, Sir Jasper Lynch, Rosalind will pose as their secretary...Categorized as:
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![The Nightshade Cabal by Chris Patrick Carolan]()
The Nightshade Cabal by Chris Patrick Carolan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 2 ratingsAll Isaac Barrow wants is to be left alone to pursue his supernatural research and tinker with his inventions. But when you’re the only technomancer openly practicing the craft in 1880s Halifax, trouble has a way of finding you... -
![Touchstone Season One - Complete eBook Box Set by Andy Conway]()
Touchstone Season One - Complete eBook Box Set by Andy Conway
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 3 ratingsAll six novels in one ebook collection! Massive saving over buying the series separately! "I believe it’s one of the best series of its kind.” "Had me hooked from start to finish... It’s a magnificent story...Categorized as:
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![Madman's Dance by Jana Oliver]()
Madman's Dance by Jana Oliver
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 4 ratingsHistory is melting down, courtesy of a multi-century plot to bring the Transitive shape-shifters to power. Only Time Rover Jacynda Lassiter can set things back on course, but that will be difficult. She's been abandoned in a Victorian insane asylum with no memory of who she is. Her two Victorian friends are facing equal difficulties: Dr...Categorized as:
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![High Vaultage by Chris Sugden]()
High Vaultage by Chris Sugden
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 4 ratingsEVEN GREATER LONDON, 1887.An uninterrupted urban plane encompassing the entire lower half of England and, for complex reasons, only the upper third of the Isle of Wight. The immense Tower casts electricity through the sky, powering the mind-boggling mechanisms of the city... -
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Nonsuch Lure by Mary M. Luke
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBeyond Chance,Beyond Time,Beyond Forgetting...The 18th-century journal of a young man's tragic love affair...The four-hundred-year-old portrait of a beautiful woman, inexplicably familiar...Wealthy jet-setter Andrew Moffat is led to the ruined walls of a [16]th-century palace by what seems an alluring series of coincidences...Categorized as:
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![Sojourn by Jana Oliver]()
Sojourn by Jana Oliver
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsLondon, September 1888. An aged Queen Victoria rules. The threat of anarchy hovers in the air. A new kind of evil lurks in the back alleys of Whitechapel. Enter Jacynda Lassiter, a Time Rover on a mission find an overdue tourist' and return him to 2057 before he changes history. Victorian London is a dangerous place for the unwary... -
![The Zeppelin Deception by Colleen Gleason]()
The Zeppelin Deception by Colleen Gleason
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMina Holmes and Evaline Stoker return in their final and most exciting adventure together. Will the Ankh be brought to justice? What will happen now that we know Pix’s real identity? And what about Dylan? . . -
![Peacemaker by Lindsay Buroker]()
Peacemaker by Lindsay Buroker
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHalf-breed tinkerer Kali McAlister doesn’t care that the gold rush has stormed into Dawson and prospectors are flooding the north—all she wants is to finish construction of her airship, so she can escape the Yukon and see the world...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...Categorized as:
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![The Chess Queen Enigma by Colleen Gleason]()
The Chess Queen Enigma by Colleen Gleason
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAnd then she mouthed a word at me—an unmistakable word that told me everything I needed to know. “Checkmate.”Evaline Stoker & Mina Holmes have reluctantly agreed to act as social chaperones and undercover bodyguards for Princess Lurelia of Betrovia, who has arrived in London to deliver a letter that details the secret location of an ancient chess queen that’s been missing for centuries... -
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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... -
![Forged by Desire by Bec McMaster]()
Forged by Desire by Bec McMaster
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA fear she can't escape....Nine years ago, Perry fled her thrall contract to find sanctuary among the Nighthawks. In that time, she's become a respected member of the Guard, and she's wanted Garrett Reed for as long as she can remember. But when a new case takes a chillingly familiar turn, Perry finds herself once again in the path of a madman...only this time, there's nowhere left to run...Categorized as:
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![Competence by Gail Carriger]()
Competence by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger comes the delightful sequel to Imprudence.Accidentally abandoned!All alone in Singapore, proper Miss Primrose Tunstell must steal helium to save her airship, the Spotted Custard, in a scheme involving a lovesick werecat and a fake fish tail.When she uncovers rumors of a new kind of vampire, Prim and the Custard crew embark on a mission to Peru...Categorized as:
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![The Doomsday Code by Alex Scarrow]()
The Doomsday Code by Alex Scarrow
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsLiam O’Connor should have died at sea in 1912.Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010.Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026.But all three have been given a second chance—to work for an agency that no one knows exists. Its purpose: to prevent time travel destroying history..Categorized as:
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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... -
![Time's Echo by Rysa Walker]()
Time's Echo by Rysa Walker
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA Kindle exclusive novella, set in the world of Rysa Walker's Timebound. Kiernan Dunne abandoned his family ties to help Kate fight the Cyrists, and he's never regretted that for one moment. But he doesn't understand why Kate can't remember that night in 1893 Chicago, when she turned back to face the killer chasing them through the smoky corridors of the World's Fair Hotel...Categorized as:
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