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Bad Moon by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsBOOK 4 IN THE GRIPPING SUPERNATURAL SERIES BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE CHRONICLES OF ST MARY'S. I will send the serpent. I always send the serpent. It's kind of my signature move. Things are not going well for Elizabeth Cage. It all started with the Christmas she can't quite remember. There's blood on her doorstep every morning. Something unpleasant is heading her way... -
Breaking and Entering 101 by Honor Raconteur
Since Jamie and Henri agreed to be Kingsmen consultants, they’d not had much call to actually consult. Which is a fortuitous thing, as Henri is up to his neck in labwork and interviews for a new Magical Examiner due to Sanderson’s departing. He is hardly in any position to add more tasks onto his shoulders. Which, naturally, means two disasters strike at once... -
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The Kraken King by Meljean Brook
A 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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Maelstrom by Jordan L. Hawk
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsBetween his father’s sudden—and rather suspicious—generosity, and his own rash promise to help Christine plan her wedding, Percival Endicott Whyborne has quite enough to worry about. But when the donation of a mysterious codex to the Ladysmith Museum draws the attention of a murderous cult, Whyborne finds himself in a race against time to unlock its secrets first... -
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Hoarfrost by Jordan L. Hawk
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsSorcerer Percival Endicott Whyborne and his husband Griffin Flaherty have enjoyed an unprecedented stretch of peace and quiet. Unfortunately, the calm is shattered by the arrival of a package from Griffin’s brother Jack, who has uncovered a strange artifact while digging for gold in Alaska. The discovery of a previously unknown civilization could revive the career of their friend Dr... -
The Belial Origins by R.D. Brady
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsRevelations, death and destiny. The three forces have Delaney McPhearson's life for the last two years. But the greatest revelation is yet to come . . . and the greatest sacrifice. A powerful relic was hidden eons ago to protect mankind. If it’s uncovered, our world will change forever. But the Fallen are on its trail. And they’re not the only ones...Categorized as:
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Vampire Chronicles: Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice, Robert O'Keefe
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsThe ornate, casket-like packaging and neogothic graphic design of this immortal trilogy is eerily enticing on its own. But just lift the lid, slide the first tape from its ghostly sleeve, and you'll soon embrace the hypnotic realm of the undead. Book 1, Interview with the Vampire, opens with the seductive purr of F... -
Charms and Death and Explosions by Honor Raconteur
A dead charm maker is only the beginning. Humanity seems determined to come up with increasingly clever ways to murder one another. They seize upon new technological advances in a way that’s alarming, their creativity and blood-thirstiness knowing no bounds... -
Heir of Uncertain Magic by Charlie N. Holmberg
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsOne man is on a journey to unravel his magical lineage in the next novel of the Whimbrel House series. Thanks to house tamer Hulda Larkin, the mischief infesting Whimbrel House has calmed. But if Hulda’s job is done, what does that mean for Merritt Fernsby, inheritor of the remote Narragansett Bay estate, who’s only now coming to terms with his enchanted place in the world? -
Disturbing the Dead by Kelley Armstrong
Disturbing 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... -
A Death at the Dionysus Club by Melissa Scott, Amy Griswold
In the sequel to Lambda Literary Award-winning Death by Silver, metaphysician Ned Mathey and private detective Julian Lynes again challenge magical and murderous threats in a Victorian London not quite the city in our history books. Mathey is recruited by Scotland Yard to assist the new Metaphysical Crimes Squad in the case of a literally heartless corpse... -
Dead of Night by J.D. Robb, Mary Blayney
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsNora Roberts, writing as J. D. Robb, puts futuristic lieutenant Eve Dallas in a supernatural showdown with a most seductive criminal: a vampire. An ancient coin whisks an American woman and a modern-day earl into the past-and into each other's arms-in a stirring tale from Mary Blayney...Categorized as:
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Dance of the Gods by Nora Roberts
With one vampire determined to rule the earth, the Circle of Six prepares to battle for their lives—and their hearts. .. Blair Murphy has always worked alone. Destined to be a demon hunter in a world that doesn't believe in such things, she lives for the kill. But now, she finds herself the warrior in a circle of six, chosen by the goddess Morrigan to defeat the vampire Lilith and her minions... -
Bump in the Night by J.D. Robb, Mary Blayney
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsToday's most provocative authors, including Mary Blayney, Ruth Ryan Langan, and Mary Kay McComan, present new stories of paranormal romance. Includes a new Lt. Eve Dallas story by #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Nora Roberts, writing as J. D. Robb. Original. Including. Haunted In Death by J. D. Robb. Poppy's Coin by Mary Blayney. The Passenger by Ruth Rayn Langan...Categorized as:
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A Matter of Secrets and Spies by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHow many ways can a marriage proposal go wrong? One: the ring gets stolen. Two: a storm destroys the beach. Three: a dead body, seriously? Four: A THEFT RING? ! Come hell or highwater, he WILL propose before leaving this benighted island. -
Delicious Death by Byrd Nash
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThwarting an assassination wasn’t on the menu. Elinor’s holiday is nearly ruined when a poisoner targets the king and what’s even more irritating? Tristan Fontaine, the Duke de Archambeau, thinks to solve the case before she can! Between saving a society lady’s reputation, comforting a girl with a ghostly brother, and conducting a séance for a widow, Elinor has her hands full... -
Wolf Who Rules by Wen Spencer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe popular fantasy novel Tinker introduced the inventor-heroine of the same name, who lives in a near-future Pittsburgh, which shares an interdimensional border with the land of the elves. In this sequel, Wolf Who Rules , the elven noble whose destiny is intertwined with Tinker, finds himself besieged from all sides...Categorized as:
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Ghost Talker by Byrd Nash
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsElinor Chalamet’s talent to speak with the dead may have landed her in the soup. Witty and clever, Elinor uses her mediumship skills to hunt for her father’s killer. So when a body in the canal brings her to the morgue, she’s happy to help until Tristan Fontaine, the Duke de Archambeau, takes over the case and places her under house arrest... -
Tethered by Meljean Brook
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 25 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... -
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
Kell is one of the last Antari—magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons; Red, Grey, White, and, once upon a time, Black...Categorized as:
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Guardian Spirits by Jordan L. Hawk
Psychic medium Vincent Night and his lover Henry Strauss have spent months striving to uncover the dark secret harbored by Vincent’s dead mentor, James Dunne. Their only clue comes from a journal: Dunne was seeking to restore the Grand Harmonium, an artifact meant to breach the walls between life and death... -
Foul Days by Genoveva Dimova
As a witch in the walled city of Chernograd, Kosara has plenty of practice taming rusalkas, fighting kikimoras, and brewing lycanthrope repellent. There’s only one monster Kosara can’t defeat: her ex the Zmey, known as the Tsar of Monsters. She’s defied him one too many times, and now he’s hunting her...Categorized as:
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Fantasy by Christine Feehan, Sabrina Jeffries
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsWhere Do Your Fantasies Take You? Under the blazing heat of the Borneo sun. .. . .. a beautiful naturalist's dream comes true--to live among the feral jungle creatures. But an untamed, irresistible beast of another sort forces her to explore her own wild side. In an exclusive gentleman's club in Victorian London. .. . .. adventurous ladies are available to the highest bidder... -
Seeing Darkness by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsShe’s being murdered. It was supposed to be a fun girls’ weekend in Salem, but when a past-life regression session instead sends a terrifying vision of murder to Kylie Connelly, she’s shaken and doesn’t know what to think. Worse, later she identifies the attacker from her vision: he’s a prominent local politician... -
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Quicksilver by Amanda Quick
In the New York Times-bestselling author's latest Arcane Society novel, a paranormal killer pushes an unlikely duo's powers and passions to the limit. Virginia Dean wakes at midnight beside a dead body, with a bloody knife in her hand and no memory of the evening's events. Dark energy, emanating from the mirrors lining the room, overpowers her senses... -
Inner Demons by Stacia Stark
He’s an arrogant control freak. I’m a stubborn, loose cannon. We’re a match made in hell. Luckily, that’s Samael's hometown. After the Mage Council publicly excised me, I've finally got my first real case. And I've even taken on a brand-new employee: A werewolf with impulse control issues. But my sister just lost everyone she loves, and she’s begging me to ask Samael for help...Categorized as:
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Valour and Vanity by Mary Robinette Kowal
Acclaimed fantasist Mary Robinette Kowal has enchanted many fans with her beloved novels featuring a Regency setting in which magic--known here as glamour--is real. In Valour and Vanity, master glamourists Jane and Vincent find themselves in the sort of a magical adventure that might result if Jane Austen wrote Ocean's Eleven... -
Immortal by Morning by Lynsay Sands
Being an immortal rogue enforcer is never easy. But when human bones are found buried in a residential garden—and they happen to be discovered by your life mate—things get even more complicated in this latest installment of the Argeneau vampire series. Crispinus Delacort is an immortal rogue enforcer and a homicide detective... -
Mina Wentworth and the Invisible City by Meljean Brook
Eight months after The Iron Duke, can their marriage survive a new danger? After Mina is called in to investigate the murder of an aristocratic bounder, her husband Rhys—known to the world as the Iron Duke—must overcome his fear for his new bride before his need to protect her tears them apart... -
Mastered by the Sea Marquis by SJ Sanders
Dear Miss Margaret Phillips, at the bequest of your uncle sir Robert Bishop, the Baron of Westlap, your attendance is requested for the season. However, on account of your undisciplined rearing, fascination with the otherworldly, and ruined status for matrimonial union, Her Majesty is in agreement with your uncle but has deemed you of unsuitable prospects... -
Tall & Dark by Suzannah Rowntree
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsGhosts, grifters…and a missing heir in 1890s Europe. It’s easier to conduct a séance when the dead aren’t trying to contact you. As Molly Dark knows all too well, the problem with being able to see ghosts is that they never tell you what you wish to know. For instance, how a proper young lady like Miss Dark is supposed to support an impoverished family after her father has died a ruined man... -
Heart of Steel by Meljean Brook
The Iron Duke introduced the gritty, alluring adventure of the Iron Seas, where nanotech fuses with Victorian sensibilities—and steam. As the mercenary captain of Lady Corsair , Yasmeen has learned to keep her heart as cold as steel, her only loyalty bound to her ship and her crew...Categorized as:
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Without a Summer by Mary Robinette Kowal
Up-and-coming fantasist Mary Robinette Kowal enchanted fans with award-winning short stories and beloved novels featuring Regency pair Jane Ellsworth and Vincent. In Without a Summer the master glamourists return home, but in a world where magic is real, nothing—even the domestic sphere—is quite what it seems... -
Possession by C.J. Archer
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWhen the ghost of a notorious killer possesses the body of an upper class youth, London's pre-eminent medium, Emily Chambers, must exorcise it before the spirit goes on a rampage. As if this isn't distraction enough, she must fight her feelings for brooding ghost, Jacob Beaufort, who doesn't like the new man in her life - the handsome and very much alive, Theodore Hyde...Categorized as:
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Burning Lamp by Amanda Quick, Jayne Ann Krentz
The Arcane Society was born in turmoil, when the friendship of its two founders evolved into a fierce rivalry. Nicholas Winters’s efforts led to the creation of a device of unknown powers called the Burning Lamp. Each generation, the Winters man who inherits it is destined to develop multiple talents — and the curse of madness... -
A Golden Grave: A Rose Gallagher Mystery by Erin Lindsey
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe follow-up to Murder on Millionaires' Row , Erin Lindsey's second historical mystery follows Rose Gallagher as she tracks a killer with shocking abilities through Gilded Age Manhattan. Rose Gallagher always dreamed of finding adventure, so her new life as a freshly-minted Pinkerton agent ought to be everything she ever wanted... -
Nobody's Sweetheart Now by Maggie Robinson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratings"A lively debut filled with local color, red herrings, both sprightly and spritely characters, a smidgen of social commentary, and a climactic surprise. " —Kirkus Reviews. A delightful English cozy series begins in August 1924...Categorized as:
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The Train by Cari Z.
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAnton Seiber, journeyman thaumaturge, has finally escaped his dead-end job identifying bodies in the morgues of London. He’s off to seek a brighter future…or he would be, if he hadn’t just been robbed, mugged, and turned away from the only train that will help him reach that future on time... -
The Angel of Khan el-Khalili by P. Djèlí Clark
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA girl visits a bazaar in Cairo, seeking a favor from a mysterious angelic being. This story first appeared in the anthology Clockwork Cairo: Steampunk Tales of Egypt. -
Pawn of the Phoenix by Jamie McLachlan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsBraxton, 1903. The serial killer known only as the Phoenix continues to roam the streets and a new victim falls prey. For Moira and Detective Keenan Edwards, still on the hunt for the Phoenix, the rules have changed. The killer remains beyond their grasp. Moira is willing to give into her fierce attraction to Keenan...Categorized as:
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The Clockwork Menace by Bec McMaster
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsFriends, partners, and professionals. So just why is this case coming between them? In a Victorian London ruled by the blood-drinking elite, Perry Lowell is a logical and accomplished Nighthawk: a rogue blue blood who tracks murderers and thieves for the Guild... -
The Mystery Woman by Amanda Quick
Beatrice Lockwood, one of the intrepid ladies of Lantern Street, is in the middle of a case when her past comes back to haunt her. Joshua North, a former spy for the Crown, has come out of a self-imposed retirement after a disastrous case that left him scarred and forced to use a cane. He is hunting the villain who is blackmailing his sister... -
Doctor D'Arco, Sorcerer of London by Kathryn Colvin
A dark sorcerer. His widowed apprentice. A Victorian Gothic Romance for all time. In the midnight fog of Victorian London, the young widow Elizabeth Buckingham was destitute and alone, sustained only by her vow of revenge against whoever—or whatever—caused her Egyptologist husband’s uncanny demise...Categorized as:
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The Werewolf of Whitechapel by Suzannah Rowntree
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMurder, monsters…and a disreputable lady’s-maid on a mission. A killer prowls the grimy streets of Whitechapel. Scotland Yard seems determined to turn a blind eye. But with one look at her best friend's corpse, Liz Sharp knows the truth: the killer is a werewolf, one of the monsters that rules Europe. If she doesn't hold the monster accountable, no one else will... -
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The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova
The Montoyas are used to a life without explanations. They know better than to ask why the pantry never seems to run low or empty, or why their matriarch won’t ever leave their home in Four Rivers—even for graduations, weddings, or baptism... -
Second Sight by Amanda Quick, Jayne Ann Krentz
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsVenetia Milton earns big bucks photographing the artifacts owned by the brooding Gabriel Jones, whom she also manages to seduce, but when she returns home and hears that reputedly he is dead, you can imagine her surprise when he winds up on her doorstep very much alive and afraid for his life. 125,000 first printing. -
The Viscount's Son by Aderyn Wood
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Viscount's Son is the first book (a novella) in a dark paranormal mystery trilogy (VAMPIRE FICTION). I have the most terrible feeling I will see him tonight. And if that happens, what else will come? Book conservator, Emma, loves historical mysteries, and when she gets her hands on a Sixteenth Century diary, she launches a secret online project – to transcribe the ancient text... -
The Midnight Carousel by Fiza Saeed McLynn
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe Night Circus meets Water for Elephants in this enchanting, darkly glittering story of grief, obsession, revenge, and enduring love. Come children, come children from far and near. Come choose your steed, you galloping knights, to enjoy the fun of the carousel . . . 1920, Chicago. Maisie Marlowe has come to America for a fresh start... -
The Perilous Prophecy of Guard and Goddess by Leanna Renee Hieber
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Goddess:. In the beginning, there were lovers: a winged deity of power and light, and a queen of grace and beauty. Phoenix was murdered, his beloved stolen away to the Whisper-world. But their passion inspired the Muses. Through great sacrifice, it could live again. The Guard:. There are always six, mortal hosts for the divine... -
Heart's Blood by Gail Dayton
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMaster conjurer Grey Carteret regains consciousness in a London gutter next to a concerned street urchin and not far from the body of a man murdered by magic. Some fool is hoping to use murder to raise a demon. Arrested for the crime, Grey must rely on the street urchin for help. But the lad turns out to be a comely lass, and she wants something in exchange...
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