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The Reckoning by Vanessa Nelson
Missing girls. A plea for help she can’t ignore. An ancient enemy with plans of his own. Nine-year-old girls are missing from across the lands. Yvonne has promised to find them, and she always keeps her promises. Even when she doesn’t know where to start looking. There’s more trouble around. Mercenaries are disappearing... -
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Murder at the Seven Dials by Cara Devlin
A murdered opera singer. A duke drenched in her blood. For Bow Street Officer Hugh Marsden, the brutal killing is a straightforward case. Ever since his exile from polite society, the chance to arrest a high and mighty peer of the realm has never presented itself. Hugh won’t snub the opportunity now...Categorized as:
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![An Imperfect Gentleman by Wendy Vella]()
An Imperfect Gentleman by Wendy Vella
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsRuined in the eyes of society, and removed from the only world they’d ever known, the Nightingale siblings vow never to be victims again. They will build their new life on what they’d once ignored. Being a clairvoyant is an excellent survival skill. A power he vows will not control him…. After society turned its back on the Nightingales, Alexander knew it was time to face what he’d always denied... -
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Lycans and Legends by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsSomeone is trying to assassinate the Queen. After stopping a mysterious preternatural assailant wielding an enchanted dagger, Clemeny is on the hunt. Why is someone after Victoria? To find answers, Clemeny Louvel must travel to the one place she’s been avoiding, the Summer Country. Among the mist and standing stones, secrets about her case—and herself—are hiding... -
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![The Searching by Vanessa Nelson]()
The Searching by Vanessa Nelson
Oath-sworn to help those in need, Yvonne has been framed for murder. Tracking down those responsible for the destruction of the Stone Walls was a difficult enough task, but someone has made it much harder. The King is dead, and Yvonne is accused of his murder... -
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The Rising by Vanessa Nelson
Can Yvonne stand against the darkness and win? Yvonne is looking forward to spending time with her adoptive children, and catching her breath after recent adventures. But nothing goes to plan. Her journey home is interrupted by an unexpected attack, and when she does get back to the house, her son is missing... -
![Asylum for a Duchess by Nellie H. Steele]()
Asylum for a Duchess by Nellie H. Steele
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen her haunting past returns, will it destroy her future? Lenora Fletcher brims with joy. Embracing motherhood, the young woman is determined to give her child the love and attention she never received. But a chance meeting with her assumed-to-be deceased father rips away her happiness and plunges her into roiling confusion... -
![The Venetian Heretic: 'The Master of Historical Fiction' Sunday Times by Christian Cameron]()
The Venetian Heretic: 'The Master of Historical Fiction' Sunday Times by Christian Cameron
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsVenice is alive with the magic and bustle of Carnevale. A city of mysterious masks and gorgeous palaces, of riches, patricians, intellectuals and artists. And amidst it all, something new is being magnificent voices are soaring above the spires, astonishing costumes are being crafted, and audiences are being transported, for the first time, by the power of the Opera... -
![Spirit Guide by Byrd Nash]()
Spirit Guide by Byrd Nash
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAre missing girls linked to a mysterious séance where ghosts become real? When a nobleman’s daughter goes missing, Elinor Chalamet and Tristain Fontaine, the Duke de Archambeau, must work together to discover who has kidnapped her and why... -
![The Rebellious Rake by Wendy Vella]()
The Rebellious Rake by Wendy Vella
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA gentleman with a past, and a society Miss who is firmly on the shelf. After his father's death, Ramsey Hellion returns to England to escape the hell of his past. But the moment he meets Miss Flora Thomas, his carefully constructed world unravels. Beautiful, and fiercely independent, Flora wants nothing to do with him... -
![Touching Time by B.W. Haggart]()
Touching Time by B.W. Haggart
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsVictoria Covington is mysteriously propelled two hundred years into the future. She must not only learn to live in the 21st century, but also keep her beloved Belton Park from being sold to a handsome, but ungentlemanly American, who simply wants the estate to further his own business plans... -
![Letter to a Duchess by Nellie H. Steele]()
Letter to a Duchess by Nellie H. Steele
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOnly she can prove his innocence, but will it make her the killer’s next victim? Lenora Fletcher’s new role as Duchess of Blackmoore is put to the test when her brother-in-law is framed for murder. Desperate for help, he begs her to use her power to communicate with the dead to prove his innocence... -
![Shadow Schemes by Tilly Wallace]()
Shadow Schemes by Tilly Wallace
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA lost child will uncover old secrets. .. . After her triumphant performance as goddess of the night at a royal banquet, Sera is instructed by the Mage Council to stay out of public sight. She is tasked with settling a restless spirit who has been roused by the fate of a descendant... -
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The Unforgiven by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA tragic past. An uncertain future. Twelve years after the grisly murder of her parents, Kaitlyn Delaney has finally found peace. She has friends, a good job, a place to call home and a new life to live. But then a shadow creeps in from Katie’s past, reminding her that she will never completely escape its terrifying grip... -
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![The Potent Perfume by Helen Goltz]()
The Potent Perfume by Helen Goltz
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMiss Phoebe Astin of The Economic Undertaker found herself charmed by the recently deceased perfume salesman, Mr Edward 'Teddy' Tate, as were many of his former clients... -
![I Dreamt of Netherfield: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Lin Mei Wei]()
I Dreamt of Netherfield: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Lin Mei Wei
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Elizabeth Bennet walks three miles to Netherfield to look after her beloved sister, she wishes for nothing more but to see Jane restored to health and to Longbourn. What she most certainly does not want is to be continuously thrown into increasingly dangerous adventures with the arrogant Mr. Darcy... -
![Shifter Agents by Nancy Corrigan]()
Shifter Agents by Nancy Corrigan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMeet four alpha shifters who know their way around the darkness. .. They know pleasures can be found in the shadows. Danger, too. But they will do anything—risk everything—to lure their chosen mates into the dark. And once they have the keepers of their soul wrapped in the veil of night, they'll never—ever—let them go. Rescued - One bad choice landed me in a lifetime of servitude... -
![Mercury Raine: a Whisper in the Wind by Sarah M. Eden]()
Mercury Raine: a Whisper in the Wind by Sarah M. Eden
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMercury Raine is the most sought-after ghost broker in all the kingdom, with more ghosts than anyone knows and more secrets than one person should have. With a dangerous past threatening to catch up with him, Mercury has taken on the goliath task of training his new neighbor, Tacey Wilde, in the ghost brokering trade... -
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Dreaming Death by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSWEET DREAMS AREN’T MADE OF THIS. Ever since she was a child, Stacey Hanson has had strange dreams—and sometimes they come true. Her skills and experience led her straight to the FBI’s Krewe of Hunters. Now a serial killer is stalking Washington, DC, and people are scared. And it will be Stacey’s first case... -
![Opening Gambit by Tilly Wallace]()
Opening Gambit by Tilly Wallace
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis pawn is going to take control of the game…. Seraphina Winyard is an abomination—a female mage. The first magic wielder of her sex to reach adulthood in three hundred years, she is treated like a zoological exhibit and leads a restricted life. Determined to escape and control her own destiny, she seizes a chance for freedom. But when her guardian is murdered, suspicion falls on the young mage... -
![The Forbidden by Heather Graham]()
The Forbidden by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShe is someone's darkest desire. Playing the victim of a vampire king on an island off New Orleans is actress Avalon Morgan’s creepiest role to date. It’s also scary good fun—until the victim of a real killer is discovered on set, laid out for all to see. With production shut down, Avalon can’t stop thinking about the chilling crime scene, or Finley Stirling, the FBI agent working the case... -
![Curse of the Nandi by Vered Ehsani]()
Curse of the Nandi by Vered Ehsani
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsJane Austen meets Lara Croft: a paranormal detective refuses to let danger and death inconvenience her in colonial Kenya. Mrs. Knight's most exciting adventure yet! Mrs. Beatrice Knight is preparing to start a life of marital bliss, or at least marital satisfaction, with her new husband who fortunately is very much alive and can’t float through walls... -
![Tempt Me: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Julie Cooper]()
Tempt Me: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Julie Cooper
"He raged inwardly at fate’s gift of the one female he could never, ever have. .. ". IT IS A TRUTH UNIVERSALLY ACKNOWLEDGED that a single vampyre must be in want of a wife. Someone biddable, her memories easily expunged to allow for strange, inexplicable deeds and baffling circumstances... -
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Forget Me Not by Michelle M. Pillow
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsRe-Edited and Revised 17th Anniversary Edition. Regency Paranormal Gothic Romance. From NYT Bestselling Author Michelle M. Pillow comes a tragically beautiful love story that defies perception. When the scandalously independent Isabel Drake refuses to marry the man her parents choose for her, they force her to take lessons on how to become a respectable lady... -
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![Stones of Nairobi by Vered Ehsani]()
Stones of Nairobi by Vered Ehsani
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSome stones should never be moved. Not easily befuddled, the intrepid supernatural sleuth Mrs. Beatrice Knight Timmons can’t fathom how the ancient tombstone of a legendary warrior-king ended up in Nairobi. All she knows is that her life is on the line once again as she embarks on her most dangerous mission yet: to retrieve a corpse and the soul it once housed. Mrs... -
![Manners and Monsters by Tilly Wallace]()
Manners and Monsters by Tilly Wallace
A lady never reveals the true extent of her decay. .. Hannah Miles lives a quiet existence, helping her parents conduct research into a most terrible affliction - until a gruesome murder during her best friend's engagement party pulls her from the shadows. With her specialist's knowledge and demure disposition, Hannah is requested to aid the investigation... -
![The Color of Light by Karen White]()
The Color of Light by Karen White
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAt thirty-two, pregnant and recently divorced, Jillian Parrish and her seven-year-old daughter find refuge and solace on Pawleys Island, South Carolina. Jillian had experienced her best childhood memories here-until her best friend Lauren Mills disappeared, never to be found. At the time, Linc Rising, Lauren's boyfriend and Jillian's confidant, had been a suspect in Lauren's disappearance... -
![Heart of a Highland Warrior by Anita Clenney]()
Heart of a Highland Warrior by Anita Clenney
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA bloodthirsty evil stalks the Connor Clan…. Brave, beautiful, and haunted by her past, demon hunter Anna MacKinley will do anything to help the Connors. Under divine orders, the headstrong warrior travels the world, slaying demons and vampires... -
![Revenge of the Mantis by Vered Ehsani]()
Revenge of the Mantis by Vered Ehsani
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAfrican Myth meets Victorian Manners. “Proof that paranormal can be fun & witty…” “I love this story & the quirky, practical Beatrice Knight…” “Wit, adventure & an air of mystery…”. All is proceeding as it should for Beatrice Knight. That is, until the African Lightning God lands in her barn and announces that Mrs. Knight’s arch nemesis is about to pay an unsolicited visit... -
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The Fourth Mandate by Vered Ehsani
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 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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Wicked Memories by Nina Bangs
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsReturn to the Castle of Dark Dreams, where USA Today bestselling author Nina Bangs lures readers into a world of pleasure, adventure, and revenge…. Thorn Mackenzie was a young Viking when he met Sparkle Stardust long ago. She used him and then abandoned him. Over a thousand years later, he has finally found a way to repay her... -
![Charming the Recluse by Mindy Burbidge Strunk]()
Charming the Recluse by Mindy Burbidge Strunk
A gothic castle, a noble curmudgeon, and a candid miss. After the tragic death of his sister, Arawn Beavin withdrew from all Society and vowed to stay cooped up in his family’s castle for the rest of his life. If only his mother were so accommodating. As their year of mourning comes to an end, his mother summons her favorite modiste to the castle...Categorized as:
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Killing Time by K.J. Waters
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 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... -
![Bite Me! A Vampire Farce by Dylan Meconis]()
Bite Me! A Vampire Farce by Dylan Meconis
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![Watch For Me By Moonlight: A gripping and unforgettable historical timeslip romance by Kirsty Ferry]()
Watch For Me By Moonlight: A gripping and unforgettable historical timeslip romance by Kirsty Ferry
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA timeless historical romance for the ages. 1795. . When her coach comes to an abrupt halt, Lady Georgiana Kerridge and her brother come face-to-face with an infamous highwayman. Leading them from the safety of their coach, he promises not to harm Georgiana . . . does that mean her heart will be safe? Now. -
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Feint and Doublecross by Tilly Wallace
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAn unexpected move could place Sera in check…or will it be checkmate? A strange beast stalks unfashionable Southbank, taking victims in a horrific fashion. Naturally the Mage Council sends Sera to track the supernatural killer, while pressuring her to marry one of their hand picked suitors... -
![Mistress of Darkness: A Gothic Romance by Hazel Hunter]()
Mistress of Darkness: A Gothic Romance by Hazel Hunter
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsGwen Archer does not fear the curse of Dredthorne Hall. Instead it is the message she must deliver that gives her pause: she will inform her future brother-in-law, Christopher, that her sister has run away. But what Gwen discovers at the Hall is far worse than being the bearer of bad tidings. She finds Christopher’s older brother, the reticent and rude Robert Sheraton, there to greet her... -
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Final Affair by Tina Folsom
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsVenice, Italy - early 1800s. Viola has been given three months to live but she refuses to die a virgin. She travels to Venice where she wants to experience physical pleasure with a man without causing a scandal for her family. Afterward, she plans to take her own life to ensure she exits the world painlessly and with dignity... -
![Conspiracy To Murder by Heather Graham]()
Conspiracy To Murder by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsDon’t miss this heart-racing story from “the queen of romantic suspense,” New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham. Is she a suspect or a target? A year after the chilling death of her mentor, criminologist Harley Frasier is still rattled. Secretly she’s suspected murder all along... -
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One Night Of Scandal by Teresa Medeiros
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsProper decorum has never come easily to Carlotta Anne Fairleigh --- not even tonight, when the lovely, impetuous miss is finally making her debut. As she waits to make her entrance, she can't help wondering about the darkened house next door, the supposedly abandoned home of Hayden St. Clair, the man society has dubbed the "Murderous Marquess...Categorized as:
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![NAGO: Her Forever Wolf : 50 Loving States, Mississippi by Theodora Taylor]()
NAGO: Her Forever Wolf : 50 Loving States, Mississippi by Theodora Taylor
Going, going, SOLD. .. to my ex-boyfriend! I’m exasperated. I’m furious. But most of all, I’m scared he’ll get what he wants…and destroy me all over again. Are you ready to give love a second chance? I’m still not exactly sure how a nobody like me managed to catch the eye of a billionaire alpha prince...Categorized as:
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![House of Shadows by Pamela Hartshorne]()
House of Shadows by Pamela Hartshorne
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Kate Vavasour wakes in hospital, she can remember nothing about the family gathered around her bed, or of her life before the accident. The doctors diagnose post-traumatic amnesia and say the memories should start returning. Which they do . . . but these memories are not her own. They belong to Isabel Vavasour, who lived and died at Askerby Hall over four hundred years earlier . . -
![The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla by Lauren Willig]()
The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla by Lauren Willig
In the latest Pink Carnation novel from national bestselling author Lauren Willig, rumors spreading among the ton turn deadly as a young couple unites to solve a mystery. .. . In October of 1806, the Little Season is in full swing, and Sally Fitzhugh has had enough of the endless parties and balls... -
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Royal Blood by Rhys Bowen
The Royal Spyness series continues with an all-new mystery of "the British monarchy. .. a wedding in Transylvania. .. [and] wonderful characters. " (#1 "New York Times" bestselling author Charlaine Harris). Penniless and thirty-fourth in line to the throne, Lady Georgiana Rannoch finds herself in a truly draining state of affairs... -
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![Too Brazen to Bite by Erica Ridley]()
Too Brazen to Bite by Erica Ridley
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA hidden secrets, forbidden lovers romance from a New York Times bestselling author: In this gothic castle, even a woman of science isn’t immune to the charms of a wickedly handsome, dangerously sexy vampire…. The devilishly seductive, irresistibly rakish Mr. Macane is ravishing all the ladies of the ton—despite the fact that he is penniless, untitled—and believed to be a vampire... -
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Unmasking Miss Appleby by Emily Larkin, Rosalyn Landor
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsBook #1 from the series: Baleful Godmother. 🎧Listening Length = 11 hours and 37 minutes. A captivating Regency romance from a USA Today bestselling author! Performed by Audie-winning narrator Rosalyn Landor. When she turns 25, Charlotte is bestowed with an extraordinary gift: the ability to change shape... -
![The Paid Companion by Amanda Quick, Jayne Ann Krentz]()
The Paid Companion by Amanda Quick, Jayne Ann Krentz
The Earl of St. Merryn needs a woman. His intentions are purely practical - he simply wants someone sensible and suitably lovely to pose as his betrothed for a few weeks among polite society. He has his own agenda to pursue, and a false fiance will keep the husband-hunters at bay while he goes about his business. The simplest solution is to hire a paid companion...Categorized as:
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The Wolf Hunt by Gillian Bradshaw
Betrayal, love, and lycanthropy in the time of the Crusades Based on one of the Lais of Marie de France, The Wolf Hunt is a breathtaking adventure that showcases, once again, Gillian Bradshaw’s talent as both a historian and as a novelist...Categorized as:
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![Death Comes to the School by Catherine Lloyd]()
Death Comes to the School by Catherine Lloyd
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsA trail of poison-pen letters lead to a dead teacher in this Regency-era mystery by the author of Death Comes to the Fair . Three years have passed since Major Sir Robert Kurland and Lucy Harrington, the rector’s daughter, became husband and wife. Having established a measure of contentment among the local gentry, the couple lately have found an unsettling distance grown between them... -
![Dunmoor: A compelling journey in gothic suspense by London Clarke]()
Dunmoor: A compelling journey in gothic suspense by London Clarke
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA lush gothic from bestselling author London Clarke set in the Regency era, Dunmoor is a tale of generational curses that threaten to destroy the most innocent and vulnerable. England, 1818. Lady Helena Winters hasn’t seen her husband in over a year—not since he disappeared without a trace...
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