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Saving Time by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsLife is good for Team Weird, now heroes and fully fledged Time Police officers. Luke can't wait to bear arms. Jane has a date. And Matthew still hasn't had his hair cut.But Time waits for no one and neither do criminal masterminds. A major threat to the Timeline is looming, one far deadlier than mere idiots who want to change history...Categorized as:
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![People in Glass Houses by Jayne Castle]()
People in Glass Houses by Jayne Castle
Dive into the alien world of Harmony in this new novel by New York Times bestselling author Jayne Castle.His name is Joshua Knight. Once a respected explorer, the press now calls him the Tarnished Knight. He took the fall for a disaster in the Underworld that destroyed his career... -
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![FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven]()
FantasticLand by Mike Bockoven
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsSince the 1970s, FantasticLand has been the theme park where “Fun is Guaranteed!” But when a hurricane ravages the Florida coast and isolates the park, the employees find it anything but fun. Five weeks later, the authorities who rescue the survivors encounter a scene of horror...Categorized as:
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![The Hot Zone by Jayne Castle]()
The Hot Zone by Jayne Castle
The world of Harmony has its wonders, one of them being Rainshadow Island. Just beneath its surface, a maze of catacombs hides a dangerous secret...… Halloween—with its tricks and treats—is a dust bunny’s dream come true. Just ask Lyle, Sedona Snow’s faithful sidekick. But for Sedona, it’s a nightmare...Categorized as:
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![The Immortal Crown by Richelle Mead]()
The Immortal Crown by Richelle Mead
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Vampire Academy and Bloodline series returns with the second installment in her acclaimed Age of X series. Gameboard of the Gods introduced religious investigator Justin March and Mae Koskinen, the beautiful supersoldier assigned to protect him... -
![Siren's Call by Jayne Castle]()
Siren's Call by Jayne Castle
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsIn the mysterious world of Harmony, there are places filled with unexplored marvels. But Rainshadow Island isn’t about to give up its secrets… In the alien catacombs of Rainshadow, there are creatures whose compelling songs lure the unwary to their death. That’s why Rafe Coppersmith, hired to clear out the catacombs for exploration, needs a music talent... -
![Timeless by Gail Carriger]()
Timeless by Gail Carriger
Alexia 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...Categorized as:
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![First Touch: A Paranormal Suspense Story by Teyla Branton]()
First Touch: A Paranormal Suspense Story by Teyla Branton
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan she find the missing girl before it’s too late? Detective Shannon Martin believes Autumn Rain’s gift is a hoax. But he is desperate to find the missing little girl. Can they put aside their differences and find her before it’s too late? Autumn Rain didn’t always possess the ability to read emotions imprinted on objects...Categorized as:
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![Romancing the Werewolf by Gail Carriger]()
Romancing the Werewolf by Gail Carriger
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 26 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... -
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Infinity Bell by Devon Monk
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsReturn to national bestselling author Devon Monk's heartpounding House Immortal series, where eleven powerful Houses control the world and all its resources. But now, the treaty between them has been broken, and no one—not even the immortal galvanized—is safe.... Matilda Case isn’t normal...Categorized as:
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![The Janus Affair by Pip Ballantine, Tee Morris]()
The Janus Affair by Pip Ballantine, Tee Morris
Hang onto your bowler hats, agents Books and Braun of Britain’s top-secret Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences are back in The Janus Affair...Categorized as:
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![Shadow Winged by Jilleen Dolbeare]()
Shadow Winged by Jilleen Dolbeare
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPiper Tikaani is a rare breed. She is a female bush pilot and an Inupiaq shapeshifter. Up until now, the worst she's had to contend with were rowdy clients, rough terrain, and turbulence. After a family friend was found dead on the roof of his remote cabin, Piper has been running into more trouble...Categorized as:
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![Her Own Devices by Shelley Adina]()
Her Own Devices by Shelley Adina
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsEscaped lunatics, lost children, vengeful lords, and love. Really, the situation is becoming quite impossible. Seventeen-year-old Lady Claire Trevelyan, left alone after the Arabian Bubble financial disaster claims home and family, now leads the cleverest gang in the London underworld...Categorized as:
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![The Persistence of Memory by Jordan Castillo Price]()
The Persistence of Memory by Jordan Castillo Price
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsEvery day, Daniel Schroeder breaks his father’s heart. While forgetting your problems won’t solve them, it does seem like it would make life a heck of a lot easier. Daniel thought so once. Now he knows better. He and Big Dan have always been close, which makes it all the more difficult to break the daily news: the last five years were nothing like his father remembers... -
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![The Geomancer by Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith]()
The Geomancer by Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe uneasy stalemate between vampires and humans is over. Adele and Gareth are bringing order to a free Britain, but bloody murders in London raise the specter that Adele's geomancy is failing and the vampires might return. A new power could tilt the balance back to the vampire clans. A deranged human called the Witchfinder has surfaced on the Continent, serving new vampire lords...Categorized as:
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![Kiss of Death by Debbie Viguié]()
Kiss of Death by Debbie Viguié
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the wake of a failed attempt to defeat the vampire Richelieu, Susan and her friends are weakened and divided. Raphael must set aside his animosity and join with his enigmatic sire Gabriel to discover a powerful weapon before Richelieu claims it...Categorized as:
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![The Deathsniffer's Assistant by Kate McIntyre]()
The Deathsniffer's Assistant by Kate McIntyre
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe Deathsniffer’s Assistant is a fantasy novel with a unique pseudo-Edwardian setting and a murder mystery twist... -
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Cold Steel by Kate Elliott
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTrouble, treachery, and magic just won't stop plaguing Cat Barahal. The Master of the Wild Hunt has stolen her husband Andevai. The ruler of the Taino kingdom blames her for his mother's murder. The infamous General Camjiata insists she join his army to help defeat the cold mages who rule Europa. An enraged fire mage wants to kill her...Categorized as:
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![Dawn's Early Light by Pip Ballantine, Tee Morris]()
Dawn's Early Light by Pip Ballantine, Tee Morris
Working for the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences, one sees innumerable technological wonders. But even veteran agents Braun and Books are unprepared for what the electrifying future holds… After being ignominiously shipped out of England following their participation in the Janus affair, Braun and Books are ready to prove their worth as agents... -
![Dawn of Eden by Julie Kagawa, Thérèse Plummer]()
Dawn of Eden by Julie Kagawa, Thérèse Plummer
Before The Immortal Rules, there was Red Lung a relentless virus determined to take out all in its path. For Kylie, the miracle of her survival is also her burden-as a doctor at one of the clinics for the infected she is forced to witness endless suffering...Categorized as:
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![A Study in Ashes by Emma Jane Holloway]()
A Study in Ashes by Emma Jane Holloway
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsAs part of her devil’s bargain with the industrial steam barons, Evelina Cooper is finally enrolled in the Ladies’ College of London. However, she’s attending as the Gold King’s pet magician, in handcuffs and forbidden contact with even her closest relation, the detective Sherlock Holmes. Not even Niccolo, the dashing pirate captain, and his sentient airship can save her... -
![Indexing by Seanan McGuire]()
Indexing by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 34 ratings“Never underestimate the power of a good story.” Good advice...especially when a story can kill you. For most people, the story of their lives is just that: the accumulation of time, encounters, and actions into a cohesive whole...Categorized as:
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![Dreamveil by Lynn Viehl]()
Dreamveil by Lynn Viehl
View our feature on Lynn Viehl’s Dreamveil. From the New York Times bestselling author Rowan Dietrich grew up on the streets. Now she's out to start anew, find a job-and keep her identity as a Kyndred secret, as well as her ability to "dreamveil" herself into the object of others' desires...Categorized as:
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![Thirteen: Part One by Adrienne Wilder]()
Thirteen: Part One by Adrienne Wilder
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBook Two (part one) of the Other's Project. Quinn Farlin’s life just went from the frying pan into the fire. All because he made one stupid mistake: he fell in love. Then he was left behind by the love of his life as payment for her freedom... -
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![Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor]()
Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsA story of history, time travel, love, friendship and tea. Meet the disaster-magnets at the St Mary's Institute of Historical Research as they ricochet around history, observing, documenting, drinking tea and, if possible, not dying. Follow the catastrophe-curve from eleventh-century London to World War I, and from the Cretaceous Period to the destruction of the Great Library at Alexandria...Categorized as:
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![The Damsel and the Daggerman by Delilah S. Dawson]()
The Damsel and the Daggerman by Delilah S. Dawson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBad boy knife-thrower Marco Taresque is the hottest and most dangerous performer in the caravan. He keeps to himself until a pesky female journalist arrives, anxious to interview him about his checkered past—his last assistant disappeared under mysterious and bloody circumstances, earning him the nickname “The Deadly Daggerman...Categorized as:
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![Heartless by Gail Carriger]()
Heartless by Gail Carriger
Lady Alexia Maccon, soulless, is at it again, only this time the trouble is not her fault. When a mad ghost threatens the queen, Alexia is on the case, following a trail that leads her deep into her husband's past...Categorized as:
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![How Beauty Loved the Beast by Jax Garren]()
How Beauty Loved the Beast by Jax Garren
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt’s all been leading to this. Jolie Benoit has become a skilled agent of the Underlight, relying on her savvy to complete assignments while Sergeant Wesley Haukon was out of commission. But an unexpected clue to the Order of Ananke’s diabolical scheme rattles Jolie, and she turns to Hauk for comfort...Categorized as:
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![Vampire Moon by J.R. Rain]()
Vampire Moon by J.R. Rain
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsMother, wife, private investigator...vampire. Six years ago federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, your typical soccer mom with the minivan and suburban home. Then the unthinkable happens, an attack that changes her life forever. And forever is a very long time for a vampire...Categorized as:
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Silver Mirrors by A.A. Aguirre
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAs powerful magic comes creeping back, dangerous days are dawning…... Criminal Investigation Division inspectors Janus Mikani and Celeste Ritsuko were lucky to make it out of their last mission alive. Since then, strange troubles have plagued the city of steam and shadows, apparently as a result of magic released during the CID inspectors’ desperate interruption of an ancient ritual... -
![Christmas Moon by J.R. Rain]()
Christmas Moon by J.R. Rain
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMother, wife, private investigator...vampire. Seven years ago, federal agent Samantha Moon was the perfect wife and mother, your typical soccer mom with the minivan and suburban home. Then the unthinkable happens, an attack that changes her life forever. And forever is a very long time for a vampire...Categorized as:
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Sharp by Alex Hughes
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsHISTORY HAS A WAY OF REPEATING ITSELF, EVEN FOR TELEPATHS.… As a Level Eight telepath, I am the best police interrogator in the department. But I’m not a cop—I never will be—and my only friend on the force, Homicide Detective Isabella Cherabino, is avoiding me because of a telepathic link I created by accident. And I might not even be an interrogator for much longer...Categorized as:
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![A Study in Darkness by Emma Jane Holloway]()
A Study in Darkness by Emma Jane Holloway
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen a bomb goes off at 221B Baker Street, Evelina Cooper is thrown into her Uncle Sherlock’s world of mystery and murder. But just when she thought it was safe to return to the ballroom, old, new, and even dead enemies are clamoring for a place on her dance card...Categorized as:
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![Haven by A.R. Ivanovich, Michelle Ivanovich]()
Haven by A.R. Ivanovich, Michelle Ivanovich
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFrom missing socks to missing people, nothing could remain hidden from seventeen year-old Katelyn Kestrel for long, but after locating a forbidden passage out of her isolated country, Haven, she discovers for the first time that there are some things that should never be found. Outside the safety of her homeland's borders, Katelyn meets Rune, a young soldier who will die without her immediate aid...Categorized as:
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![Corroded by Karina Cooper]()
Corroded by Karina Cooper
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHungry for vengeance, Cherry St. Croix is forced to the fog-ridden streets of Victorian London. My rival, a collector of bounties like myself, has murdered one of my own. In consequence, I have been removed from my house, my staff, and all who would support me. I have nowhere else to turn, so I beg asylum within the Midnight Menagerie, London’s decadent pleasure garden... -
![Where There's Fire by Cari Z.]()
Where There's Fire by Cari Z.
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMaking a name for myself as a Villain in Panopolis is hard work. Six months ago, my boyfriend broke me out of jail. Now he’s spending most of his time defending our turf against other Villains he accidentally freed along with me. And my new psychic powers are not only impossible to control, but they’re also giving me migraines.But it’s not all doom and gloom... -
![The Troubles Keeper by Susan May]()
The Troubles Keeper by Susan May
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTo enjoy a Susan May starter library of two free books, join her reader's club at susanmaywriter.net/free-books HE SAVES OTHERS FROM THEIR TROUBLES. WHO WILL SAVE HIM? Bus driver Rory Fine has a gift. He can take troubles from others with merely a touch. On a rain-swept night he asks his glum passengers to leave their worrisome emotions in his palm...Categorized as:
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![The Bane by Keary Taylor]()
The Bane by Keary Taylor
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsBefore the Evolution there was TorBane: technology that infused human DNA with cybernetic matter. It had the ability to grow new organs and limbs, to heal the world. Until it evolved out of control and spread like the common cold. The machine took over, the soul vanished, and the Bane were born. The Bane won't stop until every last person has been infected...Categorized as:
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![The Rise of Renegade X by Chelsea M. Campbell]()
The Rise of Renegade X by Chelsea M. Campbell
Sixteen-year-old Damien Locke has a plan: major in messing with people at the local supervillain university and become a professional evil genius, just like his supervillain mom. But when he discovers the shameful secret she's been hiding all these years, that the one-night stand that spawned him was actually with a superhero, everything gets messed up...Categorized as:
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![Under A Spell by Hannah Jayne]()
Under A Spell by Hannah Jayne
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCount your blessings, guard your curses—and watch your back… Sophie Lawson was seriously hoping life at the UDA would get back to relative normal now that her boss Pete Sampson has been reinstated. Unfortunately, her new assignment is sending her undercover into a realm where even the most powerful paranormals fear to tread…her old high school... -
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Lexicon by Max Barry
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsAt an exclusive school somewhere outside of Arlington, Virginia, students aren't taught history, geography, or mathematics--at least not in the usual ways. Instead, they are taught to persuade. Here the art of coercion has been raised to a science...Categorized as:
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![How Beauty Saved the Beast by Jax Garren]()
How Beauty Saved the Beast by Jax Garren
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsJolie Benoit left her old life behind to become an agent of the Underlight. Training under Sergeant Wesley Haukon, she’s honing her combat skills, all the while coping with the intense sexual attraction she feels for Hauk. She keeps their friendship casual, but when his high school sweetheart transfers into their division, Jolie finds herself grappling with jealousy...Categorized as:
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![His Lordship Possessed by Lynn Viehl]()
His Lordship Possessed by Lynn Viehl
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe second half of Disenchanted & Co. —the thrilling conclusion. In a steampunk version of America that lost the Revolutionary War, Charmian (Kit) Kittredge makes her living investigating magic crimes and exposing the frauds behind them. While Kit tries to avoid the nobs of high society, as the proprietor of Disenchanted & Co. she follows mysteries wherever they lead... -
![The Ripper Affair by Lilith Saintcrow]()
The Ripper Affair by Lilith Saintcrow
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Lilith Saintcrow continues her dazzling new series set in an alternate Victorian world starring a forensic sorceress, a detective, and a conspiracy that will shake the Empire. Sorcery. Treason. Madness. And, of course, murder most foul.. -
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![Sideswiped by Kim Harrison]()
Sideswiped by Kim Harrison
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsDon’t miss this thrilling first look into the elite world of Peri Reed, government agency operative extraordinaire, and catch more of her character in The Drafter , the first book in the all-new suspense trilogy from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kim Harrison, out September 1. Every hero, even the accidental ones, have a beginning...Categorized as:
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![The Miss Education of Dr. Exeter by Jillian Stone]()
The Miss Education of Dr. Exeter by Jillian Stone
From steam-powered bunkers to steamy boudoirs, paranormal detective Phaeton Black knows his way around Victorian London. But sometimes, when you slip down a rabbit hole, there's no turning back. . . If The Portal's A-Rockin' Phaeton Black is missing... -
![The Conquering Dark by Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith]()
The Conquering Dark by Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith
A thrilling new Victorian-era urban fantasy for fans of Kevin Hearne’s Iron Druid Chronicles, the Showtime series Penny Dreadful, and the Sherlock Holmes movies featuring Robert Downey, Jr. The Crown and Key Society face their most terrifying villain yet: Gaios, a deranged demigod with the power to destroy Britain...Categorized as:
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![God's Eye by A.J. Scudiere]()
God's Eye by A.J. Scudiere
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKatharine Geryon is living the life her family name has dictated, and why not? After all, it has given her a good job in the family company and a fine life with all the things she should want. But all that changes as increasingly disturbing events begin to occur: soot stains on the carpet, glimpses of strange black animals, and cryptic messages written on her bathroom mirror... -
![Prince of Hearts by Margaret Foxe]()
Prince of Hearts by Margaret Foxe
Prince of Hearts: A Victorian Steampunk Romance London: 1896. Airships rule the skies, and automatons run the tracks at Ascot. Since the Great Exhibition of 1851, Her Majesty’s Empire has been powered by the Steam Revolution and Welding science. It is a time of glorious innovation and dangerous civil unrest...Categorized as:
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![The Clockwork Wolf by Lynn Viehl]()
The Clockwork Wolf by Lynn Viehl
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAs the proprietor of Disenchanted & Co. in a steampunk version of America, Charmian “Kit” Kittredge makes her living solving magical crimes. But when a snobbish lady begs for help, saving her reputation might very well cost Kit her life. Doing a favor for deathmage Lucien Dredmore, Kit agrees to interview a newly widowed lady as a potential client...
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