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The Fragile Threads of Power by V.E. Schwab
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, and set in the world of A Darker Shade of Magic, V. E. Schwab opens a new door into perilous adventure and tangled schemes with The Fragile Threads of Power.Once, there were four worlds, nestled like pages in a book, each pulsing with fantastical power, and connected by a single city: London... -
![The All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness]()
The All Souls Trilogy by Deborah Harkness
A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, and The Book of Life, now available in an eBook bundleWith more than a million copies sold in the United States, A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night have landed on all of the major bestseller lists, garnered rave reviews, and spellbound legions of loyal fans... -
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![The Kraken King by Meljean Brook]()
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...Categorized as:
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![The Parasol Protectorate Boxed Set: Soulless, Changeless, Blameless, Heartless and Timeless by Gail Carriger]()
The Parasol Protectorate Boxed Set: Soulless, Changeless, Blameless, Heartless and Timeless by Gail Carriger
Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she's a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette... -
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![A Symphony of Savage Hearts by Lana Pecherczyk]()
A Symphony of Savage Hearts by Lana Pecherczyk
Silver is a beautiful liar.She's human.And a fierce killer of fae.She marks her kills on a silver vambrace so everyone can see her savagery and stay away. As long as she keeps protecting downtrodden humans from monstrous fae-folk, and hiding the true reason for wearing magic-cutting silver, her loneliness is of no consequence... -
![All In A Name by Honor Raconteur]()
All In A Name by Honor Raconteur
Someone left Jamie a prezzie and she would like to return it with a no thank you.It all starts with a dead Robert Martin, the man who killed RM Burtchell. Jamie doesn’t know how, but it’s obvious he was yanked out of high security prison, murdered, and dumped on her front doorsteps.Now the situation is entirely out of control... -
![A Trail Through Time by Jodi Taylor]()
A Trail Through Time by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsSt Mary’s is back and is facing a battle to survive in this, the fourth instalment of the Chronicles. Max and Leon are re-united and looking forward to a peaceful lifetime together. But, sadly, they don’t even make it to lunchtime... -
![The Gangster by C.S. Poe]()
The Gangster by C.S. Poe
1881—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... -
![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... -
![Evernight by Kristen Callihan]()
Evernight by Kristen Callihan
Once the night comes . . . Will Thorne is living a nightmare, his sanity slowly being drained away by a force he can't control. His talents have made him the perfect assassin for hire. But as he loses his grip on reality, there is no calming him—until he finds his next target: the mysterious Holly Evernight. Love must cast aside the shadows . . -
![Defy or Defend by Gail Carriger]()
Defy or Defend by Gail Carriger
A 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... -
![Maid for Her Snow Beast by Evangeline Priest]()
Maid for Her Snow Beast by Evangeline Priest
WELCOME TO AVALON VALE!The newest monster-controlled city is open to new residents and visitors alike!Whether you want to take a walk on the wild side for a night or find your happily ever after, we have what you need right here!◆◆◆Another monster-controlled city has opened their portals for new residents, and Valiana Seitta sees it as an opportunity for a fresh start...Categorized as:
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![Ghost's Whisper by Ella Summers]()
Ghost's Whisper by Ella Summers
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe enemy isn’t a monster or a demon this time. It is fear, the destroyer of worlds.Life has never been better for Leda Pandora, the Angel of Chaos. She is married to the archangel Nero Windstriker, the love of her life. And she commands a vast territory, surrounded by her closest friends and family.Everything is perfect—until the Earth’s magic goes haywire... -
![A Stitch in Time by Kelley Armstrong]()
A Stitch in Time by Kelley Armstrong
Thorne Manor has always been haunted...and it has always haunted Bronwyn Dale. As a young girl, Bronwyn could pass through a time slip in her great-aunt’s house, where she visited William Thorne, a boy her own age, born two centuries earlier. After a family tragedy, the house was shuttered and Bronwyn was convinced that William existed only in her imagination... -
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![Wilder: The Chosen Ones by Christina Dodd]()
Wilder: The Chosen Ones by Christina Dodd
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsOnly beloved author Christina Dodd could bring you the explosive paranormal excitement of the Chosen Ones combined with Aleksandr Wilder's story ... and redemption...As a young man, Aleksandr Wilder abandoned his duty--and for that lapse, he was tortured, tormented ... and transformed... -
![The Poisoner's Ring by Kelley Armstrong]()
The Poisoner's Ring by Kelley Armstrong
Edinburgh, 1869: Modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson is adjusting to her new life in Victorian Scotland. Her employers know she’s not housemaid Catriona Mitchell―even though Mallory is in Catriona’s body―and Mallory is now officially an undertaker’s assistant. Dr. Duncan Gray moonlights as a medical examiner, and their latest case hits close to home...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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![Magic Flame by Meg Xuemei X]()
Magic Flame by Meg Xuemei X
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWe lit the match. Now we can't stop the mating flame.The world hasn't seen the likes of me.My power can unmake the gods and the worlds--but only after I mate with the Demigod of Sea and activate the Living Flame inside me.Mate all day and all night long.Peachy right?If only we weren't trapped in the Void where no gods, demons, or mortals are safe... -
![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... -
![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... -
![The Diamond Conspiracy by Pip Ballantine, Tee Morris]()
The Diamond Conspiracy by Pip Ballantine, Tee Morris
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsFor years, the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences has enjoyed the favor of Her Majesty the Queen. But even the oldest loyalties can turn in a moment…Having narrowly escaped the electrifying machinations of Thomas Edison, Books and Braun are looking forward to a relaxing and possibly romantic voyage home. But when Braun’s emergency signal goes off, all thoughts of recreation vanish...Categorized as:
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Cold Fire by Kate Elliott
Cat and her cousin are key players in a drama of dragons and politics. Everyone wants something from them - including the warlord who's conquering all Europa and the Cold Mages who dare defy him. But the Master of the Wild Hunt is most dangerous of all. He will command Cat's loyalty using what she holds most dear...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... -
![Angel Fury by Ella Summers]()
Angel Fury by Ella Summers
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCadence Lightbringer, daughter of a legendary archangel, has always known her gods-endowed magic comes with a price. As an angel in the Legion of Angels, she lives where the Legion commands her to live, trains how the Legion tells her to train, and marries whom the Legion instructs her to marry. Somehow it all sounded simpler in her head... -
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![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... -
![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... -
![A Witch in Time by Constance Sayers]()
A Witch in Time by Constance Sayers
A young witch is cursed to relive a doomed love affair through many lifetimes , as both troubled muse and frustrated artist, in this haunting debut novel. In 1895, sixteen-year-old Juliet LaCompte has a passionate, doomed romance with the married Parisian painter Auguste Marchant... -
![Cold Steel by Kate Elliott]()
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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![Angel Fire by Ella Summers]()
Angel Fire by Ella Summers
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsCadence Lightbringer, daughter of an archangel, has trained from birth to one day drink the Nectar of the gods and ascend to the angels’ ranks. She’s always been the perfect soldier. She’s always known exactly where her life is headed. Until she is assigned to a mission with Damiel Dragonsire, Master Interrogator of the Legion of Angels... -
![A Twist of Fate by Kelley Armstrong]()
A Twist of Fate by Kelley Armstrong
Four years ago, Rosalind Courtenay stumbled from the nineteenth century to the twenty-first, where she has been trapped ever since, leaving her husband and infant son behind. Now she’s found her way back.The problem, of course, is how to explain her absence to her husband...Categorized as:
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![Dark Haven by Gail Z. Martin]()
Dark Haven by Gail Z. Martin
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsIn Dark Haven, the effects of Jared the Usurper’s reign of terror strike at the stability of the Winter Kingdoms. Undead forces align against Lord Jonmarc Vahanian of Dark Haven in a struggle for power between mortals and the vayash moru. Some among the vayash moru are unhappy that a mortal lord is returning to Dark Haven... -
![The Wizard Hunters by Martha Wells]()
The Wizard Hunters by Martha Wells
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsIle-Rien is in peril. A mysterious army known only as the Gardier has surrounded the country, attacking in ominous black airships. Hope is not lost though, for a magical sphere created by Ile-Rien's greatest sorcerer may hold the key to defeating the faceless enemy. But the sphere is unpredictable and has already claimed several lives...Categorized as:
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![White Lies by Jayne Ann Krentz]()
White Lies by Jayne Ann Krentz
Relationships are challenging enough for most single over-thirty women. For level ten parasensitive Clare Lancaster, they're a minefield. The elite few who know her secret call her a human lie detector, and any falsehood, no matter how subtle or well hidden, sets her blood racing... -
![Shadowbound by Bec McMaster]()
Shadowbound by Bec McMaster
When a powerful relic goes missing from a secret society that dabbles in the occult, Miss Ianthe Martin is charged with finding it at all costs. She needs help, but all clues point to someone on the inside being the thief. The only sorcerer she knows that can't possibly be involved, is the very man she saw locked in Bedlam a year ago... The mad, bad, dangerous Earl of Rathbourne... -
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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... -
![Blood Magick by Nora Roberts]()
Blood Magick by Nora Roberts
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts comes a trilogy about the land we’re drawn to, the family we learn to cherish, and the people we long to love… Book Three of The Cousins O’Dwyer TrilogyBlood Magick County Mayo is rich in the traditions of Ireland, legends that Branna O’Dwyer fully embraces in her life and in her work as the proprietor of The Dark Witch shop, which... -
![Silver Mirrors by A.A. Aguirre]()
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... -
![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... -
![The Ghost Rebellion by Pip Ballantine, Tee Morris]()
The Ghost Rebellion by Pip Ballantine, Tee Morris
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom authors Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris, the award winning steampunk series continues... The chase is on! After rescuing Queen Victoria from the clutches of the Maestro, Agents Eliza D Braun and Wellington Books are in hot pursuit of Dr Henry Jekyll. While he continues his experiments on the aristocracy of Europe, he leaves a trail of chaos and despair in his wake...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 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... -
![A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong]()
A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong
In this series debut from New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong, a modern-day homicide detective finds herself in Victorian Scotland—in an unfamiliar body—with a killer on the loose.May 20, 2019: Homicide detective Mallory is in Edinburgh to be with her dying grandmother. While out on a jog one evening, Mallory hears a woman in distress...Categorized as:
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![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.. -
![Edge of Magic by Jayne Faith]()
Edge of Magic by Jayne Faith
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRunner for the Fae mob by day. Professional thief by night. Haunted by what could have been . . .Between paying off a debt to a Fae mob boss, working as a professional thief, and keeping up with her busy three-generation household, Tara Knightley barely has time to eat and sleep... -
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![Heart of Brass by Kate Cross]()
Heart of Brass by Kate Cross
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsArden is an undercover agent for one of the most powerful organizations of this steam powered world—the Wardens of the Realm—a group with extraordinary abilities, dedicated to protecting England against evil. Arden Grey enjoys a life most women in 1898 London can’t even dream of: She has the social status, wealth, and independence of a countess...Categorized as:
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![Blameless by Gail Carriger]()
Blameless by Gail Carriger
Quitting her husband's house and moving back in with her horrible family, Lady Maccon becomes the scandal of the London season. Queen Victoria dismisses her from the Shadow Council, and the only person who can explain anything, Lord Akeldama, unexpectedly leaves town... -
![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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![Her Ladyship's Curse by Lynn Viehl]()
Her Ladyship's Curse by Lynn Viehl
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn 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 Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro, Daniel Kraus]()
The Shape of Water by Guillermo del Toro, Daniel Kraus
It is 1962, and Elisa Esposito—mute her whole life, orphaned as a child—is struggling with her humdrum existence as a janitor working the graveyard shift at Baltimore’s Occam Aerospace Research Center. Were it not for Zelda, a protective coworker, and Giles, her loving neighbor, she doesn’t know how she’d make it through the day...Categorized as:
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![Anno Dracula by Kim Newman]()
Anno Dracula by Kim Newman
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsIt is 1888 and Queen Victoria has remarried, taking as her new consort Vlad Tepes, the Wallachian Prince infamously known as Count Dracula. Peppered with familiar characters from Victorian history and fiction, the novel follows vampire Geneviève Dieudonné and Charles Beauregard of the Diogenes Club as they strive to solve the mystery of the Ripper murders...Categorized as:
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