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魔道祖師 一 [Mo Dao Zu Shi Vol. 1] by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, 墨香铜臭
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 18 ratings時を超え待ち続けた、運命の再会。. かつて「悪の道に堕ちた」と人々から恐れられた魏無羨(ウェイ・ウーシエン)は、. すべてを失い非業の死を遂げた。. しかし、それは自らの信念を貫いた証だった。. それから13年後――別人の体に召喚され、思いがけず現世に蘇る。. 正体を隠し過去と決別しようとするが、. よりによって少年の頃から文武を競い合った宿命の相手、. 藍忘機(ラン・ワンジー)と再会してしまう。. 自由奔放で快活な魏無羨(ウェイ・ウーシエン)と、. 品行方正で寡黙な藍忘機(ラン・ワンジー)。. 前世の記憶の中では衝突してばかりいたはずなのに、. なぜか彼はそばを離れようとせず――。. あの日の旋律が再び二人を巡りあわせる。.Categorized as:
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The Book of Beginnings by Sally Page
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsFrom the author of the phenomenal bestseller The Keeper of Stories, comes the next uplifting story of how the most unexpected friendships are forged in the most unlikely of places . . . Jo Sorsby knows she is hiding from her past when she steps in to look after her uncle’s stationery shop... -
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Kaleidoscope of Death Vol. 1 by Xi Zi Xu
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsOpen the wrong door… and you may never return. One ordinary day, Lin Qiushi discovers a black door in the corridor outside his flat—a door that shouldn’t exist. When he steps through, he finds himself in a world governed by a deadly set of rules, where cryptic villagers speak in riddles, and the only way out is to take their obscure “tests”. The reward for passing: a key...Categorized as:
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Echo in Onyx by Sharon Shinn
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Murder and a Masquerade. Brianna loves her new job as maid to Lady Marguerite. Like many high nobles, Marguerite is attended by echoes, silent creatures who look exactly like her and move in perfect synchronicity. News soon comes that Marguerite has been invited to the royal city as a potential bride for the crown prince...Categorized as:
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Nanchan Vol. 1 by Tang Jiu Qing
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsFrom acclaimed author Tang Jiuqing comes Nanchan, a spellbinding supernatural mystery that weaves Chinese mythology and Buddhist lore into a tale of redemption and revelation. A disgraced immortal thought long dead. A shape-shifting fish with a mind of its own...Categorized as:
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バッカーノ!The Rolling Bootlegs by Ryohgo Narita, Katsumi Enami
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratings<金賞>受賞の異色作、その名は『バッカーノ!』二百年前に生まれた“不死の酒”を巡って様々な人間達が繰り広げる“バッカーノ”(イタリア語。酒によるバカ騒ぎの意)を描いた物語。1930年NY。その裏社会に生きる人々――裏組織“カモッラ”のフィーロとマイザー、泥棒カップル、警部補、マフィアの三兄弟、錬金術師のセラードと助手のエリス――は互いに関りのない生活を続けていた。だがセラードが“不死の酒”を蘇らせた事により、彼らの運命は複雑に交錯していく。全く予測がつかない動きでニューヨーク中を転々とする“不死の酒”。そして、複雑に絡み合った人間関係の螺旋が収束する時、物語は意外な結末を迎える事になるのだが――。第9回 電撃ゲーム小説大賞<金賞>受賞作品ついに登場!. -
Dreaming Death by J. Kathleen Cheney
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIn the Novels of the Golden City, J. Kathleen Cheney created a “mesmerizing” (Publishers Weekly) realm where magic, history, and intrigue combine. Now, she presents a new world ruled by psychic talents and fatal magic. .. Shironne Anjir's status as a sensitive is both a gift and a curse...Categorized as:
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The Emperor’s Aeronaut by Shelley Adina, R.E. Scott
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNapoleon is determined to conquer the world with his steam-powered weapons. Nothing in England can stop him … except two young lady inventors. In 1819, France is surrounded by armies. With Russia in the north, the Karlsruhe Confederacy in the east, and a pirate kingdom in the south, Napoleon cannot break out, nor can the English Navy seem to break in. Europe teeters on the edge of a sword...Categorized as:
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Cat About Town by Cate Conte
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe first novel in a frisky new mystery series set in a small New England town, where an unlikely citizen is called in to solve the purrfect crime. . . Maddie James has arrived in Daybreak Island, just off the coast of Massachusetts, eager to settle down and start her own business―and maybe even fall in love. When a stray orange tabby pounces into her life, she’s inspired to open a cat café... -
Green Arrow and Black Canary, Vol. 1: The Wedding Album by Judd Winick
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAfter an on-again/off-again courtship of superheroic proportions, Green Arrow finally asked for Black Canary's hand in marriage. Now, the real story begins! Will this star-crossed couple make it down the aisle? Guest-starring The Justice League of America and many of the DC Universe's top villains...Categorized as:
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Heaven to Betsy by Pamela Fagan Hutchins
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 16 ratings99 cent pre-order/new release price until April 8th, for the next novel from this bestselling and award-winning author, in a new Katie & Annalise spin-off series! Heaven to Betsy features Emily, Katie's stateside best friend, in her own hilarious adventures...Categorized as:
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The Burning Chambers by Kate Mosse
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsCarcassonne 1562: Nineteen-year-old Minou Joubert receives an anonymous letter at her father’s bookshop. Sealed with a distinctive family crest, it contains just five words: SHE KNOWS THAT YOU LIVE. But before Minou can decipher the mysterious message, a chance encounter with a young Huguenot convert, Piet Reydon, changes her destiny forever...Categorized as:
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The Demon of Hagermarsh by Beryll Brackhaus, Osiris Brackhaus
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratings“The Emperor cares for each and every one of his subjects. ”. Many consider the catchphrase of the imperial Lotus Knights to be nothing more but well-polished propaganda, but for Yaden, it is a way of life... -
Untimed by Andy Gavin
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsCharlie’s the kind of boy that no one notices. Hell, even his own mother can’t remember his name. And girls? The invisible man gets more dates. As if that weren’t enough, when a mysterious clockwork man tries to kill him in modern day Philadelphia, and they tumble through a hole into 1725 London, Charlie realizes even the laws of time don’t take him seriously. Still, this isn’t all bad...Categorized as:
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Emissary by Melissa McShane
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWhen unquiet ghosts walk the earth, the servants of Atenas, God of Death, guide them to their final rest in His domain. For six years, Zerafine, priestess of Atenas, and her companion Gerrard have walked the known world, bringing peace to the dead and fair judgment to the living... -
Limelight by Emily Organ
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 30 ratings“Miss Green, the actress Lizzie Dixie has been murdered. ” I stared at the young inspector. “But it’s impossible. She drowned. Years ago. ”. London, 1883. Fleet Street’s pioneering lady reporter Penny Green is stunned when a long-dead actress is found murdered in Highgate Cemetery...Categorized as:
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When I Became a Commoner, They Broke Off Our Engagement!, Vol. 1 by Kenzi Oiwa, Kaoru Takanashi
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThirteen-year-old Anna was raised in a noble household, yet she looks nothing like the rest of her family and lacks her lineage’s aptitude for magic. What she doesn’t realize, however, is that a mischievous fairy switched her with another baby at birth! When this detail comes to light, Anna’s family kicks her out and ends her longstanding engagement to Edmund, a young nobleman... -
Stalking Tender Prey by Storm Constantine
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn The Grigori Trilogy No. 1, The Grigori are an ancient race. Powerful people, possessing abilities and senses humans do not have. They live among us, their presence clear to those who have eyes to see. .. Owen and Lily Winter, twins, always knew they were different than the others, who lived in the quiet hamlet of Little Moor... -
The Great Snake's Bride Vol. 1 by Fushiashikumo
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFor five hundred years, a giant snake god has lived in the ancient mountain. Miyo, an unlucky woman from the nearby village, is offered as tribute to the great snake. Miyo fears that she will be devoured, but the snake treats her like a wife rather than a meal. His flicking tongue vibrates through gentle words, as his powerful slithering body wraps around hers in an embrace... -
Games of Flame and Dust by Val Saintcrowe
Rated: 3.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsFourth Wing but edgier. Banyan Thriceborn has always been different, but it’s never been a good thing. Until now. When she competes in a tournament for admission to the South Ridge Dragon Academy, she gets noticed by Odion Naxim. Odion is the most promising student at the Academy, brilliant and daring, the best hope the Trinal Kingdoms has to banish the menace of the Frost... -
Moon & Sun, Vol. 1 by Akane Abe
Rated: 3.59 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA laid-back yakuza heir and a striking cross-dressing beauty start an unlikely love affair. A yakuza heir indifferent to the family business butts heads with the stunning proprietress of a nearby drag club... -
The Last Book by Zoran Živković
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA series of mysterious deaths in the Papyrus Bookstore brings literature-loving police inspector Dejan Lukic to investigate. Here he meets the attractive owner, Vera Gavrilovic, and learns that the only thing the victims have in common is that in the moments before their deaths they were reading an elusive and unidentified volume - the Last Book... -
Imprimatur by Rita Monaldi, Francesco Sorti
Rated: 3.58 of 5 stars · 24 ratings1 September 1683, Rome. Rome is a city on a knife-edge. The citizens wait anxiously for news of the outcome of the Battle of Vienna, as the Islamic forces of the Ottoman Empire lay siege to the defenders of Catholic Europe. Meanwhile a suspected outbreak of plague causes a famous Roman tavern to be placed under quarantine... -
The Traitor's Daughter by Paula Brandon
Rated: 3.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHere’s the beginning of a lush, epic, wholly original new trilogy that shines with magic, mystery, and captivating drama. On the Veiled Isles, ominous signs are apparent to those with the talent to read them. The polarity of magic is wavering at its source, heralding a vast upheaval poised to alter the very balance of nature... -
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The Clever Detective by Linsey Lanier
Rated: 3.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter six years as a private investigator, Stacey Alexander has the strangest day of her life when she falls down a hollow tree and meets her new client, a nutty old dude with a crown who thinks he's a king. She'd climb right out of there, except that the crazy dude wants her to find his son, the Prince. And that is one hot-looking male. She'd be crazy herself not to take this case. -
Can You Just Die, My Darling?, Vol. 1 by Majuro Kaname, Sousou Sakakibara
Rated: 3.25 of 5 stars · 11 ratings“I want to kill you”—Taku Kamishiro’s crush on Mika Hanazono had always been one sided, until one fateful day, his feelings turn into murderous impulse instead… You won’t be able to predict what each new page will bring! -
The Way of the Househusband, Vol. 1 by Kousuke Oono
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsHousework without honor or humanity. He was the fiercest member of the yakuza, a man who left countless underworld legends in his wake. They called him “the Immortal Dragon. ” But one day he walked away from it all to walk another path—the path of the househusband! The curtain rises on this cozy yakuza comedy!Categorized as:
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Skip Beat! , Vol. 1: Includes vols. 1, 2 & 3 by Yoshiki Nakamura
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsKyoko Mogami followed her true love Sho to Tokyo to support him while he made it big as an idol. But he’s casting her out now that he’s famous enough! Kyoko won’t suffer in silence—she’s going to get her sweet revenge by beating Sho in show biz! Kyoko’s broken heart keeps her from getting into her talent agency of choice...Categorized as:
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Homecoming by Apryl Baker
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsNew Orleans is a city known for its paranormal history—and it’s the place Emma Rose Crane, AKA Mattie Hathaway, has come home to. She hopes she can start over in New Orleans, where her ability to see ghosts isn't so freaky...Categorized as:
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Drow Protector by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThere is a nest of Drows living in hidden caves just outside of Los Angeles. The dark side of LaLa Land knows them well. Young Drows come out of the shadows at nightfall, looking for trouble and it always finds them. But then there’s Ellis Burton. Half Drow, half human and searching for an identity in either world...Categorized as:
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