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Jinn's Dominion by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThere was nothing that could have prepared me for Dragon’s Ground. And I thought that nothing could be worse than what I faced there. Just my black cat bad luck, the world is set to prove me wrong. South lies the Jinn’s Dominion and within it the members of my Pride who need my help. The further south we go, the more danger comes not only from outside our group but from within...Categorized as:
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![Selena by Cebelius]()
Selena by Cebelius
All they needed was a second chance ...As former police officer, his back broken in the line of duty, James' life hung by a thread. Securing treatment landed him deep in debt and working for a soldier of fortune company to pay for his recovery. When he learned just how dirty that company was, he had to decide if his conscience was worth becoming a lifelong paraplegic... -
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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...Categorized as:
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![The World of All Souls by Deborah Harkness, Colleen Madden]()
The World of All Souls by Deborah Harkness, Colleen Madden
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA fully illustrated guide to Deborah Harkness's #1 New York Times bestselling All Souls trilogy--"an irresistible . . . wonderfully imaginative grown-up fantasy" (People)A Discovery of Witches introduced Diana Bishop, Oxford scholar and reluctant witch, and vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont. Shadow of Night and The Book of Life carried Deborah Harkness's series to its spellbinding conclusion... -
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![Caravan Witch by Shannon Mayer]()
Caravan Witch by Shannon Mayer
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAs if surviving the end of the world, and the theft of my powers wasn’t enough on their own, a heaping pile of Ogre and a side of human raiders has been added to my plate while trying to feed our starving caravan. The worst of what I face though is far harder to admit. My black magic takes it’s pound of flesh every time I use it, and each time the cost climbs...Categorized as:
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![You Only Love Twice by Bec McMaster]()
You Only Love Twice by Bec McMaster
With the clock ticking down, the Company of Rogues must find a deadly killer and stop them from assassinating the Queen... before London burns. First rule of espionage: don't ever fall in love with your target. Five years ago, Gemma Townsend learned the hard way what happens when you break this rule. She lost everything. Her mentor's trust. The man she loved. And almost her life... -
![One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston]()
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston
From the New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue comes a new romantic comedy that will stop readers in their tracks...Cynical twenty-three-year old August doesn’t believe in much. She doesn’t believe in psychics, or easily forged friendships, or finding the kind of love they make movies about...Categorized as:
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![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 . . -
![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... -
![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... -
![Moonglow by Kristen Callihan]()
Moonglow by Kristen Callihan
Once the seeds of desire are sown . . . Finally free of her suffocating marriage, widow Daisy Ellis Craigmore is ready to embrace the pleasures of life that have long been denied her. Yet her new-found freedom is short lived. A string of unexplained murders has brought danger to Daisy's door, forcing her to turn to the most unlikely of saviors . . . Their growing passion knows no bounds . .Categorized as:
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![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... -
![The Rift Walker by Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith]()
The Rift Walker by Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith
Princess Adele struggles with a life of marriage and obligation as her Equatorian Empire and their American Republic allies stand on the brink of war against the vampire clans of the north. However, the alliance's horrific strategy for total victory drives Adele to abandon her duty and embark on a desperate quest to keep her nation from staining its hands with genocide... -
![Hallows End by Kristen Proby]()
Hallows End by Kristen Proby
New York Times bestselling author Kristen Proby returns to tales beyond the natural and normal with her brand-new, captivating paranormal romance series that is sure to capture your heart and make you believe in magic.Returning to her beloved home of Salem after a trip away, Lucy Finch can’t shake the feeling of anxiety that suddenly plagues her...Categorized as:
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![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...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![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... -
![The Warrior God by Eliza Raine, Rose Wilson]()
The Warrior God by Eliza Raine, Rose Wilson
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAnger management isn’t so bad when your shrink is gorgeous. It’s less great when you turn up to find him dead on the floor, and an armored giant dressed like a freaking ancient warrior standing over his body though. Ares, the God of War, has lost his power and the only way for him to get it back? Me. Apparently, I’m a goddess. One with the power of war. I mean, it does explain a lot...Categorized as:
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![Loch and Key by Seanan McGuire]()
Loch and Key by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsDaniel Healy has been dead for two years, and his parents are still in the process of healing both themselves and their relationship...Categorized as:
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![Stone Blood Legacy by Jayne Faith]()
Stone Blood Legacy by Jayne Faith
The Stone Order is under attack. Wrathful gods are closing in. Unlikely allies Petra and Jasper may be Faerie’s only hope. After her victory in the battle of champions, Petra thought she was a step closer to freedom from her sovereign and the politics of Faerie...Categorized as:
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![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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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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![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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![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... -
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![Mission: Improper by Bec McMaster]()
Mission: Improper by Bec McMaster
Three years ago, London society changed forever, with a revolution placing the widowed Queen firmly on the throne her blue blood husband tried to take from her. Humans, verwulfen and mechs are no longer considered the lesser classes, but not everybody is happy with the new order... Entire families have gone missing in the East End... -
![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 Market of Dreams and Destiny by Trip Galey]()
A Market of Dreams and Destiny by Trip Galey
Enter the bazaar of the bizarre where fate and fortunes are for sale in this high-stakes magical adventure across a London not quite like our own, perfect for fans of Neverwhere and The Night Circus.Below Covent Garden lies the Untermarkt, where anything and everything has a price: a lover’s first blush, a month of honesty, a wisp of fortune... -
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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...Categorized as:
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![Echo in Time by Lindsey Fairleigh, Lindsey Sparks]()
Echo in Time by Lindsey Fairleigh, Lindsey Sparks
Their love is destined to shatter the boundaries of time… Archaeology grad student Alexandra’s world is turned upside down when her mother shares her deepest, darkest secret—that she doesn’t know the true identity of Lex’s father. The revelation sparks a change within Lex, and her dreams become far too real. She sees things she shouldn’t be able to see…knows things she couldn’t possibly know...Categorized as:
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![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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![The Bastard Dragon by Viola Grace]()
The Bastard Dragon by Viola Grace
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTrin has been raised with the knowledge that her parentage was unknown and she was human. Those two items were the cornerstone of her existence.An altercation at a baby shower leads to her discovering another side to herself. That side was big, crystalline, and caused the other dragons in her vicinity to bow their heads...Categorized as:
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![Beyond World's End by Mercedes Lackey, Rosemary Edghill]()
Beyond World's End by Mercedes Lackey, Rosemary Edghill
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe evil elf-lord of the dark Unseleighe Sidhe plans to create a drug-enslaved army to break through to the human world and feed on the suffering there. Musician-mage Eric Banyon must somehow stop him... -
![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...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![The Kingmakers by Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith]()
The Kingmakers by Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith
The epic Vampire Empire trilogy rushes to a heart-wrenching conclusion of honor and love, hatred and vengeance, sacrifice and loss. A war to the death. Empress Adele has launched a grand crusade against the vampire clans of the north. Prince Gareth, the vampire lord of Scotland, serves the Equatorian cause, fighting in the bloody trenches of France in his guise as the dashing Greyfriar... -
![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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![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... -
![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.. -
![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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![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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![The Undying Legion by Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith]()
The Undying Legion 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...Categorized as:
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![Soulbound by Kristen Callihan]()
Soulbound by Kristen Callihan
Once two souls are joined... When Adam's soul mate rejected him, there was more at stake than his heart. After seven hundred years of searching, his true match would have ended the curse that keeps his spirit in chains. But beautiful, stubborn Eliza May fled—and now Adam is doomed to an eternity of anguish, his only hope for salvation gone... Their hearts will beat together forever.. -
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![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... -
![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... -
![Soulless by Gail Carriger]()
Soulless 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...Categorized as:
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![Changeless by Gail Carriger]()
Changeless by Gail Carriger
Alexia Maccon, the Lady Woolsey, awakens in the wee hours of the mid-afternoon to find her husband, who should be decently asleep like any normal werewolf, yelling at the top of his lungs. Then he disappears; leaving her to deal with a regiment of supernatural soldiers encamped on her doorstep, a plethora of exorcised ghosts, and an angry Queen Victoria...Categorized as:
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![The Power of Hades by Eliza Raine]()
The Power of Hades by Eliza Raine
I've been kidnapped by Zeus. Plucked from the streets of Manhattan and frightened half to death by a freaking Olympian god.And now I'm trapped in the Underworld, being forced to compete in a series of deadly trials for the position of Queen of the Underworld. Which would mean marrying Hades, the utterly terrifying Lord of the Dead...
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