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The Cypress Maze by Fiona Valpy
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsIn this haunting tale from the bestselling author of The Storyteller of Casablanca, Beatrice kept a wartime secret to protect the innocent. Now, could telling it set her free? Tuscany, 1943. Stranded in war-ravaged Italy, Beatrice’s dream of an escapist year teaching English is shattered... -
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The Daring Debutante by Tracy Sumner
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"A delicious mix of grumpy/sunshine, childhood-friends-to-lovers, and forbidden desire—this book sizzles from the first page! " — ★★★★★ Amazon Review, M. Lawson. Welcome to the next generation in the Duchess Society! Nigel Streeter has everything a man in 1840s London could want—wealth, power, and the armor of indifference... -
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![Magician's Gambit by David Eddings]()
Magician's Gambit by David Eddings
Ce'Nedra, Imperial Princess of Tolnedra, is confused. Everyone knows the tales of the Orb protecting the West from the evil god Torak are just silly legends. But here she is, forced to join a dangerous quest to recover that stolen Orb. No one believes in sorcery, but Garion's aunt and grandfather seem to be the fabled sorcerers Polgara and Belgarath, who would have to be thousands of years old...Categorized as:
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The Rose of Versailles, Omnibus 3 by Riyoko Ikeda
宮廷中の貴婦人たちの憧れの的、オスカルの初めての恋、王妃の恋人フェルゼンへの想いは叶うことがなかった。彼女の悲しみをそっと見守る、オスカルの乳母の孫、アンドレ・グランディエ。二人は幼い時から兄弟以上に魂を寄せ合い、青春のすべてを分かち合って生きてきた。そして何時しかアンドレはオスカルを深く愛していた。その頃、貴族の屋敷を襲う“黒い騎士”と名乗る盗賊を捕えたオスカルは、その男から民衆の不満の高まりを思い知らされる。不穏な社会情勢は次第に緊迫してきていた。. -
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The Rose of Versailles, Omnibus 2 by Riyoko Ikeda
Oscar Fran�ois de Jarjeyes, female commander of the royal guard, is at the center of events as Marie Antoinette's involvement in the scandalous Affair of the Diamond Necklace and her passion for Count Fersen of Sweden cause chaos at the court of Versailles. This deluxe hardcover volume contains chapters 23-44 of Riyoko Ikeda's historical fiction masterwork. -
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버려진 나의 최애를 위하여 [Beoryeojin Na-eui Choeaereul Wihayeo] by Seonyu Kim, 김선유
N차 정주행을 했을 정도로 좋아한 로판 소설에 빙의했다. 평민이지만 돈 많은 평민의 몸에 빙의한 덕분에,. 나는 몰락 귀족의 신분을 사 귀족가의 연회를 다니며 원작 속 인물들의 로맨스를 관전했다. 그렇게 엔딩까지 보고 현실로 돌아가나 싶었는데……. 웬걸, 엔딩 후에도 빙의에서 풀려나지 않고 원작 속에서의 인생을 살게 되었다. 그러다 보니 알고 싶지 않은 비하인드 이야기까지 알게 되어 버렸다. 내 최애인 서브남 카엘루스가 죽어 버린 것이다. 그가 없는 원작 속에서 피폐하게 살아가던 나는 결국 병이 들어 죽음을 맞이했다. 이제 현실로 돌아가나 싶더니, 무슨 운명의 장난인지 하루아침에 소설 엔딩 직후로 회귀했다. 이건 분명…… 내 최애를 살리라는 뜻이겠지?Categorized as:
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The Rose of Versailles, Omnibus 4 by Riyoko Ikeda
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrance spirals towards a civil war, as nobles continue to ignore the people of France. Noblewoman Oscar François de Jarjayes is forced to reconsider her life as a soldier and a woman, her loyalties and her love. Marie Antoinette and the royal family seek escape, while Robespierre and the National Assembly take up arms and demand democracy... -
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Against Dark Tides by Clare Sager
Enemies. Lovers. Enemies once more. Now they must work together to survive. Notorious pirate Lady Vice has lost everything: ship, crew, and friends. Even her body has betrayed her, leaving her magic weak. To make matters worse, she’s stuck at sea with the man who stabbed her in the back. Knigh Blackwood is no longer a captain, no longer a pirate-hunter, no longer … anything... -
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The Circus Train by Amita Parikh
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsAt the World of Wonders, Europe's most magnificent travelling circus, every moment is full of magic, and nothing is as it seems--especially for the people who put on the show. Lena Papadopoulos has never quite found her place within the circus, even as the daughter of the extraordinary headlining illusionist, Theo... -
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J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography by Humphrey Carpenter
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThe authorized biography of the creator of Middle-earth. In the decades since his death in September 1973, millions have read THE HOBBIT, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, and THE SILMARILLION and become fascinated about the very private man behind the books. Born in South Africa in January 1892, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was orphaned in childhood and brought up in near-poverty... -
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Dangerous Magic: A Pride & Prejudice Variation by Monica Fairview
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA sparkling tale of Regency England, a forced marriage, and two mages who must work together to save the Kingdom. Elizabeth Bennet is stunned when the Royal Mages come to her peaceful country home of Longbourn to take her away. She is even more bewildered when she is commanded to marry a powerful mage by the name of Fitzwilliam Darcy... -
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Black Fox One by Elyse Hoffman
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJonas Amsel and Avalina Keller, devoted Nazis and best friends, have a bright future in Hitler’s Third Reich. Ava, a talented gymnast, wants to serve Germany in the Olympics, and Jonas, who has loved Ava since they were children, wants nothing more than to marry her and start a family. When he is about to propose, however, Ava and her entire family vanish without a trace... -
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Nikoles by Rachel Neumeier
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFor generations the Ugaro of the winter country have traded peacefully with the Lau of the summer lands. But now a fatal mistake has created bitterness and hatred on both sides of the river, threatening to destroy a peace that has become tenuous. Nikoles Ianan realizes, too late, that he should have prevented his own people’s unforgivable trespass – he should at least have tried... -
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Maison Ikkoku, Volume 10 by Rumiko Takahashi
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFrom the creator of RANMA 1/2 and INUYASHA comes one of Rumiko Takahashi's most beloved series, the romantic (sort of) comedy MAISON IKKOKU, re-presented in a second edition in its original episodic order, with a "missing" episode! Take a trip down memory lane back into Japan's nuttiest apartment house and meet its volatile inhabitants: Kyoko, the beautiful and mysterious new apartment manager;... -
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![Maison Ikkoku, Volume 8 by Rumiko Takahashi]()
Maison Ikkoku, Volume 8 by Rumiko Takahashi
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFollows the tenants of Japan's nuttiest apartment house where Kyoko, the manager, Yusaku, the college student, Mrs. Ichinose, the drunken gossip, Akemi, the boozy bar hostess, and Mr. Yostuya, the mooching peeper, reside. -
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Maison Ikkoku, Volume 5 by Rumiko Takahashi
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFollows the tenants of Japan's nuttiest apartment house where Kyoko, the manager, Yusaku, the college student, Mrs. Ichinose, the drunken gossip, Akemi, the boozy bar hostess, and Mr. Yostuya, the mooching peeper, reside. -
![The Musician and the Monster by Megan Van Dyke]()
The Musician and the Monster by Megan Van Dyke
Music says things words never can. I love you. I miss you. I’m sorry I killed you. Every night, Ceridwen Kinsley plays music on her rooftop for the spirit of her dead mother. A peaceful if odd ritual, until she witnesses a murder by something not quite human. The monstrous encounter earns her notoriety within the city and a visit from the reclusive Lord Protector Drystan Winterbourne...Categorized as:
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흑막 여주가 날 새엄마로 만들려고 해 1 [Heugmag Yeojuga Nal Saeeommaro Mandeulryeogo Hae 1] by MOKGAMGI, 목감기
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 13 ratings저세상급 귀요미가 나를 새엄마로 만들려고 한다? ! 친구들과 장난삼아 쓴 '피폐 소설' 속에 시민 1로 빙의했다. 그리고 엄청난 딸바보력을 자랑하는 여주인공의 아버지 헨스톤 공작에게 정체를 들켜버렸다. 문제는. .. .. . . “그럼 내 딸이 피폐 소설에서 어떻게 되는 거지? ”. . ". .. .. .뭐? 남주가 열 명? ". . 행복하지 못한 딸의 미래를 바꾸기 위해 독립 전쟁도 불사하겠다니. 이대로 두면 여러 목숨이 위험하다. . "제가 여주님을 지켜드리겠어요! ". . 그렇게 딸바보 공작님과의 동거가 시작됐다. 그런데 쪼그만 여주님이 어쩐지 좀 이상하다. . 왜 자꾸 네 아빠랑 날 엮는 건데? . -
![The Echo of Broken Dreams by C.J. Archer]()
The Echo of Broken Dreams by C.J. Archer
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a palace maid is attacked, Josie and the captain of the guards investigate together. Since one of the suspects is a foreign diplomat and magic expert, they use the opportunity to learn more about sorcery. But it soon becomes clear that he is using them to get to the truth about the palace and the servants' origins... -
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Palace by Katharine Kerr, Mark Kreighbaum
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBestselling author Katharine Kerr joins with Mark Kreighbaum to present a vivid, alluring and terrifying world of the future. They call it Palace, the capital of a planet located in a region of space known as the Pinch... -
![Maison Ikkoku, Volume 9 by Rumiko Takahashi]()
Maison Ikkoku, Volume 9 by Rumiko Takahashi
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFollows the tenants of Japan's nuttiest apartment house where Kyoko, the manager, Yusaku, the college student, Mrs. Ichinose, the drunken gossip, Akemi, the boozy bar hostess, and Mr. Yostuya, the mooching peeper, reside. -
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Maison Ikkoku, Volume 11 by Rumiko Takahashi
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFrom the creator of RANMA 1/2 and INUYASHA comes one of Rumiko Takahashi's most beloved series, the romantic (sort of) comedy MAISON IKKOKU, re-presented in a second edition in its original episodic order, with a "missing" episode! Take a trip down memory lane back into Japan's nuttiest apartment house and meet its volatile inhabitants: Kyoko, the beautiful and mysterious new apartment manager;... -
![Pursued by a Dragon by Linda K. Hopkins]()
Pursued by a Dragon by Linda K. Hopkins
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCathryn Forrester is a medieval business woman, the daughter of a successful wool merchant. She has been groomed from a young age to take over the family business, and has been quite content to let her personal life be directed by what is best for the business – including whom she will marry... -
![My Happy Marriage, Vol. 2 (My Happy Marriage (Light Novel) #2) by Akumi Agitogi]()
My Happy Marriage, Vol. 2 (My Happy Marriage (Light Novel) #2) by Akumi Agitogi
継母に虐げられて育った美世は、冷酷な軍人と噂の清霞と婚約をした。誰もが不幸な結末を予測したが、いつしか清霞と美世はお互いの優しさに惹かれ合う。美しく強い清霞に少しでも追いつきたくて、勉強を始めた美世。二か月後のパーティでの社交デビューを目標に頑張るのは楽しいことだった。そんな中、なぜか夜ごと悪夢に苛まれ、誰も頼れず美世は体調を崩してしまう。さらに美世を狙う者が現れ、美世と清霞の気持ちはすれ違い―。これは、少女があいされて幸せになるまでの物語. -
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![Daughter of Genoa: A Novel by Kat Devereaux]()
Daughter of Genoa: A Novel by Kat Devereaux
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe author of Escape to Florence returns with a thrilling adventure set in the war-torn 1940s and inspired by true events, about a young woman who risks everything to help Jewish Italians flee the fascists, and falls in love with the brave aviator behind a daring secret rescue operation. Anna's family fled to America years ago, to escape the Fascist regime, but Anna had stayed behind... -
![Daughter of Genoa by Kat Devereaux]()
Daughter of Genoa by Kat Devereaux
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe author of Escape to Florence returns with a thrilling adventure set in the war-torn 1940s and inspired by true events, about a young woman who risks everything to help Jewish Italians flee the fascists, and falls in love with the brave aviator behind a daring secret rescue operation. Anna's family fled to America years ago, to escape the Fascist regime, but Anna had stayed behind... -
![A Glove Shop in Vienna and Other Stories by Eva Ibbotson]()
A Glove Shop in Vienna and Other Stories by Eva Ibbotson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEva Ibbotson has proven that romantic fiction can be funny, well written, and even a little erudite. Her novel Magic Flutes won the Romantic Novelists Association award and, along with A Company of Swans , was a Booklist Editors' Choice selection. The New York Times said of Madensky Square that "she has fine-tuned-and perhaps even enlarged-the [romantic] genre. "... -
![The Changeling's Bond by Sam Burns, W.M. Fawkes]()
The Changeling's Bond by Sam Burns, W.M. Fawkes
A near-death experience turned Garrett’s life upside down and gave him a fae nature that attracts people who once wouldn’t so much as glance his way. But there’s one man at Trierent Keep who has always seen Garrett for who he is... -
![A Thief and a Gentleman by Arden Powell]()
A Thief and a Gentleman by Arden Powell
Sebastian is a con artist with expensive taste. Unfortunately, he has no hope of living the high-class life he craves without stealing it. So, that’s exactly what he’s going to do. He might be a pathetic ex-convict by day, but by night, he’s London’s most notorious jewel thief...Categorized as:
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Jane by Robin Maxwell
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsCambridge, England: 1905. Jane Porter is hardly a typical woman of her time. The only female student in Cambridge University’s medical program, she is far more comfortable in a lab coat, dissecting corpses, than she is in a corset and gown, sipping afternoon tea...Categorized as:
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The Botanist's Apprentice by Arden Powell
Recent college graduate Eli Katz is desperate to continue his studies in the field of magical botany. When a family friend arranges an apprenticeship for him with the most famous botanist in the country, Eli leaps at the chance without asking questions. Robert Lord-Harding is a reclusive bachelor with an interest in dangerous plants... -
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Nightingale Wood by Stella Gibbons
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsLife is not quite a fairytale for poor Viola. Left penniless, the young widow is forced to live with her late husband's family in a joyless old house. There's Mr Wither, a tyrannical old miser, Mrs Wither, who thinks Viola is just a common shop girl, and two unlovely sisters-in-law, one of whom is in love with the chauffeur...
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