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The Sinclair and Raven Collection by Wendy Vella
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsRead this blockbuster series today! Regency romance with a touch of magic from USA Today bestselling author Wendy Vella Legend says the Sinclairs heightened senses are a result of a long ago pact between them and the powerful Raven family. To Honor and Protect those of Raven blood is their creed... -
![A Whisper and a Curse by Darcy Burke]()
A Whisper and a Curse by Darcy Burke
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHadrian Becket, the Earl of Ravenhurst, has always scorned the supernatural—until a head injury left him with the unnerving ability to see visions through touch. Though he loathes the curse, it’s proven invaluable in solving murder investigations alongside Miss Matilda Wren...Categorized as:
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![An Imperfect Gentleman by Wendy Vella]()
An Imperfect Gentleman by Wendy Vella
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsRuined in the eyes of society, and removed from the only world they’d ever known, the Nightingale siblings vow never to be victims again. They will build their new life on what they’d once ignored. Being a clairvoyant is an excellent survival skill.A power he vows will not control him…After society turned its back on the Nightingales, Alexander knew it was time to face what he’d always denied... -
![The Healer's Secret by Helen Pryke]()
The Healer's Secret by Helen Pryke
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsBook #1 in the Healer series.From medieval times to present day, the Healer saga spans generations of the Innocenti family, telling the stories of the women healers whose lives are entwined with legends, curses, and tragedy.Jennifer’s life isn’t going as she planned. Fired from her job and on the brink of divorce, her only salvation lies at the bottom of a wine bottle... -
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![Beekeeping for Beginners by Laurie R. King]()
Beekeeping for Beginners by Laurie R. King
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsBONUS: This eBook includes an excerpt from Laurie R. King's Pirate King.In this crackling short story, New York Times bestselling author Laurie R. King reveals an unforgettable new twist in the adventure that led supersleuth Sherlock Holmes to discover his first (and finest) apprentice, Mary Russell...Categorized as:
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![A Whisper of Death by Darcy Burke]()
A Whisper of Death by Darcy Burke
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAfter being viciously stabbed and left for dead, Hadrian Becket, Earl of Ravenhurst struggles back to health only to discover he is cursed with a vexing ability to see visions he can’t explain. Terrified he may be going mad, he must keep the disturbing skill secret. But when it proves helpful in tracking his would-be killer, he has no choice but to embrace the newfound power...Categorized as:
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![브링 더 러브 1 by Zestkyo, 제스트쿄]()
브링 더 러브 1 by Zestkyo, 제스트쿄
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings아름다운 외모와 멋진 매너로 사교계에서도 인기가 높은 힐데브란트가의 장녀 레아. 하지만 그녀에겐 누구에게도 말 못할 고민거리가 있다... -
![Shadow Schemes by Tilly Wallace]()
Shadow Schemes by Tilly Wallace
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA lost child will uncover old secrets.... After her triumphant performance as goddess of the night at a royal banquet, Sera is instructed by the Mage Council to stay out of public sight. She is tasked with settling a restless spirit who has been roused by the fate of a descendant... -
![From the Ashes by Sabrina Flynn]()
From the Ashes by Sabrina Flynn
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAshes to ashes; dust to dust. Unfortunately, memories aren’t so easily buried.San Francisco, 1900. Atticus Riot returns home with death on his heels and grief in his heart. After twenty years of roaming the Barbary Coast, the gambler-turned detective is about to toss the game for good. But man plans and God laughs: the case of a missing heiress draws him in its wake... -
![Philomena and the Seven Deaths by Kendra Moreno]()
Philomena and the Seven Deaths by Kendra Moreno
Hear no evil.Philomena thought she had luck on her side when she became a young widow and was fortunate to inherit her late husband’s wealth. Her life was a comfortable dance between parties and tea, a menial pattern that afforded her freedoms most women only dream of.Until she wakes up six feet underground. . .Speak no evil.The first death is as easy as it is traumatic... -
![The Potent Perfume by Helen Goltz]()
The Potent Perfume by Helen Goltz
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMiss Phoebe Astin of The Economic Undertaker found herself charmed by the recently deceased perfume salesman, Mr Edward 'Teddy' Tate, as were many of his former clients... -
![The Hanging Tree by Irina Shapiro]()
The Hanging Tree by Irina Shapiro
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn 1640, Alys Bailey was accused of witchcraft and sentenced to hang. Today, Alys is said to haunt Lockwood Hall, the Tudor manor house where she died. When Nicole Rayburn travels to Lockwood Hall and begins to research Alys’s story for a new book, she discovers startling irregularities in Alys’s case. Nicole’s suspicions mount as every answer leads to more questions... -
![I Dreamt of Netherfield: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Lin Mei Wei]()
I Dreamt of Netherfield: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by Lin Mei Wei
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Elizabeth Bennet walks three miles to Netherfield to look after her beloved sister, she wishes for nothing more but to see Jane restored to health and to Longbourn. What she most certainly does not want is to be continuously thrown into increasingly dangerous adventures with the arrogant Mr. Darcy... -
![Interwoven by Melanie Rachel]()
Interwoven by Melanie Rachel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEngland’s best mages are called to Pemberley in their youth. Elizabeth can’t understand why she’s always left behind.Not only does her father neglect to correct what must be an oversight, he won’t allow her to use her most powerful magic at all. Each year, he further restricts Elizabeth’s movements... -
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![Opening Gambit by Tilly Wallace]()
Opening Gambit by Tilly Wallace
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis pawn is going to take control of the game… Seraphina Winyard is an abomination—a female mage. The first magic wielder of her sex to reach adulthood in three hundred years, she is treated like a zoological exhibit and leads a restricted life. Determined to escape and control her own destiny, she seizes a chance for freedom. But when her guardian is murdered, suspicion falls on the young mage... -
![Gods & Monsters by Janie Marie]()
Gods & Monsters by Janie Marie
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe human race stands on the brink of extinction; the result of a plague the likes of which the world has never seen. When salvation comes, it isn’t a miracle cure created by science or our government that saves us. No, our saviors are monsters. Jane appears to be nothing special. In fact, she’s a sad sight to behold, afflicted by the sorrow of her tragic past and failing marriage...Categorized as:
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![Up and Down by Robert Thier]()
Up and Down by Robert Thier
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe tables are turned: having magically stopped aging in the 19th century, Lilly Linton is no longer the secretary for cold, stone faced business-magnate Rikkard Ambrose. Now, in the 21st century, the roles are reversed... -
![Forget Me Not by Michelle M. Pillow]()
Forget Me Not by Michelle M. Pillow
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsRe-Edited and Revised 17th Anniversary EditionRegency Paranormal Gothic RomanceFrom NYT Bestselling Author Michelle M. Pillow comes a tragically beautiful love story that defies perception.When the scandalously independent Isabel Drake refuses to marry the man her parents choose for her, they force her to take lessons on how to become a respectable lady... -
![The Widowed Witch of Kriegspiel by S.L. Prater]()
The Widowed Witch of Kriegspiel by S.L. Prater
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratings“Are you a lawman, Inspector? Or my man?”A priest has been murdered. Inspector Bastion is selected to lead the case, but he’s got more on his mind than justice. Ten years prior, he lost his heart to the victim's now-widowed wife—but she'd already been paired in marriage against her will... -
![Manners and Monsters by Tilly Wallace]()
Manners and Monsters by Tilly Wallace
A lady never reveals the true extent of her decay...Hannah Miles lives a quiet existence, helping her parents conduct research into a most terrible affliction - until a gruesome murder during her best friend's engagement party pulls her from the shadows. With her specialist's knowledge and demure disposition, Hannah is requested to aid the investigation... -
![Passage of Shadows by Chasity Bowlin]()
Passage of Shadows by Chasity Bowlin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsDon’t miss the exciting conclusion to The Victorian Gothic Collection… The plots, schemes and machinations at Cysgod Lys, from both mortal and immortal sources, are coming to a head... -
![Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian]()
Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsA young Puritan woman--faithful, resourceful, but afraid of the demons that dog her soul--plots her escape from a violent marriage in this riveting and propulsive historical thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant.Boston, 1662. Mary Deerfield is twenty-four-years-old. Her skin is porcelain, her eyes delft blue, and in England she might have had many suitors... -
![Castle Shade by Laurie R. King]()
Castle Shade by Laurie R. King
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsA queen, a castle, a dark and ageless threat—all await Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes in this chilling new adventure.The queen is Marie of Roumania: the doubly royal granddaughter to Victoria, Empress of the British Empire, and Alexander II, Tsar of Russia...Categorized as:
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![The Perfect Poison by Amanda Quick]()
The Perfect Poison by Amanda Quick
Plagued by rumors that she poisoned her fiancé, Lucinda Bromley manages to live on the fringes of polite society, tending her beloved plants—and occasionally consulting on a murder investigation. For the notorious botanist possesses a unique talent: she can detect almost any type of poison, especially ones that have their origins in the botanical kingdom... -
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![One Kiss to Desire by Grace Callaway]()
One Kiss to Desire by Grace Callaway
When a wounded lord hires a housekeeper in disguise, secrets smolder and sparks fly in this grumpy sunshine, enemies to lovers historical romance with heat, humor, and heart!Grappling with a life-changing injury, piano virtuoso Lord Ethan Harrington wants solitude. Chudleigh Bottoms, a quirky village in the middle of nowhere, seems like the place to find it...Categorized as:
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![Pemberley: Mr. Darcy's Dragon by Maria Grace]()
Pemberley: Mr. Darcy's Dragon by Maria Grace
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAlternate cover edition of ASIN B01MECLQTWEngland is overrun by dragons of all shapes and sizes. Most people are blissfully unaware of them and the Pendragon Treaty that keeps the peace between human and dragon kind. Only those born with preternatural hearing, like Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet are able to hear and converse with dragonkind... -
![Charming the Recluse by Mindy Burbidge Strunk]()
Charming the Recluse by Mindy Burbidge Strunk
A gothic castle, a noble curmudgeon, and a candid miss.After the tragic death of his sister, Arawn Beavin withdrew from all Society and vowed to stay cooped up in his family’s castle for the rest of his life. If only his mother were so accommodating. As their year of mourning comes to an end, his mother summons her favorite modiste to the castle...Categorized as:
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![Deceiving the Cursed Beast by Jen Lynning]()
Deceiving the Cursed Beast by Jen Lynning
In this enchanted castle, only the truth can break his curse. Felix is the Duke of Truthhold, tied to the most powerful magical node on the continent. But when he is transformed into a beast, he needs help to break the curse. He will do whatever it takes to regain his true form, even if it means using magic to trap a woman in his castle... -
![An Affair So Destined by Chasity Bowlin]()
An Affair So Destined by Chasity Bowlin
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe Dark Regency Series Continues Lord Ambrose Ravenner, Marquess of Blackraven is newly widowed under rather mysterious circumstances. In fact, they are the sort of circumstances that make most marriage minded mamas and gently bred young ladies fall into swoons at the mere sight of him... -
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Shifter Island by Lilly Wilder
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsRejected by my mate, I find love again with two bear shifters on a tropical prison island.My fated mate rejects me because of the nasty scar I got on my face while protecting my clan.Exiled by my family, I make my way to Isla Paraiso, an island that used to be a prison for the most dangerous bear shifters of Venezuela... -
![Mistress of Darkness: A Gothic Romance by Hazel Hunter]()
Mistress of Darkness: A Gothic Romance by Hazel Hunter
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsGwen Archer does not fear the curse of Dredthorne Hall. Instead it is the message she must deliver that gives her pause: she will inform her future brother-in-law, Christopher, that her sister has run away. But what Gwen discovers at the Hall is far worse than being the bearer of bad tidings. She finds Christopher’s older brother, the reticent and rude Robert Sheraton, there to greet her... -
![Betrayal in Time by Julie McElwain]()
Betrayal in Time by Julie McElwain
Kendra Donovan’s adventures in nineteenth-century England continue when she is called upon to investigate the murder of a spymaster, the first in a set of bizarre killings carried out by a madman. February 1816: A race through the icy, twisting cobblestone streets of London ends inside an abandoned church—and a horrific discovery... -
![Wicked Deeds by Heather Graham]()
Wicked Deeds by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNevermore... Eager to start their life together, historian Vickie Preston and Special Agent Griffin Pryce take a detour en route to their new home in Virginia and stop for a visit in Baltimore. But their romantic weekend is interrupted when a popular author is found dead in the basement of an Edgar Allan Poe-themed restaurant... -
![Conspiracy To Murder by Heather Graham]()
Conspiracy To Murder by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsDon’t miss this heart-racing story from “the queen of romantic suspense,” New York Times bestselling author Heather Graham. Is she a suspect or a target? A year after the chilling death of her mentor, criminologist Harley Frasier is still rattled. Secretly she’s suspected murder all along... -
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![The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla by Lauren Willig]()
The Mark of the Midnight Manzanilla by Lauren Willig
In the latest Pink Carnation novel from national bestselling author Lauren Willig, rumors spreading among the ton turn deadly as a young couple unites to solve a mystery.... In October of 1806, the Little Season is in full swing, and Sally Fitzhugh has had enough of the endless parties and balls... -
![The House That Death Built by Mel Stone]()
The House That Death Built by Mel Stone
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA country girl. A grieving stranger. And a secret that will bind them forever…Arthur knows nothing but sorrow. His past is filled with secrets, trials, and death. On his way to settle his affairs with his deceased wife’s family he tears his shirt and enters a small village shop for a repair. There he meets Joy.Joy is not impressed by the stranger visiting their little village... -
![Let the Dead Keep Their Secrets by Rosemary Simpson]()
Let the Dead Keep Their Secrets by Rosemary Simpson
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsFor fans of HBO’s The Gilded Age, explore the dark side of the alluring world of America’s 19th century elite in this gripping series of riveting mysteries… In Gilded Age New York, heiress Prudence MacKenzie and ex-Pinkerton Geoffrey Hunter investigate crimes that take them from the slums of Five Points in lower Manhattan to the Fifth Avenue mansions of society's elite... -
![The Shadows of Stormclyffe Hall by Lauren Smith]()
The Shadows of Stormclyffe Hall by Lauren Smith
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA thrilling gothic romance from Entangled’s Otherworld imprint… To defeat a dark evil, they must face his family’s past… Bastian Carlisle, the Earl of Weymouth, doesn’t believe in ghosts. Even though tragedy and mysterious hauntings have driven his family away from his ancestral home, Stormclyffe Hall, he is determined to restore the castle to its former glory... -
![An Illusion of Love by Patricia Rice]()
An Illusion of Love by Patricia Rice
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsNYT bestselling author Patricia Rice presents the third book in her beloved School of Magic series: Victorian Edinburgh belongs to staid professors, not the flamboyant daughter of a Hindu princess.Lacking any of her Malcolm family's psychic abilities, Azmin Dougall flees her ancestral home of India for Edinburgh, fearing she'll be a pigeon in a family of peacocks... -
![A Bargain of Blood and Gold by Kristin Jacques]()
A Bargain of Blood and Gold by Kristin Jacques
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA novice hunter with a mission. A five-hundred-year-old vampire with a strong sense of irony. A town plagued by creatures in need of saving.When Johnathan Newman arrives in Cress Haven, the last thing he expects is for his life to be irrevocably changed. Sent by a clandestine league of vampire hunters to investigate a string of murders, signs point to a vampire lurking amid the townsfolk... -
![冷血公爵の心変わり 1 by Bandalbanji, 에디]()
冷血公爵の心変わり 1 by Bandalbanji, 에디
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 25 ratings백작가의 사생아였던 에르인.반역자가 되어 도망친 가족을 대신해 희생 되기 직전그녀는 목숨을 거두러 온 ‘사신’을 마주 하게 되는데!‘제발 살려주세요! 저는 이런 거, 저런 거 다 해보고 싶어요!’꽃다운 나이에 예쁜 드레스 한 번 못 입어봤다.구애도 받아보고 사랑 받으며 사는 것이 유일한 소원이었던그녀에게, 기적처럼 그녀를 위한 마법진이 발동되고“레이디, 저의 무례를 용서해 주십시오.”“전하!!”“나와 결혼해 주십시오, 내 영혼의 주군이시여... -
![Taming the Marquess, Season 1 by Rofan Gourmet, Golji]()
Taming the Marquess, Season 1 by Rofan Gourmet, Golji
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsLaranora Ador gets more than she bargained for when she rescues a young boy from being sold off in an infamous auction house. The boy is actually Eskal Van Dyck, the "Crazy Marquess," in disguise! Unaware of his violent and heartless true nature, Laranora takes Eskal under her wing... -
![The Paid Companion by Amanda Quick, Jayne Ann Krentz]()
The Paid Companion by Amanda Quick, Jayne Ann Krentz
The Earl of St. Merryn needs a woman. His intentions are purely practical - he simply wants someone sensible and suitably lovely to pose as his betrothed for a few weeks among polite society. He has his own agenda to pursue, and a false fiance will keep the husband-hunters at bay while he goes about his business. The simplest solution is to hire a paid companion...Categorized as:
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![Wait Until Midnight by Amanda Quick, Louisa Jane Underwood]()
Wait Until Midnight by Amanda Quick, Louisa Jane Underwood
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsGentle Reader,It could have been a scene from one of my novels. As a rule, respectable ladies do not accept calls from Mysterious Gentlemen on business of the most grave importance--but I confess that I was possessed of a lively curiosity. The past three years had been so determinedly dull, I hoped Mr. Adam Hardesty would offer a tiny respite from it. Indeed, upon first glance, Mr... -
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![Kat, Incorrigible by Stephanie Burgis]()
Kat, Incorrigible by Stephanie Burgis
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsKatherine Ann Stephenson has just discovered that she's inherited her mother's magical talents, and despite Stepmama's stern objections, she's determined to learn how to use them... -
![Death Comes to the School by Catherine Lloyd]()
Death Comes to the School by Catherine Lloyd
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsA trail of poison-pen letters lead to a dead teacher in this Regency-era mystery by the author of Death Comes to the Fair . Three years have passed since Major Sir Robert Kurland and Lucy Harrington, the rector’s daughter, became husband and wife. Having established a measure of contentment among the local gentry, the couple lately have found an unsettling distance grown between them... -
![This Time I Will Find Happiness! (Kondo Koso Shiawase Ni Narimasu!) Vol.1 (This Time I Will Find Happiness! (Manga) #1) by Mamenosuke Fujimaru, Riko Saiki]()
This Time I Will Find Happiness! (Kondo Koso Shiawase Ni Narimasu!) Vol.1 (This Time I Will Find Happiness! (Manga) #1) by Mamenosuke Fujimaru, Riko Saiki
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWait for me, Louisa. Her lover Graham, who was chosen as a brave warrior, said so and set off to defeat the Demon King. But I have no intention of waiting for him... -
![Desire Me by Robyn DeHart]()
Desire Me by Robyn DeHart
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe Legend Hunters . . . The Men of Solomon's meet in secret, their very existence only a rumor among the best of Victorian society. They are treasure hunters, men of wealth and title, seekers of myths and legends. And no legend is as mystifying as the lost city of Atlantis . . -
![Immortal Desire by Maggie Shayne]()
Immortal Desire by Maggie Shayne
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsTwo enthralling paranormal romances in one volume from the New York Times bestselling author.In Destiny , the Immortal High Witch Nidaba is captured by a madman. After endless torment, she escapes-but is deeply altered. Centuries later, she is found by Nathan King, who loved her long ago. But the beautiful woman he cherished has been replaced by a bitter, angry shell of her former self... -
![Lies That Comfort and Betray by Rosemary Simpson]()
Lies That Comfort and Betray by Rosemary Simpson
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFor fans of HBO’s The Gilded Age, explore the dark side of the alluring world of America’s 19th century elite in this gripping series of riveting mysteries…Heiress Prudence MacKenzie is a valuable partner to attorney Geoffrey Hunter, despite the fact that women are not admitted to the bar in New York’s Gilded Age...
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