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The All Souls Trilogy Boxed Set by Deborah Harkness
A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, and The Book of Life, now available in a beautiful boxed set. With more than two million copies sold in the United States, the novels of the number one New York Times –bestselling All Souls Trilogy have landed on all the major bestseller lists, garnered rave reviews, and spellbound legions of loyal fans... -
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A Trail Through Time by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 33 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... -
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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: 4.34 of 5 stars · 28 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... -
![Ghost's Whisper by Ella Summers]()
Ghost's Whisper by Ella Summers
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 28 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... -
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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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![Magic Flame by Meg Xuemei X]()
Magic Flame by Meg Xuemei X
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 28 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... -
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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... -
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Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
IT BEGAN WITH A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES. Historian Diana Bishop, descended from a line of powerful witches, and long-lived vampire Matthew Clairmont have broken the laws dividing creatures. When Diana discovered a significant alchemical manuscript in the Bodleian Library,she sparked a struggle in which she became bound to Matthew... -
![Keeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charlie N. Holmberg]()
Keeper of Enchanted Rooms by Charlie N. Holmberg
Rhode Island, 1846. Estranged from his family, writer Merritt Fernsby is surprised when he inherits a remote estate in the Narragansett Bay. Though the property has been uninhabited for more than a century, Merritt is ready to call it home—until he realizes he has no choice. With its doors slamming shut and locking behind him, Whimbrel House is not about to let Merritt leave. Ever...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 . . -
![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... -
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Angel Fire by Ella Summers
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 23 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... -
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Angel Fury by Ella Summers
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 17 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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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... -
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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... -
![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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![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 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... -
![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... -
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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... -
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Blood of Stone by Jayne Faith
A new race of Fae. Their reluctant champion. Every ruler in Faerie is coming for her. Every kingdom in Faerie wants to claim Petra’s people as their own, but she isn’t interested in Fae power struggles. She moved out of Faerie years ago, and she’s been scraping together a living as a bounty hunter. She just wants to catch her next mark so she can make rent... -
![A Study in Darkness by Emma Jane Holloway]()
A Study in Darkness by Emma Jane Holloway
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 17 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... -
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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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![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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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 Trilogy. Blood Magick... -
![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 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... -
![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... -
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A Turn of the Tide by Kelley Armstrong
In Thorne Manor there is one locked door. Behind it lies a portal to the twenty-first century, and nothing is going to stop Miranda Hastings from stepping through. After all, she is a Victorian writer of risqu� pirate adventures-traveling to the future would be the greatest adventure of them all. When Miranda goes through, though, she lands in Georgian England. . -
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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... -
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Disenchanted & Co. by Lynn Viehl
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThis release is considered Book One in the series. It combines Part 1: Her Ladyship's Curse and Part 2: His Lordship Possessed into one volume. In the Provincial Union of Victoriana, a steampunk America that lost the Revolutionary War, Charmian “Kit” Kittredge makes her living investigating crimes of magic... -
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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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![The Red Plague Affair by Lilith Saintcrow]()
The Red Plague Affair by Lilith Saintcrow
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsThe service of Britannia is not for the faint of heart--or conscience. .. Emma Bannon, Sorceress Prime in service to Queen Victrix, has a mission: to find the doctor who has created a powerful new weapon. Her friend, the mentath Archibald Clare, is only too happy to help. It will distract him from pursuing his nemesis, and besides, Clare is not as young as he used to be... -
![Tarnished: The St. Croix Chronicles by Karina Cooper]()
Tarnished: The St. Croix Chronicles by Karina Cooper
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 12 ratings“A wickedly wonderful storyteller. ”. —Jocelynn Drake. “A brilliant new voice in paranormal romance. ”. —Christina Dodd. Author Karina Cooper enthralls with her stunning new series, The St. Croix Chronicles... -
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Tarnished by Karina Cooper
My name is Cherry St. Croix. Society would claim that I am a well-heeled miss with an unfortunate familial reputation. They've no idea of the truth of it. In my secret world, I hunt down vagrants, thieves . . . and now, a murderer. For a monster stalks London's streets, leaving a trail of mystery and murder below the fog... -
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The Sky Is Falling by Lester del Rey
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDave stared around the office. He went to the window and stared upwards at the crazy patchwork of the sky. For all he knew, in such a sky there might be cracks. In fact, as he looked, he could make out a rift, and beyond that a . .. hole . .. a small patch where there was no color, and yet the sky there was not black...Categorized as:
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![Lady of Devices by Shelley Adina]()
Lady of Devices by Shelley Adina
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsLondon, 1889. Claire Trevelyan 17 should be a lady, but prefers to invent explosive devices. When her father Viscount St Ives loses the estate, a new leader rises in London underworld, the Lady of Devices. She wants to work in the lab of Andrew Malvern, member of the Royal Society of Engineers. Her devices may help realize their dreams, if they can stay alive long enough...Categorized as:
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![The Forgotten Sister by Nicola Cornick]()
The Forgotten Sister by Nicola Cornick
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsOne woman’s secret will shape another’s destiny…. 1560: Amy Robsart is trapped in a loveless marriage to Robert Dudley, a member of the court of Queen Elizabeth I. Surrounded by enemies and with nowhere left to turn, Amy hatches a desperate scheme to escape – one with devastating consequences that will echo through the centuries…...Categorized as:
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![The Druid Stone by Heidi Belleau, Violetta Vane]()
The Druid Stone by Heidi Belleau, Violetta Vane
Rated: 3.48 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSean never asked to be an O'Hara, and he didn't ask to be cursed by one either. After inheriting a hexed druid stone from his great-grandfather, Sean starts reliving another man's torture and death. .. every single night. And only one person can help. Cormac Kelly runs a paranormal investigation business and doesn't have time to deal with misinformed tourists like Sean... -
![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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A Study in Silks by Emma Jane Holloway
Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsLondon, April 4, 1888 ~ Evelina Cooper, niece of Sherlock Holmes, is ready for her first London Season - except for a murderer, missing automatons, a sorcerer, and a talking mouse. In a Victorian era ruled by a ruthless steam baron council, mechanical power is the real monarch, and sorcery the demon enemy of the empire. Evelina has secretly mastered a coveted weapon - magic that can run machines... -
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New Amsterdam by Elizabeth Bear
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAbigail Irene Garrett drinks too much. She makes scandalous liaisons with inappropriate men, and if in her youth she was a famous beauty, now she is both formidable--and notorious. She is a forensic sorceress, and a dedicated officer of a Crown that does not deserve her loyalty. She has nothing, but obligations. Sebastien de Ulloa is the oldest creature she has ever known...Categorized as:
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![Steam & Sorcery by Cindy Spencer Pape]()
Steam & Sorcery by Cindy Spencer Pape
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsSir Merrick Hadrian hunts monsters, both human and supernatural. A Knight of the Order of the Round Table, his use of magick and the technologies of steam power have made him both respected and feared. But his considerable skills are useless in the face of his greatest challenge, guardianship of five unusual children. At a loss, Merrick enlists the aid of a governess... -
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Warrior by Zoe Archer
To most people, the realm of magic is the stuff of nursery rhymes and dusty libraries. But for Capt. Gabriel Huntley, it’s become quite real and quite dangerous…. IN HOT PURSUIT…. The vicious attack Capt. Gabriel Huntley witnesses in a dark alley sparks a chain of events that will take him to the ends of the Earth and beyond—where what is real and what is imagined become terribly confused...Categorized as:
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![Out of Time by Monique Martin]()
Out of Time by Monique Martin
Professor Simon Cross has spent his life searching for evidence of vampires and avoiding emotional entanglements. When a mysterious accident transports Simon and his new assistant, Elizabeth West, back in time, Simon finally finds both the proof that he's been looking for, and the romance that he hasn't... -
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The Iron Wyrm Affair by Lilith Saintcrow
Rated: 3.23 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsEmma Bannon, forensic sorceress in the service of the Empire, has a mission: to protect Archibald Clare, a failed, unregistered mentath. His skills of deduction are legendary, and her own sorcery is not inconsiderable. It doesn't help much that they barely tolerate each other, or that Bannon's Shield, Mikal, might just be a traitor himself...
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