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Age of Legend by Michael J. Sullivan
Each culture has its own myths and legends, but only one is shared, and it is feared by all. With Age of Myth, Age of Swords, and Age of War, fantasy master Michael J. Sullivan riveted readers with a tale of unlikely heroes locked in a desperate battle to save mankind. After years of warfare, humanity has gained the upper hand and has pushed the Fhrey to the edge of their homeland, but no farther... -
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The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 50 ratingsAndrew Harlan is an Eternal, a man whose job it is to range through past and present Centuries, monitoring and, where necessary, altering Time's myriad cause-and-effect relationships. But when Harlan meets and falls for a non-Eternal woman, he seeks to use the awesome powers and techniques of the Eternals to twist time for his own purposes, so that he and his love can survive together.Categorized as:
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![Knot of Shadows by Lois McMaster Bujold]()
Knot of Shadows by Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsWhen a corpse is found floating face-down in Vilnoc harbor that is not quite as dead as it seems, Temple sorcerer Penric and his chaos demon Desdemona are drawn into the uncanny investigation. Pen’s keen questions will take him across the city of Vilnoc, and into far more profound mysteries, as his search for truths interlaces with tragedy. -
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The Dream Weavers by Barbara Erskine
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe new gripping historical novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lady of Hay. A nest of vipers, they called us. But that is not how it was. Mercia, 775 AD. In the grand Saxon halls of Mercia, King Offa rules with ruthless ambition. Aggressive and relentlessly acquisitive, his three daughters are destined to marry advantageously in service of their country...Categorized as:
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![Highlander's Bride by Mariah Stone]()
Highlander's Bride by Mariah Stone
Modern medicine keeps her alive, but a medieval Highlander makes her soul sing. Will a diabetic trapped in the past risk her life for a love to span the ages? Scotland, 2021. Light-headed, diabetic Bryanna Fitzpatrick stumbles through Eilean Donan Castle, searching for a place to test her blood...Categorized as:
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![Only a Breath Away by Diana Knightley]()
Only a Breath Away by Diana Knightley
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWho is looping? Who is changing history? As Magnus has said, "Ormr is after the crown, I need to get there first," but who is twisting time and causing the mess? Kaitlyn and Magnus and their family are in 13th century Scotland, they're trying to stick together, attempting to keep their memories intact while their timeline crumbles around them...Categorized as:
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High Roller: A Dark Fated Mates Mafia Romance by Delta James
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAxel gave Victoria the impossible choice, and she chose him. Victoria. My brother is dead. He’s been dead for five years and no one seems inclined to bring those who killed him to justice. Well, no one except me. Axel. I’m in negotiation with the Albanian mob. They think I’m going to stand with them against the others. They’re wrong. Atlantic City is my town… or at least it’s going to be... -
![A Time to Change by Callie Langridge]()
A Time to Change by Callie Langridge
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsPresent Day . Louisa Arnold has always loved Hill House. As a little girl she played in the derelict manor’s overgrown gardens and peered through its cracked ballroom windows, hoping to glimpse spectral lords and ladies dancing within. The tragic story of the wealthy former owners, the Mandevilles, even inspired her to want to teach history...Categorized as:
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![Ashes of Time by Sarah Woodbury]()
Ashes of Time by Sarah Woodbury
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNovember 1291. Meg and Llywelyn gather their family at Rhuddlan Castle to celebrate their seventh anniversary and David's twenty-third birthday. But the joyful reunion goes grievously awry when an old enemy raises the banner of rebellion, followed immediately by an even more catastrophic betrayal by an old friend...Categorized as:
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![Shadow Eagle by Michael-Scott Earle]()
Shadow Eagle by Michael-Scott Earle
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsReeling for the news of his fate, Adam decides to chase the one clue that might lead him toward answers: his sister. But the other Nordar clans have heard of the change in power, and they come to challenge his rule. The tiger will have to assert control over his new empire and kill all that stand in his way. Before he goes insane. -
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City of Time and Magic by Paula Brackston
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsXanthe meets Brackston's most famous heroine, Elizabeth Hawksmith from The Witch's Daughter, in this crossover story with all the "historical detail, village charm, and twisty plotting" of the Found Things series (Publishers Weekly). City of Time and Magic sees Xanthe face her greatest challenges yet... -
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Iron Will by James Maxwell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe epic conclusion to James Maxwell’s gripping fantasy series. The world is facing a war to end all wars, a confrontation that will destroy everything Dion and Chloe hold dear. With Palemon’s dragon army growing in number, time is running out…. Dion is doing everything in his power to prepare his kingdom, but he knows it will not be enough...Categorized as:
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The Artifact Hunters Boxed Set by A.W. Exley
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn a steam and mechanical powered Victorian England, Feisty Cara Devon is on the trail of powerful ancient artifacts in this bestselling historical fantasy series. This set contains the first three novels. 1: Nefertiti's Heart. A killer stalks the nobility seeking a legendary diamond said to have once belonged to Queen Nefertiti and rumoured to hold the key to immortality. 2: Hatshepsut's Collar... -
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Savage Mate by Delta James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Small Town Grumpy Shifter Romance. The first time she saw him he was coming out of the river. .. Oh! what a view. Jackson Miller (Jax) left the SEALs to return to his small hometown, Mystic River, Alaska where all the residents are shifters. He’s a grumpy bear shifter and the sheriff. Autumn Bradley was hiking with her fiancé for a birthday weekend... -
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![The High Lord by Trudi Canavan]()
The High Lord by Trudi Canavan
In the city of Imardin, where those who wield magic wield power, a young street-girl, adopted by the Magician's Guild, finds herself at the centre of a terrible plot that may destroy the entire world . . . Sonea has learned much at the magicians' guild and the other novices now treat her with a grudging respect... -
![Scorn of Angels by John Patrick Kennedy]()
Scorn of Angels by John Patrick Kennedy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsNyx, Queen of Hell, lies broken and burning in a box at the bottom of the Lake of Fire, put there but her lover Tribunal, who is God’s Son. Nyx’s daughter Epiphenia, has been slaughtered by Tribunal and Lucifer. Her companions, Persephone and Ishtar, were captured and are now suffering unspeakable torture...Categorized as:
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![The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley]()
The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley
Come home, if you remember. The postcard has been held at the sorting office for ninety-one years, waiting to be delivered to Joe Tournier. On the front is a lighthouse - Eilean Mor, in the Outer Hebrides. Joe has never left England, never even left London. He is a British slave, one of thousands throughout the French Empire. He has a job, a wife, a baby daughter... -
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Indiana Belle by John A. Heldt
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsProvidence, Rhode Island, 2017. When doctoral student Cameron Coelho, 28, opens a package from Indiana, he finds more than private papers that will help him with his dissertation. He finds a photograph of a beautiful society editor murdered in 1925 and clues to a century-old mystery...Categorized as:
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![Clockwork Tangerine by Rhys Ford]()
Clockwork Tangerine by Rhys Ford
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe British Empire reigns supreme, and its young Queen Victoria has expanded her realm to St. Francisco, a bustling city of English lords and Chinese ghettos. St. Francisco is a jewel in the Empire’s crown and as deeply embroiled in the conflict between the Arcane and Science as its sister city, London—a very dark and dangerous battle... -
![The Garden of Promises and Lies by Paula Brackston]()
The Garden of Promises and Lies by Paula Brackston
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThe third installment of a bewitching series brimming with charm and charisma that will make fans of Outlander rejoice! (Woman's World Magazine). New York Times bestselling author Paula Brackston's second novel in the Found Things series, Secrets of the Chocolate House, was called a time-swapping romance [that] will please fans of Alice Hoffman (Publishers Weekly)... -
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Frozen Dawn by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Her people murdered his family. He vowed to destroy them. But now, a curse binds them together. Life in the far northern reaches of the Dominion is unkind, and life under the reign of Morten, the dreaded ruler of the North Wind, is worse... -
![Goblins and Snowflakes by Melanie Karsak]()
Goblins and Snowflakes by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNever bargain with goblin men. Scarlette Rossetti thought her stay at Strawberry Hill Castle during the Christmas holiday would pass by uneventfully. She couldn't have been more wrong. Enticed by the delights of the nearby village of Twickenham, Scarlette's life would change in unimaginable ways. She never expected to be drawn magnetically to The Two Sisters Doll Shop and Toy Emporium...Categorized as:
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![The Highlander's Bargain by Barbara Longley]()
The Highlander's Bargain by Barbara Longley
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsBefore he can settle down, blond-haired, blue-eyed Robley of clan MacKintosh needs to taste true adventure. So when the faerie Madame Giselle asks him to retrieve her stolen property in exchange for two enchanted tokens that will whisk him across the centuries, he jumps at the chance... -
![Secrets of the Chocolate House by Paula Brackston]()
Secrets of the Chocolate House by Paula Brackston
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThe second novel in a bewitching series "brimming with charm and charisma" that will make "fans of Outlander rejoice! " (Woman's World Magazine). New York Times bestselling author Paula Brackston’s The Little Shop of Found Things was called “a page-turner that will no doubt leave readers eager for future series installments” (Publishers Weekly)... -
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![Chasing the Darkness by Cassie Sanchez]()
Chasing the Darkness by Cassie Sanchez
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFINALIST IN THE 2021 AMERICAN FICTION AWARDS FOR FANTASY. Pain is inescapable. Suffering is a choice. Azrael, the Angel of Death, knows pain. The deaths of his mother and sister, as well as his harsh experiences in the Watch Guard at age twelve, have brutally shaped him into the most feared assassin in all of Pandaren...Categorized as:
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![Dragon Storm by Delta James]()
Dragon Storm by Delta James
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou cannot escape your fate. Especially when it involves a dragon who claims to be your fated mate. Aria’s visions of something old, powerful, and angry coming combined with her seriously sexy dream sharing with a dragon shifter have confused her. Her visions have proven true too often to ignore. But dragon shifters can’t be true...Categorized as:
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![Music is Not Bound by Time by Steve Moretti]()
Music is Not Bound by Time by Steve Moretti
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt would take two women separated by time to complete music with the power to change history. But will it be enough to save the man they care about most? Adeena Stuart and Katharine Carnegie were born nearly three centuries apart. Yet their music and an ancient cello connect them to each other and to a man doomed by the Battle of Culloden...Categorized as:
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A Time Travel Fantasy Bundle: Footsteps in Time/Prince of Time by Sarah Woodbury
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis Time Travel Fantasy Bundle includes Footsteps in Time and Prince of Time, books one and two in the After Cilmeri Series. It tells the story of David and Anna, two teenagers catapulted back in time to alter history and save the medieval kingdom of Wales. Footsteps in Time: In December of 1282, English soldiers ambushed and murdered Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, the Prince of Wales...Categorized as:
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![Must Love Chainmail by Angela Quarles]()
Must Love Chainmail by Angela Quarles
Trapped in the wrong time, she needs a knight in shining armor, but this damsel in distress might be the real savior. A damsel in distress. .. With a day planner attached to her hip, the last thing Katy Tolson wants is a romance that threatens her well-ordered life. She's set to marry the safe--but bland--guy, but something's not quite. .. right... -
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The Gargoyle Protector by Rebecca F. Kenney
THE GARGOYLE PROTECTOR is a steamy romance set in alternate-history steampunk France during a magical civil war. When Noémie, Third Princess of Normandy, is forced to accept a gargoyle as her bodyguard, she is determined to hate him... -
![Of Blood and Light by C. Monk]()
Of Blood and Light by C. Monk
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsArthurian legend, bodice-ripping, and capybaras: welcome to Thule! A girl with a secret . . . In the back of an ambulance, River Greer counts each breath her little sister takes until the final one: Sage’s body is giving up, ravaged by a mysterious illness... -
![The Third Kingdom by Terry Goodkind]()
The Third Kingdom by Terry Goodkind
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsFrom the internationally bestselling author of the Sword of Truth series, comes a new Richard and Kahlan novel, sequel to The Omen Machine. The Richard and Kahlan series, beginning with The Omen Machine (which is also the 12th and final book of the Sword of Truth series) is a NEW series separate from Sword of Truth...Categorized as:
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On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 34 ratings“Powers writes action and adventure that Indiana Jones could only dream of. ”. —Washington Post. “Tim Powers is a brilliant writer. ”. —William Gibson. The remarkable Tim Powers—who ingeniously married the John Le Carrè spy novel to the otherworldly in his critically acclaimed Declare—brings us pirate adventure with a dazzling difference... -
![Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore]()
Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore
Just because life may be out of order, doesn’t mean it’s broken. It’s New Year’s Eve 1982, and Oona Lockhart has her whole life before her. At the stroke of midnight she will turn nineteen, and the year ahead promises to be one of consequence... -
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![Fata Morgana by Steven R. Boyett, Ken Mitchroney]()
Fata Morgana by Steven R. Boyett, Ken Mitchroney
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAt the height of the air war in Europe, Captain Joe Farley and the baseball-loving, wisecracking crew of the B-17 Flying Fortress Fata Morgana are in the middle of a harrowing bombing mission over East Germany when everything goes sideways. The bombs are still falling and flak is still exploding all around the 20-ton bomber as it is knocked like a bathtub duck into another world... -
![A Secret History of Witches by Louisa Morgan]()
A Secret History of Witches by Louisa Morgan
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn ancient and dangerous power is being handed down from mother to daughter through some of the most consequential historic events of the last two centuries. After Grandmére Ursule gives her life to save her tribe, her magic seems to die with her. Even so, her family keeps the Old Faith, practicing the spells and rites that have been handed from mother to daughter for generations... -
![Krondor: The Assassins by Raymond E. Feist]()
Krondor: The Assassins by Raymond E. Feist
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsBook Two of The Riftwar Legacy. A place of unparalleled wonders a sprawling kingdom coveted by enemies on all sides; a bustling center of commerce and magic, vibrantly alive and eternally in conflict...Categorized as:
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![A Bridge Through Time by Jennae Vale]()
A Bridge Through Time by Jennae Vale
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAshley Moore's life in San Francisco has hit a few snags, not the least of which involves sightings of a mystery man around every corner. Is she losing her mind or does he really exist? Her search for this grey-eyed stranger leads her to Scotland... -
![The Slynx by Tatyana Tolstaya, Jamey Gambrell]()
The Slynx by Tatyana Tolstaya, Jamey Gambrell
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsTwo hundred years after civilization ended in an event known as the Blast, Benedikt isn't one to complain. He's got a job — transcribing old books and presenting them as the words of the great new leader, Fyodor Kuzmich, Glorybe — and though he doesn't enjoy the privileged status of a Murza, at least he's not a serf or a half-human four-legged Degenerator harnessed to a troika... -
![Cards Caravans by Cindy Spencer Pape]()
Cards Caravans by Cindy Spencer Pape
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBook five of The Gaslight Chronicles. Belinda Danvers isn't a witch. But that won't stop them burning her at the stake . Connor McKay can tell at a glance that Belinda's magickal powers are minimal at best. She can't be guilty of murdering village children. There's something suspicious about her arrest and lightning-quick sentence... -
![Ether & Elephants by Cindy Spencer Pape]()
Ether & Elephants by Cindy Spencer Pape
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA Gaslight Chronicles Novel. Sir Thomas Devere and Eleanor Hadrian have loved each other most of their lives—but sometimes love doesn't conquer all. Their chance at happiness was ruined by Tom's hasty marriage to someone else. Heartbroken, Nell left home, finding a new life as a teacher at a school for the blind... -
![Time After Time by Lisa Grunwald]()
Time After Time by Lisa Grunwald
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA magical love story, inspired by the legend of a woman who vanished at Grand Central, sweeps readers from the 1920s to World War II and beyond, in the spirit of The Time Traveler’s Wife and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button...Categorized as:
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![Where Ivy Dares to Grow by Marielle Thompson]()
Where Ivy Dares to Grow by Marielle Thompson
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMexican Gothic meets Outlander in this spellbindingly atmospheric timeslip debut, as a woman struggling with struggling with her mental health spends the winter with her cruel in-laws in their eerie, haunting manor that sweeps her back through time and into the arms of her fiancé's mysterious, alluring 19th century ancestor... -
![In Another Time by Jillian Cantor]()
In Another Time by Jillian Cantor
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsA sweeping historical novel that spans Germany, England, and the United States and follows a young couple torn apart by circumstance leading up to World War II—and the family secret that may prove to be the means for survival. Love brought them together. But only time can save them…. 1931, Germany... -
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![Heartless by Anne Elisabeth Stengl]()
Heartless by Anne Elisabeth Stengl
The Dragon King Seeks His Princess—. Who Dares to Stop Him? Princess Una of Parumvir has come of age and will soon marry. She dreams of a charming prince, but when her first suitor arrives, he's not what she'd hoped. Prince Aethelbald of mysterious Farthestshore has travelled a great distance to prove his love--and also to bring hushed warnings of danger...Categorized as:
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![Star of the Morning by Lynn Kurland]()
Star of the Morning by Lynn Kurland
From the USA Today bestselling author comes the first in a magical romantic fantasy trilogy. Darkness covers the north, since the black mage has begun his assault on the kingdom of Neroche. Legend has it that only the two magical swords held by Neroche's king can defeat the mage. Now the fate of the Nine Kingdoms rests in the hands of a woman destined to wield one of those blades. . -
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In Another Time by Jillian Cantor
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsA sweeping historical novel that spans Germany, England, and the United States and follows a young couple torn apart by circumstance leading up to World War II—and the family secret that may prove to be the means for survival. Love brought them together. But only time can save them…. 1931, Germany...Categorized as:
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![The Magicians' Guild by Trudi Canavan]()
The Magicians' Guild by Trudi Canavan
"We should expect this young woman to be more powerful than our average novice, possibly even more powerful than the average magician. ". This year, like every other, the magicians of Imardin gather to purge the city of undesirables... -
![The Time Mistress by Georgina Young-Ellis]()
The Time Mistress by Georgina Young-Ellis
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA romantic, time-travel adventure set in Jane Austen's England, The Time Baroness is the story of Dr. Cassandra Reilly, a scientist from the year 2120 who embarks upon a journey to England of 1820. Her purpose is to conduct an experiment: living for a year in the guise of a wealthy widow and interacting within the Regency world...Categorized as:
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The Red Garden by Alice Hoffman
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 40 ratings"The Red Garden" introduces us to the luminous and haunting world of Blackwell, Massachusetts, capturing the unexpected turns in its history and in our own lives...Categorized as:
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