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Time of Death by J.D. Robb
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsJ. D. Robb’s In Death novels have been praised as “Law & Order: SVU—in the future” (Entertainment Weekly). Now, together in one volume, three stories that spotlight Lieutenant Eve Dallas doing what she does best: solving crime with skill, integrity, and passion… “Eternity in Death” A seductive killer is luring in victims with a promise of the impossible—immortality...Categorized as:
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The Inheritance Trilogy by N.K. Jemisin
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn this omnibus edition of N.K. Jemisin's brilliantly original award-winning fantasy series, a young woman becomes entangled in a power struggle of mythic proportions.A REALM OF GODS AND MORTALS.Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north. But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances, she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky... -
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![High Roller: A Dark Fated Mates Mafia Romance by Delta James]()
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.VictoriaMy 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.AxelI’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... -
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High Bet by Delta James
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAt night he invades my dreams… during the day I can’t forget the way he made me feel during those dreams.LaurenI am the leader of a rogue band of vixens, who left our origin skulk to live our dream—owning a catering company. The problem is our dream costs money, and we don’t have any. The solution is doing what foxes do best… steal. Now I’m way in way over my head... -
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![Kiss of Luck (Syndicate Masters: Midwest) by Delta James]()
Kiss of Luck (Syndicate Masters: Midwest) by Delta James
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsDifferent Vices.Different Beasts.Different Mafias.The need to claim their mate's heart is the same... -
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Moonlight Bride by Riley Storm
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe new neighbors have moved in, and they’re a real howl… Chloe goes to warn them of the giant wolf roaming around, fully expecting to go home alone. When she accidentally lets slip that her tractor is broken, however, the handsome new neighbor insists on coming to help. Overwhelmed since leaving the city and her past behind, Chloe accepts his offer...Categorized as:
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![Complication: Syndicate Masters Northern Lights by Delta James]()
Complication: Syndicate Masters Northern Lights by Delta James
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlliances are made. Complications are kept. Judgments are demanded.From USA Today Bestselling Author Delta James, another sensational book in the Syndicate Masters, Northern Lights romance series.Little did I know my search for stolen art would become a complication for the boss of the Valhalla Syndicate. A complication he has decided to keep...Categorized as:
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![The House of Always by Jenn Lyons]()
The House of Always by Jenn Lyons
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFor fans of Brandon Sanderson and Patrick Rothfuss, The House of Always is the fourth epic fantasy in Jenn Lyons' Chorus of Dragons series that began with The Ruin of Kings.What if you were imprisoned for all eternity?In the aftermath of the Ritual of Night, everything has changed... -
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Susurex by Amelia Rademaker
Cece Levine is stranded with a crew of snake aliens. Luckily, these ones like her. The last ones she met tried to kill her.The crew and I have a few things to work through now that we can communicate. Like why was I pretending to be a pet? What are we going to do now? And why are all of these aliens trying to kill us? Before we do anything, we need to get our ship fixed...Categorized as:
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![The Winter Garden by Nicola Cornick]()
The Winter Garden by Nicola Cornick
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSweeping across generations from the 1600s to the present day and inspired by the true story of the leader of the infamous Gunpowder Plot, Nicola Cornick’s latest historical mystery combines past and present story lines that fans of Philippa Gregory and Susanna Kearsley will devour.1605: Anne Catesby fears for her family... -
![Foreseen by A.J. Anders]()
Foreseen by A.J. Anders
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsForced to attend the Surmata run Suoja Guild, Evie finally has hope for a better life. But her new freedom comes at a cost. Dark forces work against her, even within the safe walls of the demon hunter’s school. With her father still on the loose, Evie must be extra diligent to watch her back... -
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After the Storms by Liz Hambleton
The conclusion for The Another sanctuary and another lie.After fleeing for their lives, Rowan’s band of survivors makes it to the Underground. The last to find her way, the welcome that greets her is not a warm one.She’s about to find out just how far the web of betrayal spreads, touching everything she holds dear. All the while, her family is kept from her, too far away to reach...Categorized as:
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![Betrayed by C.R. Jane, Mila Young]()
Betrayed by C.R. Jane, Mila Young
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSurvival is just the beginning. Ella must fight for love and freedom on the rim of the galaxy...Years ago, the skies blackened with the arrival of the Vepar to Earth. Dominant and secretive, they changed the world, ruling over Earth with fear.Ella’s always been a survivor, a fighter. But now kidnapped, she finds herself on a foreign planet and running for her life... -
![Demon Ember by M.J. Haag, Becca Vincenza]()
Demon Ember by M.J. Haag, Becca Vincenza
Mya’s world is falling apart. After a series of earthquakes, deadly animals with glowing red eyes begin attacking people and start the spread of a zombie-like plague. Safety is just a memory as she tries to make her way home. When a different creature attacks the people helping her reach Oklahoma City, Mya is sure she’ll never see the light of another day...Categorized as:
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![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)... -
![Diplomacy: A Space Fantasy Romance by May Sage]()
Diplomacy: A Space Fantasy Romance by May Sage
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor a thousand years, being born with magic was a death sentence. Hart and his twin have survived by hiding who they truly were until their time came. It started as a whisper, rumors, but when they find out there truly is a mage uprising, they join the fight, tilting the balance in the mages’ favor. The era of magicless mortals has passed in their multi-planetary kingdom...Categorized as:
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![Chasing the Darkness by Cassie Sanchez]()
Chasing the Darkness by Cassie Sanchez
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFINALIST IN THE 2021 AMERICAN FICTION AWARDS FOR FANTASYPain 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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Valor's Choice by Tanya Huff
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsThe first book in Tanya Huff’s action-packed military sci-fi adventure Confederation seriesStaff Sergeant Torin Kerr was a battle-hardened professional. So when she and her platoon were yanked from a well-deserved leave for what was supposed to be “easy” duty as the honor guard for a diplomatic mission to the non-Confederation world of the Silsviss, she was ready for anything... -
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Revolution by Kali Argent
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBy all rights, Helios shifter Sion Jabari shouldn’t be on Xenthian. According to his own mother, he shouldn’t even be alive. His life hasn’t been an easy one, and after witnessing how greed and the desire for power can corrupt something as pure as love, he wants no part of it. When he takes a companion, he swears it will be for all the right reasons, and more importantly, it will be his choice... -
![My Ninja Girl by Gideon Caldwell]()
My Ninja Girl by Gideon Caldwell
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKiller nuns. With gatling guns.Micah Regent is a pre-med student in Neo-Hokkaido, just hoping his snarky grandmother's prayer can help him pass an exam.When two sexy ninja girl statues come to life before his very eyes and start fighting each other, his life will never be the same...Categorized as:
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![Wicked Academia: Lost Stars by Jasmine Jenkins, Sophie Suliman]()
Wicked Academia: Lost Stars by Jasmine Jenkins, Sophie Suliman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThere is something wicked about the Greywick triplets.The eldest has a wicked smile.The middle has a wicked mind.The youngest has a wicked heart.Vivian, Marion, and Timothée Greywick’s father told them one thing before he died: stay away from the Celestial Academy for Fallen Stars. And they’ve done just that, becoming perfectly respectable members of society, with no use for star magic...Categorized as:
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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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![Dark River by A.R. Keo]()
Dark River by A.R. Keo
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsSitting in a dungeon, miles below the surface of the earth is not the ending she anticipated. Nor is coming face to face with some very lethal dark elves, but Vanadey Adara is particularly good at finding trouble.Van is not having a pleasant day, but things take a surprising turn when an unconscious dark elf is dragged in by his kin. Some rather unpleasant orks have two prisoners to play with now...Categorized as:
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![The Butterfly Code by Sue Wyshynski]()
The Butterfly Code by Sue Wyshynski
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShivering, I wind my arms around my ribs.That's when I see him. Dr. Hunter Cayman.The man the town has been whispering about. The man no one really seems to know. The man my father despises.He's across the street, leaning against a steel monster--a low-slung black car, its curves somehow wicked in the night. Rain sparkles like fire on the front hood under the glow of the orange streetlamps...Categorized as:
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![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... -
![Subversive by Colleen Cowley]()
Subversive by Colleen Cowley
In an America controlled by wizards and 100 years behind on women’s rights, Beatrix Harper counts herself among the resistance—the Women’s League for the Prohibition of Magic. Then Peter Blackwell, the only wizard her town has ever produced, unexpectedly returns home and presses her into service as his assistant.Beatrix fears he wants to undermine the League... -
![Choosing The Demon by Celeste King]()
Choosing The Demon by Celeste King
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsLife was hell under the Dark Elves. And then the demons came. And it somehow got even worse.They raided our town in a vicious magical battle, killed the Dark Elves and took the humans.I couldn’t do a damn thing when they took my sister away.Then the leader of the invaders set his gaze on me.A monster so cruel and so perfect that to look on him was to cry in sadness and desire...Categorized as:
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![On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers]()
On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 33 ratings“Powers writes action and adventure that Indiana Jones could only dream of.”—Washington Post“Tim Powers is a brilliant writer.”—William GibsonThe 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... -
![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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Only Hard Problems by Jennifer Estep
New York Times best-selling author Jennifer Estep continues her Galactic Bonds series with a new, action-packed novella that blends science-fiction technology and magical fantasy elements with a touch of historical romance. This rollicking space opera focuses on a fan-favorite secondary character who’s part hero, part villain, and all arrogance... -
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Vall's Will by Linda Mooney
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA Nion warrior never kills. Never. But this time, she may have to destroy the man she loves.They found him chained in the depths of an enemy ship. Half-starved, beaten, and abused in more ways than anyone could ever imagine, the man still exhibited a strength of character that impressed his deliverers, including Captain Willis Tate... -
![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... -
![The Little Shop of Found Things by Paula Brackston]()
The Little Shop of Found Things by Paula Brackston
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsA new series about a young woman whose connection to antiques takes her on a magical adventure, reminiscent of OutlanderNew York Times bestselling author of The Witch's Daughter Paula Brackston returns to her trademark blend of magic and romance to launch a new series guaranteed to enchant her audience even more... -
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Altered by Marnee Blake
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA new adult romance from Entangled's Embrace imprint... When "normal" ends, survival begins... The sickness came on suddenly and violently. When it was done, waitress Blue Michaels was different in a really strange way. And the entire town of Glory was dead...except for her. Only that's not exactly true. A handful of people made it, including U.S...Categorized as:
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![Thief Liar Lady by D.L. Soria]()
Thief Liar Lady by D.L. Soria
Rated: 3.66 of 5 stars · 18 ratings“Happily Ever After” is a total scam, but at least this time the princess is the one controlling the grift—until her true love arrives and threatens to ruin the whole scheme. Intrigue, magic, and wit abound in this Cinderella fairytale reimagining, perfect for fans of Heather Walter and Naomi Novik.I’m not who you think I am...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.. -
![Assassin's Gambit by Amy Raby]()
Assassin's Gambit by Amy Raby
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsVitala Salonius, champion of the warlike game of Caturanga, is as deadly as she is beautiful. She’s a trained assassin for the resistance, and her true play is for ultimate power. Using her charm and wit, she plans to seduce her way into the emperor’s bed and deal him one final, fatal blow, sparking a battle of succession that could change the face of the empire...Categorized as:
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![Where Ivy Dares to Grow: A Gothic Time Travel Love Story by Marielle Thompson]()
Where Ivy Dares to Grow: A Gothic Time Travel Love Story by Marielle Thompson
Rated: 3.46 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsMexican Gothic meets Outlander in this spellbinding, atmospheric timeslip debut novel, as a woman 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... -
![Wrapt in Crystal by Sharon Shinn]()
Wrapt in Crystal by Sharon Shinn
Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsWomen from two very different religious sects are being murdered on the planet of Semay, and no one knows why. Sent to investigate is Cowen Drake, a special assignment officer with an intergalactic peacekeeping force—also known as a Moonchild. He finds himself drawn to the vibrant and sophisticated Jovieve, head of the joyous Triumphante sect...Categorized as:
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