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Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion, Vol. 4 by Whale, Milcha
Raeliana has been summoned by Noah’s half-brother, King Siathrich...But is it an invitation to tea, or an invitation to captivity?! Siathrich, knowing her and Noah’s engagement is fake, makes Raeliana an unexpected offer...And with the end of her betrothal in sight, will Raeliana have to enter into a marriage of convenience with someone else..Categorized as:
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![Becoming the Dark Prince by Kerri Maniscalco]()
Becoming the Dark Prince by Kerri Maniscalco
In this irresistibly-priced short story, catch a glimpse of the inner struggles and triumphs that drive Stalking Jack the Ripper's endearing but troubled hero. Enigmatic, brooding, and darkly handsome, Thomas Cresswell has always been the one mystery Audrey Rose has never been able to fully solve. As brilliant partners in crime investigation, they understand each other perfectly.. -
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![Self-Made Boys by Anna-Marie McLemore]()
Self-Made Boys by Anna-Marie McLemore
New York City, 1922. Nicolás Caraveo, a 17-year-old transgender boy from Minnesota, has no interest in the city’s glamor. Going to New York is all about establishing himself as a young professional, which could set up his future—and his life as a man—and benefit his family...Categorized as:
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![Stepping on Roses, Vol. 3 by Rinko Ueda]()
Stepping on Roses, Vol. 3 by Rinko Ueda
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsReads R to L (Japanese Style), for T+ audiences. Sumi begins to regret running away with Nozomu and wonders if she loves him after all. Nozomu's love for her, however, is bordering on becoming an unhealthy obsession... -
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![Stepping on Roses, Vol. 6 by Rinko Ueda]()
Stepping on Roses, Vol. 6 by Rinko Ueda
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsReads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences T+ Poor Sumi Kitamura… Her irresponsible older brother Eisuke keeps bringing home orphans for her to take care of even though they can barely afford their own basic needs! Just when Sumi's financial problems become dire, wealthy Soichiro Ashida enters her life with a bizarre proposition: he'll provide her with the money she so desperately needs if... -
![I Was Reincarnated as the Villainess in an Otome Game but the Boys Love Me Anyway!, Volume 2 by ＡＴＡＫＡ, Sou Inaida]()
I Was Reincarnated as the Villainess in an Otome Game but the Boys Love Me Anyway!, Volume 2 by ＡＴＡＫＡ, Sou Inaida
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFated to die as the villainess of an otome game, Mystia sets out to change her own unhappy ending!Mystia Aren is the daughter of a noble family, and she just started high school. She’s surrounded by a group of adoring classmates and her charming fiancé. Everything seems perfect...Categorized as:
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![Stepping on Roses, Vol. 7 by Rinko Ueda]()
Stepping on Roses, Vol. 7 by Rinko Ueda
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsReads R to L (Japanese Style), for audiences T+... -
![From the Editorial Page of the Falchester Weekly Review by Marie Brennan]()
From the Editorial Page of the Falchester Weekly Review by Marie Brennan
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA Tor.com original, From the Editorial Page of the Falchester Weekly Review shares the thoughts of the renowned dragon naturalist Lady Trent--whose memoirs continue to be chronciled in Marie Brennan's acclaimed Victorian Age science fantasy series--about the scientific community... -
![Amy Snow by Tracy Rees]()
Amy Snow by Tracy Rees
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsLeft to perish on a bank of snow as a baby, Amy has never known love, never known family.Reluctantly given shelter at nearby Hatville Court, she is despised by the masters and servants alike.The beautiful Hatville heiress, Aurelia Vennaway, is Amy's only advocate - she becomes the light of Amy's life, and the centre of her existence.So when Aurelia dies young, Amy's world collapses... -
![Nina the Starry Bride, Vol. 1 by Rikachi]()
Nina the Starry Bride, Vol. 1 by Rikachi
Nina had a rough start to life, stealing to survive—and eventually being sold into slavery by her own brother. But to her surprise, her captor, Prince Azure, ordained that she would live the life of a princess...specifically, that of the recently deceased princess-priestess, Alisha. But despite her changing fortune, Nina won't give up her old life without a fight..Categorized as:
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![Finding Camellia, Vol. 3 (참아주세요, 대공 (Comic) #3) by Manta Comics, Jin So-ye]()
Finding Camellia, Vol. 3 (참아주세요, 대공 (Comic) #3) by Manta Comics, Jin So-ye
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsAt last, Camellia has come to Louvre in search of her mother, but just as she turns the corner to her old home, she runs into none other than Duke Ihar! Though she successfully escapes before the young duke can blow her cover, she returns to her accommodations only to be met with his ever-watchful gaze... -
![Grieving Graves by M.H.B.]()
Grieving Graves by M.H.B.
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings*Previously published as Master of Death by M . H . B .*One grave.Two futures.Almost three years of grief. Four beating hearts healing from pain. Five lives forever tied.I never thought this would be my life.And falling for my boss, Damon Dreygon, was never part of the plan...Categorized as:
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![Goong Vol. 9: The Royal Palace by So Hee Park]()
Goong Vol. 9: The Royal Palace by So Hee Park
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWaging war from the shadows, Yul and his mother, the Daebi, continue to turn the screws on Korea's royals - and the first casualties in their sights are Crown Prince Shin and Chae-Kyung! Convinced by Yul that an upcoming television interview will be her last chance to talk divorce, Chae-Kyung is distracted from the larger picture by her feelings for her husband and the thought of freedom from... -
![Carrick House by Shelley Adina]()
Carrick House by Shelley Adina
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWho said life is but a dream after the wedding? Married eight months, Lady Claire Trevelyan and Dr. Andrew Malvern are blissfully working together on a new invention, and providing a home for a collection of street sparrows. Then Claire’s mother, the redoubtable Lady Jermyn, arrives with her family in tow and expects to stay indefinitely .. -
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![Finding Camellia, Vol. 4 (참아주세요, 대공 (Comic) #4) by Manta Comics, Jin So-ye]()
Finding Camellia, Vol. 4 (참아주세요, 대공 (Comic) #4) by Manta Comics, Jin So-ye
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsDespite being injured, Camellius makes it back to the manor safe and sound, much to everyone’s relief. His return is soon followed by Keiran’s arrival in the capital—welcome news, even if it means the Marchioness Bale is with him. Meanwhile, Lord Claude has begun to realize the extent of his feelings for Camellius, and he and Prince Ian continue to cross swords every time they meet... -
![The Mammoth Hunters by Jean M. Auel]()
The Mammoth Hunters by Jean M. Auel
Set in the challenging terrain of Ice Age Europe that millions of Jean Auel’s readers have come to treasure, The Mammoth Hunters is an epic novel of love, knowledge, jealousy, and hard choices—a novel certain to garner Jean Auel even greater acclaim as a master storyteller of the dawn of humanit y...Categorized as:
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![The Cain Saga, Volume 1: Forgotten Juliet by Akira Watanabe]()
The Cain Saga, Volume 1: Forgotten Juliet by Akira Watanabe
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsBorn under an evil moon harboring dark secrets, Earl Cain C. Hargreves, the youthful heir of the aristocratic Hargreves family, is a man on a quest to find the truth about his family's past... -
![The Otherworld by Abbie Emmons]()
The Otherworld by Abbie Emmons
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsOrca Monroe wants only one thing for her eighteenth birthday: to experience the Otherworld—the mysterious “mainland” across the sea that her father has forbidden her from visiting. Growing up in a lighthouse on a remote island, Orca has lived isolated from the world… until one day when she finds a cell phone washed up on the beach...Categorized as:
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![Theatre of Marvels by Lianne Dillsworth]()
Theatre of Marvels by Lianne Dillsworth
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCrowds gather at Crillick's Variety Theatre, where curiosity is satisfied with displays of intrigue and fear. They're here for the star of the show - the Great Amazonia warrior. They needn't know this warrior is in fact Zillah, a mixed-race actress from the East End fooling them each night with her thrilling performance...Categorized as:
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![Theatre of Marvels by Lianne Dillsworth]()
Theatre of Marvels by Lianne Dillsworth
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCrowds gather at Crillick's Variety Theatre, where curiosity is satisfied with displays of intrigue and fear. They're here for the star of the show - the Great Amazonia warrior. They needn't know this warrior is in fact Zillah, a mixed-race actress from the East End fooling them each night with her thrilling performance...Categorized as:
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![The Boundless by Anna Bright]()
The Boundless by Anna Bright
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThis breathtaking sequel to The Beholder will take you on a journey into a darkly sparkling fairy tale, perfect for fans of The Selection and Caraval.When Selah found true love with Prince Torden of Norway, she never imagined she’d have to leave him behind... -
![Realm of Knights by Jennifer Anne Davis]()
Realm of Knights by Jennifer Anne Davis
Reid has spent her whole life pretending to be a man so she can inherit her father’s estate, but when a chance encounter threatens to expose her lie, she is forced to risk everything.In the kingdom of Marsden, women are subservient to men and land can only pass from father to son...Categorized as:
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![These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly]()
These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 46 ratingsJo Montfort is beautiful and rich, and soon—like all the girls in her class—she’ll graduate from finishing school and be married off to a wealthy bachelor. Which is the last thing she wants. Jo secretly dreams of becoming a writer—a newspaper reporter like the trailblazing Nellie Bly.Wild aspirations aside, Jo’s life seems perfect until tragedy strikes: her father is found dead... -
![No Place Like Here by Christina June]()
No Place Like Here by Christina June
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAshlyn Zanotti has big plans for the summer. She’s just spent a year at boarding school and can’t wait to get home. But when Ashlyn’s father is arrested for tax evasion and her mother enters a rehab facility for “exhaustion,” a.k.a. depression, her life is turned upside down...Categorized as:
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![The Girl and the Clockwork Cat by Nikki McCormack]()
The Girl and the Clockwork Cat by Nikki McCormack
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFeisty teenage thief Maeko and her maybe-more-than-friend Chaff have scraped out an existence in Victorian London’s gritty streets, but after a near-disastrous heist leads her to a mysterious clockwork cat and two dead bodies, she’s thrust into a murder mystery that may cost her everything she holds dear... -
![Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know by Samira Ahmed]()
Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know by Samira Ahmed
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTold in alternating narratives that bridge centuries, the latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Samira Ahmed traces the lives of two young women fighting to write their own stories and escape the pressure of familial burdens and cultural expectations in worlds too long defined by men...Categorized as:
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![The Forbidden Orchid by Sharon Biggs Waller]()
The Forbidden Orchid by Sharon Biggs Waller
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsStaid, responsible Elodie Buchanan is the eldest of ten sisters living in a small English market town in 1861. The girls barely know their father, a plant hunter usually off adventuring through China. Then disaster strikes: Mr. Buchanan reneges on his contract to collect an extremely rare and valuable orchid... -
![The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman]()
The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsDetermined to discover the truth about what happened to her father, Sally is soon plunged into a dangerous and terrifying adventure that takes her to the dark heart of Victorian London... -
![An Uncertain Choice by Jody Hedlund]()
An Uncertain Choice by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDue to her parents' promise at her birth, Lady Rosemarie has been prepared to become a nun on the day she turns eighteen. Then, a month before her birthday, a friend of her father's enters the kingdom and proclaims her parents' will left a second choice. If Rosemarie can marry before the eve of her eighteenth year, she will be exempt from the ancient vow... -
![My Fine Fellow by Jennieke Cohen]()
My Fine Fellow by Jennieke Cohen
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsCulinary delights abound, romance lingers in the air, and plans go terribly, wonderfully astray in this historical tale.It’s 1830s England, and Culinarians—doyens who consult with society’s elite to create gorgeous food and confections—are the crème de la crème of high society... -
![The Egoist by George Meredith]()
The Egoist by George Meredith
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsGeorge Meredith, OM (12 February 1828 – 18 May 1909) was an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era.Highly Recommended! In short, a really good read. Meredith deserves his reputation-- both for his skill and for the effort needed to enjoy the work. Meredith was purported to have said, ?he is all of us? of the main character in his most enduring novel, The Egoist, published in 1879... -
![A Dress for the Wicked by Autumn Krause]()
A Dress for the Wicked by Autumn Krause
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe high-stakes fashion scene of a reimagined nineteenth century Europe takes center stage in this YA debut perfect for fans of The Belles and The Luxe.Nothing much happens in the sleepy town of Shy in Avon-upon-Kynt. And for eighteen years, Emmaline Watkins has feared that her future held just that: nothing...Categorized as:
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![Belle Epoque by Elizabeth Ross]()
Belle Epoque by Elizabeth Ross
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsWhen Maude Pichon runs away from provincial Brittany to Paris, her romantic dreams vanish as quickly as her savings. Desperate for work, she answers an unusual ad. The Durandeau Agency provides its clients with a unique service—the beauty foil. Hire a plain friend and become instantly more attractive...Categorized as:
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![The Freemason's Daughter by Shelley Sackier]()
The Freemason's Daughter by Shelley Sackier
Rated: 3.35 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe Outlander series for the YA audience—a debut, full of romance and intrigue, set in early eighteenth-century Scotland.Saying good-bye to Scotland is the hardest thing that Jenna MacDuff has had to do—until she meets Lord Pembroke... -
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![Deadly Curious by Cindy Anstey]()
Deadly Curious by Cindy Anstey
Rated: 3.31 of 5 stars · 11 ratings1834. Sophia Thompson wants nothing more than to be one of the famed Bow Street Runners, London's most elite corps of detectives. Never mind that a woman has never before joined their ranks--and certainly never mind that her reclusive family has forbidden her from pursuing such an unladylike goal... -
![The Luxe by Anna Godbersen]()
The Luxe by Anna Godbersen
Pretty girls in pretty dresses, partying until dawn. Irresistible boys with mischievous smiles and dangerous intentions. White lies, dark secrets, and scandalous hookups. This is Manhattan, 1899. Beautiful sisters Elizabeth and Diana Holland rule Manhattan's social scene. Or so it appears...Categorized as:
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