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Three Charms for Murder by Honor Raconteur
It takes more than three charms to commit murder. When an old childhood friend comes to Henri asking for help in solving his parents’ murders, Henri agrees immediately. He knows this case is not going to be easy. Mr. and Mrs. Atwood’s bodies had been found magically posed to mimic a statue, and the investigator in charge ruled it a murder-suicide... -
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The Parasol Protectorate Boxed Set: Soulless, Changeless, Blameless, Heartless and Timeless by Gail Carriger
Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she's a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette... -
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![All Fun and Games by Honor Raconteur]()
All Fun and Games by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.66 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIt’s all fun and games until someone gets murdered. Well, the Queen’s Own certainly isn’t having fun, because what’s worse than one case? Two, of course. And what’s worse than two? Whatever madness Jamie’s currently in. The body count is rising, all the MO’s are different, and cleaning charms have wiped the murder scenes of clues... -
![Grimoires and Where to Find Them by Honor Raconteur]()
Grimoires and Where to Find Them by Honor Raconteur
How do you catch an elusive thief? There is nothing more delightful than a bookfaire with his lady love. At least, until Henri learns that a grimoire belonging to the dangerous Reaper’s Set has been stolen without its protective box. When Henri and Jamie go looking for answers, they are horrified to discover more than one volume has been stolen without its protective box... -
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![Diamonds and Blood by B.R. Kingsolver]()
Diamonds and Blood by B.R. Kingsolver
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSixty million in diamonds and a dead billionaire. Sometimes even a successful heist has its problems. Bags of diamonds and breathtaking jewelry are the only clues to a chain of puzzling murders. When Libby’s questions draw the attention of Montreal’s organized crime bosses, she finds herself a target... -
![Death Over the Garden Wall by Honor Raconteur]()
Death Over the Garden Wall by Honor Raconteur
Three modus operandi to die. Four employees, six house guests, and not a single witness. Confusing clues and no helpful leads cloud the death of Countess Giada Barese, who washed up on shore two weeks after her mysterious disappearance. Henri and Jamie have no idea if her death is a homicide, suicide, or accidental death, for nothing adds up... -
![Breaking and Entering 101 by Honor Raconteur]()
Breaking and Entering 101 by Honor Raconteur
Since Jamie and Henri agreed to be Kingsmen consultants, they’d not had much call to actually consult. Which is a fortuitous thing, as Henri is up to his neck in labwork and interviews for a new Magical Examiner due to Sanderson’s departing. He is hardly in any position to add more tasks onto his shoulders. Which, naturally, means two disasters strike at once... -
![The Belial Origins by R.D. Brady]()
The Belial Origins by R.D. Brady
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsRevelations, death and destiny. The three forces have Delaney McPhearson's life for the last two years. But the greatest revelation is yet to come . . . and the greatest sacrifice. A powerful relic was hidden eons ago to protect mankind. If it’s uncovered, our world will change forever. But the Fallen are on its trail. And they’re not the only ones...Categorized as:
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![Vampire Chronicles: Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice, Robert O'Keefe]()
Vampire Chronicles: Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice, Robert O'Keefe
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsThe ornate, casket-like packaging and neogothic graphic design of this immortal trilogy is eerily enticing on its own. But just lift the lid, slide the first tape from its ghostly sleeve, and you'll soon embrace the hypnotic realm of the undead. Book 1, Interview with the Vampire, opens with the seductive purr of F... -
![Vanity and Vampyres by Tilly Wallace]()
Vanity and Vampyres by Tilly Wallace
Being a reveller is such a drain…. Someone is supping upon young noblemen and it’s up to Hannah and Wycliff to investigate. If only they could agree on how the men are being drained of their life’s blood... -
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Disturbing the Dead by Kelley Armstrong
Disturbing the Dead is the latest in a unique series with one foot in the 1890s and the other in the present day. The A Rip Through Time crime novels are a genre-blending, atmospheric romp from New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong. Victorian Scotland is becoming less strange to modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson... -
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Marking Time by April White
Seventeen-year-old tagger Saira Elian can handle anything. .. a mother who mysteriously disappears, a stranger who stalks her around London, and even the noble English Grandmother who kicked Saira and her mother out of the family... -
![Dead of Night by J.D. Robb, Mary Blayney]()
Dead of Night by J.D. Robb, Mary Blayney
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsNora Roberts, writing as J. D. Robb, puts futuristic lieutenant Eve Dallas in a supernatural showdown with a most seductive criminal: a vampire. An ancient coin whisks an American woman and a modern-day earl into the past-and into each other's arms-in a stirring tale from Mary Blayney...Categorized as:
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Bump in the Night by J.D. Robb, Mary Blayney
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsToday's most provocative authors, including Mary Blayney, Ruth Ryan Langan, and Mary Kay McComan, present new stories of paranormal romance. Includes a new Lt. Eve Dallas story by #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Nora Roberts, writing as J. D. Robb. Original. Including. Haunted In Death by J. D. Robb. Poppy's Coin by Mary Blayney. The Passenger by Ruth Rayn Langan...Categorized as:
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![A Death at the Dionysus Club by Melissa Scott, Amy Griswold]()
A Death at the Dionysus Club by Melissa Scott, Amy Griswold
In the sequel to Lambda Literary Award-winning Death by Silver, metaphysician Ned Mathey and private detective Julian Lynes again challenge magical and murderous threats in a Victorian London not quite the city in our history books. Mathey is recruited by Scotland Yard to assist the new Metaphysical Crimes Squad in the case of a literally heartless corpse... -
![A Matter of Secrets and Spies by Honor Raconteur]()
A Matter of Secrets and Spies by Honor Raconteur
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHow many ways can a marriage proposal go wrong? One: the ring gets stolen. Two: a storm destroys the beach. Three: a dead body, seriously? Four: A THEFT RING? ! Come hell or highwater, he WILL propose before leaving this benighted island. -
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Sound of Darkness by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe cries of the dead are deafening. Women are being taken in Virginia, and FBI agent Mark Frampton is determined to put a stop to it. Certain he’s closing in on the killer known as The Embracer, Mark is less than thrilled when he’s partnered with rookie agent Colleen Law, worried she’s a liability when there’s so much at stake...Categorized as:
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A Haunting Touch by Ward Parker
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNightmare on memory lane. I’m Darla. I’m a psychometrist. I can read thoughts and emotions left upon objects. Some people call my ability a “gift. ” Some people are idiots. You see, my ability isn’t providing easy answers when I try to learn who killed one of my inn’s guests, a developer about to cover a scenic meadow with condos. The dead developer created another problem... -
![Delicious Death by Byrd Nash]()
Delicious Death by Byrd Nash
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThwarting an assassination wasn’t on the menu. Elinor’s holiday is nearly ruined when a poisoner targets the king and what’s even more irritating? Tristan Fontaine, the Duke de Archambeau, thinks to solve the case before she can! Between saving a society lady’s reputation, comforting a girl with a ghostly brother, and conducting a séance for a widow, Elinor has her hands full... -
![Embrace the Highland Warrior by Anita Clenney]()
Embrace the Highland Warrior by Anita Clenney
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThey were driven apart by a timeless secret…. Cody MacBain let the woman of his destiny slip away. A member of an ancient clan of Scottish warriors, he grew up beside Shay Logan as her secret protector, but his heart compelled him to become more. Until Shay’s true identity was revealed, and the fated pair’s chance was gone…. But danger will drive them back into each other’s arms…... -
![Night After Night: Brotherhood of the Blood by Kathryn Smith]()
Night After Night: Brotherhood of the Blood by Kathryn Smith
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsCenturies ago, this magnificent chalice sealed my fate as a vampire, and now I am its protector. Many have hunted me for it, but only Vivian has accomplished the task. Strong, lovely, haunted . . . I am more attracted to her than I should be, yet her loyalty lies with a man determined to bring about my destruction. But I am not so easily locked in a cage, and now the captive has become the captor...Categorized as:
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Tethered by Meljean Brook
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsSurviving on the treacherous Iron Seas requires a heart of steel…but how can Yasmeen hope to survive when her heart has already been stolen by Archimedes Fox…? Tethered along the south dock of Port Fallow, Captain Yasmeen Corsair’s magnificent new airship, Lady Nergüi, awaits its departure with adventurer and treasure-hunter Archimedes Fox...Categorized as:
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Night After Night by Kathryn Smith
Centuries ago, this magnificent chalice sealed my fate as a vampire, and now I am its protector. Many have hunted me for it, but only Vivian has accomplished the task. Strong, lovely, haunted . . . I am more attracted to her than I should be, yet her loyalty lies with a man determined to bring about my destruction. But I am not so easily locked in a cage, and now the captive has become the captor...Categorized as:
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![The Untitled Books by C.J. Archer]()
The Untitled Books by C.J. Archer
A curated collection of magic…and murder. When a set of bound manuscripts written on magician-made paper is brought to the Glass Library, Sylvia and the professor send the owner away. After all, the library collects books about magic, not containing it... -
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![Ex Tenebris by Nazri Noor]()
Ex Tenebris by Nazri Noor
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOut of the darkness and into the night. Dustin Graves has been honing his power as a godling, splitting his time between his personal dark dimension and the modern conveniences of Valero, California. All is well in his world, but for one small thing. The Midnight Convocation just won’t leave him alone... -
![Grave Importance by Vivian Shaw]()
Grave Importance by Vivian Shaw
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsA charmingly witty fantasy adventure in the world of Strange Practice, starring Dr. Greta Helsing, doctor to the undead, who must solve a dangerous medical mystery at a secret French spa for mummies. Oasis Natrun: a private, exclusive, highly secret luxury health spa for mummies, high in the hills above Marseille, equipped with the very latest in therapeutic innovations both magical and medical... -
![Beneath a Waning Moon by Elizabeth Hunter, Grace Draven]()
Beneath a Waning Moon by Elizabeth Hunter, Grace Draven
Two delightfully dark tales of Gothic romance from Elizabeth Hunter and Grace Draven. In A VERY PROPER MONSTER, Josephine Shaw spends long nights filling the pages of her Gothic stories with the fantastic and the macabre, unaware that the suitor her father has arranged is one of the dark creatures she’s always dreamed...Categorized as:
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![The Hexed by Heather Graham]()
The Hexed by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA place of history, secrets. .. and witchcraft. Devin Lyle has recently returned to the Salem area, but her timing couldn't be worse. Soon after she moved into the eighteenth-century cabin she inherited from her great-aunt Mina—her "crazy" great-aunt, who spoke to the dead—a woman was murdered nearby... -
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Seeing Darkness by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsShe’s being murdered. It was supposed to be a fun girls’ weekend in Salem, but when a past-life regression session instead sends a terrifying vision of murder to Kylie Connelly, she’s shaken and doesn’t know what to think. Worse, later she identifies the attacker from her vision: he’s a prominent local politician... -
![The Automaton's Wife by Vered Ehsani]()
The Automaton's Wife by Vered Ehsani
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBeatrice Knight has enough to contend with: a zebra is dead on her lawn, her horse is possessed and a gentleman has arrived with the temerity to propose to her. To top it off, her dead husband Gideon has absconded with an automaton, threatening to return for his wife. The wife in question however soon has other issues, for a killer has moved into town with a nasty habit of carving up the victims... -
![Ferromancer by Becca Andre]()
Ferromancer by Becca Andre
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSolutions aren’t always black and white—sometimes they come in shades of iron gray. Captain Bridget “Briar” Rose wants for nothing. Each day is a new adventure, living the life she loves, running cargo on the Ohio & Erie Canal. That is, until her cousin decides to sell the family boat to finance a new business venture... -
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Raven of the Inner Palace Vol. 3 by Kouko Shirakawa
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA tale of dark magic and court intrigue in a setting inspired by historical China–now an anime! Deep within the palace’s walls lives the secluded and mysterious Raven Consort. Some say she is an old woman, while others claim she is young and beautiful. What all stories agree upon is that she has the power to exorcise spirits, lay fatal curses, and find lost objects—for a price... -
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Bedeviled by Nicole McKeon
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMonsters couldn’t have chosen a worse time to invade New London. Lady Gwen is busy with headstrong teenagers, a confusing love triangle, and a sister who refuses to speak to her. She has no time for vampires and werewolves. But. Worse, no one will believe her warnings about the impending faerie invasion… not even the fae refugees hiding in the city... -
![Quicksilver by Amanda Quick]()
Quicksilver by Amanda Quick
In the New York Times-bestselling author's latest Arcane Society novel, a paranormal killer pushes an unlikely duo's powers and passions to the limit. Virginia Dean wakes at midnight beside a dead body, with a bloody knife in her hand and no memory of the evening's events. Dark energy, emanating from the mirrors lining the room, overpowers her senses... -
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![The Uninvited by Heather Graham]()
The Uninvited by Heather Graham
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 26 ratings1777: In the throes of the Revolutionary War, Landon Mansion is commandeered by British Lord "Butcher" Bedford. He stabs Lucy Tarleton - who spurned his king and his love - leaving her to die in her father's arms. NOW: After the day's final tour, docent Allison Leigh makes her rounds while locking up. .. and finds a colleague slumped over Bedford's desk, impaled on his own replica bayonet...Categorized as:
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![Mina Wentworth and the Invisible City by Meljean Brook]()
Mina Wentworth and the Invisible City by Meljean Brook
Eight months after The Iron Duke, can their marriage survive a new danger? After Mina is called in to investigate the murder of an aristocratic bounder, her husband Rhys—known to the world as the Iron Duke—must overcome his fear for his new bride before his need to protect her tears them apart... -
![Night of the Huntress by Kathryn Smith]()
Night of the Huntress by Kathryn Smith
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsBishop has been a vampire for 700 years and though he wishes nothing more than to live his life in peace, getting humans to believe that vampires are not monsters is a difficult task, and vampire hunters like The Reaper make it even more difficult. Believing that a vampire killed her mother, Irina leads a band of vigilantes, determined to rid the world of these monsters...Categorized as:
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![Anarchist on the Orient Express by Suzannah Rowntree]()
Anarchist on the Orient Express by Suzannah Rowntree
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsRevenants, revolution…and an amnesiac lady’s maid on the loose. A trip to Europe is all in a day’s work for Liz Sharp—that is, until an anarchist throws a bomb at her employer. As a lady’s-maid/bodyguard to royalty, Miss Sharp’s duty seems clear: protect Princess May, defuse the bomb, and hand over the would-be-killer to the police... -
![Tall & Dark by Suzannah Rowntree]()
Tall & Dark by Suzannah Rowntree
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsGhosts, grifters…and a missing heir in 1890s Europe. It’s easier to conduct a séance when the dead aren’t trying to contact you. As Molly Dark knows all too well, the problem with being able to see ghosts is that they never tell you what you wish to know. For instance, how a proper young lady like Miss Dark is supposed to support an impoverished family after her father has died a ruined man... -
![Rider on Fire by Sharon Sala]()
Rider on Fire by Sharon Sala
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRediscover a fan-favorite story from New York Times bestselling author Sharon Sala. Like a bat out of hell, undercover DEA agent Sonora Jordan jumps on her motorcycle and takes off to parts unknown, escaping the deadly drug dealers who had put a price on her head. All the while, she is haunted by dreams of a man whose place in her life she has yet to discover...Categorized as:
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![The Vampire Files, Volume 2 by P.N. Elrod]()
The Vampire Files, Volume 2 by P.N. Elrod
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEven the dead have to work for a living. In the wake of my resurrection as a member of the bloodsucking undead, I chose to put my investigative reporting talents to good use as a PI in Chicago; I’ve got my work cut out for me... -
![Rider on Fire by Sharon Sala]()
Rider on Fire by Sharon Sala
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRevisit this thrilling romance from New York Times bestselling author Sharon Sala. When DEA agent Sonora Jordan becomes the number one target on a deadly drug cartel hit list, she makes herself scarce. Having no ties or family, taking off on the road is second nature to her. But this time, she is following a trail of wild and puzzling dreams leading her to a place and—a man—she has yet to meet...Categorized as:
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![Dark Need by Lynn Viehl]()
Dark Need by Lynn Viehl
AN ACHING EMPTINESS. .. Homicide detective Samantha Brown is a tough, highly decorated cop. But for the past twelve lonely years, since she nearly died of a gunshot wound, she has felt a deep inner longing. A LONG-LOST LOVE. .. The mysterious Lucan, with his timeless ability to seduce women, is focusing on the emotionally battered Samantha, who has awakened his wild memories of a long-ago love... -
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![Possession by C.J. Archer]()
Possession by C.J. Archer
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWhen the ghost of a notorious killer possesses the body of an upper class youth, London's pre-eminent medium, Emily Chambers, must exorcise it before the spirit goes on a rampage. As if this isn't distraction enough, she must fight her feelings for brooding ghost, Jacob Beaufort, who doesn't like the new man in her life - the handsome and very much alive, Theodore Hyde...Categorized as:
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![The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley]()
The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsAn Indie Next PickNow in paperback, Natasha Pulley's "witty, entrancing novel . . . burnishes her reputation as a gifted storyteller" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). In 1859, ex–East India Company smuggler Merrick Tremayne is trapped at home in Cornwall with an injury that almost cost him his leg... -
![A Golden Grave: A Rose Gallagher Mystery by Erin Lindsey]()
A Golden Grave: A Rose Gallagher Mystery by Erin Lindsey
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe follow-up to Murder on Millionaires' Row , Erin Lindsey's second historical mystery follows Rose Gallagher as she tracks a killer with shocking abilities through Gilded Age Manhattan. Rose Gallagher always dreamed of finding adventure, so her new life as a freshly-minted Pinkerton agent ought to be everything she ever wanted... -
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Twilight Memories by Maggie Shayne
Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsTo Love Her Could Destroy Them Both…. For centuries, Roland de Courtemanche had spurned Rhiannon, banishing her to eternal darkness, eternal loneliness. But now the man she loved and the boy in his care are in deadly danger. She has no choice but to risk her heart and warn him...Categorized as:
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![A Castle in the Air by Kelley Armstrong]()
A Castle in the Air by Kelley Armstrong
Portia Hastings has spent her life rescuing her younger sister from one scrape or another. Now, she has to step through time to do it, following Miranda from the nineteenth century to the eighteenth. Almost immediately, Portia is beset by highwaymen, which might be the most exciting thing to happen to her in a long time, even if she'd never admit it...Categorized as:
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Sojourn by Jana Oliver
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWinner of 7 awards including the prestigious Prism Award for Time Travel. London, September 1888. An aged Queen Victoria rules. The threat of anarchy hovers in the air. A new kind of evil lurks in the back alleys of Whitechapel. Enter Jacynda Lassiter, a Time Rover on a mission—find an overdue ‘tourist’ and return him to 2057 before he changes history...Categorized as:
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