Liminal (The Arcanaeum #1)
Marie Mistry
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· 80 ratings · 410 pages · Published: 13 Dec 2024
My necromancy-practising murderers never expected me to rise again.
I was just the latest in a long line of gullible sacrifices to ensure their continued control over the Arcanaeum, so it shocked everyone when I woke up as a ghost and kicked them out.
For centuries now, I’ve faithfully carried out my self-appointed duties as the Librarian. I keep the vast halls of magical knowledge organised, fight the mad whims of the sentient—and interfering—building, and deal with the incessant demands of our patrons.
I have all the books and solitude I could ever want, the ability to redecorate whenever I get bored, and I can banish arcanists who refuse to follow my rules.
But the Arcanaeum has started acting out, especially when it comes to six particular patrons, all of whom want something from me.
Jasper and Dakari need my protection, but Pierce isn’t above threatening me ensure I give them both up. There’s no rule Galileo and North won’t break to get into the secret vault. And then there’s Lambert, who seems to exist for no reason other than to vex me with his smiles and... hugging.
Inconvenient, given that every time they touch me, my ghostly body cracks and breaks like glass.
To keep the Arcanaeum safe, I might just have to put my trust in all of them, but what if the cost of the building’s safety is my destruction?
Liminal is the first book in a new paranormal why choose/ reverse harem series intended for readers aged 18 years and over. There is no MM or FF in this series.
Inside the book you'll find:
A grumpy ghostly librarian
A meddling magical library
One golden retriever
Steamy slow-burn tension
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Tagged as:
- reverse harem 9
- fantasy 8
- poly (3+ people) 8
- magic 7
- m-f romance 6
- slow burn 6
- betrayal 6
- grumpy/ice queen 6
- gifted/super-heroine 6
- paranormal 5
- height difference 5
- caretaking 5
- political/court intrigue 5
- take-charge heroine 5
- independent heroine 5
- non-human heroine 5
- childfree 4
- age gap 4
- grumpy & sunshine 4
- forced proximity 4
- tortured heroine 4
- dangerous heroine 4
- angst 4
- witches 4
- enemies to lovers 4
- fem-dom 4
- himbo 4
- nerdy hero 4
- shy hero 4
- sunny/happy hero 4
- athlete hero 4
- boss & employee 3
- forbidden love 3
- friends to lovers 3
- competent heroine 3
- famous heroine 3
- grumpy/cold hero 3
- rich hero 3
- praise kink 3
- contemporary 2
- other man/woman 2
- alpha male 2
- sweet/gentle hero 2
- tortured hero 2
- fighter hero 2
- tudors & stuarts 1
- demons 1
- masc-dom 1
- fetish 1
- abduction 1
- found family 1
- neurodivergent mc 1
- vengeance 1
- sports 1
- black mc 1
- sassy heroine 1
- rich heroine 1
- bad boys 1
- possessive hero 1
- Add topics
- content warnings
- death / grief 5
- suicide / ideation 5
- torture of mcs 4
- past abuse 4
- misogyny 4
- abuse 2
- mental trauma 2
- third party abuse 2
- body betrayal 2
- human trafficking 1
- terminal illness 1
- torture of side characters 1
- abuse between mcs 1
- past child neglect 1
- past child abuse 1
- geography
- united kingdom 5
- Format
- Audiobook
- dual pov 6
- first person pov 3
- male pov 1
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The 'The Arcanaeum' series
4.50 · 106 ratings
suicide · tudors · male-pov · dual-pov · neurodivergent · sweet-hero · slow burn · strong heroine · grumpy sunshine · athletes · vengeance · abduction · friends to lovers · tortured hero · past-child-abuse · fetish · caretaking · past-abuse · first-person-pov · tortured heroine
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