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The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett
A Holmes and Watson-style detective duo take the stage in this fantasy with a mystery twist, from the Edgar-winning, multiple Hugo-nominated Robert Jackson BennettIn Daretana’s greatest mansion, a high imperial officer lies dead—killed, to all appearances, when a tree erupted from his body... -
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The Curse That Binds by Laura Thalassa
The prequel to the Bewitched series.Two thousand years before there was Selene, there was Roxilana. Her love fated, her life doomed, and her story forgotten—until now.When young Roxilana first hears a voice in her head, she thinks she has gone mad. The truth, however, is stranger still. Because Memnon, the boy who speaks to her, claims he is real... -
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![The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James]()
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
Something hasn’t been right at the roadside Sun Down Motel for a very long time, and Carly Kirk is about to find out why in this chilling new novel from the New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of The Broken Girls.Upstate New York, 1982. Viv Delaney wants to move to New York City, and to help pay for it she takes a job as the night clerk at the Sun Down Motel in Fell, New York... -
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Chameleon Uncovered by B.R. Kingsolver
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe dark sequel to the best-selling Chameleon Assassin.Libby has a chance to build a legitimate reputation when she’s hired by one of the world’s most prestigious museums to bolster their security. The gig is in Chicago, where her heartthrob lives, so she hopes for a little romance.She's on a first-name basis with larceny, mayhem, and death, but Libby's not used to being on the receiving end... -
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![Necropolis by Jordan L. Hawk]()
Necropolis by Jordan L. Hawk
Introverted scholar Percival Endicott Whyborne has spent the last few months watching his lover, Griffin Flaherty, come to terms with the rejection of his adoptive family. So when an urgent telegram from Christine summons them to Egypt, Whyborne is reluctant to risk the fragile peace they’ve established... -
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Dark Whisper by Christine Feehan
Embrace the seductive call of the latest novel in Christine Feehan’s #1 New York Times bestselling Carpathian series. Vasilisa Sidkorolyavolkva is a Lycan of royal blood. She knows what is expected of her, but all she wants is to be out from under her family’s watchful eyes. There is a fire inside her that is building. A restlessness coupled with a sense of growing dread... -
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Awakening The Forgotten Goddess: An Urban Fantasy, Greek Mythology Reimagining by Rebekah Sinclair
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the Underworld, lies become truth, villains become heroes. Trust nothing, and trust no one. Especially yourself.In this sequel to the urban fantasy Greek mythology series, "The Forgotten Goddess," the stakes soar to new heights... -
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Haunted by Barbara Cartland
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAfter serving with distinction in his Regiment with the Duke of Wellington, civilian life bores the handsome Marquis of Heroncourt and he fills his time with empty affaires de coeur that bore him even more. But when his demure, humbly-dressed but beautiful young neighbour Lady Mimosa Field arrives unannounced at his ancestral home, Heron Hall, to beg for his help, he is instantly intrigued... -
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Royal Beasts by K.C. Cross, J.A. Huss
When a two-thousand-year-old curse is the only thing keeping you safe, you should probably just leave it alone.Pie and Pell have finally figured out what the heck is going on with Saint Mark’s Sanctuary. Not only that, they each have a whole bunch of brand-new powers.But all those answers and all that power came with a whole bunch of brand-new problems too.The prisoners.Tomas and his… woman... -
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The Curse That Binds by Laura Thalassa
The prequel to the Bewitched series.Two thousand years before there was Selene, there was Roxilana. Her love fated, her life doomed, and her story forgotten—until now.When young Roxilana first hears a voice in her head, she thinks she has gone mad. The truth, however, is stranger still. Because Memnon, the boy who speaks to her, claims he is real... -
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White Wolf by Lauren Gilley
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsNYPD homicide detective Trina Baskin is having nightmares. Vivid ones. Full of blood, and snow, dead wolves…and a young man with pale hair who howls like an animal. She chalks them up to stress and an overactive imagination, too many Old Country stories from her Russian father who, when he’s had too much vodka, starts to rave about dark forces and things that look like men…but aren’t... -
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Oathbreaker by Ava Marie Salinger
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhen the past comes calling, Cassius and Morgan have no option but to face the dire consequences of the choices they made before the Fall. With Cassius Black’s secret operations to save the world in the last five-hundred years finally revealed by the agencies that govern the otherworldly, his status as the most vilified Fallen on Earth changes almost overnight...Categorized as:
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![The Skriker by D.K. Girl, Danielle K. Girl]()
The Skriker by D.K. Girl, Danielle K. Girl
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsSilas Mercer has faced wily boggarts, mad faerie queens and enraged forest spirits. But can he withstand a daemon who is losing his mind? Pitch and Sickle are left bruised, battered and reeling after their confrontation with the Verderer. They have learned a startling truth behind the arrowhead that wounded Silas, a truth that must be taken to the Lady Satine and the Order without delay... -
![A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab]()
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab
Kell is one of the last Antari—magicians with a rare, coveted ability to travel between parallel Londons; Red, Grey, White, and, once upon a time, Black... -
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![Fairydale by Veronica Lancet]()
Fairydale by Veronica Lancet
August 1955,When Miss Darcy O’Sullivan, an orphaned English teacher from Boston, receives a letter that her biological father passed away, she is surprised to find herself included in his will.There is only one condition.She must travel to Fairydale to attend his funeral...Categorized as:
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![Chameleon Assassin by B.R. Kingsolver]()
Chameleon Assassin by B.R. Kingsolver
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsLibby is a mutant, one of the top burglars and assassins in the world. For a price, she caters to executives’ secret desires. Eliminate your corporate rival? Deliver a priceless art masterpiece or necklace? Hack into another corporation’s network? Libby’s your girl.Climate change met nuclear war, and humanity lost. The corporations stepped in, stripping governments of power... -
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The Bandalore by D.K. Girl, Danielle K. Girl
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsHis second chance at life will be the bloody death of him.Silas Mercer is a dead man. Or at least...he was.Upon waking in his grave, he finds himself without a single memory of the life he once lived. Silas is bewildered and lost, and apparently, now in the employ of the mysterious Order of the Golden Dawn. A secretive organisation who specialise in all things supernatural... -
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Creature by Kim Fielding
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAlone in a cell and lacking memories of his past, John has no idea who—or what—he is. Alone on the streets of 1950s Los Angeles, Harry has far too many memories of his painful past and feels simply resignation in facing his empty future. When Harry is given a chance to achieve his only dream—to become an agent with the Bureau of Trans-Species Affairs—all he has to do is prove his worth... -
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Widdershins by Jordan L. Hawk
Some things should stay buried. Repressed scholar Percival Endicott Whyborne has two skills: reading dead languages and hiding in his office at the Ladysmith Museum. After the tragic death of the friend he secretly loved, he’s ruthlessly suppressed any desire for another man... -
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Shadow Fallen by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 15 ratings#1 New York Times bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon returns with a brand-new entry to her Dream-Hunter seriesFor centuries, Ariel has fought the forces of evil and her task was to protect the souls of innocent mortals when they die. Captured by a powerful sorceress, she is transformed into the body of a human who has no memory of her real life or calling... -
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Taken by the Night by Kathryn Smith
I enjoy carnal pleasures like any mortal man, but six hundred years of existence have taught me loss. Best to stay away from people and save myself the heartache. Then I arrive at the notorious London brothel Maison Rouge, and my life, such as it is, will never be the same again. Ivy Dearing, daughter of the infamous Madam, has requested my assistance... -
![Heir to the Throne by Katerina Martinez]()
Heir to the Throne by Katerina Martinez
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe mad Queen's crown opened a door to a place I was never meant to go back to. Now I may never leave.A couple of months ago I set foot in the Tempest for the first time. It should've been the last. My Guardian had closed the door to the realm of magic forever, but the Queen's took me back, and now everything's upside down. All I want to do is destroy the crown, but she won't let me... -
![Zen and the Art of Vampires by Katie MacAlister]()
Zen and the Art of Vampires by Katie MacAlister
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsWhite picket fences can be dangerous to vampires...but the right woman can be worth even the direst of consequences... Pia Thomason doesn’t have a typical life, but she wants one. The husband, the kids, the house in the suburbs…with her fortieth birthday looming, she decides to do something drastic, and joins a singles’ tour through romantic Europe... -
![The Bladebone by Ausma Zehanat Khan]()
The Bladebone by Ausma Zehanat Khan
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA powerful band of women warriors must face off against an oppressive enemy in one final showdown that will determine their survival and the fate of their world in this concluding volume in Ausma Zehanat Khan's powerful fantasy series—an epic of magic, bravery, adventure, and the fight for freedom that lies "somewhere between N. K. Jemisin and George R. R. Martin" (Saladin Ahmed)... -
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![The Scarletti Curse by Christine Feehan]()
The Scarletti Curse by Christine Feehan
The Beast Strange, twisted carvings and hideous gargoyles adorned the palazzo of the great Scarletti family. But a still more fearful secret lurked within its storm-tossed turrets. For every bride who entered its forbidding walls was doomed to leave in a casket. The Bride Mystical and unfettered, Nicoletta had no terror of ancient curses and no fear of marriage.. -
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Scholomance 2 by Logan Jacobs
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThe Devil's Academy Cole has successfully survived the preschooler exam, and now he’s a full-fledged Scholomance student.More importantly, though, he now has four women bound to him forever.He’s their master, they are his slaves, and they must obey his commands.But his women also gain power and prestige out of the deal, and the Headmistress has taken a special interest in Cole and his coven... -
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Tipped in Frost and Blood by Luna Laurier
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIt's never easy taking a life, no matter how tainted their soul had been.But what if it was against your will?With winter's approach comes longer nights, and in the dark of night, Cassie's horrors come to life. Sleep evades her, and when rest finally comes, she finds herself trapped, forced to face the death of the one person she thought she'd wanted to kill...Categorized as:
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Witches With the Enemy by Barb Hendee
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe national bestselling author of The Mist-Torn Witches returns to a world of princes and power, magic and mystery, where two women have the ability to reveal the future and uncover the past…When seers Céline and Amelie Fawe fled Shetâna under threat of death, they vowed never to return. Yet, less than a year later, they are summoned back—to aid the man who once tried to kill them... -
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The Cape by Joe Hill
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2 and Horns comes this e-short story—from Joe Hill’s award-winning collection 20th Century Ghosts.Imogene is young and beautiful. She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made. She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945. . . -
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Demonbane by Marie Robinson
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsTo start a new life, all I have to do is seduce one of the legendary Talon warriors.Cazien "Demonbane" Talon is searching for the Lost King's treasure and he hires the Hallows to help. For what he's paying, I'm willing to go back to the island haunting my past.I have a second secret task: get close to Cazien, so when the time is right, we can take the treasure for ourselves... -
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Magic and Medicine by Olena Nikitin
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsDanger doesn’t lurk in the shadows. It barges in and smacks you in the face. After years of working in the Emergency Department, Sara thought nothing could surprise her, but when the deceased victim of a stabbing opened his eyes and demanded his knife back, she knew her life had taken a bizarre turn.Leszek had guarded the magic of the Nether before the first human set foot in his lands... -
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Lost and Found by Nita Round
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA gifted slave. A cursed woman. Together can they gain their freedom?Evie Chester is a slave with a precious gift. Living in a world that both marvels and fears magic and the unexplained.Evie dreams of being free and of acceptance. When an opportunity presents itself for escape she finds herself pursued with a bounty on her head. Eyes are everywhere, nowhere is safe... -
![The House of Sundering Flames by Aliette de Bodard]()
The House of Sundering Flames by Aliette de Bodard
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe white-hot conclusion to the Dominion of the Fallen trilogy by the multi-award-winning author…The Great Houses of Paris—headed by Fallen angels and magicians—have co-existed in fragile peace. When a powerful explosion razes House Harrier, old alliances are torn apart and a race begins to fill the power void.Thuan, the beleaguered dragon head of House Hawthorn, finds a war on his doorstep... -
![Harbinger by Philippa Ballantine]()
Harbinger by Philippa Ballantine
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe Deacons of the Order are all that stand between the wicked spirits of the Otherside and the innocent citizens of the Empire. They are sworn to protect humanity, even when they cannot protect themselves… After the Razing of the Order, Sorcha Faris, one of the most powerful Deacons, is struggling to regain control of the runes she once wielded. The Deacons are needed more desperately than ever... -
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![Something Wicked This Way Comes (Green Town) by Ray Bradbury]()
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Green Town) by Ray Bradbury
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 77 ratingsOne of Ray Bradbury’s best-known and most popular novels, Something Wicked This Way Comes , now featuring a new introduction and material about its longstanding influence on culture and genre. For those who still dream and remember, for those yet to experience the hypnotic power of its dark poetry, step inside. The show is about to begin... -
![Court of Death by K.A. Knight]()
Court of Death by K.A. Knight
There are many things that go bump in the night, and I am one of them. I made a deal with a god, with death itself to save someone I love. I thought I had the upper hand, but I was wrong. From the moment he saw me, this god was determined to make me his… but his life is filled with death and is no place for the living... -
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The House of Binding Thorns by Aliette de Bodard
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFrom the multi-award-winning author of The House of Shattered Wings comes a beautifully wrought fantasy of fallen angels set in a Paris ravaged by a Magician's War as the Dominion of the Fallen series continues.. -
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Power and Majesty by Tansy Rayner Roberts
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 13 ratings“She almost missed the sight of a naked youth falling out of the sky. He was long and lean and muscled … He was also completely off his face.”A war is being fought in the skies over the city of Aufleur. No one sees the battles. No one knows how close they come to destruction every time the sun sets...Categorized as:
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![This Dark Wolf by Everly Frost]()
This Dark Wolf by Everly Frost
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsI am a wolf shifter born with a human soul.Packless. Mateless. Unable to bond.Cast out of my pack, I live in a supernatural safe house filled with broken women. Other women come and go, but I remain.I'm waiting.For him.Tristan Masters—the ruthless alpha of the most vicious pack in the city.He fought for my life when my pack wanted to kill me. He saved me. I should be able to trust him... -
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Nocturne by Karina Halle
Seven meets L.A. Confidential with a vampire twist, in this true crime and film noir-inspired standalone dark romance from New York Times Bestselling author Karina Halle. In 1940s Los Angeles, the murder of Lena Reid's closest friend, Elizabeth Short, known as the Black Dahlia, shocks the city and leaves whispers of a serial killer stalking the shadows... -
![Crueler Mercies by Maren Chase]()
Crueler Mercies by Maren Chase
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“Vita’s rage overflowed until she was prepared to drown in it, and she knew that she would never again dam this anger to please another.” After nine years as the people’s beloved princess in the sun-soaked Kingdom of Carca, Vita witnesses the execution of her mother by her father’s hand. Forced into exile, Vita fades into obscurity with her only friends—the crows that visit her window... -
![Bride of the Rat God by Barbara Hambly]()
Bride of the Rat God by Barbara Hambly
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsA Hollywood diva. A Chinese curse. A suspense-filled fantasy from the New York Times–bestselling author “who can write well in any genre” (Charlaine Harris). It is 1923, and silent film reigns in Hollywood. Of all the starlets, none is more beloved than Chrysanda Flamande, a diva as brilliant as she is difficult to manage. Handling her falls to Norah, widow of Chrysanda’s dead brother... -
![The Devious Dr. Jekyll by Viola Carr]()
The Devious Dr. Jekyll by Viola Carr
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsDr. Eliza Jekyll, heroine of the electrifying The Diabolical Miss Hyde—an edgy steampunk retelling of the classic Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde—investigates a bizarre murder case in an alternate Victorian London while battling her treacherous secret half: Lizzie Hyde.Solving the infamous Chopper case has helped crime scene physician Dr... -
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![Darling, there are wolves in the woods by L.V. Russell]()
Darling, there are wolves in the woods by L.V. Russell
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThe woods are dark and wicked,and perhaps some things would be better off staying lost…Teya Jenkins is ten years old when her sister is taken.Niven is never found, because no one knows where to look.No one but Teya that is, who heard the whispers of the treesand saw the beautiful creatures that dwelled in the shadows... -
![Of Visions & Secrets by Kathryn Ann Kingsley]()
Of Visions & Secrets by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
The darkness took Emma's brother. Now it yearns to claim her.When Emma Mather's twin brother, Elliot, goes missing from Arnsmouth University, she is determined to stop at nothing to find him. Yet as she follows the clues left behind, she learns that there are far more sinister monstrosities lurking in the shadows of her city than she could have ever imagined... -
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Creatures of Want and Ruin by Molly Tanzer
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 12 ratings"Profound and enthralling. This book is a delicate dream, mixing its own internal mythology with a brutal tale of prejudice and human frailty. I can't recommend it enough. Tanzer is absolutely one to watch." --Seanan McGuire, bestselling, award-winning author of In an Absent DreamAmityville baywoman Ellie West fishes by day and bootlegs moonshine by night... -
![A Dark Vampire Curse by Nikki St. Crowe]()
A Dark Vampire Curse by Nikki St. Crowe
A cursed vampire king claims she’s the key he’s been searching for.Emery would think Rhys Roman was insane if it wasn’t for this annoying ability she’s had for her entire life: she can read minds. And oddly enough, she can’t read his.Suddenly, Emery is ushered into a dark, deadly underworld of the city she loves where Rhys is reigning king...Categorized as:
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![The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James]()
The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James
Sarah Piper's lonely, threadbare existence changes when her temporary agency sends her to assist a ghost hunter. Alistair Gellis-rich, handsome, scarred by World War I, and obsessed with ghosts- has been summoned to investigate the spirit of nineteen-year-old maid Maddy Clare, who is haunting the barn where she committed suicide... -
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Taltos by Anne Rice, Tim Curry
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 55 ratingsThe lone member of an ancient species called the Taltos believes he is the last of his kind. When he hears rumors that another Taltos has been seen, he is propelled into the world of the Mayfair witches, a New Orleans dynasty besieged by ghosts, spirits, & their own dizzying powers...
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