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Age of Legend by Michael J. Sullivan
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsEach culture has its own myths and legends, but only one is shared, and it is feared by all. With Age of Myth, Age of Swords, and Age of War, fantasy master Michael J. Sullivan riveted readers with a tale of unlikely heroes locked in a desperate battle to save mankind... -
Knot of Shadows by Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhen a corpse is found floating face-down in Vilnoc harbor that is not quite as dead as it seems, Temple sorcerer Penric and his chaos demon Desdemona are drawn into the uncanny investigation. Pen’s keen questions will take him across the city of Vilnoc, and into far more profound mysteries, as his search for truths interlaces with tragedy... -
Iron Will by James Maxwell
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe epic conclusion to James Maxwell’s gripping fantasy series. The world is facing a war to end all wars, a confrontation that will destroy everything Dion and Chloe hold dear. With Palemon’s dragon army growing in number, time is running out… Dion is doing everything in his power to prepare his kingdom, but he knows it will not be enough...Categorized as:
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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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Ashes of Time by Sarah Woodbury
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNovember 1291. Meg and Llywelyn gather their family at Rhuddlan Castle to celebrate their seventh anniversary and David's twenty-third birthday. But the joyful reunion goes grievously awry when an old enemy raises the banner of rebellion, followed immediately by an even more catastrophic betrayal by an old friend...Categorized as:
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Shadow Eagle by Michael-Scott Earle
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsReeling for the news of his fate, Adam decides to chase the one clue that might lead him toward answers: his sister. But the other Nordar clans have heard of the change in power, and they come to challenge his rule. The tiger will have to assert control over his new empire and kill all that stand in his way. Before he goes insane... -
City of Time and Magic by Paula Brackston
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsXanthe meets Brackston's most famous heroine, Elizabeth Hawksmith from The Witch's Daughter, in this crossover story with all the "historical detail, village charm, and twisty plotting" of the Found Things series (Publishers Weekly).City of Time and Magic sees Xanthe face her greatest challenges yet... -
The Artifact Hunters Boxed Set by A.W. Exley
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn a steam and mechanical powered Victorian England, Feisty Cara Devon is on the trail of powerful ancient artifacts in this bestselling historical fantasy series. This set contains the first three novels.1: Nefertiti's HeartA killer stalks the nobility seeking a legendary diamond said to have once belonged to Queen Nefertiti and rumoured to hold the key to immortality... -
Savage Mate by Delta James
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Small Town Grumpy Shifter RomanceThe first time she saw him he was coming out of the river... Oh! what a view.Jackson Miller (Jax) left the SEALs to return to his small hometown, Mystic River, Alaska where all the residents are shifters. He’s a grumpy bear shifter and the sheriff.Autumn Bradley was hiking with her fiancé for a birthday weekend... -
The Warrior's Path by Catherine M. Wilson
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsIn Book I of the trilogy, Tamras, our hero, arrives in Merin’s house to begin her apprenticeship as a warrior, but her small stature causes many, including Tamras herself, to doubt that she will ever become a competent swordswoman... -
Scorn of Angels by John Patrick Kennedy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsNyx, Queen of Hell, lies broken and burning in a box at the bottom of the Lake of Fire, put there but her lover Tribunal, who is God’s Son. Nyx’s daughter Epiphenia, has been slaughtered by Tribunal and Lucifer. Her companions, Persephone and Ishtar, were captured and are now suffering unspeakable torture...Categorized as:
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Hexbound by Bec McMaster
It should have been an easy task... Verity Hastings has a little trick; she can find anything, no matter where it's hidden. It's a skill that's kept her safe and fed all the way from the orphanages and workhouses of her youth. But when she steals a mysterious item for a masked man, she knows the con is on her this time...Categorized as:
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Frozen Dawn by Kathryn Ann Kingsley
Her people murdered his family. He vowed to destroy them. But now, a curse binds them together.Life in the far northern reaches of the Dominion is unkind, and life under the reign of Morten, the dreaded ruler of the North Wind, is worse... -
Do Overs: A Time Travel Thriller of Sudden Second Chances by Jon Spoelstra
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTime travel: This is the trip you gotta take. And then when you take it--wham--you are faced with a savage choice of do-overs to correct past blunders. Roy Hobbs blew the cash windfall from his best-seller book. Gone was his money, and then his wife Rachel was murdered with the killer never found. Roy chose to pick up the pieces, riding into his sunset as a crime reporter in a smaller market...Categorized as:
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Goblins and Snowflakes by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNever bargain with goblin men.Scarlette Rossetti thought her stay at Strawberry Hill Castle during the Christmas holiday would pass by uneventfully. She couldn't have been more wrong. Enticed by the delights of the nearby village of Twickenham, Scarlette's life would change in unimaginable ways.She never expected to be drawn magnetically to The Two Sisters Doll Shop and Toy Emporium...Categorized as:
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Cold Stone and Ivy by H. Leighton Dickson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJack the Ripper gave her his heart. Now he wants it back. The year is 1888, the clockwork British Empire is crumbling and young writer Ivy Savage has literally received a heart in the post. Terrified, her father sends her north to a strange sanitarium in Lancashire where the brilliant but unpredictable “Mad Lord of Lasingstoke” makes his home...Categorized as:
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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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Ghost Ship by James Rollins
Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThe discovery of a burned body sprawled on a remote Australian beach shatters the vacation plans of Commander Gray Pierce. To thwart an ingenious enemy, he and Seichan are pulled into a centuries-old mystery surrounding a lost convict ship, the Trident. The vessel—with a history of mutiny and stolen treasure—vanished into the mists of time, but nothing stays lost forever... -
Secrets of the Chocolate House by Paula Brackston
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThe second novel in 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 The Little Shop of Found Things was called “a page-turner that will no doubt leave readers eager for future series installments” (Publishers Weekly)... -
Prosperity by Alexis Hall
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA breathtaking tale of passion and adventure in the untamed skies! Prosperity, 1863: a lawless skytown where varlets, chancers, and ne’er-do-wells risk everything to chase a fortune in the clouds, and where a Gaslight guttersnipe named Piccadilly is about to cheat the wrong man. This mistake will endanger his life . . . and his heart... -
Love and Gravity by Samantha Sotto
In this unforgettable novel for fans of One Day and The Time Traveler’s Wife, a young Isaac Newton falls in love with a girl living in modern-day San Francisco, defying the laws of physics to forge a seemingly impossible connection. Andrea Louviere is seven years old the first time he appears...Categorized as:
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Clockwork Tangerine by Rhys Ford
Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe British Empire reigns supreme, and its young Queen Victoria has expanded her realm to St. Francisco, a bustling city of English lords and Chinese ghettos. St. Francisco is a jewel in the Empire’s crown and as deeply embroiled in the conflict between the Arcane and Science as its sister city, London—a very dark and dangerous battle... -
Thief of Hearts by Margaret Foxe
Thief of Hearts Book 3 in the Elders and Welders Chronicles 1888: Egypt ... or thereabouts ... The Sahara Desert, hotbed of pirates, tomb raiders, angry bedouins, opportunists and general ne'er-do-wells, is not exactly the ideal place for a former child-thief to go straight...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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The Return of the Discontinued Man by Mark Hodder
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe Philip K. Dick Award-winning steampunk series continues as past and future collide—and the world itself may be altered forever. Years ago, a madman from the future assassinated the beloved Queen Victoria?an act which inadvertently thrust England into a technological age beyond anything ever imagined...Categorized as:
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Time Ship, Book One by Ian C.P. Irvine
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsGripping, Enthralling, Imaginative & Hard to Put Down! A rip-roaring, page-turning thriller! If you don't believe time travel is possible, based upon the infamous US Defence Department's 'Project Rainbow', this book will make change your mind..Categorized as:
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Nefertiti's Heart by A.W. Exley
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsLibrarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ASIN B00BFTMRBA. A steampunk adventure with a serial killer, romance, and a few broken hearts. Cara Devon has always suffered curiosity and impetuousness, but tangling with a serial killer might cure that. Permanently. London, 1861...Categorized as:
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Better in the Dark by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHere at last is a long-hinted-at chapter in the undead existence of the immortal Count Saint-Germain: the story of Ranegonda of Saxony, one of the three great loves of Saint-Germain's life...Categorized as:
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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... -
The Third Kingdom by Terry Goodkind
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsFrom the internationally bestselling author of the Sword of Truth series, comes a new Richard and Kahlan novel, sequel to The Omen Machine. The Richard and Kahlan series, beginning with The Omen Machine (which is also the 12th and final book of the Sword of Truth series) is a NEW series separate from Sword of Truth...Categorized as:
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The Gargoyle Protector by Rebecca F. Kenney
THE GARGOYLE PROTECTOR is a steamy romance set in alternate-history steampunk France during a magical civil war.When Noémie, Third Princess of Normandy, is forced to accept a gargoyle as her bodyguard, she is determined to hate him...Categorized as:
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On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 34 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... -
Keys by Amber Kell
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsCity of Keys: Book One My name is Octavius Septimus Stalk, but my friends call me Oss. I live in the City of Keys, a town of gears, keys, locks, and wonder. Our forefathers banished magic long ago, bolted the doors and locked everything up tight to keep people out and the town’s secrets in. Four Lock Lords control what information is left, and everyone else is left struggling to survive... -
Shield of Fire by Boone Brux
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsProtecting humans is the Bringers' duty. Sending demons to the Shadow World is their pleasure. In one night, Ravyn's life plunges from barely tolerable to deadly. Forced to flee the only home she's known, she stumbles headlong into the clutches of Icarus, a powerful demon intent on stealing her powers. Unfortunately for him, she has no intention of cooperating...Categorized as:
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Miss Bramble and the Leviathan: A Steampunk Romance by Kristen Painter
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe last thing she planned to steal was his heart. When Pandora Bramble steps aboard the Company’s premiere airship Daedalus it’s not for the exclusive VIP tour. It’s to secure proof that the Company stole the regulator valve her father designed—even if it means tearing the engine apart...Categorized as:
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A Secret History of Witches by Louisa Morgan
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn ancient and dangerous power is being handed down from mother to daughter through some of the most consequential historic events of the last two centuries. After Grandmére Ursule gives her life to save her tribe, her magic seems to die with her. Even so, her family keeps the Old Faith, practicing the spells and rites that have been handed from mother to daughter for generations... -
Moonlight & Mechanicals by Cindy Spencer Pape
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLondon, 1859 Engineer Winifred "Wink" Hadrian has been in love with Inspector Liam McCullough for years, but is beginning to lose hope when he swears to be a lifelong bachelor. Faced with a proposal from a Knight of the Round Table and one of her closest friends, Wink reluctantly agrees to consider him instead... -
Moonlight & Mechanicals by Cindy Spencer Pape
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsLondon, 1859 Engineer Winifred "Wink" Hadrian has been in love with Inspector Liam McCullough for years, but is beginning to lose hope when he swears to be a lifelong bachelor. Faced with a proposal from a Knight of the Round Table and one of her closest friends, Wink reluctantly agrees to consider him instead... -
Cards Caravans by Cindy Spencer Pape
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsBook five of The Gaslight Chronicles Belinda Danvers isn't a witch. But that won't stop them burning her at the stake Connor McKay can tell at a glance that Belinda's magickal powers are minimal at best. She can't be guilty of murdering village children. There's something suspicious about her arrest and lightning-quick sentence... -
Ether & Elephants by Cindy Spencer Pape
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA Gaslight Chronicles NovelSir Thomas Devere and Eleanor Hadrian have loved each other most of their lives—but sometimes love doesn't conquer all.Their chance at happiness was ruined by Tom's hasty marriage to someone else. Heartbroken, Nell left home, finding a new life as a teacher at a school for the blind... -
His Clockwork Canary by Beth Ciotta
History is repeating itself. For ambitious engineer Simon Darcy, winning Queen Victoria’s competition to recover lost inventions of historical significance is a matter of prideand redemption. After all, it was Simon’s failed monorail project that left his family destitute, and winning the tournament would surely restore the Darcys’ reputation... -
Cards & Caravans by Cindy Spencer Pape
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBelinda Danvers isn't a witch. But that won't stop them burning her at the stake… Connor McKay can tell at a glance that Belinda's magickal powers are minimal at best. She can't be guilty of murdering village children. There's something suspicious about her arrest and lightning-quick sentence. Unfortunately, telling anyone how he knows would mean revealing his own powers... -
A Trace of Copper by Anne Renwick
Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA small Welsh village. An interrupted romance. A rogue frog on the loose threatening their future.New recruit to the Queen's agents, Dr. Piyali Mukherji is given a simple first assignment. Travel to the small Welsh village of Aberwyn and solve the mystery of a young woman's blue skin lesion. A challenging task, for the alarming infection is unlike anything she's seen before—and it's spreading... -
Kilts & Kraken by Cindy Spencer Pape
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMagnus, Baron Findlay, longs to bring the wonders of the steam age to his remote island home, but his hands are full fighting the vicious kraken ravaging the coast. When he's swept to sea during battle and washes up on the shore of an isle in the Hebrides, he is near death. Struggling to establish herself as one of the first female physicians in Edinburgh, Dr... -
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A Matter of Circumstance and Celludrones by Claire Robyns
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Victorian Steampunk/Paranormal adventure with strong elements of romance... Lady Lily d'Bulier is prim, proper, and prefers to think of herself as pragmatic rather than timid. And avoiding life-threatening situations at all costs is just plain practical. But everything changes when Lord Adair tracks her down in London; searching for answers he seems to think she has... -
Welcome to Gothic by Christina Dodd
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNew York Times bestselling author Christina Dodd welcomes you to Gothic, California—the mysterious village with a foggy history—in this twisty, suspenseful, and darkly romantic novella… WELCOME TO THE PAST At the glittering heart of Hollywood’s golden era stands the regal Gothic Palace Theater—the pinnacle of thrilling shows, opulent decor, and the biggest stars of stage and screen...Categorized as:
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Like Clockwork by Bonnie Dee
Rated: 3.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsVictoria's work with automatons has gained her renown and changed the face of London. But her concern that the clockworks are taking too many jobs away from humans, creating social unrest, is ignored. Given the ugly mood of the underclass, she fears more outbreaks of violence similar to the murder spree of the notorious Southwark Slasher...Categorized as:
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The Red Garden by Alice Hoffman
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 39 ratings"The Red Garden" introduces us to the luminous and haunting world of Blackwell, Massachusetts, capturing the unexpected turns in its history and in our own lives...Categorized as:
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Irresistible Forces by Jo Beverley, Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 3.52 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsNew York Times bestselling authors Mary Jo Putney, Jo Beverley, and Lois McMaster Bujold join forces with award-winning authors Catherine Asaro, Jennifer Roberson, and Deb Stover in this all-new anthology of original stories proving that love can conquer all...even the boundaries of time and space...Categorized as:
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A Captain and a Corset by Mary Wine
Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThere’s Trouble in the Skies… For Sophia Stevenson, there’s no going back to the life she knew. She never asked for the powers that make her a precious commodity to the secret society of Illuminists—and their archenemies. Captain Bion Donkova would give anything to possess the powers that have fallen in Sophia’s lap...Categorized as:
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