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Christmas Pie by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsMerry Christmas from Jodi Taylor. It's time for St Mary's traditional Christmas jump - even though it's only September. .. St Mary's has never lacked for enemies, but danger has never been closer to home. A state of war has broken out between St Mary's and the Women's Institute - the Raffia Mafia... -
Across the Ages by Gabrielle Meyer
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCaroline holds a deep secret. Existing in 1727 and 1927 simultaneously, each night she goes to sleep in one life and wakes up in the other. Searching for answers to her unique existence, Caroline stumbles upon a letter from her mother that hints at her own experiences as a time-crosser, sending Caroline on a quest to uncover the truth... -
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Sent to a Fantasy World and Now All the Men Want Me: Volume 1 by Jaclyn Osborn
Evan just wants a quiet life where he escapes into books, drinks a ridiculous amount of coffee, and devours every muffin in sight. But then he's transported to another world with magic, sword-wielding knights with big. .. hearts, and men who find him too adorable to resist. Complicated? Well, that's the understatement of the century. And for Evan, the adventure is only beginning... -
His Holy Bones by Ginn Hale
When John opens a letter addressed to his missing roommate, Kyle, he expects to find a house key, but instead he is swept into a strange realm of magic, mysticism, revolutionaries and assassins. Though he struggles to escape, John is drawn steadily closer to a fate he share with Kyle—to wake the destroyer god, the Rifter, and shatter a world.Categorized as:
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Enemies & Shadows by Ginn Hale
Book seven. When John opens a letter addressed to his missing roommate, Kyle, he expects to find a house key, but instead he is swept into a strange realm of magic, mysticism, revolutionaries and assassins. Though he struggles to escape, John is drawn steadily closer to a fate he share with Kyle—to wake the destroyer god, the Rifter, and shatter a world.Categorized as:
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The Iron Temple by Ginn Hale
When John opens a letter addressed to his missing roommate, Kyle, he expects to find a house key, but instead he is swept into a strange realm of magic, mysticism, revolutionaries and assassins. Though he struggles to escape, John is drawn steadily closer to a fate he share with Kyle—to wake the destroyer god, the Rifter, and shatter a world.Categorized as:
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Miners of the Mystics by Penny Moss
Deep in the mountain where magic and mining coincide, penniless Oliver enlists as a Miner of the Mystics. The dream is unfathomable riches, the risk is injury or even death. A risk worth taking for just a glance at Sentinel Tau, an otherworldly being tasked with protecting the mountain’s inhabitants. Oliver’s luck plummets when he suffers a magical curse... -
Fated by Sarah Ready
She meets the man of her dreams in her dreams. Fiona Abry excels at keeping busy, running her family’s Swiss watch company, and guarding her heart. She’s so busy she doesn’t have time for a vacation much less a love life. But then she’s given a family heirloom rumored to let you dream your greatest desire... -
The Christmas Gift: A Hands of Time Novella by Irina Shapiro
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOne glimpse of the future could shatter everything…. It’s Christmas Eve, 1784, and Finn Whitfield is finally getting his a secret journey to the twenty-first century to experience all the wonders his time-traveling parents have described. Finn expects an adventure. What he discovers instead is a gravestone bearing his young cousin Robbie’s name—dated the very day he left... -
Wicked Prince Charmings by Blue Saffire, Tiya Rayne
Rated: 4.52 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAward-winning, Bestselling, Author Blue Saffire presents. Wicked Prince Charming. Six fairy tales reimagined by four talented authors. Enjoy Blue Saffire and the rest of the Perceptive Illusions Publishing, Inc. authors as they breathe new life into some old favorites. Four perceptions and six illusions of stories that will tug the heart... -
Far From Sherwood Forest by River Hale
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsRobin. My time as an outlaw in Sherwood Forest was meant to end the day I chose to lay down the hood. Instead, it was ripped away from me as Little John and I were hurled into an unfamiliar world. Together, we adapted and built new lives. Five years later, the past finds me again. Henry, the Sheriff I once fought and then abandoned, is back, and his hatred burns even hotter than before...Categorized as:
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Broken Fortress by Ginn Hale
The Rifter: Volume Six. When he was ordained as the Kahlil of the Payshmura Church,. Ushiri Ravishan left behind his name and home. In the foreign. world of Nayeshi, he watched over the destroyer incarnation of. the god Parfir, though the young man—John Toffler—had no idea. of his own deadly potential. Only once in ten years does Kahlil desert his duty. One night...Categorized as:
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Black Blades by Ginn Hale
Volume Three. Once Kahlil had been entrusted with a holy duty: to watch. over the Rifter and protect him in the world of Nayeshi until the. Issusha’im Oracles decided whether to summon the destroyer. god or kill him while he remained a mortal in Nayeshi. But. Kahlil failed his duty, slipping away to rescue his sister from. a fire and in that moment allowing the Rifter to cross into the...Categorized as:
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Grab the Bull by the Horns by Sam Hall
I’m a total ancient history nerd and I’m about to get up close and personal with creatures I’d assumed were figments of our imagination. When a strange man gives me a chai latte the like I’ve never tasted before, somehow, I’m stumbling through a rift in reality, straight into the arms of three very big, very muscular minotaurs. Yeah, you read that right, minotaurs...Categorized as:
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A Time of Omens by Katharine Kerr
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 32 ratings“This grand saga is by a wide margin the best Celtic fantasy around. ”— Chicago Sun-Times. In Deverry the volatile history of humanity continues as a dashing young king journeys to his throne in disguise, fulfilling an ancient prophecy... -
A Very Gothic Christmas: Two Novellas (Holiday Classics) by Christine Feehan
Alternate cover edition can be found here. TWO WICKED AND WONDROUS HOLIDAY NOVELLAS. AFTER THE MUSIC by CHRISTINE FEEHAN. Terrified by mysterious threats, Jessica Fitzpatrick spirits away her twin wards, Tara and Trevor, to the remote island mansion of their estranged father, world-famous musician Dillon Wentworth...Categorized as:
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A Hunt So Wild and Cruel by Rebecca F. Kenney
She’s been a bad girl. .. They’ve been summoned for a reckoning. Queen Lauriel hoards wealth and persecutes anyone with magic. She even cancels the Midwinter Glee festival, claiming that it wastes the Crown's money. But one cold night, the Wild Hunt rides across the sky, led by three majestic Fae...Categorized as:
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It Always Snows on Mistletoe Square by Ali McNamara
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 21 ratings🎧Listening Length = 8 hours and 58 minutes. From an author whose writing is “pure magic” that makes for “an enchanting escape” (Heidi Swain): In desperate need of a job, Elle — a certified grinch — musters all her fake festive cheer to work as a writer and chronicle a family’s holiday history. Could delving into the past help her navigate her future? Read by an Earphones Award–winning narrator...Categorized as:
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Miners of the Tempest by Penny Moss
In the depths of the Tesera Mine, Oliver’s hope of finding Tau again fades with each passing day. Just as despair consumes him, his Sentinel returns, only a shadow of the mighty being he once was. Oliver swears revenge against those responsible, but there’s no time to plan or savour being reunited, as a deadly mistake forces him and his friends to escape... -
Highlander's Christmas by Mariah Stone
An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here. He’s a Highland assassin. She’s the noblewoman he abandoned nine years ago. Can forgiveness give them a second chance at love this Christmas? The Scottish Highlands, 1308. Infamous mercenary Hamish Dunn betrayed a powerful clan and is now pursued by killers almost as ruthless as himself...Categorized as:
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Dragon Knight's Medallion by Mary Morgan
To right a wrong, two souls are brought together only to shatter when they are torn apart by the deeds of an evil druid. Dragon Knight, Stephen MacKay’s powers are altered after the death of his sister. Now he is plagued with visions that threaten to destroy his soul...Categorized as:
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The Time Traveler’s Christmas by Amy Jarecki
A man’s life can fall apart in an instant…. Tougher than oxhide, Lachlan Wallace can take about anything except a breakup call from his wife two minutes before competing in the Karate Championship of the World. Arriving home with a loss, he agrees to watch his uncle’s cat over the holidays. Or so he thinks—until he awakes on a fourteenth century battlefield beside a woman fighting for her life...Categorized as:
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Never Leave Me by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the last stages of a genetic disease, Ellen Creighton has decided to live out her remaining days at the estate of her longtime friend Harrison Burlington. Harrison cares deeply for Ellen, but as a wheelchair-bound paraplegic, he's never allowed himself to get serious in a relationship. However, he's desperately trying to save her by finding the holy water that is believed to heal any disease...Categorized as:
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The Angel of Paragon by Genevieve Jack
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn angel called. A devil answered. Princess Charlotte is the sole heir to the throne of Paragon. But twenty-five years after she helped vanquish Empress Eleanor, her parents still treat her like a child—and it doesn’t help that her sunny angel disposition makes her easy to overlook...Categorized as:
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The Christmas Village: JULIA by Frankie Robertson
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove transcends time as a woman from the present and a man from the past challenge fate. Julia feels compelled to renovate the 200-year-old Scottish mansion where she encounters Peter, a ghost haunted by his past. As their connection deepens, Julia is transported to the year 1845, where she becomes entangled in Peter's life and the Christmas preparations in the charming village of Oak Hill...Categorized as:
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Hostile Holiday by Viola Grace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOrla escapes a party where her family tells her they want her organs and ends up in another realm fighting for her life with only an ugly holiday sweater to defend her. Good thing she learns fast. Orla has been bullied, cursed, and locked in lower-level jobs because of family. Her mother is gone, her friends are in danger from association, and all she wants is peace... -
Darkest Temptation by Rachel Van Dyken
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsI'm a werewolf King who chose to step down out of grief for my mate. For centuries I've been alone, choosing to live a life of modesty despite the wealth surrounding me. I deserve to be punished. I crave things I have no business craving. And it is manifesting itself in a way I'm terrified I won't be able to control any longer. Especially since she arrived. Vampire. Orphan... -
Hauntings and Humbug: A Steampunk Christmas Carol (Steampunk Fairy Tales) by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHumbug! This Christmas, Ebony Scrooge will learn the true meaning of the holiday season. It’s Christmas Eve in Victorian London, and Ebony Scrooge is hard at work tinkering weapons of mass destruction and avoiding all things Christmas. When the spirit of her deceased partner, Jacqueline Marley, warns Ebony that she will be visited by three ghosts, Ebony writes the visitation off as a dream... -
A Shimmer Between by Evelyn Sage
★★★★★ "This book is filled to the brim with so many things I look for in a book. We have magic, touch her and die, fated mates, kingdoms, and lots of intriguing characters. The way this world felt was so magical, even with the dangers that lurk within the shimmers. It definitely scratches the ACOTAR itch. " - Goodreads Reviewer. A princess forced to sacrifice herself for her people...Categorized as:
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Home for Christmas by Courtney Cole
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFrom New York Times bestselling author Courtney Cole, the Magic of the Christmas Season sends a woman back in time to the 1940s where she meets her own grandmother and learns the true meaning of family and the holiday. Piper McCaulley doesn't know which way is up or down. Her gran, her last remaining family, died two weeks before Christmas, leaving Piper to reevaluate her life...Categorized as:
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The Second Chance Year by Melissa Wiesner
In this unforgettable story full of charm, wit—and just a bit of magic—a woman down on her luck is given a second chance at fixing her life and trying one year all over again. Perfect for readers of Josie Silver and Rebecca Serle. Sadie Thatcher’s life has fallen apart in spectacular fashion... -
Of Kisses and Wishes by Lana Pecherczyk
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAnise has always been teased for being a lesser fae of Elphyne. With no magic, no ability to shift, she's left with little faith in herself. Two things she wishes the kisses of a long time friend who never dates outside his shifter community; and to find the elusive Ice-Witch, a dark fae who promises to give her everything she needs to feel whole-magic, and the ability to shift... -
I Became The Stepmother of My Ex-husband 我给前夫当继母 by Jiu Yue Liu Huo, 九月流火
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsLin Wei Xi found out after she died that she was just cannon fodder in a novel, used as a contrast to the gentle and considerate and virtuous female lead. The male lead was her ex-husband, the dignified heir of Yan Wang, his family was superior and brilliant, but the heroine was not her...Categorized as:
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Green Darkness by Anya Seton
"The theme of this book is reincarnation, an attempt to show the interplay—the law of cause and effect, good and evil, among certain individual souls in two periods of English history. ". Green Darkness is the story of a great love, in which mysticism, suspense, and mystery form a web of good and evil forces that stretches from Tudor England to the England of the twentieth century... -
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An Invocation of Monsters by Cate Corvin
The lake is lovely, dark, and deep…. And with my monsters I will sleep. When a secret society offers me an invitation to stay in their isolated forest retreat, I can’t possibly refuse. Not if I want to find out what my mother was hiding before she died. But it’s not just any forest. The noises in the woods at night aren’t animals—they’re monsters... -
请向我告白[重生] Please Confess to Me by 暴躁的螃蟹
Before getting married, Shen Xi knew that her fiance had a girl he was secretly in love with for years. After the divorce, she found out that the girl was her. Before getting married, Shen Xi knew that there was going to be no love in her marriage. After the divorce, she found that her ex-husband had married for love. Before their marriage, her husband had a lot of money...Categorized as:
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From Now Until Forever: The dazzling new love story from the million-copy bestselling author of The Summer of Impossible Things by Rowan Coleman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Memory Book , an unforgettable, beautiful novel about what it means to live to the fullest and to love forever, for fans of The Time Traveler's Wife , Me Before You and Outlander . He's running out of time. Ben Church has never done anything extraordinary in his life - until now... -
Once Upon a Dark Turn by Tana Rose
Once upon a time, my life took a dark turn. Or I guess, my life has been one dark turn after another. But this has got to take the freaking cake. Alone and heartbroken on a romantic weekend I’d planned for my cheating boyfriend, I stumble into a new world. A world where my hair is as long as Rapunzel’s and I’m trapped in a goddamn tower...Categorized as:
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Winter Oranges by Marie Sexton
Jason Walker is a child star turned teen heartthrob turned reluctant B-movie regular who’s sick of his failing career. So he gives up Hollywood for northern Idaho, far away from the press, the drama of L. A. , and the best friend he’s secretly been in love with for years. There’s only one problem with his new life: a strange young man only he can see is haunting his guesthouse... -
Lady of Venice by Siobhan Daiko
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA beautiful novel of love lost and secrets untold. Heartbroken after the loss of her fiancé, Fern travels to her aunt’s house in Italy to find peace and solace. There, overcome by the beauty of the landscape and consumed by a history she finds fascinating, Fern is catapulted into the life of the beautiful but reckless Cecilia, a sixteenth century lady of Venice...Categorized as:
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Through the Snow Globe by Annie Rains
Rated: 3.98 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPerfect for readers of One Day in December by Josie Silver, this enchanting new novel with touches of It’s a Wonderful Life and Groundhog Day follows a woman dangerously close to losing it all as she receives an unexpected Christmas gift that prompts a surprising journey of self-discovery. .. and another chance at happiness. "Annie Rains is a gifted storyteller... -
Journey Back to Christmas: Based on the Hallmark Channel Original Movie by Leigh Duncan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the 1940s, and in modern times…. The true meaning of Christmas never changes. WWII is finally over, but Hanna's husband, Chet, didn't return home. She puts on a brave smile during the day while nursing her hospital patients, but at night, she grieves the loss of her love...Categorized as:
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Journey Back to Christmas: Based on the Hallmark Channel Original Movie by Leigh Duncan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsTreat yourself to ebooks inspired by Hallmark Christmas movies. Enjoy a heartwarming, feel-good story…and find out what happens after the movie ends. WWII is finally over, but Hanna’s husband, Chet, didn't return home. She puts on a brave smile during the day while nursing her hospital patients, but at night, she grieves the loss of her love... -
Christmas with the Cookes by Kit Morgan
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThe Present …. Lorelei Carson had a tough life and her chances of finding love were next to zero. She worked three jobs, barely got her first apartment, and was still enduring the lashing tongues of bullies from high school. She’d hoped once she moved out of her foster parents' home that it would stop, but it only got worse... -
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Her Christmas Wish by M.K. Moore
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHannah Hollybaker is a woman out of time. But Christmas is a magical time of year and miracles do happen. Brett Sleighton doesn't do Christmas, but for her, he'll do anything. Dreams do come true in this is Forever Safe, steamy, and over the top short story about finding love at Christmas. **This is book two in the A Forever Safe Christmas Series**. -
A Highlander for Christmas by Christina Skye, Debbie Macomber
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA Hauntingly Beautiful English Christmas Romance. Includes a bonus Shirley, Goodness and Mercy mini tale by Debbie Macomber. ONE STRONG WOMAN. When American jewelry expert Maggie Kincade arrives at Draycott Abbey, she's stunned to feel as if the abbey's weathered stone walls are somehow…familiar. To her surprise, the hauntingly beautiful English manor soothes her troubled soul...Categorized as:
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At the Duke's Wedding by Caroline Linden, Katharine Ashe
As society gathers at Kingstag Castle for the wedding of the year, matrimony is in the air. But who will be the bride? With swoonworthy lords, witty ladies, eccentric relatives, and a gaggle of free-spirited girls—not to mention the world’s best high perch phaeton—it’s a recipe for mayhem … and romance... -
Snowstorms & Sleigh Bells by Kelley Armstrong
It’s a Victorian Christmas at Thorne Manor, and Rosalind Courtenay is staying far, far away from the door that leads to the twenty-first century. It took her four years to get back home, and she’s never going near the time stitch again... -
Of Sand and Stone by Lauren Smith
She was destined to save his heart of stone. .. Bookish museum curator Rebecca Clark has given up on dating. Real life men aren’t nearly as perfect as the men in the paintings and statues she sees every day at her job. But one night she whispers a prayer to the universe to send her the perfect man. She had no idea a goddess is listening…...Categorized as:
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A Highlander for Christmas by Sandy Blair
WELCOME TO MY WORLD `Tis the season to be jolly - but Boston antiques dealer Claire MacGregor isn't looking forward to a solo Christmas, or cocoa for one, or trimming the tree by herself. But company's coming. Claire is fooling around with an old puzzle box and when it opens, a gorgeous, studly laird appears. Thumbs down: Sir Cameron MacLeod is centuries old. Thumbs up: he doesn't look it...
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