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Every Hour Until Then by Gabrielle Meyer
Rated: 4.72 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsGifted with the ability to time-cross between Victorian-era London and World War II Washington, DC, Kathryn faces two lives fraught with danger. In 1938 amid the looming shadow of war, Kathryn is invited to the London Museum as a guest curator to create a groundbreaking exhibit on Jack the Ripper and his reign of terror...Categorized as:
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The Sinclair and Raven Collection by Wendy Vella
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsRead this blockbuster series today! Regency romance with a touch of magic from USA Today bestselling author Wendy Vella Legend says the Sinclairs heightened senses are a result of a long ago pact between them and the powerful Raven family. To Honor and Protect those of Raven blood is their creed... -
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![Queen of the Shining Sea by Miranda Honfleur]()
Queen of the Shining Sea by Miranda Honfleur
Rated: 4.54 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsEnemy mages and ships. An all-powerful organization gone rogue. One woman refuses to stand aside. After the Divinity reveals its dark intentions, Rielle and her friends patrol the Shining Sea, doing all they can to stem the tide of gold flowing into Magehold and the dangerous goods flowing out...Categorized as:
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![La Vie de Guinevere by Paula Lafferty]()
La Vie de Guinevere by Paula Lafferty
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsAfter the sudden death of her boyfriend, Vera would have been happy to spend the rest of her days curiously unnoticeable, washing bed sheets and cleaning toilets in present day Glastonbury... -
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![A Stepmother's Marchen Vol. 1 by Spice&Kitty]()
A Stepmother's Marchen Vol. 1 by Spice&Kitty
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsA full-color fantasy comic/webtoon of romance, drama, and second chances...Categorized as:
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![Enthrall by Sandra R. Neeley]()
Enthrall by Sandra R. Neeley
Vampires are often irresistibly sexy, powerful and misunderstood. Enthrall is all of those, and more. Being the leader of Whispers — a community of paranormals hidden deep within the south Louisiana swamps — is a difficult and lonely existence. He’s waited centuries to find his love, his mate. Then finally, when he’s all but given up, she’s there... -
![Embark by K.M. Shea]()
Embark by K.M. Shea
With the long awaited arrival of the Round Table, Britt introduces questing and a code of honor to her young knights. While Britt tries to sneak off on the first Order of the Round Table quest with Sir Gawain, King Pellinore, and the newly knighted Sir Tor, Merlin receives word of a threat against Britt’s life coming from the north...Categorized as:
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![The Rebellious Rake by Wendy Vella]()
The Rebellious Rake by Wendy Vella
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA gentleman with a past, and a society Miss who is firmly on the shelf. After his father's death, Ramsey Hellion returns to England to escape the hell of his past. But the moment he meets Miss Flora Thomas, his carefully constructed world unravels. Beautiful, and fiercely independent, Flora wants nothing to do with him... -
![Blackcurrant Fool by Victoria Goddard]()
Blackcurrant Fool by Victoria Goddard
Rated: 4.37 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsMagic is out of fashion.Orio City is where that's decided.When his best friend Mr. Dart unexpectedly needs to make an urgent trip to Orio City, Jemis Greenwing's immediate response to ask when... -
![Shadow Schemes by Tilly Wallace]()
Shadow Schemes by Tilly Wallace
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA lost child will uncover old secrets.... After her triumphant performance as goddess of the night at a royal banquet, Sera is instructed by the Mage Council to stay out of public sight. She is tasked with settling a restless spirit who has been roused by the fate of a descendant... -
![Guarding Danger by Wendy Vella]()
Guarding Danger by Wendy Vella
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsTwo things happen to Harry Sinclair the day his ship docks in London: he saves a woman in distress, and meets his long- lost family.Until now Harry has lived his life without betraying the vow he made to his father - never trust a Sinclair. Yet when his newly discovered cousins step aboard his ship he knows that everything is about to change... -
![The Three Brooches by Katherine Lowry Logan]()
The Three Brooches by Katherine Lowry Logan
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen Kit MacKlenna returned to her soul mate in the 19th century, Elliott Fraser thought he would never see his beloved goddaughter again. But when a message from Kit is discovered in a 135-year-old painting, Elliot must either ignore Kit's request for help or test the Legend of the Three Brooches... -
![One Enchanted Evening by Lynn Kurland]()
One Enchanted Evening by Lynn Kurland
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTime-travel romances have made Lynn Kurland a bestseller in the here-and-now. A duty-bound knight has taken on the task of rebuilding the most dilapidated castle in all of England. A costume designer gets her chance to shine by showcasing her fairy- tale designs at an upscale party in an authentic medieval castle... -
![The Thief by L.L. Muir]()
The Thief by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsForbes has been carrying a secret—on his person—for 270 years. But a wee earthquake is about to give him away. If he doesn't move quickly to derail a female French archeologist, his heroic history will be rewritten, and he'll be ostracized by his clan... -
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![Cinders & Ashes Book Three by X. Aratare]()
Cinders & Ashes Book Three by X. Aratare
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsA gay fantasy series based on Cinderella.Can a human king and a Fae prince’s love overcome ancient hate?Former servant Finn Ashton is now Prince Finrael Ravenspar, beloved son and heir of Fae King Thalanil. Though Finn has finally found his true family, Finn’s heart belongs to human King Rohan De Clare, whom his father has banished from the Fae Empire forever... -
![Cinders & Ashes Book 3: A Gay Retelling of Cinderella by X. Aratare]()
Cinders & Ashes Book 3: A Gay Retelling of Cinderella by X. Aratare
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA Gay Fantasy Series Based on Cinderella.Can a human king and a Fae prince’s love overcome ancient hate?Former servant Finn Ashton is now Prince Finrael Ravenspar, beloved son and heir of Fae King Thalanil. Though Finn has finally found his true family, Finn’s heart belongs to human King Rohan De Clare, whom his father has banished from the Fae Empire forever... -
![John Eyre: A Tale of Darkness and Shadow by Mimi Matthews]()
John Eyre: A Tale of Darkness and Shadow by Mimi Matthews
From USA Today bestselling author Mimi Matthews comes a supernatural Victorian gothic retelling of Charlotte Brontë's timeless classic.Yorkshire, 1843. When disgraced former schoolmaster John Eyre arrives at Thornfield Hall to take up a position as tutor to two peculiar young boys, he enters a world unlike any he’s ever known... -
![The Two Lives of Florence Grace by Tracy Rees]()
The Two Lives of Florence Grace by Tracy Rees
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFlorrie Buckley is an orphan, living on the wind-blasted moors of Cornwall. It's a hard existence but Florrie is content. But when she is fourteen, she inherits a never-imagined secret: she is related to a wealthy and notorious London family, the Graces. Overnight, Florrie's life changes and she moves from country to city, from poverty to wealth...Categorized as:
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![From the Ashes by Sabrina Flynn]()
From the Ashes by Sabrina Flynn
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsAshes to ashes; dust to dust. Unfortunately, memories aren’t so easily buried.San Francisco, 1900. Atticus Riot returns home with death on his heels and grief in his heart. After twenty years of roaming the Barbary Coast, the gambler-turned detective is about to toss the game for good. But man plans and God laughs: the case of a missing heiress draws him in its wake... -
![For Whom The Bell Tolls by Shane K.P. O'Neill]()
For Whom The Bell Tolls by Shane K.P. O'Neill
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA WAR RAGES AROUND US EVERY DAY. THE STRUGGLE TO SAVE ALL MANKIND. THE ULTIMATE EVIL. The battle for souls has raged since the truce that followed the First Great War of the Angels. God has struck the ultimate blow and sacrifice to gain the advantage and defeat His fallen angel and estranged son, Lucifer... -
![Up and Down by Robert Thier]()
Up and Down by Robert Thier
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe tables are turned: having magically stopped aging in the 19th century, Lilly Linton is no longer the secretary for cold, stone faced business-magnate Rikkard Ambrose. Now, in the 21st century, the roles are reversed... -
![The Christmas Village: JULIA by Frankie Robertson]()
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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![The Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill]()
The Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsAn epic, highly acclaimed fantasy that has just been optioned as a feature film by Fox 2000! The Icemark is a kingdom in grave danger. Its king has been killed in battle, its enemy lies in wait, and its fate rests on the shoulders of one girl. Thirrin Freer Strong-in-the-Arm Lindenshield, a beautiful princess and an intrepid warrior, must find a way to protect her land from a terrible invasion...Categorized as:
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![Passage of Shadows by Chasity Bowlin]()
Passage of Shadows by Chasity Bowlin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsDon’t miss the exciting conclusion to The Victorian Gothic Collection… The plots, schemes and machinations at Cysgod Lys, from both mortal and immortal sources, are coming to a head... -
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![Sword of Darkness by Robin Furth, Robin Gillespie]()
Sword of Darkness by Robin Furth, Robin Gillespie
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn a world where Camelot is ruled by Lord Kerrigan, the peasant Seren has become a pawn between the rulers of light and the rulers of darkness... -
![Spirited: The spellbinding new novel from bestselling Richard & Judy author Julie Cohen by Julie Cohen]()
Spirited: The spellbinding new novel from bestselling Richard & Judy author Julie Cohen by Julie Cohen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA moving and gripping story about three women who keep unspeakable truths, from the Richard & Judy recommended bestselling author Julie Cohen.Viola has an impossible talent. Searching for meaning in her grief, she uses her photography to feel closer to her late father, taking solace from the skills he taught her - and to keep her distance from her husband... -
![Bite Me! A Vampire Farce by Dylan Meconis]()
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![Whisper of Magic: Unexpected Magic Book Two by Patricia Rice]()
Whisper of Magic: Unexpected Magic Book Two by Patricia Rice
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe death of Celeste Rochester’s father on the voyage from Jamaica to London leaves her and her young siblings nearly penniless in a foreign country. Forced to battle lawyers for her inheritance and the roof over their heads, Celeste has only one weapon: her mysteriously compelling voice... -
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![The White Lily by Juliette Cross]()
The White Lily by Juliette Cross
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsTo the north of the Varis empire, a mysterious faction spreads propaganda against the vampire monarchy. Friedrich Volya, the Duke of Winter Hill, seeks to discover who they are before his uncle finds them first. King Dominik will punish the traitors with brutal force...Categorized as:
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![Shifter Island by Lilly Wilder]()
Shifter Island by Lilly Wilder
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsRejected by my mate, I find love again with two bear shifters on a tropical prison island.My fated mate rejects me because of the nasty scar I got on my face while protecting my clan.Exiled by my family, I make my way to Isla Paraiso, an island that used to be a prison for the most dangerous bear shifters of Venezuela... -
![Feint and Doublecross by Tilly Wallace]()
Feint and Doublecross by Tilly Wallace
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsAn unexpected move could place Sera in check…or will it be checkmate?A strange beast stalks unfashionable Southbank, taking victims in a horrific fashion. Naturally the Mage Council sends Sera to track the supernatural killer, while pressuring her to marry one of their hand picked suitors... -
![Mistress of Darkness: A Gothic Romance by Hazel Hunter]()
Mistress of Darkness: A Gothic Romance by Hazel Hunter
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsGwen Archer does not fear the curse of Dredthorne Hall. Instead it is the message she must deliver that gives her pause: she will inform her future brother-in-law, Christopher, that her sister has run away. But what Gwen discovers at the Hall is far worse than being the bearer of bad tidings. She finds Christopher’s older brother, the reticent and rude Robert Sheraton, there to greet her... -
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![The Girl in the Castle by Santa Montefiore]()
The Girl in the Castle by Santa Montefiore
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsInternational sensation Santa Montefiore presents the first book in a trilogy that follows three Irish women through the decades of the twentieth century—perfect for fans of Kate Morton and Hazel Gaynor.Born on the ninth day of the ninth month in the year 1900, Kitty Deverill is special as her grandmother has always told her... -
![Christmas in Transylvania by Sandra Hill]()
Christmas in Transylvania by Sandra Hill
For the first time ever, the leader of the Viking Vampire Angels, Vikar Sigurdsson, has been talked into celebrating a traditional Christmas! The tree has been decorated, the gifts have been wrapped, and the stockings have been hung... -
![Blood Games by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]()
Blood Games by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBlending the dark eroticism of the vampire with the suspenseful adventure in history's most exotic locales, Yarbro's Saint-Germain epic continues in this third book that takes place in the last chaotic days of Nero's Rome... -
![Sinful Treasure by Tina Folsom]()
Sinful Treasure by Tina Folsom
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsVenice, Italy - early 1800s When vampire rake Lorenzo Conti finds a beautiful woman sleeping in the bedchamber of his newly acquired home, he believes her to be a housewarming gift bestowed upon him by his thoughtful friends... -
![Guardian of the Crown by Melissa McShane]()
Guardian of the Crown by Melissa McShane
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Serjian Kerish showed up on her doorstep with the heir to the Crown of Tremontane in tow, Willow North thought her involvement would begin and end with getting him out of the capital and away from his murderous uncle. But bringing the boy-king Felix to the safety of Eskandel was only the beginning of the journey... -
![A Vampire in Bavaria by Suzannah Rowntree]()
A Vampire in Bavaria by Suzannah Rowntree
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsVampires, vengeance…and a mutinous Victorian lady’s maid.It’s not always easy to deal with a ticking bomb—and Miss Sharp just happens to have thrown this one straight at Queen Victoria’s royal train.Liz was only trying to save lives, but now she must face the Kabale, a secret tribunal of royal monsters who don’t easily forgive a stray bomb... -
![An Illusion of Love by Patricia Rice]()
An Illusion of Love by Patricia Rice
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsNYT bestselling author Patricia Rice presents the third book in her beloved School of Magic series: Victorian Edinburgh belongs to staid professors, not the flamboyant daughter of a Hindu princess.Lacking any of her Malcolm family's psychic abilities, Azmin Dougall flees her ancestral home of India for Edinburgh, fearing she'll be a pigeon in a family of peacocks... -
![Ravenwood by Margaux Gillis, Margarita Gakis]()
Ravenwood by Margaux Gillis, Margarita Gakis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe night of the full moon…. Still grieving the recent death of her parents, Elinore Reed is called to live with family she’s never met at Ravenwood. A carriage accident leaves her alone, in the forest, on the night of the full moon, where something lurks in the trees. A bite that will not heal… After being bitten in the woods, Elinore fears for her sanity. The bite is turning black... -
![Impostors' Kiss: Symphony of Light, Book #0.5 by Renea Mason]()
Impostors' Kiss: Symphony of Light, Book #0.5 by Renea Mason
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn a night of passion, two lost spirits find solace in an impostor’s kiss: one longing for a love that doesn’t yet exist, the other drowning in pain and guilt over love lost... -
![Lessons in Enchantment by Patricia Rice]()
Lessons in Enchantment by Patricia Rice
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan a straitlaced engineer, three psychic children, and a lonely witch find love?The daughter of an earl, Lady Phoebe Malcolm Duncan has the ability to talk to animals. She longs to be a veterinarian, but education requires more coin than she possesses. When the walls of her home come tumbling down, she has to take two steps back—to servitude... -
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![Violent Delights by Rebecca Massey]()
Violent Delights by Rebecca Massey
"I didn’t deserve to live. Not after this. This was the final sin to damn my soul."Cherry is running away from her abusive boyfriend when she picks up a stranded hitchhiker on an Indiana highway.Kasper is an escaped murderer from a Kentucky prison trying to make his way across the Canadian border... -
![Unholy with Eyes like Wolves by Morgan Dante]()
Unholy with Eyes like Wolves by Morgan Dante
“Indulgent, depraved, and sanguine, UNHOLY WITH EYES LIKE WOLVES is a gory fugue that will have readers cheering for its queer women no matter the wrongs they commit in pursuit of survival and salvation... -
![Precious Red Pearls: A Dark Sapphic Captivity Romance by Holly Hawthorne]()
Precious Red Pearls: A Dark Sapphic Captivity Romance by Holly Hawthorne
Tonight, I find myself craving her wrath just as much as I do her pleasure...Being bought as a blood slave for Roseshire’s vampire elite is Pearl’s greatest fear—and the only thing she’s been raised to be.So when she’s purchased by the county’s most elusive and feared vampiress, Lady Veilthorn, and sequestered to her gothic manor on a night, Pearl has no doubt her young life is over... -
![Silver in the Wood & Drowned Country by Emily Tesh, Matthew Lloyd Davies]()
Silver in the Wood & Drowned Country by Emily Tesh, Matthew Lloyd Davies
5 hours, 51 minutesSilver in the WoodThere is a wild man who lives in the deep quiet of Greenhollow, and he listens to the wood. Tobias, tethered to the forest, does not dwell on his past life, but he lives a perfectly unremarkable existence with his cottage, his cat, and his dryads. When Greenhollow Hall acquires a handsome, intensely curious new owner in Henry Silver, everything changes... -
![The Lady is Trouble by Tracy Sumner]()
The Lady is Trouble by Tracy Sumner
In the first in Tracy Sumner’s sizzling League of Lords historical series, mysticism in Victorian England is the setting for a captivating love affair . . . He’s a viscount with a dark past who yearns for the one woman he can’t have. She’s rebellious, spurned by society and determined to change his mind... -
![Strangers In The Night by Anne Stuart, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro]()
Strangers In The Night by Anne Stuart, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThese three spooky love stories include Anne Stuart's Dark Journey--Cloaked in the form of a stranger, he lived a lie with the one woman he couldn't deny himself. Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Catching Dreams--He existed only in her dreams, until she found him in the flesh, and herself in a nightmare...
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