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The Apothecary Diaries : Volume 4 by Natsu Hyuuga
Though her main duty is still looking after Consort Gyokuyou, Maomao finds time to help her friends and acquaintances in the rear palace, including Xiaolan, who will need a job after her term of service ends, and Consort Lishu, who’s convinced she’s seen a ghost! When complications arise with Gyokuyou’s pregnancy, however, Maomao knows she’s not skilled enough to handle a situation that could... -
![Becoming the Dark Prince by Kerri Maniscalco]()
Becoming the Dark Prince by Kerri Maniscalco
In this irresistibly-priced short story, catch a glimpse of the inner struggles and triumphs that drive Stalking Jack the Ripper's endearing but troubled hero. Enigmatic, brooding, and darkly handsome, Thomas Cresswell has always been the one mystery Audrey Rose has never been able to fully solve. As brilliant partners in crime investigation, they understand each other perfectly.. -
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![Agatha Heterodyne and the Monster Engine by Phil Foglio, Mark McNabb]()
Agatha Heterodyne and the Monster Engine by Phil Foglio, Mark McNabb
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe collection begins as Agatha finds a new ally in Krosp the Cat (a genetic experiment with a smattering of Napoleon's brain cells) and becomes better acquainted with Gilgamesh, the Baron's son -- who gently breaks the news that Agatha has the spark for Mad Science... -
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Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm by Phil Foglio
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsAdventure, Romance, Mad Science! Agatha has finally made it to her ancestral castle, but so has a whole crowd of her friends - and enemies! Worse, the lives of two them are in danger, unless she can get the Castle's power source back up and... -
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![Agatha Heterodyne and the Clockwork Princess by Kaja Foglio, Kaja Foglio]()
Agatha Heterodyne and the Clockwork Princess by Kaja Foglio, Kaja Foglio
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAgatha Heterodyne is the last heir to the Maddest of Mad Scientist families, and on the run from the current ruler of Europe. In a fairy-tale castle on a mountain pass, she finds herself at the center of an evil plan to bring back one of the deadliest enemies of recent history... -
![Girl Genius Volume 4: Agatha Heterodyne & The Circus Of Dreams by Phil Foglio]()
Girl Genius Volume 4: Agatha Heterodyne & The Circus Of Dreams by Phil Foglio
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Adventure, Romance & Mad Science continues as Agatha Heterodyne's damaged aircraft comes roughly to rest in the Wastelands. She encounters a traveling circus and proves her mettle by destroying a massive spider-clank as it attacks... -
![Girl Genius Volume 2: Agatha Heterodyne & The Airship City by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio]()
Girl Genius Volume 2: Agatha Heterodyne & The Airship City by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThis collection reprints issues four through six of Phil & Kaja Foglio's gaslamp fantasy series plus an additional story -- all in a large art-book format... -
![Agatha Heterodyne and the Airship City by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio]()
Agatha Heterodyne and the Airship City by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIn a time when the Industrial Revolution has become an all-out war, Mad Science rules the World...with mixed success. At Transylvania Polygnostic University, Agatha Clay was a student with trouble concentrating and rotten luck. Dedicated to her studies but unable to build anything that actually "worked," she seemed destined for a lackluster career as a minor lab assistant... -
![Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio]()
Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAdventure! Romance! Mad Science! Deep in the heart of the damaged machine that is Castle Heterodyne, Agatha discovers her mother's long-abandoned secret laboratory... -
![The Apothecary Diaries : Volume 5 by Natsu Hyuuga]()
The Apothecary Diaries : Volume 5 by Natsu Hyuuga
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe political situation at court has changed: the birth of Gyokuyou’s son has seen her elevated to the status of Empress, and meanwhile Jinshi is no longer able to continue his pretense at the rear palace. Although all seems peaceful after the destruction of the Shi clan, threats continue to loom—not least a potential plague of insects—and Maomao, as ever, somehow finds herself caught up in them... -
![Hunting November by Adriana Mather]()
Hunting November by Adriana Mather
Surviving a few weeks at the world's most lethal boarding school was one thing. But now comes the real test: Can November Adley find her missing father before her enemies find her? Subterfuge is the name of the game in this sequel to Killing November.After surviving a crash course in espionage at the mysterious Academy Absconditi, November has only one purpose: finding her missing father...Categorized as:
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![The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King]()
The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
Long retired, Sherlock Holmes quietly pursues his study of honeybee behavior on the Sussex Downs. He never imagines he would encounter anyone whose intellect matched his own, much less an audacious teenage girl with a penchant for detection. Miss Mary Russell becomes Holmes's pupil and quickly hones her talent for deduction, disguises and danger... -
![Christie, Agatha - The ABC Murders by Christie Agatha]()
Christie, Agatha - The ABC Murders by Christie Agatha
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 67 ratingsWhen Alice Asher is murdered in Andover, Hercule Poirot is already looking into the clues. Alphabetically speaking, it's one letter down, twenty-five to go.There's a serial killer on the loose. His macabre calling card is to leave the ABC Railway Guide beside each victim's body... -
![A Harvest of Thorns by Corban Addison]()
A Harvest of Thorns by Corban Addison
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsA beloved American corporation with an explosive secret. A disgraced former journalist looking for redemption. A corporate executive with nothing left to lose.In Dhaka, Bangladesh, a garment factory burns to the ground, claiming the lives of hundreds of workers, mostly young women...Categorized as:
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![Amy Snow by Tracy Rees]()
Amy Snow by Tracy Rees
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsLeft to perish on a bank of snow as a baby, Amy has never known love, never known family.Reluctantly given shelter at nearby Hatville Court, she is despised by the masters and servants alike.The beautiful Hatville heiress, Aurelia Vennaway, is Amy's only advocate - she becomes the light of Amy's life, and the centre of her existence.So when Aurelia dies young, Amy's world collapses... -
![Fortress of Snow by Melanie Dickerson]()
Fortress of Snow by Melanie Dickerson
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhen her father dies and her brother, Warin, abandons her, Mazy is forced to seek help from her beloved older brother Sir John, who is training knights at the great estate of Strachleigh. While there, she becomes friends with the kind and loyal Sir Berenger. Circumstances then force them apart: Berenger goes to Prague, while Mazy and her brother move to London...Categorized as:
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![First Daughter by Susan Kaye Quinn]()
First Daughter by Susan Kaye Quinn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHIS IS THE THIRD BOOK in the Dharian Affairs Trilogy! (steampunk fantasy romance) The Dharian Affairs is now OPTIONED FOR VIRTUAL REALITY by Immersive Entertainment! Skyships, saber duels, and lots of royal intrigue.. -
![Carrick House by Shelley Adina]()
Carrick House by Shelley Adina
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWho said life is but a dream after the wedding? Married eight months, Lady Claire Trevelyan and Dr. Andrew Malvern are blissfully working together on a new invention, and providing a home for a collection of street sparrows. Then Claire’s mother, the redoubtable Lady Jermyn, arrives with her family in tow and expects to stay indefinitely .. -
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The Body at the Tower by Y.S. Lee
Now nearly a full-fledged member of the Agency, the all-female detective unit operating out of Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls, Mary Quinn is back for another action-packed adventure. Disguised as a poor apprentice builder and a boy, she must brave the grimy underbelly of Victorian London - as well as childhood fear, hunger, and constant want - to unmask the identity of a murderer...Categorized as:
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![The Cain Saga, Volume 1: Forgotten Juliet by Akira Watanabe]()
The Cain Saga, Volume 1: Forgotten Juliet by Akira Watanabe
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsBorn under an evil moon harboring dark secrets, Earl Cain C. Hargreves, the youthful heir of the aristocratic Hargreves family, is a man on a quest to find the truth about his family's past... -
![The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry]()
The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Berry
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsI must write this account, and when I have finished, I will burn it. Buried deep within the archives of a convent in medieval France is an untold story of love, loss, and wonder and the two girls at the heart of it all. Dolssa is an upper-crust city girl with a secret lover and an uncanny gift... -
![Grace in Autumn: - A Novel - by Lori Copeland]()
Grace in Autumn: - A Novel - by Lori Copeland
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's November, and as the island residents prepare for the coming months of cold and snow, they are surprised by God's unexpected lessons of humility, trust, and hope. Authors Lori Copeland and Angela Hunt revisit the Island of Heavenly Daze in the second book of the highly acclaimed series about a small town where angelic intervention is commonplace and the Thanksgiving feast a community affair...Categorized as:
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![The Man He Never Was by James L. Rubart]()
The Man He Never Was by James L. Rubart
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat if You Woke up One Morning and the Darkest Parts of Yourself Were Gone? Toren Daniels vanished eight months back, and his wife and kids have moved on—with more than a little relief. Toren was a good man but carried a raging temper that often exploded without warning. So when he shows up on their doorstep out of the blue, they’re shocked to see him alive. But more shocked to see he’s changed...Categorized as:
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![Unholy Murder: The Janna Chronicles book 3 by Felicity Pulman]()
Unholy Murder: The Janna Chronicles book 3 by Felicity Pulman
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove, revenge, secrets–and murder–in a medieval kingdom at war. Forced to flee once more, Janna takes shelter at Wiltune Abbey. She hopes to learn how to read so that she may gain clues to her father's identity from a letter kept secret by her mother. But even in the house of God there are mysteries to solve... -
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![Theatre of Marvels by Lianne Dillsworth]()
Theatre of Marvels by Lianne Dillsworth
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCrowds gather at Crillick's Variety Theatre, where curiosity is satisfied with displays of intrigue and fear. They're here for the star of the show - the Great Amazonia warrior. They needn't know this warrior is in fact Zillah, a mixed-race actress from the East End fooling them each night with her thrilling performance...Categorized as:
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![Theatre of Marvels by Lianne Dillsworth]()
Theatre of Marvels by Lianne Dillsworth
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCrowds gather at Crillick's Variety Theatre, where curiosity is satisfied with displays of intrigue and fear. They're here for the star of the show - the Great Amazonia warrior. They needn't know this warrior is in fact Zillah, a mixed-race actress from the East End fooling them each night with her thrilling performance...Categorized as:
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![Pilgrim of Death by Felicity Pulman]()
Pilgrim of Death by Felicity Pulman
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove, revenge, secrets – and murder – in a medieval kingdom at war.Spies, treachery, a dangerously attractive pilgrim and a murder at Stonehenge test Janna's courage and ingenuity to the limit as she continues the search for her father in the company of pilgrims and jongleurs... -
![Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye]()
Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye
Reader, I murdered him.A Gothic retelling of Jane Eyre.Like the heroine of the novel she adores, Jane Steele suffers cruelly at the hands of her aunt and schoolmaster. And like Jane Eyre, they call her wicked - but in her case, she fears the accusation is true. When she flees, she leaves behind the corpses of her tormentors... -
![These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly]()
These Shallow Graves by Jennifer Donnelly
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 45 ratingsJo Montfort is beautiful and rich, and soon—like all the girls in her class—she’ll graduate from finishing school and be married off to a wealthy bachelor. Which is the last thing she wants. Jo secretly dreams of becoming a writer—a newspaper reporter like the trailblazing Nellie Bly.Wild aspirations aside, Jo’s life seems perfect until tragedy strikes: her father is found dead... -
![The Girl and the Clockwork Cat by Nikki McCormack]()
The Girl and the Clockwork Cat by Nikki McCormack
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFeisty teenage thief Maeko and her maybe-more-than-friend Chaff have scraped out an existence in Victorian London’s gritty streets, but after a near-disastrous heist leads her to a mysterious clockwork cat and two dead bodies, she’s thrust into a murder mystery that may cost her everything she holds dear... -
![Velvet Undercover by Teri Brown]()
Velvet Undercover by Teri Brown
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSamantha Donaldson’s family has always done its duty for the British Crown. In the midst of World War I, seventeen-year-old Sam follows in their footsteps, serving her country from the homefront as a Girl Guide and messenger for the intelligence organization MI5... -
![Thunder on the Right by Mary Stewart]()
Thunder on the Right by Mary Stewart
Jenny Silver's trip to the Pyrenees is intended to be more than a welcome holiday in a beautiful part of France. Perturbed by a letter from her cousin Gillian who has been like a sister to her, Jenny has come to Gavarnie in an attempt to discover why Gill has entered a convent. On arrival, however, she finds herself caught up in a mesh of intrigue...Categorized as:
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![Savannah from Savannah by Denise Hildreth Jones, Denise Hildreth]()
Savannah from Savannah by Denise Hildreth Jones, Denise Hildreth
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsI'm coming home to prove something..to my city, my mother, and myself. It is a place known to most as Savannah. It is a place known to me as home. I wish I could tell you it was my love for this city that precipitated my return. But I did not return out of a mere longing for home. I returned because I have something to prove to home. I am Savannah...from Savannah...Categorized as:
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![At Sea by Emma Fedor]()
At Sea by Emma Fedor
Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Cara and Brendan first meet, she’s fresh out of college, recovering from the recent death of her mother and spending time on Martha’s Vineyard while trying to figure out her next steps. She’s swept away by Brendan’s humor and charm and intoxicated by his thrilling, dangerous secret: he claims that he can breathe underwater.He shows Cara his gills...Categorized as:
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![The Falconer's Knot: A Story of Friars, Flirtation and Foul Play by Mary Hoffman]()
The Falconer's Knot: A Story of Friars, Flirtation and Foul Play by Mary Hoffman
Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe award-winning author of the Stravaganza series has done it again with this atmospheric adventure set in Renaissance Italy. Sixteen-year-old Silvano da Montacuto has wealth, good looks, and a new hawk-but none of these can save him when his bloody dagger is found near a dead body. For his own protection, he is sent to a Franciscan House, where he poses as a novice, or a young monk... -
![Deadly Curious by Cindy Anstey]()
Deadly Curious by Cindy Anstey
Rated: 3.31 of 5 stars · 11 ratings1834. Sophia Thompson wants nothing more than to be one of the famed Bow Street Runners, London's most elite corps of detectives. Never mind that a woman has never before joined their ranks--and certainly never mind that her reclusive family has forbidden her from pursuing such an unladylike goal... -
![Palace of Spies by Sarah Zettel]()
Palace of Spies by Sarah Zettel
Rated: 3.52 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsA warning to all young ladies of delicate breeding who wish to embark upon lives of adventure: Don't. Sixteen-year-old Peggy is a well-bred orphan who is coerced into posing as a lady in waiting at the palace of King George I. Life is grand, until Peggy starts to suspect that the girl she's impersonating might have been murdered...Categorized as:
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![The Last of August by Brittany Cavallaro]()
The Last of August by Brittany Cavallaro
Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsWatson and Holmes: A match made in disaster.Jamie Watson and Charlotte Holmes are looking for a winter-break reprieve after a fall semester that almost got them killed. But Charlotte isn’t the only Holmes with secrets, and the mood at her family’s Sussex estate is palpably tense...Categorized as:
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![Lady of Ashes by Christine Trent]()
Lady of Ashes by Christine Trent
Rated: 3.42 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsOnly a woman with an iron backbone could succeed as an undertaker in Victorian London, but Violet Morgan takes great pride in her trade. While her husband, Graham, is preoccupied with elevating their station in society, Violet is cultivating a sterling reputation for Morgan Undertaking... -
![The Midnight Dance by Nikki Katz]()
The Midnight Dance by Nikki Katz
Rated: 3.22 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen the music stops, the dance begins.Seventeen-year-old Penny is a lead dancer at the Grande Teatro, a finishing school where she and eleven other young women are training to become the finest ballerinas in Italy. Tucked deep into the woods, the school is overseen by the mysterious and handsome young Master who keeps the girls ensconced in the estate – and in the only life Penny has never known... -
![The Gilded Cage by Lucinda Gray]()
The Gilded Cage by Lucinda Gray
Rated: 3.23 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAfter growing up on a farm in Virginia, Walthingham Hall in England seems like another world to sixteen-year-old Katherine Randolph. Her new life, filled with the splendor of upper-class England in the 1820s, is shattered when her brother mysteriously drowns... -
![Wentworth Hall by Abby Grahame]()
Wentworth Hall by Abby Grahame
Rated: 2.83 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe prettiest people often have the ugliest secrets… Eighteen-year-old Maggie Darlington has turned into an entirely different person. The once spirited teen is now passive and reserved. A change Lord and Lady Darlington can’t help but be grateful for. It’s 1912, and the Darlingtons of Wentworth Hall have more than just the extensive grounds to maintain...
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