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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 Mirror by Nora Roberts
#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts continues the hauntingly spectacular Lost Bride Trilogy with book two, The Mirror.When Sonya MacTavish inherits the huge Victorian mansion on the coast of Maine, she has no idea that the house is haunted. The footsteps she hears at night, the doors slamming, the music playing, are not figments of her imagination... -
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![White Silence by Jodi Taylor]()
White Silence by Jodi Taylor
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsThe first instalment in the gripping supernatural thriller series from international bestselling author, Jodi Taylor.'I don't know who I am. I don't know what I am.'Elizabeth Cage is a child when she discovers that there are things in this world that only she can see. But she doesn't want to see them and she definitely doesn't want them to see her... -
![The Devil's Concubine by Ángeles Goyanes, Kasia Johnson]()
The Devil's Concubine by Ángeles Goyanes, Kasia Johnson
A few hours before her execution a woman narrates, in a fascinating confession to her priest, the story of her passionate love for a fallen angel. A story that plunges us into a world of terror from its beginning in 1212, during the French crusades, until its present-day ending... -
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![A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness]()
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
A richly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, and the mysterious manuscript that draws them together. Deep in the stacks of Oxford's Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the course of her research... -
![Anastasia by Sophie Lark]()
Anastasia by Sophie Lark
Anastasia is the princess no one needs: the fourth daughter born to an emperor without a son, and the only royal lacking a magical gift.Until she collides with a young Cossack rebel, changing both their lives forever.Damien is taken from everything he knows and raised as a ward of the Romanovs.Anastasia develops a strange kind of magic shared only by the Black Monk Rasputin...Categorized as:
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![Julian of Macedon by Sherrilyn Kenyon]()
Julian of Macedon by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 62 ratingsCursed into an eternity of slavery by his own brother, Julian of Macedon has spent centuries in hell, where the only respite he knows is measured in a handful of weeks whenever he's summoned through an arcane spell. With the modern age, those summonings are becoming fewer and fewer, and he lives in fear of the day when they'll stop for good. Grace Alexander doesn't believe in much of anything...Categorized as:
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![The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness]()
The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
After traveling through time in Shadow of Night , the second book in Deborah Harkness’s enchanting series, historian and witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont return to the present to face new crises and old enemies. At Matthew’s ancestral home at Sept-Tours, they reunite with the cast of characters from A Discovery of Witches --with one significant exception... -
![A Map of Days by Ransom Riggs]()
A Map of Days by Ransom Riggs
Having defeated the monstrous threat that nearly destroyed the peculiar world, Jacob Portman is back where his story began, in Florida. Except now Miss Peregrine, Emma, and their peculiar friends are with him, and doing their best to blend in... -
![The Conference of the Birds by Ransom Riggs]()
The Conference of the Birds by Ransom Riggs
“Do you trust me?”With his dying words, H—Jacob Portman’s final connection to his grandfather Abe’s secret life entrusts Jacob with a mission: Deliver newly contacted peculiar Noor Pradesh to an operative known only as V. Noor is being hunted. She is the subject of an ancient prophecy, one that foretells a looming apocalypse. Save Noor—Save the future of all peculiardom... -
![The Desolations of Devil's Acre by Ransom Riggs]()
The Desolations of Devil's Acre by Ransom Riggs
The fate of peculiardom hangs in the balance in this epic conclusion to the Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series.The last thing Jacob Portman saw before the world went dark was a terrible, familiar face.Suddenly, he and Noor are back in the place where everything began - his grandfather's house. Jacob doesn't know how they escaped from V's loop to find themselves in Florida... -
![The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman]()
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Throughout the worlds, the forces of both heaven and hell are mustering to take part in Lord Asriel's audacious rebellion. Each player in this epic drama has a role to play—and a sacrifice to make. Witches, angels, spies, assassins, tempters, and pretenders, no one will remain unscathed.Lyra and Will have the most dangerous task of all... -
![Never a Hero by Vanessa Len]()
Never a Hero by Vanessa Len
This sequel to the contemporary fantasy Only a Monster will take Joan deeper into the monster world, where treacherous secrets and even more danger await. Despite all of the odds, Joan achieved the impossible. She reset the timeline, saved her family – and destroyed the hero, Nick. But her success has come at a terrible cost. She alone remembers what happened...Categorized as:
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![The Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen]()
The Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
Kelsea Glynn is the Queen of the Tearling. Despite her youth, she has quickly asserted herself as a fair, just and powerful ruler.However, power is a double-edged sword, and small actions can have grave consequences... -
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![A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer]()
A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here.Fall in love, break the curse.Cursed by a powerful enchantress to repeat the autumn of his eighteenth year, Prince Rhen, the heir of Emberfall, thought he could be saved easily if a girl fell for him. But that was before he turned into a vicious beast hell-bent on destruction...Categorized as:
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![Hollow City by Ransom Riggs]()
Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children was the surprise best seller of 2011—an unprecedented mix of YA fantasy and vintage photography that enthralled readers and critics alike. This second novel begins in 1940, immediately after the first book ended... -
![Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon]()
Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Dear Reader, Being trapped in a bedroom with a woman is a grand thing. Being trapped in hundreds of bedrooms over two thousand years isn't. And being cursed into a book as a love-slave for eternity can ruin even a Spartan warrior's day. As a love-slave, I know everything about women. How to touch them, how to savor them, and most of all, how to pleasure them...Categorized as:
magic contemporary fantasy urban fantasy vampires paranormal werewolves legends & fairy tales -
![Doves & Demons by Clio Evans]()
Doves & Demons by Clio Evans
Welcome to London, where the roaring twenties are filled with fangs and freaks. When Irene is kidnapped by a gang of monsters, she is shoved straight into a world of magic and murder. A Mothman. An Unseelie. A Demonic Plague Doctor. The Freaks are a terrifying group ready to wreak havoc on the world that destroyed their humanity... -
![The Cursed Witch by R.L. Perez]()
The Cursed Witch by R.L. Perez
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBrielle Gerrick can’t access her magic. In an effort to awaken her powers, she gets sucked into a time portal—to a castle in Spain in the year 1735.The castle is attacked by demons. Their leader is a shape-shifting vampire named Leo Serrano, an arrogant creep who enjoys taunting Brielle.When Brielle’s dark powers awaken, the others in the castle turn on her... -
![Laurent and the Beast by K.A. Merikan]()
Laurent and the Beast by K.A. Merikan
--- Nothing can stop true love. Not time. Not even the devil himself. --- 1805. Laurent. Indentured servant. Desperate to escape a life that is falling apart. 2017. Beast. Kings of Hell Motorcycle Club vice president. His fists do the talking. Beast has been disfigured in a fire, but he’s covered his skin with tattoos to make sure no one mistakes his scars for weakness... -
![Twisted by Time by R.L. Perez]()
Twisted by Time by R.L. Perez
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsA fall through time. A reckless witch. A war of monsters.17-year-old witch Desiree Campbell tries to cast a spell to go to Miami for spring break.But she ends up in Cuba a hundred years in the past.The year is 1898. The Spanish-American War rages. Demons thrive in the city, preying on humans. Desi is caught between the war of mortals and the war of monsters... -
![Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch]()
Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 79 ratingsProbationary Constable Peter Grant dreams of being a detective in London’s Metropolitan Police. Too bad his superior plans to assign him to the Case Progression Unit, where the biggest threat he’ll face is a paper cut. But Peter’s prospects change in the aftermath of a puzzling murder, when he gains exclusive information from an eyewitness who happens to be a ghost... -
![Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick]()
Midwinterblood by Marcus Sedgwick
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsHave you ever had the feeling that you've lived another life? Been somewhere that has felt totally familiar, even though you've never been there before, or felt that you know someone well, even though you are meeting them for the first time? It happens... -
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The First Bright Thing by J.R. Dawson
Rated: 3.62 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsIf you knew how dark tomorrow would be, what would you do with today?The First Bright Thing by J. R. Dawson is a spellbinding debut for fans of The Night Circus and The Invisible Life of Addie La Rue.Welcome to the Circus of the Fantasticals.Ringmaster – Rin, to those who know her best – can jump to different moments in time as easily as her wife, Odette, soars from bar to bar on the trapeze... -
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![Winds of Salem by Melissa de la Cruz]()
Winds of Salem by Melissa de la Cruz
Modern-day witch Freya Beauchamp is cast back in time to 1692 amongst the Salem Witch Trials by an enemy spell, as her present-day family attempts to reopen the passages of time to bring her home. SOON TO BE A LIFETIME TELEVISION SERIES! Freya Beauchamp is trapped in 1692, in Salem of all places, with no recollection of her past... -
![Serpent's Kiss by Melissa de la Cruz]()
Serpent's Kiss by Melissa de la Cruz
Joanna and her daughters, bookish Ingrid and wild-child Freya, are just settling into the newfound peace that has been cast over their small, off-the map town of North Hampton. With the centuries-old restriction against practicing magic lifted, casting spells, mixing potions, and curing troubled souls has never felt so good for the three witches... -
![Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs]()
Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children," an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience...
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