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A Time to Change by Callie Langridge
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPresent Day . Louisa Arnold has always loved Hill House. As a little girl she played in the derelict manor’s overgrown gardens and peered through its cracked ballroom windows, hoping to glimpse spectral lords and ladies dancing within. The tragic story of the wealthy former owners, the Mandevilles, even inspired her to want to teach history...Categorized as:
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Knot of Shadows by Lois McMaster Bujold
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 16 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... -
The Gangster by C.S. Poe
1881—Special Agent Gillian Hamilton, magic caster for the Federal Bureau of Magic and Steam, has recovered from injuries obtained while in Shallow Grave, Arizona. Now back in New York City, Gillian makes an arrest on New Year’s Eve that leads to information on a gangster, known only as Tick Tock, who’s perfected utilizing elemental magic ammunition... -
Defiant Vow: A Dark Paranormal Mafia Romance (Syndicate Masters: La Cosa Nostra) by Delta James
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe had long ago given up on finding her hero. He would make her believe in happy-ever-after again.SerenaThere was a time, a very long time ago when I believed in fairytales and happily-ever-afters. Those dreams died a painful death the night my parents were murdered. I need to get close to Aries Borgia in order to get information about my parents' murderer...Categorized as:
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Age of Legend by Michael J. Sullivan
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 28 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... -
The Artifact Hunters Boxed Set by A.W. Exley
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 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... -
City of Time and Magic by Paula Brackston
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 17 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 Winter Garden by Nicola Cornick
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSweeping across generations from the 1600s to the present day and inspired by the true story of the leader of the infamous Gunpowder Plot, Nicola Cornick’s latest historical mystery combines past and present story lines that fans of Philippa Gregory and Susanna Kearsley will devour.1605: Anne Catesby fears for her family...Categorized as:
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Goblins and Snowflakes: An Elves and the Shoemaker Retelling (Steampunk Fairy Tales) by Melanie Karsak
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 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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Thursday's Child by Monique Martin
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Crosses -- renowned Professor of the Occult Simon and irrepressible Elizabeth -- set off on their latest time traveling adventure. Leaving Jack behind to nurse his broken heart, the couple travels to 1852 Natchez, Mississippi to help the next person on grandfather Sebastian's list, Mary Stewart. There's just one problem. Little Mary Stewart, just 8 years old, died two days ago... -
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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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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Clockwork Tangerine by Rhys Ford
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 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... -
Caught in Time by Julie McElwain
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsStill stranded in 1815, FBI agent Kendra Donovan finds herself on the trail of a vicious murderer with a shocking secret. October 1815: There is only one place Kendra Donovan wants to travel—back to her own time period in the twenty-first century. But since that’s not happening, she agrees instead to travel with her new guardian, the Duke of Aldridge, to one of his smaller estates in Lancashire... -
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Nefertiti's Heart by A.W. Exley
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 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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Do Overs: A Time Travel Thriller of Sudden Second Chances by Jon Spoelstra
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 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... -
The Anne Boleyn Cypher by Phillipa Vincent-Connolly
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYou won’t be able to put down this time-travelling Tudor adventure! Perfect for fans of Dan Brown, Philippa Gregory, Kate Mosse and Tom Harper. What would you do if you suddenly found yourself at the court of Henry VIII?When twenty-year-old history student, Beth Wickers starts her second year of university, she has no idea that her whole world is about to be turned upside down... -
The Engineer by C.S. Poe
1881—Special Agent Gillian Hamilton is a magic caster with the Federal Bureau of Magic and Steam. He’s sent to Shallow Grave, Arizona, to arrest a madman engineer known as Tinkerer, who’s responsible for blowing up half of Baltimore. Gillian has handled some of the worst criminals in the Bureau’s history, so this assignment shouldn’t be a problem... -
The Return of the Discontinued Man by Mark Hodder
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 10 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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The Wayfarer: A Time Travel Romance by Jennifer L. Hayes
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEmma Clayton’s love life is decidedly passionless and predictable. Following her move from Los Angeles to a quaint English village with her fiancé Ben, all that changes when a violent electrical storm whisks her one hundred and sixty years into the past. Trapped in Victorian England, Emma is determined to find a way home, back to her fiancé and the life he’s mapped out for them...Categorized as:
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Time Ship, Book One by Ian C.P. Irvine
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 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.. -
Ghosts & Garlands by Kelley Armstrong
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsVictorian novelist Miranda Hastings is in London for a modern-day Christmas with the man she loves, and they want to see everything. Luckily, they have friends who are going to make sure they get their wish. They’re sent on a whirlwind holiday adventure, following their friends’ mysterious messages…until an encounter with a ghost who was part of an infamous gang of highwaymen...Categorized as:
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Keys by Amber Kell
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 7 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... -
Wheel of the Infinite by Martha Wells
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsEvery year, the Wheel of the Infinite must be painstakingly remade to ensure peace and harmony. And every hundred years, the Wheel and the world become one. But now a black storm ravages the beautiful mandala, and a woman with a shadowy past -- an exile, murderer, and traitor -- has been summoned back to put the world right...Categorized as:
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Warrior of the Highlands by Veronica Wolff
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhile doing research for her dissertation, graduate student Haley Fitzpatrick stumbles upon a strange artifact—which sends her back in time to old Scotland, directly into the path of the notorious Alasdair MacColla, a warrior known for his enormous physical presence and bloodthirsty reputation. Assuming that this woman with the mysterious accent is an enemy spy, MacColla promptly kidnaps her... -
Moonlight & Mechanicals by Cindy Spencer Pape
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 11 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... -
On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars · 20 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... -
Ether & Elephants by Cindy Spencer Pape
Rated: 3.71 of 5 stars · 7 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... -
The Gentleman by Forrest Leo
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA funny, fantastically entertaining debut novel, in the spirit of Wodehouse and Monty Python, about a famous poet who inadvertently sells his wife to the devil--then recruits a band of adventurers to rescue her... -
Moonlight & Mechanicals by Cindy Spencer Pape
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 10 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...Categorized as:
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Cards Caravans by Cindy Spencer Pape
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 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... -
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: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 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 Modern Lady Lost in Time: A Contemporary, Feel-Good Time Travel Romance by Denise Daye
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIsabella Astley, a true Victorian lady who was born into one of England’s finest houses, wants to control her own destiny. But with a mother who is willing to marry her off to the highest bidder, a life of misery seems to lie ahead of her...Categorized as:
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Library of the Dead by Glenn Cooper
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsOriginally published as Secret of the Seventh Son.Assigned to the high-profile "Doomsday" serial killer case, FBI agent Will Piper is hitting dead end after dead end. The victims seem to have nothing in common: age, background, or even the way they die... -
Ashes & Alchemy by Cindy Spencer Pape
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA Gaslight Chronicles novella London, 1860 Police inspector Sebastian Brown served Queen and country in India before returning to England to investigate supernatural crimes alongside the Order of the Round Table. If his wifeless, childless life feels a little empty sometimes, that's not too great a price to pay in the name of duty...Categorized as:
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A Most Extraordinary Pursuit by Juliana Gray
Known for “charming, original characters, a large dose of humor, and a plot that’s fantastic fun,”(New York Times beststelling author Jennifer Ashley) Juliana Gray presents an extraordinary novel of an uncommon pursuit..Categorized as:
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Kilts & Kraken by Cindy Spencer Pape
Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars · 11 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... -
The Red Garden by Alice Hoffman
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 26 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... -
A Matter of Circumstance and Celludrones by Claire Robyns
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 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... -
Lady Can Never Be Too Curious by Mary Wine
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBeneath the Surface of Victorian Life Lies a Very Different World... Hated and feared by the upper classes, the Illuminists guard their secrets with their lives. Janette Aston's insatiable quest for answers brings her to their locked golden doors, where she encounters the most formidable man she's ever met... -
The Affair of the Mysterious Letter by Alexis Hall
Rated: 3.54 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsIn this charming, witty, and weird fantasy novel, Alexis Hall pays homage to Sherlock Holmes with a new twist on those renowned characters. Upon returning to the city of Khelathra-Ven after five years fighting a war in another universe, Captain John Wyndham finds himself looking for somewhere to live, and expediency forces him to take lodgings at 221b Martyrs Walk. His new housemate is Ms...Categorized as:
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The Far Time Incident by Neve Maslakovic
Rated: 3.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen a professor’s time-travel lab is the scene of a deadly accident, the academic world and the future of St. Sunniva University get thrown into upheaval...Categorized as:
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A Lady Can Never Be Too Curious by Mary Wine
Rated: 3.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeneath the Surface of Victorian Life Lies a Very Different World… Hated and feared by the upper classes, the Illuminists guard their secrets with their lives. Janette Aston’s insatiable quest for answers brings her to their locked golden doors, where she encounters the most formidable man she’s ever met... -
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