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Beauty's Beast

Amanda Ashley · Zebra
Format: Book

"Ashley is a master storyteller." --RT Book Reviews"A master of her craft." --Maggie ShayneBeautyFair of face and figure, Kristine is young, innocent, pure. Yet she has been condemned to the gallows for killing a man. The only one who can save her is a lord so infamous...
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Muse and Reverie

Charles de Lint · Tor Books; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

From the master of contemporary urban fantasy, a new collection of “Newford” storiesThe city of Newford could be any city in North America, bursting with music, commerce, art, love, hate, and, of course magic. Magic in the sidewalk cracks, myth at the foundations of its great...
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirtieth Annual Collection

Gardner Dozois · St. Martin's Griffin; Book Club Edition edition
Format: Paperback

In the new millennium, what secrets lay beyond the far reaches of the universe? What mysteries belie the truths we once held to be self evident? The world of science fiction has long been a porthole into the realities of tomorrow, blurring the line between life and art. Now, in The Year’s...
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Blood Kin: A Novel of the Half-Light City

M.J. Scott · Ace
Pages: 324
Format: Mass Market Paperback

Imagine a city divided. A city where human and Fae magic rests uneasily next to the vampire Blood and the shapeshifting Beasts. A city where a fragile peace is brokered by a treaty that set the laws for all four races ... a treaty that is faltering day by day.I didn't plan on becoming a thief...
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Springtime: A Ghost Story

Michelle De Kretser · Catapult
Pages: 92
Format: Print book

When Frances met Charlie at a party in Melbourne, he was married with a young son. Now that the couple has moved to subtropical Sydney, a lusher and more chaotic city, Frances has an unshakable sense that the world has tipped on its axis. Everything seems alien, and exotic - and Frances...
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Ritual Magic

Eileen Wilks · Berkley
Format: Paperback

In Eileen Wilks’s new Novel of the Lupi, FBI agent Lily Yu is about to confront a power even darker than magic…   On her 57th birthday, Lily’s mother suddenly loses all memory beyond the age of twelve. Lily knows her mother was attacked by something more than magic....
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The Mad Scientist's Daughter

Cassandra Rose Clarke · Angry Robot
Format: Kindle Edition

There's never been anyone - or anything - quite like Finn. He looks, and acts human, though he has no desire to be. He was programmed to assist his owners, and performs his duties to perfection. A billion-dollar construct, his primary task is to tutor Cat. When the government grants rights...
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Slimy Underbelly

Kevin J. Anderson · Kensington

Two decaying thumbs up!--Jonathan MaberryFlushing Out EvilTheres something fishy going on in the Unnatural Quarter. Bodies are floating face-down, the plumbing is backing up, and something smells rotten--even to a zombie detective like Dan Shamble. Diving into the slimy underbelly of a diabolical...
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Thieves' Quarry

D B Jackson · Tor
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Ethan Kaille isn't the likeliest hero. A former sailor with a troubled past, Ethan is a thieftaker, using conjuring skills to hunt down those who steal from the good citizens of Boston. And while chasing down miscreants in 1768 makes his life a perilous one, the simmering political...
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Crossroads of Canopy: Book One in the Titan's Forest Trilogy

Thoraiya Dyer · Tor Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

The highly-anticipated fantasy debut from Aurealis and Ditmar Award-winning author Thoraiya Dyer, set in a giant mythical rainforest controlled by living godsUnar dreams of greatness. Determined but destitute, she escapes her parents' plot to sell her into slavery. Now she serves in the Garden...
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Dreaming Death: A Palace of Dreams Novel

J Kathleen Cheney · New American Library
Pages: 432
Format: Print book

In the Novels of the Golden City, J. Kathleen Cheney created a "mesmerizing" (Publishers Weekly) realm where magic, history, and intrigue combine. Now, she presents a new world ruled by psychic talents and fatal magic... Shironne Anjir's status as a sensitive is both a gift...
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Belle Chasse: A Novel of The Sentinels of New Orleans

Suzanne Johnson · Tor
Pages: 336
Format: Print book

Suzanne Johnson's "strong and intriguing" (Publishers Weekly) urban fantasy series continues with Belle Chasse. The Sentinels of New Orleans series has earned starred reviews from Library Journal ("a resourceful heroine who relies on her magical ingenuity") and PW ("vivid...a...
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Drowning in Fire

Hanna Martine · Berkley Sensation
Pages: 342
Format: Paperback

Hidden in the Hawaiian islands, there is magic pure enough to heal a broken heart ... In his last audience with the Senatus, Griffin hoped to establish a connection between his water-wielding race and the other elementals. Instead, he found himself drawn into a forbidden affair with the Chimeran...
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Lost Girl

Adam L G Nevill · Pan Books
Pages: 437
Format: Print book

It's 2053 and climate change has left billions homeless and starving - easy prey for the pandemics that sweep across the globe, and for the violent gangs and people-smugglers who thrive in the crumbling world where 'King Death' reigns supreme. The father's world went to hell...
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