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London, 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. Because of his dark werewolf past, Liam tries to keep his distance, but can't say no when Wink asks him to help find her friend's missing...
102) Rooftop Suitor
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Kathryne flees from horrible suitor after horrible suitor, each one more atrocious than the last. After a particularly vexing engagement with a drunken cad, she attempts a desperate escape from a rooftop. When her exit is more dramatic and dangerous than she expected, a gallant hero comes to her rescue. Kathryne believes she's found the perfect suitor, until an awkward truth crushes the hopes she has to ever find happiness.
103) Broken Promises
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Former ballerina Callie Carlisle is determined to rebuild her life with her new mechanical limbs. She's just learned to accept the enhancements that saved her from certain death when she experiences uncontrollable twinges and flashes of light that obscure her vision. Terrified of literally falling apart, she resists telling her husband. Jasper's already vowed to keep her out of harm, and she doesn't want to worry him further.
When the War Office's...
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Santa Fe, The Republic of New Texacali, 1870
Eight years ago, Ophelia Leonides's husband cast her off when he discovered she was not the woman he thought she was. Now destitute after the death of her father, Ophelia is forced to turn to Dario for help raising the child she never told him about.
Dario is furious that Ophelia has returned, and refuses to believe Arthur is his son-after all, he thought his wife was barren. But to avoid gossip, he agrees...
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Can you ever truly atone for the sins of the past?When British detective Alton Bartleby mustered out of the Royal Navy a decade ago, he saw his family with new eyes. Saw how his father's love of drink and his sisters' and mother's lavish lifestyle was quickly draining the modest fortune he'd managed to acquire. Perhaps rashly, perhaps justifiably, he had his father committed and the women exiled to America, arranging a wealthy husband for his elder...
106) Burning Eden
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An FBI agent, lost in a world of digital fantasies - but the danger is very real…FBI agent Maynard Haile believes in old-school policing. He's never touched the incredibly popular virtual reality world of Eden Online, and he's got no intention of starting now……until his fellow agents assigned to the case start dying - killed by something inside the game itself.Paired with Alyx Jirra, a half-reformed hacker who's reluctantly chosen to help the...
107) La hija del Agua
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Naëli y Joan se han embarcado en un desafío de locos para su corta edad: participar en la Copa de los Siete Principados, la carrera más larga y peligrosa que ha existido jamás. Durante su trayecto, tendrán que atravesar todas las islas del archipiélago y mantener un buen lugar en clasificación para seguir en la competición. Para ello se enfrentarán a rivales poco escrupulosos.
Pero tienen una carta escondida: el don de la hidromancia de...
108) Crossings
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Bishop Steel is still missing, so AB'Gale must follow the map continuing the search for her papa. Her quest leads Abby down dangerous paths that threaten to get her captured by the System. Danger lurks at every turn of the road, on every doorstep and every train. Finding it difficult to know who to trust when she discovers she is now wanted for crimes against the System, Abby travels under the guise of a young boy. Conflicted with the desire to rid...
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Breaking the rules could save their love, or poison their hearts. When an old tradition threatens the life of his beloved, Richie - a rusty old cyborg, struggles to outsmart the system that created him and save his lover's life… ...before she is gone forever. "The Puppet Show" is a cyberpunk drama, the ninth book in a sci-fi series that features compelling A.I. characters, raw emotion, nail-biting suspense, forbidden love, and surprising plot twists....
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Cuando la persona que más ama muere en circunstancias trágicas, la misteriosa protagonista de The Map of Chaos hace todo lo que puede para hablarle por última vez. Necesita confesar el secreto que no se atrevió a decirle mientras estaba viva. En el Londres victoriano, cuando el espiritismo estaba en su apogeo, una sesión con el medio más famoso de todos los tiempos parece ofrecer la única solución, pero la experiencia desata fuerzas terribles...
112) Las Guerras Zombicas
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Cuando Matt ingresó a Zombie Wars Online, esperaba otra noche divertida matando zombies con sus amigos. Bajo el hechizo de Felote, un aparato de juego que obliga al jugador a tener un sueño REM controlado, la realidad se desvaneció y comenzó una nueva vida. Fue el escape perfecto de la dureza de la vida cotidiana. Pero cuando un hacker malicioso toma el control del juego, comienza una maligna pesadilla, mucho peor de lo que Matt y sus amigos podrían...
113) Steam & Sorcery
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Sir Merrick Hadrian hunts monsters, both human and supernatural. A Knight of the Order of the Round Table, his use of magick and the technologies of steam power have made him both respected and feared. But his considerable skills are useless in the face of his greatest challenge, guardianship of five unusual children. At a loss, Merrick enlists the aid of a governess. Miss Caroline Bristol is reluctant to work for a bachelor but she needs a position,...
114) Birds of a Feather
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Alexis doesn't understand her weird grandma, who buys enough food for an army and keeps unusual items stored in her closet. Then she has to write a paper for her high school English class, and her grandmother becomes her inspiration as she imagines her grandma Diane's life as a Steampunk story set in an alternate France. Napoleon has been, killed in the Battle of the Nile. After the storming of the Bastille, a group forms to protect the heroes of...
115) Ashes & Alchemy
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A Gaslight Chronicles novellaLondon, 1860Police 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. Minerva Shaw is desperately seeking a doctor when she mistakenly lands on Sebastian's doorstep. Her daughter Ivy has fallen...
116) A Thorne in Time
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Before Eva Thorne can accept her destiny, she must learn to accept herself. Eva leaves her family behind for boarding school (that's a good thing when your family includes necromancers and crime lords), but the foreign city of Gernwold has its own dangers. An intruder, a teacher injured, a stolen necklace left in her room... Either someone is trying to frame her, or they know what Eva really is. In this prequel novella to the Eva Thorne series, enjoy...
117) Rostiges Herz
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"Sie war das eine Mädchen, das ich nicht haben konnte, und das seit vielen Jahren schon."
Berlin, die rastlose Stadt am Meer. Hier ragen die Türme der Zauberer bis in den Himmel. Im Schein der Glühlichter werden rauschende Partys gefeiert. Zucker wird in Gold aufgewogen und die Geheimpolizei wacht über den zerbrechlichen Frieden zwischen Zauberern und Erfindern.
Die Erfinderin Mathilda liebt ausgerechnet Rosa, die Tochter des magischen Großmeisters...
118) Kingdom of Machines
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They're from different planets, with opposite lives. Will their unlikely pact take down tyranny... or lead to destruction?
Elektra is desperate to save her ravaged planet. So strapping on leather and metal wings, she sets out to join the rebellion against the callous dictator. But she's just begun her journey when she spots a young woman under assault from violent thugs and swoops in to her defense.
Joining forces in the hope that together they...
119) The Copper Chevalier
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A new adventure for the brilliant Abernathy siblings—set against the backdrop of a bloody conflict in India.
For George and Douglas Abernathy, life is on the up. Their new android-building business is thriving and they are set to move from their clockmak
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Cowboys made of metal were the last thing Lady Ruth needed. When Captain Hall returns from America, he does so with troubling news. There are rumours of robotic men in the west.
Before she can be accused of treason again, Ruth leaves London on one final mission to keep her mechanical men out of the hands of those who would enslave them for war. Lady Ruth Constance Chapelstone and the American Escapade is the final book in the Lady Ruth Constance...
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