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A Penchant For Poison

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The Apothecary's Poison

C.J. Archer · 318 pages

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Poison or Protect

Gail Carriger · 199 pages

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The Arachnid

I V Ophelia

In the shadows of 1890s Buffalo, a poisoner's bite leaves more than just scars—even for the undead. Two years after fleeing London, Alina Lis has built something she never thought possible: a home. Leading a commune of women like herself, she's found a new, greater purpose; experimenting on the Vipera. But peace, she learns, is as fragile as a spider's web in winter. Silas Forbes, the Vipera

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A Magic Steeped in Poison

Judy I. Lin · 384 pages

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Silverthorn

Raymond E. Feist · 352 pages

A poisoned bolt has struck down the Princess Anita on the day of her wedding to Prince Arutha of Krondor. To save his beloved, Arutha sets out in search of the mytics herb called Silverthorn that only grows in the dark and forbidding land of the Spellweavers. Accompanied by a mercenary, a minstrel, and a clever young thief, he wil confront an ancient evil and do battle with the dark

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Poison's Kiss

Breeana Shields · 304 pages

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The Scarecrow Queen

Melinda Salisbury · 373 pages

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Nightshade

Maryrose Wood, The Duchess Of Northumberland · 278 pages

In late eighteenth-century Northumberland, England, sixteen-year-old Jessamine Luxton is so desperate to find Weed, who her father says deserted her when she was at death's door, that she asks for help from the evil Oleander.

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Magic Study

Maria V. Snyder · 400 pages

Yelena is a survivor. Kidnapped as a child, held prisoner as a teen, then released to act as a poison taster, she is now a student of magic. But these magic skills place her in imminent danger, and with an execution order on her head, she has no choice but to escape to Sitia, the land of her birth. But nothing in Sitia is familiar. As she struggles to understand where she belongs and how to cont

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The Poison Daughter

Sheila Masterson · 668 pages

To err is human. To avenge is Divine. Every person Harlow Carrenwell kisses dies immediately, and that’s the way she likes it. The poison-lipped youngest daughter of Lunameade’s magical founding family has used her power to annihilate their opposition. Her first husband is in the ground. Her new betrothed is next. But the merry widow has a secret. When she’s not acting as an assassin at her

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A Gift of Poison

Kate Avery Ellison · 286 pages

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Naked Empire

Terry Goodkind · 672 pages

Richard has been poisoned and the price of the antidote is saving of an empire from annihiliation. Richard is offered not only his life, but the salvation of a people, in exchange for delivering his wife, Kahlan, into bondage to the enemy. They face possibly the most devastating choice they will ever have to make.

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Grave Mercy

Robin LaFevers · 549 pages

*Why be the sheep, when you can be the wolf?* Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous gifts—and a violent destiny. If she chooses to stay at the convent, she will be trained as an assassi

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The Eyes of the Dragon

Stephen King · 384 pages

Once upon a time, in the Kingdom of Delain, King Roland is murdered and his son and heir, Peter, is framed for the crime. Peter and his loyal friends must battle an evil wizard and Peter's usurper brother, Thomas, for the throne. Imprisoned in a tower, Peter conceives an escape plan that will take him years to execute before taking on Flagg, the powerful sorcerer who has masterminded this coup. (

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Best Served Cold

Joe Abercrombie · 632 pages

War may be hell, but for Monza Murcatto, a solider of considerable fortune; it's a damn good way of making money too. Her victories have made her popular - a shade too popular for her employer's taste. Betrayed and left for dead, Murcatto's reward is a broken body and a burning hunger for vengeance. Whatever the cost, seven men must die. Duke Orso imagines that he can become king by ending the

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A Feast for Crows

George R.R. Martin · 864 pages

Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin’s monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in *A Feast for Crows*, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace . . . only to be launched on an even more terrifying cour

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The Grim Grotto

Lemony Snicket · 323 pages

Warning: Your day will become very dark – and possibly damp – if you read this book. Plan to spend this spring in hiding. Lemony Snicket is back with the eleventh book in his New York Times bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events. Lemony Snicket's saga about the charming, intelligent and grossly unlucky Baudelaire orphans continues to provoke suspicion and despair in readers the world over. In

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Feet of Clay

Terry Pratchett · 368 pages

Nineteenth in the Discworld universe and third entry of the City Watch series, this novel follows Captain Carrot, Commander Vimes, and the rest of the Night Watch as they attempt to unravel the mystery of who poisoned Lord Vetinari the Patrician.

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City of Flowers

Mary Hoffman · 496 pages

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The Apothecary Diaries, Vol. 1

Nekokurage · 176 pages

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Long May She Reign

Rhiannon Thomas · 422 pages

Freya never meant to be queen. Twenty-third in line to the throne, she never dreamed of a life in the palace, and would much rather research in her laboratory than participate in the intrigues of the court. However, when an extravagant banquet turns deadly and the king and those closest to him are poisoned, Freya suddenly finds herself on the throne. She may have escaped the massacre, but sh

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Poison

Bridget Zinn · 282 pages

When sixteen-year-old Kyra, a potions master, tries to save her kingdom by murdering the princess, who is also her best friend, the poisoned dart misses its mark and Kyra becomes a fugitive, pursued by the King's army and her ex-boyfriend Hal.

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The Hollow Bettle

Susannah Appelbaum · 400 pages

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The Queen's Poisoner

Jeff Wheeler · 318 pages

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