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The Curse of the Kings

Victoria Holt · 304 pages

For centuries the tombs of the Pharaohs were haunted by a deadly curse, so when two eminent archaeologists die under mysterious circumstances, Judith Osmond is certain the curse was the cause. Then, overnight, her life changed forever. There was an unexpected inheritance. Then the handsome young archaeologist she adores, Tybalt, asks her to marry him. But when Tybalt plans a honeymoon amid the tom

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Wisteria

Adalyn Grace · 419 pages

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Plain Bad Heroines

Emily M. Danforth · 640 pages

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The Magpie Lord

K.J. Charles · 202 pages

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Wide Sargasso Sea

Jean Rhys · 189 pages

Jean Rhys's reputation was made upon publication of this passionate and heartbreaking novel, in which she brings into the light one of citsion's most mysterious characters: the madwoman in the attic from Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre". A sensual and protected young woman, the narrator grows up in the lush, natural world of the Caribbean. She is sold into marriage to the cold-hearted and prideful R

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Firelight

Kristen Callihan · 320 pages

Once the flames are ignited . . . Miranda Ellis is a woman tormented. Plagued since birth by a strange and powerful gift, she has spent her entire life struggling to control her exceptional abilities. Yet one innocent but irreversible mistake has left her family's fortune decimated and forced her to wed London's most nefarious nobleman. They will burn for eternity . . . Lord Benjamin Arch

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Midnight Secrets

Jennifer St. Giles · 356 pages

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Sons of the Wolf

Barbara Michaels

Ada and Harriet don't know what to expect when they meet their new guardian, Mr. Wolfson. Here is a strangely magnetic, darkly amusing man confined to a wheelchair and flanked by a pair of fierce, dangerous dogs—an enigmatic benefactor, at once welcoming and intimidating. Even more unsettling to the girls are Wolfson's two sons, Julian and Francis. One of them is warm and good-natured, the other i

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The Darkly Luminous Fight for Persephone Parker

Leanna Renee Hieber · 321 pages

After Percy Parker found her true love, she discovers that her destiny has more in store for her and with the help of magical beings, must stand against a deadly host who plan on overrunning London.

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Persuasion

Martina Boone · 464 pages

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Mist of Midnight

Sandra Byrd · 418 pages

Rebecca Ravenshaw, daughter of missionaries, spent most of her life in India. Following the death of her family in the Indian Mutiny, Rebecca returns to claim her family estate in Hampshire, England. Upon her return, people are surprised to see her-- less than a year earlier, an imposter had arrived with an Indian servant and assumed Rebecca's name, home and incomes-- and died within months of her

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Belladonna

Adalyn Grace · 400 pages

> Nineteen-year-old orphan Signa Farrow confronts Death – and her own deathly powers ­– when she investigates the mysterious murder of a relative at the Thorn Grove estate.

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Dracula, My Love: The Secret Journals of Mina Harker

Syrie James · 562 pages

"Bestselling author Syrie James has crafted her most powerful tale yet in this amazingly written retelling of Dracula from Mina Harker's perspective. Perfect for anyone who loves vampires--and there are millions of readers out there who do--this novel deftly unveils Mina's story, a woman falling into into a forbidden, dangerous love and whose powerful emotions are subdued by the restrictions of he

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Dark Desires

Eve Silver · 332 pages

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Whispers in the Sand

Barbara Erskine

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Mark of Distinction

Jessica Dotta · 437 pages

London is said to be the glittering jewel of society, a world unto itself--but to Julia Elliston it is a city of shadows. Her life is swiftly dissolving into scandal. And in Victorian society, even a whisper of scandal--substantiated or not--can be the death of a young woman's reputation. Now under the watchful eye of Lord Roy Pierson, one of the most influential men in England, Julia begrudgingly

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The Scarletti Curse

Christine Feehan · 400 pages

***The Beast*** Strange, twisted carvings and hideous gargoyles adorned the palazzo of the great Scarletti family. But a still more fearful secret lurked within its storm-tossed turrets. For every bride who entered its forbidding walls was doomed to leave in a casket. ***The Bride*** Mystical and unfettered, Nicoletta had no terror of ancient curses and no fear of marriage...until she loo

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Dark Shadows: Angélique's Descent

Lara Parker · 256 pages

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One Dark Window

Rachel Gillig · 377 pages

New York Times bestseller • USA Today bestseller • Booktok sensation • Amazon Charts bestseller • Over 3 million copies sold of The Shepherd King Duology From the queen of gothic romantasy, Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window is the dark, mist-cloaked tale of a maiden who must unleash the monster within to save her kingdom—but the monster in her head isn't the only threat lurking. Elspeth needs a monst

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Rawblood

Catriona Ward

She comes in the night. She looks into your eyes. One by one, she has taken us all. For generations they have died young. Now Iris and her father are the last of the Villarca line. Their disease confines them to a lonely mansion on Dartmoor; their disease means they must die alone. But Iris breaks her promise to hide from the world. She dares to fall in love. And only then do they understand the t

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Ironskin

Tina Connolly · 304 pages

"Jane Eliot wears an iron mask. It's the only way to contain the fey curse that scars her cheek. The Great War is five years gone, but its scattered victims remain--the ironskin. When a carefully worded listing appears for a governess to assist with a "delicate situation"--a child born during the Great War--Jane is certain the child is fey-cursed, and that she can help. Teaching the unruly Dorie t

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The Curse of Lord Stanstead

Mia Marlowe · 290 pages

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