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God Save the Queen

Kate Locke Β· 354 pages

Queen Victoria is the undead matriarch of a Britain where the Aristocracy is made up of werewolves and vampires, where goblins live underground, and where mothers know better than to let their children out after dark. In this world, being part of the nobility means being infected with the Plague (side-effects include undeath), Hysteria is the popular affliction of the day, and leeches are consider

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Soulless

Gail Carriger Β· 300 pages

Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she's a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette. Where to go from there? From bad to worse apparently, for Alexia accidentally kills the vampire -- and then the appalling Lord Maccon (loud, messy, gorgeo

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The Kingmakers

Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith

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This Case Is Gonna Kill Me

Phillipa Bornikova Β· 327 pages

In a world where humans endure the laws and politics of vampires, werewolves, and elves in order to avoid becoming prey, Linnet Ellery embarks on a career with a "white fang" firm and is targeted by random attacks.

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The Angel of the Crows

Katherine Addison Β· 448 pages

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A Language of Dragons

S.F. Williamson Β· 424 pages

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The Undead Pool

Kim Harrison Β· 423 pages

"Witch and day-walking demon Rachel Morgan has managed to save the demonic ever after from shrinking, but at a high cost. Now strange magic is attacking Cincinnati and the Hollows, causing spells to backfire or go horribly wrong, and the truce between the races, between Inderlander and human, is shattering. Rachel must stop the occurrences before the undead vampire masters who keep the rest of the

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Burn Mark

Laura Powell

In an alternate London, England, the lives of a fifteen-year-old girl eagerly awaiting the development of her "fae," or witch abilities, and the son of a man who sentences witches to death by burning, intersect when the son makes a startling discovery.

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The Iron Duke

Meljean Brook Β· 384 pages

After the Iron Duke freed England from Horde control, he instantly became a national hero. Now Rhys Trahaearn has built a merchant empire on the power-and fear-of his name. And when a dead body is dropped from an airship onto his doorstep, bringing Detective Inspector Mina Wentworth into his dangerous world, he intends to make her his next possession. But when Mina uncovers the victim's identit

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A Discovery of Witches

Deborah Harkness Β· 720 pages

**An epic, richly inventive, historically sweeping, magical romance.** When historian Diana Bishop opens an alchemical manuscript in the Bodleian Library, it's an unwelcome intrusion of magic into her carefully ordered life. Though Diana is a witch of impeccable lineage, the violent death of her parents while she was still a child convinced her that human fear is more potent than any witchcraft

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Necessary Evil

Ian Tregillis

"12 May 1940. Westminster, London, England: the early days of World War II. Again. Raybould Marsh, one of "our" Britain's best spies, has travelled to another Earth in a desperate attempt to save at least one timeline from the Cthulhu-like monsters who have been observing our species from space and have already destroyed Marsh's timeline. In order to accomplish this, he must remove all traces of t

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Dire Straits

Helen Harper Β· 382 pages

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A Study in Silks

Emma Jane Holloway Β· 432 pages

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The Curious Case of the Clockwork Man

Mark Hodder Β· 438 pages

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Marked in Flesh

Anne Bishop Β· 463 pages

"Fourth in the "flawless" (The Reading Cafe) New York Times bestselling series from the author of Vision in Silver. For centuries, the Others and humans have lived side by side in uneasy peace. But when humankind oversteps its bounds, the Others will have to decide how much humanity they're willing to tolerate--both within themselves and within their community ... Since the Others allied themselve

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Heart of Iron

Bec McMaster Β· 437 pages

"In the mist-shrouded streets of London's dreaded Whitechapel district, werewolves, vampires, and a clockwork army are one step away from battle"--Page 4 of cover.

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The Royal Sorceress

Christopher G. Nuttall

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The Song Rising

Samantha Shannon Β· 384 pages

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Ink and Bone

Rachel Caine Β· 398 pages

In an exhilarating new series, New York Times bestselling author Rachel Caine rewrites history, creating a dangerous world where the Great Library of Alexandria has survived the test of time ... Ruthless and supremely powerful, the Great Library is now a presence in every major city, governing the flow of knowledge to the masses. Alchemy allows the Library to deliver the content of the greatest wo

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Dracula Cha Cha Cha

Kim Newman Β· 399 pages

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The Light Ages

Ian R. MacLeod Β· 489 pages

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The Hanged Man

P.N. Elrod Β· 336 pages

"On a freezing Christmas Eve in 1879, a forensic psychic reader is summoned from her Baker Street lodgings to the scene of a questionable death. Alexandrina Victoria Pendlebury (named after her godmother, the current Queen of England) is adamant that the death in question is a magically compromised murder and not a suicide, as the police had assumed. After the shocking revelation contained by the

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