Shadow’s Son – Jon Sprunk

About the book In the holy city ofOthir, treachery and corruption lurk at the end of every street, just the placefor a freelance assassin with no loyalties and few scruples.  Caim makes his living on the edge of a blade,but when a routine job goes south, he is thrust into the middle of an insidiousplot….

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Jack of Ravens – Mark Chadbourn

Aboutthe book A quest of epicreach spanning the globe under the mythologies of five great cultures – andfinally crossing the barrier between life and death.  Jack Churchill, archaeologist and dreamer, walksout of the mist and into Celtic Britain more than two thousand years before hewas born, with no knowledge of how he got there.  All…

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A Discovery of Witches – Deborah Harkness

About the book Debut novelist Harkness has crafted a mesmerizingand addictive read, equal parts history and magic, romance and suspense–arichly inventive novel about a centuries-old vampire, a spellbound witch, andthe mysterious manuscript that draws them together. 579pages (Hardcover) Publishedon: February 8, 2011 Author’swebpage —– BeforeI start this review, I must apologize to the author. This…

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The Native Star – M.K. Hobson

About the book The year is 1876. Inthe small Sierra Nevada settlement of Lost Pine, the town witch, Emily Edwards,is being run out of business by an influx of mail-order patent magics.Attempting to solve her problem with a love spell, Emily only makes thingsworse. But before she can undo the damage, an enchanted artifact falls…

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Shades of Milk and Honey – Mary Robinette Kowal

About the book Shades of Milk and Honey is exactly what we could expectfrom Jane Austen if she had been a fantasy writer: Pride and Prejudice meetsJonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. It is an intimate portraitof a woman, Jane, and her quest for love in a world where the manipulation ofglamour is considered an essential skill for a…

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Sea Witch – Helen Hollick

About the book The time: the golden age of piracy- 1716  The Place: the Pirate Round – fromSouth Africa to the Islands of the Caribbean. Escaping the bullying of his elder brother, from the age of fifteen JesamiahAcorne has been a pirate, with only two loves – his ship and his freedom. Buthis life is…

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The Rift Walker – Clay & Susan Griffith

About the book Princess Adele struggles with a life of marriageand obligation as her Equatorian Empire and their American Republic alliesstand on the brink of war against the vampire clans of the north. However, thealliance’s horrific strategy for total victory drives Adele to abandon her dutyand embark on a desperate quest to keep her nation…

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The Watchtower – Lee Carroll

About the book Whatsecrets are hidden in her past . . . ? Jewelrydesigner Garet James is still coming to terms with the astoundingrevelation in BLACK SWAN RISING that she is the last in a long line of womensworn to protect the world from evil.  Now she has received a signfrom Will Hughes, the 400-year-old vampire who once…

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The Dark Mirror – Juliet Marillier

About the Book Bridei is a young nobleman, a fosterling of one of the most powerful druids in the land, Broichan. All of Bridei’s earliest memories are of this dark and mysterious man he trusts above all others. Broichan seems to have plans for Bridei, seems to be training him for a special purpose the…

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Havemercy – Jaida Jones & Danielle Bennett

Back Cover Blurb:  Thanks to its elite Dragon Corps, the capital city of Volstov has all but won the hundred years’ war with its neighboring enemy, the Ke-Han. The renegade airmen who fly the corps’s mechanical, magic-fueled dragons are Volstov’s greatest weapon. But now one of its members is at the center of a scandal…

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