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The Dirt-Brown Derby
by Ed Lynskey
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PI Frank Johnson is hired by Mary Taliaferro, a wealthy aristocrat owning a horse estate near Middleburg, Virginia. Mary's teen-age daughter Emily has died in a riding tragedy. The local law enforcement says it's an accident. Mary thinks it's murder. Frank is broke and the money Mary offers is too good to pass up, but his case quickly becomes more complicated when the stable manager is murdered one day after he starts his investigation. Frank soon discovers that there is much more going on here,... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 66540 - Reading Time: 190-266 min.
Category: Mystery/Crime/Suspense/Thriller
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The Hoax
by Adrienne Jones
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How well do you know your closest friends? Are they loyal? Are they trustworthy? Are they human? A magnetic false prophet with an unnatural power to enchant; a government agent trying to profile an inhuman breed of terrorist; an otherworldly mastermind posing as an out of work beach bum. And the man in the middle, Patrick Obrien, a humble accountant who discovers his best friends are more than they seem. As he struggles to escape their trap to use him in a global catastrophe scheme, Patrick find... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 211069 - Reading Time: 603-844 min.
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The Initiate [Time Master Trilogy Book 1]
by Louise Cooper
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The seven gods of Order had ruled unchallenged for centuries, served by the adepts of the Circle in their bleak northern castle on the Star Peninsula. But for Tarod--the most enigmatic and formidable sorcerer in Circle's ranks--a darker affinity had begun to call. Threatening his beliefs, even his sanity, it rose unbidden from beyond time; an ancient and deadly adversary that could plunge the world into madness and chaos--and whose power might rival that of the gods themselves. And though Tarod'... more info>> (Published: 2005) ARIANA Award Winner: Best Cover Art
Words: 97744 - Reading Time: 279-390 min.
Category: Fantasy/Romance
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The Last Prince of Lyonesse
by Frances Evlin
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In 1099, the magical island of Lyonesse, once King Arthur's retreat, is still a land of superstitions, secrets and destinies. A spirit prophet appears to Tamsin, a discontented freewoman, and says she has ten days to save the life of young Prince Aneurin, the reincarnation of the fabled king. With the help of a sweet-natured peasant lad, an exciting Cornishman, and a personable white mule, Tamsin inveigles her way into the castle. But Aneurin, who still mourns his mother and resents his look-ali... more info>> (Published: 2007) ARIANA Award Winner: Best Cover Art
Words: 140137 - Reading Time: 400-560 min.
Category: Fantasy/Historical Fiction
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The Magic Fart [Pornucopia Book 2]
by Piers Anthony
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The long awaited sequel to Pornucopia Picking up where Pornucopia left off, our hero Prior Gross receives word that his ideal woman, whom he never knew existed, is in trouble! Off he goes to the Land of Fartingale where farts are magic. A rollicking good time! (Published: 2003)
Words: 65000 - Reading Time: 185-260 min.
Category: Fantasy/Humor
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The Master [Time Master Trilogy Book 3]
by Louise Cooper
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Tarod had won his freedom; but the cold white jewel that contained the key to his sorcerous power had been lost, together with the girl he loved, in a supernatural storm. With a price on both their heads, he had to find her before the Circle did. Only then could he hope to fulfill his self-imposed pledge to confront the gods themselves--for they alone could destroy the stone and the evil within it. But if that evil once touched him, Tarod would be forced to face the truth of his own heritage. A ... more info>> (Published: 2008)
Words: 83604 - Reading Time: 238-334 min.
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The Moses Probe
by Ted Magnuson
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Lt. Jac Flyte is all prepared to embark for Alpha Centauri when Cheryl, his former fiancé calls. Dr. Cheryl Bellini is a cosmologist and she asks him...if before he goes away forever...would he want to see what Edmund Leahy has done... Cheryl's colleague, Dr. Leahy, has cracked the code in an otherworldly artifact called the Moses Probe. The secret is far more than mere transit to Alpha C at the speed of light--It is instantaneous transit to any planet in the known Universe. For these efforts, J... more info>> (Published: 2006)
Words: 103850 - Reading Time: 296-415 min.
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The Outcast [Time Master Trilogy Book 2]
by Louise Cooper
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Tarod alone knew the nature of the supernatural force locked within his soul--and he knew that it must be thwarted, no matter what the sacrifice. Denounced by his fellow adepts as a demon, betrayed even by those he loved, he had unleashed a power that twisted the fabric of time, to put himself beyond the reach of that monstrous force and avert the pandemonium that threatened the world. He thought that nothing could break through the barrier he had created. He was wrong... (Published: 2006)
Words: 101476 - Reading Time: 289-405 min.
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The Photograph
by Regan Taylor
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From the time Carrie Taylor discovered the magical worlds of romance novels, she has devoured them one right after the other. She not only thrilled to each new hero, one more dashing than the one before. Carrie clearly saw herself as each beautiful heroine waiting to be rescued by each daring hero. And then one day, she brought home a photograph. A very special photograph and suddenly her imaginary hero turned into a living and breathing man. Or did he? At one time Black Eagle scoffed at the ... more info>> (Published: 2011)
Words: 75652 - Reading Time: 216-302 min.
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The Rogue Who Loved Me
by Ingela Hyatt
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She will use her body to discover his secrets... Poor and innocent, Aubriana Welbrey is concealing a terrible truth--her smuggling brother murdered the local revenue officer and she will do anything to protect him?even spy on the dark and dangerous Lord Ravenspur--a traitor to England, according to Sheriff Hodgeson who hired her. But to garner all of Ravenspur's secrets, she must first become his mistress. He will play the fool for no woman... Alexande Telford, the Marquis of Ravenspur, is no... more info>> (Published: 2011)
Words: 108200 - Reading Time: 309-432 min.
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The Seattle Barista Killer
by Murdoch Hughes
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Two Seattle espresso baristas, both young women, have been battered to death, and the Seattle Police have no clues. When a third victim is found murdered at midnight, her body lying in a rain-soaked alley, the SPD bring in their consultant on tough cases, Harley Wolf. They are envious of his astounding ability to sniff out clues, but if they knew the secret of his psychic-like deductions, they would persecute him more than the killer he hunts. Harley Wolf is a werewolf, a mythical monster of the... more info>> (Published: 2007)
Words: 72259 - Reading Time: 206-289 min.
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The Sins of Orville Sand
by Phil Locascio
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Orville Sand is on a mission, a deadly assignment he is bound to carry out. Throughout the Midwest, wherever he goes, people die in mysterious accidents. He carries with him a great red book containing the names of the unfortunates with whom he must rendevous. Where his shadow passes, tragedy will befall some unsuspecting innocent. Perhaps a child will drown, or a wall will collapse unexpectedly on a pedestrian, or a woman will tumble down a flight of stairs. Only one man, Gerald Mizzaro, knows ... more info>> (Published: 2006) Year's Best Fantasy and Horror Honorable Mention
Words: 107075 - Reading Time: 305-428 min.
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The Sundered Stone [Shadow Fae Trilogy Book 3]
by Elaine Corvidae
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The battle lines have been drawn, and the seelie and unseelie fae will stop at nothing to destroy one another. Caught in the middle of a war that none of them wants, the faelings of Dere must fight for their survival. Street-wise Pook has no desire to take up the role of Prince of the Unseelie Fae. Yet he may have no choice if he is to live through the coming battle and win the heart of the girl he loves. With little magic of her own, Alexandreya hopes that her mechanical inventions can help tur... more info>> (Published: 2007) Dirk A. Wolf Award Winner
Words: 98120 - Reading Time: 280-392 min.
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Tortoise Reform
by Piers Anthony
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Rowan is a very lonely ten-year-old girl. Her parents sent her to stay with her aunt and uncle, and she feels rejected by everyone around her. She tends to get into accidental mischief, which causes Rowan's relatives to keep threatening to send her to boarding school. In another dimension, Gopher is a burrowing tortoise. In Gopher's world animals are intelligent and communicate telepathically, while all humans are "dull" and only used as beasts of burden. Gopher and four other friends live toget... more info>> (Published: 2007) ARIANA Award Winner: Best Cover Art
Words: 54588 - Reading Time: 155-218 min.
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Trust in the Wind
by Vicki M. Taylor
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When pregnant teen Joanne chooses single motherhood, she loses everything, including her family. Four years later, she's fiercely independent, trusts no one and is barely keeping her head above water. Roy is a Hillsborough County Sheriff, and a widower who lost his wife and child during a burglary gone terribly wrong. Six years later, he still refuses to love for fear of losing it again. Together, these two just might get a second chance to learn about trust and love. When you can't count on peo... more info>> (Published: 2006)
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Tyrant Moon [Moon, Sun, Star Series Book 1]
by Elaine Corvidae
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Tyrant Moon tells the story of a dying mage who must help a barbarian warrior in her quest to save her people. Thraxis is an Athraskani wizard who created a magic jewel that would gift any mage with enormous power. A rogue wizard stole the jewel, using it to cast a death curse on Thraxis before fleeing to hide among the barbarian tribes. The Arrow that Flies the Farthest is the Champion of her clan--its most skilled warrior, whose ritual combats with other Champions were meant to prevent war amo... more info>> (Published: 2004)
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Under a Velvet Cloak
by Piers Anthony
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The eighth book in Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality series. It is the year 500 AD. Kerena, a beautiful young girl living near King Arthur's Camelot, is apprenticed to Morely the Seer. Morely teaches her fantastic magic, but when he mysteriously disappears, Kerena finds herself out on the street and must resort to prostitution to survive. Kerena prospers as a skilled courtesan until she is taken into service by Morgan le Fey, the sorceress sister of King Arthur. Kerena's knowledge of m... more info>> (Published: 2007)
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Valley of the Damned
by Martin von Harter
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Ramona, a Tarahumara woman, is hunted through the Sonoran mountains by two ancient Native American vampires. She has stolen a sacrificial knife from Tsotliotl, the god of vampires and he demands it be recovered at any cost. (Published: 2008)
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Vengeance Can Wait
by Carol A. Guy, Linda Zimmer
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Not all high school reunions bring back fond memories ... When Peg Mason opened what would become a Pandora's box while cleaning her attic one balmy day in March, she had no idea of the evil she was unloosing on her community. What she had envisioned was a class reunion filled with fun, fellowship and lots of reminisces. Peg Miller Mason had experienced the best that high school had to offer. She'd been the head cheerleader going steady with the captain of the football team. On prom night they h... more info>> (Published: 2006)
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Weep Not For The Vampire
by William A. Veselik
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A vampire, weary of his undead existence and haunted by his recent slaying of an innocent child, returns to his rural Virginia hometown planning to find some method of destroying himself. He unexpectedly discovers a daughter and granddaughter he never knew he had and learns--to his horror--that one of his own kind is now preying on his grandchild. Before he confronts the rival undead, the vampire manages to make his final peace with the wife he left behind and free them both from a love that has... more info>> (Published: 2006) EPIC eBook Award Finalist
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Winter's Orphans [Shadow Fae Trilogy Book 1]
by Elaine Corvidae
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At the dawn of the Industrial Age, the kingdom of Niune is ruled by the Seelie Court-half-human faelings descended from seelie fae. Sworn to the forces of light, the Seelie Court is dedicated to the destruction of all who bear the taint of unseelie fae blood. Mina Cole is an indentured worker--a factory slave. She has lived her entire life ignorant of her fae heritage, until at last a moment of terror reveals the winter magic that has lain dormant within. Now that her power is awakened, the hunt... more info>> (Published: 2005)
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Wolfkin [Lord of Wind and Fire Book 1]
by Elaine Corvidae
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A kingdom on the eve of war. A queen held captive. A land in turmoil. A shape-changer's heart. Suchen's life as Steward of Kellsjard is a good one, if uneventful. But the arrival of the exiled wizard Ax threatens to upset her quiet existence. The task he sets for her seems simple on the surface: escort Trethya, a young noblewoman, from the southern reaches of the kingdom back to the safety of Kellsjard's walls. Soon, however, Suchen and her companions-five warriors Sworn to the service of her lo... more info>> (Published: 2003)
Words: 102311 - Reading Time: 292-409 min.
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Worlds to Conquer
by Jonathan Moeller
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Guns and black magic alike can raze nations, and a dark bargain will destroy worlds. In Chicago, the corrupt Senator Thomas Wycliffe rises to power, aided by the soul-rending black magic taught by his master. In the distant, medieval world of Carlisan, the armies of Marugon, last of the Warlocks, tear a bloody path of carnage and horror. The lances and blessed swords of Carlisan's defenders are no match for the guns of Marugon's armies, guns provided by his apprentice Wycliffe. Now both the peop... more info>> (Published: 2008)
Words: 92845 - Reading Time: 265-371 min.
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Written in the Stars
by Brenna Lyons
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On the world of Terra Set, where the night is twice as long as the day and the moon more powerful than the sun, live the Star Mages. Essential to supporting the crops that feed the masses, they are protected men, revered, yet still mistrusted. An ancient myth tells of a female mage born at the Silver Minute. She holds a magic that, shared with a mate, will be unequaled. Riena is that mage. A ruthless king will stop at nothing to force Riena to take his son as mate. Her life and freedom depend ... more info>> (Published: 2010)
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