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Secret books of Venus volume 1
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In the hedonistic atmosphere of an eighteenth-century Venice Carnival, gaiety turns deadly when Furian Furiano happens upon a mask of Apollo floating in the murky waters of the canals. The mask hides a sinister art, and Furian finds himself trapped in a bizarre tangle of love, obsession, and evil, stumbling into a macabre society of murderers. The beautiful but elusive Eurydiche holds the key to these murders and leads him further into a labyrinth...
4) Saint Fire
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Secret books of Venus volume 2
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Following Faces Under Water, Tanith Lee's alchemical thriller series continues with a Joan of Arc–inspired novel set in an alternate medieval Venice.
In Saint Fire, the second volume in the Secret Books of Venus series, Volpa is a strangely beautiful servant girl who glows with an inhuman inner flame. When her master, an abusive wood seller, is mysteriously incinerated, Volpa discovers her power of fire. Her gift is noticed by the Church leaders,...
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Secret books of Venus volume 4
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The final novel in the alchemical thriller series set in an alternate Venice by the World Fantasy Award–winning author of A Bed of Earth.
Centuries into the future, the sunken city of Venus has been salvaged from beneath the sea and rebuilt there under a dome, where it is supported by a vast network of computers that regulate weather, noise, and the most precious undersea commodity of all-air. It is here that a macabre experiment takes place. Conducted...
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With its solo set-up, more subdued speeds, and endlessly varying events and courses, autocross is the easiest, safest, and least expensive way to get into motorsports. Anyone with a helmet and a car can do it. Of course, it doesn't hurt to have some driving skills, which is where this book comes in. As a veteran racer and professional driving coach, Ross Bentley knows what it takes to compete and to win, and he gives readers the benefit of that knowledge...
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Nico Eliades is back on the idyllic Greek island of Xanos to uncover long-buried family secrets. He can't help but notice a bride in a crumpled wedding dress sitting on the steps of his hotel.
Constantine's orchestrated marriage is over before the wedding night. A humiliated virgin bride, she longs to feel desired, and at Nico's skilled hands she experiences white-hot passion.
But their one night brings more than just shame on Constantine and her...
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Political unrest shakes the foundations of a war-torn country-and of the McCallum family as they fight for their faith in the Secret of the Rose series. Many years after their daring escape from a divided Germany, Sabina and Matthew McCallum return with their son, Tad, to attend a conference on preaching the gospel of Christ in a country still scarred by the Cold War. What they discover is troubling. Western Christianity, while well intentioned, is...
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A dramatic escape from the Iron Curtain tests the convictions of a father and daughter on the run in the Secret of the Rose series. Aided by her one-time love, the American Matthew McCallum, Sabina von Dortmann has succeeded in rescuing her father from a Russian prison where he was held by the Nazis for many years. But now Matthew and the von Dortmanns must begin the far more challenging task of escaping the Iron Curtain and eluding the Communist...
10) Lady in Pearls
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A savvy investigator seeks answers to a secretive woman's past, but the price is higher than they bargained for...The aristocratic Nathan Bancroft was once part of a secret organization of spies called the Zodiac. But after an assignment goes devastatingly wrong, he resigns, haunted by his mistakes. Now he uses his skills and social connections to solve little "problems" his clients can't admit they have. He has thwarted blackmail schemes and discovered...
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"When Wade Mitchell finds himself face-to-face with Victoria Sullivan, he has to reconsider his usual tactics. Wade needs to buy something she owns, and he needs it now. Since he and Tori have enough heat to melt ice, it should be a done deal. But melting Tori's resolve is a harder task. She's not giving in to the man who once fired her. Yet Wade has to keep trying, because if he doesn't, he risks exposing a secret that could destroy his family. When...
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The true story of England's worst traitor is the backbone of this thrilling novel about love and deception behind enemy lines. Harry Cole's rakish charm carries him all the way from London's East End to Hong Kong, where he chauffeurs a local colonel - when he's not bedding the man's wife. With the Imperial Japanese Army about to spoil the fun, Harry quits the East, settling in France just before the Nazis take over. His timing might need a little...
13) Midnight Secrets
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Will Miguel's whispered midnight promises ever see the light of day?
Content with her job as small town waitress and role of single mom, Allison believes she's better off without a man. In her opinion, all they bring is chaos - and that includes the father of her child. So why has Miguel's arrival shaken her so badly?
It's not easy for Allison to keep Miguel a secret with someone poisoning the food in her bakery and the local sheriff believing she...
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Love of country and love for a beautiful woman collide in this gripping World War II story inspired by real events. In the fall of 1938, a British executive is stabbed to death in an alley off Unter den Linden, Berlin's most famous boulevard. Missing from the crime scene and from Ronald Draper's hotel room are the papers of "utmost importance" that he claimed to be bringing home to England. Inspector Cameron Ross of the Metropolitan Police is sent...
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Secret histories volume 8
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Supernatural agent Eddie Drood is on the job and out of luck as New York Times bestselling author Simon R. Green continues his Secret Histories series.
Where there are monsters, I am there to stop them. The name's Eddie Drood.
The Droods have been taking on the unnatural baddies of this world for ages, fighting the good fight while you normal types go on with your lives. But even we have a limited lifespan. And when my grandmother passes away and...
16) Cold Hearts
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Secrets and lies trilogy volume 2
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Get wrapped up in the gripping second installment of New York Times bestselling author Sharon Sala's Secrets and Lies trilogy as a chilling foe threatens everyone's safety.
If only it had been something else that brought Lissa Sherman and Mack Jackson back in touch after so many years. Something-anything-other than the murder of Mack's father. Even worse, Lissa's car had been used as the murder weapon.
Thirty-five years ago, four friends went out...
17) Confessions
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Can Chelsea and Jordan find their child, and rediscover each other?
When Chelsea Montgomery vanished eleven years ago, her hometown thought she'd been abducted. In truth, she'd given up the daughter she'd secretly had with Jordan Case.
Now he confronts her to help find the child. With a little girl's fate hanging in the balance, will the uneasy partnership -- stained by the past -- transform into something else?
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Secret histories volume 9
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My name is Eddie Drood, and the Powers That Be have taken everything...
Eddie Drood has lost everyone important to him. His parents mysteriously disappeared and no one else in his family seems to care. His beloved uncle, the last family member he could trust, has just passed away. And now his girlfriend, Molly Metcalf, is missing.
On his own and without the protection of the Drood family, Eddie pieces together the truth of their disappearances:...
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Hitler's Last Secrets volume 3
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A look at Hitler's infiltration of the German Workers Party as he took ownership, wrote a new manifesto and turned it into the Nazi party.
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Hitler's Last Secrets volume 6
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The romance between Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun is chronicled in this documentary, from 1929 to 1945 in the bunker under the ruins of the Chancellery.
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