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Retrievers novels volume 2
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Welcome to the world of the Cosa Nostradamus, where humans and non-humans co-exist...uneasily.
Wren Valere knows she's the best. So when she and her partner Sergei are hired to track down a missing - and deadly - parchment, she thinks it'll be a piece of cake. And getting out of the city, with its rising tensions between human Talent and the fatae, seems like a really good idea.
The problem is, their employer hasn't told them everything, and the...
2) Staying dead
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Retrievers novels volume 1
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English
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Welcome to the world of the Cosa Nostradamus, where magic crackles on every corner, and not every person you meet is human….
If you've lost something of value, and you can't go to the police, you need a Retriever. And if that item is magical?
You need Wren Valere. An exceptional thief - with exceptional Talent.
Normally, Wren loves her job. But some clients are worse than others, and some jobs just scream trouble from the start. And with this...
3) Bring it on
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Retrievers novels volume 3
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English
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The first rule of lonejacks is "don't get involved…."
Wren Valere just wants to do her job, collect a paycheck, and figure out her relationship with her business partner-turned-romantic partner, Sergei. No muss, no fuss, no outside entanglements. But when she takes on a job she shouldn't have, she finds herself once again in the cross-hairs of the Mage Council - and their aim is getting better.
Meanwhile, tensions between human Talents and the...
4) Free fall
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Retrievers novels volume 5
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English
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The Cosa Nostradamus is in disarray; the Truce that has kept the city peaceful for decades has been broken, and magical Manhattan is at war.In the midst of all this, Wren Valere is left without her partner Sergei, whose past loyalties - and betrayals - keep him from her side just when she needs him the most. Wren wants nothing more to do with violence. But for her community - human and otherwise - to survive, it's time for the Cosa to take the battle...
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The Alley is no place for the innocent, the unwary, or the just plain foolish. But if they didn't exist, Duchess would be out of work. For a fee, she can solve your problem - or make it go away. When trouble's on your tail, and you can't go to the cops, Duchess is the cat you want
in your corner.
However, not even the best PI can solve every case, and her connections - from an up-and-coming police dog to a would-be thief-in-training - get her into...
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Portals volume 1
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English
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"He has been taken. And you are his only chance."
When Jan's boyfriend Tyler disappears for several days, she's worried. And then she's angry.
Then two strangers rescue her from a violent attack by creatures out of legend, and tell her that Tyler didn't abandon her - he was stolen away to the fairy court. And Jan's his only chance to come home.
But her rescuers aren't human either, and they have their own secrets….
"You can always count on (the)...
7) Soul of Fire
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Portals volume 2
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English
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Save the world, early and often.
Three months ago, Jan had a crash course in the supernatural. Werewolves, kelpies, elves, trolls -all real. But reclaiming her boyfriend from predatory, abusive elves was only the start of her story….
Now, Jan and her supernatural companions have a new deadline: ten weeks, ten days and ten hours until the elves are able to use the portals again. Until they overrun the unsuspecting world, and destroy it.
Our realm...
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Vineart war trilogy volume 1
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English
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Once, all power in the Vin Lands was held by the prince-mages, who alone could craft spellwines and who selfishly used them to increase their own wealth and influence. But their abuse of power caused a demigod to break the Vine, shattering the power of the mages. Now, fourteen centuries later, it is the humble Vinearts who hold the secret of crafting spells from wines, the source of magic, and they are prohibited from holding power.But now rumors...
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There is magic in the modern world. It surrounds you, hiding in plain sight. The commuter next you you may be Talent. The barista behind the counter may not be human. The sound you hear just outside your window? May be far more dangerous than you think.
Stay inside and admire the storm. But be wary. Because for the Cosa Nostradamus, human and non-human alike, that storm is magic, and magic is power...
And power can corrupt.
"Laura Anne Gilman has...
10) Finder's Keeper
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Forbidden to practice the magic she inherited from her mother, Davida Sanderson left her comfortable Boston home for a wilderness farm, and freedom. There, she finds respect, and peace, able to use her gifts to find what had gone missing, and restore what was lost. But in the early days of the Civil War, more has been lost than can be found, and her heart won't be able to hide forever....
A Sanderson Women story
11) Blood From Stone
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Wren Valere is Manhattan's most sought-after Retriever, but after last year's deadly confrontation with the anti-magic Silence, all she wants is a break. A few months of quiet, time to figure out where her life - and her relationship with partner Sergei - is going. But then a seemingly simple assignment to retrieve a kidnaped child puts her on a collision course with the past- both hers, and the demon PB.'s. To save a friend and protect her future,...
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Ex-cop Danny Hendrickson and his partner Ellen could be any low-rent private investigators trying to make a difference, and a living, in New
York City.
Except Danny's father was a faun, and Ellen is a storm-seer.
Together, they save people.
Or try to, anyway.
MILES TO GO
PROMISES TO KEEP
THE WORK OF HUNTERS
AN INTERRUPTED CRY
13) Weight of stone
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Vineart war trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Gallery Books
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English
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In a world where magic is derived from the process of wine-making, vineart student Jerzy and his companions must find the source of a magic taint plaguing the Lands Vin and, after tragedy strikes, must also seek vengeance for a horrible wrong.
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Vineart student Jerzy and his new companions Ao and Mahault take to the sea, to gain time in which to figure out what to do after the disastrous events they left behind in the city-state of Aleppan. While at sea a magic-laced storm drives their ship to falter-only to be rescued by a surprising, ghost-driven ally. Called home and under close watch by the sternly pious Washers, Jerzy tries to let go of what he has learned and return to his formerly...
15) Uncanny Times
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Huntsmen, according to the Church, were damned, their blood unclean, unholy. Yet for Rosemary and Aaron Harker the Church was less important than being ready to stand against the Uncanny as not being prepared could lead to being dead.
The year is 1913. America-and the world-trembles on the edge of a modern age. Political and social unrest shift the foundations; technology is beginning to make its mark.
But in the shadows, things from the past still...
16) Uncanny Vows
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Following the events of the high-stakes and propulsive Uncanny Times, Rosemary and Aaron Harker, along with their supernatural hound Botherton, have been given a new assignment to investigate…but the Harkers believe it's a set-up, and there's something far more ancient and deadly instead.
Rosemary and Aaron Harker have been effectively, unofficially sidelined. There is no way to be certain, but they suspect their superiors know that their report...
17) Burning bridges
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Retrievers novels volume 4
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English
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Wren Valere used to be almost invisible. But now she's not only being seen, she's getting involved.
Recent attacks against nonhuman Fatae have escalated into hate crimes against magic users in general--humans included. With the Mage Council distracted by internal power struggles, Wren is guilted into stepping up as spokesperson for the fragilely united Fatae and lonejack communities....
And, because the cosmos deems...
18) The cold eye
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Devil's West volume 2
Publisher
Saga Press
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English
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"In the anticipated sequel to Silver on the Road, Isobel is riding circuit through the Territory as the Devil's Left Hand. But when she responds to a natural disaster, she learns the limits of her power and the growing danger of something mysterious thatis threatening not just her life, but the whole Territory. Isobel is the left hand of the old man of the Territory, the Boss--better known as the Devil. Along with her mentor, Gabriel, she is traveling...
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Devil's West volume 1
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Saga Press
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English
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Taking a job with the Devil in the untamed American West, Izzy receives training in the manipulations of human desire and travels throughout the territory to spread magical chaos.
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