Kristin James
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[2021]
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595 pages : illustration, map ; 24 cm.
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Long ago, shapeshifting monsters ruled the Commonwealth using blasphemous magic that fed on the souls of their subjects. Hundreds of years later a new tomb has been uncovered, and despite the legends that disturbing a shapeshifter's final resting place will wake them once again, the Warlord is determined to dig it up. There are others who mean to brave the traps and pitfalls guarding the crypt: four individuals are out to steal the same cursed sword...
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2024
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★ "Skillfully crafted and sharply descriptive with horrifying imagery to spare... Powerfully angry and vengeance-laden, with terrifying and very human monsters." –School Library Journal, starred review
A queer, feminist spin on Stephen King’s The Mist, this ode to female-rage is a perfect pick for fans of She Is a Haunting, and a reminder that if "boys will be boys", girls will fight
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Pub. Date
2024
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A feisty outlaw.
A conniving prince.
A war of magic and shadows.
Wanted by the crown for a murder she didn't commit, Cora dreams of getting revenge on the mage who framed her. In the meantime, she hides in the forest and hones her witch magic. But when she discovers her enemy's violent hunt for faerie creatures, she forms a plan for vengeance.
Prince Teryn, heir to a bankrupt throne, will do anything to keep his...
A conniving prince.
A war of magic and shadows.
Wanted by the crown for a murder she didn't commit, Cora dreams of getting revenge on the mage who framed her. In the meantime, she hides in the forest and hones her witch magic. But when she discovers her enemy's violent hunt for faerie creatures, she forms a plan for vengeance.
Prince Teryn, heir to a bankrupt throne, will do anything to keep his...
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Pub. Date
2024
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A mysterious crystal.
A legacy of shadows.
The prophecy unfolds . . .
Cora never dreamed of returning to her old life, but with her kingdom at stake and her brother's life on the line, she has no choice but to reclaim her former title. Yet with new changes come new dangers, this time in the form of scheming royals with cruel politics. If she can play their games, she just might keep her crown. But can she say the...
A legacy of shadows.
The prophecy unfolds . . .
Cora never dreamed of returning to her old life, but with her kingdom at stake and her brother's life on the line, she has no choice but to reclaim her former title. Yet with new changes come new dangers, this time in the form of scheming royals with cruel politics. If she can play their games, she just might keep her crown. But can she say the...
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Pub. Date
2024
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An ancient prophecy.
A destiny of flame.
A war to end two worlds . . .
A dark prophecy binds Cora's fate to the fae realm—a world that would have been her doom if she hadn't escaped with her life. Now she's determined to put destiny behind her and focus on her world, her kingdom, and her much-anticipated wedding.
But when dragons emerge from the veil between worlds, threatening her land with deadly flame,...
A destiny of flame.
A war to end two worlds . . .
A dark prophecy binds Cora's fate to the fae realm—a world that would have been her doom if she hadn't escaped with her life. Now she's determined to put destiny behind her and focus on her world, her kingdom, and her much-anticipated wedding.
But when dragons emerge from the veil between worlds, threatening her land with deadly flame,...
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"Thrilling and entertaining." Reader review.
Okay. Their last case was an unintended surprise, but now its time for Miranda and Parker to relax and get back to retirement.
Except Curt Holloway, Mirandas old buddy and teammate, has other plans. When he decided to leave the Investigative Agency, Parker put Holloway in his place as acting CEO.
Now Holloway wants out.
Well, just for a week.
Or so he says.
His ex-wife needs him, he says....
8) Thin Ice
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"What a great series." Reader review.
"Take what matters most to her," said the voice.
And he knew he would. He had to.
Thirteen years ago, Miranda Steele's abusive husband stole her baby and gave it up for adoption.
Then he kicked Miranda out of his house.
So she remade herself.
Thirteen years later, the feisty, stubborn skeptic came to Atlanta hoping to find her daughter. Instead she met Wade Parker, a hot shot, sophisticated PI and the most...
9) Fire Dancer
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"Omg...So many twists and turns." Reader review.
A honeymoon in Maui.
A luxury beachfront resort.
A handsome wealthy new husband.
A body in a blowhole.
After all, this is PI Miranda Steele we're talking about. And where Miranda goes, trouble follows.
That lovely honeymoon gets hijacked when she finds the body of a popular fire dancer on the beach. Of course, she has to investigate.
What choice does she have?
But things get more complicated...
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Something old, something new, something dead...
It's autumn in Santa Fe, and Ellen Rosings is planning her Aunt Nat's wedding at the Wisteria Tearoom. Her progress is derailed by a dead body - yes, another one - that she finds in her aunt's driveway.
The corpse is an artist Ellen saw that morning selling gem-handled knives at the Tesuque Pueblo Flea Market. The detective assigned to the case - not, alas, the handsome, sympathetic Tony Aragón -...
11) Forever Mine
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"This series is a page turner." Reader review.
An old friend.
A bad smell.
A body stuffed into a wall.
You'll never escape.
After she left her abusive husband thirteen years ago, Miranda Steele became a fighter. Over the years, she picked up martial arts and street fighting tactics, and now that she works for the Parker Investigative Agency, she can handle a weapon.
But the battle with her inner demons? Not so easy.
Ace investigator Wade Parker...
12) Retribution
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"What an amazing read !!!" Reader review.
IS WADE PARKER DEAD?
Almost three weeks ago on a cold dark pier in Boston, PI Miranda Steele saw her beloved husband shot down before her eyes. Now she and her team are on a quest to find his body and bring it back to Atlanta.
But the criminal mastermind who gunned down Parker has a plan thats more devious and evil than anything Miranda could ever have imagined.
If she cant bring him down, it could...
13) Function: L1VE
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Software updates are a standard operational routine for XR-47, aka James. As an Artificial Household Assistant, James receives periodic updates both from his manufacturer and his software engineer owner. Nothing special. Until one batch file changes everything. Where do we draw the line between artificial intelligence and autonomous evolution? Can robots truly live, or even comprehend the complexity of what it involves? James is about to find out....
14) Predator
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"You won't be able to put it down until the very end." Reader review
Whats wrong with Mackenzie?
PI Miranda Steele knows something has been eating away at her teenage daughter for months now. Does Mackenzie know her real father was a psychotic serial killer?
Mirandas afraid to ask and this time, Parker has no answers.
But when her precious daughter goes missing, Miranda spirals into a tailspin. Now shes forced to ask the most painful question...
15) Vanishing Act
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"Riveting." Reader review
Five thousand miles away from Atlanta.
A young man is killed.
A young man with secrets.
When Parkers father asks him to travel to Ukraine to find someone whos been missing over a decade, Parker flatly refuses. But Miranda cant say no to Mr. P.
And so they board the plane.
After a long flight and a futile search, they are about to give up. Until they rouse the ire of a very dangerous group. People with secrets....
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A Boston physician becomes an assassin for the U.S. government in this medical suspense thriller by an award-winning pathologist. "Hidden under a cloak of legitimacy, I have been pressed to deliver extraordinary service for my country. It has been a successful ruse. A premium blend of dark deception with just an aroma of truth."-Dr. Lily Robinson Dr. Lily Robinson is a brilliant physician with an encyclopedic knowledge of all toxins and poisons...and...
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"I just can't stop reading!" Reader review.
Just a few weeks ago, PI Miranda Steele thought the love of her life was dead.
Parker believed the same about her.
Miraculously, they made it through the worst ordeal of their lives, and have retired to the peace and quiet of the North Georgia Mountains.
But its a little too peaceful here, and Miranda is getting restless.
As a diversion they decide to attend a high school reunion party in...
18) Pure
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Sixteen-year-old Katie Wickliff lives quietly in the small town of Elspeth's Grove, unaware of the troubled past that forced her grandmother to flee Russia with her when Katie was only a child. When people in the town begin to disappear, and Katie's own home is attacked by a terrifying creature, Katie and her grandmother return to Russia to find answers.
Pursuing them is the handsome William – who just might be a vampire. Katie discovers that William...
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When they were young, Susan and Edna, children of Holocaust refugee parents, were inseparable, Edna was Susan's first love and constant companion. But as they grew up and Edna's physical and mental challenges altered the ways she could develop, a gulf formed between them. Susan's life became even more complicated when, just short of her sixteenth birthday, she learned that she'd been born without a uterus and would never menstruate or give birth to...
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Book 7 in the award-winning Charlie Kingsley Mystery series!
When Charlie accepts an invitation for a potluck Thanksgiving feast, she immediately decides to bring dessert. Homemade pies, of course.
And they look so delicious that two of the guests decide to sneak a few bites before the meal.
Which wouldn't be an issue, except they both end up dead!
Obviously, Charlie didn't poison the pies, but that's not how it appears. Can she solve the case in...