Fantasy
The Night Circus
Editors' choice
Le Cirque des Rêves arrives unannounced. No posters, no parade, no invitations. Overnight, black and white striped circus tents appear…
The Twelfth Enchantment
Lucy Derrick does not want to marry Mr. Olson, a dull mill owner, but as a poor orphan with a…
The Taker
When Lanny arrives in police custody at the St. Andrew ER, she meets Luke, the physician on duty, a man…
Red-robed Priestess
This fourth of The Maeve Chronicles returns our heroine – the Celtic Maeve raised on a lone island by witches,…
With Fate Conspire
The rise of technology during the Victorian era is killing the Onyx Court, a faerie city that once thrived beneath…
In Winter’s Shadow
The third volume of Bradshaw’s Arthurian trilogy (originally published in 1981) is narrated by Gwynhwyfar, wife of King Arthur Pendragon,…
The Last Seal
Back in the 12th century, Cornelius Silver, a member of the secret group Praesidium, used his mysterious sorcery to save…
Jamrach’s Menagerie
Sometimes a novel comes along that one reads simply for the pleasure of enjoying the skill (or is it magic?)…
The Angel of Blythe Hall
This story begins and ends in the border region of Scotland in 1492. Eighteen-year-old Isabeau Blythe has returned home to…
The Ring of Solomon
The Ring of Solomon is a prequel to the fantasy trilogy about the wise and wisecracking demon, Bartimaeus. The series…
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