Machiavelli

Nicholas Flamel appeared in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series—but did you know he really lived? And he might still be alive today! Discover the truth behind Michael Scott's New York Times bestselling series the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel with "Machiavelli: Guardian of Paris," an ebook original short story. It is 1793, and Paris is in the grip of the Terror—the terrible days of the French Revolution. Drawn by the destruction and chaos, Black Annis has come to the city with dark plans to bring even more death upon its people, and only one person stands in her way: the immortal human Machiavelli. Now, that lost story is told. . . . The Dark Elders granted Machiavelli eternal life. But the Prince lives only for himself, and he won't allow Black Annis to destroy the city he's come to call home. Only, is isn't just Black Annis that Machiavelli's up against—the Dark Elder is out to raise the catacombs of Paris, and...
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The Highlander's Substitute Wife

USA TODAY bestselling authorShe's the best wife......he never wanted! Ross MacMillan lifts his bride's veil...and discovers it's not the woman he'd agreed to marry but her beautiful younger sister, Ilysa MacDonnell! The new MacMillan chieftain must accept Ilysa as his wife, for retaining his clan's lands depends on her father's support. But why is she there? Are her aims to help him or her father? Drawing out Ilysa's secrets will kindle an alliance more powerful—and passionate!—than Ross ever imagined...From Harlequin Historical: Your romantic escape to the past.Highland Alliances Convenient marriages to save their clan!Book 1: The Highlander''''s Substitute Wife by Terri BrisbinBook 2: The Highlander''''s Tactical Marriage by Jenni Fletcher
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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial in His Adventure on Earth

Based on the screenplay by Melissa Mathison. What do you do when you're lost, millions of miles from home, surrounded by frightening creatures? You do what the Old Botanist did when he was accidentally left behind on Earth. First you find a friend... Filmaker STEVEN SPIELBERG and novelist WILLIAM KOTZWINKLE together create a magical story about two unforgettable friends: a gentle being from another world who is stranded on Earth, hunted, afraid and alone....and a ten-year-old boy who finds him and takes him home. --from back cover of paperback version
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The Final Gambit

The thrilling conclusion to Christopher Healy's funny, action-packed, acclaimed alt-history adventure!It is 1884, and Molly and Cassandra Pepper, Emmett Lee, and Emmett's long-lost father are sailing back to New York following their death-defying adventure in Antarctica. Having discovered a subterranean world at the South Pole while saving the world from certain doom once again, surely their accomplishments will finally earn them the recognition they deserve.Unless, of course . . . well, you know by now.And so do the Peppers and Lees. They're used to having their deeds covered up by the government in order to protect powerful men, and frankly, they're sick of it. And when their return to New York doesn't go the way they'd planned, they decide that maybe it's best to go into hiding and accept that, perhaps, the forces aligned against them are just too great.As the 1884 presidential election approaches, however, our heroes discover a...
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Novice of the Afterlife

With no idea whom to trust, Ani knows it's up to her and Nik to uncover the corruption in the temple. As a trainee priestess, Ani's life has been far from boring, and now she has to face the fact that her superiors are ignoring missing bodies. Despite the changing nature of her relationship with Nik, she knows working with him is the only way she's going to get to the bottom of the mysterious disappearances of the dead, and put a stop to them before the wrong person finds out. Ani has decisions to make, and they're not getting any easier. At least she has her trusty sacred jackal by her side to help. - Novice Of The Afterlife is book 3 in the Apprentice Of Anubis, an urban fantasy series based on Egyptian mythology and featuring a slow-burn friends-to-lovers workplace romantic subplot, a jackal familiar, and the duties of an embalmer. If you love Egyptian mythology, alternative versions of the modern day, temple...
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Unfinished

The sacred temples have fallen. A new sacred swordmaster must rise. The sacred temples have been destroyed and neither the Leier or the Koral are safe in their traditional lands any longer. When the Sul’toral continue their attack on the Leier homeland using enchantments and deadly creatures, she must find a way to lead her people to safety. She suspects Timo’s involvement but the truth is much worse. What she learns upends all she’s known about sorcery and those who wield it. When neither her mastery of the sacred patterns or her newly gifted Porapeth magic is enough, Imogen must find a way to be more than a sacred swordmaster, or all her people will be destroyed.
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Eternally Yours

After 450 years of living, Nastasya Crowe should have more of a handle on this whole immortal thing.... After a deadly confrontation at the end of Darkness Falls, the second Immortal Beloved novel, Nastasya Crowe is, as she would put it, so over the drama. She fights back against the dark immortals with her own brand of kick-butt magick...but can she fight against true love? In the satisfying finale to the Immortal Beloved trilogy, ex-party-girl immortal Nastasya ends a 450-year-old feud and learns what "eternally yours" really means. Laced with historical flashbacks and laugh-out-loud dialogue, the Immortal Beloved trilogy is a fascinating and unique take on what it would mean to live forever.
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The Stanislaski Series Collection, Volume 1

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts comes three classic stories in her Stanislaskis family saga. TAMING NATASHA When Spence Kimball sets eyes on Natasha Stanislaski, he's thunderstruck by the intensity of his attraction. While the former ballet dancer turned toy shop owner has a fiery temperament that keeps most men safely at bay, Spence can't seem to resist her. But he isn't sure Natasha would be interested in a single father. He'll do whatever it takes to tame Natasha's fears...and show her how to love again. LURING A LADY Nothing in Sydney Hayward's background of wealth and privilege had prepared her to take the helm of her grandfather's business. Her new responsibilities leave no time for complications. Sydney learned the hard way that she could never trust anyone, but her tenant Mikhail is hard to resist. She doesn't have room in her life for romance — but Mikhail...
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Fading Away

Marooned on a skyland that crashed to the sea, young Joha Mender is slowly starving to death. His food stores exhausted, he must face his greatest fear and brave the deep waters. But the sky-peoples harbor old superstitions about the sea for a reason, and as Joha enters this alien world, he discovers that myths often contain an element of truth.This is a platypus of a piece; there is no denying it. The TV Monsters is part sci-fi tale, part poem, part elegy for a more innocent, vanished time. More than anything else, it's a clear-eyed analysis of what television has done to human civilization.The story (told mainly in verse) is about a young boy who lives an idyllic country life with his grandfather in mid-twentieth century America. One night the boy has a strange experience in which he believes he has seen aliens who have come for some malevolent purpose. The story takes some twists and turns, but in the end our hero figures out who the real foes of peace, justice and enlightenment are.
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The Hand of Kali Box Set (Books 1-3)

Includes Fire & Shadow, Blood & Gold, and Time & FateFrom Book 1:Normal people sneak out to a party and have fun. Maya Rao ends the evening by incinerating the guy who attacks her. Nik Lucas, sexy, new in town and totally forbidden, happens to walk in on her. Normal guys would run for the hills. Nik knows a whole lot more than he's telling.Maya doesn't believe the gods are real, doesn't waste her time with mere mythology. But when gods, goddesses, demons and hellhounds become the new normal and wielding the fire of a powerful goddess becomes her new skill, she must decide what it is she really believes. Maya must accept that normal is something she will never be. Because it isn't normal to be ... The Hand of Kali. A new Young Adult Urban Fantasy coming-of-age series delving in the fantasy, magic and mythology with a...
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Empty Smiles

New York Times bestselling author Katherine Arden thrills once again in the finale to the critically acclaimed, bone-chilling quartet that began with Small Spaces.It’s been three months since Ollie made a daring deal with the smiling man to save those she loved, and then vanished without a trace. The smiling man promised Coco, Brian and Phil, that they’d have a chance to save her, but as time goes by, they begin to worry that the smiling man has lied to them and Ollie is gone forever. But finally, a clue surfaces. A boy who went missing at a nearby traveling carnival appears at the town swimming hole, terrified and rambling. He tells anyone who'll listen about the mysterious man who took him. How the man agreed to let him go on one condition: that he deliver a message. Play if you dare. Game on! The smiling man has finally made his move. Now it’s Coco, Brian, and Phil’s turn to make theirs. And they...
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