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1) Second sight
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Venetia Milton learns that Gabriel Jones, whose priceless artifacts and relics she has been photographing, has been reported dead; however, she receives quite a surprise when Jones winds up on her doorstep very much alive and afraid for his life.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Being Madame Ariadne, Psychic Dream Consultant, wasn't Prudence Ryland's ideal gig, but it paid well which was reason enough to do the work--until she realizes that her latest client intends to kill her. But Prudence, a master at reinvention, finds a new job and home as far away as possible and is finally able to relax--which turns out to be a big mistake. Letting her guard down means being kidnapped and drugged and waking up in a bloodstained wedding...
3) Mistress
Author
Language
English
Description
A former English school mistress masquerades as the mistress of an infamous Earl in order to stop a blackmailer.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
After her shop in Italy is destroyed by a stranger and she becomes the target of a blackmailer who turns up dead, Lavinia Lake joins forces with Tobias March, a private investigator hired by a secret employer, to uncover the truth, save her reputation, and find the sole surviving member of a dangerous criminal gang.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Calista Langley operates an exclusive "introduction" agency in Victorian London, catering to respectable ladies and gentlemen who find themselves alone in the world. But now, a dangerously obsessed individual has begun sending her trinkets and gifts suitable only for those in deepest mourning--a black mirror, a funeral wreath, a ring set with black jet stone. Each is engraved with her initials. Desperate for help and fearing that the police will...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Amanda Quick, the bestselling author of 'Til Death Do Us Part , transports readers to 1930s California, where glamour and seduction spawn a multitude of sins... When Hollywood moguls and stars want privacy, they head to an idyllic small town on the coast, where the exclusive Burning Cove Hotel caters to their every need. It's where reporter Irene Glasson finds herself staring down at a beautiful actress at the bottom of a pool... The dead woman had...
Author
Series
Arcane Society novels volume 4
Language
English
Description
Leona Hewitt retrieves a stolen family relic, a powerful crystal, from Lord Delbridge's private museum and encounters mesmerist Thaddeus Ware, whose powers do not work on her as he would wish, and the two try to evade a killer called the Midnight Monster.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
355 p. 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In Victorian London, wealthy and handsome Anthony Stalbridge is investigating prominent Society member Elwin Hastings, whom Anthony suspects of being involved in his fianc�ee's death. While snooping around Hastings' mansion, Anthony stumbles upon undercover reporter and young widow Louisa Bryce, who is sniffing out whether Hastings is a partner in a notorious brothel. Forced to join forces, Anthony and Louisa uncover plenty of danger, dark secrets,...
10) Tightrope
Author
Series
Burning Cove, California volume 3
Burning Cove California volume Book 3
Burning Cove Calfornia volume Book 3
Burning Cove California volume 3
Burning Cove California volume Book 3
Burning Cove Calfornia volume Book 3
Burning Cove California volume 3
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An unconventional woman and a man shrouded in mystery walk a tightrope of desire as they race against a killer to find a machine that could change the world"--
11) Quicksilver
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"Historical romance novel featuring the Arcane Society, second in The Looking Glass Trilogy"--
12) Mystique
Author
Language
English
Description
Lady Alice and Sir Hugh strike a bargain--she will help him recover the treasured stone he seeks in return for enough money to allow her to live independently. But Hugh, recognizing in Alice the wife he has longed for, makes her agree to a temporary betrothal, hoping it will turn into the real thing.
13) Don't look back
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Antiques-dealer Lavinia Lake and her sometime-partner Tobias March band together to solve a murder and recover an ancient bracelet said to possess mystical powers. Witty Regency romance and stylish mystery.
Author
Series
Ladies of Lantern Street volume 2
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
371 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Targeted by a disabled former spy for the Crown who wrongly believes she is blackmailing his sister, Beatrice Lockwood offers her assistance in tracking down the real culprit and eventually falls for the spy only to find herself hunted by a mad scientist who would resurrect a dead lover.
Author
Series
Ladies of Lantern Street volume 3
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
On a London street in broad daylight, world traveler Amity Doncaster is trapped in a carriage with a blade-wielding man in a black silk mask who whispers the most vile taunts and threats into her ear. Thanks to quick thinking and her secret weapon, Amity escapes with her life. But the monster known as the Bridegroom, who has left a trail of female victims in his wake, has survived the wounds she inflicted and will soon be on his feet again.
16) Lie by moonlight
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
Hired to teach four orphaned girls at remote, ramshackle Aldwick Castle, Miss Concordia Glade is pleased to find her pupils both eager and bright. Provided for by an unseen benefactor, they are surrounded at all times by hard-eyed guards in the guise of gardeners. During an investigation into a woman's death, private inquiry agent Ambrose Wells finds himself on the castle grounds -- and in the middle of chaos. The building is in flames. People are...
17) Crystal gardens
Author
Series
Ladies of Lantern Street volume 1
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
338 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Moving to a country cottage where she seeks refuge in a paranormally charged garden, Evangeline Ames is rescued from a would-be assassin by the garden's owner, Lucas Sebastian, who taps Evangeline's detective skills to solve a buried-treasure mystery and stop a common enemy.
18) I thee wed
Author
Series
Vanza volume 2
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
341 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Emma Greyson is grateful for her position as lady's companion. The salary is generous, and Lady Mayfield is kind. But when Emma meets the darkly handsome Edison Stokes, a guest at her employer's estate, the flame-haired beauty is lured into his dangerous quest for an ancient book of potions. Can she help him find it before its magical powers are used for evil purposes? From passionate moments to midnight ambushes, Amanda Quick keeps I Thee Wed moving...
19) Burning lamp
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
xi, 340 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sylvester Jones and Nicholas Winters, founders of the Arcane Society, each sought to enhance their individual psychic talents. Winters' efforts led to the creation of a device called the Burning Lamp. Each generation the Winters man who inherits it is destined to develop multiple talents and the curse of madness. Now, plagued by hallucinations and nightmares, notorious crime lord Griffin Winters is convinced he has been struck with the Winters Curse...
20) Ravished
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
1993, c1992
Physical Desc
521 p. (large print) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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