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After traveling through time in Shadow of Night, the second book in Deborah Harkness's enchant­ing series, historian and witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont return to the present to face new crises and old enemies. At Matthew's ancestral home in France they reunite with their families - with one heart-breaking exception.

Into this sorry state of affairs falls Eve. She's abnormal in all the ways that count to humans, but at Caelum, where she should be among her peers? Even here she's weird. No woman has more than one mate. Eve? She has seven. And the creatures that dominate her mind? There are eight of those battling for power in her soul. With the war having come to Caelum's front door, Eve and her mates have no option but to escape the perils she faces at an Academy where anyone extraordinary is to be exterminated.

Evan Taft has plans. Take a gap year in Alaska, make sure his brother and single mother are taken care of, and continue therapy to process his father's departure. But after his mum's unexpected cancer diagnosis, and as Evan's plans begin to fade, he hears something - a song no one else can hear, the voice of a mysterious singer... Shosh Bell has dreams. A high school theatre legend, she's headed to performing arts college in LA, a star on the rise. But when a drunk driver takes her sister's life, that star fades to black. All that remains is a void - and a soft voice singing in her ear.

Still reeling from his family's lies, Zahir travels across the world to master his magic. With the threat of death looming over him, he must adapt to a life so unlike his own and work harder than he knew possible, all while reconciling with who he really is. Back home, Mari assumes her role as Queen of a clan she knows little about. Struggling with ineffective advisors, a devious sister, and complicated alliances, Mari must prove to herself, and her people, that she is worthy of her title.

The whispers of war are growing loud enough to shake the leaves off the trees, but the Magic Touch Inn and Spa is on neutral territory. More and more troublesome guests have made their way to the inn lately, but Ryker Hayes and his gorgeous monster-girl business partners are ready for any challenge.

Mabel “May” Levesque has been alive longer than most. In her 108 years on Earth, she’s died many times, always returning somewhere new. You see, when she was 34, she encountered a faerie tree and made a wish for immortality, and that gift came with a curse. She gets seven lives to live, no more.

Small town girl, Alice Jacobs, has had an uneventful life. No stress, no chaos, and no excitement. Not until the unexplainable turned her life upside down. Visions of romance. Dreams of tragedy. Alice sees things that feel like memories, not her own, but yet feel like hers. When the mysteries plaguing her begin a friend of her brother's moves to town and sparks began to fly.

Four years ago, Elodie Parker left the village of Little Heaton where she’d lived for her entire life. She hasn’t been back since. Now, with her little sister’s wedding looming, she’s going home again. It should be a time for celebration, but there are things Elodie left behind she’s not ready to face. Not least the love of her life, Tomasz. The man who, if Elodie is really honest, she still loves. But something magical happens on the flight. As turbulence hits, Elodie is thrown back into the past. It’s eight years ago, the day she met Tomasz for the very first time.

Isabel turns 50 the day after the seventh anniversary of her husband's death. She's convinced she will never find love again - and the Gang is convinced that all she needs to do is start taking some of her own great advice. When she meets Joshua - a younger man who wants to give her lessons on love and metaphysics - she finally gives in, heedless of the danger to her heart. But Joshua is both more and less than what he appears to be, and Isabel has to come to terms with herself - and with Joshua's wonderful provenance.

Vampires Michelle and Aaron leave the heartbreak of Vegas for a new start in Paris. The loss of his bloodslave forces Aaron to question everything he knows about Michelle and the prospect of a long, lonely future with her. Struggling with his predatory nature, Aaron chafes under Michelle's rules. His animalistic desires drive him to take a lover without conditions - another bloodslave. Michelle refuses. Seeing Aaron's struggle, Michelle opens her heart and soul to him.

Vampires Aaron and Michelle enlist the aid of Russian mercenary werewolves to track down their greatest adversary - Michael Jamison - the man who stole Michelle's blood and left her for dead. Take a ride through the seedy strip clubs and back alleys of London for a vampire hunt and a bloody wicked dark romance.