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New York Times bestselling author Amanda Quick invites you to experience a thrilling adventure filled with the lure of ancient secrets and the simmering passions of the Victorian age in the first Arcane Society novel.
 
Venetia Milton’s memories of a romantic night with Gabriel Jones—an alchemist’s descendant—are shattered soon thereafter by news of his death. Adopting the guise of his respectable...

"Lady Evangeline Green is living a lie. To please her family, she masquerades as the perfect debutant--until she meets the wickedly charming Lord Crosby. With him, there are no rules. She's finally free to do as she desires--but freedom comes with a price, and Lord Crosby is not what he seems"--Page 4 of cover.

Diana Reed takes a job as landscape architect at an old estate to find out what happened to her missing brother. Each mystery she solves uncovers more unsettling secrets

"Ariel Lawhon, a rising star in historical suspense, has set her sights on one of history's most beguiling mysteries: Did Anastasia Romanov survive the Russian Revolution, or was Anna Anderson, the woman who notoriously claimed her identity, an impostor? Russia, July 17, 1918: Under direct orders from Vladimir Lenin, Bolshevik secret police force Anastasia Romanov, along with the entire imperial family, into a damp basement in Siberia where they...

When an accident kills a driver on the roads outside Duluth, Jonathan Stride investigates the victim's false identity and possession of a recently fired gun, a situation that may be tied to the disappearance of a college student.

Identical twins, Flora and Rose were separated at birth. Rose is a jet setter in contrast with the country-loving Flora. Both meet twenty years later, an incident which changes their lives, and results in Flora impersonating Rose and travelling to Scotland.

When Rudolf Rassendyll, a young Victorian gentleman travels to Ruritania, all he expects is a pleasant summer holiday. But when the King is kidnapped, he soon gets involved in a plot to rescue him.

"Maximilian Cale, the Duke of Lyons, long ago buried his grief for his missing elder brother, Peter, who was presumed dead after being kidnapped. When a mysterious note arrives from Tristan Bonnaud asserting that the Duke's brother is alive, it leads Max straight to the winsome Lisette Bonnaud, illegitimate daughter of a viscount and Tristan's sister. Soon he and Lisette are traveling to Paris posing as husband and wife, in search of Tristan, who...

A stolen boy A haunted soldier A cornered conwoman... Rafe Angelito thought he was done with the demons from his past--until his son is kidnapped. Blackmailed into abducting an American heiress, the Legionnaire soon finds himself trapped in paradise with a fiery, daring beauty who's nothing he expects...and everything he desires. But when he uncovers her own dark secret, Rafe realizes he's made a critical mistake--one that could cost him everything....