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Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror March 2024
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Bride
by Ali Hazelwood
Also available as an Audiobook in the Libby App
What it's about: Misery Lark, daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest must leave her life of anonymity among the humans and uphold a historic alliance with the Weres by marrying their Alpha, Lowe Moreland.
"Bride is a delight! Passionate and witty and primal in its intensity, Ali Hazelwood's paranormal debut introduces a world as intriguing as its characters. I absolutely adored this read."—Nalini Singh, New York Times bestselling author
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The Manningtree Witches
by A. K. Blakemore
What it's about: In a small English town in 1643, Rebecca West, when a newcomer who identifies himself as the Witchfinder General arrives, to save the women of Manningtree, she must quell the rumors of covens, pacts and bodily wants to save them all from themselves.
Why you might like it: Wolf Hall meets The Favourite in this beguiling debut novel that brilliantly brings to life the residents of a small English town in the grip of the seventeenth-century witch trials and the young woman tasked with saving them all from themselves.
"Blakemore brings both beautifully crafted sentences and a thorough understanding of Hopkins’ theology to her fascinating novel . . . It’s clear that the author is deeply conversant in the historiography of English witchcraft as popularized by historians such as Keith Thomas and Lyndal Roper. Her characters plumb the taxonomy of the persecuted with precision . . . Brilliant." —Los Angeles Times
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What Feasts At Night
by T. Kingfisher
What it's about: When they arrive at the Easton family hunting lodge in Gallicia, Alex Easton, Angus and Miss Potter find the caretaker dead and the grounds troubled by a strange, uncanny silence, and feel something is not quite right in their home—or in their dreams.
Series alert: Book Two of the Sworn Soldier series. Book One: What Moves the Dead
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The Witch's Lens
by Luanne G. Smith
What it's about: With her husband off fighting at World War I's eastern front, Petra Kurkovâa embraces her fleeting freedom, roaming the city at night with her camera. A born witch, she's discovered that she can capture the souls of the dead on film. Her supernatural skills don't go unnoticed by the enigmatic Josef Svoboda. He's recruiting a team of sorcerers to infiltrate the front lines, where the bloodshed of combat has resurrected foul creatures. Petra's unique abilities will be needed against the most dangerous enemies of all-those ever present, undead, and unseen.
“A delicious foray into a new series that melds history with the supernatural…Smith’s fans, as well as new readers, will delight in the heady mixture of historical fiction, fantasy, and horror.” ―Library Journal
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Sanctuary of the Shadow
by Aurora Ascher
Also available as an audiobook in the Libby App
What it's about: Hidden within an unusual circus run by a centuries-old Enchanter, Harrow, keeping her true identity and magical ability a secret, finds her destiny in an elemental with no recollection of who he is, forcing her to reveal the secrets from her own dark past to save this dangerous creature.
"Ascher's latest is a fantasy romance that has everything nice―a hot love interest, a relatable main character, female friendship―and plenty of (consensual) spice." ―Booklist
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Available in the Libby App
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A Market of Dreams and Destiny--Audiobook
by Trip Galey
What it's about: Spotting a chance to buy not only his freedom but his place amongst the Under Market's elite in 19th-century London, Deri makes a bargain with a runaway princess looking to sell her destiny, but as royal enforcers close in, he'll have to pull out all the stops to make a name for himself.
Why you might like it: Enter the bazaar of the bizarre—where fate and fortunes are for sale just beneath Covent Garden—in this high-stakes historical fantasy debut set in 19th-century London, perfect for fans of Neverwhere and The Night Circus.
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Thanksgiving
After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts--the birthplace of the holiday. Picking off residents one by one, what begins as random revenge killings are soon revealed to be part of a larger, sinister holiday plan. Will the town uncover the killer and survive the holidays...or become guests at his twisted holiday dinner table?
Rated R Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Cracked
Ruja returns to Thailand from New York with her young daughter Rachel to settle her late father's estate. Included in her inheritance are two mysterious portraits of a bewitching woman that she is told are worth a fortune if only they weren't damaged. Desperate to sell the paintings, Ruja hires Tim, an art restorer, to prepare the canvases for sale. But the cracks in the paint have begun to reveal long-hidden secrets, and as strange phenomena begin to emerge around them, Ruja and Rachel quickly realize their lives are in grave danger
Not Rated Horror, Thriller
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Alone
When a man barricades himself inside his apartment in the midst of a pandemic, his complex is overrun by zombies
Rated R Drama, Horror, Thriller
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