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The Pearl made its debut in London in July 1879, a self-proclaimed journal for every taste. It flourished on the subterranean market until December 1880, when it vanished as mysteriously as it had appeared. Included in the eighteen issues were six serialized novels that are standards of sensual literature of the time, as well as the meatiest limericks then current, parodies of Robert Burns’s Merry Muses, ballads of epic sexual adventures, countless ditties, witticisms, jokes, letters from ...

She might be most powerful Deacon, but Sorcha Faris has a tarnished reputation to overcome.Frustratingly, her superiors have her and her partner, Merrick Chambers, chasing down rumors of geists rather than the real thing. So they jump at the chance to escort a delegation going south for negotiations.Their destination, the distant city of Orinthal, is plagued by a string of murders, but when Sorcha and Merrick investigate the mystery they find a hungry and cunning geist at the...

Manuwatu Gorge, New Zealand, September 1873Agent Aroha Murphy investigates a series of strange deaths in the wilds of New Zealand in 1873 which have all taken place on one night. Are they suicides or murders? Aroha with her Maori and Italian ancestry, sits awkwardly between two cultures, but the answer is tangled with her own complicated past. heritage of Aotearoa itself.Tales from the Archives are short stories set in the world of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences (Phoe...

[Menage Amour: Erotic Cowboy Menage a Trois Romance M/F/M Contemporary] When Marie Maxwell's cover as an international smuggler is blown the Parisian operative is called back to Washington D.C. to be placed in protective custody. Jack Benson and Jack Reno are a pair of renegade federal agents assigned the difficult task of keeping her alive.Although agency rules forbid romantic involvement between covert personnel Jack Marie and Reno can't reign in the passion they feel for one another. Is...

The undead are here and only the Deacons stand in their way.The Order of the Deacons stand as protectors of the Empire, guardians against ghost possession, sentinels warding off the malevolent haunting of the geists.Sorcha Faris, the most powerful deacon of the Order, finds herself thrust into an unwanted partnership with a total novice, Merrick Chambers. That’s bad enough, but when they are dispatched to an isolated village to counter a surge of violent geist activity, the...

Verity Fitzroy and the Ministry Seven have the run of London, and that is the way they like it.While she loses herself in machines and adventures, and the work they get from the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences, why her parents were killed remains a mystery she can't leave alone.When an archaeologist from the British Museum is kidnapped, and the only clue leads to an academy for young engineers, the Ministry sends the Seven in to investigate.What they will ...

Sophia del Morte, the enigmatic Italian beauty with a penchant for espionage, is back in her picturesque Italian village for the holidays. Known for her lethal skills in the clandestine world of espionage, Sophia now faces an opponent more formidable than any adversary she's encountered—her own family. As the year draws to a close, Sophia grapples with the prospect of awkward dinner conversations and familial intrigue.Will the secrets of the del Morte clan be laid bare under the tw...

Eddie Plum, who insists he’s been unjustifiably committed to a California psychiatric hospital, manages to finally escape after fourteen years of incarceration to start his life anewOn the run, he holes up in a sheltered barrio on a bluff above the Pacific Ocean owned by his wealthy but unsympathetic father. Here he meets Sweets, the telepathic dog, laments the loss of Sofia, his madhouse lover, and plays the horses at the Del Mar Racetrack. Eventually he meets up ...

From the author of Geist, and Kindred and Wings, and the co-author of the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences.In this sequel to Chasing the Bard, the Fey are gone and with them, magic. Yet all my not be as it seems.Penherem is a sleepy English village where people go to hide from the twenty-first century. However with the arrival of a magical thief everyone begins to change-from the local librarian to the lady of the manor-revealing their true natures and dangerous secrets.

Working for the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences, one sees innumerable technological wonders. But even veteran agents Braun and Books are unprepared for what the electrifying future holds in the third novel in the steampunk adventure series.After being ignominiously shipped out of England following their participation in the Janus affair, Braun and Books are ready to prove their worth as agents. But what starts as a simple mission in the States—intended to keep the...

The fearless Verity Fitzroy and her loyal Ministry Seven face their greatest challenge yet.After their Anatolia mission, they're in turmoil and discover that Liam is alive but imprisoned by the Illuminati.Determined to rescue him, Verity rallies her friends and embarks on a journey to Edinburgh. The city is abuzz with the excitement of a grand scientific exhibition, drawing brilliant minds from all corners of the globe to the ancient castle. Among the attendees is a delegat...