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Readers who enjoyed The Summoning God by Kathleen O'Neal Gear & W. Michael Gear also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Last Violent Call by Chloe Gong
16 ratingsFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Chloe Gong comes two captivating new novellas surrounding the events of Foul Lady Fortune and following a familiar cast of characters from the These Violent Delights Duet!In A Foul Thing, Roma and Juliette have established themselves as the heads of an underground weapons ring in Zhouzhuang, making a living the way they do best while remaining anonymous... -
![The Unseen by Irina Shapiro]()
The Unseen by Irina Shapiro
10 ratings2014. When skeletal remains are discovered in a bathtub concealed in a secret chamber in a London mansion, Quinn’s only clue is a Fabergé necklace that may have belonged to the victim. As she delves into the life of Valentina, a young Russian refugee who came to live in the house after the Russian Revolution, she’s reminded once again that sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. 1917... -
![The Condemned by Irina Shapiro]()
The Condemned by Irina Shapiro
10 ratings2015. Dr. Quinn Allenby thinks she's seen it all, but when the remains of a young woman and her newborn are discovered in a cave in Cornwall, the only clue to her death is a smooth-edged hole in the top of the skull and the indisputable evidence that the victim was still alive, and possibly in labor, when the coffin was sealed... -
![An Urchin of Means by April White]()
An Urchin of Means by April White
8 ratingsRingo Devereux knows far too much for a man of his times. There’s no simple explanation for it that doesn’t involve improbable conversations about the future, and Ringo’s advanced understanding of three-phase generators and the secret histories of his city are not things he can discuss with the Victorian Londoners around him...Categorized as:
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![Bone Walker by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear]()
Bone Walker by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear
12 ratingsW. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear, award-winning archaeologists and international bestselling authors, break extraordinary new ground in the riveting sequal to their bestselling The Summoning God. Bone Walker is more than a murder mystery, it is a psychological thriller filled with the action that have made this the dynamic duo of the historical... -
![Child of the Phoenix by Barbara Erskine]()
Child of the Phoenix by Barbara Erskine
14 ratingsBorn in a burning castle in 1218, Princess Eleyne is brought up to support the Celtic cause against the English. She is taught to worship the old gods and to "scry" into the future and the past. Eleyne's second sight, however, involves her in the destinies of England, Scotland and Wales... -
![Gullah Secrets by Susan Gabriel]()
Gullah Secrets by Susan Gabriel
8 ratingsA family legacy in danger. A stranger in their midst. Do they have the strength to survive the gathering storm of secrets? For the Temple women, the winds of change are blowing. And if they’re not careful, it could sweep them all away…After rising from Temple servant to tea shop owner, Violet finally feels in charge of her destiny... -
![Once Beyond a Time by Ann Tatlock]()
Once Beyond a Time by Ann Tatlock
8 ratingsIt’s 1968, and Sheldon and Meg Crane have just moved their family from Pennsylvania to the small town of Black Mountain, NC. Sheldon has recently resigned from the ministry after an affair. He will now be a used car salesman at his brother-in-law’s auto dealership... -
![The Witch's Knight by Paula Brackston, Trevor Brackston]()
The Witch's Knight by Paula Brackston, Trevor Brackston
8 ratingsA girl destined to become Queen Witch.A knight sworn to protect her throughout time.A supernatural battle between good and evil.In Book One of the White Shadow Trilogy, the story moves between 11th century Wales and present day London. Gwen is born to a noble family in the Welsh mountains, unaware of her true magical identity...Categorized as:
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![Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver]()
Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver
26 ratingsSix thousand years ago. Evil stalks the land. Only twelve-year-old Torak and his wolf-cub companion can defeat it. Their journey together takes them through deep forests, across giant glaciers, and into dangers they never imagined... -
![Mary Bennet and the Bingley Codex by Joyce Harmon]()
Mary Bennet and the Bingley Codex by Joyce Harmon
10 ratingsA magical sequel to Pride and Prejudice. When the girl who loves books finds a book of magic – anything can happen! Mary Bennet lives to learn, so she jumps at the chance to visit her sister Jane and catalog the enormous book collection at the Bingleys’ new estate... -
![The Dawn Country by W. Michael Gear, Kathleen O'Neal Gear]()
The Dawn Country by W. Michael Gear, Kathleen O'Neal Gear
10 ratingsThe epic tale that began in "People of the Longhouse "continues in this second book of the thrilling new Iroquois quartet by "New York Times "and "USA Today "bestselling authors and archaeologists Kathleen O'Neal Gear and W. Michael Gear. War Chief Koracoo and Deputy Gonda of the Standing Stone People have successfully rescued their children, Odion and Tutelo, from Gannajero the Trader... -
![What the Lady's Maid Knew by E.E. Holmes]()
What the Lady's Maid Knew by E.E. Holmes
10 ratingsLondon is a powder keg… and Eliza Braxton is the match.Imagine a London where magic is real… real, but feared. This is Eliza Braxton’s London, and she has always accepted her place in it gladly. As one of the Riftborn, her magic has relegated her to the servant class, where she dutifully serves as the lady’s maid in one of the most powerful households in the country... -
![A Discovery of Witches Vol. 2 of 2 by Deborah Harkness]()
A Discovery of Witches Vol. 2 of 2 by Deborah Harkness
12 ratings...Categorized as:
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![People of the Silence by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear]()
People of the Silence by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear
14 ratingsAt its pinnacle in A.D. 1150 the Anasazi empire of the Southwest would see no equal in North America for almost eight hundred years. Yet even at this cultural zenith, the Anasazi held the seeds of their own destruction deep within themselves...Categorized as:
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![People of the Lightning by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear]()
People of the Lightning by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear
14 ratingsPeople of the Lightning takes us to ancient Florida, to a village of fisher folk who must face their deepest fear: Pondwader, now a lanky boy of fifteen summers. He is the White Lightning Boy--the first of his kind to be born in tens of tens of summers...Categorized as:
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![People of the Mist by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear]()
People of the Mist by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear
14 ratingsWith People of the Mist, bestselling authors W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear take us to the Chesapeake Bay of six hundred years ago, when the unprovoked and brutal murder of a young woman on the eve of her wedding threatens to turn the entire Algonquin Nation against itself in a brutal war that could destroy them as a people...Categorized as:
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![My Sister the Moon by Sue Harrison]()
My Sister the Moon by Sue Harrison
16 ratingsIn prehistoric Alaska, an Aleut girl, unwanted and abused, changes the destiny of her tribe.Gray Bird wanted only sons. His daughter, Kiin, would have been killed at birth to make way for a male heir if not for the tribal chief, Kayugh, who claimed the infant as a future wife for one of his two young sons... -
![The Highlander's Curse by Claire Delacroix]()
The Highlander's Curse by Claire Delacroix
6 ratingsCheated of his inheritance and burdened by the legacy of his Fae blood, Garrett MacLachlan believes he is doomed to be an outcast forever—until he meets Annelise of Kinfairlie, a gentle maiden with the power to turn his curse to gift... -
![The Cross of Ciaran by Andrea Matthews]()
The Cross of Ciaran by Andrea Matthews
6 ratingsWhen a fifth century pagan priest is unearthed in Ireland fifteen hundred years after being entombed, archaeologist Caitlin O’Connell is convinced it’s the find of the century. The body is in perfect condition, right down to the intricate tattoos adorning the Celt’s skin. In fact, if scientific data hadn’t proved otherwise, she would swear he hadn’t been interred more than a few hours...Categorized as:
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![Farewell Blues by Maggie Robinson]()
Farewell Blues by Maggie Robinson
8 ratingsLady Adelaide Compton had prepared herself to say good-bye forever to Detective Inspector Devenand Hunter. It would be a welcome relief not to get mixed up in any more murders. Not to mention become un-haunted by her late and unlamented husband Rupert, whose post-life duty had been dedicated to detection and her protection... -
![Forgotten Men by Bill Thompson]()
Forgotten Men by Bill Thompson
10 ratingsThe once-famous Hotel Iberia was where society's finest gathered in the days before 1859 when Victory, Louisiana became a ghost town. A building where people had laughed, dined and passed the time among friends became something dark, sinister and evil. The town was dead, so no one complained when the Victory Institution for the Criminally Insane opened in the old hotel...Categorized as:
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![Watch Your Tail! by Geronimo Stilton]()
Watch Your Tail! by Geronimo Stilton
10 ratingsGeronimo Stilton meets the Stone Age in this NEW spin-off series!Geronimo Stilton's ancient ancestor Geronimo Stiltonoot stars in the Cavemice series!Geronimo Stiltonoot wakes up to a terrible morning...Categorized as:
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![Closer by Roderick Gordon]()
Closer by Roderick Gordon
18 ratingsAt the centre of the Earth, in a world that no one knows exists, Will is in trouble. His enemy, the Styx, are close behind. They'll pursue him to the ends of the world - any world. Meanwhile Drake - with help from the unlikeliest of allies is preparing to fight the Styx from above. But will his daring plan bring him closer to victory ..Categorized as:
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![Murder In Absentia by Assaph Mehr]()
Murder In Absentia by Assaph Mehr
6 ratingsA young man is found dead in his bed, with a look of extreme agony on his face and strange tattoos all over his body. His distraught senator father suspects foul play, and knows who to call on.Enter Felix, a professional investigator. In the business of ferreting out dark information for his clients, Felix is neither a traditional detective nor a traditional magician – but something in between...Categorized as:
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![The Lady in Residence by Allison Pittman]()
The Lady in Residence by Allison Pittman
6 ratingsCan a Legacy of Sadness be Broken at Menger Hotel? Hedda Krause, a young widow in search of a new rich husband, checked into the Menger Hotel in 1915 with a case full of jewels - and never checked out. In 2017, Dini Blackstone gives ghost walk tours in San Antonio. Her favorite is the tale of Hedda Krause who, in Dini's estimation, perpetrated the world's longest con, dying old and wealthy... -
![The Legacy by Jill Rowan]()
The Legacy by Jill Rowan
6 ratingsWhen Fallady Galbraith accepts the legacy of an isolated house on the Welsh borders as a means of escaping from London, she soon discovers that the house conceals a number of secrets including, apparently, two household ghosts who act as cook and gardener... -
![Redemption by Rosa Lee Jude, Mary Lin Brewer]()
Redemption by Rosa Lee Jude, Mary Lin Brewer
6 ratingsBe careful what you wish for. When the breakup of her family forces Grae White’s mother to move her two children from their privileged city life to her hometown in the mountains of Virginia, all Grae wants is to be invisible in her new life...Categorized as:
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![The Smoke Hunter by Jacquelyn Benson]()
The Smoke Hunter by Jacquelyn Benson
8 ratings"Indiana Jones meets Lara Croft" in this debut and engrossing action thriller with the fate of the world in one person's hands (RT Book Reviews).Frustrated suffragette and would-be archaeologist Ellie Mallory stumbles across a map to a city that shouldn't exist, a jungle metropolis alive and flourishing centuries after the Mayan civilization mysteriously collapsed...Categorized as:
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![Forbidden Land by William Sarabande]()
Forbidden Land by William Sarabande
10 ratingsThe spellbinding epic adventure of a time when mankind took its first steps and the icy wilds claimed the earth. Breathtaking, vivid, unforgettable--here is the third volume of the panoramic new series The First Americans which began with Beyond The Sea Of Ice and continued with Corridor Of Storms...Categorized as:
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![Walkers of the Wind by William Sarabande]()
Walkers of the Wind by William Sarabande
10 ratingsA breathtaking epic of humanity's first courageous struggles . . . for survivalMesmerizing, dramatic, unsurpasses in scope and suthenticity, this is the fourth exciting volume of the magnificent new series THE FIRST AMERICANS, which began with Beyond the Sea of Ice and continued with Corridor of Storms and Forbidden Land...Categorized as:
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![Merlin's Keep by Madeleine Brent]()
Merlin's Keep by Madeleine Brent
12 ratingsTHEY CALLED HER JANI BUT SHE ONCE HAD ANOTHER NAME. AND A PAST SHE NEVER KNEW.From far-off Tibet to England's rich countryside, this marvelously enchanting novel unfolds the incredible saga of a beautiful, young half-caste whose strange destiny pulls her into a world of love and terror--a worlds a mysterious power moves slowly toward her, threatening her sanity...and her life... -
![The Visitant by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear]()
The Visitant by Kathleen O'Neal Gear, W. Michael Gear
14 ratingsAt the Dawn of the Age of the Katsinas...A woman runs away in search of a Spirit Helper and never returns...An ancient village is swept into a shattering crime beyond reason, beyond belief...An old man must learn to walk the dark labyrinth of a murderer's mind to find him before he can strike again..Categorized as:
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![The Mummy by Max Allan Collins, Stephen Sommers]()
The Mummy by Max Allan Collins, Stephen Sommers
14 ratingsBased on the Universal Studios major motion picture starring Brendan Fraser!Rick O'Connell, dashing American and legionnaire, is in Egypt looking for a good time. His discovery of the Lost City of the Dead is a fluke—but to British librarian Evelyn Carnahan it's the archaeological find of the century. The city contains all the treasures of Egypt and possibly the secrets of life and death...Categorized as:
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![Jilo by J.D. Horn]()
Jilo by J.D. Horn
16 ratingsAged Mother Jilo is wise in the ways of magic…but once upon a time, she was just a girl.1950s Georgia: King Cotton has fallen. Savannah is known as the “beautiful woman with a dirty face,” its stately elegance faded by neglect, its soul withering from racial injustice and political corruption... -
![She Who Remembers by Linda Lay Shuler]()
She Who Remembers by Linda Lay Shuler
20 ratingsKwani. A beautiful woman born in the American southwest into the long extinct Anasazi tribe, long before Columbus...whose blue eyes marked her as a witch and set her apart from the Indian tribe that raised her...Categorized as:
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![Warriors and Warlocks: Outcast by Monther Alkabbani, Timothy Gregory]()
Warriors and Warlocks: Outcast by Monther Alkabbani, Timothy Gregory
18 ratingsPart one of the epic trilogy that combines historic fiction with fantasy and speculative fiction follows Morad Qutuz, a Saudi Plastic Surgeon, as he starts noticing that events around him don’t quite mesh with his memories – and that his memories are starting to duplicate... -
![Beyond the Sea of Ice by William Sarabande]()
Beyond the Sea of Ice by William Sarabande
16 ratingsStunningly visual, extraordinarily detailed, powerfully dramatic, here is the first volume of a remarkable new series . . . The First Americans. When humans first walked the world, when nature ruled the earth and sky, a proud tribe is threatened by a series of natural disasters...Categorized as:
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![Revelle by Lyssa Mia Smith]()
Revelle by Lyssa Mia Smith
14 ratingsInspired by Moulin Rouge! and set on an island in a magical version of Prohibition-era New York, Revelle is a breathtaking YA stand-alone fantasy full of dazzling magic, romance, and mystery from debut author Lyssa Mia Smith.On the island of Charmant, magic flows like bootlegged champagne, and fantasies can be bought for the price of a gemstone... -
![The Water Devil by Judith Merkle Riley]()
The Water Devil by Judith Merkle Riley
12 ratingsThe final adventure in the beloved and bestselling Margaret of Ashbury trilogy, which began with A Vision of Light and In Pursuit of the Green Lion.Margaret of Ashbury is ready to settle down; the medieval healer is looking forward to an uneventful life in the country...Categorized as:
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![The Templar Treasure by Katherine Kurtz, Deborah Turner Harris]()
The Templar Treasure by Katherine Kurtz, Deborah Turner Harris
12 ratingsAdam Sinclair, the Adept, must locate the stolen Seal of Solomon-an artifact under the care of the Knights Templar-before dangerous forces unleash the demons the seal has kept bound for centuries... -
![Hokee Wolf by Clark Viehweg]()
Hokee Wolf by Clark Viehweg
12 ratingsOn a sunny afternoon in sleepy southeastern Idaho, a bread truck carrying three million dollars in cash receipts from West Yellowstone is robbed on a lonely pine shrouded highway. Except for the missing money, there is no evidence that a robbery ever occurred. Hokee Wolf is a trained Native American shaman, and by using his unusual skills became Idaho's most successful private investigator... -
![New England Witch Chronicles by Chelsea Luna]()
New England Witch Chronicles by Chelsea Luna
12 ratingsNEW ENGLAND WITCH CHRONICLES is the first book in the four-book bestselling young adult series. The Salem Witch Trials of 1692 were an embarrassing stain on America’s revered past... -
![Precious Bones by Irina Shapiro]()
Precious Bones by Irina Shapiro
12 ratingsWhen the skeletal remains of a young woman and her baby are found entombed behind the kitchen wall of a historic Tudor house, Cassandra is overcome with grief. She seems to know who the young woman was, but not how she knows, or how she came to be there. Cassandra becomes inexplicably drawn to the house and the mystery of the "Bones of Blackfriars... -
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![Forever In Time by Nicky Charles]()
Forever In Time by Nicky Charles
12 ratings"I'm waiting, Steph. I've been waiting a long, long time." She was in there, he knew it. He'd been following her for weeks and knew every move she made. There'd be no escaping him. Time was on his side. Stephanie thought she was ordinary. Her life was stable, or at least it was until the stranger appeared... -
![Die Upon a Kiss by Barbara Hambly]()
Die Upon a Kiss by Barbara Hambly
10 ratingsIn February 1835, the cold New Orleans streets are alight with masked Mardi Gras revelers as the American Theater’s impresario, Lorenzo Belaggio, brings a magnificent yet controversial operatic version of Othello to town... -
![The Book of Lost Saints: A Cuban American Family Saga of Love, Betrayal, and Revolution by Daniel José Older]()
The Book of Lost Saints: A Cuban American Family Saga of Love, Betrayal, and Revolution by Daniel José Older
10 ratingsAn evocative multigenerational Cuban American family story of revolution, loss, violence, and family bondsMarisol vanished during the Cuban Revolution, her fate unknown and lost to time. Now, haunted by atrocities long-forgotten, her foul-mouthed spirit visits her nephew, Ramon, in modern-day New Jersey... -
![Death of an Adept by Katherine Kurtz, Deborah Turner Harris]()
Death of an Adept by Katherine Kurtz, Deborah Turner Harris
10 ratingsSir Adam Sinclair, the mystic historian known as the Adept, has emerged victorious from his encounters against the forces of darkness. But now he faces the most unthinkable crime imaginable against his kind: murder...Categorized as:
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![Reign of Coins by Aiden James]()
Reign of Coins by Aiden James
10 ratingsFor William Barrow, two thousand years is a very long time...too long, when it is a perpetual punishment for betraying Jesus Christ. The man originally known as Judas Iscariot is on a mission to recover thirty silver shekels once paid to him for his ultimate treachery. Twenty-two coins have been recovered, leaving just eight to go...Categorized as:
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![Heroes of Medieval Wales: Daughter of Time/Cold My Heart/The Good Knight/The Last Pendragon: Four First-in-Series Romances by Sarah Woodbury]()
Heroes of Medieval Wales: Daughter of Time/Cold My Heart/The Good Knight/The Last Pendragon: Four First-in-Series Romances by Sarah Woodbury
10 ratingsTime travel, mystery, magic ... four historical romances, each the first installment in series of adventure and romance set in medieval Wales.Daughter of Time (novel): Time travel to medieval Wales ... A medieval man with an uncertain destiny and a modern woman with a troubled past...Categorized as:
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