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Cowboys made of metal were the last thing Lady Ruth needed. When Captain Hall returns from America, he does so with troubling news. There are rumours of robotic men in the west.
Before she can be accused of treason again, Ruth leaves London on one final mission to keep her mechanical men out of the hands of those who would enslave them for war. Lady Ruth Constance Chapelstone and the American Escapade is the final book in the Lady Ruth Constance...
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Treason is a serious crime, and Ruth has an inkling that execution will not agree with her.
After refusing to build an army of robotic men for Queen Victoria, Lady Ruth had hidden away the schematics. She should have burned them. When reports of robotic men in Paris make their way to England, Lady Ruth is accused of treason. Given a single chance to find the schematics and return them to England, Ruth is racing against the clock if she wants to...
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Lady Ruth Constance Chapelstone never cared much for boys. She was too fixated on corsets or engines to give them much notice. An "inventor's disposition" is how her uncle referred to it when she would forget basic necessities, like food or sleep. But proper ladies don't spend their days reinventing the steam engine, so Lady Ruth's uncle helped her to create a new persona - The Owl: Britain's Greatest Inventor! The Owl is sought after but so is...
4) Trust/Doubt
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Returning to Earth was never going to be easy.
Unable to gather help in Rena space, Claire has finally returned to Earth to help her fellow Aspects fight to keep their planet safe. But returning isn't as simple as Claire had hoped. She's changed, and so has everyone else. Including Hate. With the outcome of the war depending on their bond, is there anything of it left to salvage? TRUST/DOUBT is the sixth book in L. C. Mawson's YA/NA Aspects series....
5) Hunt
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Checklist for your first day at a new high school: headphones; the darkest eyeliner you can find; and plenty of protection runes to keep demons at bay.
Freya Snow isn't here to make friends. She also wasn't here to fight demons, but some things you don't get a choice in. Getting through the social hell of high school would have been hard enough without a ghost appearing to tell Freya that she's not human, has magic, and demons are out for her...
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Born and trained as weapons, they'll have to fight for their freedom.
Magic. A secret kept from the majority of humanity and an ever-present threat. Or at least, that's what they were told. Genetically engineered and trained from birth to fight magical creatures, everything changed when A-1X - Alex to her friends - was sent on her first solo mission and ended up falling in love with her target. She escaped, happy to live on the run with her love...
7) Resolution
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Winning their freedom or losing everything. It all comes down to this.
Mia may have taken down one of the Enhanced's biggest bases, but it means that the rebels are out of time. Using their secret weapon means that the Enhanced now know that they have it, and can start to defend against it. It's now or never to defeat them for good, but it means risking everything the rebels have fought so hard to gain. You'll love this final book in the ensemble...
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Claire left Earth to protect it, but all she did was leave it defenseless. As Empathy returns home, she finds Earth trapped in the middle of a war, with the enemy having control of the genetically engineered creatures that only Claire was ever able to control. But Claire is trapped in the alien hell of Rena politics, and helping Earth might mean having to sink deeper than she ever imagined. If Earth has a chance, it rests on Claire's shoulders, but...
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The last thing Claire wanted was to leave. The only thing Hate wanted was for her to stay.
Waking up to find that her girlfriend had left to claim her royal birthright on another planet sucked, though Hate wasn't sure if it sucked more or less than the fact that she was now down a leg and a pair of kidneys, her body having to make-do with cybernetic replacements as she tries to piece her life back together in Claire's absence. As far as Claire was...
10) Rebuild
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After losing most of their siblings, Alex, Gus and Hell have no idea where to go next.
Gus has left the Enhanced with Ty, his boyfriend, to try and find someone who can train him to use his magic. Alex has no idea what to do with what's left of her fractured team, and she's in love with a woman who doesn't want anything serious from her. And Hell is dreaming of dragons.
They may be ahead in the fight, but that won't last. Especially if they can't...
11) Reconsider
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Gaining their freedom means risking everything. Are they willing to pay the price? After losing people, Alex isn't so sure. Can she really live with more blood on her hands?But Mia has had enough of Alex's hesitation. When Mia sees an opportunity to gain the upper hand against their enemy, she doesn't see why she shouldn't take it. And what would Alex really do to stop her?You'll love this penultimate book in the ensemble sci-fi/urban fantasy Engineered...
12) Rebel
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Alex was genetically engineered and trained from birth to hunt magical beings, but she left that life behind for the love of an angel. But when fate, and Alex's former family, separate them, Alex is left with no choice. If she ever wants to be free - to stop running - she'll have to turn and fight those who raised her. The question is, can she do it alone, or will she have to trust her former friends and siblings who may very well be spies for the...
13) Resist
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They've won their first battle, but the war has just begun.
Now that Alex and her team have a base to work from, they have to turn their focus to defeating the Enhanced for good. The problem? Alex has no idea how to go about it, and she's not even sure why she should be in charge of it.
But the Enhanced won't just leave them be, and if they want a chance to beat them, Alex will have to face her fears.
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A kingdom in need of a princess, a planet in need of protection, and a girl caught between.3 books. Over 500 pages of battling monsters, forbidden romance, and magical girls kicking ass. The last thing Claire wanted was to leave. The only thing Hate wanted was for her to stay...Waking up to find that her girlfriend had left to claim her royal birthright on another planet sucked, though Hate wasn't sure if it sucked more or less than the fact that...
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The fight continues...Alex started this fight after being torn from the Angel she fell in love with, but what happens when they're reunited?
Angels don't lead peaceful lives and Alex soon finds herself pulled into an adventure with apocalyptic stakes as the rest of the rebels try to figure out their own places in the fight with her gone.
Is the rebellion ready to stand on its own without Alex, or will they crumble under the stress of the one fight...
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Born and trained as weapons, they'll have to fight for their freedom.
Magic. A secret kept from the majority of humanity and an everpresent threat. Or at least, that's what they were told. Genetically engineered and trained from birth to fight magical creatures, everything changed when A-1X - Alex to her friends - was sent on her first solo mission and ended up falling in love with her target. She escaped, happy to live on the run with her love until...
17) Empathy/Pain
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To suddenly lose her powers was a curse to Claire. But to her sister? It was all she ever wanted.
Claire thought that she could live in peace, using her powers to reclaim more land from the wastes. But when a strange blue light appears and strips away her powers, she finds herself up against her toughest adversary yet. And even worse, her sister doesn't want to destroy the technology making them vulnerable. Without her powers, could Claire ever...
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A kingdom in need of a princess, a planet in need of protection, and a girl caught between.6 books. Over 1000 pages of battling monsters, forbidden romance, and magical girls kicking ass.
When Claire was chosen as an Aspect, a warrior sworn to protect the remaining cities of Earth from the alien creatures roaming the wastelands, she thought her life was over.
Even with the powers that came with the job, she doubted she could survive the creatures...
19) Oracle
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What good is free will when you have no options?
Ever since Freya lost a week of her memory, she has been starting to burn out. Her grades are tanking, she can't sleep for dreams of the Shadow Realm, and she hasn't so much as spoken to Damon since they broke up. So, when Fate gives her the opportunity to get out of the city to hunt down a missing Oracle, Freya jumps at the chance to leave. But Freya quickly starts to get the feeling that the Oracle...
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