The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there when yesterday it was not. The black sign painted in white letters that hangs upon the gates reads: Opens at Nightfall Closes at Dawn. As the sun disappears beyond the horizon all over the tents small lights begin to flicker as though the entirety of the circus is covered in particularly bright fireflies. When the tents are all aglow sparkling against the night sky the sign appears. Le Cirque des Reves The Circus of Dreams. Now the circus is open. Now you may enter. ...

In 1886 a mysterious travelling circus becomes an international sensation. Open only at night constructed entirely in black & white Le Cirque des Reves delights all who wander its circular paths & warm themselves at its bonfire. Although there are acrobats fortune-tellers & contortionists the Circus of Dreams is no conventional spectacle. Some tents contain clouds some ice. The circus seems almost to cast a spell over its aficionados who call themselves the reveurs
- the dreamers. At the heart of the story is the tangled relationship between two young magicians Celia the enchanters daughter & Marco the sorcerers apprentice. At the behest of their shadowy masters they find themselves locked in a deadly contest forced to test the very limits of the imagination & of their love...A fabulous fin-de-siecle feast for the senses & a life-affirming love story The Night Circus is a captivating novel that will make the real world seem fantastical & a fantasy world real.
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Talon was once a Celt warrior cursed by his ancient gods. Following the murder of his sister the dying Talon had made a deal with the goddess Artemis. He had been given one act of vengeance against the clan who betrayed him in exchange for his soul & his eternal service as a Dark-Hunter. Talon has sworn to fight Daimons & rescue the human souls they've captured. He has never had cause to regret this choice
- until he meets Sunshine Runningwolf. The unconventional Sunshine should be Talon's perfect woman. She is beautiful sexy & isn't looking for a long-term commitment. But the more time Talon spends in her company the more he starts yearning for dreams of love & family that he buried centuries ago. But loving Sunshine would be dangerous for both of them
- Talon is destined never to know peace or happiness while his enemies still seek to destroy him & everyone close to him...

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The nail-biting vampire thriller from the world-famous director of Pan's Labyrinth & Hellboy. The night belongs to them & it will be a night eternal... After the blasts it was all over. Nuclear Winter has settled upon the earth. Except for one hour of sunlight a day the whole world is plunged into darkness. It is a near-perfect environment for vampires. They have won. It is their time. Almost every single man woman & child has been enslaved in vast camps across the globe. Like animals they are farmed harvested for the sick pleasure of the Master Race. Almost but not all. Somewhere out there hiding for their lives is a desperate network of free humans continuing the seemingly hopeless resistance. Everyday people with no other options
- among them Dr Ephraim Goodweather his son Zack the veteran exterminator Vassily & former gangbanger Gus. To be free they need a miracle they need divine intervention. But Salvation can be a twisted game
- one in which they may be played like pawns in a battle of Good & Evil. & at what cost...?

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Vienna 1938. Beautiful actress Julia Homburg & her politician husband Franz Wedeker embody all the enlightened brilliance of their native city. But Wedeker is Jewish & just across the border the tanks of the Nazi Reich are primed for the Anschluss. When the SS invades & disappearances become routine Franz must be concealed. With daring ingenuity Julia conjures a hiding place. In the shadow of oppression a clear conscience is a luxury few can afford & Julia finds she must strike a series of hateful bargains with the new order if she & her husband are to survive. A highly acclaimed bestseller when first published in the 1960s Night Falls on the City is a true lost classic & an unforgettable portrait of wartime. ...

On a blustery April day the wife of a doctor discovers that her husband has been having an affair. Moments later driving along a country road she fails to see sixty-one-year-old Ruth Mitchell up ahead riding her bicycle. She hits her killing her instantly & drives away. Horrified by what she has done she turns her attention to Ruths bereaved husband a man as unhinged by grief as she herself is by guilt. & as she insinuates herself into his life he starts to believe that for reasons beyond his understanding his wife has returned to him. ...

A serial killer is terrorizing the senior citizens of Denton & the local police are succumbing to a flu epidemic. Tired & demoralized the force has to contend with a seemingly perfect young couple suffering arson attacks & death threats a suspicious suicide burglaries pornographic videos poison-pen letters... In uncertain charge of the investigations is Detective Inspector Jack Frost crumpled slapdash & foul-mouthed as ever. He tries to cope despite inadequate back-up but there is never enough time; the unsolved crimes pile up & the vicious killings go on. So Frost has to cut corners & take risks knowing that his Divisional Commander will throw him to the wolves if anything goes wrong. & for Frost things always go wrong... ...

Gator Fontenot of the Special Forces paranormal squad can't refuse an urgent request to save the elusive Iris Johnson a victim of the same horrific experiments that warped Gator. Now unleashed she's a flame-haired weapon of unimaginable destructive powers a walking time bomb bent on revenge in the sultry bayous of New Orleans & hunted by a shadowy assassin. It's Gator's job to reel Iris in. But can two people haunted by violent betrayals trust the passion that soon ignites between them? Or is one of them just playing another seductive & deadly night game? ...

A year of war. A year of terror. & a year of loss. Twelve months have passed since the invasion. Ellie has lost friends she has taken many lives & she is still as disgusted by violence as she is determined to stand up to the invaders. Now the friends find themselves back in their sanctuary of Hell caring for a band of feral children whose lives have been destroyed by the war. Meanwhile the conflict intensifies & the enemy draws closer... ...

Anne Wynter's job as governess to three highborn young ladies can be a challenge
- in a single week she finds herself hiding in
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