Cauldron Borne

Cauldron Borne

C. E. Murphy

C. E. Murphy

Freshly-minted shaman Joanne Walker was enjoying a moment of quiet in her usually-chaotic life—right up until vengeful ghosts possessed her partner-in-solving-mystical-crime, Detective Billy Holliday. With Billy's life and soul on the line, Joanne is called to put herself between her friends and the legendary Black Cauldron's powers to waken the dead... ...which might be somewhat easier if she wasn't terrified of the undead. Holding herself together in the face of spectral horrors is one thing. Holding a new relationship together is another—and even Joanne's barely-acknowledged thing with her boss, Captain Morrison, may not be able to withstand the overwhelming power of the Wild Hunt, unleashed once again on Halloween, as the walls between worlds grow thin. Faced with the tantalizing Horned God, leader of the Hunt, and a personal life that's falling apart, Joanne realizes saving Billy may mean sacrificing a world—or finding a way to...
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Skymaster

Skymaster

C. E. Murphy

C. E. Murphy

Disaster follows Rasim al Ilialio wherever he goes. Ilyaran witches are prized by the slaving countries that surround Rasim's peaceful desert home, but the city's magical prowess has always kept them safe. The Northlands, however, are not so forgiving, and a shocking raid shatters what remains of the already- shaken Seamasters' Guild. Now Rasim is torn between pursuing the truth behind the continent-wide plot he's discovered, or helping to rescue a handful of enslaved Ilyarans. But taking on the slaver city of Moran may, in the end, be the key to unlocking the conspiracy that has already cost the Ilyaran people, and the Seamasters' Guild itself, so much. And when things go wrong, his friends will pay the price if Rasim doesn't set aside his reservations and embrace a new magic, becoming, against all the odds... ...a Skymaster.
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Baba Yaga's Daughter and Other Stories of the Old Races

Baba Yaga's Daughter and Other Stories of the Old Races

C. E. Murphy

C. E. Murphy

Ancient rivals, worst of friends, best of enemies: dragonlord Janx and master vampire Eliseo Daisani are the threads upon which a tapestry of lives and loves are woven across the centuries. From the coldest Russian nights to the heat of Chicago's greatest fire, nothing brings the immortal adversaries together--or tears them apart--like a woman.
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Sunmaster

Sunmaster

C. E. Murphy

C. E. Murphy

Rasim al Ilalio doesn't mean to cause trouble wherever he goes, but a year of disasters lies in his wake. A war is brewing, but returning home to his beloved city of Ilyara isn't an option—not until he's brought a friend home again, and has warned their people of the conspiracy he believes affects them all. But in the distant Shenryalan steppelands, a new threat emerges: not just human scheming, but magical beasts that have slumbered for centuries are now raising their heads again...and they seem to be drawn to Rasim himself. Every magic Rasim has learned has been a matter of personal survival. This time, though, there may be consequences that reach far beyond himself if he cannot become... ...a Sunmaster.
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The Cardinal Rule

The Cardinal Rule

C. E. Murphy

C. E. Murphy

When CIA Agent Alisha MacAleer's cover is blown by ex-lover Frank Reichart, she's forced into a spy game that draws a curtain back on a world she never even suspected existed…The clandestine Sicarii have hired Brandon Parker, the brilliant, estranged son of Alisha's handler, to develop an artificial intelligence capable of enforcing their divine right to rule. No one, not even Brandon's father, imagines he can do it—not until Alisha herself faces one of the AI's battle drones in combat. It's suddenly a race between the CIA, the Sicarii, and Alisha's mercenary ex, to see who can keep—or steal—the AI for themselves.No matter which way Alisha turns, she faces new dangers and heartbreaking betrayals. In the end, she has no choice but to adhere to the cardinal rule…Trust no one but yourself.
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Redeemer

Redeemer

C. E. Murphy

C. E. Murphy

July, 1945.Soldiers are coming home from the war...and monsters come with them.THE REDEEMERRosie wants to keep her job as a riveter, even with her boyfriend returning from World War II. But there's defying convention, and then there's executing a demon on the factory floor. Rosie is ready to roll with the demon-slaying power awakened inside her—if she can figure out how to make it work on command.THE HUNTERCrippled by monsters in wartime Europe, Hank is home and searching for evidence of a demonic insurgence in Detroit—or better yet, a Redeemer, one of the rare women capable of freeing demons from their torment. Rosie could be his ticket to proving himself...if she would just play along.THE CATCHRosie can't fight. Hank won't talk. But the demons are coming for them, so they'd better learn to work together—and avoid getting arrested as the bodies pile up. Unfortunately, Rosie's already on the police radar, and Hank...
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Banshee Cries

Banshee Cries

C. E. Murphy

C. E. Murphy

The last thing reluctant shaman Joanne Walker wants is to be assigned to a case of ritual murders. It'd be creepy enough all on its own, but her boss, already trusting her magic more than Jo does herself, suspects there's more to it than just a serial killer. As Joanne is pulled more deeply into the bloody mire, she begins to realize this is a murderer with a deadline—the changing winter moon seems to be key to the power they're building. But Joanne's not the only one entangled in the increasingly dangerous magic raised by the killer: she has a protector, someone who has already given up their life to keep Joanne safe...and who may be the only person able to stand between Joanne and a dark power far greater than she's ready to handle....
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House of Cards

House of Cards

C. E. Murphy

C. E. Murphy

New York City's only legal counsel to the fabled Old Races, Margrit Knight is levelheaded in all matters extraordinary. But when she's summoned to negotiate a peace treaty among rival factions, her own mortal world threatens to fall apart.Margrit's been in hot water before, but reentering the underworld brings a new set of problems. And a new set of friends and enemies, including a ruthless vampire mobster, a dragonlord who won't take no for an answer, a band of subversive selkies...oh, and Alban Korund, the sexy gargoyle who got her into this mess--and whose granite-strong touch still haunts her every fantasy...
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Wintergate

Wintergate

C. E. Murphy

C. E. Murphy

No one has traveled to or from faeryland since the end of the Border Wars, save through the Wintergate, whose power can only be activated on the shortest day of the year. When gatekeeper Emilia loses everything to the Border Kingdom, ice touches her heart and grows within her, until the day comes that she must finally choose between her duty and someone else's loss....
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Year of Miracles

Year of Miracles

C. E. Murphy

C. E. Murphy

Never mate with humans. Never tell them of our existence.And never kill one of our own. For time immemorial, the Old Races adhered to these laws......except, of course, when they did not.Tales of hidden yeti, mad harpies, and selkies who dared to risk all reveal the path that led to the Negotiator Trilogy......and most of all, of Sarah Hopkins, a beauty born to London’s slaughterfields centuries ago, whose love for thedragonlord Janx and master vampire Daisani ravaged a city. This is the story of London burning.This is the story of the YEAR OF MIRACLES...and other tales of the Old Races.
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Through the Fire

Through the Fire

C. E. Murphy

C. E. Murphy

Some things do go bump in the night. It used to be that run-of-the-mill monsters were the Cassidy brothers' bread and butter. Then Nick chose college over bounty hunting, and Chris was left to keep up the good fight on his own. They haven't spoken in years, and resentment seethes between them. But when solving the mystery of their father's death draws Nick home and unlocks a freakish magical power within him, the brothers must set aside their differences as they are drawn toward a celestial war that will spill over into the earthly realm—unless their bond is stronger than the powers of Heaven and Hell themselves.
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Kiss of Angels

Kiss of Angels

C. E. Murphy

C. E. Murphy

REVEL IN THE CHAOS OF THE AFTERMATHThe laws that governed the Old Races for time immemorial have been broken. Ancient rivals are scattered. Friendships are ended. What was hidden begins to step out of shadow and into the light.And after millennia of imagining this moment, the Old Races discover they are unprepared for what it brings.Human magic subtly infiltrates the world as dreamwalkers face down dragonlords and Orpheus's mythical songs resonate through ancient bloodlines. Through it all, pirate, queen, and vigilante Grace O'Malley is drawn back into the world she was banished from centuries ago: the world of the living. Cursed by a witch, the deepest of all human magics, she searches for the impossible, the one thing that even the Old Races agree doesn't exist:The kiss of angels....
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Stone's Throe

Stone's Throe

C. E. Murphy

C. E. Murphy

A monster—a mobster—a lover. Le Monstre aux Yeux Verts, the Green-Eyed Monster, holds Paris under his thumb, but young Amelia Stone vows to free her parents from his influence at any cost. Born to carry the spirit of justice through a new century, she risks everything—even the love of her family's mysterious Benefactor—to right the wrongs the Green-Eyed Monster has wrought...and in one crumbling moment, she both succeeds, and loses everything... But when rumor of all-too-familiar danger returns, Amelia fears her long-ago successes were failures after all. A new phantom haunts Josephine Baker, star of the Parisian opera house, and Amelia is determined that Josephine won't suffer the same losses her own family did many years ago. In order to keep the singer safe, Amelia must face her own regrets, reckon with her oldest enemy...and once more find herself in love's throes. Because Hell may have no...
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