Shanna Swendson
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Ballantine Books
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c2005
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IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 16
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Katie Chandler moves to New York in order to make her mark in the business world, but is unprepared for the adventures she encounters when she is approached by MSI, a company that deals in magic, spells, and illusions.
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Worst Job Interview Ever! Alexa "Lucky Lexie" Lincoln has always had a nose for news and a knack for being first on the scene whenever there's a big story. Now her luck seems to have run out. First, she loses her reporting job. Then she gets an interview for a job at a small-town paper, only to find the editor dead on the newsroom floor. That makes her a suspect in the eyes of local policeman Wes Mosby.To make matters worse, someone sabotages her...
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Is she missing, or was she ever there?
As a newspaper reporter, Lexie Lincoln knows a good story when she sees one, and when a source doesn't show up for an interview and doesn't answer her phone, Lexie feels certain there's something wrong. This woman is a visitor to town, on her own and vulnerable, and Lexie may be the only person to realize she's gone missing.
The weird thing is that nobody else remembers seeing this woman, even though Lexie met...
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The wedding was cancelled, but the honeymoon is pure magic Left at the altar, Claire Jennings wasn't going to let a cancelled wedding get in the way of her honeymoon trip to New York City, especially since she'd already paid for it. But a chance encounter and a good deed send her vacation in an entirely unexpected direction, drawing her into a side of the city that tourists don't see-and neither do most New Yorkers. After she meets a handsome stranger...
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Tea, Love … and Revolution!
The Rebel Mechanics aren't the only group plotting revolution against the magical British Empire. There are rebel magisters, as well, and Verity Newton and her magister employer, Lord Henry, know that the only way for the revolution to succeed is if both groups work together. A diplomatic mission seems like the perfect opportunity for them to meet with rebels in other colonies and gather support – right under the governor's...
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Whenever magical malfeasance is afoot, Sam's your man. Or gargoyle, as the case may be. As head of security for Magic, Spells, and Illusions, Inc., Sam makes sure the company's people and secrets are safe. In his spare time, he keeps an eye on the city, looking for skullduggery that only a magical gargoyle can take care of.
When he spots an alarming outbreak of garden gnomes, he knows there's danger brewing-and not just because of the kitsch overload....
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Once Upon a Time ...The Enchanted, Inc. series told the story of a young woman who was so ordinary that she was extraordinary, and she became the secret weapon of the magical world.Now return to that world in this collection of stories related to the Enchanted, Inc. series. See how events mentioned in the series actually happened and get a look at what happened next after the end of the series.New stories in this collection include:Spelling Test –...
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Small-time Crime, Big-time Danger Of all the crimes to plague the idyllic small town of Stirling Mills, Texas, Lexie Lincoln never expected jewelry theft. But thieves are breaking into local homes, stealing cheap costume jewelry and stirring up paranoia. When a ghost suggests that the jewelry may be more valuable than anyone realizes, Lexie finds herself delving into forgotten chapters of the town's strange history. It seems the jewelry might actually...
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Locking the doors may not keep a killer out Lexie Lincoln hoped the Saturday outing Wes Mosby planned would be a date, a step toward defining their ambiguous relationship, but it turns out to be something better: a story. Wes fears there was something shady about the construction of a bridge that collapsed in a recent storm. It's out of his jurisdiction, but he thinks Lexie's just the person to dig into it. She suspects Wes might be right when the...
10) Rebels Rising
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Risking all for freedom — and love
The governor has disbanded the Colonial Assembly, removing the last shred of representative government from American shores. The Rebel Mechanics and their magister allies can't let the Empire get away with that. The time has come to act.
But to truly start turning the wheels of revolution, they need popular support from ordinary laborers, housewives, students, and the middle class-people outside the rebel movements....
11) A Kind of Magic
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Dancing on Ice …
The holiday season in New York City is supposed to be magical, but it's not yet Thanksgiving, and what's happening isn't that kind of magic.
The fairy world seems to be bleeding into the human world. Strange white horses carry people into the Central Park lake. Children are disappearing from their beds. Unearthly snow flurries pepper the air while odd pockets of summer appear randomly in Central Park. There's even a suspicious...
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Christmas comes but once a year-unless you're Natalie Miller.
Natalie isn't sure what she really wants out of life. Singing with an a capella group is her real love, but it's hard to let go of the security of her day job, even though it's interfering with her busy holiday show schedule. Torn between her options, she flips a coin, but can't bring herself to look at the result.
The next thing she knows, she's living every December day twice. At first,...
13) To Catch a Queen
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Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown – especially the crown of the fairy realm…
Sophie Drake has made a promise, and she never breaks her word. She will free Michael Murray's long-lost wife from the fairy realm even if her intensifying feelings for him make it the most painful thing she's ever done.
But Sophie is running out of time. Dark fae forces are stirring, threatening the human world. To make matters worse, humans are being cast out...
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It's the event someone's dying to attend . . . The grand-opening party at a new bed-and-breakfast in a vintage farmhouse that's supposedly haunted poses quite the dilemma for Lexie Lincoln. Most of the other guests are noted ghost hunters, and since Lexie actually can see ghosts, she'll know whether they're frauds and whether the inn really is haunted. But showing what she knows or honestly reporting on what she sees and hears would make her sound...
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Someone knows who's been naughty, and they're not being nice about it Lexie Lincoln is excited about the holiday season. Stirling Mills puts on a big celebration, with elaborate light displays and numerous events. It'll be like living in one of those TV Christmas movies she binges every December. There's just one damper on her holiday spirit: the Secret Santa, an information vigilante who seems to have access to the Naughty list and who is sharing...
16) Spindled
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She'd always read fairy tales. She didn't expect to find herself living one . . . Once upon a time, a princess was brought to a strange land for safekeeping, until the day the curse placed on her in infancy expired and she could return to her kingdom. Lucy Jordan is not that princess. But thanks to a case of mistaken identity, she's kidnapped by an evil enchantress's men and taken to a magical world, where she finds herself living out a story that...
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To Do: Manage Magical Mayhem, Save the Company, Save the World
Katie Chandler is back in New York and at Magic, Spells, and Illusions, Inc. – and just in time. The city's in the grip of a magical crime wave from spells that wizarding whiz Owen Palmer thinks look awfully familiar, and the rogue firm Spellworks is raising its profile in the magical world by selling protective amulets. It's Katie's job as the new director of marketing for MSI to fight...
18) Frogs and Kisses
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The weather is getting cold, but the frog population in New York is on the rise, thanks to a magical mafia that has a unique method for getting their enemies out of the way. When wizard Owen Palmer at Magic, Spells, and Illusions, Inc., gets a cryptic threat that the secretive organization called the Collegium is gunning for them, Katie Chandler puts their wedding on hold and goes undercover as a compromised magical immune to infiltrate the enemy.
It's...
19) Kiss and Spell
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With great power comes great danger…
When a freak accident leaves Katie Chandler with magical powers, it seems like a wish come true for the former magical immune. But it also means she's vulnerable to magic, just when the dangerous Elf Lord is cooking up another scheme in his bid for power. Anyone who gets in his way disappears-including Katie and her wizard boyfriend, Owen Palmer.
Now Katie's under a spell that obscures her true identity, living...
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A Questing We Will Go
Now that the Magic, Spells, and Illusions, Inc. team has defeated the nefarious Spellworks, the only "competition" in town, Katie Chandler doesn't have much to do as director of marketing, and she's starting to question her role at MSI. Her boyfriend Owen Palmer, on the other hand, is in hog heaven, translating an ancient and powerful magical manuscript.
But then he finds that the cryptic text describing the location of an...