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Sink your teeth into the first novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse seriesโ€”the books that gave life to the Dead and inspired the HBOยฎ original series True Blood.


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The Alchemy of Desire by Crista McHugh

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Confessions of a Queen B*, August 2015
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Summer on Main Street, July 2015
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A Seductive Melody, September 2014
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The Heart's Game, July 2014
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Alphas After Dark, April 2014
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Falling for the Wingman, March 2014
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Breakaway Hearts, February 2014
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The Sweetest Seduction, January 2014
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Deception's Web, December 2013
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Poisoned Web, November 2013
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A Very Scandalous Holiday, October 2013
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Trouble, Chaos and Vengeance: The Complete Soulbearer Trilogy, August 2013
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A Soul For Vengeance, May 2013
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Tangled Web, October 2012
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A Soul For Chaos, October 2012
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A Waltz at Midnight, March 2012
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A Soul For Trouble, February 2012
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The Alchemy of Desire, May 2011
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Angelic Surrender, August 2010
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Heart of a Huntress, March 2010
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Provoking the Spirit, October 2009
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Danni's Boy, August 2009
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THE ALCHEMY OF DESIRE
By: Crista McHugh

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Carina Press
May 2011
On Sale: April 25, 2011
Featuring: Diah Reynolds; Oni Matthews
ISBN: 1426891504
EAN: 9781426891502
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Fantasy Steampunk

After winning the Civil War against the Confederate Wielders, the Union Machinists have outlawed magic to usher in a new age of steam-powered technology. Diah, an alchemist and the only non-wielder in his family, owes his brother for saving his life in the war; so when Cager is blackmailed into procuring the magical hide of the White Buffalo, Diah accompanies him to the Dakota territory.

Their guide is Oni, a half-Lakota woman with plenty of secrets to hide. Sheโ€™s a magic wielder with an illegal wand concealed in her knifeโ€”and sheโ€™s a coyote shifter. To her people, killing the White Buffalo is not only sacrilege, itโ€™s dangerous. Oni has no intention of helping them actually achieve their missionโ€”until she falls in love with Diahโ€ฆ

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