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From one of the most admired literary voices of our time, a magical, riveting story of doomed love, set at the fall of Russia's last Tsar.St. Petersburg, 1917: as the New Year dawns, a diver pulls the murdered body of Rasputin, the Mad Monk, from the icy waters of the Neva River. Hours later, his daughters are taken to the Tsar's palace, where the Tsarina makes a shocking request: would Masha, 18, take on her father's role as healer at the sickbed of the Tsarevitch Alyosha? Shaken, Masha agrees to do what she can for the young prince, haunted as she is by questions about her father's powers and her future in a country accelerating toward political apocalypse.Two months later, the Bolshevik Revolution forces the Tsar to abdicate, and the whole royal family is placed under arrest in the Alexander Palace. Trapped together in increasingly harsh living conditions, Masha and Alyosha find themselves taking increasing solace in one another's company. The two teenagers, with radically different experiences of Russia, of Rasputin, and of Alyosha's parents' unlucky reign, create a private realm of magic and of love, as Masha introduces the young Tsarevitch to a wild and beautiful land he will never live to rule.An unusual love story, stitched delicately into the rich tapestry of Russian history, Enchantments brings to life the final days of Rasputin and the Romanovs. It is a breathtaking tour-de-force by one of our most acclaimed writers.

She’s the vampire that could destroy a nation At least, that’s what detective Finn thinks of Tara Fox.He’s convinced she’s been sent to take out the president. She’s the most attractive assassin he’s ever faced, but that won’t keep him from his duty. Tara has always been caught between worlds.As a vampire born and raised in Key West, she has many friends among the humans.Friends that are fighting and dying in the Civil War. When her strange dreams began, she thought of them as abstract visions. But she now knows that she must protect the president at all costs. Finn still won’t trust her. But Tara will do whatever it takes to save the president, even if it costs her heart.