City of Dark Magic — Magnus Flyte

PRAGUE IS A THRESHOLD TO ANOTHER WORLD -- A CITY STEEPED IN BLOOD WHERE THE FABRIC OF TIME IS THIN -- A CITY STEEPED IN BLOOD.

Once a city of enormous wealth and culture, Prague has been home to emperors, alchemists, astronomers, and, it's even been whispered, portals to hell. When music student Sarah Weston lands a lucrative summer job at Prague Castle cataloging Beethoven's manuscripts, she has no idea how dangerous her life is about to become.

Shortly after she arrives, strange things begin to happen. Sarah learns that her mentor, who had been working at the castle, may not have committed suicide after all. Soon she finds herself in a cloak-and-dagger chase with a handsome, time-traveling prince; a four-hundred-year-old dwarf; and a U.S. senator who will do anything to keep her dark secrets hidden.

Fast-paced and wildly imaginative, City of Dark Magic could be called a rom-com paranormal suspense novel -- or it could simply be called one of the most entertaining novels of the year.