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"Felton!" Jorfindr grabbed him by the shoulders. The squire caught a faint hint of the wine on his breath. "It only hunts at night!" When an unwelcome visitor brings death to their doorstep, a young squire and a witch's novitiate must race against time to save themselves, and the ones they love, from a gruesome end. For in their world of runic magic and divine witchcraft, the long-forgotten horrors of the past stir once again…
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Shae Kinnon always knew his role as the frontman of glam rock band Spicy Hyena came with rules, but he didn't know it meant losing himself.Shae is everything Robert Courtenay is not – unattainable, beguiling and mysterious with looks and a voice to die for. In Shae, Robert created the perfect rock star and fulfilled his lifelong dream of creating a successful rock act.After four years, Shae is done with being Robert's puppet. He is lonely, homesick...
23) Lucette
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Named after her mother, Lucette is raised by her maiden Aunt Sophie in New York City, her mother having died during the typhoid epidemic of 1906-1907. The story opens in 1923. Just having reached her majority, at twenty-one, Lucette is sent to Giverny, France, ostensibly to study garden design and gardening under the tutelage of Claude Monet's lead gardener. As a budding watercolorist, she looks upon this as an opportunity to explore her own artistic...
24) A Reason to Run
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Set in 1980s suburban Chicago, A Reason to Run is a thrilling and heartwarming coming-of-age story about a teenage boy who learns how to live after a tragic accident nearly ends his life. Days before his senior year of high school, a violent bicycling accident destroys Sam Bagliarello's plans to escape the isolation of his hometown and his family's battles with substance abuse, mental illness, and financial ruin. When Sam starts running as physical...
25) Percival
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Percival Klein was stricken with polio when he was only two years old. His coming of age is an ongoing battle to navigate life without the use of his left leg and limited use of his right, and despite the cruelty of a world with little compassion for those with disabilities and handicaps. His saving grace is music…and then he meets Helen.
26) Sinner's Revenge
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Efrem's death destroyed me. Now all I live for is our secret child. The love of my life was killed by a man I despise: Mikhail Sidorov-the same man I married to protect Efrem's unborn son.For years, my vindictive husband has used my son to torment me. To make me complicit in his sordid Bratva affairs.But when I discover Efrem is alive, everything changes.Mikhail has kept him prisoner just floors below me all this time.Until now.I want to run away...
27) If I Shall Speak
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In the beginning of young Nettie's life, her lone escape from brutality was in deep silence, until a stranger knocked on the front door of her vile family's house. With that knock a thread was pulled and an unraveling began. That stranger and Nettie were led to an unpredictable, mysterious string of events that wove a different future for Nettie and those she encountered. Were there forces at play directing events, and could Nettie find the strength...
28) The Reputation
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Abilene Richmond has lived all her life in a boarding school run by nuns.Now at eighteen, she makes a deal with her Dad to attend her senior year at BHPA.There she meets the New A-Team, her brother's heirs to the social power at the Academy.But these boys have a reputation: there was a sex scandal, a trial and now everyone fears them even if they were acquitted.Sparks fly when Abi meets them at her first high school party but by Monday morning, the...
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Coming of age in Victorian England.In 1887, twelve-year-old orphan Lucy Richards is taken secretly into the care of a half-pay captain in an isolated farmhouse several miles from the small town of Croome. Lucy's mother founded hospitals in India and Natal, and when news of her death arrives in Britain the press tries to find the child. But they can't find her hidden away with Captain Hart – nor when she stays at Beauchamp Manor with the local squire,...
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Cian is the only being capable of unfolding the events foretold in the Prophecy. However,as the Chosen, he must claim his soul mate first.After waiting centuries, his partner should be his equal-as powerful as he-physically capable of handling the daemon possessing him, capable of fulfilling the prophecy.Fate has a way of playing silly games with Immortals...they gave him Candace...
31) Just One Kiss
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The heart wants what it wants and mine has never stopped wanting her.London Canterbury and I were never meant to be.Her family was rich. She was cheer captain. The most popular girl in our school while I was the opposite. Poor, nerdy, and invisible. Eight years ago, I kissed the hell out of her, knowing I was never going to see her again. Or so I thought. Because here I am, rescuing none other than London who crashed her car into a tree in the middle...
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En un mundo que impone una sola manera de pensar y percibir, es indispensable la búsqueda de la conciencia y de la verdad, este el tema fundamental de la novela.Rodrigo, el personaje principal, visita una eco aldea sustentable. En alguna charla se habla sobre las prácticas del sistema que buscan dominar y controlar a las personas. Rodrigo, inquieto por la conversación, se sumerge en un camino por encontrar preguntas más que respuestas. En esta...
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Seven anecdotes about two Canadian neighbors in the world-famous city of Niagara Falls, one is a born Canadian the other is an immigrant. One is a conservative, and the other is liberal. One washes his beloved cars - his got two -the other plants petunias and geraniums. They hardly agree on anything but live together in peace as inseparable good friends.Plus, a generous selection of short stories, some humorous, others thought-provoking.
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Begin the breakthrough equestrian series now!Jules Thornton galloped into Ocala in Ambition, and she was determined to never leave Florida's horse country. With her gaze set firmly on becoming Three-Day Eventing's newest star, Jules isn't afraid of anything the equestrian world can throw at her.But she'll have to weather hurricanes, master her temper, and make difficult decisions as she seeks to take her place as a top horsewoman. Always putting her...
35) Legacy of Kenzo
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In "Legacy of Kenzo," readers will embark on a journey with Kenzo, a young teen forced to flee his homeland, a once-prosperous kingdom now ravaged by a devastating war, and seek solace in a foreign land. While in this new land, Kenzo discovers he possesses two extraordinary abilities: supernatural strength and indestructible skin, setting the stage for a thrilling adventure.
As Kenzo grapples with his newfound powers, he uncovers a startling truth:...
36) Earned innocence
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Written in first person, the author puts us in the boots of a seventeen year old American male as he joins the military seeking adventure and a "wake-up call", he awakes, more than he ever imagined, albeit twenty years later.
Transcending military fiction, Earned innocence enters the realm of contemporary and coming of age stories,
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Our perception of people when we are young may be quite interesting whether it is how we view family members or neighbours. But again a kid may have mixed feelings - and therefore mixed reactions - to people which we may not necessarily understand. Unless, of course, we see things from his point of view. JIMMY and his ANCESTOR is a humorous narrative about a young boy forced to grapple with the reality of who his grandfather is when he is forced to...
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My name is Dirk MatthewsI own a gym.I'm a Personal trainer.And I'm a single Dad.The first two were planned, not the third.I had it all including my forever woman, Ella Carson. Our affair was a hot and heavy one, which resulted in a pregnancy.Ella had a dream. That dream was realized when she received a call from Hollywood. How could I stand in the way of Ella's dream?Left to take care of my baby on my own, I was determined to be the best father possible....
39) Ellie: Volume1
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Awkward, shy, antisocial, bashful and overly self-conscious are some of the words that describe seventeen year old Ellie Eguchi. But her juxtaposing nature of caring, assured self esteem, confidence and unflinching spirit are what keep her in a positive mindset with an optimistic outlook on life. At school, she keeps to herself and prefers to eat lunch away from everyone else. Torn between taking over the family bread and sweets shop or choosing a...
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A stunning domestic thriller in the vein of Kimberly McCreight's Reconstructing Amelia
When Lizzie Thorne's charismatic older sister Anna is killed in a tragic fall from the roof of her school, everyone is devastated. A year later, grief still has its icy grip on the Thorne family.
Mrs. Thorne has retreated from her life and is desperate to find someone to blame for her daughter's death. Mr. Thorne is doing his best to care for his family but...
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