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41) Ruthless fae
Author
Series
Zodiac Academy volume 2
Publisher
[Nielsen]
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"They tried to break us. They almost did. But we're not going anywhere. The Celestial Heirs think the stars are on their side. But they don't know what's coming. We have to be smart. Fighting them one on one isn't an option so we have to be stealthy. Remaining under the radar won't be easy, but if we pull it off, they'll never suspect our involvement when their lives start falling apart. Besides, they've already taken us to the brink of hell, what...
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"When most of the NUMA crew is exposed to a dangerous substance called the Black Mist, they fall into a deathlike sleep. With their own men and women on the line, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala must race to find a cure buried in ancient Egyptian lore. Desperate to save their friends, they'll place their trust in a mysterious new ally, a doctor who knows more than she lets on. But this may not be their only sacrifice, as Kurt and Joe learn that the Black...
43) The terminal man
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A computer specialist suffering from violent seizures has electrodes implanted in his brain to soothe his impulses. He soon learns to program the implants himself, and escapes the hospital, a homicidal maniac with a deadly agenda.
44) Gold
Author
Series
Plated prisoner volume 5
Publisher
[Raven Kennedy]
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Book 5 of this adult fantasy series continues in this epic story inspired by the myth of King Midas, fae, and fated romance -- Amazon.
"Auren and Slade have been ripped apart. They will have to face startling truths and unexpected enemies to get back to each other. But rot and gold are not the only forces at work"--Back cover.
45) The edible woman
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Ever since her engagement, the strangest thing has been happening to Marian McAlpin: she can't eat. First meat. Then eggs, vegetables, cake, pumpkin seeds--everything! Worse yet, she has the crazy feeling that she's being eaten. Marian ought to feel consumed with passion. But really she just feels...consumed. A brilliant and powerful work rich in irony and metaphor, The Edible Woman is an unforgettable materpiece by a true master of contemporary literary...
46) The bad girl
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
Español
Description
Presents the story of a love affair between a Peruvian translator and an adventurous and independent woman, "the bad girl," as it unfolds over the course of forty years, from Lima to London, Paris, Tokyo, and Madrid.
47) Embers of love
Author
Series
Striking a match volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In 1885 the logging industry in eastern Texas is booming, and Deborah Vandermark plans to assist her family's business now that she's completed college. Then she meets Dr. Christopher Clayton, sparking her interest not only in medicine and science--but the doctor, too. When typhoid begins to spread and her best friend's jilted fiancé returns, Deborah wonders if true love can overcome such obstacles ... for those dearest to her, and for herself.
48) Saving Sophie
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
"Jack Sommers was just an ordinary accountant from Chicago-that is, until his wife passed away, his young daughter was kidnapped, and he became the main suspect in an $88 million dollar embezzlement case. Now Jack is on the run, hoping to avoid the feds long enough to rescue his daughter, Sophie, from her maternal grandfather, a suspected terrorist in Palestine. With the help of investigative team Liam and Catherine, and a new CIA operative, a secret...
49) The end of Alice
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A.M. Homes examines the dark, disturbing corners of an American psyche that refuses to know itself despite a plethora of cover stories on abuse and of 12-step programs for sexual addicts. Set inside the head of a violent sex offender now in his 23rd year of confinement, The End of Alice masterfully captures the decadent, sometimes violent, aspects of sexual obsession and desire. -- from Amazon.
A teenage vamp enters into a bizarre correspondence...
50) The grass dancer
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
From the 1860s, when two lovers are separated by death, the cosmic drama of the two spirits desperately seeking to be reunited molds the lives and fates of their descendants, in a novel shaped by the lore of the Sioux.
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"The scion of a family of wealthy timber barons, David Burkett has grown up with a father who is a malevolent force and a mother made vague and numb by alcohol and pills. He and his sister Cynthia, a firecracker who scandalizes the family at fourteen by taking up with the son of their Finnish-Native American gardener, are mostly left to make their own way. As David comes to adulthood-often guided and enlightened by the unforgettable, intractable,...
52) Watershed
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"On a windswept landscape somewhere north of Denver, Robert Hawkes, a feisty and dangerously curious hydrologist, finds himself enmeshed in a fight over Native American treaty rights. What begins for Robert as a peaceful fishing interlude ends in murder and the disclosure of government secrets. Everett mines history for this one, focusing on the relationships between Native American activist and Black Panther groups who bonded over their shared enemies...
53) Heartless sky
Author
Series
Zodiac Academy volume 7
Publisher
[Caroline Peckham]
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The winds of fate are shifting, and it finally seems like they've been twisted in our favour. On the run and cast out from society, we've been forced to hide from the mad man who stole our throne. But as more secrets come to light and my sister and I work harder than ever before to reach our potential and claim our birth right, the end is finally drawing closer. There is no turning from this path now. The curse chases on our heels as time rushes...
Author
Series
Zodiac Academy volume 8
Publisher
[Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti]
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"All stars must fall. Bloody, lost, broken. We live to fight another day. But with so much stolen from us, can the fates ever twist in our favour again? My sister and I have been torn apart by shadows and despair, and now we each stand alone. Our sorrow is spun like a web, trapping us tight, and I fear our enemies will soon come to feast upon our souls. But if I have my way, the merciless sky will have dealt us its final fortune. It's time for us...
55) Audition
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"In this gloriously over-the-top tale, Aoyama, a widower who has lived alone with his son ever since his wife died seven years before, finally decides it is time to remarry. Since Aoyama is a bit rusty when it comes to dating, a filmmaker friend proposes that, in order to attract the perfect wife, they do a casting call for a movie they don’t intend to produce. As the résumés pile up, only one of the applicants catches Aoyama’s attention―Yamasaki...
Author
Publisher
Michael Reit
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"When the Jewish families of Berlin start disappearing in nightly raids, 21-year-old Jacob Kagan knows it's only a matter of time before the trucks come for him. Along with his family and best friend, he flees the country he's always called home to find shelter in a Dutch refugee camp. Before long, the Netherlands falls to the Nazi war machine - Jacob's new home is transformed into a transit camp with weekly trains bound for the horrors of the Eastern...
Author
Publisher
Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When a U.S. airdrop of billions of dollars disappears in the desert sands of Syria, only a small group of military operatives knows its ultimate destination or why it has been stolen. Their goal is no less than the restoration of Americas geopolitical dominance on the global stage. Essential to this scheme are Greta Webb, a sophisticated CIA operative who is an expert on dark money, not to mention lethally skilled in hand to hand combat, and Elias...
Author
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When Amarie Walker goes for something, she goes big--including starting over. Leaving her cheating ex and entire D.C. life in the rearview, she crash lands in a small town with no plan, no money, and no job. An opening at the animal clinic is the only gig for miles, no surprise considering the vet is a certified grump. If Eli Calvary ever cracked a smile, Amarie might faint on sight from shock. At least his adorable golden retriever appreciates her...
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"There is no peace in the hard country Tucker Snow is as tough as they come, hardened by decades working as an undercover narcotics agent for the Texas Department of Public Safety. Through special dispensation from the governor, he and his brother Harley cut a wide swath through the criminal element of Northeast Texas. But tragedy comes calling after taking a dream job as a special ranger with the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association,...
Author
Publisher
Hot-Lanta Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
He proposed... and I said yes. Normally a jovial occasion for a couple in love, but this proposal has a very different feel. Because the man that I'll be calling my husband blew into town with one thing on his mind... to make my life a living nightmare. So why did I say yes? Well, because we both need something from each other. Namely, I want the farm land he currently owns, and he needs a wife in order to inherit his family cabin in his grandfather's...
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