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"In an isolated lighthouse on the California coast, Rowan Winterbourne lives a solitary life with only her secrets for company. For she has a mission that drives her -- to avenge herself against Gregory Torval, the powerful drug and arms dealer who murdered her mother and vowed to eliminate everyone in her family. Then Joe Grantham arrives at her door and, for the first time, Rowan lets her guard down -- a dangerous mistake when he blackmails her...
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The Uncommoners volume 3
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
276 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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"Ivy and her friends travel to Nubrook, the magical trading city under New York to look for Valian's long-lost sister Rosie and put an end to the Dirge once and for all"--
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Pub. Date
2024.
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"Daphne Bell believes the universe has a plan in store for her. Ever since she was young, whenever she met a new guy, Daphne would find a slip of paper with exactly how long they'd spend together--4 months, two weeks, one night. That's how she met her ex-boyfriend and current best friend, Hugo, the only person in Daphne's life who knows of her secret. Followed by a string of men and countless dates, Daphne resigned herself to the fact that she was...
4) Medusa
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Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
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277 pages : 1 illustration ; 22 cm.
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Publisher Annotation: From National Book Award finalist Katherine Marsh: Percy Jackson meets The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy in this fantastical adventure about Ava, who attends a boarding school for the descendants of Greek monsters and uncovers a terrible secret that could change the world forever.
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Osborn Brothers volume 2
Publisher
Canary Street Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
329 pages ; 24 cm.
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"Jedidiah Stephens came to the Colorado Rockies for one reason: to uncover the truth behind the fire that killed her family. She's been chasing down clues, and everything has led her to an isolated campground. Her plan is to get a job there so she can investigate who comes and goes. Getting involved with her boss, Memphis Osborn, the ruggedly handsome groundskeeper, is definitely not part of the plan. When Jedidiah arrives on the scene, Memphis just...
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Remixed classics volume 9
Pub. Date
2024.
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Oliver Bennet, trapped by societal expectations to live as female, discovers the possibility of love and freedom when he forms a connection with Darcy, but is faced with the choice of living a secure but inauthentic life or risking everything for true self-expression and love.
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Editorial Planeta Mexicana
Pub. Date
2023.
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669 pages ; 24 cm
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"Prep̀rate para conocer los secretos de Jesse Ward. Paso los d̕as refugiado en La Mansi̤n, lo ︢nico que deseo es beber y olvidar, estoy roto por dentro. El placer y el alcohol son mi ︢nica redenci̤n... Todo parec̕a oscuro hasta que lleg̤ ella, Ava, ofrecǐndome algo que nunca cre̕ posible: una distracci̤n de mi tormento diario, una especie de paz. Me ha hechizado, y por primera vez en muchos ąos, siento c̤mo retumba mi coraz̤n. Las...
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Empyrean volume 1
Publisher
Editorial Planeta M�exico
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
522 pages : maps ; 23 cm.
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�El libro de fantas�ia m�as adictivo que he le�ido en una d�ecada! .--Tracy Wolff, autora bestseller del New York Times Bestseller del New York Times Un drag�on sin su jinete es una tragedia. Un jinete sin su drag�on est�a muerto. --Art�iculo uno, secci�on uno del C�odigo de jinetes de dragones Violet Sorrengail cre�ia que a sus veinte a�nos se unir�ia al Cuadrante de los Escribas para vivir una vida tranquila, estudiando...
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"A ghostly estate. A handsome caretaker hiding a secret. And the intrepid Hyacinth Bell who is set on solving the mystery of both. 1887, the Cornwall coast. For years, rumors have flown through the village of Suttonsbury about Ashthorne Hall-that its occupants hoard pirate treasure, that a ghost walks its halls-but botanist Hyacinth Bell only cares about the estate's extensive, one-of-a-kind orchid collection. As an independent woman, she is eager...
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Publisher
Cross Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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331 pages ; 23 cm
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Edimburgo, 1817. En una época en la que la mayor meta de las mujeres es casarse, el sueño de Hazel Sinnett es convertirse en cirujana. Para Jack Currer la vida tampoco es fácil: sobrevive saqueando tumbas y vendiendo lo que encuentra en ellas es una ciudad llena de peligros. Sus caminos se cruzarán cuando, para poder formarse académicamente, Hazel hace un trato con un renombrado médico: si consigue superar al examen de ingreso, podrá estudiar...
12) The echo chamber
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Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
510 pages ; 20 cm
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"What a thing of wonder a mobile phone is. Six ounces of metal, glass and plastic, fashioned into a sleek, shiny, precious object. At once, a gateway to other worlds--and a treacherous weapon in the hands of the unwary, the unwitting, the inept. The Cleverley family live a gilded life, little realising how precarious their privilege is, just one tweet away from disaster. George, the patriarch, is a stalwart of television interviewing, a 'national...
13) Verdad o reto
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Editorial Planeta Mexicana
Pub. Date
noviembre de 2023.
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124 pages ; 23 cm
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"Cuatro amigos. Última noche del año. Los adolescentes Liv, Martina, Max y Anton, amigos desde la infancia, están ansiosos por celebrar esta Nochevieja juntos divirtiéndose, bebiendo y coqueteando, mientras espían a sus padres en la casa de al lado. Cuatro secretos. Hay que arriesgarse y transgredir las reglas. Cuando empiezan a jugar, primero al Monopoly, después a «verdad o reto», la fiesta sube de tono. No tardarán en descubrir que detrás...
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Narrativa/Salamandra
Pub. Date
2023.
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782 pages : map ; 23 cm
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"El pacto del agua sigue a una familia que sufre una afliccion peculiar: en cada generacion, al menos una persona muere ahogada, y en Kerala el agua esta en todas partes. A principios del siglo XX, una nina de doce anos es enviada en barco para contraer matrimonio con un hombre de cuarenta al que no conoce. A partir de entonces, la joven y futura matriarca, conocida como Big Ammachi, sera testigo de cambios impensables: una historia llena de alegrias,...
15) The guest
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Pub. Date
2024.
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"New York Times bestselling author B. A. Paris captivated psychological thriller readers everywhere with Behind Closed Doors. Now she invites you into another heart-pounding home full of secrets, in The Guest. Some secrets never leave. Iris and Gabriel have just arrived home from a make-or-break holiday. But a shock awaits them. One of their closest friends, Laure, is in their house. The atmosphere quickly becomes tense as she oversteps again and...
16) Gaslight
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Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Comany
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
380 pages ; 25 cm.
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"A shadow has fallen over the megachurch in Ogun State, Nigeria: the beloved Bishop Dawodu has been arrested for the murder of his wife. Sade Dawodu has vanished without a trace and although no body has been found, the police have acted based on what they claim is damning evidence. Philip Taiwo, hot off the success of solving the Okriki Three case, is brought on to investigate. He quickly learns that Sade, young, impulsive, and outspoken, is no favorite...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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"No man truly fears a woman. Not even one who is her father's daughter. The case was sensational. Kaylee Pierson had confessed from the very beginning, waived all appeals. She had called herself "death," but people called her the devil. Despite the media's chronicling of her tragic circumstances-the childhood spent with a violent father-no one could find sympathy for "the Beautiful Butcher" who had led eighteen men home from bars before viciously...
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Pub. Date
2024.
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Best friends don't always have the best intentions. On a brisk fall night in a New York apartment, 35-year-old Billie West hears terrified screams. It's her lifelong best friend Cassie Barnwell, one floor above, and she's just realized her infant daughter has gone missing. Billie is shaken as she looks down into her own arms to see the baby, remembering - with a jolt of fear - that she is responsible for the kidnapping that has instantly shattered...
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Yen Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
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171 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm
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"Shijima-san is willing to help Nene and her friends escape from the painting, but they don't have much time to reach the distant exit. To make matters worse, Hanako-kun is pulling out all the stops to keep them from leaving. And when Nene pours all her feelings into trying to convince him to let them go, she's shocked by the genuine emotion that wells up from out of him in response"--Provided by publisher.
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Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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344 pages ; 22 cm
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Noah Byrd is the perfect boy. At least, that's what he needs to convince his new classmates of to prove his gender. His plan? Join the school's illustrious (and secret) Borrow a Boyfriend Club, whose members rent themselves out for dates. Once he's accepted among the bros, the "slip-ups" end. But Noah's interview is a flop. Desperate, he strikes a deal with the club's prickly but attractive president, Asher. Noah will help them win an annual talent...
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