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(0)Rachel Hawkins
Author
Language
English
Description
"When Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore dies, she's not only North Carolina's richest woman, she's also its most notorious. The victim of a famous kidnapping as a child and a widow four times over, Ruby ruled the tiny town of Tavistock from Ashby House, her family's estate high in the Blue Ridge mountains. In the aftermath of her death, that estate--along with a nine-figure fortune and the complicated legacy of being a McTavish--pass...
2) The villa
Author
Language
English
Description
"As kids, Emily and Chess were inseparable. But by their 30s, their bond has been strained by the demands of their adult lives. So when Chess suggests a girls' trip to Italy, Emily jumps at the chance to reconnect with her best friend. Villa Aestas in Orvieto is a high-end holiday home now, but in 1974, it was known as Villa Rosato, and rented for the summer by a notorious rock star, Noel Gordon. In an attempt to reignite his creative spark, Noel...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Meet Jane. Newly arrived to Birmingham, Alabama, Jane is a broke dog-walker in Thornfield Estates--a gated community full of McMansions, shiny SUVs, and bored housewives. The kind of place where no one will notice if Jane lifts the discarded tchotchkes and jewelry off the side tables of her well-heeled clients. Where no one will think to ask if Jane is her real name. But her luck changes when she meets Eddie Rochester. Recently widowed, Eddie is...
Author
Language
English
Description
When Lux McAllister and her boyfriend, Nico, are hired to sail two women to a remote island in the South Pacific, it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. Stuck in a dead-end job in Hawaii, and longing to travel the world after a family tragedy, Lux is eager to climb on board The Susannah and set out on an adventure. She's also quick to bond with their passengers, college best friends Brittany and Amma. The two women say they want to travel off...
5) Hex Hall
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Series
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Sophie attracts too much human attention for a prom-night spell gone horribly wrong, she is exiled to Hex Hall, an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium, a.k.a. witches, faeries, and shapeshifters.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her sort-of-best friend/sort-of-girlfriend has been kissing someone else, Millie Quint decides to apply for scholarships to boarding schools...the farther from Houston the better. She's accepted into an exclusive schools located in the rolling highlands of Scotland. The only problem: her new roommate Flora is a total princess. Like, an actual princess. Of Scotland. At first, the girls can barely stand each other, but soon Millie is another sort-of-best-friend/sort-of-girlfriend....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
720L
Physical Desc
327 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Just as Sophie Mercer has come to accept her magical powers as a demon, the Prodigium Council strips them away and leaves her alone, defenseless, and at the mercy of her enemies the Brannicks, a family of warrior women who hunt down the Prodigium.
9) Demonglass
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
770L
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After learning that she is capable of dangerous magic, Sophie Mercer goes to England with her father, friend Jenna, and Cal hoping to have her powers removed, but soon she learns that she is being hunted by the Eye--and haunted by Elodie.
10) Rebel belle
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
HL 780L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Harper Price's charmed life is turned upside down when she discovers she's been given magical powers in order to protect her school nemesis David Stark, who's an Oracle"--
11) Miss Mayhem
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2015.
Lexile measure
870L
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Harper Price and her new boyfriend and oracle David Stark face new challenges as the powerful Ephors seek to claim David for their own"--
12) Royals
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
950L
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Daisy's older sister gets engaged to the Crown Prince of Scotland, Daisy makes the royal rule-book all her own"--
Meet Daisy Winters. She's an offbeat sixteen-year-old Floridian with mermaid-red hair; a part time job at a bootleg Walmart, and a perfect older sister who's nearly engaged to the Crown Prince of Scotland. Daisy has no desire to live in the spotlight, but relentless tabloid attention forces her join Ellie at the relative seclusion...
Author
Publisher
Umbriel
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
318 pages ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
Cuando eran niños, Emily y Chess eran inseparables. Pero cuando cumplieron los 30, su vínculo se vio tenso por las exigencias de su vida adulta. Entonces, cuando Chess sugiere un viaje de chicas a Italia, Emily aprovecha la oportunidad para volver a conectarse con su mejor amiga. Villa Aestas en Orvieto es ahora una casa de vacaciones de lujo, pero en 1974 era conocida como Villa Rosato y la alquilaba durante el verano una famosa estrella de rock,...
14) Journey's end
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
930L
Physical Desc
286 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Faced with a mysterious, deadly fog bank in a seaside Scottish village, new friends Nolie and Bel look for ways to stop it--coming across an ancient spell that requires magic, a quest, and a sacrifice.
15) Ruby & Olivia
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2017]
Lexile measure
870L
Physical Desc
240 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Quiet Olivia and brash Ruby, her twin sister's best friend, paired at a summer camp for troublemakers to work in an old mansion, must really unite when strange things begin to happen.
16) Prince charming
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
950L
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Daisy's older sister gets engaged to the Crown Prince of Scotland, Daisy makes the royal rulebook all her own." - provided by the publisher.
Meet Daisy Winters. She's an offbeat sixteen-year-old Floridian with mermaid-red hair; a part time job at a bootleg Walmart, and a perfect older sister who's nearly engaged to the Crown Prince of Scotland. Daisy has no desire to live in the spotlight, but relentless tabloid attention forces her join Ellie...