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Author
Publisher
Imprint
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
970L
Physical Desc
281 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Travel to Grishnaverse, a world of dark bargains struck by moonlight, of haunted towns and hungry woods, of talking beasts and gingerbread golems, where a young mermaid's voice can summon deadly storms and where a river might do a lovestruck boy's bidding but only for a terrible price. Inspired by myth, fairy tale, and folklore, author Leigh Bardugo has crafted a deliciously atmospheric collection of short stories filled with betrayals, revenge,...
82) Stygian
Author
Series
Dark-hunter novel volume 29
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Born before man recorded time, I lived for thousands of years believing myself to be something I'm not. Someone I'm not. Lied to and betrayed by gods, Daimons and Dark-Hunters, I've struggled to find my way in a world where I've been cursed since the moment I was prematurely ripped from my mother and planted into the womb of an innocent woman who thought me her son. Trained as a slayer and predator, I learned to fit in and stay low. To become a tool...
83) Burnt sugar
Author
Publisher
The Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
231 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In her youth, Tara was wild. She abandoned her loveless marriage to join an ashram, endured a brief stint as a beggar (mostly to spite her affluent parents), and spent years chasing after a dishevelled, homeless 'artist'--all with her young child in tow. Now she is forgetting things, and her grown-up daughter is faced with the task of caring for a woman who never cared for her. This is a love story and a story about betrayal. But not between lovers--between...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"She had the perfect life. She had the perfect cover. She was the perfect witness. Until they found her. From the blockbuster bestselling author of the Eve Duncan novels comes a new, stand alone thriller about a woman with a photographic memory who has lived her life in the Witness Protection Program. What she once saw put her entire family in jeopardy and now, years later, her cover is blown. She's on the run, and the lives of those she holds dear...
85) True colors
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2013, c1986.
Physical Desc
249 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
For two months, Jamie Garland had fallen in love... with a lie. Cade Santerre was every woman's fantasy - until the mask came off in a scandal that left Jamie shattered. Cade had pretended to be someone he wasn't. Worse, he'd used her in his elaborate attempt to catch a man he believed was a crook and a swindler. Though Cade's suspect had escaped, Cade was still around - raw, masculine, overwhelming. He had some unfinished business with the man who...
86) Sanditon
Author
Language
English
Description
Based on the manuscript Jane Austin wrote in the months before her death, "Sanditon" tells the story of the joyously impulsive, spirited, and unconventional Charlotte Heywood and her spiky relationship with the humorous, charming (and slightly wild) Sidney Parker. When a chance accident transports her from her rural hometown of Willingden to the would-be resort of Sanditon, she finds herself caught up in a whirlwind of romance, betrayal, and changing...
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
272 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
For each of the detectives at the agency, a betrayal becomes not only the driving force behind an investigation, but the source of the kind of resolve that cannot be derailed by threats. For Nameless, trying to find out who is gaslighting an old woman only exposes the ugly side of family.
89) One great lie
Author
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 800L
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Charlotte wins a scholarship to a writing workshop in Venice with the charismatic and brilliant Luca Bruni, it's a dream come true. Writing is her passion, she loves Bruni's books, and going to that romantic and magical sinking city gives her the chance to solve a long-time family mystery about a Venetian poet deep in their lineage, Isabella Di Angelo, who just might be the real author of a very famous poem. Bruni's villa on the eerie island...
90) Any minute now
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
367 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Red Rover is broken, finished, dead. The blackest of black ops teams is betrayed on a mission to capture and interrogate a mysterious Saudi. One of their own is killed, the remaining two barely get home alive. Then without warning or explanation the mission is shut down and Greg Whitman and Felix Orteño are left adrift in a world full of deathly shadows and unanswerable questions. Into their midst comes Charlize Daou, a brilliant, wildly talented...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
387 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
At loose ends after the devastating death of her mother, Una Richardson responds to an advertisement for a ladies' companion, a position that leads her into the wealthy, secluded world of Mrs. Elspeth McKenzie. But Elspeth's home isn't the comforting haven it seems. Kathryn, her cold and bitter daughter, resents Una's presence. More disturbing is evidence suggesting two girls lived here before her. What happened to the young women? Why won't the McKenzie's...
92) Out of time
Author
Series
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
After his latest mission goes wrong, a special operations commander tries to clear his name and discover the truth about the spy who betrayed his team--the woman he had planned to marry.
93) The two mothers
Author
Series
Faerieground volume 7
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
540L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lucy is sick, and Caro the betrayer has taken her and flown away--and it is up to Soli to track them down and find a cure for her best friend's illness.
Author
Series
Gathering of dragons volume 1
Publisher
Jove
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
542 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Vowing to avenge his parents' murders even if it costs him the Parsathean crown, barbarian warrior Maddek kidnaps the king's daughter who shocks him by proposing a marriage to unite them in their goals and destroy her father.
96) French kiss
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When her fiance is smitten by a beautiful Frenchwoman, Kate flies to Paris determined to win him back. However, nothing prepares her for Luc, a cunning, sexy Frenchman with a gift for gab and a fondness for thievery. A self-proclaimed expert on affairs of the heart, Luc promises to help Kate win back her man. But one star-crossed misadventure after another sweeps them across France, ultimately changing them in ways they never dreamed possible.
Author
Series
Last Finestra volume 1
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Three weddings. Three funerals. Alessa's gift from the gods is supposed to magnify a partner's magic, not kill every suitor she touches. Now, with only weeks left until a hungry swarm of demons devours everything on her island home, Alessa is running out of time to find a partner and stop the invasion. When a powerful priest convinces the faithful that killing Alessa is the island's only hope, her own soldiers try to assassinate her. Desperate to...
98) War of the cards
Author
Series
Queen of hearts volume 3
Language
English
Description
"Dinah has lost everyone she ever loved. Her brother was brutally murdered. The wicked man she believed was her father betrayed her. Her loyal subjects have been devastated by war. And the boy she gave her heart to broke it completely. Now a dark queen has risen out of the ashes of her former life. Fury is blooming inside Dinah, poisoning her soul and twisting her mind. All she has left is Wonderland and her crown, and her obsession to fight for...
99) The kite runner
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a divided country on the verge of war, two childhood friends, Amir and Hassan, are about to be torn apart forever. It's a glorious afternoon in Kabul and the skies are bursting with the exhilarating joy of a kite-fighting tournament. But in the aftermath of the day's victory, one boy's fearful act of betrayal will mark their lives forever and set in motion an epic quest for redemption. Now, after twenty years of living in America, Amir returns...
100) The Wearle
Author
Series
Erth dragons volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2017, 2018.
Lexile measure
790L
Physical Desc
284 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Gabrial is a young dragon, anxious to both prove himself and also find his father who years ago was one of a Wearle of dragons who set out from their home planet and were never heard from again--and now he is part of a new Wearle that has come to Erth, but one of the other dragons has dark plans, and when war erupts between dragons and humans, Gabrial finds that his only ally is an unusual human boy called Ren.