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"It's 2017 at the University of Arkansas. Millie Cousins, a senior resident assistant, wants to graduate, get a job, and buy a house. So when Agatha Paul, a visiting professor and writer, offers Millie an easy yet unusual opportunity, she jumps at the chance. But Millie's starry-eyed hustle becomes jeopardized by odd new friends, vengeful dorm pranks, and illicit intrigue." -- Provided by publisher.
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"Across Europe, a secret organization has begun attacking diplomats. Back in the United States, a foreign ally demands the identity of a highly placed covert asset. In the balance hang the ingredients for all-out war. With his mentor out of the game, counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath must take on the role he has spent his career avoiding. But, as with everything else he does, he intends to rewrite the rules--all of them. In Spymaster, Scot Harvath...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"It is 1685, England is on the brink of a renewed civil war against the Stuart kings and many families are bitterly divided. Ned Ferryman cannot persuade his sister, Alinor, that he is right to return from America with his Pokanoket servant, Rowan, to join the rebel army. Instead, Alinor has been coaxed by the manipulative Livia to save the queen from the coming siege. The rewards are life-changing: the family could return to their beloved Tidelands,...
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"With President Anthony Cook convinced that Mitch Rapp poses a mortal threat to him, CIA Director Irene Kennedy is forced to construct a truce between the two men. The terms are simple: Rapp agrees to leave the country and stay in plain sight for as long as Cook controls the White House. In exchange, the administration agrees not to make any moves against him. This fragile détente holds until Cook's power-hungry security adviser convinces him that...
5) Silent fall
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Sanders Brothers volume 2
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English
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Dylan Sanders is attending a wedding in the mountains when his trip takes a terrible turn. A former lover appears out of nowhere, demands a private conversation, and lures him into the woods, then leaves him there, drugged and disoriented. The next morning, the woman has disappeared, and Dylan is accused of her murder. Catherine Hilliard, a beautiful psychic haunted by her own dark past, is reluctant to offer up her cryptic visions to help skeptical...
6) Star eater
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Tordotcom
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 438 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"Elfreda Raughn will avoid pregnancy if it kills her, and one way or another, it will kill her. Though she's able to stomach her gruesome day-to-day duties, the reality of preserving the Sisterhood of Aytrium's magical bloodline horrifies her. She wants out, whatever the cost. So when a shadowy cabal approaches Elfreda with an offer of escape, she leaps at the opportunity. As their spy, she gains access to the highest reaches of the Sisterhood, and...
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Dune chronicles volume 3
Lexile measure
820L
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English
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The Children of Dune are twin siblings Leto and Ghanima Atreides, whose father, the Emperor Paul Muad'Dib, disappeared into the desert wastelands of Arrakis nine years ago. Like their father, the twins possess supernormal abilities -- making them valuable to their manipulative aunt Alia, who rules the Empire in the name of the House Atreides. Facing treason and rebellion on two fronts, Alia's rule is not absolute. The displaced house Corrino is plotting...
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"Frontier life is hard enough without having kids to worry about -- especially for a widower like Paul Meakes. Still, he's resolved to stay in the small Colorado town his son and daughter call home. So when his daughter is hit by a seemingly poisoned arrow during an Indian raid, Paul is determined to track them down and bring them to justice. But when the trail leads from a close call with Indian warriors to a deadly intrigue, Paul discovers that...
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Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
362 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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"Ryan Quinn hopes his traveling days are over. The son of a United Nations worker, he's grown up in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa--everywhere but home. He's finally settled in New York and is making friends when his world is turned upside down. Ryan is blindsided when his father disappears and his mother is abducted. Left with nothing but questions, he soon discovers his parents have been leading a double life. They actually work with the...
10) I, Claudius
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English
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Tracing the lives of several early Roman emperors, showing the ruthless ambition, shocking debauchery and murderous intrigue. Bearing witness to the saga is Claudius, whose stutter and limp have marked him a fool, yet whom prophecies have foretold will one day rule Rome.
11) Soulstar
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Series
(Chelsea L.).Kingston cycle volume 3
Publisher
Tordotcom
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
302 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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"For years, Robin Thorpe has kept her head down, staying among her people in the Riverside neighborhood and hiding the magic that would have her imprisoned by the state. But when Grace Hensley comes knocking on Clan Thorpe's door, Robin's days of hiding are at an end. As freed witches flood the streets of Kingston, scrambling to reintegrate with a kingdom that destroyed their lives, Robin begins to plot a course that will ensure a freer, juster Aeland....
12) Queen of Hearts
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Series
Queen of hearts volume 1
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016], 2017.
Lexile measure
840L
Physical Desc
306, 10 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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As Princess of Wonderland Palace and the future Queen of Hearts, Dinah's days are an endless monotony of tea, tarts, and a stream of vicious humiliations at the hands of her father, the King of Hearts. The only highlight of her days is visiting Wardley, her childhood best friend, the future Knave of Hearts--and the love of her life. When an enchanting stranger arrives at the Palace, Dinah watches as everything she's ever wanted threatens to crumble....
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James Marwood and Cat Lovett volume Book 4
Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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A dangerous secret lies beneath Whitehall Palace... Brother against brother. Father against son. Friends turned into enemies. No one in England wants a return to the bloody days of the Civil War. But Oliver Cromwell's son, Richard, has abandoned his exile and slipped back into England. The consequences could be catastrophic. James Marwood, a traitor's son turned government agent, is tasked with uncovering Cromwell's motives. But his assignment...
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Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
421 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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In a world between wars, a young man on the cusp of taking priestly vows is suddenly made a fugitive. Fleeing the accusations of police who blame him for a murder, as well as more sinister forces with darker intentions, Vango attempts to trace the secrets of his shrouded past and prove his innocence before all is lost. As he crisscrosses the continent via train, boat, and even the Graf Zeppelin airship, his adventures take him from Parisian rooftops...
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HL 780L
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English
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"It's one thing to learn to curtsy properly. It's quite another to learn to curtsy and throw a knife at the same time. Welcome to finishing school. Fourteen-year-old Sophronia Temminnick is a great trial to her poor mother -- her atrocious curtsy is an embarrassment to the family name. So Mrs. Temminnick enrolls her daughter in Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality. But Sophronia soon realizes the school is not quite...
16) Jester
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Publisher
CamCat Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
HL 790L
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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"What happens in Oasis, stays in Oasis. Lisette's father killed the King. His execution leaves Lisette alone, disgraced, and without the magic he intended to pass on to her. In Oasis, that's a problem. Glutted with enchanted performers, Oasis is a sin city where courtiers pay in gold to drink, gamble, and above all, be entertained. To survive on its competitive streets, Lisette peddles paltry illusions in place of magic. Desperate to prove herself,...
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Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
373 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
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English
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"Rae and Claire may have thwarted the assassination attempt on the pope, but life in the Nur Empire was never going to be easy. Intrigue abounds, from a brewing power struggle between the empress and her daughter, to the ever-present threat of Nur's demon neighbors, to the growing fires of another revolution. Worse, yet another danger lurks just out of sight, one that threatens not only nations, but the entire world..." -- Page [4] cover.
18) Winning
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Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
300 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Who ever said being nice would get you to the top? Certainly not Alexandra Miles. She isnt nice, but shes more than skilled at playing the part. She floats through the halls of Spencer High, effortlessly orchestrating the actions of everyone around her, making people bend to her whim without even noticing theyre doing it. Shes a first-class manipulator, yet everyone adores her. She is the queen of Spencer Highand its time to make it official. Alexandra...
19) Always
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Northern Lights Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
Jody Hedlund print edition.
Physical Desc
171 pages : map ; 22 cm.
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English
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"On the verge of dying after giving birth to twins, the queen of Mercia pleads with Lady Felicia to save her infant daughters. With the castle overrun by King Ethelwulf's invading army, Lady Felicia vows to do whatever she can to take the newborn princesses and their three-year old sister to safety, even though it means sacrificing everything she holds dear, possibly her own life." -- Amazon.com.
20) Evermore
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Series
Lost princesses volume 1
Publisher
Northern Lights Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
285 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Raised by a noble family, Lady Adelaide has always known she's an orphan. Little does she realize she's one of the lost princesses and the true heir to Mercia's throne ... until a visitor arrives at her family estate, reveals her birthright as queen, and thrusts her into a quest for the throne whether she's ready or not." -- Amazon.com.
Raised by a noble family, Lady Adelaide has always known shes an orphan. Little does she realize shes one of the...