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The English agent
by Phillip DePoy
Rakehell student and would-be playwright Christopher Marlowe is dispatched by Elizabeth I's spymaster to Holland, where ally William the Silent has been targeted by Spanish assassins as part of a plot to usurp the throne of England. By the Edgar Award-winning author of A Prisoner in Malta.
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One Good Mama Bone
by Bren Mcclain
Set in early 1950s rural South Carolina, One Good Mama Bone chronicles Sarah Creamer’s quest to find her “mama bone,” after she is left to care for a boy who is not her own but instead is the product of an affair between her husband and her best friend and neighbor, a woman she calls “Sister.” When her husband drinks himself to death, Sarah, a dirt-poor homemaker with no family to rely on and the note on the farm long past due, must find a way for her and young Emerson Bridge to survive. But the more daunting obstacle is Sarah’s fear that her mother’s words, seared in her memory since she first heard them at the age of six, were a prophesy, “You ain’t got you one good mama bone in you, girl.”
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The chosen maiden
by Eva Stachniak
"The passionate, sweeping story of Bronia, an extraordinary ballerina forever in the shadow of the legendary Nijinsky--Russia's greatest dancer and her older brother. Born on the road to dancer parents, the Nijinsky children seem destined for the stage. Vaslav is an early prodigy, and through single-minded pursuit will grow into arguably the greatest--and most infamous--Russian ballet dancer of the 20th century. His talented younger sister Bronia, however, also longs to dance. Overshadowed by Vaslav, plagued by a body deemed less than ideal and struggling against the constraints of her gender, Bronia will have to work triply hard to prove herself worthy. Bronia's stunning discipline and mesmerizing talent will eventually elevate her to the highest stage in Russia: the prestigious, old-world Mariinsky Ballet. But as the First World War rages, revolution sparks in Russia. In her politics, love life and career, Bronia will be forced to confront the choice between old and new; traditional and groundbreaking;safe and passionate. Through gorgeous and graceful prose, readers will be swept from St. Petersburg and Kiev to London and Paris and plunged into the tumultuous world of modern art. Against the fascinating and tragic backdrop of early 20th century Europe, and surrounded by legends like Anna Pavlova, Coco Chanel, Serge Diaghilev and Pablo Picasso, Bronia must come into her own--as a dancer, mother and revolutionary--in a world that only wishes to see her fall."
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Fantasy, Romance & Contemporary
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A conjuring of light
by Victoria Schwab
A conclusion to the trilogy that includes A Gathering of Shadows traces the rise and fall of kingdoms throughout the Maresh Empire, where a fraught balance of magic endangers both heroes and foes. By a New York Times best-selling author.
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Between the devil and the duke
by Kelly Bowen
When he catches Angelique Archer counting cards at his vingt-et-un table, club owner Alexander Lavoie gives this blonde beauty an offer she can't refuse—until their business arrangement turns into a game of love that neither of them want to lose. Original. 75,000 first printing.
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The gringo champion
by Aura Xilonen
A U.S. release of an award-winning novel from Mexico follows the story of illegal immigrant Liborio, who reflects on his harsh childhood, his skepticism about the power of words and his near-obsessive love for a woman before rediscovering himself through boxing. Original.
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