| Hazelthorn by CG DrewsEvander has lived like a ghost in the forgotten corners of the Hazelthorn estate ever since he was taken in by his reclusive billionaire guardian, Byron Lennox-Hall, when he was a child. For his safety, Evander has been given three ironclad rules to follow, he can never leave the estate. When Byron suddenly dies, Evander inherits Hazelthorn’s gothic mansion and many acres, along with the entirety of the Lennox-Hall family's vast wealth. But Evander's sure his guardian was murdered, and Laurie may be the only one who can help him find the killer before they come for Evander next. |
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Shadow Storm
by Jennifer Aitken
When an ancient dagger plunges him into a parallel dimension, can a young man claim his true identity before he's slain by vicious enemies?Lucius Xavier is terrified. Waking from a dense mind-fog with no control over the body he's occupying and being pursued by killers, he feels like a spectator at his own execution. Now fused with an alternate version of himself, he's petrified when the powerful other's consciousness fades and leaves him at the mercy of a deadly secret society. Aided by an unexpected ally, Lucius clutches at his missing pieces of memory to understand why his captors believe he possesses mystic powers and the keys to Atlantis. And with a prophecy claiming he's fated to save the universe, he'll need to master his new abilities before the world falls to evil... At war with his own being, can Lucius fulfil his destiny and rescue humanity?
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Gilded in Vengeance
by Lyssa Mia Smith
Two years after being framed for fraud by the Society of the Charmed, an exclusive club of New York’s wealthiest and most magical citizens, Emmy Vallillo wastes away in prison. After some time, her cell wall explodes, revealing Jack Fontaine, one of the Society’s favourite sons, now imprisoned for a crime he swears he didn’t commit. They make a deal... He’ll help Emmy escape if she helps destroy those who’ve wronged them. Using Emmy’s magic to transform their appearances, the two break free and, unrecognized, soon become the Society’s new darlings. Everyone wants to dine and dance with them both. When another betrayal brings their enemies to their doorstep, Emmy must choose to complete their revenge, or give up the money, the magic, and her safety.
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A Queen's Match
by Katharine McGee
As Queen Victoria tries to match her grandchildren with powerful marriages across Europe, matters of the court and matters of the heart collide for three princesses as they close in on the end of their marriage seasons.
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The Power Fantasy Volume 1: The Superpowers
by Kieron Gillen
It's 1999. Six indescribably powerful people each have the destructive capability of America's nuclear arsenal. If they come into conflict, the world ends.
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| The House Saphir by Marissa MeyerArmand hires Mallory, who can talk to ghosts, to exorcise his ancestral estate. Mallory plans to swindle him out of his money, but instead she finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation, and Armand is a suspect. |
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I'll Find You Where the Timeline Ends
by Kylie Lee Baker
Descended from a Japanese dragon god, Yang Mina was born with the power to travel through time and has spent her life training to take her place in the Descendants, a secret organization whose purpose is to protect the timeline. Then Mina’s world is uprooted when she moves to Seoul and finds a note from her sister, a sister who no one remembers, as if she had been erased. The only people who could have made her sister vanish so completely are part of the very agency that she’s been working so hard to join. So now Mina has a new mission, infiltrate the agency as quickly as possible to find her lost sister.
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Cozy Reads and Holiday Cheer |
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Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
by Rachel Cohn
Lily has left a red notebook full of challenges on a favourite bookstore shelf, waiting for just the right guy to come along and accept its dares. But is Dash that right guy? Or are Dash and Lily only destined to trade dares, dreams, and desires in the notebook they pass back and forth at locations across New York? Could their in-person selves possibly connect as well as their notebook versions? Or will they be a comic mismatch of disastrous proportions?
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How to Excavate a Heart
by Jake Maia Arlow
Shani is spending winter break devoted to her internship at the Smithsonian. Recently heartbroken, she's focusing on fossils. When Shani gets snowed in with May on Christmas Eve, the two girls begin to bond over their shared Jewish faith. As their connection becomes undeniable, Shani considers taking a chance on love again.
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This Winter: A Heartstopper novella
by Alice Oseman
12 days of Nick and Charlie! The story unfolds during the holiday season. Tori reflects on her struggles with her happiness and the weight of recent events, while Charlie has his own challenges.
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The Christmas Clash
by Suzanne Park
Chloe Kwon can't stand Peter Li. Their families don't get along either as their parents operate rival restaurants in the Riverwood Mall food court - Korean food for the Kwon family and Chinese food for the Li family. Now it's the holiday season and Chloe's the photographer at the mall's Santa Land, and Peter works at the virtual reality North Pole experience right across the atrium. It turns out the mall is about to be sold to a developer and demolished for condos. Eviction notices are being handed out right before Christmas. Their parents don't know what to do, and soon Chloe and Peter realize that the two of them need to join efforts to try to save the mall. Just when it seems like they can put aside their differences and work closely (very closely) together, they discover that the Kwon and Li feud goes far deeper than either of them realize.
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