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The Paper Magician
by Charlie N. Holmberg
A young woman's journey of self-discovery, learning the power of paper magic.
Ceony Twill arrives at the cottage of Magician Emery Thane with a broken heart. Having graduated at the top of her class from the Tagis Praff School for the Magically Inclined, Ceony is assigned an ... (Goodreads)
The Plastic Magician
by Charlie N. Holmberg
A young magician apprentices under a renowned plastic magician, but soon discovers a dangerous plot that threatens their world.
Wall Street Journal bestselling author Charlie N. Holmberg returns to the enchanting world of The Paper Magician. Alvie Brechenmacher has arrived in London to begin her training in Polymaking—the ... (Goodreads)
The Bird and the Sword
by Amy Harmon
A mythical tale of courage, love and a young woman's transformation.
Swallow, Daughter, pull them in, those words that sit upon your lips. Lock them deep inside your soul, hide them ‘til they’ve time to grow. Close your mouth upon the power, curse not, cure not, ‘til ... (Goodreads)
The Mermaid's Sister
by Carrie Anne Noble
A magical tale of two sisters, one of whom is turning into a mermaid. They embark on a journey to find a cure before it's too late.
Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award Winner for Young Adult Fiction, 2014,, Realm Award Winner for Best Speculative Fiction of the Year, 2016,, There is no cure for being who you truly are.…, In a cottage ... (Barnes & Noble)
Soulless
by Gail Carriger
A Victorian England-set adventure featuring vampires, werewolves, and other supernatural creatures.
Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she's a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a ... (Goodreads)
Doomsday Book
by Connie Willis
A time-traveling historian struggles to contain a deadly pandemic in the Middle Ages.
For Kivrin, preparing an on-site study of one of the deadliest eras in humanity's history was as simple as receiving inoculations against the diseases of the fourteenth century and inventing an alibi ... (Goodreads)
Still Life With Crows
by Douglas Preston
A detective story of murder and mayhem, set in a small rural town.
Agent Pendergast visits Medicine Creek, Kansas after a gruesome murder occurs. With the help of local teenaged misfit Corrie Swanson, he continues to investigate as more citizens are killed. ... (Wikipedia)
The Last Echo
by Kimberly Derting
A teenage girl with the ability to sense the last moments of the dead helps solve a serial killer case.
IN THE END, ALL THAT'S LEFT IS AN ECHO. Before, Violet's morbid ability to sense the dead led her to uncover dark murders and long-buried secrets in her small town. Now that she's working with a ... (Goodreads)
The 5th Wave
by Rick Yancey
A teenage girl struggles to survive in a world overtaken by alien invaders.
After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the un lucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one. Now, it's the ... (Goodreads)
Bane
by L.J. Shen
A dark romance between a vengeful man and a woman who wants to save her family's business.
A COMPLETE standalone and a Sinners of Saint spin-off. Bane Naked surfer. Habitual pothead. A con, a liar, a thief and a fraud. Last I heard, he was extorting the rich and screwing their wives for a ... (Goodreads)
Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman
A mysterious journey through a hidden realm of London, filled with danger and unexpected allies.
Neverwhere is the story of Richard Mayhew and his trials and tribulations in London. At the start of the story, he is a young businessman, recently moved from Scotland and with a normal life ahead. ... (Wikipedia)
Mister B. Gone
by Clive Barker
A demon trapped in a book begs the reader to burn it, revealing its tragic past and sinister intentions.
A narrator attempts to convince the reader to burn the book they’re currently reading, but eventually reluctantly agrees to tell his story, and introduces himself as a lesser demon named Jakabok ... (Wikipedia)
Witch Is When It All Began
by Adele Abbott
Jill Gooder discovers she's a witch and inherits her grandmother's magical powers, leading her on a journey to solve a murder mystery.
(Suitable for teens and seniors and all ages in-between), What would you do if you discovered you were a witch?, That's exactly what happens to Private investigator, Jill Gooder. And as if that ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Pirate's Wish
by Cassandra Rose Clarke
A pirate and a prince team up to break a curse, but their feelings for each other complicate matters.
After setting out to break the curse that binds them together, the pirate Ananna and the assassin Naji find themselves stranded on an enchanted island in the north with nothing but a sword, their ... (Barnes & Noble)
Tell Me Lies
by Jennifer Crusie
A witty and entertaining novel about a woman who falls for a charming man with a dark past, leading to a rollercoaster of lies and deceit.
Maddie Faraday's life would be perfect if it weren't for her cheating husband, her suspicious daughter, her gossipy mother, her secretive best friend, her nosy neighbors, and that guy she lost her ... (Goodreads)
A Curse Dark as Gold
by Elizabeth C. Bunce
A retelling of the classic tale of Rumpelstiltskin, following the struggles of a young woman to save her family's mill from a curse.
Charlotte Miller has always scoffed at talk of a curse on her family's woolen mill, which holds her beloved small town together. But after her father's death, the bad luck piles up: departing ... (Goodreads)
Secondhand Spirits
by Juliet Blackwell
Lily Ivory, a witch, opens a vintage clothing store in San Francisco and solves supernatural mysteries.
Lily Ivory is not your average witch. Her spell-casting powers tend to draw mischievous spirits while keeping normal humans at a distance. But now her vintage clothing store could give her a chance ... (Goodreads)
Relic
by Douglas Preston
Scientists investigate an ancient secret, hidden deep in the South American jungle.
In September 1987, Dr. Julian Whittlesey is leading an expedition through the Amazon Basin , in the Brazilian rainforest , in search of the lost Kothoga tribe. He hopes to prove that they still do ... (Wikipedia)
Nice Girls Don't Have Fangs
by Molly Harper
After being turned into a vampire, Jane Jameson navigates her new life while dealing with her overbearing Southern family.
Maybe it was the Shenanigans gift certificate that put her over the edge. When children's librarian and self-professed nice girl Jane Jameson is fired by her beastly boss and handed twenty-five ... (Goodreads)
James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
by G. Norman Lippert
Follow James Potter, son of Harry Potter, on his adventures at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
What’s it like to be the son of the most famous wizard of all time? James Potter thinks he knows, but as he begins his own adventure at Hogwarts, he discovers just how much of a challenge it really ... (Goodreads)
A Boy Made of Blocks
by Keith Stuart
A father reconnects with his autistic son through the video game Minecraft, learning to understand and accept him for who he is.
A Boy Made of Blocks is a funny, heartwarming story of family and love inspired by the author's own experiences with his son, the perfect latest obsession for fans of The Rosie Project, David ... (Goodreads)
The Professor
by Robert Bailey
A law professor takes on a wrongful death case, uncovering corruption and facing personal demons along the way.
Law professor Thomas Jackson McMurtrie literally wrote the book on evidence in the state of Alabama. But when a power-hungry colleague uses a recent run-in between McMurtrie and headstrong student ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Black Witch
by Laurie Forest
A young girl with a dark past enters a magical university and must confront her own prejudices and the oppressive society she lives in.
A new Black Witch will rise…her powers vast beyond imagining. Elloren Gardner is the granddaughter of the last prophesied Black Witch, Carnissa Gardner, who drove back the enemy forces and saved the ... (Goodreads)
The Truth About Melody Browne
by Lisa Jewell
Melody Browne's life is turned upside down when she discovers her past was a lie. She embarks on a journey to uncover the truth about her identity.
This “touching, insightful, and gripping story” (Sophie Kinsella, #1, New York Times, bestselling author) from the instant, New York Times, bestselling author of, Then She Was Gone, follows a young ... (Barnes & Noble)
Frostbitten
by Kelley Armstrong
Elena, a werewolf, and her pack are stranded in Alaska, fighting for survival against a deadly supernatural enemy.
Smart, sexy, supernatural—the men and women of the Otherworld live and love, fight and die, among us. Unseen and unsuspected, this realm of witches, ghosts, and werewolves is now threatened with ... (Goodreads)
The Diabolic
by S.J. Kincaid
A genetically engineered killing machine, Nemesis, must impersonate a senator's daughter to save her life and the fate of the galaxy.
“The perfect kind of high-pressure adventure.” —TeenVogue.com,A, New York Times, bestseller! Red Queen meets The Hunger Games in this epic novel about what happens when a senator’s daughter is ... (Goodreads)
The Fifth Season
by N.K. Jemisin
A world where seismic and magical disasters ravage the land, and a woman's journey to save humanity.
In a prologue, an extraordinarily powerful orogene discusses the sad state of the world and laments the oppression of his race. He then uses his enormous power to fracture the entire continent along ... (Wikipedia)
Tiger Lily
by Jodi Lynn Anderson
A young girl's journey of self-discovery, learning to accept her past while embracing her own identity.
In this stunning reimagining of J. M. Barrie's beloved classic Peter Pan , New York Times bestselling author Jodi Lynn Anderson expertly weaves a gripping tale of love, loss, and adventure. When ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Glassblower
by Petra Durst-Benning
Three sisters navigate love, loss, and their family's glassblowing business in 19th century Germany.
In the village of Lauscha in Germany, things have been done the same way for centuries. The men blow the glass, and the women decorate and pack it. But when Joost Steinmann passes away unexpectedly ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Victory Garden
by Rhys Bowen
A young woman joins the Women's Land Army during World War I and discovers love, independence, and purpose while tending to a garden.
A, Wall Street Journal,, USA Today, and Amazon Charts bestseller.,, From the bestselling author of, The Tuscan Child, comes a beautiful and heart-rending novel of a woman’s love and sacrifice during ... (Barnes & Noble)
