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"Blindsided by her mother's sudden death, and wrecked by a recent love affair, Casey Peabody has arrived in Massachusetts in the summer of 1997 without a plan. Her mail consists of wedding invitations and final notices from debt collectors. A former child golf prodigy, she now waits tables in Harvard Square and rents a tiny, moldy room at the side of a garage where she works on the novel she's been writing for six years. At thirty-one, Casey is still...
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A memoir about the friendship between a solitary woman and a fox, for readers of Wild and H Is for Hawk. Catherine Raven left home at fifteen, fleeing an abusive, disdainful father and an indifferent mother. More comfortable in nature than among people, she worked as a National Park ranger, eventually earning a PhD in biology. She built a house on an isolated plot of land in Montana, teaching remotely and leading field classes. One day, she realized...
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The plan: Joy is going to be the best bridesmaid ever for her college BFF Katie's wedding. And to add to the fun, Katie is playing matchmaker! She's sure Joy and handsome groomsman Tom are perfect for each other. Joy is so ready for a happily ever after of her own! The reality: Tom doesn't seem the slightest bit interested in Joy. The wedding seems determined to be a disaster. And then there's the fact that Joy keeps finding herself falling into bed...
4) Vivid
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DANGER LURKS BEHIND EVERY COLOR
Ava Locke dives into the mysteries of forbidden Yellow magic and discovers a dark path filled with secrets and injustice.
When Ava Locke was five years old, she began a journey to join the Benefactors-the leaders of the magical continent of Magus. Twelve years later, she unwittingly started down the road to betray them.
On Magus where colors fuel magical abilities, yellow is banned in an effort to protect people...
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A history teacher running from heartbreak. The spy who dumped her in an email. One unforgettably dangerous summer in Europe.
Paige's mysterious and attractive boyfriend just dumped her in an email, and now he's disappeared without a trace. Desperate to escape the humiliation, she accepts a summer job chaperoning hormonal teenagers on a European tour. She'll get valuable experience at historical sites to color her doctoral dissertation and hopefully...
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The plan: best friends Clio and Nicole take a fun road trip across Michigan to deliver the centerpieces to their friend Katie's wedding, giving the groom's cousin, August, a ride for the big day. Nicole planned everything, from borrowing her mom's minivan, to hotel accommodations, and the perfect amount of sight-seeing along the way.The reality: Nicole is having emergency surgery, Clio overslept, her car is way smaller than a minivan, and August turns...
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The Future Never Sleeps In the glacial nation of Norgard, Jolan the dream teller serves every seeker, whether peasant or high lord. Though she loves using her gift, she struggles to navigate the corrupt and dangerous court and the jealousies of the Guildagard. When an old man's nightmare imparts a dire warning, Jolan realizes her entire nation is in danger. But before she can sound the alarm, she is betrayed by the guilds and sold into slavery in...
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I am the first of my kind in a millennium.I thought that made me invincible. Untouchable. All it really makes me is a target…and a weapon.The Supernatural Council is going to war, and they've decided what better spear than the girl that can slay demons?So they blackmail me, and I become the property of the Council. They think they own me, but you can't own what you can't control. I thought the first year at Daizlei was hard...but the second might...
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VAMPIRE ACADEMY meets WEDNESDAY ADDAMS in this completed new adult series by USA Today Bestselling fantasy author, Kel Carpenter . . .There's only one rule in the world I come from.Keep our existence a secret. Period.The day my sister broke that rule one too many times, I knew there would be consequences. I expected us to be sent to one of those schools for "troubled" kids-and maybe Daizlei Academy was, in a way. But really, it was far more complicated...
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Secrets Come in Every Shade
After the introduction of Yellow magic in a society accustomed to only Red and Blue magic, the world inside the barrier has become more complicated than anyone imagined. Ava, Elm, and the former students of Prism navigate life in hiding. They face discord, secrets, betrayal, and danger that looms ever closer as the Benefactors narrow in on their hideaway.
Ava is determined to keep everyone protected, even at the cost...
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The plan: Bridget brings über-hot Lucas as her date to her cousin Katie's wedding. That way no one will think she's not over Katie marrying Bridget's high school boyfriend, and she'll finally prove to her family she's not the overly emotional little girl they all called Bleeding Heart Bridie. The reality: Bridget loses her job. Lucas is a cheating bastard. And the only way she can convince her neighbor Adam to come with her last-minute is by agreeing...
12) Calor
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What if you could edit memories with a single touch? The world-that-was is gone, lost to everything except living memory . . . but remembering comes at a terrible price. Sixty-two years after the apocalypse, a new society has emerged from the ashes of the old world where highly valued memories are traded and nostalgia is worth dying-and even killing-for. Enslaved by a cruel master, Sephone Winter is forced to use her rare ability to manipulate memories...
13) The Wild Wood
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Eithnie is a young painter who is acclaimed by the art world, until the critics start noticing that her work has lost the animating passion that had set her apart from the crowd. She returns to her cabin in Canada's remote woods, hoping to find a place where she can seek solitude and focus on her art.
At first, Eithnie's muse remains elusive, but then, beautiful and disturbing creatures start slipping into her sketches unbidden. The following days...
14) Seagrass Secrets
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He's her best friend. She's the woman of his dreams.
Firefighter Colby Morris needs answers. After discovering a dead body, he then learns his best friend's address was in the man's pocket. He'll do anything to keep Emmy safe - yet, he wants to keep his heart safe, also. That's why he's never told Emmy he's in love with her.
Emmy Sutherland is trying to make amends after she hits a man with her truck while driving in a torrential downpour. When...
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Thirteen American cities devastated by nuclear bombs. Hundreds of thousands of people dead. And a nation descending into chaos... After fleeing the radioactive ruins of Miami, Dakota and Logan finally reach their destination: a cabin deep in the Everglades, surrounded by a million acres of saw grass rivers, cypress forests, and gator-infested swampland. It was supposed to be safe. It's not. Now, Dakota and Logan must fight to save the place that was...
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From USA Today best-selling author Kyla Stone comes the epic finale to the acclaimed post-apocalyptic Edge of Collapse series.The final battle for Fall Creek looms. Not everyone will make it out alive. With enemies closing in on every side, the survivors of Fall Creek find themselves facing impossible odds. Do they flee for their lives? Or, do they defend their town and risk losing it all? Some things are worth fighting for, even dying for. This may...
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They agreed to marry. But they never agreed to fall in love.
When Cape Corral Fire Chief Dillon McGrath saves a woman wearing a wedding dress from drowning, he knows he'll have a great story to tell the guys at the station later. He never expected to get personally involved in the woman's plight to stay alive.
Gracie Loveland had no choice but to run only moments before saying "I do" to her manipulative fiancé. Staying would have ultimately meant...
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In our dysfunctional economy, "success" often comes at great personal cost... we're tired, we're stressed out, and we have no time for family and friends. It's time to redefine "rich."
From a third-generation farmer and successful entrepreneur, Redefining Rich is an entrepreneur's guide to balancing work and family with the pleasures of the good life, with simple exercises and important lessons to serve everyone from the new sole proprietor to a...
19) The Dark We Seek
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Darkness spreads across the globe...
After explosive solar flares strike Earth, half the planet goes dark. Store shelves gather dust, pharmacies run out of life-saving medications, and banks and gas stations shut their doors.
As tens of millions of people grapple with a new reality without power, a serial killer hunts in the chaos. Alger County Undersheriff Jackson Cross is determined to stop him, no matter the cost.
Torn between vengeance and a chance...
20) Ours
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Ours is but to do or die.
A Kate Hamilton Two-Hour Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Short Reads
Science teacher Kate Hamilton is moving to Washington DC, to be closer to her disabled SEAL husband.
Her marriage is held together by a thread. Her baby is due very soon...too soon.
Kate begins the new semester at William Howard Taft High teaching their new criminal justice classes with her neighbor Detective Dave Murphy.
Her student finds an injured...