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Lost in the Moment and Found by Seanan McGuire
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsWelcome to the Shop Where the Lost Things Go.If you ever lost a sock, you’ll find it here.If you ever wondered about favorite toy from childhood... it’s probably sitting on a shelf in the back.And the headphones that you swore that this time you’d keep safe? You guessed it….Antoinette has lost her father. Metaphorically. He’s not in the shop, and she’ll never see him again... -
![The Girl and the Goddess: Stories and Poems of Divine Wisdom by Nikita Gill]()
The Girl and the Goddess: Stories and Poems of Divine Wisdom by Nikita Gill
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBestselling poet, writer, and Instagram sensation Nikita Gill returns with a collection of poetry and prose exploring Hindu mythology and legend.Let her be a little less human, a little more divineGive her heart armor so it doesn't break as easily as mineMeet Paro. A girl with a strong will, a full heart, and much to learn... -
![A Pale Horse by Wendy Alec]()
A Pale Horse by Wendy Alec
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA new order. An ancient evil. A battle about to begin. It is the near future. Adrian De Vere, President of the European Union, oversees the signing of an unprecedented international treaty, ushering in a new era of one-world government.Jason De Vere, media mogul, finds himself forced out of the empire he helped create... -
![Dueling Fates by Stephanie M. Allen]()
Dueling Fates by Stephanie M. Allen
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn the world of Erez, three kingdoms share a tentative peace. In the far west, Princess Isemay yearns for much more than frilly dresses and etiquette classes. While her twin sister, Alena, prepares for life as a monarch in a neighboring kingdom, Isemay roams the woods with her loyal cheetah, hunting dagger strapped to her belt... -
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![Waking Rose (A Fairy Tale Retold #3) by Regina Doman]()
Waking Rose (A Fairy Tale Retold #3) by Regina Doman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA novel for teens and adults based on a fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm"I love him more than poetry... I love him more than song."Ever since he rescued her from Certain Death, Rose Brier has had a crush on Ben Denniston, otherwise known as Fish. But Fish, struggling with problems of his own, thinks that Rose should go looking elsewhere for a knight in shining armor... -
![Messiah: The First Judgement by Wendy Alec]()
Messiah: The First Judgement by Wendy Alec
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Brothers trilogy traces three archangel brother, Michael, Gabriel, and Lucifer, and their harrowing journey from the flawless world of the palace chambers in the first heaven through Lucifer's banishment with his fallen host to Perdition. Only one can put a stop to Lucifer's malevolent plans, Lucifer's arch adversary, the Nazarene... -
![Iliad, Books 13–24 by Homer]()
Iliad, Books 13–24 by Homer
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsHere is a new Loeb Classical Library edition of Homer's stirring heroic account of the Trojan war and its passions... -
![Hidden Magic by Amy Patrick]()
Hidden Magic by Amy Patrick
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe evil of the Ancient Court is spreading... Macy Moreno has been through hell. She only survived because the guy she loved — Nicolo Buonaccorsi — sacrificed his own life to save her. Though she’s discovered there’s much more to the world than she ever imagined, as far as Macy is concerned, all its magic died with him. She’s alive, but her heart will never recover... -
![The Mysterious Plato by Sarah Noffke, Michael Anderle]()
The Mysterious Plato by Sarah Noffke, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWho would suspect that one of the most powerful entities in the world is a black and white cat?Few know that most historical events in the last several centuries were orchestrated by this innocuous feline. Plato isn’t an ordinary cat. He’s a magical lynx with extraordinary powers...Categorized as:
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![A Bond of Briars by Erin Phillips]()
A Bond of Briars by Erin Phillips
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe is bonded to a spirit who demands her blood.She follows a mother-in-law who resents her power.She meets a man who challenges everything she’s ever believed.After a fatal illness takes newlywed Caitrin’s husband, she finds herself obligated by duty and oath to care for her mother-in-law, Meara, at any cost…even if it means traveling to Croìthe, where magic of any kind is outlawed... -
![A Midnight Kiss on Ever After Street by Jaimie Admans]()
A Midnight Kiss on Ever After Street by Jaimie Admans
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA picture-perfect town; a place where dreams come true. Welcome to Ever After Street... Will a kiss at midnight change her life forever? Sadie Winters has spent her whole life doing as she’s told...Categorized as:
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![The Last Days of Judas Iscariot - Acting Edition by Stephen Adly Guirgis]()
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot - Acting Edition by Stephen Adly Guirgis
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom one of our most admired playwrights, an ambitious, complicated and often laugh-out-loud religious debate (Toby Zinman, The Philadelphia Inquirer) Set in a time-bending, seriocomically imagined world between Heaven and Hell, The Last Days of Judas Iscariot is a philosophical meditation on the conflict between divine mercy and human free will that takes a close look at the eternal damnation... -
![Ride The Thunder by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle]()
Ride The Thunder by Martha Carr, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn international mission tracking the source of monsters, and a familiar surprise, await the Elemental, Idina Moorfield and Hellion's Bravo Team.Now that they've recognized the pattern, Idina and her unit need to close the Monstrous Pandora's Box to balance out the scales after defeating the Olc.But supernatural entities in Scotland are nothing like what Bravo Team has dealt with back home... -
![Demon World Boba Shop: Vol. 2 by R.C. Joshua, Potomac Stories]()
Demon World Boba Shop: Vol. 2 by R.C. Joshua, Potomac Stories
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBoba’s on the menu. So far, the Demon World has shown Arthur nothing but love. Now? It’s time for him to reciprocate.Arthur’s finally finding his place in the demon world. ****He has his own tea shop in a city that accepts him and a family that he’s beginning to call his own. But when Milo’s father sends word that he’s returned from his latest expedition, Arthur is faced with an impossible choice... -
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![Tears of a Dragon by Bryan Davis]()
Tears of a Dragon by Bryan Davis
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsVictory in the Circles of Seven came at a great cost to Billy Bannister and Bonnie Silver. A vicious evil was unleashed on the earth that only the dragons can defeat. With Billy’s father, the great Clefspeare, missing, Billy and Bonnie must lead the dragons into war against the Watchers—demonic beings as old as the earth itself... -
![Ella: An Amish Retelling of Cinderella by Sarah Price]()
Ella: An Amish Retelling of Cinderella by Sarah Price
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn Sarah Price’s heartwarming Amish version of this best-loved fairytale, a hardworking, overlooked young woman is rewarded in unexpected ways . . . “Be kind and have faith.” Ella Troyer strives to abide by her mother’s final words, although life in the small Amish town of Echo Creek isn’t always easy... -
![Of Water and Moonlight by Valia Lind]()
Of Water and Moonlight by Valia Lind
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsI'm losing control of my magic... and a wolf shifter has to keep me in check. An Ancient evil is spreading throughout the land. When it knocks on the door of my school, everyone expects me to fight it.But I’m hiding a secret….my magic is on the fritz.Not only that, but the headmaster forces me into combat training lessons with my nemesis.Aiden Lawson, wolf shifter... -
![Sadie: An Amish Retelling of Snow White by Sarah Price]()
Sadie: An Amish Retelling of Snow White by Sarah Price
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSarah Price delivers a delightful retelling of a beloved classic, featuring a young Amish woman who turns to faith as her guide even in the darkest times . . . Sadie Whitaker is determined to be a good daughter, but her stepmother, Rachel, has made no secret of her overwhelming jealousy--or her desire to get Sadie out of her life... -
![The Last Girl by Susan Ward]()
The Last Girl by Susan Ward
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWe were a scandal waiting to happen. But I didn’t care. For years my life had already been an unending downward spiral. Then my grandfather, Jack, gave me an apartment no one knew about. A secret bequest after his death, and the brief note that accompanied the gift sent me running to Italy. I’d gone to Venice to find peace, knowing I was weak, and instead I found him... -
![The Minions of Time by Jerry B. Jenkins, Chris Fabry]()
The Minions of Time by Jerry B. Jenkins, Chris Fabry
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThroughout his search for the King's Son, Owen has been eager to see who will be the one to unite the Highlands and Lowlands...Categorized as:
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![Immortal and the Island of Impossible Things by Gene Doucette]()
Immortal and the Island of Impossible Things by Gene Doucette
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"I thought I'd miss the world." --Adam the immortalAdam is on vacation in an island paradise, with nothing to do and plenty of time to do nothing.It's exactly what he needed: beautiful weather, beautiful girlfriend, plenty of books to read, and alcohol to drink. Most importantly, either nobody on the island knows who he is, or, nobody cares."This probably sounds boring, and maybe it is... -
![Black by Angelina J. Steffort]()
Black by Angelina J. Steffort
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe sequel to White."I was the weak link in the chain, and the best I could do was surround myself with forces of the good. It would increase my chances of survival. But I couldn't replace Adam; not the way Ben meant. My heart was full of Adam's memory. There was little space to fit anyone else in."After Adam’s death, Claire has to readjust to life...Categorized as:
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![Hidden Hero by Amy Patrick]()
Hidden Hero by Amy Patrick
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA hero can come from the unlikeliest of places... After a year-long separation and a search across continents, Macy and Nic have found each other again. Now they must find her family — the birth mother who abandoned her at the hospital and fled back to her people’s secret sanctuary — if they are to beat the clock and save the human race from the onslaught of the coming Plague... -
![Room of Marvels by James Bryan Smith, Dallas Willard]()
Room of Marvels by James Bryan Smith, Dallas Willard
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn one tragic blow after another, accomplished Christian writer Tim Hudson lost his mother, his close friend, and his two-year-old daughter. Now he’s on the brink of losing his faith.Room of Marvels takes readers on a silent spiritual retreat with Tim where he is swept up in a dream vision of heaven and given a guided tour by those he has lost. Reminiscent of the C. S... -
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![Belle: An Amish Retelling of Beauty and the Beast by Sarah Price]()
Belle: An Amish Retelling of Beauty and the Beast by Sarah Price
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn author Sarah Price's fresh and inspirational retelling of a beloved classic, a dutiful young Amish woman agrees to marry a notorious recluse for her family's sake--but the consequences are more than either bargained for . . . To most townsfolk, he's known simply as The Beast... -
![The First Four Books Of Poems by Louise Glück]()
The First Four Books Of Poems by Louise Glück
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe fierce, austerely beautiful voice that has become Glück's trademark speaks in these poems of a life lived in unflinching awareness. Includes "Firstborn", "The House on Marshland", "Descending Figure", and "The Triumph of Achilles"... -
![Black as Night: A Fairy Tale Retold (The Fairy Tale Novels) by Regina Doman]()
Black as Night: A Fairy Tale Retold (The Fairy Tale Novels) by Regina Doman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOver the summer in New York City, seven friars who work with the homeless find a runaway girl named Nora, while Bear Denniston searches for his missing girlfriend, Blanche, in a suspenseful retelling of the Snow White story... -
![Mountain of Spices by Hannah Hurnard]()
Mountain of Spices by Hannah Hurnard
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsAn allegory of the nine spices mentioned in Song of Solomon compared with the nine fruits of the Spirit... -
![Goddess Revenge by M.W. Muse]()
Goddess Revenge by M.W. Muse
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHell hath no fury like a goddess scorned... at least that's the way Legacy sees it. Her dreams collide into a message she did not want to acknowledge, but the implication ignites within her hotter than the knowledge of the betrayal itself. The only thing to do to cure getting mad? Getting even... -
![Goddess Bared by M.W. Muse]()
Goddess Bared by M.W. Muse
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe consequences of her actions are too much. Legacy was warned what would happen, but she thought she could outsmart it. She was wrong. How can she pick up the pieces of her life when all she now has is a void existence? The life she wanted...gone. Her heart has been ripped out, leaving her soul bared. The prophecy she's been battling from the beginning has finally come true... -
![Goddess Sacrifice by M.W. Muse]()
Goddess Sacrifice by M.W. Muse
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLegacy wouldn’t let a little thing like changing into a goddess distract her from the joys of her senior year in high school...or hanging with her friends. She enjoys the dances and parties and getting closer to Adin...even trying her hand at seducing him. She’s ready to take their relationship to the next level, regardless of any bond she might have with River and any bond Adin has with Venus... -
![The Intuitives by Erin Michelle Sky, Steven Brown]()
The Intuitives by Erin Michelle Sky, Steven Brown
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIMAGINATION JUST BECAME OUR GREATEST WEAPON.In Egypt, an archaeological team discovers the lost tomb of Alexander the Great... -
![The Lights of Tenth Street by Shaunti Feldhahn]()
The Lights of Tenth Street by Shaunti Feldhahn
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThey have the house, the two kids, and the minivan. They have a well-meaning but shallow church. What Sherry doesn't know is that Doug has a shameful struggle with his thought life... -
![The Rise of Nazil by Aaron-Michael Hall]()
The Rise of Nazil by Aaron-Michael Hall
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt was the 75th year of Alberoth when the AsZar summoned the Guardians. There was an imbalance in the lands of Faélondul. The Zaxson, Draizeyn Vereux covered the lands in a pall of darkness. There was a plan to exterminate the infestation in Nazil and beyond, a plan to eradicate the humans... -
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![Anaché by Maria Turtschaninoff]()
Anaché by Maria Turtschaninoff
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOm nätterna vandrar nomadflickan Anaché med andarna. Om dagarna lär hennes älskade bror henne allt det en akkadekvinna inte får kunna: kasta kniv, jaga och rida som en man. Men i en värld där faror och förbud styr en flickas liv får hon inte visa sina förmågor för någon. Speciellt inte då hennes far är stammens ledare, en oberäknelig, våldsam man... -
![Immortal Stories: Eve by Gene Doucette]()
Immortal Stories: Eve by Gene Doucette
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the pages of the Immortal book series, it’s Eve.“…if your next question is, what could that possibly make me, if I’m not an angel or a god? The answer is the same as what I said before: many have considered me a god, and probably a few have thought of me as an angel. I’m neither, if those positions are defined by any kind of supernormal magical power... -
![Phoenix (Dragon Eye) by Finley Aaron]()
Phoenix (Dragon Eye) by Finley Aaron
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsOut of the ashes of a once-great dragon nation, a flame-colored dragon named Nia emerged. Alone for centuries, Nia is desperate to find more of her own kind. She indentures herself to the mad scientist Eudora in hopes of learning the whereabouts of her fellow dragons... -
![Ordinary Girl by Ripley Harper]()
Ordinary Girl by Ripley Harper
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhere do you run, when what you fear most is the darkness inside you? In the small town where she lives, Jess has always been considered a bit of a freak. The outsider with the strange hair. The tragic weirdo who can’t get over her mother’s death. The violent psycho who beat up the biggest boy in school. Over the years she’s worked hard to fit in. To make some friends... -
![Magic of Winter: A Celtic Legends Novel by Martina Boone]()
Magic of Winter: A Celtic Legends Novel by Martina Boone
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPerfect for the holidays! In the harsh winter of the Scottish Highlands, where love and past history are equally fierce, burning away old hurts lets the future bloom its brightest... -
![Beastly Tales from Here and There by Vikram Seth]()
Beastly Tales from Here and There by Vikram Seth
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTen witty and enchanting animal fables in verse which, like a modern Aesop's Fables, can be enjoyed by young and old... -
![The Travelers: Book Three by Walter Sorrells, D.J. MacHale]()
The Travelers: Book Three by Walter Sorrells, D.J. MacHale
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsBefore Bobby Pendragon. Before Saint Dane. Before the war . . . Every territory of Halla has a Traveler. They lived for years�some even for decades�before learning of their true destiny... -
![The Book of Joby by Mark J. Ferrari]()
The Book of Joby by Mark J. Ferrari
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe Book of Joby is an epic fantasy complete in one volume. Lucifer and the Creator have entered, yet again, into a wager they've made many times before, but this time, the existence of creation itself is balanced on the outcome... -
![Meadowlands by Louise Glück]()
Meadowlands by Louise Glück
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLouise Glück sows the fertile subject ground of marital discord in harvesting this crop of gems. The poems zing back and forth as the verses alternate between man and woman. "Flaubert had more friends and Flaubert was a recluse" says he, followed by her response, "Flaubert was crazy; he lived with his mother," In one scene they argue over dead French writers; later they discuss football... -
![Snow White and Rose Red (A Fairy Tale Retold #1) by Regina Doman, Jacob Grimm]()
Snow White and Rose Red (A Fairy Tale Retold #1) by Regina Doman, Jacob Grimm
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn this contemporary version of the traditional folk tale a mother and her two teenage daughters living in New York City offer hospitality to a stranger in need and are rewarded generously... -
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![City of the Dead by Vasily Mahanenko]()
City of the Dead by Vasily Mahanenko
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThere are whole anthologies of stories out there about what humankind does when a game enters their world. But what about when they’re living in one where a game arrived thousands of years before? What if they’re the survivors of a bloody struggle, having fought for and earned their place on the planet?Tailyn Vlashich was a young nobody far away from all those grander issues...Categorized as:
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![The Eagle's Gift by Carlos Castaneda]()
The Eagle's Gift by Carlos Castaneda
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCarlos Castaneda takes the reader into the very heart of sorcery, challenging both imagination and reason, shaking the very foundations of our belief in what is "natural" and "logical... -
![The Candlestone by Bryan Davis]()
The Candlestone by Bryan Davis
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThe first book, Raising Dragons, plunged two teenagers, Billy Bannister and Bonnie Silver, into mind-boggling mysteries, life or death pursuits, and deadly sword-to-sword battles. In The Candlestone, a mysterious book leads Billy into mortal combat with a powerful dragon slayer... -
![Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman]()
Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsCalled by Time the "theater event of the year," Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses brings Ovid's tales to stunning visual life. Set in and around a large pool of water onstage, Metamorphoses juxtaposes the ancient and the contemporary in both language and image to reflect the variety and persistence of narrative in the face of inevitable change... -
![Hades's Promise by Eva Pohler]()
Hades's Promise by Eva Pohler
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsTherese never expected to find herself in Circe's battlefield again, and this time she fights for things more important than her life.Before Therese and Thanatos can come to terms with the uncertain future of their unborn twins, Poseidon is attacked and both his wife and trident are stolen...Categorized as:
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![Dust by Kara Swanson]()
Dust by Kara Swanson
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe truth about Neverland is far more dangerous than a fairy tale.Claire Kenton believes the world is too dark for magic to be real—since her twin brother was stolen away as a child. Now Claire's desperate search points to London... and a boy who shouldn't exist.Peter Pan is having a beastly time getting back to Neverland...Categorized as:
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