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Der Himmel wird beben by Lena Kiefer
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsSie bietet dem Tod die Stirn und dem Schicksal ihr HerzDie 18-jährige Ophelia ist zum Tode verurteilt. Im Auftrag des Widerstandes hat sie einen Anschlag auf den König verübt. Ihre Liebe zu dessen Bruder Lucien hat sie ebenso geopfert... -
Die Sterne werden fallen by Lena Kiefer
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsKann ihre Liebe dem Hass trotzen und den Tod besiegen?Ophelia befindet sich nun endgültig zwischen den Fronten. Die regierungstreuen Anhängern der Abkehr von jeder Technologie und die Widerstandsgruppe ReVerse bekämpfen sich mit allen Mitteln. Letztere wird inzwischen vom mächtigsten Gegner der königlichen Familie angeführt... -
A Time to Speak by Nadine Brandes
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat happens when you live longer than you wanted to?Parvin Blackwater wanted to die, but now she’s being called to be a leader. The only problem is, no one wants to follow. The Council is using Jude’s Clock-matching invention to force “new-and-improved” Clocks on the public. Those who can’t afford one are packed into boxcars like cattle and used for the Council’s purposes... -
An Enchanted Spring by Nancy Scanlon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNancy Scanlon continues the timebending saga she began with The Winter Laird, pulling heroes and villains alike through the portals of time to help save their futures and find their truest loves. A twist of fate has left Aidan MacWilliam, younger brother of a medieval Irish laird, trapped in the future... -
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Throwing Sparks by igsygrace
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCatching Fire from Peeta's point of view. Much of the dialogue is taken from the original work and is the property of Suzanne Collins... -
Seeing Jesus by Jeffrey McClain Jones
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDid you ever wish you could actually see and hear Jesus next to you? Philly Thompson never did. But one day, on the way to work, he's forced out of his routine life when he meets a strangely dressed man on the bus. The friendly stranger claims to be Jesus and no one beside Philly seems to see him. The story of how this two-week encounter changes Philly extends to his girlfriend and to his family... -
Inside Divergent: The Initiate's World by Veronica Roth, Cecilia Bernard
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsVeronica Roth's #1 New York Times bestselling novel Divergent is now a major motion picture starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, and Kate Winslet!This eye-catching volume takes you inside the film version of Divergent... -
Once Upon a Summer Night by Nancy Scanlon, Jane Jacobs
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTime, worlds, and hearts collide in this mesmerizing time-travel romance, perfect for fans of Diana Gabaldon.Colin O'Rourke is expanding Celtic Connections, his matchmaking business, to the UK and Ireland. However, its success is threatened before it opens its doors when a prominent UK gossip columnist publishes a slanderous article about his company. The columnist agrees to retract her column.. -
A Time to Rise by Nadine Brandes
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhat more can you sacrifice than your life?Parvin Blackwater is dead.At least…that’s what the Council—and the world—thinks. But her sacrifice tore down part of the Wall long enough to stir up hope and rebellion in the people. Now she will rise again. Strong, free, and fearless... -
Elantris, Part 3 of 3 by Brandon Sanderson, Johann Dettweiler
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsPerformed by a Full CastAdaptation by Johann Dettweiler6 CDs – 7 hoursThe exciting debut of a fresh new voice in fantasy. As fantasy surpassed SF in popularity, much of it became predictable. Elantris is a welcome exception, a rare epic fantasy that doesn't recycle the classics.In GraphicAudio...A Movie in Your Mind with Full Cast, Narration, Cinematic Music and Sound Effects... -
Chisholm by Jo Jones
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsHEAVEN OR HELL? DARACH CHISHOLM wants to go to hell.After nearly three centuries tethered to Culloden's ghostly moor, Darach has yet to find peace. He's ready to do penance for his evil deed. First, he must spend two mortal days with a feisty woman and her adorable niece, in a centuries-old manor. However, the manor already has a resident ghost who has no intention of sharing his territory... -
Refine by Nichole Van
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEach life is tethered to others, tendrils wrapping through time itself . . . drawing people to each other . . . In 1815, Timothy, Viscount Linwood--handsome, arrogant, privileged--never veers from the refined rules of his world. Cheerfulness and other unsavory emotions are for lesser persons. Anything that smacks of trade is to be shunned. Honor and pride above all else...Categorized as:
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Insurgent: The Ultimate Interactive Quiz Book by Sarah Davids
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Ultimate Quiz Book is part of a unique set of Interactive Quiz eBook Games.They’re not apps and can be played on any ebook reading device."I don't have a clue how you turned my book reading device into a game, but I loved it. You're a genius in my book".Kathryn Cooper (KatherineCooperWrites... -
The Selection Coloring Book by Kiera Cass
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPrepare to be swept away by the gorgeous gowns and breathless romance of Kiera Cass’s #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series—now brought to life in this beautifully illustrated coloring book... -
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The Artist by Elin Peer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFor more than four hundred years, women have ruled the world, but things are finally shifting.My father Magni always despised the Motherlands, and I’m no fan either, but I still go to the yearly summer gatherings that started when I was sixteen. The Northlands, Motherlands, and Old Europe each sends five future leaders... -
Gregor by Jo Jones
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTwo days, one love, and a chance at redemption. Gregor Mitchell desperately wants a do-over. If he could just trade his ghostly existence for a couple of days of mortality, he’d go back to the dreadful years after Scotland’s tragic loss at Culloden. There, he might finally prove his worth to himself, his country, and those still fighting for its freedom... -
James by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCockburn Street is a dangerous place, even for a former MI6 agent.James is rarely afraid. He's traveled back to the fifteenth century--not just one, but twice now--and lived to tell the tale. The third trip will be for personal reasons, however, because he believes in his bones the perfect woman for him is back there somewhere, waiting for him... -
A Dragonlings' Haunted Halloween by S.E. Smith
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsDuring one of her many excursions exploring the palace, Cara Truman discovers a vast underground chamber that turns out to be the perfect place for her next invention. Soon, her dream of building the ultimate playground for the Dragonlings is a reality... -
God of Monsters by Keri Lake
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsI've heard stories about the Alphas. Violent soldiers, bred to kill both humans and mutations, whose sole purpose was to balance our survival against the infected. Until they turned on their masters. Held as subjects of the Calico research facility, they were forced to endure the gruesome experiments that transformed them into callous savages with hearts as impenetrable as their defenses... -
The Reckoning by MaryLu Tyndall
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Morgan Shaw crept into the hold of an old pirate ship replica at San Diego’s Annual Tall Ship Festival, her only intention was to avoid the guy who had just dumped her and who was now boarding the ship with two women on his arm. What she didn’t expect was to wake up aboard a real pirate ship three-hundred years in the past. But of course, it wasn’t real... -
Shield by Rachael Craw
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEvie is out of options. She must comply with the Affinity Project – obey their rules, play their deadly games, give up Jamie. And her losses keep growing. When she decides to help a small group of Shields trying to affect change, Evie finds herself in the firing line. Counsellor Knox is intent on revealing her secrets and shackling her to the Affinity Project for life... -
Lockdown by Tarah Benner
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen two missing Recon operatives returned to the compound, speculations ran wild about where they had been. Harper is certain they’re infected with a deadly virus, but she’s locked away in the cages, facing ten to twenty years behind bars. Blaze thinks Harper has a shot at being released, but nobody can save Eli from Constance... -
Fallen by K.A. Riley
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhen Ashen heads east to New York City to find Finn's brother, she finds herself confronted by an entirely new set of problems.The city is a war zone overshadowed by the Behemoth, the largest Arcology in existence. Few are allowed entry, and those who go in never leave. At first, Ashen assumes the power structure is one she knows well: Directorate vs. Dregs, Wealthy vs. Poor...Categorized as:
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Nyxia Unleashed by Scott Reintgen
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsGetting to Eden brought Emmett and his crewmates one step closer to their promised fortune. But surviving Eden may be the biggest reward of all.Emmett Atwater thought Babel’s game sounded easy. Get points. Get paid. Go home. But it didn’t take long for him to learn that Babel’s competition was full of broken promises, none darker or more damaging than the last one...Categorized as:
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Fractured Jewel by Brenda Hiatt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsChange is never easy. Sometimes it’s downright dangerous. Over the past year, M and Rigel have averted various threats: to their relationship, to M’s people and to both Mars and Earth. M’s aunt now knows the truth about her origins and M and Rigel no longer need to hide that they’re a couple. The future looks bright…but not everyone is happy with the way things are changing... -
Finding You in Time by Bess McBride
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsREVISED AND UPDATED (No new content) Book Four of the best-selling Train Through Time series, a historical time travel romance series set in and around Seattle, Spokane, Wenatchee and Montana in the early 1900s. Nathan Carpenter has lost the woman he loves...on a train...to another time. He has lost everything, even himself as he cannot find a way to return to his own time...to 1906...Categorized as:
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Last Knight by Cynthia Luhrs
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsStuck in medieval England with no cell service... Christian Thornton keeps losing his betrothed. The ladies have heard a terrible rumor and flee. If that wasn't bad enough, he's facing pestilence and disease, his people are sick, and the last thing he needs is a vexing future girl showing up at Winterforth. Ashley is high-strung, stressed out, and lost without her ever present phone... -
Under an English Moon by Bess McBride
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUnder an English Moon, Book Two of the bestselling Moonlight Wishes in Time series, a historical time travel romance series to England's late Georgian/Regency era. Lord Reginald Hamilton pines for a love of his own. The woman he fancied himself in love with has married another, and Reggie finds himself restless, at loose ends, and wondering where he will find his destiny...Categorized as:
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Hero by Laura Frances
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe second installment of three in the Slave series by Laura Frances.After escaping execution, Hannah finds herself where she's always wanted to be...outside the valley of slaves. But the relief doesn't last, not when the rest of her people are still suffering. It's time to return... -
Wickham by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnd adventurous lass from Wyoming gets tangled in the lives of two Scottish brothers with wild druid powers. (*Previously published as What About Wickham) Ivy didn't start out wicked... Telling a carefully chosen truth is the only way to get her parents to send her to Scotland for the summer... -
Following You Through Time (Moonlight Wishes in Time Series) by Bess McBride
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBook Three of the bestselling Moonlight Wishes in Time series, a historical time travel romance series set in England's late Regency/Georgian era Christopher Mason Denison is lost in time, lost in the twenty-first century... -
A Wagon Train Weekend by Stephenia H. McGee
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIt was just one night at a Victorian B&B. Until they woke up in 1857.Collette Donaldson never should have taken her boyfriend to her cousin’s wedding. Or introduced him to her parents. After a disastrous weekend, all she wants is to get back home and sort out the mess that had once been their relationship... -
A Fall in Time by Bess McBride
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsREVISED AND UPDATED (No new content) Book Five of the bestselling Train Through Time series, a historical time travel romance series set in and around Seattle, Spokane, Wenatchee and Montana in the early 1900s. Sara Reed, a twenty-first century college student in Spokane, Washington, hears the train’s whistle every day as it passes by her apartment...Categorized as:
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Under Ground by Alice Rachel
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is a REGULAR EDITION of "Under Ground." It does not include the additional short story only available in the SPECIAL EDITION paper copy. Love is a taboo, a mere fantasy— foreign, unreachable, and dangerous. Raised in a society where women have no rights, seventeen-year-old Thia Clay holds little hope for a bright future... -
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Secrets of Time by Zoe Matthews, Jade Jenson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings1902 Keegan has finally accomplished his lifelong goal- he is a doctor. He was able to work in an office, and he loves his job. However, when he is offered an even better position, he isn’t sure why he doesn’t want to accept it. He can’t explain why.. until he meets Megan Conway. The only problem is Megan is from 2015. 2015 Megan has had dreams of the same man her entire life... -
Tyr: Warriors of Firosa Book 2 (Warrior of Firosa) by Thanika Hearth, Star Huntress
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is no life for a young, sweet, laughably frail human … one that happens to have the kind of feminine curves I want to press against me to see if she fits; with a scent like soft flowers and sweet spices. No. No life at all. Change always leads to trouble.. -
Reign of Darkness: a post apocalyptic dystopian/survival fiction series by AJ Newman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAmerican Apocalypse: Reign of Darkness Emp Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Book 3 of the series American Apocalypse. Darkness brought on by criminals, drug addicts, and traitors in the band make life even more difficult. Our hardy band of survivors have at least temporarily solved the basic needs issues and have food, water, shelter, and weapons... -
The Viridian Priestess by Katrina Calandra
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsShe is a telepathic priestess, determined to rise the ranks of her temple. So why do her thoughts keep straying back to the masked commander? Priestess Ferren has devoted her life to her celestial deity, yet she has not been able to ascend the priestess order. But on the eve of a great planetary event, the chance to prove herself arises... -
Realidades Adaptadas by Philip K. Dick
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCinema e literatura sempre andaram de mãos dadas. E quando o assunto é ficção científica, nenhum autor contemporâneo foi mais roteirizado do que Philip K. Dick, nem mesmo mestres do gênero, como Isaac Asimov e Arthur C. Clarke... -
Ultimul avanpost by Lavinia Călina
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAl treilea Război Mondial a luat sfârşit, iar România anului 2046 este Regat. Logodită cu prinţul Alex şi fiică a Ministrului de Interne, tânăra Diane trăieşte o viaţă luxoasă şi lipsită de griji, ocupată cu discursuri, dileme cu cea mai potrivită garderobă a zilei şi păstrarea aparenţelor cuplului regal... -
The Eve by Keary Taylor
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsA plan was laid out as the Evolution crushed mankind, a plan that was right under Eden’s nose all along. And Eve is the key to everything. New Eden—mankind—they have a small chance at fixing their dismembered planet. But it will be a reckless sprint against time and the coming Bane to retrieve the final piece to the plot. New Eden’s worst fears have become reality... -
Rebel by S.M. Wilson
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBetrayal. Sacrifice. Survival. Welcome to The Extinction TrialsStorm and Lincoln's city is burning. The people are starving. The only place left to run is Piloria, the continent of monsters. It's up to Storm and Lincoln to keep their people alive as they colonize this lethal paradise. But will the biggest threat to their survival be the monsters in the jungle.. -
Watch Me by Tahereh Mafi
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsLose yourself in this exhilarating return to the #1 global bestselling Shatter Me universe, the first book in a new series set ten years after the fall of The Reestablishment.James Anderson had a plan. Or half of one. All that matters is that he managed to do what his older brother, the famous Aaron Warner Anderson, never did: infiltrate Ark Island, the last refuge of The Reestablishment... -
Through the Ashes by Jacqueline Brown
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBefore the light, the truth could be slippery. You could work around it, dodge it, run away from it. But in Bria Ford’s new life, the truth is always knocking … about the past, the fate of friends and family, the realities of burgeoning love, and the changed world. For Bria there’s no escaping the truth—no matter how much she may want to... -
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Hunted on Predator Planet by Vicky L. Holt
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove will capture its prey, especially on a Predator Planet. Esra Weaver, exo-geologist, is hired for the Kerberos-90 Mining expedition, but when she awakens in her Emergency Egress Pod on a tropical, uninhabited planet, she realizes her life has taken a drastic turn for the disastrous... -
Delirium: The Complete Collection: Delirium, Hana, Pandemonium, Annabel, Raven, Requiem by Lauren Oliver
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis collection contains the complete text of the three bestselling Delirium novels plus three short novellas about characters in the Delirium world. Lauren Oliver's powerful New York Times bestselling dystopian trilogy presents a world as terrifying as George Orwell's 1984 and a romance as true as Romeo & Juliet... -
Chained by Susanne Valenti
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTerrified of the contamination and the creatures it has created, humanity hides behind The Wall. No one knows what lies beyond the wasteland. Maya has never thought much about what might still be out there, lurking in the forgotten places. But when she's thrust into the unknown, she is forced to question everything she has ever been told. Not everyone outside died, some of them became something.. -
The Circle Broken by Kat Mayor, K.M. Montemayor
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWithout Charlie, Lilly can find no reason to live. She throws herself into her studies and eventually becomes a doctor. But hiding behind her career doesn't work. Despite all her efforts to forget the past, she still finds herself haunted by her memories of him.Charlie's decision to be with Lilly has cost him his freedom and perhaps his sanity... -
Hallows Gate by Michelle Erickson
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAlternative Cover Edition for ASIN B0078TEC8WNew Years Eve changed Angelina ‘s lifeShe got lost and fell in love – with a ghostNow she needs to save him by becoming his wifeThe problem?If she succeeds, she frees him, but loses him forever.Love is more complicated than she thought...And that doesn’t include the elves... -
Gaspar by L.L. Muir
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA trouble-making Scottish lass catches the attention of the most dangerous man in Venice.(Previously published as Collecting Isobelle.)Isobelle's soft heart and penchant for trouble has delivered her to the shores of Venice, and to the attention of God's Dragon, a man whose responsibilities include trying witches...
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