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Wren Embervale, an alchemist-turned-assassin, seeks vengeance for her fallen friends. But when a mysterious alchemical attack threatens the midrealms, she’s forced out of the shadows. To uncover a cure, she must win a place at the prestigious Drevenor Academy by surviving the deadly Gauntlet.
As sabotage and dark magic endanger the realm, Wren is caught in a web of deception—alongside Torj Elderbrock, a war hero who despises her for killing his last charge. With peace crumbling and enemies closing in, Wren must decide: will love be her salvation or her downfall?
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Shaken from the aftermath of the Libertatem, the newly found star-maiden Astraea is determined to keep her freedom, even at the cost of betraying her heart. But time is running out to recover her memories with the hope it will unveil her killer.
Embarking on a journey to discover her past, Astraea’s awakening power spins the hourglass on a history threatening to repeat itself. While Nyte tries to regain control of the vampires hungry for bloodshed, a sinister plan by his brother to overthrow him sparks a dangerous feud. But are they willing to wear the blood of their kin to see it through?
For nothing in the past ever stays buried. Friends have turned into foes, brothers have turned into enemies, and what was written in the stars long ago ignites again in two hearts that were never meant to be. Letting Astraea go would save the world from darkness, but Nyte is no hero. It seems no monster is heartless, and no angel is without sin.
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Tegan is eight months pregnant, alone, and desperately wants to put her crumbling life in the rearview mirror. So she hits the road, planning to stay with her brother until she can figure out her next move. But she doesn't realize she's heading straight into a blizzard.
She never arrives at her destination.
Stranded in rural Maine with a dead car and broken ankle, Tegan worries she's made a terrible mistake. Then a miracle occurs: she is rescued by a couple who offers her a room in their warm cabin until the snow clears.
But something isn't right. Tegan believed she was waiting out the storm, but as time ticks by, she comes to realize she is in grave danger. This safe haven isn't what she thought it was, and staying here may have been her most deadly mistake yet.
And now she must do whatever it takes to save herself--and her unborn child.
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Earth is broken beyond repair. The Planet is our last hope.
Humanity's first mission to the Planet ended in tragedy, but botanist Jill Jones won't let that stop her from joining the second.
Perfect climate, perfect terrain, perfect flora and fauna; the Planet has called to Jill all of her life. She knows, with bone-deep certainty, it's home. A new beginning for humanity. She just needs a chance to prove it.
But as Jill and her team survey the Planet, a mysterious presence begins to infiltrate their thoughts. When her colleagues start to disappear, it's up to Jill to uproot the Planet's secrets before they consume her, her friends, and the one man she would do anything to keep.
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Ebby Freeman's world shattered the day her brother, Baz, was killed, his body found beside the broken remains of a centuries-old family heirloom. The crime was never solved, and as one of the few Black families in an elite New England enclave, the Freemans became an object of public fascination.
Years later, when Ebby’s high-profile breakup ignites another media storm, she flees to France—only to find her past still haunting her. As she revisits the tragedy, she begins to uncover the lost history of the stoneware jar, a relic carried North by an enslaved ancestor. But the jar holds more than memories—it may also hold the key to her future.
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Neko Case has long been revered as one of music's most influential artists, whose authenticity, lyrical storytelling, and sly wit have endeared her to a legion of critics, musicians, and lifelong fans. In THE HARDER I FIGHT THE MORE I LOVE YOU, Case brings her trademark candor and precision to a memoir that traces her evolution from an invisible girl "raised by two dogs and a space heater" in rural Washington state to her improbable emergence as an internationally-acclaimed talent.
In luminous, sharp-edged prose, Case shows readers what it's like to be left alone for hours and hours as a child, to take refuge in the woods around her home, and to channel the monotony and loneliness and joy that comes from music, camaraderie, and shared experience into art.
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When a shocking murder occurs in the home of Angie and David Sheehan, their lives are shattered. Desperate to defend their family, they turn to small-town lawyer Martine Dumont for help, but Martine isn’t just legal counsel—she’s also the mother of Angie’s first love, Julian, a now-successful New York City criminal defense attorney. As Julian and Angie confront their shared past and long-buried guilt from a tragic accident years ago, they must navigate their own culpability and the unresolved feelings between them.
Spanning decades, from the ski slopes of rural Colorado to the streets of pre-9/11 New York City and back again, Kristin Koval’s debut novel Penitence is an examination of the complexities of familial loyalty, the journey of redemption, and the profound experience of true forgiveness.
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Vi Liu, the daughter of a Taiwanese father and a white mother, has always felt out of place in her Midwestern college town. Aimless after a breakup and dropping out of college, she spends her days working at a hotel front desk—until a night out changes everything. In a drunken act of compassion, she takes home a strange, living blob found in an alley.
But the blob is no ordinary creature. Growing more sentient by the day, it begins to shift shape and obey Vi’s commands. Seizing the opportunity, she molds it into her ideal partner—a handsome white man shaped by pop culture and sugary cereals. Yet as her creation takes on a life of its own, Vi is forced to confront her past, her relationships, and the deep-seated insecurities that have shaped her identity.
Blending surrealism with sharp social commentary, Blob is a witty, thought-provoking exploration of love, loneliness, and the struggle for self-acceptance.