E. K. Johnston

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Iowa

"The most powerful stories encompass a paradox. Spindle is both mythic and true, old beyond reckoning and dazzlingly, gloriously new. You've known this story all your life; you have never heard its like before. The Storyteller Queen lives, and her name is E. K. Johnston." -Rachel Hartman, New York Times best-selling author of Seraphina The world is made safe by a woman...but it is a very big world. It has been generations since the Storyteller Queen drove the demon out of her husband and saved her country from fire and blood. Her family has prospered beyond the borders of their village, and two new kingdoms have sprouted on either side of the mountains where the demons are kept prisoner by bright iron, and by the creatures the Storyteller Queen made to keep them contained. But the prison is crumbling. Through years of careful manipulation, a demon has regained her power. She has made one kingdom strong and brought the other to its knees, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. When a princess is born, the demon is ready with the final blow: a curse that will cost the princess her very soul, or force her to destroy her own people to save her life. The threads of magic are tightly spun, binding princess and exiled spinners into a desperate plot to break the curse before the demon can become a queen of men. But the web of power is dangerously tangled--and they may not see the true pattern until it is unspooled.

Spindle

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Zeyn Joukhadar

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

A Novel

“This imaginative but very real look into war-torn Syria is a must.” –Booklist (starred review) This rich, moving, and lyrical debut novel is to Syria what The Kite Runner was to Afghanistan; the story of two girls living eight hundred years apart—a modern-day Syrian refugee seeking safety and a medieval adventurer apprenticed to a legendary mapmaker—places today’s headlines in the sweep of history, where the pain of exile and the triumph of courage echo again and again. In the summer of 2011, just after Nour loses her father to cancer, her mother moves Nour and her sisters from New York City back to Syria to be closer to their family. In order to keep her father’s spirit as she adjusts to her new home, Nour tells herself their favorite story—the tale of Rawiya, a twelfth-century girl who disguised herself as a boy in order to apprentice herself to a famous mapmaker. But the Syria Nour’s parents knew is changing, and it isn’t long before the war reaches their quiet Homs neighborhood. When a stray shell destroys Nour’s house and almost takes her life, she and her family are forced to choose: stay and risk more violence or flee across seven countries of the Middle East and North Africa in search of safety—along the very route Rawiya and her mapmaker took eight hundred years before in their quest to chart the world. As Nour’s family decides to take the risk, their journey becomes more and more dangerous, until they face a choice that could mean the family will be separated forever. Following alternating timelines and a pair of unforgettable heroines coming of age in perilous times, The Map of Salt and Stars is the epic story of one girl telling herself the legend of another and learning that, if you listen to your own voice, some things can never be lost.

The Map of Salt and Stars

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Lena Coakley

A Novel of the Brontës

Living an isolated life in their strict father's parsonage out on the English moors, the Brontee siblings have always been inseparable, their vivid imaginations actually transporting them into their created worlds: the glittering Verdopolis and the romantic and melancholy Gonday, but when Branwell begins to slip into madness and the sisters feel their real lives slipping away, they must weigh the cost of their powerful imaginations, even as their characters--the brooding Rogue and dashing Duke of Zamorna--refuse to let them go.

Worlds of Ink and Shadow

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Jacquelyn Mitchard

"Rich and complex, The Good Son is a compelling novel about the aftermath of a crime in a small, close-knit community."--Kristin Hannah, New York Times bestselling author From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard comes the gripping, emotionally charged novel of a mother who must help her son after he is convicted of a devastating crime. What do you do when the person you love best becomes unrecognizable to you? For Thea Demetriou, the answer is both simple and agonizing: you keep loving him somehow. Stefan was just seventeen when he went to prison for the drug-fueled murder of his girlfriend, Belinda. Three years later, he's released to a world that refuses to let him move on. Belinda's mother, once Thea's good friend, galvanizes the community to rally against him to protest in her daughter's memory. The media paints Stefan as a symbol of white privilege and indifferent justice. Neighbors, employers, even some members of Thea's own family turn away. Meanwhile Thea struggles to understand her son. At times, he is still the sweet boy he has always been; at others, he is a young man tormented by guilt and almost broken by his time in prison. But as his efforts to make amends meet escalating resistance and threats, Thea suspects more forces are at play than just community outrage. And if there is so much she never knew about her own son, what other secrets has she yet to uncover--especially about the night Belinda died?

The Good Son

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Marie Lu

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

"Adelina Amouteru survived the blood fever, a deadly illness that killed many, but left others with strange markings and supernatural powers. Cast out by her family, Adelina joins the secret society of the Young Elites and discovers her own dangerous abilities"--

The Young Elites

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Larissa Ione

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

A dark, sexy romance from New York Times bestselling author Larissa Ione for readers of Katee Robert, Laura Thalassa, and Scarlett St. Claire: she's his only hope to stop the Apocalypse--but is he willing to pay the price?



His name is Ares, and the fate of mankind rests on his powerful shoulders. If he falls to the forces of evil, the world falls, too. As one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, he is far stronger than any mortal, but even he cannot fight his destiny forever. Not when his own brother plots against him.



Yet there is one last hope. Gifted in a way other humans can't--or won't--understand, Cara Thornhart is the key to both his safety and his doom. But involving Cara will prove treacherous, even beyond the maddening, dangerous desire that seizes them the moment they meet.



For staving off eternal darkness requires a staggering cost: Cara's life.



Previously released as Eternal Rider. 

Eternal Rider

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Natalie C. Parker

Seafire

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Rescued by the Blades, a nomadic crew hiding from Aric Athair, Caledonia seeks their help to find the Mors Navis and her sisters, defeat Aric's fleet, and take back the Bullet seas.

Steel Tide

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Nina Varela

Crier's War

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Barbara Delinsky

Mackenzie Cooper took her eyes off the road for just a moment but the resulting collision was enough to rob her not only of her beloved daughter but ultimately of her marriage, family, and friends-- and thanks to the nonstop media coverage, even her privacy. Now she lives in Vermont under the name Maggie Reid, in a small house with her cats and dog. She's thankful for the new friends she's made-- though she can't risk telling them too much. And she takes satisfaction in working as a makeup artist at the luxurious local spa, helping clients hide the visible outward signs of their weariness, illnesses, and injuries. Covering up scars is a skill she has mastered.

Before and Again

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Amita Parikh

The Magical International Bestseller about Love, Loss and Survival in Wartime Europe

THE MAGICAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER




'AN UPLIFTING READ AND A WELCOME ESCAPE FROM OUR TURBULENT TIMES' GUARDIAN




'A MAGICAL, VIBRANT PARADE OF A NOVEL ABOUT EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE FINDING LIGHT IN HISTORY'S DARKEST DECADES. SPELLBINDING' ERIN KELLY




'FANS OF LUCINA RILEY WILL LOVE THIS HEARTWARMING NOVEL. A STORY FULL OF HOPE AND BRAVERY' NINA POTTELL, PRIMA



'Enchanting' MAIL ON SUNDAY
'Rich' SUNDAY TIMES
'Gorgeous' WOMAN'S WEEKLY
'Compelling' DAILY MAIL
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Europe, 1938. Even as the daughter of the extraordinary headlining illusionist, Lena Papadopoulos has never quite found her place within the World of Wonders - a travelling circus that traverses the continent in a luxury steam engine. Brilliant and curious, Lena yearns for the real-world magic of science and medicine, despite the limitations she feels in her wheelchair. But when a young French orphan, Alexandre, comes aboard the circus train, Lena's life is infused with magic and wonder for the first time.

But outside the bright lights of the circus, darkness is descending on Europe. War is about to shatter Lena's world, and take away everything she holds dear. And to recover what she has lost, Lena will have to believe in the impossible.

A must-read for fans of Water for Elephants, The Circus Train will take readers on a heart-wrenching two-decade journey across a continent in which great beauty and unimaginable horror live side by side.
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The Circus Train

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Stuart MacBride

The Number One bestseller from the award-winning Stuart MacBride. The seventh DS Logan McRae thriller is a gripping page-turner in which fame and fortune crash head-on with crime and punishment.

Shatter the Bones

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Donna Kauffman

Kate Angell

Allyson Charles

Every autumn, Moonbright, Maine, is the picture of charm with its piles of crisp leaves, flickering jack-o'-lanterns, and a touch of the sweetest kind of enchantment. And no place has more seasonal spirit than Bellaluna's Bakeshop, a family business steeped in traditional recipes, welcoming warmth--and, legend has it, truly spellbinding, heart-melting treats.eats.

The Bakeshop at Pumpkin and Spice

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Stephanie Mack

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Suing Cinderella

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P. C. Cast

Kristin Cast

A House of Night Novel

With ancient evil loose in the world, Zoey's very existence is on shaky ground, so when a seductive force is revealed to her, she must find the strength to reveal the truth or lose everything that matters, including her soul.

Hunted

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Zoey's life at vampyre training school takes a turn for the worse as she loses most of her group of friends and all three of her potential boyfriends and the High Priestess Neferet plans a war on humans that Zoey knows is wrong.

Untamed

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Chosen

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P.c. Cast

Betrayed

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Sixteen-year-old Zoey Redbird is Marked as a fledging vampyre and joins the House of Night where she will train to become an adult vampyre.

Marked

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Ian Rankin

An Inspector Rebus Novel

The New York Times calls Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus books "A superior series," and Tooth and Nail is another outstanding entry.

Scottish homicide detective John Rebus has been sent from "North of the Border" to help London police catch a serial killer with a gruesome M.O. Teamed with a London cop he wants to trust but can't, Rebus lets a beautiful psychologist into the case develops a bizarre portrait of a killer who leaves bite marks and tears on each victim's body. Now it's only a question of who is going to get busted first: the cop with the accent who breaks all the rules--or the psycho painting London with blood...

Tooth and Nail

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Santa Montefiore

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

"Escapism of the highest order" (Booklist) from the #1 internationally bestselling author, her first book set in America, the story of a mother and daughter searching for love and happiness, unaware of the secrets that bind them.

England, 1932: Grace Hamblin is growing up on the beautiful estate of the Marquiss and Marchioness of Penselwood. The beekeeper's daughter, she knows her place and her future--that is until her father dies and leaves her alone. Her childhood friend Freddie has recently become her lover, and she is thankful when they are able to marry and take over her father's duties. But there is another man whom she just can't shake from her thoughts...

Massachusetts, 1973: Grace's daughter, Trixie Valentine, is in love with an unsuitable boy. Jasper Duncliffe is wild and romantic, and in a band that might be going somewhere. But when his brother dies and he is called home to England, Jasper promises to come back for Trixie one day, if only she will wait for him. Thinking Trixie is surely abandoned, Grace tries to reach out to her daughter, but Trixie brushes off her mother's advice and comfort, sure Jasper's love for her was real...

Both mother and daughter are searching for love and happiness, unaware of the secrets that bind them. To find what they most truly desire they must confront the secrets of the past, and unravel the lies told long ago. Set on a fictional island off the coast of Massachusetts with charming architecture, beautiful landscape, and quirky islanders, The Beekeeper's Daughter is "a multigenerational banquet of love...one of the most engrossing reads of my year" (New York Times bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand).

The Beekeeper's Daughter

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Jo Nesbø

Don Bartlett

The Snowman

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Mark Helprin

When master mechanic Peter Lake attempts to rob a mansion on the Upper West Side, he is caught by young Beverly Penn, the terminally ill daughter of the house, and their subsequent love send Peter on a desperate personal journey. Reprint.

Winter's Tale

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Frank Tallis

Vienna 1903, and an operatic diva, Ida Rosenkrantz, is found dead in her villa. It appears she has taken an overdose of morphine, but a broken rib suggests other possibilities. DI Oskar Rheinhardt seeks the assistance of his young friend, psychoanalyst Dr Max Liebermann.

Death and the Maiden

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E. K. Johnston

Spindle

Zeyn Joukhadar

The Map of Salt and Stars

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Worlds of Ink and Shadow

Jacquelyn Mitchard

The Good Son

Marie Lu

The Young Elites

Larissa Ione

Eternal Rider

Natalie C. Parker

Seafire

Natalie C. Parker

Steel Tide

Nina Varela

Crier's War

Barbara Delinsky

Before and Again

Amita Parikh

The Circus Train

Stuart MacBride

Shatter the Bones

Donna Kauffman; Kate Angell; Allyson Charles

The Bakeshop at Pumpkin and Spice

Stephanie Mack

Suing Cinderella

P. C. Cast; Kristin Cast

Hunted

P. C. Cast; Kristin Cast

Untamed

P. C. Cast; Kristin Cast

Chosen

P.c. Cast; Kristin Cast

Betrayed

P. C. Cast; Kristin Cast

Marked

Ian Rankin

Tooth and Nail

Santa Montefiore

The Beekeeper's Daughter

Jo Nesbø; Don Bartlett

The Snowman

Mark Helprin

Winter's Tale

Frank Tallis

Death and the Maiden

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