January 2020 list by L. Buehler
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Blood Heir
by Amélie Wen Zhao
Spending her life within the palace walls to hide her forbidden blood Affinity, crown princess Ana flees for her life when she is accused of her emperor father’s murder and forges a tentative alliance with a cunning crime lord to outmaneuver a powerful conspiracy.
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Coral
by Sara Ella
The worlds of Coral, Brooke, and Merrick, teens wounded by mental illness and family problems, collide and they must choose what to leave behind in order to survive and start fresh.
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Dangerous Alliance
by Jennieke Cohen
When her family’s privileged existence is threatened, Lady Victoria refers to the stories of Jane Austen to secure a quick marriage while navigating mysterious accidents and three potential suitors, including a former best friend.
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Eight Will Fall
by Sarah Harian
Sent on a mission to rid their kingdom of monsters, a girl from a world where magic is illegal leads a band of magical outlaws into an underground world of unspeakable horrors before discovering that their team was never meant to survive. Simultaneous eBook.
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The Memory Thief
by Lauren Mansy
In this unforgettable journey through the city of Craewick—a city where memories are currency, citizens are divided by ability and “Gifted” individuals can take memories from others as they please—17-year-old Etta Lark must prove her allegiance to the Shadows rebel group she quit following an accident years earlier in order to rescue her mother from a corrupt culture that would steal her memories and sell them to the highest bidder.
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The Piper's Pursuit
by Melanie Dickerson
A fresh reimagining of the classic “Pied Piper” tale finds the stepdaughter of a corrupt Hamlin mayor investigating rumors of a wolf-like beast to explain the disappearances of children throughout the community.
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Runemaker
by Alex R. Kahler
Tenn thought the spirits wanted him to find his fellow Hunter, Aidan, to win the war against the undead. But with Aidan on the brink of self-destruction and Tenn reeling from his lover's spite, their fated convergence seems far from promising. Especially because Aidan no longer appears to be fighting for the living.
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When the Stars Lead to You
by Ronni Davis
A brokenhearted high school senior resigns herself to a lonely year before the reappearance of her ex reveals the prejudice and mental illness that ended their summer romance. 20,000 first printing. A first novel.
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Where the World Ends
by Geraldine McCaughrean
An award-winning young adult novel by the best-selling author of Peter Pan in Scarlet traces the story of eight boys who participate in an annual bird-hunting expedition on a remote island only to become stranded when nobody arrives to take them home.
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Written in the Stars
by Aisha Saeed
Nailas parents allow her to choose what to study, how to wear her hair, what to be when she grows up, but when she falls in love with Saif, her parents take a family trip to Pakistan to marry her to the man of their choosing.
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