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Nemesis
by Anna Banks
Princess Sepora of Serubel is the last Forger in all the five kingdoms. The spectorium she creates provides energy for all, but now her father has found a way to weaponize it, and his intentions to incite war force her to flee from his grasp. When she escapes across enemy lines into the kingdom of Theoria, her plans to hide are thwarted when she is captured and placed in the young king's servitude.
Tarik has just taken over rulership of Theoria, and must now face a new plague sweeping through his kingdom and killing his citizens. The last thing he needs is a troublesome servant vying for his attention. But the mistress Sepora will not be ignored. When the two finally meet face-to-face, they form an unlikely bond that complicates life in ways neither of them could have imagined.
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All Your Wishes
by Cat Adams
A client begs Celia Graves—part human, part Siren, part vampire—to help return a genie to his bottle. The attempt makes Celia a target for the currently incorporeal ifrit. If she doesn't give him her body, he'll kill everyone she loves. If she does, he'll use her physical form to free thousands of evil djinn.
Celia's not going to hand over her body, but her client tries to trick her into it—so that he can kill the ifrit while it's trapped in her flesh. That doesn't end well for the client. Celia might not get paid for the gig, but she's got to get the ifrit re-bottled before all hell breaks loose—possibly literally!
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The regulars : a novel
by Georgia Clark
Best friends Evie, Krista, and Willow are just trying to make it through their mid-twenties in New York. They’re regular girls, with average looks and typical quarter-life crises: making it up the corporate ladder, making sense of online dating, and making rent.
Until they come across Pretty, a magic tincture that makes them, well...gorgeous. Like, supermodel gorgeous. And it’s certainly not their fault if the sudden gift of beauty causes unexpected doors to open for them.
But there’s a dark side to Pretty, too, and as the gloss fades for these modern-day Cinderellas, there’s just one question left:
What would you sacrifice to be Pretty?
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Harry Potter and the cursed child : The Official Script Book of the Original West End Production - Special Rehearsal Edition Parts one and two
by Jack Thorne
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth Harry Potter story, and the first to officially be presented on stage.
It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn't much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and father of three school-age children.
While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes darkness comes from unexpected places.
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| Red Country by Joe AbercrombieMilitary Fantasy. When Shy South returns from a trip to town with her stepfather, Lamb, she finds the family farm burned to the ground and her younger siblings missing. Suspecting that this is the work of child-abducting slave traders from the North, Shy and Lamb embark on a perilous journey to rescue the children. Although it's set in the same world as author Joe Abercrombie's First Law Trilogy, this novel (itself a loose sequel to the stand-alone book The Heroes) requires no previous knowledge of the series. However, newcomers who enjoy gritty, violent military-focused fantasy will no doubt want to immerse themselves in all the books' vividly rendered setting. |
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| Child of a Hidden Sea by A.M. DellamonicaFantasy. Magically transported from an alley in San Francisco to Stele Island, stronghold of the strange maritime world of Stormwrack, 24-year-old Sophie Hansa -- adopted as a young child -- discovers that her biological family is more unusual than she ever imagined. Upon splashing down in Stormwrack, Sophie must tread carefully in a foreign realm whose language she doesn't speak, where political conspiracies abound, and in which she is persona non grata. As she navigates Stormwrack -- aided, grudgingly, by a pirate captain and her own long-lost sister -- Sophie must decide where she truly belongs and figure out how to get there. |
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| The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanContemporary Fantasy. Returning to his childhood home in the English countryside for a funeral, the unnamed middle-aged narrator of this haunting, lyrical fable finds himself drawn to an ordinary-looking farmhouse that's anything but. As long-buried memories surface, he recalls events that occurred at Hempstock Farm when he was seven. When the malevolent Ursula Monkton insinuates herself into the fabric of his close-knit family, Hempstock's inhabitants, especially 11-year-old Lettie, offer their friendship and protection to the lonely, abused boy. However, their aid comes at a price, requiring a sacrifice he's unprepared to make, whose repercussions will echo throughout his entire life. |
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| Solstice Wood by Patricia A. McKillipContemporary Fantasy. California-based bookstore owner Sylvia Lynn returns to her ancestral home in upstate New York to attend the funeral of Liam, her beloved grandfather. At the insistence of her grandmother, Sylvia stays for the reading of the will and learns, to her surprise, that she is to inherit Lynn Hall. She also discovers that the local Fiber Guild to which Gram belongs is actually a secret coven which has spent over a century using magic to protect Lynn Hall from the Fay. When the Fairy Queen threatens the Lynn family, Sylvia -- still reeling from the revelation that she has fairy ancestry -- must find a way to protect those she loves in this complex tale of love and loss. |
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