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New Twists on Classic Tales July 2021
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The master's apprentice : A Retelling of the Faust Legend
by Oliver Pötzsch
In a retelling of the Faust legend, readers follow the story of young Johann Georg Gerlach as he travels throughout the German empire in the late 15th century and eventually becomes the great Doctor Johann Georg Faustus, magician and scholar, but a mystery surrounding Faustus's birth and his first mentor's secret society eventually comes back to haunt him
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The charmed wife
by Olga Grushin
Thirteen years after marrying Prince Charming and having two children, a dissatisfied Cinderella sneaks out to obtain the services of a witch known to provide love potions to disgruntled housewives, but instead of rekindled romance, she wants her husband dead.
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Sun-daughters, sea-daughters
by Aimee Ogden
After sparking a war by choosing her land-dwelling love over her Sea-Clan, Atuale tries to save her husband and his people from an incurable plague in this reimagining of The Little Mermaid as a space opera. Original. 20,000 first printing.
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The heiress : the revelations of Anne de Bourgh
by Molly Greeley
A reimagining of the story of Jane Austen’s mysterious character depicts a rejected young heiress who fights a life-long addiction before discovering health and passion in the London home of her cousin, Colonel John Fitzwilliam. 75,000 first printing.
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Children of Chicago
by Cynthia Pelayo
When the Pied Piper returns, leaving his special calling card on the bodies of his brutally murdered victims, Detective Lauren Medina is torn between protecting the city she has sworn to keep safe and keeping a promise she made long ago to him.
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Malice : a novel
by Heather Walter
In this darkly magical retelling of Sleeping Beauty, Alyce, an evil sorceress, finds an ally in Princess Aurora and wonders if she can lift Aurora’s curse so that together they can forge a new world.
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Ariadne
by Jennifer Saint
A feminist retelling of the Greek Myth of Theseus and the Minotaur follows Ariadne as she, defying the gods, betraying her family and country, and risking everything for love, helps Theseus kill the Minotaur. 75,000 first printing.
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Beth & Amy
by Virginia Kantra
Jo March’s upcoming wedding brings sisters Amy, a rising star in the fashion industry, and Beth, a talented singer-songwriter, back home to North Carolina in this modern re-telling of Little Women from a New York Times best-selling author. Original.
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The chosen and the beautiful
by Nghi Vo
Treated as an exotic attraction by her peers, Jordan Baker, queer and Asian, has the world of illusion, magic and mystery at her fingertips but the most important doors remain closed to her until she can figure out a way to open them. 75,000 first printing.
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Neon gods
by Katee Robert
To escape her controlling mother, an arranged marriage and the ultra-modern city of Olympus, Persephone Dimitrou makes a devil’s bargain with a man who she once believed was a myth who awakens her heart and body to a world she never knew existed. Original.
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Pride, prejudice, and other flavors : a novel
by Sonali Dev
"A neurosurgeon from a politically ambitious immigrant family clashes with a talented dessert chef who would prove he is more than his pedigree. By the award-winning author of ""A Distant Heart"". Original. 30,000 first printing."
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Darling by K. AncrumOn Wendy Darling’s first night in Chicago, a boy called Peter appears at her window. He’s dizzying, captivating, beautiful—so she agrees to join him for a night on the town. Wendy thinks they’re heading to a party, but instead they’re soon running in the city’s underground. She makes friends—a punk girl named Tinkerbelle and the lost boys Peter watches over. And she makes enemies—the terrifying Detective Hook, and maybe Peter himself, as his sinister secrets start coming to light. Can Wendy find the courage to survive this night—and make sure everyone else does, too?
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Quichotte : a novel
by Salman Rushdie
The award-winning author of Midnight’s Children presents a modern adaptation of Don Quixote that finds a courtly, addled salesman embarking on a cross-country journey with his imaginary son after falling impossibly in love with a television star. Simultaneous.
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Sex and vanity : a novel
by Kevin Kwan
When George, the man with whom she had brief fling several years earlier, unexpectedly appears in East Hampton, newly engaged Lucie Churchill is drawn to him again and spins a web of deceit in an attempt to block him from her life – and her heart.
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Ayesha at last
by Uzma Jalaluddin
A modern Muslim adaptation of Pride and Prejudice finds a reluctant teacher who would avoid an arranged marriage setting aside her literary ambitions before falling in love with her perpetually single cousin's infuriatingly conservative fiancé. Original
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