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The unhoneymooners
by Christina Lauren
Partnered with a nemesis best man on a paradise honeymoon when her bride twin gets food poisoning, a chronically unlucky maid of honor assumes the role of a newlywed before unexpectedly falling for her companion.
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One foot in the grave : a night huntress novel
by Jeaniene Frost
Now working for the government as a Special Agent to eliminate the rogue undead, half-vampire Cat Crawfield reluctantly teams up with Bones, her vampire former lover and mentor, when she is targeted for assassination by a dangerous and evil adversary. Original.
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Throne of glass
by Sarah J. Maas
Appearing before the Crown Prince after a year of hard labor in the salt mines, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is offered her freedom in exchange for representing the throne during a competition to find a new royal assassin, a challenge that is marked by grueling training and the murders of fellow contestants.
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Portrait of a Scotsman
by Evie Dunmore
"Going toe-to-toe with a brooding Scotsman is rather bold for a respectable suffragist, but when he happens to be one's unexpected husband, what else is an unwilling bride to do? London banking heiress Hattie Greenfield wanted just three things in life: 1. Acclaim as an artist 2. A noble cause 3. Marriage to a young lord who puts the gentle in gentleman Why then does this Oxford scholar find herself at the altar with the darkly attractive financier Lucian Blackstone, whose murky past and ruthless business practices strike fear in the hearts of Britain's peerage? Trust Hattie to take an invigorating little adventure too far. Now she's stuck with a churlish Scot who just might be the end of her ambitions. . . . When the daughter of his business rival all but falls into his lap, Lucian sees opportunity. As a self-made man, he has vast wealth but holds little power, and Hattie could be the key to finally setting long-harbored political plans in motion. Driven by an old revenge, he has no room for his new wife's apprehensions or romantic notions, bewitching as he finds her. But a sudden journey to Scotland paints everything in a different light. Hattie slowly sees the real Lucian and realizes she could win everything-as long as she is prepared to lose her heart"
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Ender's game
by Orson Scott Card
An official tie-in to the motion picture release, adapted for young adults, places child military recruit and genius Ender Wiggin in a brutal government training school where he endures pressure and loneliness while competing in simulated war games to prepare for an imminent alien attack. By the best-selling author of The Tales of Alvin Maker series. Original. Movie tie-in. Simultaneous.
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Prey : immigration, Islam, and the erosion of women's rights
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
"The New York Times bestselling author of Infidel, Nomad, and Heretic argues that waves of Muslim immigration are transforming sexual politics in Europe in ways that threaten to undermine the hard-won rights of Western women"
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The Declaration
by Gemma Malley
Set in the year 2140 where people take drugs to live forever, the children of Grange Hall are the illegal surplus of parents who broke the rules, yet when a mysterious boy enters the scene and tries to convince Anna to escape with him to the freedom of the outside world, she must make the right decision in order to save her life. Reprint.
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Neuromancer
by William Gibson
Case, a burned-out computer whiz, is asked to steal a security code that is locked in the most heavily guarded databank in the solar system, in a new edition of the influential Hugo, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick Award winner. Reprint.
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December's Podcast line-up includes: 12/8 Superman 12/22 Anne of Green Gables If you missed last month's episodes, be sure to listen to Roxanne and Mikayla discuss local author Sherman Alexie (Smoke Signals) and the mysterious Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia! |
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