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The very last novel that Gene Stratton-Porter wrote before her death. The tale of a wounded World War I veteran, a beekeeper and an impish tomboy all helped by each other. A book that examines the healing power that nature and kindness can have upon someone's life. Gene Stratton Porter's optimism and confidence in nature are on full show in this distinctly American tale of adventure, hope, and healing. Many films have been influenced by it.
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One lie changes a family's path for generations-and finally brings them back to Ireland, in this saga by the author of The Devil's Own.
In May 1917 the Americans sailed into Cork to join the Great War. When they left two years later, they brought their war brides with them, including Lizzie McCarthy. Still reeling from the tragic death of her sister Maggie, Lizzie leaves Ireland hoping for a better life with her new husband Ed Anderson.
Lizzie...
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Mysterious, magical, and a little bit deadly… Welcome to Unholy Island. Luke Taylor was searching for his missing twin brother when he discovered a new purpose on a magical tidal island. Living in a quirky bookshop is a dream come true - he just didn't expect it to be so damn dangerous. Running a business on a tiny island was always going to bring challenges, but Luke didn't bargain on strange customers, hexed books, or a sentient shop that seems...
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Best friends on social media, Allysa and Morgan share a love of three things: thriller novels, true crime, and keeping secrets from each other. As soon as Allysa asks Morgan to be her plus one at a funeral, Morgan jumps on the first available flight. Burying the dead might unearth the truth about what happened to Allysa's brother twenty years earlier. She's never believed he simply left town without saying goodbye. Once they learn he's the last known...
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A holiday novella and love story for everyone...Avery Hilfington was talented, tenacious, and spent a lot of time, thinking about time. She'd lost her father at sea, and was determined to solve the problem of longitude before she lost the only other man she loved – a man who wanted nothing to do with her anymore, and a man that she swore had broken her heart for the last time.Sir Luc Rees, Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, had one goal – to win back...
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Rissa was resigned that she would die a slave. But her cruel master's latest scheme crossed a line she didn't know she still held after fifteen years of his brutality. She cannot endure his vile underhanded intentions any more, causing her to disrupt his plans and escape.
The dragon shrine offers a refuge. But her old master and his co-conspirator won't give up their plans so easily and the dragon is being secretively mysterious. Can she find...
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The Unicorn Keeper' is the third in the series of Rag and Boyd's original, fantasy adventures in the Otherworld beyond the Veil.
Rag and Boyd are settling into their new lives at Uncle Wulf's Keep. His castle in the remote North West Highlands of Scotland spans a portal to a parallel world where the mythical creatures from legends are real... Family secrets are revealed, relationships explained. Rag and Boyd are learning what to expect from their...
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Publisher Annotation: New from the author of The Keeper of Night comes a YA fantasy duology set in an alternate Tang Dynasty China, where a poor biracial girl with the ability to raise the dead gets caught up in the dangerous political games of the royal family.
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From New York Times bestselling author Michael Scott and award-winning playwright Colette Freedman, The Thirteen Hallows is the beginning of a spellbinding new saga, a thrilling tale of ancient magic and modern times.
The Hallows. Ancient artifacts imbued with a primal and deadly power. But are they protectors of this world, or the keys to its destruction?
A gruesome murder in London reveals a sinister plot to uncover a two-thousand-year-old secret.
For...
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In the ethereal expanse where stars dance and galaxies weave their cosmic tapestries, there exists a marvel beyond mortal comprehension-the Celestial Chronometer. It is whispered among astronomers and revered by celestial beings, for it is the keeper of time in the boundless universe.
11) Keeper of Myths
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Secrets of Valhalla volume 2
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IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
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Magic and myth collide in this fast-paced middle-grade fantasy, a sequel to the adventure Booklist said will make readers "clamor for more, especially those who loved Rick Riordan's Norse-themed The Sword of Summer."
Ever since Buzz and his friend Mary returned from their quest to save the Runes of Valhalla, Buzz has been wishing something more exciting would happen in his sleepy town of Crowmarsh.
Buzz's wish is about to come true. Strange people...
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State park ranger, Anne, with her husband, Tommy, becomes the keeper of the keys for the family magic, gains her earth witch powers over trees, and solves a murder at Fort Mountain State Park in the north Georgia mountains. A fun midlife mystery filled with magic, werewolves, a vampire, and perhaps a bear shifter or two.
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In this nouvelle, Detective Benjamin Sterling, gets involved in a crime investigation at the mysterious Willowbrook Manor. On getting a call from the widow of the mansion, Evelyn DuPont, whose husband Victor DuPont, was found murdered in his study, the investigation begins. The exploration leads the detective into a maze of crime and deceit that is hued with elements of 'occult' and forbidden family 'curses', a " forgotten chamber beneath the hearth,...
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Twenty-nine-year old graduate student Aleksandra Blanter has no idea what she's unleashing when she begins researching her thesis. Painstakingly, she documents old graves and crypts in an ancient cemetery. But she is not alone.
Sorin, a powerful vampire from the Dragomir clan, must keep the stubborn young woman he watches over safe. He is the keeper of the "precious peace." Forced to protect her, Sorin experiences an awakening that unleashes inconceivable...
15) Familiar Threat
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The Keepers series will keep you on the edge of your seat as Cane and Charlie find romance on the run amidst a cult uprising, a diabolical killer who won't stay dead and a trail of bodies from Vegas to Portland... Victim turned witness, Charlie finds herself the center of a blood bath, back in protective custody and safe in the arms of bodyguard Cane O'Reilly. When the lights go out in Portland, it's Vegas all over again, as the diabolical killers...
16) Perilune
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A truce has brought the Grove peace-but things are not as they appear.
Deep within a secret rainforest, live the keepers of unknown spells-a lost Landaffen colony with the power to keep Laura from fulfilling her fate by setting a trap and using Prince Brell as bait.
But Laura has become more Landaffen than human, her abilities sharpening as she infiltrates the forgotten and unforgiving Grove. She must learn to control the colony's magic...
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Riley Cook has been busy building her empire while barely escaping a marriage to a lying, cheating, womanizing man that has broken both her heart and spirit. Having endured the death of her husband, heartbreak, and loss, Riley has lost all hope of finding love and believing "Mr. Right" exists. Only the "idea of him" lingers in the recesses of her heart and mind.
Captain Noah Dunham is a man on a mission. He's the keeper of promises and the holder...
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Demons. Holy relics. And a whole lot of trouble in between. Anna Walker has the unique ability to see and walk into people's dreams, but when she uses her powers to try to help a friend, it immediately puts her on the radar of a Fallen Angel and his heavenly counterpart, a Messenger Angel. Torn between good and evil, she's trapped in her own nightmare when she uncovers a family prophecy claiming she's the Keeper of the Holy Relics. All she has to...
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On 26 December 1900, the vessel Hesperus arrived at Eilean Mor in the remote Outer Hebrides with a relief lighthouseman and fresh provisions. The lighthouse had been in operation for a year, but it had been noted that no light had been seen from Eilean Mor for several days. The relief keeper, Joseph Moore, found the lighthouse to be completely deserted, and a subsequent search of the island failed to reveal any sign of what had happened to the three...
20) Wingman
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I am his wingman. He is mine. We met her the same day. Both of us love her. His love lived in real time. My love for her lived vicariously through him. In our hearts, she belongs to the both of us. We are connected out of love, loyalty, and brotherhood. Except she doesn't know it. But time and circumstances beckon now. I am stepping from behind the curtain to stand center stage. I am late, but I am here. I have not forgotten. And that is the only...
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