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21) Cat Refuge
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Jason Connors, the head of the FBI, becomes involved in a simple immigration case in which a doctor from Africa has married an American woman so he can enter the United States. Some claim the doctor is not human, but rather a cat-like alien species that can mimic the human form. Determined to discover what is really going on, he sends his brightest agent, Carmella Ginkabo to Africa, to uncover the facts. Courageously, she travels deep into the jungle...
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From the author of The Forest of Bleeding Trees and other macabre fare, Patricia Mattern, comes yet another chilling tale that will have you up until way past your bedtime!
Marley and Tom are the perfect couple. To see them, you may not even notice that while Tom is human, Marley is a dhamphir, a half vampire. They're just a friendly couple, who want a home in the country, filled with laughing, happy children.
Unfortunately, they are unable to have...
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IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope - The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), by Anthony Hope, is an adventure novel in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces within the realm are such that, in order for the king to retain the crown, his coronation must proceed. Fortuitously, an English gentleman on holiday in Ruritania who resembles the monarch is persuaded to act as...
24) The Nurse
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Pre order the brilliant new psychological thriller from bestselling author, Valerie Keogh!
'Keogh is the queen of compelling narratives and twisty plots' Jenny O'Brien
'A wonderful book, I can't rate this one highly enough. If only there were ten stars, it's that good. Valerie Keogh is a master story-teller, and this is a masterful performance.' Bestselling author Anita Waller
Do No Harm…
Bullied, overlooked and under-appreciated, Lissa McColl...
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'A king adorns the throne… He has no subtlety, no grace but he does not deserve to die in the way that has been planned and this is why we shall stop them, our men, our kin and save us all.'
1605
Bess Throckmorton is well used to cunning plots and intrigues. With her husband Sir Walter Raleigh imprisoned in the Tower of London, and she and her family in a constant battle to outwit Robert Cecil, the most powerful man in the country who is determined...
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1918 Italy
When a deadly blizzard traps Fiona Figg and Kitty Lane in the Dolomite Mountains, it's all
downhill from here.Their hotel is snowed-in, and no one can get in or out. Then a man is found dead in his locked hotel room – and the killer is still on the premises. But with no murder weapon and too many suspects, their investigation is treading on thin ice.
The colder it gets outside, the hotter it gets inside as Fiona squares off with both...
27) The Professor
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The Professor (1857) is English writer Charlotte Brontë's first novel. Rejected by several publishing houses, Brontë shelved the novel in order to write her masterpiece Jane Eyre (1847). After her death, The Professor was edited by Brontë's widower, Arthur Bell Nichols, who saw that the novel was published posthumously. Based on Brontë's experience as a student and teacher in Brussels-which similarly inspired her novel Villette-The Professor is...
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HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'From that hour we had no further occasion for the exercise of reason, or judgment, or skill, or contrivance. We were henceforth to be hurled along, the playthings of the fierce elements of the deep.' In Verne's science-fiction classic, Professor Lidenbrock chances upon an ancient manuscript and pledges to solve the mysterious coded message that lies within it. Eventually...
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A SorcereR and Swordsman find themselves in a pitched battle for their lives… an aging protector questions his legacy… assassins in the same family try to find a common ground… a young woman finds herself in a strange world, fighting to protect her brother… a pirate captain slowly loses his boat to a mysterious fate… the power of the elements flow through a woman searching for her place in the world…An anthology of short stories by Quicksylver...
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"Set in Central Florida, the story kicks off with online death threats and the disappearance of Truly and his wife's cousin Jay who have taken Truly's boat out to sea to scatter the ashes of Truly's father. Weeks pass without any sign of the two. Questions arise; how do the death threats figure into the mystery? Why does Truly pass out in the boat? And why did the two insist on leaving the port in bad weather? Randall examines the ripple effect the...
31) Jace
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Bad boy Silicon Valley Millionaire Jace offers Sienna the money she needs to rescue her startup. There's one condition, she must be his fiancee for a fortnight. Only he hadn't counted on his feelings turning real.
Sienna needs Jace's money to save her company and put her sister through college. She accepts Jace's proposal; only to find she is attracted to him in a way she hadn't expected. But when Sienna's past catches up with her, she must leave...
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Tinker Tailor Conman – An absolutely gripping psychological thriller with a stunning twist…The conman weaves his web of deceit by spinning lies to gain sympathy, whether romantic or by pure greed. Take the bait and be pulled gently in a bit at a time. Once hooked, he will never let you go because there must always be that little more in your pocket to be had. Was in search of love or just plain greed, or was it that unmissable bargain that would...
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You don't know me. Not yet. I don't have a name, or even anything like an identity. I'm just kind of a nobody, drifting through life and going quietly about my business. Or I was. Then one day evil came to town. Murder, fear, and horror followed. And if I want to stop it, I have to destroy my quiet life and disturb the universe. I have to find out why I exist. I have to discover the true nature of whatever god rules from on high. He's got some things...
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Life has gone a little bit downhill for Lily Jackson…
Lily Jackson is stuck in a rut at her job and when her plan to kick-start a romance with her childhood friend Jamie goes drastically wrong, she decides it's time for a change. Spurred on by best-friend Imogen, Lily leaves her dull London life for a job at a hotel in Chamonix, snow-capped mountains, and a lot of Christmas spirit.
As Lily settles in with the eccentric Devereux family at their...
35) Caged Rage
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Blood doesn't always come first when you have a family like mine.Going to Prison for ten years should have made my feelings for her easier to handle… It hasn't. She became a drug, a real-life fantasy. She's my reason for survival. The day of my release, the last person I expected to see was the one person I needed to see the most, Macy. Will I be able to control my craving and need for her? Hearing what my brother, Jack has done to the woman I love...
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In this medium length story, we have Jane, Marchioness of Severn and her side kick; a poet Mr Despencer conniving plans together to bring about the marriage of her daughter, Lady Victoria with an heir to a brewery plant , Mr Hammond. There were obstacles though, in term of Hammond's love to a popular club singer, Belle Yorke. Meanwhile there were also rumours circling around of Miss Yorke being patronized by a wealthy man. As for her ladyship cunningness...
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With everything he cared about most stripped away, Lex is left facing a life-and-death decision... and not only for himself.In order to defeat Ardis, Lex must first face the truth about himself and his powers... but victory may come at a higher cost than he ever imagined. All of Arameth rides on his ability to face his demons... literally and figuratively.Don't miss this epic conclusion to The Lex Chronicles trilogy, where all roads converge on The...
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Bacardi and Coke. Neat. Not the usual drink of choice for a mountain dwarf. Then again, Detective Sirgrus Blackmane is no ordinary dwarf-at least not since the Great War. Being a gumshoe during Prohibition might appear glamorous, with secret speakeasies, all-night cocktail parties, and scantily clad women displaying their knees, but crime and conspiracy lurk beneath the city's shining illusion. When the human half of the Mason and Blackmane Detective...
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Cora needed an out. Being stalked by an unknown person was weighing heavily on her mind, more than she thought possible. When the detective suggests a two-month-long trip to get her away, she agrees and spins the globe.Her destination: Sydney, Australia.Kory was tired of the easy life and wanted to find someone who would set his world ablaze. He wasn't expecting a bombshell that instantly stole his heart, body, and soul.Will Cora and Kory make it...
40) 365
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A collection of intensely short and sweet(-ish) microfiction, less than half a page each, originally published as daily tweets in 2019 and 2020. The stories veer from genre to genre, with an emphasis on murder and SFF, but consistently maintain that John is not to be trusted, and raccoons will do anything to blend in into the human society.
All in all, this book contains 366 weirdly fantastical microfiction stories in a quick-to-read package that's...
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