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Shadow rider Elie Archambault has been called many things: domineering, brash, loyal. But most of all, fast. And there's nothing faster than choosing to marry a woman you've never met. All he has are a signed contract and a list of his new bride's expectations for their arranged marriage. He's not expecting love or some happy ever after, just a partner who knows exactly what she signed up for. He'll be faithful because he's a man of honor, but she'll...

Misaabe tells stories and tries to pass them off as the truth. When his mother finds out, she tries to show him his life isn't so bad

"The great city of Tova is shattered. The sun is held within the smothering grip of the Crow God's eclipse, but a comet that marks the death of a ruler and heralds the rise of a new order is imminent. The Meridian: a land where magic has been codified and the worship of gods suppressed. How do you live when legends come to life, and the faith you had is rewarded? As sea captain Xiala is swept up in the chaos and currents of change, she finds an unexpected...

Fi is a bookish treasure hunter with a knack for ruins and riddles, who definitely doesn't believe in true love. Shane is a tough-as-dirt girl warrior from the north who likes cracking skulls, pretty girls, and doing things her own way. Briar Rose is a prince under a sleeping curse, who's been waiting a hundred years for the kiss that will wake him. Cursed princes are nothing but ancient history to Fi--until she pricks her finger on a bone spindle...

"My name is Otolorin. I've been called monster. Within dark valleys of flesh I defy the given - a snake curled in upon itself, two-in-one, mythical and shunned. Yet, in that magic place between worlds, in the realm where the great mother gives milk to her offspring, I become like a goddess. An Ordinary Wonder is a powerful coming-of-age story that explores complex desires as well as challenges of family, identity, gender, and culture, and what it...

They were supposed to be attending a volunteer dinner in their honor, but instead, Owen and Gray have been stranded in the middle of a raging blizzard. Once the storm subsides, the boys decide to try to find their way back to civilization. But with no food or water, freezing temperatures, and no help in sight, both boys begin to lose hope. Can they make it safely home, or will the frozen elements become too much for them to handle?

"Draws on The Examinations of Anne Askew and other historical documents to re-create in novel form the life of Anne Askew, who was tried, convicted, and burned at the stake in 1546. Follows Askew from a rebellious girlhood in Lincolnshire, through an abusive marriage in the Fenlands from which she escapes, to an underground network of evangelical Reformists in London, where her public interpretations of Scripture bring her to the attention of the...

Seventeen-year-old Nigerian Canadian Adanna Nkwachi must deal with an estranged older brother, uncertainty about her future, and helping her cousin plan a big Nigerian wedding.

Twin sisters discover they have special powers and must adapt to their new skills. Ellie McFadden has intuitive gifts. She can sense what other living things are feeling. She can even talk to animals! Too bad she can't connect with her twin sister, Parker. Parker McFadden has kinetic gifts. She can cause shocks to the earth and produce heat energy that explodes from her body like fire, especially when she is angry. The sisters aren't aware of the...

When a wealthy bachelor is murdered in his baroque Boston mansion, a bizarre clue holds the key to whodunnit. --Amazon.com.