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1) Firelight
Author
Series
Darkest London volume 1
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
After she is forced to wed Lord Benjamin Archer, London's most nefarious nobleman, Miranda Ellis, who is gifted with exceptional abilities, comes to love her new husband, but his dark curse soon leads them both into deadly danger.
Author
Series
Legendary lovers volume 4
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
To save her sister from falling for rake Quinn Wilde, Venetia Stratham, after publicly jilting her libertine fiancâe at the altar and fleeing society, finds herself married to the arrogant yet irresistible lord who is intent on winning her heart.
Author
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
"Sprinkled with humor, heartache and history, this stand-alone sequel to The Swan House is a journey of sacrifice, forgiveness and hope that finds a daughter and mother linked by love, but separated by secrets"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
An expanded and refreshed "director's cut" of the author's 1999 novel restores his original vision for the work that depicts what happens to a fashion model after a debilitating accident destroys her face and her ability to speak.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"For fans of Shirley Jackson, Neil Gaiman, Roald Dahl, and Edward Gorey, a beguiling and disarming debut novel from an award-winning British author about a mysterious group of children who appear to a disfigured recluse and his country doctor--and the startling revelations their behavior evokes"--
8) The Ugly One
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"At the height of the Incan empire, a girl called the Ugly One because of a disfiguring scar on her face, seeks to have the scar removed and instead finds a life path as a shaman"
Author
Series
Dericott tale volume 2
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In medieval England, nineteen-year-old Audrey, the daughter of English nobility and facially scarred by her abusive, mentally ill sister, seeks God's protection when she runs away from an arranged marriage proposal, to find true love, safety, and a purpose to her life.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In 1916, Sven Ormson leaves a restless life in Stockholm to seek adventure in Svalbard, an Arctic archipelago where darkness reigns four months of the year and he might witness the splendor of the Northern Lights one night and be attacked by a polar bear the next. But his time in a mining camp ends when an avalanche nearly kills him, leaving him disfigured, after which Sven flees even farther, to an uninhabited fjord. There, with the company of a...
Author
Series
Moonlight Bay volume 3
Publisher
Forever
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Jessica Blackwood is trying to make her architectural design firm a success, and she's off to a great start, thanks to a recommendation that leads to the job of the century-designing a house for a wealthy but reclusive bachelor. The only problem? Jessica's new client happens to be her old high school nemesis. The bigger problem? He's no longer the cocky boy who once tormented her, and suddenly she finds herself intrigued by her new client. Christopher...
12) Mister Mammoth
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books/Flux House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Mister Mammoth is the world's greatest detective and the kind of person you don't forget. Being a seven-foot-tall pacifist who's covered head to toe with an impressive collection of horrific scars makes quite the impression. But he might be losing his edge. He can't seem to solve his latest case and he's distracted with a strange obsession with a soap opera actress who doesn't even know he exists. His new case holds clues that might finally unlock...
13) What we buried
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
Liv Brewer, former pageant queen and reality-TV star, was groomed for a life in the spotlight. Her older brother Jory, born with a partial facial paralysis, was left in the shadows. The only thing they have in common is contempt for their parents. Now Liv is suing her mom and dad for emancipation; on the day of the hearing their parents disappear. Liv suspects that Jory knows more than he's telling. As the duo speeds through the deserts of Nevada,...
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