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1) The fury
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Pub. Date
2024
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English
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Spending Easter with Lana Farrar, a reclusive ex-movie star and one of the most famous women in the world, on her idyllic private Greek island, her guests, concealing hatred and desire for revenge, become trapped when the night ends in violence and murder.
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"A mysterious high-stakes game proves life-threatening in this twisty thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Overnight Guest The Best Friend. The Confidant. The Senator. The Boyfriend. The Executive. Five contestants have been chosen to compete for ten million dollars on the game show One Lucky Winner. The catch? None of them knows what (or who) to expect, and it will be live streamed all over the world. Completely secluded...
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Pub. Date
2024
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English
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"A novel about dead bodies found in the snow, a mother seeking revenge, and old folk tales that may very well be true. New York Times bestselling author Yangsze Choo brilliantly explores a world of mortals and spirits, humans and beasts, and their dazzling intersection"--
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Joe Pickett novels volume 24
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English
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"A rogue grizzly bear has gone on a rampage -- killing, among others, the potential fiancé of Joe's daughter. At the same time, Dallas Cates, who Joe helped lock up years ago, is released from prison with a special list tattooed on his skin. He wants revenge on the people who sent him away: the six people he blames for the deaths of his entire family and the loss of his reputation and property. Using the grizzly attacks as cover, Cates sets out to...
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"Mrs. King is no ordinary housekeeper. Born into a world of con artists and thieves, she's made herself respectable, running the grandest home in Mayfair. The place is packed with treasures, a glittering symbol of wealth and power, but dark secrets lurk in the shadows. When Mrs. King is suddenly dismissed from her position, she recruits an eclectic group of women to join her in revenge: A black market queen out to settle her scores. An actress desperate...
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"It's a blazing summer when two men arrive in a small village in the West of Ireland. One of them is coming home. Both of them are coming to get rich. One of them is coming to die. Cal Hooper took early retirement from Chicago PD and moved to rural Ireland looking for peace. He's found it, more or less: he's built a relationship with a local woman, Lena, and he's gradually turning Trey Reddy from a half-feral teenager into a good kid going good places....
8) ROCK BOTTOM
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Sisterhood series volume 35
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English
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As the world's most famous vigilantes, the women of the Sisterhood have seen justice served countless times over the years. When an old classmate of one of the members of the Sisterhood suspects that her firm's foundation materials may be the reason a number of bridges and buildings have been collapsing, it is time for the Sisterhood to go into action. But this adversary has money, power, and resources to match the Sisterhood's - and no intention...
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A self-made millionaire whose husband is cheating on her with two women, Adira Smith-Cortez, when his vengeful mistress offers her the perfect plan to get him back, is pushed to unthinkable extremes and, as her obsession overtakes her, must decide how much of herself she's willing to lose.
10) A drop of venom
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Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"The legend of Medusa is retold as an empowering feminist tale in an Indian-mythology-inspired world"--
11) The favorites
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Publisher
Graydon House
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Enrolling in the prestigious Law and Literature course at Franklin University to exact revenge on the professor she believes is responsible for her sister's death, Jessie Mooney will cross any line to hold him accountable as the truth becomes darkly twisted.
12) Flames of wrath
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Publisher
Black Odyssey Media
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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Nearly beaten to death by a group of people she thought were her friends, Alexia Leighton survives, recovers and watches her attackers become victims themselves of mysterious acts of violence, leaving the authorities stumped.
13) A reckless oath
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Hyperion
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Calla and friends must deal with their losses and come to grips with their own part to play in the Fates' War ahead"--
14) Ruthless rival
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Cruel castaways volume 1
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Past and present collide when an on-the-rise publicist sets out to prove that her father is not the monster is he's accused of being until she discovers the person determined to destroy him is the son of a former employee with whom she had her first kiss years ago.
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"In Victorian London, when she discovers her sister's death aboard the Makepeace was no accident and that the ship's scientist Edison Stowe was responsible, Maude Horton, to find the truth, begins shadowing Edison, enacting the ultimate revenge to get justice for her sister"--
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Melville House
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"Nate Evers, a young black political activist, struggles with rage as his people are still being killed in the streets...When his little cousin is murdered, Nate shuns the graffiti murals, candlelight vigils, and Twitter hashtags that are commonplace after these senseless deaths. Instead, he leads 3 grief-stricken friends on a mission of retribution, kidnapping the descendants of long-ago perpetrators of hate crimes, confronting the targets with their...
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Unforgettable love volume 2
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Amara, an imprint of Entangled Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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When the Earl of Ambrose, who refused to pay for her catering services due to his scheming mistress, arrives in her small village without his memory, Miss Georgianna Heyford claims he's her long-lost husband in an attempt to get revenge on this spoiled aristocrat.
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Animal volume 5
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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In this final installment of the Animal series, we find our anti-hero on a hunt for the woman who forced him to pick his guns back up when she burned his entire world down: the traitorous Red Sonja. She alone holds the key to saving his children and avenging his murdered wife, Gucci. But first, he has to find her.
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Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Moving into a senior living apartment, retired nurse Frannie Greene, in one dreadful, impulsive moment, exacts revenge on whom she believes is responsible for the death of her beloved granddaughter, but when someone winds up dead, she must find out what really happened that night.
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Fairy godmother volume 1
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Sixteen-year-old Farrow hatches a dangerous plan to seek revenge on Queen Magrit and regain her magic, but when Farrow finds herself falling for the one person who could ruin everything, she must decide whether it is more important to live in the past or forge a new future.
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