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41) Vow of thieves
Author
Series
Dance of thieves volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Kazi and Jase have survived, stronger and more in love than ever. Their new life now lies before them--the Ballengers will be outlaws no longer, Tor's Watch will be a kingdom, and Kazi and Jase will meet all challenges side by side, together at last. But an ominous warning mars their journey back, and they soon find themselves tangled in a web of deceit woven by their greatest enemies and unlikeliest allies, a place where betrayals run deeper and...
Author
Language
English
Description
Aspiring writer Maurice Swift, whose desire for fame exceeds his talent, uses a chance meeting with celebrated novelist Erich Ackermann in a West Berlin hotel in 1988 to obtain secrets about Ackermann's wartime activities, which becomes material for his first novel. Once Maurice has had a taste of literary fame, he knows he can stop at nothing in pursuit of that high. Moving from the Amalfi Coast, where he matches wits with Gore Vidal, to Manhattan...
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From his experiences as a young naval officer in battles off Okinawa, Philip Bowman returns to America and finds a position as a book editor. It is a time when publishing is still largely a private affair--a scattered family of small houses here and in Europe--a time of gatherings in fabled apartments and conversations that continue long into the night. In this world of dinners, deals, and literary careers, Bowman finds that he fits in perfectly....
46) Little monsters
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Traces the relationship between Hallie Costa and Gus Silva, who meet as children in the wake of a terrible crime that leaves Gus parentless. Their friendship evolves into an enduring and passionate love that will ask more of them than they ever imagined. On the night of their high school prom, a terrible tragedy devastates their relationship and profoundly alters the course of their lives. And when, a decade later, Gus?now a priest?becomes entangled...
Author
Series
Study books volume 4
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Former poison taster Yelena has become a vital part of the balance of power between rival countries Ixia and Sitia. Now she uses her magic to keep the peace in both lands -- and protect her relationship with Valek. But when her magic is suddenly blocked, she must keep that a secret -- or her enemies will discover just how vulnerable she really is -- while searching for who or what is responsible for neutralizing her powers.
Author
Series
Gathering of dragons series volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Vowing to avenge his parents' murders even if it costs him the Parsathean crown, barbarian warrior Maddek kidnaps the king's daughter who shocks him by proposing a marriage to unite them in their goals and destroy her father.
50) Thoughtless
Author
Series
Thoughtless novels volume 1
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2012, c2009
Language
English
Description
After moving to a new city to start their lives together, an obligation forces Kiera and Denny to spend time apart, and in her loneliness Kiera turns to a rock star friend for comfort, but one night between them changes everything.
51) To love & betray
Author
Series
Chesterton scandals volume 4
Publisher
Dafina Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
52) Betrayal
Author
Series
Where the heart lives volume 2
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
With her dead husband's half-brother threatening to take her Wyoming ranch, Julia Grace fights to hold on to her livelihood with the help of drifter Hugh Brennan, who is no stranger to betrayal.
Author
Series
Shadow children volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Nina is imprisoned by the Population Police, who give her the option of helping them identify illegal "third-born" children, or facing death.
Author
Language
English
Description
Set against the dramatic backdrop of the American Revolution, and featuring a cast of iconic characters such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and the Marquis de Lafayette, The Hamilton Affair tells the sweeping, tumultuous, true love story of Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler, from tremulous beginning to bittersweet ending{u2014}his at a dueling ground on the shores of the Hudson River, hers more than half a century later after a brave,...
Author
Publisher
Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
The award-winning author of The Handmaid's Tale presents a collection of short stories that features such protagonists as a widowed writer who is guided by her late husband's voice and a woman whose genetic abnormality causes her to be mistaken for a vampire.
58) I invited her in
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Mel receives an unexpected email from her oldest friend Abi, it brings back memories she thought she had buried forever. Their friendship belonged in the past. To those carefree days at university. But Abi is recovering from a bad breakup and needs Mel's help, and she wants a place to stay. Just for a few days, while she sorts things out. It's the least Mel can do. After all, friends look out for each other, don't they? But when glamourous Abi...
Author
Series
McCloud brothers volume 2
Publisher
Brava
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Vowing to protect her with his own life, ex-FBI agent Connor McCloud must gain the trust of Erin Riggs, the daughter of a fellow agent who betrayed him, when notorious killer Kurt Novak resurfaces and sets his sights on Erin.
60) Cheaters
Author
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Stephan, a well-to-do young software designer, meets Chanté, and on their rocky road to romance they must contend with exes, fidelity, and their own views on the opposite sex.
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