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41) Goddess crown
Author
Publisher
Walker Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
In this thrilling Afro-fantasy, the first set in the lush, opulent kingdom of Galla, a girl raised in secret must leave her sheltered rural home for the subtle dangers of the royal court, where she becomes caught up in deadly power struggles and romantic intrigue. Kalothia has grown up in the shadows of her kingdom, hidden away in the forested East after her parents were outed as enemies of the king. Raised in a woodland idyll by a few kindly adult...
42) Omens bite
Author
Series
Sisters of Salem volume 2
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
After the murder of their mother at the hands of a foul demon, twins Mercy and Hunter Goode have become the protectors of ancient portals between their world and realms where mythology rules and the darkest of creatures exist. But grief and anger have torn them apart, driving Mercy to save the cursed Gates on her own and Hunter into the arms of a dangerous goddess. When Mercy shifts her focus to the Egyptian Gate and Khenti, the guardian of its Underworld,...
43) Tiger's dream
Author
Series
Tiger's curse volume 5
Publisher
[CreateSpace]
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 34
Language
English
Description
" A tiger left behind. A goddess in need of an ally. Stranded in a time and place he never wished for, Kishan Rajaram struggles to forget the girl he loves and the brother who stole her away as he fulfills his divine role that of assisting the beautiful, yet extremely irritable, goddess Durga. When the wily shaman Phet appears and tells Kishan that Kelsey needs him, he jumps at the chance to see her again, but in saving Kelsey, he discovers that the...
44) The return
Author
Series
Titan novels volume 1
Publisher
Spencer Hill Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
It's been a year since Seth made the deal with the gods that pledged his life to them. And so far, the jobs they've given him have been violent and bloody--which is kind of all right with him. But now Apollo has something else in mind for Seth. He's got to play protector which keeping his hands and fingers off, and for someone who really has a problem with restraint, this new assignment might be the most challenging yet. Josie has no idea what this...
45) The undoing
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Laurenston is the queen of paranormal romances that mix over-the-top humor, eccentric characters and sexy, crazy plots to produce addictive stories you won t want to put down. RT Book Reviews. A risk worth taking. No one would ever accuse Jace Berisha of having an easy life considering her husband...you know...killed her. But that was then! Now she fights for mighty Viking gods with the spectacular and vicious Crows. But things are turning very bad,...
46) Necessity
Author
Series
Just city novels volume 3
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"More than sixty-five years ago, Pallas Athena founded the Just City on an island in the eastern Mediterranean, placing it centuries before the Trojan War, populating it with teachers and children from throughout human history, and committing it to building a society based on the principles of Plato's Republic. Among the City's children was Pytheas, secretly the god Apollo in human form. Sixty years ago, the Just City schismed into five cities, each...
47) Hall of smoke
Author
Series
Hall of smoke novels volume 1
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Hessa is an Eangi: a battle-hardened priestess of the Goddess of War, with the power to turn an enemy's bones to dust with a scream. Banished for disobeying her goddess's command to murder a traveller, she prays for forgiveness - but while she is gone, raiders burn her town to the ground. Grieving and alone, Hessa - the last Eangi - must find the traveller and atone for her weakness. As clans from the north and legionaries from the south tear through...
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"For fans of Ariadne, a spellbinding debut fantasy about a human who gets trapped with the god of Autumn, who brings with him life-threatening danger and a forbidden romance. Under the right circumstances, would even a god fall? Tirne is one of four humans rigorously selected to usher the turn of the seasons into the mortal world. Every year, she escorts the taciturn god Autumn between the godly and human realms. Autumn's seasonal stay among mortals...
49) River Mumma
Author
Publisher
Erewhon, an imprint of Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Description
"Alicia has been out of grad school for months. She has no career prospects and lives with her mom, who won’t stop texting her macabre news stories and reminders to pick up items from the grocery store. Then, one evening, the Jamaican water deity, River Mumma, appears to Alicia, telling her that she has twenty-four hours to scour the city for her missing comb. Alicia doesn’t understand why River Mumma would choose her. She can’t remember all...
Author
Series
Spice and Wolf manga volume 5
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"Facing financial ruin, Lawrence casts about desperately for the funds he needs to survive this latest disaster. When all hope seem lost, though, just how far is the merchant willing to go to protect his livelihood-- and his life?"--P. [4] of cover.
Series
Lore Olympus volume 2
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love - witness what the gods do after dark in this stylish and contemporary reimagining of one of mythology's best-known stores from creator Rachel Smythe. Persephone was ready to start a new life when she left the mortal realm for Olympus. However, she quickly discovered the dark side of her glamorous new home--from the relatively minor gossip threatening her reputation to a realm-shattering violation...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"A reluctant medium is about to discover the ties that bind can unleash a dangerous power . . . . When Jessamyn Teoh starts hearing a voice in her head, she chalks it up to stress. Closeted, broke and jobless, she's moving back to Malaysia with her parents - a country she last saw when she was a toddler. She soon learns the new voice isn't even hers, it's the ghost of her estranged grandmother. In life, Ah Ma was a spirit medium, avatar of a mysterious...
Author
Publisher
Random Comics
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
En el Olimpo y el Inframundo solo se habla de una cosa: la relación entre el dios de los muertos y la radiante hija de Deméter. Pero, a pesar de todos los rumores sobre su romance, Hades y Perséfone tienen la cabeza en otra parte. Desde que llegó al Olimpo, Perséfone ha batallado con los niveles de perfección que se les exige a las Diosas de la Virginidad Eternas, y la atracción que siente por Hades no ha hecho más que poner en duda su posición...
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the beloved author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes a delightful compendium of very short fiction and comics that celebrate the joy and absurdity of the human experience. It is often said that the best things in life come in small packages--anyone in search of proof need look no further than the stories in this collection: brief, utterly engaging tales that offer lasting surprise and delight. From the original Greek financial...
Author
Series
Dark-Hunter novels volume 14
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Born on Olympus as a goddess, Leta knows nothing of the human world. But a ruthless enemy has driven her from the world of dreams and into the home of the only man who can help her: Aidan. Her immortal powers are derived from human emotion--and his anger is just the fuel she needs to defend herself.--From publisher's description.
56) Age of death
Author
Series
Legends of the First Empire volume 5
Publisher
Riyria Enterprises
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Winter blankets the land, and more than just hope has died. Prevented from invading the Fhrey homeland by the tower of Avempartha, the western army seeks a way across the Nidwalden River before the fane obtains the secret of dragons. As time runs out for both humanity and the mystic Suri, the only chance for the living rests with the dead. Having made their fateful choice, can a handful of misfits do the impossible, or are they forever lost to an...
Author
Publisher
Redhook
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
"Ganga, joyful goddess of the river, serves as caretaker to the mischievous godlings who roam her banks. But when their antics incur the wrath of a powerful sage, Ganga is cursed to become mortal, bound to her human form until she fulfills the obligationsof the curse. Though she knows nothing of mortal life, Ganga weds King Shantanu and becomes a queen, determined to regain her freedom no matter the cost. But in a cruel turn of fate, just as she is...
Series
Lore Olympus volume 1
Publisher
Del Ray, an imprint of Random House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love witness what the gods do after dark in this stylish and contemporary reimagining of one of the best-known stories in Greek mythology from creator Rachel Smythe. Persephone, young goddess of spring, is new to Olympus. Her mother, Demeter, has raised her in the mortal realm, but after Persephone promises to train as a sacred virgin, she s allowed to live in the fast-moving, glamorous world of the...
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