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Author
Publisher
Melville House
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alec Charlesworth, a librarian suddenly facing the loss of his job, the death of his wife, and his sister's disappearance, hears a shocking tale of dark forces from his sister's cat, Roger, who is the only witness to what happened to her.
22) Dead until dark
Author
Series
Sookie Stackhouse novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Being telepathic, Miss Sookie has no luck dating the living. It's just too awkward for her to become intimate with a man--let alone sleep with him--when she can hear everything he's thinking about her. But then the alluring vampire Bill stops into her bar, and his mind reads silent as a tomb. Finally, the match she's longed for! There are some corrupt criminals, however, who wish to destroy Sookie's undead beau--and soon realize they picked the wron...
Author
Series
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Sarah Zellaby has always been in an interesting position. Adopted into the Price family at a young age, she's never been able to escape the biological reality of her origins: she's a cuckoo, a telepathic ambush predator closer akin to a parasitic wasp than a human being. Friend, cousin, mathematician; it's never been enough to dispel the fear that one day, nature will win out over nurture, and everything will change. Maybe that time has finally come....
24) Drink of me
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Reule, the telepathically gifted Prime of the Sánge, who are scorned by every other race, rescues a beautiful amnesiac outlander he names Mystique, he is unable to control his need for this mysterious woman.
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Just hours after his wife and her entire family perish in the Christmas Eve tsunami in Brisbane, American expat and former police officer Frank Mercy goes out to join his volunteer rescue unit. He pulls a little boy from a submerged car, saving the child's life with only seconds to spare. In that moment, Frank's own life is transformed. Not quite knowing why, Frank sidesteps the law, when, instead of turning Ian over to the Red Cross, he takes the...
26) The Old African
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
An elderly slave uses the power of his mind to ease the suffering of his fellow slaves and eventually lead them back to Africa. Based on an actual incident from black history.
27) Left fur dead
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"On Fur Bridge Farm, Jules cares for rescued rabbits. But when a killer strikes, she'll need a rabbit to rescue her. Juliette "Jules" Bridge prides herself on the tender rehabilitation she provides for injured or abused rabbits on her New Hampshire rescue farm, but she has a very special relationship with one bunny in particular. Bun is a black-and-white rabbit who happens to have the ability to communicate through mental telepathy. Once she got over...
Author
Publisher
Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
New York Times bestselling author David Wilcock's latest captivating work of nonfiction, exploring new hidden truths about extraterrestrials, dreams, sacred science, channeling your Higher Self, and Ascension. What happens when a UFO researcher suddenly comes into telepathic contact with the very beings he has been so avidly studying, after years of increasingly provocative dreams? What happens when these telepathic "readings" begin predicting the...
29) Patternmaster
Author
Series
Patternists volume 5
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Tordotcom, a Tom Doherty Associates book
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Annae, a brilliant graduate student in psychiatric magic and survivor of academic abuse, can't stop reading people's minds. This is how she protects herself, by using her abilities to know exactly how her colleagues view her. This is how she escapes the torturous experience of her own existence. When Annae moves to England to rebuild her life and finish her studies under the seminal magician Marec Górski -- infamous for bringing to life a homunculus...
31) Princess Academy
Author
Series
Princess Academy trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
While attending a strict academy for potential princesses with the other girls from her mountain village, fourteen-year-old Miri discovers unexpected talents and connections to her homeland.
32) Echoes at dawn
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Grace Peterson is desperate, in hiding, and on the run after escaping a shadowy group determined to exploit her extraordinary ability to heal others. Her only lifeline--an unerring telepathic ability she shares with her sister--has been severed, leaving her alone and vulnerable. And time is running out."--Provided by publisher.
33) Shadows strike
Author
Series
Publisher
Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
U.S. law enforcement agent Heather Lane must set aside her feelings and work with immortal Ethan to battle a vampire war.
34) Calculated risks
Author
Series
InCryptid volume 10
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
After being kidnapped and manipulated by her birth family, Sarah Zellaby, who has undergone a transformation called an instar that makes her more powerful and difficult to control, is stranded in a different dimension where numerous people want her dead.
Author
Series
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"It's been fifty years since the crossroads caused the disappearance of Thomas Price and his wife, Alice, has been trying to find him and bring him home ever since, despite the increasing probability that he's no longer alive for her to find. Now that the crossroads have been destroyed, she's redoubling her efforts. It's time to bring him home, dead or alive."--
Author
Series
Mindspace Investigations volume 1
Publisher
Roc
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"I used to work for the Telepath's Guild before they kicked me out for a drug habit that wasn't entirely my fault. Now I work for the cops, helping Homicide Detective Isabella Cherabino put killers behind bars. My ability to get inside the twisted minds of suspects makes me the best interrogator in the department. But the normals keep me on a short leash. When the Tech Wars ripped the world apart, the Guild stepped up to save it. But they had to get...
Author
Publisher
Other Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Ko Bo Bo lives with his uncle U Ba in Kalaw, a town in Burma. He is a child with an unusual gift: Bo Bo can read people's emotions in their eyes. His father comes to visit him once a year, and he can hardly remember his mother. Then U Ba tells him of a great love, which threatens to break down in the whirlwind of political events; of the bravery of the heart; and of Bo Bo's mother's mysterious illness. Convinced that he can heal her,...
38) #1544
Author
Series
Publisher
Urban Books, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Ty Carter is at the prime of his career, making millions in Atlanta real estate, and his Cuban-Jamaican good looks and charm make him a hit with the ladies. One would think he was on top of the world; however, things are not always what they seem. Recently divorced, he's taking care of his grandfather, who suffers from dementia, and also trying to keep his sexual addiction under wraps. Just when he thinks he's got things under control, Ty is knocked...
Author
Series
Darkover novels volume 28
Publisher
DAW Books
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
After an interstellar civil war, heir to the throne Prince Gareth Elhalyn takes on a secret mission to stop the seedy population of Darkover from arming the Dry Towners with forbidden weapons.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A mixed-species fugitive, Jes tries to blend in on a pleasure moon, but instead catches the attention of a crime boss who owns the resort-casino where he lands a circus job and is forced to bend to the mobster's will until he decides to take the big boss down.
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