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Hero at the Fall by Alwyn Hamilton
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsThe breathless finale to the New York Times bestselling Rebel of the Sands series will have you on the edge of your seat until the dust from the final battle clears!When gunslinging Amani Al’Hiza escaped her dead-end town, she never imagined she’d join a revolution, let alone lead one... -
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Rail-Laid Plans by Daniel Schinhofen
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDoc left Furden behind after six months in the capital of the Coalrud Territory. A lot had happened in that time span— there’d been a lot of new business deals, personal accomplishments, and Doc made great strides toward bringing the name of Luck to the world.He’d made a solid ally with David Roquefell, who helped him set the stage for equality in Furden... -
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![His Treasured Mate by Julie Trettel]()
His Treasured Mate by Julie Trettel
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeing Alpha is a fulltime job, but so is being a mate, father, son, brother, and friend.The weight of the Pack sits upon my shoulders and there are few that know what that feels like.I thought we were done having kids, but my mate is pregnant again. With four daughters and a possible fifth on the way, the fate of Collier Pack has come into question... -
![The Far West by Patricia C. Wrede]()
The Far West by Patricia C. Wrede
When the government forms an expedition to map the Far West, Eff has the opportunity to travel farther than anyone in the world. With twin Lan, William, Professor Torgeson, Wash, and Professor Ochiba, she finds that nothing on the wild frontier is as they expected... -
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![Kazan, the Wolf Dog (Illustrated) by James Oliver Curwood]()
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![Retribution Rails by Erin Bowman]()
Retribution Rails by Erin Bowman
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsREDEMPTION IS NEVER FREEWhen Reece Murphy is forcibly dragged into the Rose Riders gang because of a mysterious gold coin in his possession, he vows to find the man who gave him the piece and turn him over to the gang in exchange for freedom. Never does he expect a lead to come from an aspiring female journalist...Categorized as:
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![So Shines the Night by Tracy L. Higley]()
So Shines the Night by Tracy L. Higley
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn a city teetering at the brink of anarchy, Daria finds hope among people of The Way. She escaped a past of danger and found respite in beautiful Ephesus, a trading center on the Aegean coast, serving as tutor to Lucas, the wealthy merchant who rescued her.But the darkness she fled has caught up with her...Categorized as:
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![Peace Like a River by Leif Enger]()
Peace Like a River by Leif Enger
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 63 ratingsA boy searches for his fugitive brother in 1960s Minnesota in this New York Times bestseller—“a stunning debut novel [of] faith, miracles, and family” ( Publishers Weekly , starred review).An eleven-year-old asthmatic boy, Reuben Land has reason to believe in miracles. But he will soon learn that life, even when touched by the divine, is never easy... -
![Passage by Lois McMaster Bujold]()
Passage by Lois McMaster Bujold
Fawn and necromancer-patroller husband Dag seek solutions to the perilous split between their peoples, joined by her brother Whit, two novice patrollers, a flatboat captain searching for her vanished father and fiancé, a shrewd backwoods hunter, and a farmer boy unintentionally beguiled by Dag's growing magery...Categorized as:
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Hunted by Lindsay Buroker
Self-taught tinkerer Kali McAlister is determined to build an airship and escape the frigid Yukon forever. Unfortunately, she’s the heir to the secrets of flash gold, an alchemical energy source that tends to make her a popular target for bandits, gangsters, and pirates...Categorized as:
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![Crow Mountain by Lucy Inglis]()
Crow Mountain by Lucy Inglis
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhile on holiday in Montana, Hope meets local boy Cal Crow, a ranch hand. Caught in a freak accident, the two of them take shelter in a mountain cabin where Hope makes a strange discovery. More than a hundred years earlier, another English girl met a similar fate. Her rescuer: a horse-trader called Nate... -
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Canton's Protection by Diana Palmer
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsTycoon Canton Rourke has fallen on hard times. When he planned a vacation with his daughter to escape the pressure of rebuilding his company, he didn’t think he would find himself in another hotbed of trouble. Yet Canton is now beset and besieged—and all because of his neighbor, Janine Curtis. The woman is out to get him. He’s sure of it...Categorized as:
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![Peacemaker by Lindsay Buroker]()
Peacemaker by Lindsay Buroker
Half-breed tinkerer Kali McAlister doesn’t care that the gold rush has stormed into Dawson and prospectors are flooding the north—all she wants is to finish construction of her airship, so she can escape the Yukon and see the world... -
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Legacy by Lois McMaster Bujold
One of the most respected writers in the field of speculative fiction, Lois McMaster Bujold has won numerous accolades and awards, including the Nebula and Locus Awards as well as the fantasy and science fiction genre’s most prestigious honor, the Hugo Award for Best Novel, four times (most recently for Paladin of Souls)...Categorized as:
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![Jesus by Walter Wangerin Jr.]()
Jesus by Walter Wangerin Jr.
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWalter Wangerin Jr. is know for his powerful storytelling in such books as The Book of the Dun Cow, The Book of God, and Paul: A Novel. Now he offers the most important story of the Christian faith---the life of Jesus presented in the author's inimitable style... -
![Fortune's Journey by Bruce Coville]()
Fortune's Journey by Bruce Coville
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsSixteen-year-old Fortune faces many challenges on an overland journey to California in 1853 with the acting company that she inherited from her father... -
![TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE : Complete With Illustrations by Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb]()
TALES FROM SHAKESPEARE : Complete With Illustrations by Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsTales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb is a retelling of 20 of Shakespeare’s most beloved stories. Within the pages of this book, the 19th-century authors bring to life the Shakespearean plots and characters of another age in an easy-to-understand prose of a newer generation...Categorized as:
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![Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale]()
Rapunzel's Revenge by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsOnce upon a time, in a land you only think you know, lived a little girl and her mother . . . or the woman she thought was her mother.Every day, when the little girl played in her pretty garden, she grew more curious about what lay on the other side of the garden wall . . . a rather enormous garden wall... -
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Calamity Jack by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsJack likes to think of himself as a criminal mastermind...with an unfortunate amount of bad luck. A schemer, plotter, planner, trickster, swindler...maybe even thief? One fine day Jack picks a target a little more giant than the usual, and one little bean turns into a great big building-destroying beanstalk... -
![Tales from Sand & Sea by Alwyn Hamilton]()
Tales from Sand & Sea by Alwyn Hamilton
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsAn exclusive short story collection from the world of Rebel of the Sands. Includes .. -
![Kurohime, Vol. 1 by Masanori Ookamigumi Katakura]()
Kurohime, Vol. 1 by Masanori Ookamigumi Katakura
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsKurohime is a big busty witch with the command of magical guns. She was once foolish enough to challenge the Gods and in doing so was punished. A curse was put on her that turned her into a little girl... -
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Healer's Touch by Deb E. Howell
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsThe Young Riders meet The Vampire Diaries in this tale of brother versus brother and blood-magic set in a gaslamp fantasy world. Book 1 in the Deadly Touch Trilogy.Llew has a gift. Her body heals itself from any injury – but at a cost to anyone nearby.Llew’s father disappeared when she was eleven, leaving her orphaned, as far as she knew...Categorized as:
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To Save a Mate: Somewhere, TX by Krystal Shannan
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA chance he never thought he'd have comes at a price he never wanted her to pay What do you do when everything you thought was real turns out to be a lie? How do you pick yourself up and move on? Move past the pain? Kara McClure is living the perfect life. A great boyfriend, supportive loving parents, and a full ride to John McAdams University on a scholarship...Categorized as:
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Salvación by Sandra Proudman
"A heartfelt, swashbuckling, standout novel." - Kirkus (starred review)In this Latinx YA fantasy inspired by El Zorro, Lola de La Peña becomes the masked heroine Salvación in order to save her family and town from a man who would destroy it for the magic it contains...if she doesn't fall in love with a boy in his company first...Categorized as:
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![Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold]()
Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold
“Bujold builds a better fantasy romance with compelling characters and the fascinating clash between their cultures, she a farmer’s daughter, he an adventurer on the trail of a deadly demon... -
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Frontier by Grace Curtis
FRONTIER is a heartfelt queer romance in a high noon standoff with our planet’s uncertian future.Frontier is The Mandalorian meets Mad Max, with the emotional heart of the Wayfarers series. But at its core, Frontier is a love story, about two women who find each other, lose each other and then find each other again... -
![Relic by Renee Collins]()
Relic by Renee Collins
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter a raging fire consumes her town and kills her parents, Maggie Davis is on her own to protect her younger sister and survive best she can in the Colorado town of Burning Mesa... -
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Zorro by Isabel Allende
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsA swashbuckling adventure story that reveals for the first time how Diego de la Vega became the masked man we all know so well Born in southern California late in the eighteenth century, Diego de la Vega is a child of two worlds. His father is an aristocratic Spanish military man turned landowner; his mother, a Shoshone warrior... -
![The Shack by William Paul Young]()
The Shack by William Paul Young
Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars · 77 ratingsMackenzie Allen Philips' youngest daughter, Missy, has been abducted during a family vacation and evidence that she may have been brutally murdered is found in an abandoned shack deep in the Oregon wilderness. Four years later in the midst of his Great Sadness, Mack receives a suspicious note, apparently from God, inviting him back to that shack for a weekend...Categorized as:
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![The Girl from Shadow Springs by Ellie Cypher]()
The Girl from Shadow Springs by Ellie Cypher
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe Revenant meets True Grit with a magical twist in this thrilling and atmospheric debut fantasy about two teens who must brave a frozen wasteland and the foes within it to save their loved ones and uncover a deadly secret.The answer to what freezes first is the eyes. That ain’t what most people would guess.Everyone in Shadow Springs knows that no one survives crossing the Flats... -
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Little Red by Caroline Lee
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe’s gone over the river and through the woods, but who will protect her from the Big Bad Wolf? Rojita is in trouble; all she needs to do is get her grandfather’s will to Abuela in Everland, but she’s being chased by El Lobo, one of the West’s most notorious gunslingers...Categorized as:
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![Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey]()
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey
“That girl’s got more wrong notions than a barn owl’s got mean looks.”Esther is a stowaway. She’s hidden herself away in the Librarian’s book wagon in an attempt to escape the marriage her father has arranged for her—a marriage to the man who was previously engaged to her best friend. Her best friend who she was in love with... -
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Wranglestone by Darren Charlton
Winter was the only season every Lake-Lander feared...In a post-apocalyptic America, a community survives in a national park, surrounded by water that keeps the Dead at bay. But when winter comes, there's nothing to stop them from crossing the ice.Then homebody Peter puts the camp in danger by naively allowing a stranger to come ashore and he's forced to leave the community of Wranglestone... -
![A Wilderness of Stars by Shea Ernshaw]()
A Wilderness of Stars by Shea Ernshaw
Rated: 3.54 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIf magic lives anywhere, it’s in the stars…Vega has lived in the valley her whole life—forbidden by her mother to leave the safety of its borders because of the unknown threats waiting for her in the wilds beyond. But after her mother dies, and Vega sees the fabled twin stars in the sky, it’s an omen she can no longer ignore, forcing her to leave the protective boundaries of the valley... -
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![Every Hidden Thing by Kenneth Oppel]()
Every Hidden Thing by Kenneth Oppel
Rated: 3.53 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsSomewhere in the Badlands, buried in millennia of rock and sand, lie the bones of a massive dinosaur—a Rex. Discovering it would be the greatest fossil find of the nineteenth century. Samuel Bolt needs to be the one to do it.Rachel Cartland wants the exact same thing, for herself.The Bolts. The Cartlands...
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