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Glimmer of Hope by Heather G. Harris
I’m Jinx, a run-of-the-mill private investigator … except I’m also a walking, talking lie detector. Oh, and I belong to magical realm known as the Other. Murder isn’t usually my gig, but when I’m hired to investigate the death of a dryad called Reggie, I agree to help out because I know his grieving widow... -
![End of Days by Susan Ee]()
End of Days by Susan Ee
End of Days is the explosive conclusion to Susan Ee’s bestselling Penryn & the End of Days trilogy. After a daring escape from the angels, Penryn and Raffe are on the run. They’re both desperate to find a doctor who can reverse the twisted changes inflicted by the angels on Raffe and Penryn’s sister... -
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![Twilight by Meg Cabot]()
Twilight by Meg Cabot
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 81 ratingsSuze has gotten used to ghosts. She's a mediator, after all, and communicating with the dead is all in a day's work. So she certainly never expected to fall in love with one: Jesse, a nineteenth- century hottie. But when she discovers that she has the power to determine who becomes a ghost in the first place, Suze begins to freak. It means she can alter the course of history .. -
![Darkest Hour by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot]()
Darkest Hour by Jenny Carroll, Meg Cabot
What - or who - is buried in Susannah's backyard?When the nineteenth-century ghost of Maria de Silva wakes her up in the middle of the night, Suze knows this is no ordinary visitation - and not just from the knife at her throat, either. In life, Maria was the fiancée of Jesse - the same Jesse who was murdered a hundred and fifty years before. The same Jesse Suze is in love with... -
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![The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness]()
The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness
After traveling through time in Shadow of Night , the second book in Deborah Harkness’s enchanting series, historian and witch Diana Bishop and vampire scientist Matthew Clairmont return to the present to face new crises and old enemies. At Matthew’s ancestral home at Sept-Tours, they reunite with the cast of characters from A Discovery of Witches --with one significant exception... -
![Emerald Green by Kerstin Gier]()
Emerald Green by Kerstin Gier
Gwen has a destiny to fulfill, but no one will tell her what it is. She’s only recently learned that she is the Ruby, the final member of the time-traveling Circle of Twelve, and since then nothing has been going right. She suspects the founder of the Circle, Count Saint-German, is up to something nefarious, but nobody will believe her... -
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Elysian by Addison Moore
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsFrom the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Addison Moore ELYSIAN is the final book in the young adult Celestra Series. Part One and Part Two together in one e-book. This novel is 184,000 words. Love and destiny wait for no one. Skyla Messenger is in the arms of death. While Skyla awaits the verdict of the faction war, she makes some troubling discoveries...Categorized as:
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![Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier, Anthea Bell]()
Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier, Anthea Bell
Gwyneth Shepherd's sophisticated, beautiful cousin Charlotte has been prepared her entire life for traveling through time...Categorized as:
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![Glimmer of the Other by Heather G. Harris]()
Glimmer of the Other by Heather G. Harris
I can tell when you’re lying. Every. Single. Time. I’m Jinx. As a private investigator, being a walking, talking lie detector is a useful skill – but let’s face it, it’s not normal. You’d think it would make my job way too easy, but even with my weird skills, I still haven’t been able to track down my parent’s killers... -
![Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray]()
Ten Thousand Skies Above You by Claudia Gray
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 49 ratingsEver since she used the Firebird, her parents' invention, to cross into alternate dimensions, Marguerite has caught the attention of enemies who will do anything to force her into helping them dominate the multiverse—even hurting the people she loves. She resists until her boyfriend, Paul, is attacked and his consciousness scattered across multiple dimensions...Categorized as:
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![Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness]()
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
IT BEGAN WITH A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES. Historian Diana Bishop, descended from a line of powerful witches, and long-lived vampire Matthew Clairmont have broken the laws dividing creatures. When Diana discovered a significant alchemical manuscript in the Bodleian Library,she sparked a struggle in which she became bound to Matthew... -
![Ninth Key by Meg Cabot]()
Ninth Key by Meg Cabot
Everything is going great for Suze. Her new life in California is a whirlwind of parties and excellent hair days. Tad Beaumont, the hottest boy in town, has even asked Suze out on her very first date. Suze is so excited that she's willing to ignore her misgivings about Tad.. -
![A Million Worlds with You by Claudia Gray]()
A Million Worlds with You by Claudia Gray
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 44 ratingsA million universes. A million dangers. One destiny.The fate of the multiverse rests in Marguerite Caine’s hands. Marguerite has been at the center of a cross-dimensional feud since she first traveled to another universe using her parents’ invention, the Firebird...Categorized as:
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Burn by Addison Moore
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsSixteen year-old, Skyla Messenger is having difficulties with the living and the dead. With Chloe’s diary in her hands, Skyla embarks into the mind of one of Paragon’s most twisted former residents. After accidentally kick-starting the faction war, Skyla finds herself in more danger than ever before...Categorized as:
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![Time's Edge by Rysa Walker]()
Time's Edge by Rysa Walker
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsTo stop her sadistic grandfather, Saul, and his band of time travelers from rewriting history, Kate must race to retrieve the CHRONOS keys before they fall into the Cyrists' hands. If she jumps back in time and pulls the wrong key--one that might tip off the Cyrists to her strategy--her whole plan could come crashing down, jeopardizing the future of millions of innocent people...Categorized as:
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![If I See You Again Tomorrow by Robbie Couch]()
If I See You Again Tomorrow by Robbie Couch
For some reason, Clark has woken up and relived the same monotonous Monday 309 times. Until Day 310 turns out to be…different. Suddenly, his usual torturous math class is interrupted by an anomaly—a boy he’s never seen before in all his previous Mondays...Categorized as:
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![All These Warriors by Amy Tintera]()
All These Warriors by Amy Tintera
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIn this highly anticipated conclusion to New York Times best-selling author Amy Tintera's All These Monsters duology, Clara and Team Seven's quest to expose the truth behind the scrab menace has them facing their biggest threat yet: their own demons. Perfect for fans of Warcross and Renegades. When the world was crumbling, seventeen-year-old Clara fought back...Categorized as:
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Firewalker by Josephine Angelini
Worlds divide, magic slays, and love lies in the second book of Josephine Angelini’s The Worldwalker Trilogy."You think I’m a monster, but my choices, as ruthless as they seem, are justified."Lily is back in her own universe, and she's ready to start a new life with Rowan by her side...Categorized as:
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Doon by Carey Corp, Lorie Langdon
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsDOON… Veronica doesn't think she's going crazy. But why can't anyone else see the mysterious blond boy who keeps popping up wherever she goes? When her best friend, Mackenna, invites her to spend the summer in Scotland, Veronica jumps at the opportunity to leave her complicated life behind for a few months. But the Scottish countryside holds other plans...Categorized as:
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![The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell]()
The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 42 ratingsStop the Magician. Steal the book. Save the future.In modern-day New York, magic is all but extinct. The remaining few who have an affinity for magic—the Mageus—live in the shadows, hiding who they are. Any Mageus who enters Manhattan becomes trapped by the Brink, a dark energy barrier that confines them to the island. Crossing it means losing their power—and often their lives...Categorized as:
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Found by Stacey Wallace Benefiel
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsFrom the author of the Zellie Wells trilogy comes FOUND (Penny Black #1)the first book in a whole new NA trilogy set in the Society world. Discover what happened to Zellie, Avery, Melody, and Ben! And meet Penny Black, a girl with a past that can see the future. Penny Black hasn’t had it easy...Categorized as:
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![My Fair Godmother: A Magical Romantic Comedy with a Fairy Tale Twist by Janette Rallison]()
My Fair Godmother: A Magical Romantic Comedy with a Fairy Tale Twist by Janette Rallison
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsFinding your one true love can be a Grimm experience! After her boyfriend dumps her for her older sister, sophomore Savannah Delano wishes she could find a true prince to take her to the prom. Enter Chrissy (Chrysanthemum) Everstar: Savannah’s gum-chewing, cell phone–carrying, high heel-wearing Fair Godmother...Categorized as:
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![Trial by Fire by Josephine Angelini]()
Trial by Fire by Josephine Angelini
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsThe exhilaratingly seductive new series from the author of the bestselling Starcrossed seriesLove burns. Worlds collide. Magic reigns.This world is trying to kill Lily Proctor. Her life-threatening allergies keep her from enjoying many of the experiences that other teenagers take for granted... which is why she is determined to enjoy her first (and perhaps only) high-school party...Categorized as:
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![The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern]()
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Night Circus, a timeless love story set in a secret underground world--a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea.Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a mysterious book hidden in the stacks... -
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![Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology by Danielle Binks, Amie Kaufman]()
Begin, End, Begin: A #LoveOzYA Anthology by Danielle Binks, Amie Kaufman
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsThe YA event of the year. Bestsellers. Award-winners. Superstars. This anthology has them all...Categorized as:
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![A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray]()
A Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia Gray
Every Day meets Cloud Atlas in this heart-racing, space- and time-bending, epic new trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray. Marguerite Caine’s physicist parents are known for their radical scientific achievements. Their most astonishing invention: the Firebird, which allows users to jump into parallel universes, some vastly altered from our own...Categorized as:
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![Shattered by Mari Mancusi]()
Shattered by Mari Mancusi
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA girl at the end of the world. Two brothers fighting for opposite sides. And a dragon who can save them all...Or set the world on fire. Trinity's world changed forever the day she stole Emmy's egg. Now she's on the run with the last living dragon and twin brothers from a war-torn future...Categorized as:
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![The UnTied Kingdom by Kate Johnson]()
The UnTied Kingdom by Kate Johnson
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe portal to an alternate world was the start of all her troubles – or was it?When Eve Carpenter lands with a splash in the Thames, it’s not the London or England she’s used to. No one has a telephone or knows what a computer is. England’s a third world country and Princess Di is still alive. But worst of all, everyone thinks Eve’s a spy.Including Major Harker who has his own problems...Categorized as:
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Waterfall by Lisa Tawn Bergren
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 48 ratingsWhat do you do when your knight in shining armor lives, literally, in a different world? Most American teenagers want a vacation in Italy, but the Betarrini sisters have spent every summer of their lives among the romantic hills with their archaelogist parents...Categorized as:
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![Wayfarer by Alexandra Bracken]()
Wayfarer by Alexandra Bracken
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsAll Etta Spencer wanted was to make her violin debut when she was thrust into a treacherous world where the struggle for power could alter history. After losing the one thing that would have allowed her to protect the Timeline, and the one person worth fighting for, Etta awakens alone in an unknown place and time, exposed to the threat of the two groups who would rather see her dead than succeed...Categorized as:
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Tether by Anna Jarzab
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsTether, the sequel to Tandem, continues the captivating tale of rebellion and romance that spans parallel worlds.Everything repeats.Sasha expected things to go back to normal once she got back on Earth. But now that she knows parallel worlds are real, and that an alternate version of herself exists in a world called Aurora, her old life no longer seems to make sense . .Categorized as:
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![First Impressions: A Firebird Ficlet by Claudia Gray]()
First Impressions: A Firebird Ficlet by Claudia Gray
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsThis vignette takes place about a week after A THOUSAND PIECES OF YOU ends, and after Marguerite has turned to her home universe...Categorized as:
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House Immortal by Devon Monk
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsOne hundred years ago, eleven powerful ruling Houses consolidated all of the world’s resources and authority into their own grasping hands. Only one power wasn’t placed under the command of a single House: the control over the immortal galvanized.... Matilda Case isn’t like most folk... -
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Golden Blood by Melissa Pearl
Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsGemma Hart never knows when her father is going to whisk her back in time. Her toes start tingling and she has a few minutes to find a secret haven where she can disintegrate and appear in another time and place. While “across the line,” her training and skills are put to the test as she completes a mission that will change history for the lucky few her father has selected... -
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![Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon]()
Infinity by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars · 59 ratingsAt fourteen, Nick Gautier thinks he knows everything about the world around him. Streetwise, tough and savvy, his quick sarcasm is the stuff of legends... until the night when his best friends try to kill him... -
![Infinityglass by Myra McEntire]()
Infinityglass by Myra McEntire
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsNo time like the present.No time in the present.No time left. From the moment the Hourglass group violated the rules of the space time continuum to rescue a murdered loved one, time has been in flux. People from other centuries slide into our time, intruding into our space, threatening our world...Categorized as:
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![Only a Monster by Vanessa Len]()
Only a Monster by Vanessa Len
It should have been the perfect summer. Sent to stay with her late mother’s eccentric family in London, sixteen-year-old Joan is determined to enjoy herself. She loves her nerdy job at the historic Holland House, and when her super cute co-worker Nick asks her on a date, it feels like everything is falling into place.But she soon learns the truth...Categorized as:
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![Stealing Infinity by Alyson Noel]()
Stealing Infinity by Alyson Noel
These days, I’ve been killing it when it comes to letting people down. Now I’ve been kicked out of high school, arrested, and accepted into a remote, off-the-grid school owned and operated by an inscrutable billionaire tech guru.Gray Wolf Academy is looking for a certain kind of student. Ones that no one will miss. Like me.Then there’s Braxton...Categorized as:
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![Passenger by Alexandra Bracken]()
Passenger by Alexandra Bracken
Passage , n. i. A brief section of music composed of a series of notes and flourishes. ii. A journey by water; a voyage. iii. The transition from one place to another, across space and time. In one devastating night, violin prodigy Etta Spencer loses everything she knows and loves...Categorized as:
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![Enchantment by Orson Scott Card]()
Enchantment by Orson Scott Card
Rated: 3.85 of 5 stars · 50 ratingsIn Enchantment, Card works his magic as never before, transforming the timeless story of Sleeping Beauty into an original fantasy brimming with romance and adventure.The moment Ivan stumbled upon a clearing in the dense Carpathian forest, his life was forever changed. Atop a pedestal encircled by fallen leaves, the beautiful princess Katerina lay still as death... -
![Future Shock by Elizabeth Briggs]()
Future Shock by Elizabeth Briggs
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe future is inevitable...or is it?My time is running out. If I don't find a job before I turn eighteen and age out of the foster care system I'll be homeless. When powerful tech giant Aether Corporation offers to set me up for life, I can't refuse. But here's the catch: they're sending me on a secret mission to the future...Categorized as:
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![The Wells Bequest by Polly Shulman]()
The Wells Bequest by Polly Shulman
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsLeo never imagined that time travel might really be possible, or that the objects in H. G. Wells’ science fiction novels might actually exist. And when a miniature time machine appears in Leo’s bedroom, he has no idea who the tiny, beautiful girl is riding it...Categorized as:
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![Public Enemies by Ann Aguirre]()
Public Enemies by Ann Aguirre
Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsLearn the rules of the game…and then play better than anyone else.Through a Faustian bargain, Edie Kramer has been pulled into the dangerous world of the Immortal Game, where belief makes your nightmares real. Hungry for sport, fears-made-flesh are always raising the stakes. To them, human lives are less than nothing, just pieces on a board...Categorized as:
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![The Hourglass Door by Lisa Mangum]()
The Hourglass Door by Lisa Mangum
Rated: 3.81 of 5 stars · 34 ratingsHis past. Her future. Can love bring them together in time?Abby's senior year of high school is textbook perfect: She has a handsome and attentive boyfriend, good friends, good grades, and plans to attend college next year. But when she meets Dante Alexander, a foreign-exchange student from Italy, her life suddenly takes a different turn... -
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![The Curse: Touch of Eternity by Emily Bold, Jeanette Heron]()
The Curse: Touch of Eternity by Emily Bold, Jeanette Heron
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA centuries-old curse, a mysterious amulet, and a young love reignite a vendetta that had died down long ago… When seventeen-year-old Samantha goes on a school-exchange trip to Scotland, she takes with her an old pendant that she found amongst her grandmother’s belongings. As soon as she arrives at her host family’s home, she is drawn into the country’s tales and myths...Categorized as:
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![Love and Other Paradoxes by Catriona Silvey]()
Love and Other Paradoxes by Catriona Silvey
One of the greatest love stories in history gets derailed when a struggling poet at Cambridge runs into a time-traveler who agrees to help him find his muse—a thoughtful and uplifting romantic comedy for fans of About Time and The Midnight Library... -
![Dissonance by Erica O'Rourke]()
Dissonance by Erica O'Rourke
Rated: 3.77 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSome decisions have unimaginable consequences. Every time someone makes a choice, a new parallel world is spun off the existing one. Eating breakfast or skipping it, sneaking out instead of staying in bed—every decision creates an alternate universe in which an Echo self takes the road not travelled...Categorized as:
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Wander Dust by Michelle Warren
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsEver since her sixteenth birthday, strange things keep happening to Seraphina Parrish. The Lady in Black… burns Sera’s memories. Unexplainable premonitions… catapult her to other cities. The Grungy Gang… wants to kill her. And a beautiful, mysterious boy… stalks her...Categorized as:
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3:59 by Gretchen McNeil
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsJosie Byrne's life is spiraling out of control. Her parents are divorcing, her boyfriend Nick has grown distant, and her physics teacher has it in for her. When she's betrayed by the two people she trusts most, Josie thinks things can't get worse. Until she starts having dreams about a girl named Jo. Every night at the same time—3:59 a.m... -
![Into the Dim by Janet B. Taylor]()
Into the Dim by Janet B. Taylor
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWhen fragile, sixteen-year-old Hope Walton loses her mom to an earthquake overseas, her secluded world crumbles. Agreeing to spend the summer in Scotland, Hope discovers that her mother was more than a brilliant academic, but also a member of a secret society of time travelers...Categorized as:
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