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The Selection Series 1-5 Book Set by Kiera Cass
Thirty-five beautiful girls. Thirty-five beautiful rivals...And only one will claim Prince Maxon's heart. THE SELECTION is the epic no. 1 New York Times bestselling series. Now available in a five-book boxed set. THE SELECTION is the chance of a lifetime and 17-year-old America Singer should feel lucky... -
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Agatha Heterodyne and the Monster Engine by Phil Foglio, Mark McNabb
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe collection begins as Agatha finds a new ally in Krosp the Cat (a genetic experiment with a smattering of Napoleon's brain cells) and becomes better acquainted with Gilgamesh, the Baron's son -- who gently breaks the news that Agatha has the spark for Mad Science... -
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![Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm by Phil Foglio]()
Agatha Heterodyne and the Heirs of the Storm by Phil Foglio
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsAdventure, Romance, Mad Science! Agatha has finally made it to her ancestral castle, but so has a whole crowd of her friends - and enemies! Worse, the lives of two them are in danger, unless she can get the Castle's power source back up and... -
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Agatha Heterodyne and the Clockwork Princess by Kaja Foglio, Kaja Foglio
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAgatha Heterodyne is the last heir to the Maddest of Mad Scientist families, and on the run from the current ruler of Europe. In a fairy-tale castle on a mountain pass, she finds herself at the center of an evil plan to bring back one of the deadliest enemies of recent history... -
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![Girl Genius Volume 4: Agatha Heterodyne & The Circus Of Dreams by Phil Foglio]()
Girl Genius Volume 4: Agatha Heterodyne & The Circus Of Dreams by Phil Foglio
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Adventure, Romance & Mad Science continues as Agatha Heterodyne's damaged aircraft comes roughly to rest in the Wastelands. She encounters a traveling circus and proves her mettle by destroying a massive spider-clank as it attacks... -
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The Dauntless by Jillian Dodd
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsSave the Prince. Save the World. Spy Girl.Huntley Von Allister's cover is firmly in place.She's brilliantly completed her first four missions.But she is done.Done working for Black X.Done trying to untangle the mystery of what got her mother killed.And very, very done with love... -
![Girl Genius Volume 2: Agatha Heterodyne & The Airship City by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio]()
Girl Genius Volume 2: Agatha Heterodyne & The Airship City by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsThis collection reprints issues four through six of Phil & Kaja Foglio's gaslamp fantasy series plus an additional story -- all in a large art-book format... -
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Agatha Heterodyne and the Airship City by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIn a time when the Industrial Revolution has become an all-out war, Mad Science rules the World...with mixed success. At Transylvania Polygnostic University, Agatha Clay was a student with trouble concentrating and rotten luck. Dedicated to her studies but unable to build anything that actually "worked," she seemed destined for a lackluster career as a minor lab assistant... -
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Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsAdventure! Romance! Mad Science! Deep in the heart of the damaged machine that is Castle Heterodyne, Agatha discovers her mother's long-abandoned secret laboratory... -
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Agatha Heterodyne and the Hammerless Bell by Phil Foglio
Rated: 4.49 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsAdventure, Romance, Mad Science! Heroes and villains fight for control of Mechanicsburg, as Agatha finally repairs the damaged machine that is Castle Heterodyne... -
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The Remnant Chronicles by Mary E. Pearson
The New York Times-bestselling Remnant Chronicles from YA fantasy author Mary E. Pearson, now in a beautiful paperback boxed set for the first time. The Remnant Chronicles, focuses on Lia, a princess who’s determined to change her preordained fate. The Kiss of Deception: In a society steeped in tradition, Princess Lia's life follows a preordained course... -
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Steel Tide by Natalie C. Parker
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsThe second book in a heart-stopping trilogy that follows the captain of an all-female ship hellbent on taking down a vicious warlord's powerful fleet, which Kirkus Reviews called "an immersive, adventurous pleasure that improves on the first book."Caledonia may have lost her crew, but she's not done fighting yet...Categorized as:
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![The Valiant by Jillian Dodd, Hayden Bishop]()
The Valiant by Jillian Dodd, Hayden Bishop
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Jillian Dodd comes the fourth book in a sizzling series filled with action and adventure. Fans of The Selection and The Hunger Games will discover a heart-pounding thrill ride of espionage and suspense set in glittering high society... -
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Stormbreak by Natalie C. Parker
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsIn this conclusion to the Seafire trilogy, Caledonia Styx will risk everything--her heart, her crew, and even her life--to defeat Lir and take back the Bullet Seas once and for all.Aric Athair is dead. But the fight for the Bullet Seas is far from over...Categorized as:
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Citadel by C.M. Alongi
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFour centuries of blood. All for a lie.In this captivating sci-fi debut, a nonverbal autistic woman refuses to stand by as her sexist, ableist, dogmatic society clings to a centuries-long conflict. Citadel, the only city on the planet Edalide, has a holy exterminate the demons from the Flooded Forest. The unholy, vicious animals were a mistake made by their god that must be corrected... -
![The Piper's Pursuit by Melanie Dickerson]()
The Piper's Pursuit by Melanie Dickerson
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA plague of rats. Children going missing. A giant beast attacking just outside the walls of Hamlin. And one young woman determined to save her town.Katerina’s stepfather, Hennek, is neither a good father nor a good husband, but he is the mayor of Hamlin... -
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![The Longest Night by Lindsey Pogue]()
The Longest Night by Lindsey Pogue
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAlaska can be a bleak and dangerous place, especially in the dead of winter. But when hair-raising whispers about an outbreak reach the small harbor town of Whitely, the townspeople face a new, unfathomable fear— the virus is coming for them.Sophie thought life was complicated when she had teen pregnancy and her squeaky-clean reputation as the mayor’s daughter to worry about...Categorized as:
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Blood Secrets by Morgan L. Busse
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsNot everyone wants to see the world saved . . . Time is running out. Cities are being engulfed in the Mist and humanity is on the brink of extinction. Theo believes he has found a way to stop mankind from Turning, but he doesn’t know how to alter Cass’s unique blood into a cure. Or if it can even be done... -
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Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe Inheritance Games meets Ocean's Eleven in this cinematic heist thriller where a cutthroat competition brings together the world's best thieves and one thief is playing for the highest stakes of all: her mother's life.At only seventeen years old, Ross Quest is already a master thief, especially adept at escape plans...Categorized as:
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Secrets in the Mist by Morgan L. Busse
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhat’s lurking in the Mist is the least of their worries… In a world where humanity lives in the sky to escape a deadly mist below, Cass’s only goal is survival. That is, until she finds a job on the airship Daedalus as a diver. Now she explores ruined cities, looking for treasure and people’s lost heirlooms until a young man hires her to find the impossible: a way to eradicate the Mist... -
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Nyssa Glass and the House of Mirrors by H.L. Burke
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsNyssa Glass is a reformed cat burglar turned electrician's apprentice, settled into a life repairing videophones and radio-sets. However, when her past comes calling, she finds herself forced into one last job. No one has entered Professor Dalhart's secluded mansion in almost a decade, at least not and returned to tell the tale... -
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Umbertouched by Livia Blackburne
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWith their cover blown and their identities revealed, Zivah and Dineas are on the run. Not only did they fail to bring down the emperor, but their betrayal has brought the full might of Ampara against their people. Now their only choice is to rejoin their kin and prepare for the oncoming war... -
![Iron Pendulum by Megan Curd]()
Iron Pendulum by Megan Curd
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSix months ago, Avery thought the world ended outside Dome Four. Thought she was one of the few of her kind. Thought the war that brought the human race to the brink of extinction was over. But six months can change everything. After fighting to escape a tyranny she didn't even know existed, Avery has had to come to grips with all the secrets she's uncovered... -
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![The Queen's Crown by Jennifer Anne Davis]()
The Queen's Crown by Jennifer Anne Davis
Eighteen-year-old Princess Sabine Ludwig of Bakley thought her biggest problem was finding a man remotely interesting to dabble with while trying to fill her days with something other than knitting or drinking tea. But when her dear sister is brutally murdered in a foreign kingdom a week before she’s to be married, Sabine suddenly wishes for boring, ordinary days again...Categorized as:
mystery dystopian fantasy young adult marriage of convenience historical length-medium behind-doors -
![Ash by Shani Petroff, Darci Manley]()
Ash by Shani Petroff, Darci Manley
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsDestiny is pre-determined. It is strictly monitored. It is unchangeable. Or is it?Madden Sumner’s life is a whirlwind of privilege and perks. Born into the elite Purple ring, she is fated to be a Minister of the Seven. Although her position comes with the burden of great responsibility, she’s nothing if not confident in her future... -
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Render by K.A. Riley
Spoiler-free description: With the truth finally revealed, Kress and Render lead the Seventeens on a dangerous journey. But nothing is ever quite as it seems, and danger lurks behind every corner.. -
![Escape to Eden by Rachel McClellan]()
Escape to Eden by Rachel McClellan
Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAlternate cover edition of ASIN B085N9KGTQRun now! When seventeen-year-old Sage wakes up in a hospital with no memories, her only clue are the words written on her hand. With a deadly disease threatening to wipe out mankind, Sage must find out who she is and why most people would kill to get their hands on her—before it’s too late... -
![Fractures by Alice Reeds]()
Fractures by Alice Reeds
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsThey survived a plane crash.They survived life on a deserted island.They survived being hunted.Now they must survive the truth—they are not who they think they are.One minute they’re in Poland, subjected to gruesome tests they keep failing. No friends to support them. No family to claim them. No hope of ever living a normal life again... -
![Castle of Refuge by Melanie Dickerson]()
Castle of Refuge by Melanie Dickerson
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsTo live an unforgettable life, she would defy all expectations—including her own.Ever since she was a child, Audrey wanted her life to be extraordinary. But as the daughter of a viscount born in late fourteenth-century England, the only thing expected of her was to marry—until an act of malice by her sister, Maris, four years ago damaged her face and her prospects... -
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Eden's Ore: Secrets by B.V. Bayly
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThis is a fast-paced science fiction thriller in which a near-future Earth has solved its energy crisis with... the Ore... -
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The Cogsmith's Daughter by Kate M. Colby
Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsIn a desert wasteland, one king rules with absolute power and unquenchable lust, until one woman risks everything for vengeance.When Aya Cogsmith was a teenager, King Archon executed her father for treason. Orphaned and destitute, Aya turns to prostitution to survive and spends years dreaming of vengeance... -
![The Girl and the Clockwork Cat by Nikki McCormack]()
The Girl and the Clockwork Cat by Nikki McCormack
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsFeisty teenage thief Maeko and her maybe-more-than-friend Chaff have scraped out an existence in Victorian London’s gritty streets, but after a near-disastrous heist leads her to a mysterious clockwork cat and two dead bodies, she’s thrust into a murder mystery that may cost her everything she holds dear... -
![The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman]()
The Ruby in the Smoke by Philip Pullman
Rated: 3.79 of 5 stars · 40 ratingsDetermined to discover the truth about what happened to her father, Sally is soon plunged into a dangerous and terrifying adventure that takes her to the dark heart of Victorian London... -
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![Last Girl Standing by Marjory Kaptanoglu]()
Last Girl Standing by Marjory Kaptanoglu
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Absolutely riveting." -D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book ReviewFor those who loved STRANGER THINGS... First Sierra finds the dead body of the water district manager floating down the river behind her house. Soon everyone in town has caught a baffling illness that turns them into mindless automatons -- except for Sierra and a handful of her friends who have avoided the town's water supply... -
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A Gift of Poison by Kate Avery Ellison
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsSteampunk. Romance. Dragons. A new novel by bestselling author Kate Avery Ellison. As the orphaned niece of a cruel lord, Briand is the scapegoat of the castle. She has few friends and even fewer options, and every day is a struggle to stay ahead of trouble caused by malicious guards and irritable castle servants... -
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Court of Swans by Melanie Dickerson
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsWhere there is wealth and power, there's always someone willing to do anything to take it.England, 1381: Delia's idyllic life as daughter of an earl is shattered when her father dies and his wife accuses Delia's seven brothers of treason and murder. The youngest is only ten years old, but this doesn't stop the guards from hauling them off to the Tower of London... -
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Everland by Wendy Spinale
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThe only way to grow up is to survive.London has been destroyed in a blitz of bombs and disease. The only ones who have survived the destruction and the outbreak of a deadly virus are children, among them sixteen-year-old Gwen Darling and her younger siblings, Joanna and Mikey... -
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The Forest Queen by Betsy Cornwell
Rated: 3.42 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsWhen sixteen-year-old Sylvie’s brother takes over management of their family’s vast estates, Sylvie feels powerless to stop his abuse of the local commoners. Her dearest friend asks her to run away to the woods with him, and soon a host of other villagers join them. Together, they form their own community and fight to right the wrongs perpetrated by the king and his noblemen... -
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Wentworth Hall by Abby Grahame
Rated: 2.83 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe prettiest people often have the ugliest secrets… Eighteen-year-old Maggie Darlington has turned into an entirely different person. The once spirited teen is now passive and reserved. A change Lord and Lady Darlington can’t help but be grateful for. It’s 1912, and the Darlingtons of Wentworth Hall have more than just the extensive grounds to maintain...
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