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Spy x Family, Vol. 2 by Tatsuya Endo, 遠藤達哉
Master spy Twilight is unparalleled when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions for the betterment of the world...Categorized as:
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Spy x Family, Vol. 10 by Tatsuya Endo, 遠藤達哉
An action-packed comedy about a fake family that includes a spy, an assassin and a telepath! Master spy Twilight is unparalleled when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions for the betterment of the world... -
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Spy x Family, Vol. 6 by Tatsuya Endo
Master spy Twilight is unparalleled when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions for the betterment of the world...Categorized as:
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Spy x Family, Vol. 7 by Tatsuya Endo
Master spy Twilight is unparalleled when it comes to going undercover on dangerous missions for the betterment of the world. But when he receives the ultimate assignment—to get married and have a kid—he may finally be in over his head! As Donovan Desmond is about to share a rare family moment with his son Damian, Twilight cuts in to meet his target face-to-face for the first time...Categorized as:
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Spy x Family, Vol. 14 by Tatsuya Endo
Rated: 4.51 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsThe midterm exams—with stella stars and tonitrus bolts on the line—are over. Has Anya’s hard work studying classical language paid off? Also, in hopes of advancing her plan B at the class gala, Anya asks Damian to be her dance partner! -
Killer Instinct by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 71 ratingsSeventeen-year-old Cassie Hobbes has a gift for profiling people. Her talent has landed her a spot in an elite FBI program for teens with innate crime-solving abilities, and into some harrowing situations. After barely escaping a confrontation with an unbalanced killer obsessed with her mother’s murder, Cassie hopes she and the rest of the team can stick to solving cold cases from a distance... -
Spy x Family, Vol. 15 by Tatsuya Endo
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsDue to the war between East and West, Henry and Martha part ways without ever expressing their feelings for each other. Martha enlists to fight and only narrowly survives a bloody battle in Westalis. Amid the chaos of war, can she make her way back to Ostania? -
Spy x Family, Vol. 15 by Tatsuya Endo
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsDue to the war between East and West, Henry and Martha part ways without ever expressing their feelings for each other. Martha enlists to fight and only narrowly survives a bloody battle in Westalis. Amid the chaos of war, can she make her way back to Ostania? -
Spy x Family, Vol. 13 by Tatsuya Endo
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsTwilight is on the ropes after his battle with an Ostanian spy! Can Nightfall save Twilight from disaster? Will WISE manage to recover their stolen secrets? And what will become of Loid and Yor’s marital crisis? Meanwhile, Anya’s friendship scheme gets thrown off by an unexpected gift from Damian! -
The Phoenix by Jillian Dodd, Hayden Bishop
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Jillian Dodd comes the sixth 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. A single sentence is muttered from the lips of an assassin dangling from a four-story building, “It starts in Montrovia. ”... -
Hunting November by Adriana Mather
Surviving a few weeks at the world's most lethal boarding school was one thing. But now comes the real test: Can November Adley find her missing father before her enemies find her? Subterfuge is the name of the game in this sequel to Killing November. After surviving a crash course in espionage at the mysterious Academy Absconditi, November has only one purpose: finding her missing father...Categorized as:
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The Dauntless by Jillian Dodd
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 26 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... -
The Echelon by Jillian Dodd, Hayden Bishop
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsFrom USA Today bestselling author Jillian Dodd comes the seventh 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. The Echelon’s plan to change the shape of the world is succeeding. The disease was released. People are dying... -
The Final Gambit by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 77 ratingsAvery’s fortune, life, and loves are on the line in the game that everyone will be talking about. To inherit billions, all Avery Kylie Grambs has to do is survive a few more weeks living in Hawthorne House. The paparazzi are dogging her every step. Financial pressures are building. Danger is a fact of life. And the only thing getting Avery through it all is the Hawthorne brothers...Categorized as:
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The Valiant by Jillian Dodd, Hayden Bishop
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 26 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. -
Obsession by Traci Hunter Abramson
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsPop singer Kendra Blake grew up in the spotlight as the daughter of a prominent actor. Now famous in her own right, she’s had enough with bodyguards shadowing her every move. So when a bomb goes off backstage at one of her concerts, she gives in to her urge to flee. In search of the privacy she’s lacked her whole life, Kendra escapes to a remote cabin in Arizona... -
Christie, Agatha - The ABC Murders by Christie Agatha
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 67 ratingsWhen Alice Asher is murdered in Andover, Hercule Poirot is already looking into the clues. Alphabetically speaking, it's one letter down, twenty-five to go. There's a serial killer on the loose. His macabre calling card is to leave the ABC Railway Guide beside each victim's body... -
Harley Quinn: Redemption by Rachael Allen
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsWhen girls in Gotham City go missing, Harley Quinn is determined to track down their kidnapper. But the only way to outsmart a villain is to engage in a little villainy herself. Don't miss the adrenaline-racing conclusion to the Harley Quinn trilogy. In Gotham City even the heroes are wicked. Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy can't wait to cross off the final items on their summer bucket list... -
A Harvest of Thorns by Corban Addison
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsA beloved American corporation with an explosive secret. A disgraced former journalist looking for redemption. A corporate executive with nothing left to lose. In Dhaka, Bangladesh, a garment factory burns to the ground, claiming the lives of hundreds of workers, mostly young women...Categorized as:
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The Mark by Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsBook 8 in the 12-book series that has sold over 63 million copies! Read the books that launched a cultural phenomenon! “This is the most successful Christian fiction series ever. ”—Publishers Weekly“Combines Tom Clancy–like suspense with touches of romance, high-tech flash, and biblical references. ”—New York Times“Call it what you like, the Left Behind series . . -
The Moon-Spinners by Mary Stewart
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsOn the solar-drenched shores of Crete, in which historical legends linger and the Aegean whispers secrets and techniques, younger Nicola Ferris hoped for nothing more than a peaceful excursion some distance from her duties on the British Embassy. But beneath the island's beauty lies threat, and Nicola soon stumbles upon a thriller that would cost her lifestyles.Categorized as:
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Thieves' Gambit by Kayvion Lewis
The 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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The Brothers Hawthorne by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Four brothers. Two missions. One explosive read. Jennifer Lynn Barnes returns to the world of her #1 bestselling Inheritance Games trilogy, and the stakes have never been higher. Grayson Hawthorne was raised as the heir apparent to his billionaire grandfather, taught from the cradle to put family first. Now the great Tobias Hawthorne is dead and his family disinherited, but some lessons linger... -
The PAN by Jenny Hickman
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSince her parents were killed, Vivienne has always felt ungrounded, shuffled through the foster care system. Just when liberation finally seems possible—days before her eighteenth birthday—Vivienne is hospitalized with symptoms no one can explain. The doctors may be puzzled, but Deacon, her mysterious new friend, claims she has an active Nevergene...Categorized as:
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Desert Dark by Sonja Stone
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsHogwarts meets The Bourne Identity in this action-packed thriller about teenage spies—for fans of Marie Lu's Legends series and James Dashner's Maze Runner trilogy. Sixteen-year-old Nadia Riley is delighted to earn a spot at an elite, government-funded boarding school...Categorized as:
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Grace in Autumn: - A Novel - by Lori Copeland
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt's November, and as the island residents prepare for the coming months of cold and snow, they are surprised by God's unexpected lessons of humility, trust, and hope. Authors Lori Copeland and Angela Hunt revisit the Island of Heavenly Daze in the second book of the highly acclaimed series about a small town where angelic intervention is commonplace and the Thanksgiving feast a community affair.Categorized as:
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Run by Francine Pascal
Rated: 3.94 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsA repackage of a smart and sexy series whose heroine was born without the fear gene. Gaia is a brilliant, beautiful girl who is trained in three kinds of martial arts, has a reflex speed that’s off the charts, and can climb mountains, box, wrestle, and break codes in four languages. She has no trouble throwing a grown man over her shoulders... -
A Question of Holmes by Brittany Cavallaro
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsIn the explosive conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Charlotte Holmes series, Holmes and Watson think they’re finally in the clear after graduating from Sherringford…but danger awaits in the hallowed halls of Oxford. Charlotte Holmes and Jamie Watson finally have a chance to start over... -
Icon and Inferno by Marie Lu
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsSpies meet romance meet popstars in this thrilling follow up to Stars and Smoke by bestselling author Marie Lu. A year has passed since superstar Winter and secret agent Sydney Cossette went undercover - on a dangerous mission to bring down the baddest man in London. Winter hasn't stopped thinking about Sydney since, and she's been trying not to think about him... -
The Wilde Trials by Mackenzie Reed
Rated: 3.93 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsFrom the acclaimed author of The Rosewood Hunt comes a thrilling new mystery about a high-stakes competition packed with shocking twists, second chances, and deadly deceit, where allies—and enemies—are the people you’d least expect. Chloe Gatti will do whatever it takes to win her elite boarding school’s annual competition, the Wilde Trials... -
The Strange Case of Harley And Harleen by Melissa Marr, Jennifer St-Onge
Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsA new YA take on how Harleen became Harley! When Harleen signs up to participate in a clinical research trial with her girlfriend, Pamela, her only goals are extra cash and a chance to control her anxiety. But what she gets instead are increasingly larger gaps in her memory and stolen mementos from some guy named Jack... -
The Man He Never Was by James L. Rubart
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat if You Woke up One Morning and the Darkest Parts of Yourself Were Gone? Toren Daniels vanished eight months back, and his wife and kids have moved on—with more than a little relief. Toren was a good man but carried a raging temper that often exploded without warning. So when he shows up on their doorstep out of the blue, they’re shocked to see him alive. But more shocked to see he’s changed...Categorized as:
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Theatre of Marvels by Lianne Dillsworth
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCrowds gather at Crillick's Variety Theatre, where curiosity is satisfied with displays of intrigue and fear. They're here for the star of the show - the Great Amazonia warrior. They needn't know this warrior is in fact Zillah, a mixed-race actress from the East End fooling them each night with her thrilling performance...Categorized as:
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Theatre of Marvels by Lianne Dillsworth
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCrowds gather at Crillick's Variety Theatre, where curiosity is satisfied with displays of intrigue and fear. They're here for the star of the show - the Great Amazonia warrior. They needn't know this warrior is in fact Zillah, a mixed-race actress from the East End fooling them each night with her thrilling performance...Categorized as:
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Faith: Greater Heights by Julie Murphy
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin’, comes the exciting conclusion in the two-book origin story of fan-favorite comic character Faith—a fierce, plus-size superhero. Faith Herbert can finally admit that she’s not a regular teen. Thankfully, her two best friends, Matt and Ches, are now in on her superhero secret... -
Sam by Francine Pascal
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsA repackage of a smart and sexy series whose heroine was born without the fear gene. Gaia is a brilliant, beautiful girl who is trained in three kinds of martial arts, has a reflex speed that’s off the charts, and can climb mountains, box, wrestle, and break codes in four languages. She has no trouble throwing a grown man over her shoulders... -
Into the Sunken City by Dinesh Thiru
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the slowly sinking city of Coconino, Arizona, the days are long, the money is tight, and the rain never stops. For Jin Haldar, this life is nothing new—ever since her father died in a diving accident, she’s barely made ends meet for her and her younger sister, Thara... -
Twelve by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Cassie Hobbes has been working with the FBI since she was a teenager. Now twenty-three years old, she and her fellow Naturals have taken over running the program that taught them everything they know. As a unit, they're responsible for identifying new Naturals--and solving particularly impossible cases...Categorized as:
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Ink and Ashes by Valynne E. Maetani
Rated: 3.69 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsClaire Takata has never known much about her father, who passed away ten years ago. But on the anniversary of his death, she finds a letter from her deceased father to her stepfather. Before now, Claire never had a reason to believe they even knew each other...Categorized as:
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Left Behind by Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins
Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars · 85 ratingsAn airborne Boeing 747 is headed to London when, without any warning, passengers mysteriously disappear from their seats. Terror and chaos slowly spread not only through the plane but also worldwide as unusual events continue to unfold. For those who have been left behind, the apocalypse has just begun. ..Categorized as:
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They're Watching You by Chelsea Ichaso
Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWhen a secret society has you in their sights, it can lead to power, privilege. .. or death. It's been two weeks since Polly St. James went missing. The police, the headmistress of Torrey-Wells Academy, and even her parents have ruled her a runaway. But not Maren, her best friend and roommate... -
The Last Days of Holly Hayes by Sandra J. Paul
Rated: 3.32 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAnother unique flipover novel from the bestselling author of Dead Girls Don't Talk and Hell City. Life's not about fear at all. It’s about love. When college students Holly and Dylan fall in love, life is wonderful for a while. There’s just one big problem: Holly has no idea that Dylan’s parents are Doomsday preppers and that he’s been living a life drenched in fear... -
The Spies That Bind by Ally Carter
Rated: 3.61 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsListening Length: 2 hours and 55 minutes. An original novella and prequel to Ally Carter's New York Times best-selling Gallagher Girls series, exclusively on Audible. The first day at a new school is tough for any kid, but it's especially scary when you're going to a school for spies... -
Broken Things by Lauren Oliver
Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsIt’s been five years since Summer Marks was brutally murdered in the woods. Everyone thinks Mia and Brynn killed their best friend. That driven by their obsession with a novel called The Way into Lovelorn the three girls had imagined themselves into the magical world where their fantasies became twisted, even deadly. The only thing is: they didn’t do it... -
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The Midnight Dance by Nikki Katz
Rated: 3.22 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsWhen the music stops, the dance begins. Seventeen-year-old Penny is a lead dancer at the Grande Teatro, a finishing school where she and eleven other young women are training to become the finest ballerinas in Italy...Categorized as:
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Such a Good Girl by Amanda K. Morgan
Rated: 3.23 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsPretty Little Liars meets Luckiest Girl Alive in this riveting novel about a practically perfect girl who is willing to do anything to make sure it stays that way. Absolutely anything. Things to know about Riley Stone:. Riley Stone is just about perfect. (Ask anyone. ). She has a crush on her French teacher, Alex Belrose. (And she suspects he likes her, too. )...Categorized as:
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Arena One by Morgan Rice
Rated: 3.29 of 5 stars · 31 ratings"Shades of THE HUNGER GAMES permeate a story centered around two courageous teens determined to buck all odds in an effort to regain their loved ones...Categorized as:
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