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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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The Selection 5-Book Box Set: The Complete Series by Kiera Cass
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 33 ratingsAll five novels in Kiera Cass’s #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series—now available in one beautiful box set. For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The chance to live in a palace and compete for the heart of gorgeous Prince Maxon. But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare... -
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![Agatha Heterodyne and the Voice of the Castle by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio]()
Agatha Heterodyne and the Voice of the Castle by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAdventure, Romance, Mad Science! Agatha Heterodyne is the last heir to the Maddest of Mad Scientist families, and now she's returning home to claim the family castle. Unfortunately, it turns out that she's not the only one with that idea in mind... -
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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 Chapel of Bones by Kaja Foglio, Kaja Foglio
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsAdventure Romance, Mad Science ! Agatha Hetrodyne is the last heir to the Maddest of Mad Scientist families, and now she's returned home to claim the family castle. Unfortunately , it turns out that she's not the only one with that idea, and the Castle is a hopeless death trap. -
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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 running-quick! -
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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. -
![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... -
![Girl Genius Volume 6: Agatha Heterodyne And The Golden Trilobite by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio]()
Girl Genius Volume 6: Agatha Heterodyne And The Golden Trilobite by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe climax to the second Girl Genius story arc. The Wulfenbachs discover that Agatha is still alive and come to get her. Things are complicated by the fact that Agatha is currently possessed by the evil mastermind responsible for the Long War. A issue chock full of daring-do, political intrigue, and plumbers. -
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Agatha Heterodyne and the Golden Trilobite by Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsThe climax to the second Girl Genius story-arc. The Wulfenbachs discover that Agatha is still alive and come to get her. Things are complicated by the fact that Agatha is currently possessed by the evil mastermind responsible for the Long War. -
![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. But waiting inside is a relentless guardian that is not what it seems! -
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Deny by Tricia Mingerink
Rated: 4.59 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsAll lies have consequences. Promoted to the top rank among King Respen’s assassins, First Blade Leith Torren hides his involvement with the Resistance. How many lies will it take to protect his secret? Renna Faythe has done nothing but survive for the past four years, but now Leith’s courage inspires her to try to be something more. If only she could figure out what that duty might be...Categorized as:
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![Elf King (Elven Alliance) by Tara Grayce]()
Elf King (Elven Alliance) by Tara Grayce
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThis is the story of the elf kings of Tarenhiel. Iron Heart. It all started with an arranged marriage. When Ellarin, heir to the King of Tarenhiel, finds out that he is dying, his father forces him into an arranged marriage with Lady Leyleira. Will the pressure of the king and the court draw them closer or pull them apart? Will they fall in love before it is too late? Elf King... -
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Deliver by Tricia Mingerink
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings2018 Alliance Award Finalist. Can something broken ever heal? Martyn is broken. After torturing his best friend, he doesn't belong anywhere in Acktar. No matter how far he runs, he can't lose his guilt. Leith is broken. While healing from the torture he received at Nalgar Castle, he struggles to find his new role. But can a Blade ever run from his past? The country is broken...Categorized as:
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White Rose Rising by Kimberly Pearl
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsTwo impossible love stories. An underground society trying to fight an elusive enemy. A war that threatens to destroy them all. All they could do was the next thing, and try not to die doing it. It has been two months since Emma wielded a sword on the deck of the Lady’s Mercy alongside the golden-haired Hemmish naval officer with copper eyes... -
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The Piper's Pursuit by Melanie Dickerson
A 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 Piper's Pursuit by Melanie Dickerson
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA plague of rats. A giant beast outside the village walls. A host of missing children. And one young woman determined to save her people. In 1424 Hamlin, Katerina faces threats from all sides. An outbreak of rats has overtaken the village, a mysterious beast is on a killing rampage of the village's children, and Katerina's evil stepfather is a dark presence inside the walls of her own home... -
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Crossfire by Malorie Blackman
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsNominated for the Costa Children's Book Award 'The Noughts & Crosses series are still my favourite books of all time and showed me just how amazing story-telling could be' STORMZY'Malorie's Noughts & Crosses series is the first time I saw myself in a book . . . they were pacey, exciting, rich... -
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Happily Ever After by Kiera Cass
Rated: 4.04 of 5 stars · 59 ratingsThe contents of Happily Ever After are as follows:. -The Prince (with the two bonus chapters), Maxon’s novella. -The Guard, Aspen’s novella. -The Queen, Amberly’s novella. -The Favorite, Marlee’s novella. -Three scenes from Celeste’s POV. -Lucy’s scene (bonus scene from The One). -The bonus epilogue. -Where are they now? -A map. -Various illustrations. -
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Vilest Things by Chloe Gong
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Chloe Gong comes the thrilling sequel to Immortal Longings, inspired by Shakespeare’s Antony & Cleopatra. Calla Tuoleimi has succeeded in the impossible. Despite the odds, she has won San-Er’s bloody games and eliminated King Kasa, her tyrant uncle and the former ruler of Talin...Categorized as:
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Fields of Gold by Shelley Adina
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBook 12 in the Magnificent Devices steampunk series! If a wedding won’t stop a war, what will? Gloria Meriwether-Astor’s belief in doing the right thing has carried her across the world and through dangers that would have felled a lesser woman... -
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Merlin's Shadow by Robert Treskillard
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAuthor Robert Treskillard continues his Merlin Spiral series with book two, Merlin's Shadow, another fresh take on the ancient Arthurian myths. After destroying the sinister Druid Stone and freeing his people from its dark control, Merlin finds himself a royal advisor without a king... -
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![Marian and the Elf (Elves & Legends): A Reimagined Robin Hood by Anabelle Raven]()
Marian and the Elf (Elves & Legends): A Reimagined Robin Hood by Anabelle Raven
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsMarian is supposed to un-alive the elf king. Robin is supposed to abduct her. Trusting each other would mean betraying their people. Trusting their people might be worse. Marian may look like a princess, but she is also a trained assassin who would prefer peace with the elves over war. Robin is a powerful elf pirate who enjoys looting the human king's ships. . -
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Iron to Iron by Ryan Graudin
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsAn original e-novella tied to Ryan Graudin's acclaimed novel, Wolf by Wolf. -
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Fields of Air by Shelley Adina
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBook 10 in the Magnificent Devices steampunk series! Her father started a war. She intends to stop it. Her father may have sacrificed his own life to save hers, but heiress Gloria Meriwether-Astor is finding it difficult to forgive him... -
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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...Categorized as:
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Fields of Iron by Shelley Adina
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 11 ratings“What do you propose, sir? ”. He held her astonished gaze as he went down upon one knee. “Why … I propose. Will you do me the honor of becoming my wife, so that I may accompany you to San Francisco de Asis and help you stop this war? ”... -
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The Peasant's Dream by Melanie Dickerson
The duke's daughter, Adela, masquerades as a peasant for a small taste of freedom . . . until she falls in love with a commoner who has no idea who she really is. In this reverse reimagining of the Cinderella story, secrets and dangerous enemies threaten a fairy-tale romance. Adela, daughter of the powerful Duke of Hagenheim, is rarely allowed outside the castle walls... -
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Devices Brightly Shining by Shelley Adina
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsOn the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me. Dreadful relations, high expectations,. And a sudden urge to pull up ropes and flee. It is the event of the season—on Twelfth Night, the Dunsmuirs have invited the cream of London society to celebrate the marriage of Lady Claire and Andrew Malvern at a reception to which the Prince Consort himself is expected...Categorized as:
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The Peasant's Dream by Melanie Dickerson
In this reverse reimagining of the Cinderella story, secrets and dangerous enemies threaten a fairy-tale romance. Adela, daughter of the Duke of Hagenheim, is rarely allowed outside the castle walls. But one day, longing for freedom, she sneaks away to the market disguised as a peasant. There, she meets a handsome young woodcarver named Frederick... -
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Moira's Pen by Megan Whalen Turner
Journey to the world of the Queen’s Thief in this beautifully illustrated collection, featuring bestselling and award-winning author Megan Whalen Turner’s charismatic and incorrigible thief, Eugenides. Discover and rediscover friends old and new, and explore the inspiration behind Megan Whalen Turner’s rich world. A stunning and collectible volume to return to again and again...Categorized as:
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Carrick House by Shelley Adina
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWho said life is but a dream after the wedding? Married eight months, Lady Claire Trevelyan and Dr. Andrew Malvern are blissfully working together on a new invention, and providing a home for a collection of street sparrows. Then Claire’s mother, the redoubtable Lady Jermyn, arrives with her family in tow and expects to stay indefinitely . . -
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![Happily Ever After by Kiera Cass]()
Happily Ever After by Kiera Cass
Meet Prince Maxon before he fell in love with America, and a girl named Amberly before she became queen. See the Selection through the eyes of a guard who watched his first love drift away and a girl who fell for a boy who wasn’t the prince... -
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Broken Sky by L.A. Weatherly
Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWelcome to a ‘perfect’ world. Where war is illegal, where harmony rules. And where your date of birth marks your destiny. But nothing is perfect. And in a world this broken, who can Amity trust? From the bestselling author of the Angel trilogy comes Broken Sky – an exhilarating epic set in a daring and distorted echo of 1940s America and first in a new trilogy.Categorized as:
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The Sapphire Cutlass by Sharon Gosling
Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsRemy and the Ruby Airship's crew have traveled deep into the Indian jungle to learn the truth behind the mysterious Sapphire Cutlass. But Remy is torn between helping her friends and finding her twin brother. Will her choice put everyone in danger?Categorized as:
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Castle of Refuge by Melanie Dickerson
To 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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The Boundless by Anna Bright
Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThis breathtaking sequel to The Beholder will take you on a journey into a darkly sparkling fairy tale, perfect for fans of The Selection and Caraval. When Selah found true love with Prince Torden of Norway, she never imagined she’d have to leave him behind...Categorized as:
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The Wizard's Daughters by Michael Dalton
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsWhen down-on-his-luck swordsman Erich von Jülich-Berg accepts a job protecting Walther the Artificer on a trip from his village to the Free City of Köln, his only motivation is to replenish his empty purse. Walther’s twin daughters Ariel and Astrid, skilled mages in their own right, are in search of a husband... -
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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...Categorized as:
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The Heartbeat Thief by A.J. Krafton, Ash Krafton
Rated: 3.68 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHaunted by a crushing fear of death, a young Victorian woman discovers the secret of eternal youth—she must surrender her life to attain it, and steal heartbeats to keep it. In 1860 Surrey, a young woman has only one occupation: to marry. Senza Fyne is beautiful, intelligent, and lacks neither wealth nor connections...Categorized as:
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The Betrayed by Kiera Cass
Rated: 3.76 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsKiera Cass brings another sparkling romance to a stunning conclusion in this sequel to the instant #1 New York Times bestseller The Betrothed. Can you follow your heart when it’s already broken? After fleeing Coroa and leaving the memory of her beloved Silas behind, Hollis is unsteadily adjusting to life in Isolte... -
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Divine by M.J. Woodman
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsWhat if Rome never fell? In an alternative reality, the Roman Empire never fell, and the world was never the same. Present-day Appia, real-world North America, fractured by a mythical war in recent history has been divided into five Imperial fortress states. These states, shielded by an invisible forcefield and known as Havens, are designed to protect inhabitants from the world beyond...Categorized as:
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![The Betrayed by Cass Kiera]()
The Betrayed by Cass Kiera
The sequel to THE BETROTHED, a glittering royal romance, from New York Times bestselling author of the Selection series. She gave her heart away. Now she'll fight to get it back. Can you follow your heart when it's already broken? After fleeing the court of Coroa and leaving the memory of her beloved, the assassinated Silas Eastoffe, behind, Hollis is unsteadily adjusting to life with his family...Categorized as:
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![A Dress for the Wicked by Autumn Krause]()
A Dress for the Wicked by Autumn Krause
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe high-stakes fashion scene of a reimagined nineteenth century Europe takes center stage in this YA debut perfect for fans of The Belles and The Luxe. Nothing much happens in the sleepy town of Shy in Avon-upon-Kynt. And for eighteen years, Emmaline Watkins has feared that her future held just that: nothing...Categorized as:
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Servant of the Crown by Melissa McShane
Rated: 3.64 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsAlison Quinn, Countess of Waxwold, is content with her bookish life—until she’s summoned to be a lady-in-waiting to the Queen of Tremontane’s mother for six months. Even the prospect of access to the Royal Library doesn’t seem enough to make up for her sacrifice, but Alison is prepared to do her service to the Crown... -
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Heart of Iron by Ekaterina Sedia
Rated: 3.11 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn a Russia where the Decembrists’ rebellion was successful and the Trans-Siberian railroad was completed before 1854, Sasha Trubetskaya wants nothing more than to have a decent debut ball in St. Petersburg... -
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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.Categorized as:
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Wentworth Hall by Abby Grahame
Rated: 2.85 of 5 stars · 22 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...Categorized as:
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