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  • The Last Present by Wendy Mass

    The Last Present by Wendy Mass

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    Don't miss the latest entry in the incredible Willow Falls series by Wendy Mass! Amanda and Leo have a history with birthdays. Now their friend's little sister, Grace, has fallen into a strange frozen state on her birthday, and Amanda and Leo must travel in time in order to fix whatever's wrong. As they journey back to each of Grace's birthdays, they start seeing all sorts of patterns . .
  • Outcast by Michelle Paver

    Outcast by Michelle Paver

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    A thrilling story of friendship, survival, and the need to belong. For two moons Torak has hidden a terrible secret—and now it is revealed. He bears the mark of the Soul-Eater, and must pay the price. Cast out from the clans, he is alone and on the run: cut off from his best friend, Renn, and his beloved pack-brother, Wolf...
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  • Riddle-Master by Patricia A. McKillip

    Riddle-Master by Patricia A. McKillip

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings
    For over twenty years, Patricia A. McKillip has captured the hearts and imaginations of thousands of readers. And although her renowned Riddle-Master trilogy-- The Riddle-Master of Hed, Heir of Sea and Fire , and Harpist in the Wind --has been long out of print, it is considered her most enduring and beloved work...
  • When Water Burns by Lani Wendt Young

    When Water Burns by Lani Wendt Young

    Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    "Maybe you're not meant to manipulate fire the way I do. Maybe sparks are all you're ever going to make. " He snarled, "Or maybe you just need to be a better teacher and give me more. " Before I could reply, he grabbed my hand, twisted and pulled me into a restraining lock. Body pressed against my back, he held me in a chokehold. I struggled. Kicked. Fought...
  • 13 Gifts by Wendy Mass

    13 Gifts by Wendy Mass

    Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    Wendy Mass turns to another magical birthday: 13! When Tara, a self-proclaimed shrinking violet, steals the school mascot, a goat, in order to make some friends with the popular crowd and gets caught, she gets herself in a heap of trouble...
  • DragonFire by Donita K. Paul

    DragonFire by Donita K. Paul

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    Three years of strife have passed since Kale and Bardon freed Paladin's knights. Now, fiery dragons scorch their beautiful countryside as an evil husband-and-wife wizard duo battle one another for supremacy. The people of Amara just want to be left alone, hoping the conflict with disappear...
  • The Legend of Holly Claus by Brittney Ryan, Laurel Long

    The Legend of Holly Claus by Brittney Ryan, Laurel Long

    Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars
    · 22 ratings
    Santa Claus is the King of Forever, Land of the Immortals. When one special boy writes to Santa asking what no other child has ever asked -- what he wants for Christmas -- a miracle occurs: Santa and his wife are blessed with a daughter. But the birth of Holly Claus also brings about a terrible curse -- from an evil soul named Herrikhan...
  • Moon's Flower by Marie Hall

    Moon's Flower by Marie Hall

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    Overview Once upon a time, long, long ago a flower fairy looked to the sky and dared to fall in love with The Man in the Moon… Or so goes the tale that Danika weaves for the gathered fae children. Tonight is the night to learn a hidden tale of Kingdom. A story long forgotten, remembered by few. A tale of treachery, of love, betrayal and woe. .. but there's more to the story than meets the eye...
  • An Unexpected Love: The Man You'll Marry / Bride on the Loose by Debbie Macomber

    An Unexpected Love: The Man You'll Marry / Bride on the Loose by Debbie Macomber

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The perfect match is just around the corner for these women who consider themselves unlucky in love! The Man You'll Marry...
  • Ambrosia Shore by Christie Anderson

    Ambrosia Shore by Christie Anderson

    Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Sadie never dreamed she would see the world of Ambrosia with her own two eyes, just like Rayne never believed he would have the chance to share it with her. Finally, they can be together without any lies, without hiding who they are, in a world that shines brighter than Sadie could ever imagine. There’s only one problem...
  • Midnight Howl by Clare Hutton

    Midnight Howl by Clare Hutton

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Poison Apple Books: Thrilling. Bone-chilling. These books have bite! Marisol and her mom move from the city to rural Montana for a few months, and stay with family friends and their twin children, Jack and Hailey. Marisol loves looking at the stars so far away from city lights, but she feels creeped out by the woods right by their house...
  • Charming and the Cherry Blossom by L.J. Evans

    Charming and the Cherry Blossom by L.J. Evans

    Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    Today was a fairy tale…. I inherited a fortune from a dad I never knew,. And a thoroughly charming guy asked me out. Unfortunately, my fairy tale could disappear in ninety days. .. Because there’s an impossible task to complete,. And a greedy cousin plotting against me. Plus, I’m not your typical fairy tale princess. I have a secret that might send my charming running,...
  • Fortune of the Witch by Deanna Chase

    Fortune of the Witch by Deanna Chase

    Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Medium Harlow Thane has given up her life as a celebrity paranormal investigator. After her life was turned upside down by a devious and illusive ghost, all she wants is to settle down in Keating Hollow, running the new pub in town. Unfortunately for her, no matter how much she wants to give up ghost hunting, the ghosts won’t quit her. Neither will her ex Cash Moses...
  • Emily Windsnap and the Siren's Secret by Liz Kessler

    Emily Windsnap and the Siren's Secret by Liz Kessler

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    Follow the siren call to Emily's magical new adventure! Can the spunky half-mer girl pass Neptune's test--and help humans and merpeople get along? Emily Windsnap is finally enjoying a swimmingly peaceful life on Allpoints Island, hanging out with her mermaid BFF, Shona, and her new friend Aaron (half-merperson like herself )...
  • Rogue Wave by Christie Anderson

    Rogue Wave by Christie Anderson

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    After five months of blissful pretending, Sadie and Rayne are practically the couple of the year. At least, according to Sadie's friends at school they are. But she knows the truth. Their feelings are just an illusion. Now, with graduation and college right around the corner, Sadie realizes she can't put off the inevitable any longer. She has to make a choice...
  • Charleston Green by Stephanie Alexander

    Charleston Green by Stephanie Alexander

    Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    If Tipsy Collins learned one thing from her divorce, it's that everyone in Charleston is a little crazy--even if they're already dead. Tipsy, a gifted artist, cannot ignore her nutty friends or her vindictive ex-husband, but as a lifelong reluctant clairvoyant, she's always avoided dead people...
  • A Ghostly Mortality by Tonya Kappes

    A Ghostly Mortality by Tonya Kappes

    Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    That ghost sure looks . . . familiar. Only a handful of people know that Emma Lee Raines, proprietor of a small-town Kentucky funeral home, is a “Betweener. ” She helps ghosts stuck between here and the ever-after—murdered ghosts. Once Emma Lee gets them justice they can cross over to the great beyond. But Emma Lee’s own sister refuses to believe in her special ability...
  • A Panicked Premonition by Victoria Laurie

    A Panicked Premonition by Victoria Laurie

    Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The New York Times bestselling Psychic Eye Mystery series continues with P. I. Abby Cooper facing the ultimate locked room murder. .. Professional psychic and FBI consultant Abby Cooper has used her inner visions to get her out of many a scrape and solve many a crime but she s about to face a murder scene that will put all her powers to the test...
  • A Grave Prediction by Victoria Laurie

    A Grave Prediction by Victoria Laurie

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    In Victoria Laurie's latest Psychic Eye Mystery, Abby Cooper learns that following the money often leads to murder. .. . When Abby is sent to Los Angeles to help train FBI officers to use their intuition, she encounters a case that only she can solve: a series of bank robberies in which the thieves made off with loads of cash but left no clues...
  • A Ghostly Reunion by Tonya Kappes

    A Ghostly Reunion by Tonya Kappes

    Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Emma Lee Raines sees dead people. Proprietor of the Eternal Slumber Funeral Home, Emma Lee can see, hear, and talk to ghosts of murdered folks. And when her high school nemesis is found dead, Jade Lee Peel is the same old mean girl—trying to come between Emma Lee and her hot boyfriend, Sheriff Jack Henry Ross, all over again...
  • Verse and Vengeance by Amanda Flower

    Verse and Vengeance by Amanda Flower

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    With the help of Walt Whitman's works, magical bookshop owner Violet Waverly puts her pedal to the metal to sleuth a bicycle-race murder that tests her mettle. A bicycle race is not Charming Books proprietor Violet Waverly's idea of a pleasant pastime. But police chief David Rainwater wheelie wants them to enter the Tour de Cascade as a couple, so she reluctantly consents...
  • Under the Willows by Pamela McCord

    Under the Willows by Pamela McCord

    Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    After her husband is killed by a drunk driver, Kelly Harris and her son TJ move into a sprawling Victorian house in Ohio that her husband inherited from his grandmother. Dealing with her overwhelming grief is a struggle as she adjusts to life in a small town. And, just as she’s beginning to feel more comfortable, life takes another unexpected turn...
  • Murders and Metaphors by Amanda Flower

    Murders and Metaphors by Amanda Flower

    Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars
    · 28 ratings
    January means ice wine season in the Niagara Falls region, but the festivities leave Charming Books owner Violet Waverly cold, still reeling from a past heartbreak. Little do either Waverly women know, the ice wine festival will turn colder still when Violet finds Belinda in the middle of the frozen vineyard - with a grape harvest knife protruding from her chest...
  • A Ghostly Demise by Tonya Kappes

    A Ghostly Demise by Tonya Kappes

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    The prodigal father returns—but this ghost is no holy spirit When she runs into her friend's deadbeat dad at the local deli, undertaker Emma Lee Raines can't wait to tell Mary Anna Hardy that he's back in Sleepy Hollow, Kentucky, after five long years. Cephus Hardy may have been the town drunk, but he didn't disappear on an epic bender like everyone He was murdered...
  • Night Will Find You by Julia Heaberlin

    Night Will Find You by Julia Heaberlin

    Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    A scientist with a special gift riles a wasp's nest of conspiracy theories while investigating a cold case in this riveting novel from the acclaimed and bestselling author of Black-Eyed Susans and We Are All the Same in the Dark. When she was ten, Vivvy Bouchet saved a boy’s life by making an impossible prediction...
  • Calamity at the Carnival by London Lovett

    Calamity at the Carnival by London Lovett

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Spring is in the air. Flowers are blooming, birds are singing, Jackson's kisses keep coming, and despite the occasional moodiness of her ghostly housemate, Sunni is looking forward to the season. It's spring break in Firefly Junction and the Stockton Traveling Carnival has come to town. Sunni finds herself saddled with an uninspiring story assignment...
  • Double Trouble by London Lovett

    Double Trouble by London Lovett

    Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    Firefly Junction meets Port Danby as Lola and Lacey take a trip to the Cider Ridge Inn in Double Trouble. Sunni Taylor is finally going to meet Lola Button, the quirky antique dealer who sold her some rather unusual old photos of Cider Ridge Inn. When Lola arrives with her best friend, Lacey Pinkerton, Sunni and Lacey find they have a lot in common...
  • Allegiance by Wanda Wiltshire

    Allegiance by Wanda Wiltshire

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    The second book in the Betrothed Series. Having returned home, Marla seems to quickly forget her Faery Prince, Leif. .. And strangely, she starts seeing her best friend Jack in a different way. .. Tensions mount within this doomed love triangle after Leif, unwilling to part with his betrothed, strikes a deal with his father, the fiery King Telophy, to travel to Earth to win Marla back...
  • The Lair by Emily McKay

    The Lair by Emily McKay

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings
    In the battle against the vampiric Ticks, humanity was slowly but certainly headed for extinction. For months, twin sisters Lily and Mel had been “quarantined” with thousands of other young people being harvested for their blood—food for the Ticks. Finally escaping with a few friends, the twins are separated—and must continue the fight on their own . .
  • The Beast Within by Erin McCarthy, Bianca D'Arc

    The Beast Within by Erin McCarthy, Bianca D'Arc

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    "New York Times"-bestselling author McCarthy teams up with Bianca D'Arc and Jennifer Lyon for a spooky, sexy anthology featuring a trio of superb paranormal stories. "The Howling" BY Erin McCarthy - When Liv Lugaru's boyfriend Sebastian disappears, she finds comfort in his brother's arms. But Sebastian is much closer than Liv realizes. .
  • Talyn by Holly Lisle

    Talyn by Holly Lisle

    Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    In a world where technology is magic, and war is the only way of life, Talyn is a soldier, one of thousands trained from childhood to protect her country from the monarchist Eastil, who would take away the personal freedoms of the Tonk. Talyn long ago embraced her fate: to die in battle...
  • Hollow by Celina Myers

    Hollow by Celina Myers

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    "Brilliant new vampire lore. .. . Spine-tingling! ". —L. J. Smith, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Vampire Diaries. From TikTok sensation Celina Myers comes a fresh, intriguing novel about a woman who finds her destiny and her family after being turned into a vampire. Mia Adair isn’t even twenty-five yet, but she’s starting to wonder if her peak has already passed...
  • The Ghost Clause by Howard Norman

    The Ghost Clause by Howard Norman

    Rated: 3.51 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    National Book Award Finalist Howard Norman delivers another “provocative .  .  . haunting”* novel, this time set in a Vermont village and featuring a missing child, a newly married private detective, and a highly relatable ghost. (*Janet Maslin, New York Times). Simon Inescort is no longer bodily present in his marriage...
  • Hex by Rebecca Dinerstein Knight

    Hex by Rebecca Dinerstein Knight

    Rated: 3.27 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    'Wise, funny, suspenseful' JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER. 'Reads like a botanist's cross-breeding of The Secret History and Department of Speculation' Emma Straub. Nell Barber, an expelled PhD candidate in Biological Science, is exploring the fine line between poison and antidote, working alone to set a speed record for the detoxification of poisonous plants. Her mentor, Dr...
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