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The Luminaries (The Luminaries, #1)

From Susan Dennard, the New York Times bestselling author of the Witchlands series, comes a haunting and high-octane contemporary fantasy, about the magic it takes to face your fears in a nightmare-filled forest, and the mettle required to face the secrets hiding in the dark corners of your own family.An Instant New York Times BestsellerA Barnes & Noble YA Book Club PickAn Indigo Best Teen Book of 2022A Junior Library Guild PickAn Indie Next PickA Goodreads Most Anticipated YA BookHemlock Falls isn't like other towns. You won't find it on a map, your phone won't work here, and the forest outside town might just kill you. Winnie Wednesday wants nothing more than to join the Luminaries, the ancient order that protects Winnie's town?and the rest of humanity?from the monsters and nightmares that rise in the forest of Hemlock Falls every night. Ever since her father was exposed as a witch and a traitor, Winnie and her family have been shunned. But on her sixteenth birthday, she can

 

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Cake Eater

She has a million followers on social media.She uses her fashion-forward eye to pick the perfect angle and filter on every photo.She?s iconic.She?s a trend-setter.She?s Marie Antoinette, the year is 3070, and she?s arrived in the Franc Kingdom to marry the prince, secure an alliance, and rake in likes from her fans.Versailles is not the perfect palace Marie?s seen on The Apps. Her life is a maze of pointless rules, and the court watches her every move for mistakes. Her shy husband Louis is more interested in horses and computer-hacking than producing heirs. Versailles seems like a dream full of neon-lit statues, handsome android soldiers, and parties till dawn. Under the surface, it?s a creepy den of secrets: surveillance in Marie?s bedroom, censored news feeds, disappearing courtiers.When Marie and Louis become king and queen long before they?re ready to rule, any efforts to aid their suffering subjects are stamped out by the mega-corporations of the First Estate. Between riots in

 

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The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy

Hart is a marshal, tasked with patrolling the strange and magical wilds of Tanria. It?s an unforgiving job, and Hart?s got nothing but time to ponder his loneliness. Mercy never has a moment to herself. She?s been single-handedly keeping Birdsall & Son Undertakers afloat in defiance of sullen jerks like Hart, who seems to have a gift for showing up right when her patience is thinnest. After yet another exasperating run-in with Mercy, Hart finds himself penning a letter addressed simply to ?A Friend?. Much to his surprise, an anonymous letter comes back in return, and a tentative friendship is born. If only Hart knew he?s been baring his soul to the person who infuriates him most ? Mercy. As the dangers from Tanria grow closer, so do the unlikely correspondents. But can their blossoming romance survive the fated discovery that their pen pals are their worst nightmares ? each other?

 

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The Lost Summers of Newport

From the New York Times bestselling team of Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White--a novel of money and secrets set among the famous summer mansions of Newport, Rhode Island, spanning over a century from the Gilded Age to the present day.2019: Andie Figuero has just landed her dream job as a producer of Mansion Makeover, a popular reality show about restoring America's most lavish historic houses. Andie has high hopes for her latest project: the once glorious but gently crumbling Sprague Hall in Newport, Rhode Island, summer resort of America's gilded class--famous for the lavish "summer cottages" of Vanderbilts and Belmonts. But Andie runs into trouble: the reclusive heiress who still lives in the mansion, Lucia "Lucky" Sprague, will only allow the show to go forward on two conditions: One, nobody speaks to her. Two, nobody touches the mansion's ruined boathouse.1899: Ellen Daniels has been hired to give singing lessons to Miss Maybelle Sprague, a naive young Colorado

 

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A Heart That Works

A visceral and deeply personal memoir by the star of the Amazon Prime series Catastrophe, about the loss of his young son.In 2016, Rob Delaney?s one-year-old son, Henry, was diagnosed with a brain tumor. The family had moved from Los Angeles to London with their two young boys when Rob?s wife was pregnant with Henry, their third. The move was an adventure that would bind them even more tightly together as they navigated the novelty of London, the culture clashes, and the funhouse experience of Rob?s fame?thanks to his role as co-creator and co-star of the hit series Catastrophe. Henry?s illness was a cataclysm that changed everything about their lives. Amid the hospital routine, surgeries, and brutal treatments, they found a newfound community of nurses, aides, caregivers, and fellow parents contending with the unthinkable. Two years later, Henry died, and his family watched their world fall away to reveal the things that matter most. A Heart That Works is Delaney?s intimate,

 

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Nuclear Family

Set in the months leading up to the 2018 nuclear missile false alarm, a Korean American family living in Hawai'i faces the fallout of their eldest son's attempt to run across the Demilitarized Zone into North Korea in this "fresh, inventive, and at times, hilarious novel" (Kaui Hart Hemmings, author of The Descendants). Things are looking up for Mr. and Mrs. Cho. Their dream of franchising their Korean plate lunch restaurants across Hawai?i seems within reach after a visit from Guy Fieri boosts the profile of Cho's Delicatessen. Their daughter, Grace, is busy finishing her senior year of college and working for her parents, while her older brother, Jacob, just moved to Seoul to teach English. But when a viral video shows Jacob trying?and failing?to cross the Korean demilitarized zone, nothing can protect the family from suspicion and the restaurant from waning sales. No one knows that Jacob has been possessed by the ghost of his lost grandfather, who feverishly wishes to cross the

 

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The Scent of Burnt Flowers

Fleeing persecution in 1960s America, a Black couple seeks asylum in Ghana, but fresh dangers and old secrets threaten their newfound freedom in this hypnotic debut novel. "I am truly blown away by this novel."--Jacqueline Woodson, New York Times bestselling author of Red at the BoneWhen the windshield of his Chevy Impala shatters in a dark diner parking lot in Alabama, Melvin moves without thinking. A split-second reaction marrows in his bones from the days of war, but this time it is the safety of his fianc?, Bernadette, at stake. Impulse keeps them alive, and yet they flee with blood on their hands. What is life like now that they are fugitives? Pack passports. Empty bank accounts. Set their old life on fire. The couple disguise themselves as a pastor and a reluctant pastor's wife who's hiding a secret from her fianc?. With a persistent FBI agent on their trail, they travel to Ghana to seek the help of Melvin's old college friend who happens to be the country's embattled

 

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Rise of the Demon (Kara Gillian #9)

The long-awaited ninth book in the Demon series returns to the adventures of Kara Gillian and the supernatural threats that surround her Kara?s drastic ceasefire deal with the formidable demon Imperator Dekkak slowed the attacks on Earth to a trickle, but her troubles are far from over. The god-like demahnk are desperate to return to their own kind, but unless they can stabilize the demon realm, they?ll be forever exiled?and they?ve subjugated Kara?s beloved Mzatal to further their hellacious cause. One faction of demonic lords and demahnk has a plan to fix their world, yet their salvation would come at the expense of Earth. Meanwhile, Kara is wrestling with government bureaucracy, backstabbing allies, enemy lords, as well as the powerful young demonic lord Ashava, who?s packing the drama, angst, and rebellion of the terrible teen years into just a few months. Kara?s in a race to stop an apocalypse, but in order to prevail she?ll have to make a terrible sacrifice or risk losing

 

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The Romantic Agenda

Joy is in love with Malcolm.But Malcolm really likes Summer.Summer is in love with love.And Fox is Summer?s ex-boyfriend. Thirty, flirty, and asexual Joy is secretly in love with her best friend Malcolm, but she?s never been brave enough to say so. When he unexpectedly announces that he's met the love of his life?and no, it's not Joy?she's heartbroken. Malcolm invites her on a weekend getaway, and Joy decides it?s her last chance to show him exactly what he?s overlooking. But maybe Joy is the one missing something?or someone?and his name is Fox. Fox sees a kindred spirit in Joy?and decides to help her. He proposes they pretend to fall for each other on the weekend trip to make Malcolm jealous. But spending time with Fox shows Joy what it?s like to not be the third wheel, and there?s no mistaking the way he makes her feel. Could Fox be the romantic partner she?s always deserved?

 

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Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole

In her new masterpiece, the author of the bestselling phenomenon Quiet reveals the power of a bittersweet outlook on life, and why we?ve been so blind to its value.With Quiet, Susan Cain urged our society to cultivate space for the undervalued, indispensable introverts among us, thereby revealing an untapped power hidden in plain sight. Now she employs the same mix of research, storytelling, and memoir to explore why we experience sorrow and longing, and the surprising lessons these states of mind teach us about creativity, compassion, leadership, spirituality, mortality, and love. Bittersweetness is a tendency to states of longing, poignancy, and sorrow; an acute awareness of passing time; and a curiously piercing joy when beholding beauty. It recognizes that light and dark, birth and death?bitter and sweet?are forever paired. A song in a minor key, an elegiac poem, or even a touching television commercial all can bring us to this sublime, even holy, state of mind?and, ultimately,

 

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A Whisper in the Night

An arranged marriage. A kidnapped general. A plot to murder.Princess Fiadonessa is at the center of them all. To save her people, she's forced to accept a marriage to Prince Fynnigan, heir to the rival kingdom of Guinyx. When the king of Guinyx's beloved general is kidnapped, Fia snatches her opportunity for freedom and strikes a bargain: the general's safe return for an annulment. Her gift of hearing whispers in the wind should make the task easy, but she soon discovers there's more to the kidnapping than meets the eye. The whispers warn the Bringer of Death, Mikaiel, is after her. Everything about him is lethal, but what scares Fia most of all isn't losing her life? it's losing her heart.TW: Please be aware that this book features mature content not meant for readers under the age of eighteen due to themes of murder, death, and a bit of heat.

 

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The Wedding Crasher

The USA Today bestselling author of The Worst Best Man is back with another hilarious rom-com about two strangers who get trapped in a lie and have to fake date their way out of it...Just weeks away from ditching DC for greener pastures, Solange Pereira is roped into helping her wedding planner cousin on a random couple?s big day. It?s an easy gig... until she stumbles upon a situation that convinces her the pair isn?t meant to be. What?s a true-blue romantic to do? Crash the wedding, of course. And ensure the unsuspecting groom doesn?t make the biggest mistake of his life.Dean Chapman had his future all mapped out. He was about to check off ?start a family? and on track to ?make partner? when his modern day marriage of convenience went up in smoke. Then he learns he might not land an assignment that could be his ticket to a promotion unless he has a significant other and, in a moment of panic, Dean claims to be in love with the woman who crashed his wedding. Oops.Now Dean has a

 

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Lakelore

In this young adult novel by award-winning author Anna-Marie McLemore, two non-binary teens are pulled into a magical world under a lake - but can they keep their worlds above water intact?Everyone who lives near the lake knows the stories about the world underneath it, an ethereal landscape rumored to be half-air, half-water. But Basti?n Silvano and Lore Garcia are the only ones who?ve been there. Basti?n grew up both above the lake and in the otherworldly space beneath it. Lore?s only seen the world under the lake once, but that one encounter changed their life and their fate.Then the lines between air and water begin to blur. The world under the lake drifts above the surface. If Basti?n and Lore don?t want it bringing their secrets to the surface with it, they have to stop it, and to do that, they have to work together. There?s just one problem: Basti?n and Lore haven?t spoken in seven years, and working together means trusting each other with the very things they?re trying to hide.

 

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All the Best Liars

A dark, modern psychological thriller and coming-of-age about obsession, manipulation, and the intensity of those first friendships that take hold of you and never let goTic tac toe, three girls in a row. Nine years old and inseparable. Friends for life, or so they think . . .Best friends Syd, Rain, and Brie grew up on the wrong side of the tracks in the stifling California desert, desperately wishing for a way out.In the end, each of them will escape?but not in the way they expect. One will do it by dying, another by lying, a third by taking the fall. A deadly fire is set two weeks before the end of their senior year of high school and nothing will ever be the same.With gorgeous, taut prose and twists to the very last page, All the Best Liars switches between the present and the past to unravel the truth behind the fire and the cost of the secrets at heart of their friendship.

 

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Oddball (Sarah's Scribbles, #4)

The newest Sarah's Scribbles collection from New York Times bestselling author Sarah AndersenThe fourth book in the enormously popular graphic novel series, the latest collection of Sarah's Scribbles comics explores the evils of procrastination, the trials of the creative process, the cuteness of kittens, and the beauty of not caring about your appearance as much as you did when you were younger. When it comes to humorous illustrations of the awkwardness and hilarity of millennial life, Sarah's Scribbles is without peer.

 

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Miss Butterworth and the Mad Baron

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes this irresistible treat, a charming and jaunty graphic novel, based on story snippets peppered throughout a number of her books. Originally mentioned in It?s in His Kiss?one of the Bridgerton novels which inspired the smash Netflix series, Bridgerton?Miss Butterworth and the Mad Baron is finally told here in its entirety for the first time.A madcap romantic adventure, Miss Butterworth and the Mad Baron has appeared in several Julia Quinn novels and enthralled some of her most beloved characters. Now, this delicious tale of love and peril is available for everyone to enjoy in this wonderfully unconventional graphic novel.Born into a happy family that is tragically ravaged by smallpox, Miss Priscilla Butterworth uses her wits to survive a series of outlandish trials. Cruelly separated from her beloved mother and grandmother, the young girl is sent to live with a callous aunt who forces her to work for her keep. Eventually, the

 

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The Questmaster's Trap (Champion's Quest #2)

?A fun read for those who wish their imagined adventures could become real.? ?Brandon Mull, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fablehaven and DragonwatchHello, Brave Reader: You?re just in time to roll the Die of Destiny and play a game of Champion?s quest. The wizard Questmaster Hob has summoned the Wild Crows on a new adventure. But not everything is what it seems.A new, sinister Questmaster creates chaos for Lucas, Miles, and Jasmine. They are ill-prepared to fight stronger, challenging monsters, including an evil centaur who has taken a magical ally hostage. As the Wild Crows journey to rescue her, they encounter shadow elves, troltusses, and giants. They also learn new skills and strategies, and discover their quest is more than just a game this time. The fate of the world of Champion?s Quest?including the lives of the wizards Hob and Bogie?hangs in the balance.Can the Wild Crows prevail? Will the luck of the dice be in their favor? Can they gather the right magical items

 

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The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights

For fans of Fiona Davis, Beatriz Williams, and Joanna Goodman, a mesmerizing historical novel from Kitty Zeldis, the bestselling author of Not Our Kind about three women in 1920s New York City and the secrets they hold.Brooklyn, 1924. As New York City enters the jazz age, the lives of three very different women are about to converge in unexpected ways. Recently arrived from New Orleans, Beatrice is working to establish a chic new dress shop with help from Alice, the orphaned teenage ward she brought north with her. Down the block, newlywed Catherine is restless in her elegant brownstone, longing for a baby she cannot conceive.When Bea befriends Catherine and the two start to become close, Alice feels abandoned and envious, and runs away to Manhattan. Her departure sets into motion a series of events that will force each woman to confront the painful secrets of her past in order to move into the happier future she seeks.Moving from the bustling streets of early twentieth century New

 

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Mindwalker

Eighteen-year-old Sil Sarrah is determined to die a legend. In the ten years she's been rescuing imperilled field agents for the Syntex Corporation?by commandeering their minds from afar and leading them to safety?Sil hasn't lost a single life. And she's not about to start now.She's got twelve months left on the clock before the supercomputer grafted to her brain kills her, and she's hell-bent on using that time to cement her legacy. Sil's going to be the only Mindwalker to ever pitch a perfect game?even despite the debilitating glitches she's experiencing. But when a critical mission goes south, Sil is forced to flee the very company she once called home.Desperate to prove she's no traitor, Sil infiltrates the Analog Army, an activist faction working to bring Syntex down. Her plan is to win back her employer's trust by destroying the group from within. Instead, she and the Army's reckless leader, Ryder, uncover a horrifying truth that threatens to undo all the good Sil's ever done.

 

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Hurricane Girl

A propulsive and daring new novel by the author of Very Nice (?A cupcake that turns out to be nutritious.? ?Rumaan Alam) about a woman on the run from catastrophe, searching for love, healing, home, a swimming pool, and for someone who can perhaps stop the bleeding from her headAllison Brody is thirty and newly arrived on the east coast after just managing to flee her movie producer boyfriend. She has some money, saved up from years of writing and waitressing, and so she spends it, buying a house on the beach. But then a Category Three hurricane makes landfall and scatters her home up and down the shore, leaving Allison adrift. Should she follow the strange camera man home from the bar and stay in his guest room? Is that a glass vase he smashed on her skull? Can she wipe the blood from her eyes, get in her car and drive to her mother?s? Does she really love the brain surgeon who saved her, or is she just using him for his swimming pool? And is it possible to ever truly heal

 

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