Saskia Maarleveld
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A one-of-a-kind Star Wars experience that sheds new light on the original film.
On May 25, 1977, the world was introduced to Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, C-3PO, R2-D2, Chewbacca, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Vader, and a galaxy full of possibilities. In honor of the fortieth anniversary, more than forty contributors lend their vision to this retelling of...
On May 25, 1977, the world was introduced to Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, C-3PO, R2-D2, Chewbacca, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Darth Vader, and a galaxy full of possibilities. In honor of the fortieth anniversary, more than forty contributors lend their vision to this retelling of...
Author
Publisher
Mills & Boon
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Hotshot entrepreneur Benjamin Da Silva is used to being in the driver's seat, but when he finds himself in need of a chauffeur, beautiful, straight-talking Jess Murphy proves that sometimes taking his foot off the pedal can be equally pleasurable! Jess isn't impressed by his wealth, but each glimpse in the rearview mirror has her aching to climb into the backseat and submit to Benjamin's every command. His recent takeover cost her her job, and she...
Author
Series
Chimera ; 2
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Romy and her three partners in crime - a sword master, a silversmith, and her thieving brother - have embraced their roles as the Shadow Lord's agents, using their forbidden magic to accomplish tasks his other spies cannot. Now, they've been tasked with locating a list of powerful men and women pledged to assassinate the tyrant Protector of Mercediare, Cantagna's most dangerous enemy. Then, they must destroy the list before it falls into the Protector's...
Author
Publisher
Solaris
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"When Liz Drake's best friend vanishes, nothing can stop her nightmares. Driven by the certainty he needs her help, she crosses a continent to search for him. She finds Blake comatose in a Vancouver hospital, victim of a mysterious accident that claimed his lover's life -- in her dreams he drowns. Blake's new circle of artists and mystics draws her in, but all of them are lying or keeping dangerous secrets. Soon nightmare creatures stalk the waking...
245) Ashes reborn
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A deadly virus turns up the heat on a dangerous investigation in the blazing-hot new installment of the Souls of Fire series from the New York Times bestselling author of Flameout. The clock is ticking as Emberly-a phoenix capable of taking human form-races to take revenge against the sadistic and mysterious Rinaldo. The elusive rebel leader threatens to keep killing until he is given all of the research about a plague-like virus derived from vampire...
Author
Series
Publisher
Signet Select, an imprint of New American Library, a division of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"As the plague-like virus spawned from a failed government continues to spread, Emberly Pearson, a phoenix that can transform into human form, and her partner, Jackson Miller, must find the stolen research for a cure before the virus becomes a pandemic." --
247) Moonfire
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Maggie Chamberlin, an American actress, travels all the way to Australia in 1887 on the promises of a scoundrel and encounters Reeve McKenna, an Irishman who has become one of the richest men in Australia.
248) Angelfire
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Shocked by the threat of a forced marriage to an aging magistrate, Bliss Stafford flees her New Zealand home. But a chance encounter - and the barrel of her father's pistol - wed her to Jamie McKenna, a handsome, headstrong rancher whose bold touch inflamed her innocent senses. Jamie's heart was captive to another - and to a hidden, bitter sorrow. But young, courageous Bliss is determined to face the secrets of his past to claim the radiant prize...
249) Cursed
Author
Publisher
Spencer Hill Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Cursed with the ability to kill anyone who touches her, Ember McWilliams remains a loner until she becomes attracted to new boy Hayden, whose adopted father has a strange fascination with children with similar abilities as hers.
250) The brightest night
Author
Series
Publisher
TOR Teen
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Less than a year ago, Evelyn Dasher was a normal girl, living a safe, rather unremarkable life--a life that was a total lie. Now she's learned the truth about who she was and what she is. Hidden within Zone 3, she knows that if she loses control of her dangerous abilities again, she not only puts everyone in the secret community at risk, but also the beautiful, deadly inhuman Luc. He will do anything to keep her safe. Lie. Barter. Beg. Kill. But...
251) Dear reader
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"For seventeen-year-old Flannery Fields, the only respite from the plaid-skirted mean girls at Sacred Heart High School is her beloved teacher Miss Sweeney's AP English class. But when Miss Sweeney doesn't show up to teach Flannery's favorite book, Wuthering Heights, leaving behind her purse, Flannery knows something is wrong. The police are called, and Flannery gives them everything-- except Miss Sweeney's copy of Wuthering Heights. This she holds...
252) Burn the dark
Author
Series
Malus Domestica ; 1
Publisher
TOR, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Robin is a minor Internet celebrity, a punk traveler known for her horror YouTube channel MalusDomestica, an indie series gone viral about witch-hunting across the United States. Yet she also keeps secrets unbeknownst to her viewers. The first: that her series is based on reality. The second: her goal is to seek revenge against the coven of witches who sentenced her mother to a fate worse than death. Returning home to the rural town of Blackfield,...
253) Killing gravity
Author
Series
Publisher
a Tor /A Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Mariam Xi can kill you with her mind. She escaped the MEPHISTO lab where she was raised as a psychic supersoldier, which left her with terrifying capabilities, a fierce sense of independence, a deficit of trust and an experimental pet named Seven. She's spent her life on the run, but the boogeymen from her past are catching up with her. An encounter with a bounty hunter has left her hanging helpless in a dying spaceship, dependent on the mercy of...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
#1 New York Times best-selling, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Anthony Doerr brings his"stunning sense of physical detail and gorgeous metaphors" (San Francisco Chronicle) to selecting The Best American Short Stories 2019. Doerr and the series editor, Heidi Pitlor, winnow down twenty stories out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year.
Read by a full cast
...Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
An encouraging collection of short stories by bestselling middle-grade authors.This one-of-a-kind treasury brings together the talents of nearly two dozen bestselling middle-grade authors including Shannon Hale, Brandon Mull, Ally Condie, and Jennifer A. Nielsen-who have created original short stories and modern-day fairy tales, based on the lives and dreams of children they have met who all have two things in common: they have very big hopes and...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Celebrate the lasting impact of Return of the Jedi with this exciting reimagining of the timeless Star Wars film featuring new perspectives from forty contributors.
On May 25, 1983, Star Wars cemented its legacy as the greatest movie franchise of all time with the release of Return of the Jedi. In honor of its fortieth anniversary, forty storytellers re-create an iconic scene from Return of the Jedi...
On May 25, 1983, Star Wars cemented its legacy as the greatest movie franchise of all time with the release of Return of the Jedi. In honor of its fortieth anniversary, forty storytellers re-create an iconic scene from Return of the Jedi...