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Glittering Court volume 1
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English
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In order to escape an arranged marriage, Adelaide, an Osfridian countess, poses as her servant to start a new life in Adoria, the New World.
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Maisie Dobbs novels volume 12
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English
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It's early 1938, and Maisie Dobbs is back in England. On a fine yet chilly morning, as she walks towards Fitzroy Square--a place of many memories--she is intercepted by Brian Huntley and Robert MacFarlane of the Secret Service. The German government has agreed to release a British subject from prison, but only if he is handed over to a family member. Because the man's wife is bedridden and his daughter has been killed in an accident, the Secret Service...
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In Kabul in 2007, with a drug-addicted father and no brothers, Rahima and her sisters can only sporadically attend school and rarely leave the house, and their only hope lies in the ancient custom of "bacha posh," which allows young Rahima to dress and be treated as a boy until she is of marriageable age.
7) Bitterblue
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Graceling Realm volume 3
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English
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Eight years have passed since the young Princess Bitterblue, and her country, were saved from the vicious King Leck. Now Bitterblue is the queen of Monsea, and her land is at peace. But the influence of her father, a violent psychopath with mind-altering abilities, lives on. Her advisers, who have run the country on her behalf since Leck's death, believe in a forward-thinking plan: to pardon all of those who committed terrible acts during Leck's reign;...
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Sands of Arawiya volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In a world inspired by ancient Arabia, seventeen-year-old huntress Zafira must disguise herself as a man to seek a lost artifact that could return magic to her cursed world.
Zafira is the Hunter, disguising herself as a man when she braves the cursed forest of the Arz to feed her people. Nasir is the Prince of Death, assassinating those foolish enough to defy his autocratic father, the king. Both are legends in the kingdom of Arawiya-- but neither...
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2021.
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English
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To the young Cheryl Diamond, life felt like one big adventure, whether she was hurtling down the Himalayas in a rickety car or mingling with underworld fixers. Her family appeared to be an unbreakable gang of five. One day they were in Australia, the next South Africa, the pattern repeating as they crossed continents, changed identities, and erased their pasts. What Diamond didn't yet know was that she was born into a family of outlaws fleeing from...
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Medieval fairy tale romances volume 3
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English
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"After being betrayed and cast out, Lady Magdalen and Steffan the Duke of Wolfberg must work together to reclaim their rightful titles"--
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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"A teenage girl torn from her family must survive a series of deadly trials to earn her place in a dangerous school of magic"--
You don't choose The Academy; it chooses you. But being accepted into an elite school of magic, monsters, and assassins mean fighting your way through the Culling Trials to claim your right to be taught. Wild's older brother was chosen three years ago-- and never came back. Now her younger brother has been chosen... and...
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Flame in the mist volume 1
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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The daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko is targeted by bandits who wish to stop her arranged marriage, a situation that compels her to infiltrate the gang, disguised as a boy, to track down the person responsible for the target on her back.
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Elemental masters volume 6
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Talented but penniless dancer Ninette Dupond finds her luck changing when she meets a cat who, speaking to her mind-to-mind, orders her to impersonate a missing Russian ballerina, plunging her into the middle of a war against the darkest Elemental Spirit.
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Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Raina Bretton is a rag woman in London's east end when a handsome stranger appears in a dank alley and offers her a glittering smile and a chance for adventure. Rothburne Abbey has a unique position for her, one that will take her away from her hardscrabble life and give her a chance to be a lady. Things she could only dream of might be coming true. But some dreams turn out to be nightmares.
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Charm and deceit volume 1
Pub. Date
[2013].
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English
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"When local heiress Lily Rose mistakes gambler Grant Diamond for the missionary she had asked for, Grant takes the opportunity to hide from the law, but with the Pinkertons closing in, the new life he's built may soon crumple like a house of cards"--
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Captain Ian Steele volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
Description
1845, a village outside Sydney Town. Humble blacksmith Ian Steele struggles to support his widowed mother. All the while he dreams of a life in uniform, serving in Queen Victoria's army. 1845, Puketutu, New Zealand. Second Lieutenant Samuel Forbes, a young poet from an aristocratic English family, wants nothing more than to run from the advancing Maori warriors and discard the officer's uniform he never sought. When the two men cross paths in the...
19) Sherwood
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Pub. Date
[2019].
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English
Description
"Robin of Locksley is dead. Maid Marian doesn't know how she'll go on, but the people of Locksley town, persecuted by the Sheriff of Nottingham, need a protector. And the dreadful Guy of Gisborne, the Sheriff's right hand, wishes to step into Robin's shoes as Lord of Locksley and Marian's fiancé. Who is there to stop them? Marian never meant to tread in Robin's footsteps--never intended to stand as a beacon of hope to those awaiting his triumphant...
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FunJungle volume 6
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
Description
The local police prove unhelpful when a 500-pound dinosaur skull vanishes from a secret excavation on Sage's family's ranch, so Teddy and his friends conduct their own investigation.
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