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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern is a wonderful, magical book and has joined the ranks of my favorite books. Le Cirque des Reves arrives without warning. One morning when you awake it may be in a field of the edge of town. It posts no flyers or advertisement of any kind; it simply appears and draws a crowd. All within the circus is black or white (or a shade of grey) but lack of color

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Wink: The Ninja Who Wanted to Be Noticed by J.C. Phillipps is a book about finding your place. Wink was happy when he was accepted to the Summer Moon School for Young Ninjas. But Wink had a problem being stealthy. First he could not be quite. Then he could not become invisible. He was sent home often. Finally he was so stealthy that no one noticed him... so he made them notice to show how

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Forever Buckhorn by Lori Foster is a reprint of two books in her Buckhorn series: the books Gabe and Jordan. Gabe is the youngest of the four brothers. He is a handyman - both because he can fix anything and because it allows him to work only when he wants. The rest of the time he can be found laying by the lake. When Elizabeth Parks asks to interview him about saving someone from a runaway

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Magnificent Passage by Kat Martin was her first published book. It has just been reissued after more than twenty years. Samantha (Mandy) Ashton lives with her father at Fort Laramie in the Dakota Territories. Mandy's cousin Julia lived with her father - the governor of California - before she was sent to finishing school back East. Now, after spending the summer together at Fort Laramie,

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Birthmarked by Caragh O'Brien is the first book in her trilogy by the same name. Gaia lives with her parents in Warfton, on the shore of what was once Lake Erie. Her father is a tailor and her mother is a midwife. Gaia, just sixteen, has just helped deliver her first baby without her mother's assistance. Wafton is dependent upon the walled city it surrounds, called the Enclave. The Enclave

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One Week as Lovers by Victoria Dahl continues the story of Viscount Lancaster who was introduced in A Rake's Guide to Pleasure of the Huntington series. Nicholas Cantry is Viscount Lancaster - who inherited a title with a lot of debt. He must marry a woman with a large income if his family is to keep living within their class. Now Lancaster is engaged to a woman he does not love. On the same

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Love in a Nutshell by Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly is what you would expect a book co-authored by Evanovich to be - a quirky, fun read. Kate Appleton has move into her parent's lake house, The Nutshell, in Keene's Harbor, Michigan. Her plan is to turn the huge house into a bed and breakfast. Unfortunately, she used most of her saving on a divorce and doesn't have the cash to pay for the

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Against the Storm by Kat Martin is her fourth book in the Raines of Wind Canyon series, which has now extended beyond the Raines brothers into stories of their close friends. Maggie O'Connell is a successful photographer living in Houston, Texas. She has a big art show coming up and is working on her first coffee table book. But lately she has been getting threatening notes left on her car.

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Quaking by Kathryn Erskine is the story of a teenager finding her place in the world. Matt (short for Matilda) has lived with every distant relative she never knew she had. Now her third cousin is taking her to yet another home. She will be living with Sam and Jessica and their adopted son, Rory in a small town in Pennsylvania. By now Matt has closed herself off to people. She is used to not

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Those in Peril by Wilbur Smith is like two thrillers in one. Hazel Bannock is the head of the Bannock Oil Corporation. She inherited the title from her husband when he died, but she is more than up to the task. She has been increasing the size and power of the company. Each year, she and her daughter take the yacht from South Africa to a small island in the Seychelles for Christmas. This

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Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling is the tale of one boy being whipped into shape. Harvey Cheyne is the spoiled son of an American millionaire. His father owns railroads, among other things. Harvey spends his time with his mother traveling. Though the travel was meant to give Harvey a broader understanding of the US and the world, he has become an obnoxious fourteen year old with little

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Against the Law by Kat Martin is the third book in her Raines of Wild Canyon series. Devlin Raines is semi-retired from Raines Investigations. He only gets involved if the investigation is really interesting or he gets bored. But when a friend he was an Army Ranger with sends him a beautiful client he decides to help. Lark Delaney promised her dying sister that she would find the baby her

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Against the Fire by Kat Martin is the second book in her Raines of Wind Canyon series. The three Raines brothers grew up in Wind Canyon, Wyoming. The oldest brother, Jackson, lives there again. Gabriel lives in Dallas. And Devlin lives in Arizona. Gabe is a real estate developer. He started out buying houses and fixing them up to sell. Now he has his own construction company and is working on

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A Rake's Guide to Pleasure by Victoria Dahl is her second historical romance about the Huntington family. The Dowager Lady Denmore, Emma, has come to London to raise some money. Her plan is to apply her skills at gambling to win the money she needs to live off of for the rest of her life. She plans to be gone before the Season begins and people who may recognize her come back to town. When

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Against the Wind by Kat Martin is the first book in her Raines of Wind Canyon series. Sarah Allen and her daughter Holly are moving back to the town Sarah grew up in - Wind Canyon, Wyoming. They have been living in Los Angeles. After the murder of Sarah's husband she needs a change. Though she has no ties left in Wind Canyon, she loved the town growing up. Jackson Raines moved back to Wind

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The Desert Spear by Peter V. Brett is the second book in his brilliant Demon Cycle series. In a world where demons rise in the darkness and people hide behind magic wards to keep them at bay, some are beginning to fight back. Wards for combat instead of defense will allow the rise of a Deliverer who will lead humans in the next Demon War. Ahmann Jardir of Krasia, a desert kingdom in the South,

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Blackout by John Rocco is a great picture book about the New York City blackout of 2003. The young girl in the story is bored. She wants someone to pay attention to her but her family is busy - her sister is on the phone, her mother is on the computer, and her father is cooking dinner. She gives up and goes to her room to play video games. But then the lights go out. This story is told in a

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To Tempt a Scotsman by Victoria Dahl is the first book in her Huntington series of historical romance. This was her first published novel. Lady Alexandra Huntington does not conduct herself like the average Lady in Yorkshire in 1844. She runs the estate of her brother, the Duke. She does not follow the rules of the Ton because she has had a scandal and is now free of the game to find a husband.

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The Trap by Michael Grant continues the story of the Magnificent 12 - twelve children who must work together to save the world from a force that is about to be released. In the first book, Mack MacAvoy was told that he was one of the twelve. He was given a credit card to fund his trip and told to go to Australia to find another of the twelve. He found Jarrah. Now Mack and Jarrah, along with

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Future Perfect by Suzanne Brockmann has been reprinted. It was her first romance novel as show that though her novels have gotten better she was great to begin with. Juliana Anderson owns a bed and breakfast with her great aunt. It is located in Benton, Massachusetts. It is in a Victorian mansion and when guests are present, Julia and Alicia dress and act in period costumes. Webster Donovan

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The Great Bazaar and Other Stories by Peter V. Brett is a collection of stories related to his Demon Cycle series. It is like a deleted scenes from The Warded Man.  Included in the book is the original short story about Arlene -  the title character in the Warded Man. This is a great bonus for fans of the series. Brett, Peter V. (2010). The Great Bazaar and Other Stories. Burton, MI:

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Mastiff by Tamora Pierce is the third book in the Beka Cooper trilogy. Pierce has many book in the land of Tortall. This series takes place two hundred years before the original beginning of the Tortall books with Alanna's story. Beka Cooper is a Provost's Guard, or police, sworn to uphold the law and hunt down the bad guys. She is partnered with a scent hound, Achoo, who is the best there is

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The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling is a collection of the folk tales told to the children of wizards and witches. Translated from the ancient runes by Hermione Granger, the book is comprised of five tales that each include commentary by Albus Dumbledor. Each tale has a message to be learned and wisdom to pass on to the next generation. Stories include: The Wizard and the Hopping Pot

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The Warded Man by Peter V Brett is an amazing fantasy book and the first in his Demon Cycle series. The land in which the series takes place could be our own if you went back to the Middle Ages. People live in small hamlets or small cities and work hard from dawn until dusk. The main difference is that from dusk until dawn demons rise out of the Core and hunt. Magical symbols, or wards,

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Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas is a great picture book. Ed, Ned, Ted and Bob are the dust bunnies who rhyme all of the time. This is a great read out loud book for kids who are learning rhyming words - but Bob never rhymes. He is the one trying to save the dust bunnies from the cleaning implements. Thomas has created a fun story with beautiful, brightly colored illustrations. Thomas,

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Buckhorn Beginnings by Lori Foster is a reissue of the first two books (Sawyer and Morgan) in her Buckhorn series about four brothers. Sawyer Hudson is the oldest of four brothers. He lives with brothers and his son on 50 acres in Kentucky. He is the local doctor. While mending a fence on the edge of their property, Sawyer and his son Casey see a car fly down the road, through the newly

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Ganymede by Cherie Priest is the fourth book that takes place in her alternate history, steampunk, zombi Civil War era called the Clockwork Century. Andan Cly is an air pirate. He has made his living by transporting blight gas from Seattle to other places in the US where it is distilled into a drug. But lately he has been thinking of going legit - maybe even setting up an air dock in Seattle.

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by JK Rowling is the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series. Before Harry, Ron, and Hermione can begin their final year at Hogwarts, the wizarding world is turned upside-down by Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters. Everything is Harry's life has changed and he knows that he is the only one who can defeat Voldemort. The three friends were given

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Real Men Will by Victoria Dahl is the final book in her Donovan Brothers Brewery. The series started in the anthology The Guy Next Door. The characters featured in the first short story finish their narrative in this novel. Eric Donovan, the oldest of the three Donovan siblings, has been the head of the brewery since the age of 24 when his parents died. Beth Cantrell is the manager of an

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Murphy's Law by Lori Foster is her sequel to Jude's Law - the series revolves around two best friends and the met they meet. Ashley Miles has her life planned. She has worked since she moved out of her parent's house at seventeen. She is now working two jobs plus going to school to become a nurse. She has little time for anything else at the moment. When her best friend May calls one night

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by JK Rowling is the sixth book in her Harry Potter series. Before the beginning of Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the evil Lord Voldemort and his band of Death Eaters are beginning to cause more trouble. Due to a prophesy Harry knows that he will have to play a large role in the eventual face off with Voldemort. This

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The Affair by Lee Child is the sixteenth book in his Jack Reacher series. This book takes place just before the first book in the series - The Killing Floor. It is 1997 and Jack Reacher is still an MP in the US Army. He is assigned to undercover as a second detective in the murder of a woman outside a military base in Mississippi. From the start the case does not feel right to Reacher. The

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Legend by Marie Lu is the first book in her dystopian series by the same name. It is also her debut novel though you would not know it by the writing or the story. Sometime in the future, after world war, plagues and more, the Republic of America is formed. It comprises the western half of what is now the United States. Territories to the East of the Republic are referred to as the Colonies,

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Jude's Law by Lori Foster is the first book in her Law duo. Jude Jamison is a former SBC fighter - the ultimate fighting sport - who moved on to becoming an action film star. Now Jude has moved to Ohio to get away from the photographers and rumor mill. May Price is from the small town in Ohio where Jude has moved. She has followed his career for years. Now he is the best customer at her art

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Goliath by Scott Westerfeld is the conclusion of the Leviathan trilogy (except that his last trilogy ended up having four books, so fans can still hope for more!). The premise of the series is that instead of just discovering evolution, Darwin discovered DNA as well. As a result some countries developed machinery while others used DNA to create new type of beasts. The Leviathan, the British

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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling is the fifth book in her Harry Potter series. In Harry's fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry there will be many changes. Even before school starts the story turns darker. Harry and his Muggle cousin Dudley are attacked by dementors and Harry has to use magic to save them - it is illegal for underage wizards to use

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A Little Bit Wild by Victoria Dahl is the first book in her York Family series. In this historical romance, Marissa York need to marry. She has not desire to marry. She is just past the age when she has to marry, but after being caught in a compromising position, she may have little choice. All she knows is that she will NOT be marrying the man she was caught with. But since she may now be

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The Mark of the Golden Dragon by L.A. Meyer is the ninth book in the Bloody Jack series about Mary "Jacky" Faber. Jacky has had many adventures so far in this historical fiction series. She has been in the Navy, a pirate, a school girl, a spy, and a convict. In the previous book she was sentenced to life in the penal colony of Australia. But it did not stick. Now Jacky is on her way back to

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Bad Boys Do by Victoria Dahl is the second book in her Donovan Brothers Brewery series which started with in the anthology The Guy Next Door. There are three siblings who run the Donovan Brothers Brewery - Eric, Jaime, and Tessa. Jaime has the smallest role in the business. He is in charge of the tasting room - basically a bartender. But now Jaime wants to do more. He has plans to expand

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Riptide by Cherry Adair is the second book in her Cutter Cay series about the Cutter brothers and their treasure salvaging company. Nick Cutter is in the process of bringing up treasure from a shipwreck when his friends at T-FLAC, a special ops team, ask him to help them capture a ring of men who are smuggling blood diamond out of Africa. It is supposed to be a low-risk job to transport

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the fourth book in JK Rowling's Harry Potter series. In his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry and his friends will have some changes. After decades, the Triwizard Tournament - a tournament between magical schools - will be held at Hogwarts. Just before school starts, Harry joins Hermionie, Ron, and the Weasleys to go to

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Lead Me On is the third book in the Tumble Creek series by Victoria Dahl. Jane Morgan is the office manager for Jennings Architecture (owned by Quinn Jennings of the previous Tumble Creek book). She is a no nonsense worker who keeps Mr Jennings on schedule. When Chase from Extreme Excavations come into the office, Jane is instantly interested. But, she does not date people from the office or

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Changing the Game by Jaci Burton is the second book in her Play by Play series about professional athletes. Gavin Riley is a professional baseball player for the St. Louis Rivers. He is a great player and, thanks to his agent, he has a great contract - but he would almost play for free he loves the sport so much. Elizabeth Darnell is his agent. As one of the very few female sports agents,

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City of Lies by Lian Tanner is the second book in The Keepers series. Ten months after the end of the first book, the city of Jewel has begun to settle into it's new lifestyle. Goldie Roth, no longer needing to live in the Museum of Dent, is back with her parents. A note sent to her home informs her that the Museum has invited her to be the new Keeper. As only one other Keeper has been

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Start Me Up by Victoria Dahl is her second book in the Tumble Creek series. Lori Love had big plans to get out of Tumble Creek after high school. She left for college to begin her life of travel when her father got sick and she returned home. Now, ten years later, she runs her father's garage and drives a purple tow truck. Lori is getting restless. She needs some excitement in her life but

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Good Girls Don't by Victoria Dahl is the first novel in the Donovan Brothers Brewery series that began with a short story in The Guy Next Door. Tessa and her brothers Jaime and Eric own Donovan Brothers Brewery in Boulder, Colorado. They inherited it when their parents died. At the time, Eric was only 24 and took over the care for his younger siblings. Now Donovan Brothers is about to expand

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by JK Rowling is the third book in the Harry Potter series. Harry is about to begin his third year at Hogwarts, but for now he is still stuck with the Dursleys - his non-magical relatives. They do not want him to do anything related to magic - including his summer homework. When they lie to a visiting relative about Harry being in a school for criminal

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Savor the Danger by Lori Foster is the third book in her Edge of Honor series. Jackson Savor is a mercenary who goes after human traffickers. He works with Dare and Trace trying to stop the kidnapping and trade of people because of something in his past. Alani Rivers is the sister of Trace. She has known Jackson for a while now, but since her kidnapping and recovery she has not been looking

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Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick is his second book in the style of combining story with storyboards. His first book in this style, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, won both the Newbery Award and the Caldecot Medal - the highest honors in children's literature for both story and illustrations. However, don't let the fact that this book is marketed for children prevent you from reading it. It is

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The Hostage by Duncan Falconer is his first book featuring Stratton - a British SBS (like our Navy SEALs) undercover officer who is stationed in Northern Ireland fighting the IRA. When an undercover operation goes wrong and an SBS agent is captured, SBS pulls out all of the stops to get him back. Stratton, who has never lost an agent on his watch, will do whatever he can to recover the agent

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Crazy for Love is a cross between a beach romance and being stalked by the paparazzi. Chloe Turner is escaping to Virginia Island with her best friend Jenn. She needs to get away do to a scandal. Her fiance didn't just leave her at the alter - he faked his own death. Now the media has decided that Chloe must be the world's biggest bridezilla for him to leave that way. So Chloe and Jenn jump

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Across the Great Barrier by Patricia C. Wrede is the second book in her Frontier Magic series - an historical fiction series where the people who settled the Wild West used magic. After helping to save the settlements west of the Great Barrier last summer, Eff has been invited to go back west to help a professor with a study of the wildlife. Little is known about life outside the Great Barrier

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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is the second book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series and covers Harry's second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. After a summer of being back with the Dursleys, Harry is ready for school to begin. But before he can return he is visited by a small creature who begs him not to go back to Hogwarts. This creature has been stealling all

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Captain Hannah Pritchard: The Hunt for Pirate Gold by Bonnie Pryor is the third book in her Hannah Pritchard historical fiction series.After running away and joining a crew to fight the British - and to avenge her family - and after being captured and imprison by the British then escaping - Hannah and her friends are back at sea.Hannah, disguised as Jack, is the cook on a ship commissioned to

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Talk Me Down by Victoria Dahl is about a woman with a secret. Molly Jenkins had been living in Denver when she inherited a house in the mountain town she grew up in. So after ten years of not even visiting, she is moving home. It is really good timing as her ex-boyfriend has basically become a stalker. He has even befriended any new guy she goes on a date with to try to control her life

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A Dance with Dragons is the fifth book in George RR Martin's series A Song of Fire and Ice. This volume takes place at the same time as the fourth book, A Feast for Crows, until the last quarter of the book when time catches up and the story lines from both books merge once again. The fighting and politics of a new king for Westeros continues on both sides of the world. King Stannis travelled

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The Vault by Boyd Morrison is his second book featuring Tyler Locke. After discovering Noah's Ark, Tyler Locke received a bit of press. Now, someone has used that information to blackmail Tyler into helping him. While on the ferry from Seattle to Bremerton, Locke receives a call. A voice on the other end says that there is a bomb on the ferry that only Locke can defuse. Once Locke gets to the

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The Perfect Play by Jaci Burton is the first book in her Play by Play series - a steamy romance series about professional athletes. Mick Riley is the quarterback for the San Fransisco Sabres. He is at the top of his game. Thanks to his agent, he has a reputation as football's playboy. Tara Lincoln is an event planner. She is a single mother of a teenage son. One of her biggest events so far

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling is the first book in the Harry Potter series. Harry Potter is living a dreary life with his aunt, uncle and cousin when he finds out that he is a wizard and has been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He goes from being ignored or picked on to being a legend. He is the only person to have survived the evil wizard

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Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter is the sequel to her book Heist Society. Katrina Bishop is a thief from a long line of thieves. But she no longer steals - she returns. He is using her skills to return art and other valuables to the people they were stolen from in the first place. When a woman comes to her using a code name that is sure get results, Kat and her crew attempt to steal the

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The Final Hour by Andrew Klavan is the final book in the Homelander series. Charlie West has been on the run with no memory. In the previous book his memory started to return - why he was in prison, how he escaped, if he was a good guy or a bad guy... Now, in this final book, his memory is almost complete and he is sure there is one more thing he needs to do. It is back in prison - recaptured -

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Full Black by Brad Thor is the tenth book in his Scot Harvath series. Harvath has done about everything possible in service to his country - Navy SEAL, Secret Service, President's Assassin and now private contractor. With the change of the administration, Scot went to work for the Carlton Group - ex special forces contracted to the government in secret to get the job done when police or FBI

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The Truth of the Matter is the third book in Andrew Klavan's Homelander series. Charlie West is on the run from both the police and the Homelanders - homegrown American terrorists who want to replace the current government. He had no memory of the last year - during which he was convicted of murder, escaped from jail, and became a terrorist. Now he is looking for one man who may be able to

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Portrait of a Spy by Daniel Silva is his eleventh book in the Gabriel Allon series - a spy who just wants to be retired to work on restoring paintings, but who keeps getting pulled back into espionage.Gabriel and Chiara are retired. They are living on the Cornwall coast where Gabriel is restoring a Rembrandt. Though they are living under false names to hide from past enemies, they are settling

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Trace of Fever by Lori Foster is the second book in her Edge of Honor series.Trace Rivers is undercover. He has infiltrated the offices of a man he knows is a human trafficker. Since his sister was kidnapped (and luckily rescued) he has dedicated his life to taking out the people who would subject others to the torture Alani endured.While at work, Priscilla Patterson shows up. She claims she is

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The Long Way Home by Andrew Klavan is the second book in his Homelander series. Charlie West has been framed and found guilty of murder. Now he is on the run - with no memory of the trial or his escape from prison. He is also running from the Homelander group - Americans who are working with Islamic terrorists to bring down the US government.Charlie is trying to make his way back to his home town

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The Last Thing I Remember by Andrew Klavan is the first book in his Homelander series.Charlie West wakes up into a nightmare. Instead of being able to open his eyes and find himself safely in his bedroom, he wakes up in a concrete cell - strapped to a chair.He has no recollection of how he got in that chair. The last day he remembers was a pretty normal day. Then he went to bed and woke up

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When You Dare by Lori Foster is the first novel in her series Edge of Honor, which began with the story Ready, Set, Jett in the anthology Guys Next Door.Dare Macintosh was in Mexico to save his best friend's little sister from her kidnappers, when he also rescued Molly Alexander. Molly was kept separate from the other, younger, women. He does not know why she was there.Once she regains

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Pirate Hannah Pritchard: Captured! by Bonnie Pryor is the second book in the Hannah Pritchard trilogy. Hannah vowed to fight the British after her family was killed.After joining the crew of a privateer ship and helping to capture a British Navy ship, Hannah and crew are sailing back to Maine. The two ships are traveling together so it looks like the Navy ship is escorting the other - so that

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Hidden Agendas by Lora Leigh is the fourth story in her Tempting SEALs series about SEAL Team Durango trying to stop a drug dealer who dabbles in human traffic. (Stories 1 and 3 are novellas that appear in anthologies.)Emily Stanton is the daughter of a senator. Because of this she has had a body guard most of her adult life. The one time she refused to have one she was kidnapped. Luckily, Navy

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13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson is the story of a kind of scavenger hunt through Europe.Ginny always loved spending time with her aunt Peg. Peg was the fun one who never settled down, an artist who lived in NYC's East Village and invented the best games.Ginny receives instructions from her aunt to go to NYC and pick up a packet of letters, buy a plane ticket to London and follow her

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The Guy Next Door contains three spring-break tales by three best selling romance authors: Lori Foster, Susan Donovan, and Victoria Dahl.Ready, Set, Jett by Lori Foster is the kick off to her new series Edge of Honor. Jett and his neighbor Natalie have been having a no-strings-attached affair. But Jett wants more. When he invites her to talk, her instinct is to panic.In Gail's Gone Wild by Susan

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Undertow by Cherry Adair is the first book in her Cutter Cay series - about three brothers who run a sea salvage company searching for sunken treasure.Growing up Teal Williams spent two weeks a year with her father on the private island owned by the Cutter family. During those weeks she learned to love engines - she became a ship's mechanic like her father - and she fell in love with Zane

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The Devil Colony by James Rollins is his seventh Sigma Force book. Sigma Force is a secret group under the DARPA budget - highly trained special forces soldiers trained in different sciences to deal with any situation.A cave is discovered in the Rocky Mountains - a cave that has been protected by its location and local stories that tell of a curse - and a fight over the mummified bodies found

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The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross is the first book in her Steampunk Chronicles.Finley Jayne works as a lady's maid. And she is about to lose another job. When the young man of the household makes unwanted advances toward her she defends herself.Later that night as she is running through London trying to decide where to go - she cannot go back to her (now ex-)employer's house - Griffin

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Ash by Malinda Lo is a retelling of Cinderella, with a twist. This novel takes place in the same world as her book Huntress.After Ash's mother dies, her father brings a new wife home from the City - a new wife with two daughters. Then her father gets sick and they all move to his wife's house outside the city. But the city doctors cannot save him.Now Ash is an orphan. She is far from anyone she

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Beauty Queens by Libba Bray is about what could happen if a plane of 50 teen beauty contestants crashes on a tropical island. Also, the best book cover ever!The annual Miss Teen Dream Pageant is flying all 50 contestants to a tropical beach to practice the dance routines, film back stories, and work on their tans. But the plane goes down on the way - and the survivors are trapped on a desert

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The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong is the first book in her Darkness Rising series.Maya lives on Vancouver Island with her parents. Her father is a park ranger and her mother works for the medical research company that owns the town. Maya was adopted so she does not know of her heritage but she is obviously Native American.For her sixteenth birthday she is trying to convince her parents to let

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Raggin' Jazzin' Rockin': A History of Musical Instruments Makers by Susan VanHecke is a beautiful look at the music makers of America.Through a personal look at the person or family behind an instrument, this look at music, history and America is a look at our collective culture.Makers included:Zildjian cymbalsSteinway & Sons pianosC.G. Conn hornsMartin guitarsLudwig drumsHammond organsFender

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Eona: the Last Dragoneye by Alison Goodman is the second and final book in the Eon series.Eona was chosen to be the Mirror Dragoneye - the first time the Mirror Dragon had chosen someone in 500 years. This may be due to the fact that local tradition now forbids girls to become dragoneyes and the Mirror Dragon is female.The next steps for Eon are about learning to work with and control the power

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Huntress by Malinda Lo is the story of a world out of balance.Taisin is studying at the Academy. She has been there for six years and she is advancing in her powers. When she starts having visions of herself and another student, Kaede, she goes to the Sages.Kaede has also been at the Academy for six years. Her studies are not advancing. However, her father's position as the King's Chancellor has

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In spite of the completely offensive title and writing style, this book - Skinny Bitch: A no-nonsense, tough-love guide for savvy girls who want to stop eating crap and start looking fabulous! by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin - is filled with important information for a healthy diet.Written in what we New Yorkers would call an LA style, this book is so filled with information on how and what

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Unbridled by Beth Williamson is a romance with a western twist.Alex grew up on a ranch in Wyoming, but she left when she was sixteen. For the last ten years she has lived in Los Angeles.Now she is ready to face her father and his betrayal - he left when her mother was dying of cancer and then returned for the funeral with a date.When Alex gets back to the ranch, in a haze of emotion and memory,

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The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss is the second book in his Kingkiller Chronicles.In this second volume, Kvothe continues to give his story to Chronicler. To describe the plot would likely give away too much and I do not willingly include spoilers.The Wise Man's Fear maintains the feel of the first book, The Name of the Wind. Rothfuss has complete knowledge of the world he has created and

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Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion by Loree Griffin Burns is a look at our oceans and what we are doing to them.Since Benjamin Franklin ocean scientists have been looking at currents that affect travel. One way that Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer uses is to track things that have fallen off of container ships. For example, in May 1990 the Hansa Carrier ran into a major storm

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Dreadnought is the fourth book in Mark Walden's HIVE series - The Higher Institute of Villainous Education.Otto and his friends have been at HIVE for almost two years now and they are ready for their first field trip / training exercise. Nicknamed the 93 because an average of 93 percent of students live through it, the Alpha class is headed to Antarctica.On their way to the field trip, their

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Riding Wild by Jaci Burton is the first book in her Wild Riders series. Wild Riders is the secret group that goes after things that have been stolen from the US that cannot be retrieved by legal means.Lily West is an ex-cop private detective in Chicago. Her latest job is to evaluate the night security at an art museum. She is about to break in to show how simple it would be for a thief to do,

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Night Over Water by Ken Follett is an historical fiction page-turner that will keep readers up overnight devouring the story.Just before England declared war on Germany in 1939, Pan American Airline had begun service of the Clipper, a luxury airliner that took passengers from England to New York in only 30 hours - as opposed to 4 or 5 days by ship. Service was suspended with the outbreak of

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The Choosing: A Rabbi's Journey from Silent Nights to High Holy Days by Andrea Myers is the story of her conversion to Judaism and path to becoming a rabbi.At times The Choosing is as funny as David Sedaris's Naked. Filled with humorous, sometimes painful memories of family, Andrea has chosen moments in her life that make her the person she is today. Throughout all the stories, the love her

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The Sweet Life of Stella Madison by Lara M. Zeises is the story of food and finding your own way.Stella Madison's parents are both chefs. Her father is rather famous and has his own restaurant. Her mother is also a well-known chef and the owner of The Open Kitchen - a gourmet kitchen where guest chefs come to teach patrons how to make the food they are about to eat.Stella's favorite restaurant

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Gideon's Sword by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child is the first book in their new Gideon Crew series. Along with their individual books (Child & Preston) they co-write the Pengergast series.Gideon Crew has grown up in the shadow of people thinking his father was a traitor. He was killed by a SWAT team after an incident involving a hostage and an encryption code. A few years later, as Gideon's

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Scimitar SL-2 by Patrick Robinson is the seventh book featuring Admiral Arnold Morgan.With the new presidential election, Admiral Morgan is out of a job. He has been wanting to retire for a while, but he may have trouble separating himself from the dangers facing the United States - especially with General Ravi Rashood, ex-British SAS, leading Hamas against the US.Written before the tsunami in

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Hannah Pritchard: Pirate of the Revolution by Bonnie Pryor is the first of a trilogy about a female privateer for the new US against the British.When Hannah's parents and brother are murdered by British soldiers, Hannah wants revenge. As a girl of fourteen, there is not much she can do. She has nowhere to go and no food or shelter on her parent's property that has been burned to the ground.After

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Worth Dying For is the fifteenth Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child.After the previous book I was not sure that Reacher was still alive. His adventures are always dangerous, but it did not seem likely that he could live through the last.But here he is in Nebraska. He is on his way to Virginia to see a woman he might want to spend time with. Of course, when Reacher sees something he thinks is wrong,

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Shine by Lauren Myracle is the story of a hate crime and how is triggers one person to find out the truth about her town.Cat has withdrawn from all of her friends over the last couple of years. Something happened. She does not talk about it. She does not talk unless she has to. But when her best friend, Patrick, is beaten up and tied to a gas pump with a homophobic statement carved into his

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Escape Velocity is the third book in Mark Walden's HIVE series. HIVE stands for the Higher Institute of Villainous Education. The series has been described as Alex Rider meets Harry Potter.At HIVE, the school designed for those criminal masterminds who will one day rule the world, things have a bad habit of going wrong. When the headmaster goes missing he is replaced by a former teacher - one who

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Breaking the Rules by Suzanne Brockmann is the sixteenth book in her Troubleshooters series.Izzy Zanella and Dan Gillman are part of SEAL Team Sixteen. They have never been good friends and since Izzy married Danny's sister, they have been even worse friends.Sure they got married to make sure that Eden's baby would have a home and insurance, but that was not the only reason. But then Eden

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61 Hours is the fourteenth Jack Reacher book by Lee Child. Reacher is an ex-military cop who keeps finding situations that need his expertise.Reacher is passing through South Dakota when the bus his on breaks down outside of the town of Bolton. Because there is a storm coming in that will shut down the highway, the 22 people on the bus - 20 seniors on a tour, the driver, and Reacher who paid for

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Empire of Night is the fifth Vampirates book by Justin Somper.It has been a while since twins Connor and Grace have been living on the sea. Connor is assigned to a pirate ship under Captain Li - a ship that is made up of a crew created especially to fight Vampirates.Grace is on The Nocturne, the original Vampirate ship - made up of peaceful Vampirates who do not kill humans in their search for

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Threshold is the third Chess Team novel by Jeremy Robinson. The Chess Team is a Delta team used for military actions related to strange science and historical phenomenon. Members' code names are after chess pieces.A year after a terrorist attack on a Native American reservation that left only one survivor, the Chess Team is studying for upcoming assignments. The lone survivor of the attack,

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