Richard and Frances Myles are preparing for their annual European summer vacation in 1939 when they are visited at their Oxford college by old friend Peter Galt, who has a seemingly simple job for...
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Author: MacInnes, HelenSummary: -
Author: Mafi, TaherehSummary:
The crown prince, Kamran, has heard the prophecies foretelling the death of his king. But he could never have imagined that Alizeh, the servant girl with the strange eyes, would one day uproot his...
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Author: Mead, RebeccaSummary:
In this wise and revealing work of biography, reportage, and memoir, Rebecca Mead leads us into the world of George Eliot's Middlemarch, the life that the book made for her, and the many...
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Author: Thomas, SherrySummary:
The game is afoot as Charlotte Holmes returns in USA Today bestselling author Sherry Thomas' Victorian-set Lady Sherlock series. Being shunned by Society gives Charlotte Holmes the time and...
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Author: Butcher, JimSummary:
In his acclaimed Codex Alera novels, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher has created a fascinating world of elemental magic. Now, as enemies become allies, and friends become bitter...
Genre: Fantasy fiction, Urban fantasy fiction -
Author: Butcher, JimSummary:
The power-hungry High Lord of Kalare has launched a merciless rebellion against the aging First Lord, Gaius Sextus. Caught off guard by the sheer power of Kalare's attack, Gaius and the loyal...
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Author: Butcher, JimSummary:
The savage Vord are on the march, and Gaius Octavian, first lord of Alera, must lead his legions to the Calderon Valley to stand against them--using all of his intelligence, ingenuity, and...
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Author: Butcher, JimSummary:
For a thousand years, the people of Alera have united against the aggressive and threatening races that inhabit the world, using their unique bond with the furies - elementals of earth, air, fire...
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Author: Thomas, SherrySummary:
Charlotte Holmes, Lady Sherlock, investigates a puzzling new murder case that implicates Scotland Yard inspector Robert Treadles in the USA Today bestselling series set in Victorian England....
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Author: Butcher, JimSummary:
In book five of the Codex Alera series, the feared Vord seeks to destroy the new and fragile alliance between the Aleran and Cane by annihilating them both. Trapped in the Canim homeland that the...
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Author: Heath, LorraineSummary:
Lorraine Heath begins an exciting new series with a breathtaking romance about a young woman who must marry a titled gentleman to obtain her inheritance and the unsuitable man she begins to fall...
Genre: Historical fiction, Romance fiction -
Author: Thomas, SherrySummary:
As "Sherlock Holmes, consulting detective," Charlotte Holmes has solved murders and found missing individuals. But she has never stolen a priceless artwork--or rather, made away with the...
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Author: Heath, LorraineSummary:
New York Times bestselling author Lorraine Heath pens another richly satisfying romance in her Sins for all Seasons series. She's looking for a nobleman to wed ... Though born out of wedlock...
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Author: Thomas, SherrySummary:
Charlotte Holmes, Lady Sherlock, returns in the Victorian-set mystery series from the USA Today bestselling author of A Conspiracy in Belgravia and A Study in Scarlet Women, an NPR Best Book of...
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Author: Meyer, StephenieSummary:
The author of the Twilight series of #1 bestsellers delivers her brilliant first novel for adults: a gripping story of love and betrayal in a future with the fate of humanity at stake. Melanie...
Genre: Romance fiction, Science fiction