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Into a Strange Land : Ben Anderson
The McGunnegal Chronicles (Volume 1)
The McGunnegals are strange. It has been that way for generations. Mothers hold their children close when they walk by, lest they catch the McGunnegal strangeness.
But when Colleen McGunnegal and her cousin Frederick fall through a portal in her crazy grandfather’s potato cellar, they find themselves in the land of the Others – a land that needs them to be stranger still, and which will change the course of their lives, and perhaps all of Ireland, forever.
C.S. Lewis meets Grimm, meets MacDonald, meets Tolkien in this good, clean, high fantasy adventure with depth and heart and an Irish twist.
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Abyssal Sanctuary: Remnants of the Damned : Gavin Hetherington
Abyssal Sanctuary: Remnants of the Damned
Witness the Birth of Fear.
Something is shifting in the secluded and sinister town of Lakefield View. With a sense of disturbed magic in the air, five employees of a small café – Justin Rutherford, Tiffany Hawkins, Eric Watson, Christina Mayer, and Carmen Stevens – continue their night like it was any other. That is, until their shifts are cut deadly short when Tiffany’s sister is killed in front of their very eyes…
Thrust into a world of murder and mystery; there seems to be no escape. A wicked history forces them to realize their pasts are entwined by a murderous event that occurred in all five of their childhoods. The town; the people; their lives; none of it is what it seems.
An epic tale of friendship, fear, life and death, the five friends must survive a cruel twist of fate in a seemingly inescapable town while being targeted by psychopaths, killers, witches, and blood-hungry creatures. There is only one question in Lakefield View – how long can you survive for?
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When Eagles Dare To Fly : James W Hoddinott
When Eagles Dare To Fly
This is a powerful story of Mitch and Raymond growing up in a society where men have lost purpose. Robbed of pride, men drink to forget their past and hopeless future: alcoholism and the destruction of their families result. Children are forced to endure physical and mental abuse of their mothers and families. The children realize the cycle must be broken. Joining together, they show their parents a better life.
A seemingly insignificant death – a murder – galvanizes the youth to action. Reverting to the ‘old ways,’ the spiritualism of their forefathers, they vow to return to the days when they were a proud and loving people. During their journey they discover an amazing fact. That bigotry and racism are just barriers erected to hide the fact that mankind suffers from the same diseases.
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Steep Drop : Kevin Richard White
Steep Drop
A troubled young man – unsure, unwilling to conform, in a nowhere job, seemingly trapped in a battle of head vs. heart – leaves his beautiful wife after some years of a rocky marriage. Disappearing, he goes into his head to uncover the truths and lies of his love, wondering about the what ifs, reliving the memories and ultimately coming to the conclusion that he should have never left her. We see the good times and the bad times, how they shaped him and her, and how he was able to come to the decisions and how he somehow justifies his terrible act.
However, when he chooses to reappear and reconcile with her, she wants nothing to do with him anymore, seeing as she went under a transformation of her own. A deep and intense character study of two damaged individuals, Steep Drop is not afraid to dive into the more painful moments of a lover’s thoughts. While the more unsettling pieces of their relationship come to light, it nevertheless shows a poetic beauty and power into the harrowing and undeniable fact that love can conquer all – and if utilized wrong – can damage all as well.
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Winter : Sarah Remy
Winter’s not your ordinary teenager.
While trying to rescue his sidhe family from exile, he mistakenly unleashes the monstrous Dread Host upon humankind.
Winter’s mother wants nothing more than to find a way to break the curse keeping the sidhe imprisoned on Manhattan. New York city is driving Winter’s father slowly mad. Winter’s sister wears Chanel and longs for a Fairy Court she’s never seen. And Winter’s mentor is a talking mouse.
Winter wants to save the world.
When he discovers an unlikely changeling lost in the subway, Winter realizes he’s been given a chance to finally banish the Host, and maybe even save his family. But the changeling isn’t quite what she seems, and Winter’s already unstable world begins to spin out of control.
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A Question of Proof : Joseph Amiel
A Question of Proof
From Joseph Amiel, best-selling author of Birthright, Deeds, and Star Time, comes this most compelling legal thriller. A Question of Proof is a spell-binding and profoundly moving courtroom drama in which a lawyer struggles to defend the woman he loves against the accusation that she murdered her husband.
Tough and street-smart, a principled rebel against an establishment he has always scorned, Dan Lazar has risen from the working class to become one of Philadelphia’s top criminal defenders. But now divorced and badly missing his young son, disillusioned by years of representing vicious criminals, humiliated by the politically ambitious DA’s charge that he bribed a witness in a brutal rape-homicide case, Dan is burned out, depressed, and ready to call it quits. On the surface he would seem to have nothing in common with Susan Boelter, the beautiful and patrician wife of Peter Boelter, who runs the city’s dominant newspaper and heads one of its most powerful families. But when Peter deserts her and files for divorce, moving to seize everything that is precious to her, including custody of their thirteen-year-old daughter, Susan turns to a reluctant Dan for help. Suddenly, Peter is found dead. Susan becomes the prime suspect in his murder.
Driven by his new-found love for her and by an inner need to defend someone in whose innocence he can truly believe, Dan starts to investigate. He soon discovers a maze of conflicting evidence and of growing doubts and mystery about the woman he thought he knew and loved. And he realizes that the truth he desperately seeks – especially about Peter Boelter’s death – depends on finding the answer to a question of proof.
From Philadelphia’s courtrooms in City Center to the mansions in its moneyed suburbs, A Question of Proof is the gripping story of one man’s internal battle between love and justice and the lengths to which a wealthy family will go to hide its secrets.
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Corr Syl the Warrior : Garry Rogers
Corr Syl the Warrior
On an Earth on which intelligence evolved long before humans appeared, tensions are rising between humans and the ancient multi-species Tsaeb civilization. When an armed human patrol crosses the border into a small Tsaeb district, the district council asks a young Tsaeb warrior named Corr Syl, who is descended from rabbits, to investigate and prepare a response.
Corr learns that spies have infiltrated his district, and he realizes that many lives are at risk. He catches a glimpse of something truly evil, and with no time to spare, plans a response that will end the immediate dangers, but that might start a war.
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Surviving Curtis Hall : L. A. Matthies
Surviving Curtis Hall – The Lure of Blood
YA/Fantasy wins NABE 2013 Pinnacle Book Achievement Award!
Attempting to avoid the violence and drugs at Hibernia High, sixteen-year-old Tristen McCoy and his friends have transferred on a sports scholarship to the elite Curtis Hall boarding school.
Hometown lacrosse heroes, the boys are tested as they attempt to assimilate into a student body where excelling is the norm. Tristen hones his leadership skills and sense of humor while finding his way in this new environment. He and his friends must rise to the challenge of competing with peers whose skills equal and perhaps surpass their own.
Tristen’s attention is soon captured by the beautiful and alluring Marcella Venier. Despite their different origins and upbringings, the two are drawn to each other. Marcella, compelled to live a clandestine life with dark secrets and a covert research mission, struggles with her desire to further her own designs and still remain in Tristen’s world.
Events spiral out of control, and a student is lost in the subterranean tunnels beneath the school’s campus! Tristen and his friends stand accused of foul play, and in an effort to make things right, he enlists Marcella’s help in organizing a search party. During the perilous rescue attempt, danger threatens to not only sever the bonds of friendship of the group, but take their lives as well. They hope they can survive until graduation.
“You don’t want to miss this amazing young adult thriller!”- Jessica Page,Times-News correspondent
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Yours Forever : Sheri Richford
Yours Forever
When Riley showed up in the small town of Hawesville, KY, she was looking for a place to hide. Running from her abusive husband; Brian, the close-knit community charm convinced her to stay.
Before she knew it, she was building a new life for herself while struggling to keep her past hidden. The townspeople were curious about her, but she was determined to keep from forming any real relationships. Reluctantly, she finds herself falling for the town’s most eligible bachelor, Sam Harper.
One day as Sam was having lunch, he noticed a new face in the diner. She was sad and alone, and there was something about her that called to him. After giving her a job, a place to stay, and after a lot of kindness and patience, he was finally starting to break down the barrier that Riley had put up around herself.
Riley was starting to believe that she was finally free, that Brian wouldn’t find her in the small town, and that she could start thinking about her future.
But neither Sam nor Riley were prepared to learn the truth about Brian. And when HE finds her…she will be sorry.
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Tokyo Hearts: A Japanese Love Story : Renae Lucas-Hall
Tokyo Hearts: A Japanese Love Story
A fascinating exploration of life in modern-day Japan, Tokyo Hearts is a poignant love story that will catapult you directly onto the fashionable streets of this nation’s capital and into the hearts of Takashi and Haruka.
Takashi is a young and popular university student who has fallen in love with his stylish and sophisticated friend Haruka. Together they make a cute couple and their sweet friendship is undeniable.
Haruka is gentle and kind and adores shopping for high-end Japanese and Western brands – she loves her Louis Vuitton handbags, Hermès scarves and Louboutin shoes. Takashi is more down to earth but he enjoys eating out and looking through the department stores in Ginza and Shibuya.
Every week, they meet up in the heart of Tokyo, enjoying each other’s company, and for Takashi, life is perfect. But the path to true love is never easy. When Takashi discovers that Haruka is seeing her wealthy ex-boyfriend from Kyoto, his life begins to turn upside down.
This coming of age story traces the lives of Takashi and Haruka and their friends as they deal with young love and the ups and downs of growing up in Tokyo – truly one of the most stylish, energetic and exhilarating cities in the world. Filled with cultural significance, this story will appeal to readers who have an interest in Japan and the mind-set of the Japanese people.
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