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"Jesse Vilinsky brings expert narration to another installment of the Wayward Children series...Vilinsky creates fun, expressive banter between Antsy and the group as they journey back home, finding new goals along the way. Some characters are depicted with quirky personalities, but the narration is strongest in the colorful way Vilinsky describes the fantastical setting."—AudioFile
Portals and danger, and a girl
2) Absolution
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In Saigon in 1963, two young American wives form a wary alliance. Tricia is a starry-eyed newlywed, married to a rising oil engineer "on loan" to US Navy Intelligence. Charlene is a practiced corporate spouse and mother of three, a talented hostess and determined altruist, on a mission to relieve the "wretchedness" she sees all around her. When Tricia miscarries, Charlene sweeps her into a cabal of well-dressed do-gooder American wives. Armed with...
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Take three friends. Add an old cookbook. Combine with cute boys and a pinch of magic . . . and see what kind of chaos ensues!
When Kelly Quinn and her two BFFs discover a dusty old cookbook while cleaning out the attic, the girls decide to try a few of the mysterious and supposedly magical recipes that are inside. To their surprise, the Keep 'Em Quiet Cobbler actually silences Kelly's pesky little brother and the Hexberry Tart puts a curse on mean...
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Take a look at what the future holds-and how women are making it better.
In The Future of Science is Female, author and award-winning journalist Zara Stone shares the fascinating, complicated stories of how a diverse group of powerful women got started-from the perspective of those still working it out as they go along. Take 22-year old Dominique Barnes, a female hero of the oceans. She was worried about all the dolphins and whales killed during...
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Her happily ever after is so close . . . and somehow still out of her grasp . . .
Lexi "Lynx" Sabado is no stranger to stressful situations. She can handle the fact that the CIA won't let her divorce her previously presumed dead husband. She can even figure out a way to legally marry ex-NAVY SEAL Striker Rheas, the love of her life.
But when an old friend shows up at a very inopportune moment and asks Striker and Lexi for help, she wonders how much...
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For Harlowe Upton-Jones, life has never been a straight line. Shipped off to live with her paternal grandparents after a mysterious cult killed her mother and father, she has grown up chasing the question behind the curve, becoming part of a tight-knit teen detective agency. But "teen" is a limited time offer, and when her friends start looking for adult professions, it's up to Harlowe to find them one last case so that they can go out in a blaze...
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The Cupcake Club learns that good leadership is a huge part of running a successful business-and friendship is the icing on the cake!
Alexis is the clear leader of the Cupcake Club: She's organized, punctual, and happy to take on the stuff like scheduling, budgets, invoicing, and the things that the other girls don't really want to do. In other words, the "unfun" things. But one day Alexis feels particularly unappreciated and informs the Cupcake...
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Captured by an evil sorcerer, I'm forced to become his apprentice and learn forbidden magic. Teetering on the edge between good and evil, I trade my soul for power. Allemar wants to control me, but little does he know the shifter he's caged-is not easily tamed.
My training draws me closer to Aspen, the forsaken prince, wanted for treason against the crown. My sisters have always feared him, but I can see the man beneath the cloak of hate.
For I...
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Seven vengeful sisters. Seven fairytale kingdoms. Seven daughters of Eville.
Everyone dreams of marrying a prince-except for me. I am nothing more than a pawn in my adoptive mother's diabolical plot against the seven kingdoms. I was the chosen tool, her sharpened blade that would cut the deepest into the heart of the kingdom of Baist. But like all deadly weapons, my wedding is two-edged sword that could cost me my soul.
For I am Rosalie, one...
12) A Dark Eternity
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Now ruler of the Sidhe, Scarlett must learn how to be the queen her people need. Since absorbing the power of The Life Tree, everything has changed. Scarlett is queen of a realm, that until a few weeks ago, she didn't even know existed and has more magic than she ever thought possible. But she worries it still isn't enough to protect those she cares about or to find a way to bring Raith, who had sacrificed himself to save his mother, back. With a...
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How far would will Scarlett go to save someone she loves? Scarlett returns to the mortal realm different than before. She's mended her relationship with her sister, but now has new secrets she must keep. After taking the pill Kaelem, the Unseelie King, had given her at the Summer Court, the magic in Scarlett grows, and she's losing control of her power. When Kaelem offers Scarlett his help, she has no choice but to accept before she hurts someone...
14) Chain Lynx
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Found in the debris of the plane wreck barely alive, Lexi is finally home. But home doesn't mean safe. Someone powerful, connected, and willing to kill is after her. Lexi Sobado, code name Lynx, is the young puzzling prodigy with a psychic gift, working for Iniquus. Her job is to support American security and safety, as she hunts through intelligence pieces in order to stop our enemies. This time, solving the puzzle means saving her own life. Rival...
15) 8 Souls
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All her life, seventeen-year-old Chessie has had recurring dreams about a little white farmhouse. Quaint? Not quite. The house is the site of the unsolved murders of Villisca, Iowa, where eight people were slaughtered in 1912. With her parents on the verge of divorce, Chessie is stuck spending the summer with her grandparents in Villisca-right across the street from the axe murder house.
She's soon hearing voices calling out for help and begins unraveling...
16) The Steele Wolf
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After finally settling into her new life at the Citadel, Thalia is reunited with her father, Bearen, the leader of the reclusive Valdyrstahl Clan.
Forced to leave the school and return home to the snowy mountains, Thalia is surprised to find she is engaged to a man she doesn't remember. When she rejects the betrothal, her father organizes a tournament for her hand in marriage.
Thalia will risk everything, even banishment to try and win the tournament...
17) You Did This
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A sister's worst nightmare. A homicide detective's destiny. Everybody loves Claire's little sister, Tina. But only Claire sees the twisted psychopath hiding behind her sister's angelic face. When Tina is brutally murdered on her fourteenth birthday, the day Claire failed to walk her home from school, Claire never forgives herself. And neither does their mother. Twelve years later, more girls turn up dead in Newburgh exactly like Tina. Claire, now...
18) Wait for Me
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A new YA supernatural romance novel from Sara Shepard, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the young adult book series Pretty Little Liars finds heroine Casey Rhodes drowning in déjà vu and hearing voices in her head. Her romance with Marcus, heir to a media empire, is challenged by the instant connection she feels with Jake . . .
Is Casey a no-nonsense realist or a hopeless romantic? A just-getting-by scholarship student or a sometimes-Cinderella...
19) You Made Me
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Death is one heartbeat away when your stalker is a serial killer.
The heart-stopping sequel to You Did This.
Police detective Claire Wolfe has a secret admirer. But instead of sending flowers, this twisted psychopath murders wealthy, young women...and leaves gruesome messages for Claire on their mutilated corpses.
To decode her stalker's obsession, Claire teams up with her lover, Special Agent Robert Cline, FBI forensic profiler Dr. Sally Fleischer,...
20) Hyper Lynx
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If she fails, her whole team could be destroyed.
Lexi "Lynx" Sabado is more than ready for her marriage with ex-SEAL Striker Rheas. But getting her happily ever after is fraught with hurdles when her psychic abilities start going haywire, giving her vague warnings of impending danger.
As it turns out, identifying threats can be overwhelming when everything and everyone is the potential source. The guy at the CIA who mistook her for her mom, the...