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One for My Enemy

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 By: Olivie Blake Location: FIC BLA Genre:  Urban Fantasy, Fiction, Romance An interwoven retell-- so clever!   Romeo and Juliet/Yada Bada/Koschei with witches as well In New York City, two rival witch families fight for the upper hand. The Antonova sisters are beautiful, cunning and ruthless, and their mother - known only as Baba Yaga - is the elusive supplier of premium intoxicants. Their adversaries, the influential Fedorov brothers, serve their crime boss father. Named Koschei the Deathless, his enterprise dominates the shadows of magical Manhattan. For twelve years, the families maintained a fraught stalemate. Then everything is thrown into disarray. Bad blood carries them to the brink of disaster, even as fate draws together a brother and sister from either side. Yet the siblings still struggle for power and internal conflicts could destroy each family from within. That is, if the enmity between empires doesn't destroy both sides first. From the no.1 international bestselling

The Knight of Atlantis

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 By: Andy McDermot Location: FIC MCD Genre: Thriller, Fiction, Action, History Series: Wilde and Chase#17 In the tradition of Clive Cussler How have I missed this series and it will work so well for our Term Three display ! I am going to buy a whole lot of them!!! AND Im going to buy a bunch of Ben Hope stories as well! AN ADRENALINE-CHARGED NEW WILDE & CHASE ADVENTURE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR Archaeologist Nina Wilde and her husband, former SAS soldier Eddie Chase, believe their globe-trotting adventures are over - the biggest worry being how their now-adult daughter Macy is going to spend her life.But after the violent theft of dangerous relics, with the only surviving guard claiming his attackers were "angels", Nina and Eddie are thrust back into action. Without their knowledge, though, Macy is approached by a mysterious group called the Knights of Atlantis - who want to recruit her.In a deadly race stretching from the glamorous French Riviera to the b

A Disaster in Three Acts

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 By: Kelsey Rodkey Location: FIC ROD Genre: Young Adult Romance Fans of Elise Bryant and Rachel Lynn Solomon will swoon for Last Chance Books author Kelsey Rodkey’s next romance, packed with snark, banter, and inconvenient crushes. Saine Sinclair knows a little something about what makes a story worth telling. Your childhood best friend refuses to kiss you during a pre-adolescent game of spin the bottle? Terrible, zero stars, would not replay that scene again. The same ex-friend becomes your new best friend’s ex? Strangely compelling, unexpected twist, worth a hate-watch. That same guy—why is he always around? —turns out to be your last shot at getting into the documentary filmmaking program of your dreams? Saine hates to admit it, but she’d watch that movie. There’s something about Holden that makes her feel like she’s the one in front of the camera—like he can see every uncomfortable truth she’s buried below the surface. Saine knows how her story’s supposed to go. So why does every m

Lying In The Deep

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 By: Diana Urban Location: FIC URB Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Suspense with a smidgen of romance chucked in Perfect for readers of Natalie D. Richards, E. Lockhart, and Karen McManus! After being jilted by her ex-boyfriend and best friend, Jade couldn't be more ready to embark on the adventure of a lifetime -11 countries in 4 months, all from the luxurious Campus on Board ship and to wedge an entire globe between her and the people who broke her heart. But when Jade discovers the backstabbing couple are also setting sail, her obsession with them grows and festers, leading to a shocking murder. And as their friends begin to drop like flies, Jade and her new crush must race to clear her name and find the killer they're trapped at sea with....before anyone else winds up in body bags. This book is a smart YA retelling of Death on the Nile, meets Hulu's Dopesick series. The claustrophobic atmosphere on the cruise ship where murders take place is well-executed with fast pacing and

The Other Side of Never

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By: Heaps of Writers Genre: Short Stories about Peter Pan Location: FIC ORE  Dark tales inspired by J. M. Barrie's classic stories of Neverland, Captain Hook, Tinkerbell, and of course Peter Pan, from some the masters of science-fiction, horror and fantasy including A. C. Wise, Claire North, Lavie Tidhar and more. The award-winning Marie O’Regan & Paul Kane bring together the masters of fantasy, science-fiction and horror, to spin stories inspired by J. M. Barrie’s classic tale. A murder investigation leads a detective to a strange place called Neverland; pupils attend a school for Peters; a young boy loses his shadow and goes to desperate lengths to retrieve it. These stories take the original tales of Peter & Wendy, the Lost Boys and Tinkerbell, twisting and turning them. From dystopias to the gritty streets of London, these stories will keep you reading all night and straight on ‘til morning. Featuring stories Lavie Tidhar Claire North Premee Mohamed Kirsty Logan Edward

Actually Super

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 By: Adi Alsaid  Location: FIC ALS Genre: Contemporary, Travel, Young Adult "The rare quiet novel that would do totally beautifully as a movie. I loved this book and it's resounding theme that, "If you're looking for normal, normal is what you see. Some thing with good, same thing with evil." Joya A globetrotting novel that takes a determined teen from Japan to Australia and to Argentina and Mexico on a quest to prove that humanity is more good than bad from the author of Let’s Get Lost and Before Takeoff. Isabel is having an existential crisis. She’s three years into high school, and everything she’s learned has only shaken her faith in humanity. Late one night, she finds herself drawn to a niche corner of the internet—a forum whose members believe firmly in one that there are indeed people out in the world quietly performing impossible acts of heroism. You might even call them supers . No, not in the comic book sense—these are real people, just like each of us,

Road of the Lost

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 By: Nafiza Azad  Location: FIC AZA Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Fae Laura-  From the first page, Road of the Lost grabbed me by the collar, and dragged me into a world of Fae, Pixies and Brownies, with magic flowing all over, and under and around.  "A beautiful, immersive fairy tale starring a heroine brave enough to question and even transform her world." “A beautifully mythic world rich with heart and charming characters, Road of the Lost tells a powerful tale of self-discovery that…held me wholly enchanted until the end.” —Ashley Shuttleworth, author of A Dark and Hollow Star Perfect for fans of The Cruel Prince , this gorgeous young adult fantasy follows a girl who discovers she’s spent her life under an enchantment hiding her true identity on her quest into the magical Otherworld to unlock her powers and discover her destiny. Even the most powerful magic can’t hide a secret forever. Croi is a brownie, glamoured to be invisible to humans. Her life in the Wilde Forest is