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402) Killer Pizza
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Killer Pizza volume 1
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While working as summer employees in a local pizza parlor, three teenagers are recruited by an underground organization of monster hunters.
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Sonja Blue novels volume 1
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Sunglasses After Dark, by award-winning author Nancy A. Collins, tells the story of a punk female vampire/vampire-hunter searching for the man responsible turning her into one of the undead One spring night in London, heiress Denise Thorne disappears while partying at a nightclub, never to be seen again. That very same night, Sonja Blue, a tough-as-nails punk vampire/vampire-slayer, conceived in terror and blood, is borne from the city's gutters....
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Set at the contact zones between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, this is a polyphonic novel, an intense and sometimes funny pharmacopeia of love lost and humanity regained; a most original combination of Caribbean noir and science-fiction addressing issues of global relevance including novel takes on ecological/apocalyptical imbalance bound to make an impact.
A Caribbean zombie—smart, gentlemanly, financially independent, and a top executive
405) The Heartwood Crown
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Sunlit Lands volume 2
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Madeline's health continues to deteriorate after she returns home, bringing Shula and Yenil along, and she yearns to return to the Sunlit Lands, but the magic fueling that land is failing, threatening its inhabitants.
After destroying the Crescent Stone, Madeline and Shula have returned to Earth, but Darius and Jason have remained behind. As her health continues to deteriorate, Madeline feels the Sunlit Lands calling her back. As the Sunlit Lands...
406) Phoenix falling
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"Petra Dee and her immortal husband, Gabe, have been trying to gain a toehold in what passes for ordinary life in Temperance, Wyoming--a wickedly enchanted land founded generations ago by the alchemist, Lascaris. Petra may be adept when it comes to the uncanny, but as a reasoned geologist, Petra still can't fathom the wildfires suddenly engulfing Yellowstone National Park, or why Gabe claims to have seen the sky explode in flames. The answers could...
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In a virtual reality video game, a gamer named Gadget learns she is part of a steampunk pirate crew searching for their captain's lost treasure, but when she prefers to solve puzzles on her own, can she trust other characters she meets in this multiplayer game?
408) In a fix
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When her current client's fiancé is kidnapped by neo-Vikings, Ciel finds herself caught between two men who play havoc with her emotions.
"Snagging a marriage proposal for her client while on an all-expenses-paid vacation should be a simple job for Ciel Halligan, aura adaptor extraordinaire. A kind of human chameleon, she's able to take on her clients' appearances and slip seamlessly into their lives, solving any sticky problems they don't want...
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"Janis Hallowell writes with lucid grace..." - Donna Gershten, author of Kissing the Virgin's Mouth
"Skillfull ... delightful ...charming .... the characters are quirky, troubled, and appealing, and we'd be willing to follow them just about anywhere." - Boulder Daily Camera
"Provocative and suspenseful." - People–4 stars, Critic's Choice
"An intriguing and memorable look at what might happen if a modern-day miracle did occur." - Booklist
"THE...
410) Knight life
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Modern Arthur trilogy volume 1
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More than 1,500 years after his disappearance into the mists of Avalon, King Arthur has returned. This time, he's prepared to rule the Camelot of a new millennium: New York City. Handsome, charismatic Arthur Penn is running for mayor on a platform of common sense, humor, and knightly virtues. His advisors include a gifted ten-year-old named Merlin; Percival, an immortal accountant; and Gwen, a lovely young woman with no end of problems. Their grassroots...
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Merchant princes volume 5
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The army of the Clan finds themselves locked in a fortress under siege that coexists in two parallel universes, a situation that is further complicated by Miriam's prospects for succeeding the fallen Duke Angbard.
413) The left-hand way
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"In The Left-Hand Way, the second book of Tom Doyle's contemporary fantasy series, the American craftsmen are scattered like bait overseas. What starts as an ordinary liaison mission to London for Major Michael Endicott becomes a desperate chase across Europe, where Endicott is both hunted and hunter. Reluctantly joining him is his minder from MI13, Commander Grace Marlow, one of Her Majesty's most lethal magician soldiers, whose family has centuries...
414) Anchored
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Anchored volume 1
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Two worlds, one fate ... Alora was born with the ability to Lift, a power no other women on Terra possess. If the wrong people find out, there's no telling what will happen. But when she almost kills a man in self-defense, her secret is exposed and she's forced to run for her life. On Earth, Alora's running from something else: hazy memories of her parents' death and the social worker who wants to separate her from her brother. When she sees the man...
415) Castleview
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In the town of Castleview, Illinois, Tom Howard is murdered at the factory he manages-on the same day that Will E. Shields and his family, newly come to Castleview, arrive with a realtor in tow to see Howard's house. From an attic window, Shields glimpses the phantom castle that has given the town its name. They are discussing the house with Sally Howard when the police arrive bearing the dreadful news. Then, driving back to the motel, Shields nearly...
416) The nightmare feast
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Another kingdom volume 2
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"Austin Lively, once just an out-of-luck Hollywood screenwriter, is now a chosen hero caught between two worlds and dual quests in both Los Angeles, California, and the magical medieval world of Galiana. Tasked with taking a talisman across the Eleven Lands to restore the rightful queen to her throne, Austin must evade a murderous, vengeance-seeking wizard who seems to have the Eleven Lands under his control. But just how far does his influence reach,...
417) Don't let it be true
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A few Texas society gals are hiding sordid pasts as strippers, pole dancers, call girls, Democrats . . . But socialite Kathleen Connor King's secret is far, far worse.
The flamboyant oil heiress, philanthropist, shopaholic, and hostess of the city's most prestigious annual gala, Kathleen King has a skeleton in her closet that, if revealed, will obliterate her good name and cherished social standing: She's broke!
Her longtime beau, Dylan Grant,...
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Johnny is acting very strangely: he has terrible dreams, he wakes up having sleepwalked, and he is acting mean to his friends. The spirit of the evil Zebulon Windrow has taken over Johnny's body and soon he is lying in a coma close to death. It's up to his friends to save him.
419) The shadow lamp
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Bright Empires volume 4
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"Kit, Mina, Gianni, Cass, Haven, and Giles have gathered in Mina's 16th-century coffee house and are united in their determination to find a path back to the Spirit Well. Yet, with their shadow lamps destroyed and key pieces of the map still missing, the journey will be far more difficult than they imagine. And when one of their own disappears with Sir Henry's cryptic Green Book, they no longer know who to trust"--Jacket.
420) The grown ups
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"Spanning over a decade, told in alternating voices, The Grown Ups explores the indelible bonds of friends and family and the connections that form between Sam, Suzie, and Bella as they navigate parents, siblings, and one another on the way to becoming who they really want to be when they grow up."--Back cover.