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Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Jabberwocky
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Dorrie and her brother Marcus accidently open a portal to Petrarch's Library, where they discover a secret society of warrior librarians who travel in time, protecting the world's greatest thinkers from torture and death for sharing knowledge and ideas.
Author
Series
Event Group thrillers volume 12
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The Soviet battle cruiser Simbirsk, which launched in June 1940 and was reported sunk in 1944 with the loss of all hands, is still sailing the open sea. January of 2017: American Los Angeles class submarine U.S.S. Houston is tracking a surface target that is not listed as part of the Russian navy's response to the NATO maneuvers. What they find will set in motion the answers to one of the great mysteries of World War II. With the Russian navy bearing...
Author
Publisher
HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"When a solid gold reliquary missing from a church in Belgium suddenly resurfaces in America, a young newspaperman begins to investigate the story. At first, it seems like just another case of a treasure stolen during World War II that has resurfaced. But it soon becomes apparent that much more is at stake. Hidden within the medieval reliquary is a gold box that holds a sacred relic--a single finger bone--from an anonymous saint. Why would the remains...
Author
Series
HMRC volume 1
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"If you look hard enough at old photographs, we're there in the background: healers in the trenches; Suffragettes; Bletchley Park oracles; land girls and resistance fighters. Why is it we help in times of crisis? We have a gift. We are stronger than Mundanes, plain and simple. At the dawn of their adolescence, on the eve of the summer solstice, four young girls--Helena, Leonie, Niamh and Elle--took the oath to join Her Majesty's Royal Coven, established...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Known and feared as the White Wolf, Adelina Amouteru and her sister flee Kenettra to find other Young Elites in the hopes of building her own army of allies. But as Adelina's powers (fed only by fear and hate) start to grow beyond her control, she also distrusts her newfound Elite friends. Teren Santoro, leader of the Inquisition, wants her dead. And her former friends, Raffaele and the Dagger Society, want to stop her thirst for vengeance. Adelina...
Author
Series
(Paul Joseph),Luck Uglies volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Rye O'Chanter is declared an outlaw from her own village, she finds herself stuck on a strange remote island. But the island comes to feel much less remote when the battle over the future of the Luck Uglies moves to its shores"--
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Under the direction of the purple-caped Feline Commander, the Evil Secret Society of Cats schemes against humanity in a series of humorous stories as adorable as they are diabolical. After all, the complex nature of cats is part of their charm"--
92) Transition
Author
Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Sharing nothing in common except links to an organization committed to protecting the world from itself, an assembly of dubious characters including a torturer, a reluctant assassin, and an amnesiac patient confront challenges beyond their imagining.
Author
Series
HMRC trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Suffering from amnesia, Ciara, masquerading as her dead twin, Niamh, who is about to be crowned High Priestess, must fool Niamh's adopted family and friends, the coven and the murky Shadow Cabinet, soon discovering that her past has not forgotten her, including her former lover, a renegade warlock.
Author
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Formats
Description
"1873. At an abandoned château on the outskirts of Paris, a dark séance is about to take place, led by acclaimed spiritualist Vaudeline D'Allaire. Known worldwide for her talent in conjuring the spirits of murder victims to ascertain the identities of the people who killed them, she is highly sought after by widows and investigators alike. Lenna Wickes has come to Paris to find answers about her sister's death, but to do so, she must embrace the...
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Distracted by the charms of toe beans and tummy fur...productivity halted by a fuzzy weight on your lap or keyboard...precious belongings knocked off their shelves...cats are adorable menaces, out to bring humanity to its knees. Is there any way to escape these evil feline clutches?!"--
96) Deep is the Fen
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Get lost in the newest fantasy from the author of A Hunger of Thorns, on a beguiling journey behind the closed doors of a sinister secret society. Featuring a steamy enemies-to-lovers romance and a fight for the witching world that will get your heart racing. Merry doesn't need a happily-ever-after. Her life in the charming, idyllic town of Candlecott is fine just as it is. Simple, happy, and with absolutely no magic. Magic only ever leads to trouble....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When Hazel becomes the personal physician to Princess Charlotte, the sickly granddaughter of King George III, she is dragged into the glamor and romance of the British court, but she soon realizes malicious forces are at work in the monarchy, and she may be the only one capable of setting things right.
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Anais de Rohan has faced danger in her past, but never anything so great as posing as the new bride to one of the St. James Society's most magnetic--and ruthless--leaders. But Lord Bessett's bold challenge to prove herself worthy of joining his secret all-male society is impossible to resist. So she daringly agrees to travel with the enigmatic nobleman on a dangerous mission to save one of their own--a little girl with a frightening gift. Soon intrigue...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"The final installment in the chilling Fogg Lake trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz. Olivia LeClair's experiment with speed dating is not going well. First there was the nasty encounter with the date from hell who tried to murder her and now the mysterious Harlan Rancourt-long believed dead-sits down at her table and tells her she's the only one who can help him locate the legendary Vortex lab. This is not what Olivia had...
100) Bone chase
Author
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In true The Da Vinci Code fashion, a taut thriller filled with rival factions vying for control of the truth in a giant global conspiracy. There were giants on the earth in those days-at least that's what the Bible says. But, where are they? Did they ever really exist at all? When out-of-work math teacher Ethan McCloud is sent a mysterious box, he and his ex-girlfriend begin to unravel a mystery 10,000 years in the making-and he is the last hope...