Week of August 19, 2019
Andrew Prince wakes up before everyone else. He schedules the bar shifts, demands perfection from Long Beachโs lifeguardsโmost of all himselfโand makes sure the family debts are paid. His unfaltering work ethic might leave him exhausted, but it comes with one advantage. It distracts him from the love heโs been harboring since childhood for the girl next doorโwho he cannot have.
Jiya Dalal has dreams. To fly a plane, see the world belowโฆand prove irresistible to her best friend, Andrew. But she needs to be a good daughter first, which is becoming an increasingly difficult task, since her parents expect a good marriage and the man she loves with all her heart refuses to pursue the blistering connection between them. Just when sheโs beginning to believe Andrew truly doesnโt want her, a moonlight tryst on the beach exposes his true feelings. But an echo from the past kept them apart beforeโฆand itโs only growing louder with every stolen kissโฆ
It was the summer of my life.
I’d met the guy of my dreams.
Unfortunately, he was the son of my uppity employer–and very much off-limits.
But Gavin was a rebel. He knew his mother would disown him if she found out about us; in his eyes, we just had to be careful.
He never treated me as his mother did–like hired help.
Instead, Gavin put me on a pedestal and loved me harder than I’d ever been loved in my life.
What a summer it was.
Until it all ended–badly.
I was never supposed to see Gavin again.
That didn’t stop me from thinking about him every day for ten years.
I knew little about his life now, just that he was an entrepreneur living an ocean away.
When a twist of fate had me working again in the very place our love affair started a decade earlier, I knew it was only a matter of time before I might see him again.
But I wasn’t prepared.
What if he hated me?
What if he loved someone else now?
I wasn’t prepared for all the unknowns.
And most of all, I wasn’t prepared forย todayย to be the day he came back.
Being crew is walking between two worlds.
One world is normal: Prom. Parties. College.
Those are the concerns they worry about.
In our world, we deal with other situations.
Cops. Drugs. Brawling.
Thatโs a typical day for us.
But what if it wasnโt?
What if there came a day when you stopped?
When you considered letting your enemies win?
When you didnโt fight back?
When you chose a different path?
First I lost my family. Then I got the Wolf Crew.
I couldn’t lose them too.
But what happens when Cross, Zellman, and Jordan keep goingโฆ
…and I donโt?
For over a decade Cassiopeia Vitt has been building an authentic French castle, using only materials and techniques from the 13th century. But when a treasure is unearthed at the construction siteโan ancient Book of Hoursโa multitude of questions are raised, all pointing to an ancient and forgotten religious sect.
Once the Cathars existed all across southern France, challenging Rome and attracting the faithful by the tens of thousands. Eventually, in 1208, the Pope declared them heretics and ordered a crusadeโthe first where Christians killed Christiansโand thousands were slaughtered, the Cathars all but exterminated. Now a piece of that past has re-emerged, one that holds the key to the hiding place of the most precious object the Cathars possessed. And when more than one person becomes interested in that secret, in particular a thief and a billionaire, the race is on.
From the medieval walled city of Carcassonne, to the crest of mysterious Montsรฉgur, to a forgotten cavern beneath the Pyrenees, Cassiopeia is drawn deeper and deeper into a civil war between two people obsessed with revenge and murder.
A provocative love story between a tough Kansas woman on a crooked path to redemption and the unlikeliest of champions, from theย New York Timesย bestselling author ofย All the Ugly and Wonderful Things
Zee is nobody’s fairy tale princess. Almost six-foot, with a redhead’s temper and a shattered hip, she has a long list of worries: never-ending bills, her beautiful, gullible sister, her five-year-old nephew, her housebound mother, and her drug-dealing boss.
Zee may not be a princess, but Gentry is an actual knight, complete with sword, armor, and code of honor. Two years ago the voices he hears called him to be Zee’s champion. He’s barely spoken to her since, but he has kept watch, ready to come to her aid.
When an abduction tears Zee’s family apart, she turns to the last person she ever imagined–Gentry–and sets in motion a chain of events that will not only change both of their lives, but bind them to one another forever.
For fans ofย Lauren Layne and Kristan Higginsย comes a delightfully โfun bit of fluffy entertainmentโ (Publishers Weekly) in which a young woman is forced to help her old friend revamp his image for the upcoming mayoral elections…and discovers that she might not be as immune to his charms as she once thought.
When Emmanuelle Peroniโs fatherโand current mayor of Hope Lake, Pennsylvaniaโsuggests she help with Cooper Endicottโs campaign, sheโs horrified. Cooper, one of her (former) oldest friends, drives her crazy in every way possible. But heโs also her fatherโs protรฉgรฉ, so Emma reluctantly launches her plan to help him win the local election.
Itโs not as easy as it looks. Cooperโs colorful love life is the sticking point for many voters, and his opponent is digging up everything he can from his past. It seems that every time Emma puts out the flames from one scandal, another one flares up. Emma knows that if Cooper wants to win, he needs to keep his nose clean. The only problem? She might just be falling in love with the one person she promised never to pursue: the mayoral candidate himself.
New York Timesย bestselling author Karin Slaughter brings back Will Trent and Sara Lintonย in this superb and timely thriller full of devious twists, disturbing secrets, and shocking surprises you wonโt see coming
A mysterious kidnapping
On a hot summer night, a scientist from the Centers for Disease Control is grabbed by unknown assailants in a shopping center parking lot. The authorities are desperate to save the doctor whoโs been vanished into thin air.
A devastating explosion
One month later, the serenity of a sunny Sunday afternoon is shattered by the boom of a ground-shaking blastโfollowed by another seconds later. One of Atlantaโs busiest and most important neighborhoods has been bombedโthe location of Emory University, two major hospitals, the FBI headquarters, and the CDC.
A diabolical enemy
Medical examiner Sara Linton and her partner Will Trent, an investigator with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, rush to the sceneโand into the heart of a deadly conspiracy that threatens to destroy thousands of innocent lives. When the assailants abduct Sara, Will goes undercover to save her and prevent a massacreโputting his own life on the line for the woman and the country he loves.
In this evocative and poignant novel from theย USA TODAYย bestselling author ofย Blind Kissย andย Wish You Were Here, a young widow in the midst of grieving her late husband through Facebook posts learns to heal and fall in love again.ย
โSee you on the other side.โ
Laya Marstonโs husband, Cameron, a daredevil enthusiast, always said this before heading off on his next adventure. He was the complete opposite of her, ready and willing to dive off a cliff-face, or parachute across a canyonโand Laya loved him for it. But she was different: pragmatic, regimented, devoted to her career and to supporting Cameron from the sidelines of his death-defying feats.
Opposites attract, right?
But when Cameron dies suddenly and tragically, all the stages of grief go out the window. Laya becomes lost in denial, living in the delusion that Cameron will come back to her. She begins posting on his Facebook page, reminiscing about their life together, and imagining new adventures for the two of them.
Micah Evans, a young and handsome architect at Layaโs fatherโs firm, is also stuckโโparalyzed by the banal details of his career, his friendships, and his love life. He doesnโt know what heโs looking for, only that there is someone out there who can bring energy and spirit to the humdrum of his life.
When Micah discovers Layaโs tragic and bizarre Facebook posts, heโs determined to show Laya her life is still worth living. Leaving her anonymous gifts and notes, trying to recreate the sense of adventure she once shared with her late husband, Micah finds a new passion watching Laya come out of the darkness. And Laya finds a new joy in the experiences Micah has created for her.
But for Laya, letting another man in still feels like a betrayal to her late husband. Even though Micah may be everything she could wish for, she wonders if she deserves to find happiness again.
From theย New York Timesย bestselling author comes a breathtaking fantasy of a cursed kingdom, warring clans, and unexpected salvation.
Bayr of Saylok, bastard son of a powerful and jealous chieftain, is haunted by the curse once leveled by his dying mother. Bartered, abandoned, and rarely loved, she plagued the land with her words:ย From this day forward, there will be no daughters in Saylok.
Raised among the Keepers at Temple Hill, Bayr is gifted with inhuman strength. But heโs also blessed with an all-too-human heart that beats with one purpose: to protect Alba, the first girl child born in nearly two decades and the salvation for a country at risk.
Now the fate of Saylok lies with Alba and Bayr, whose bond grows deeper with every whisper of coming chaos. Charged with battling the enemies of their people, both within and without, Bayr is fueled further by the love of a girl who has defied the scourge of Saylok.
What Bayr and Alba donโt know is that they each threaten the king, a greedy man who built his throne on lies, murder, and betrayal. There is only one way to defend their land from the corruption that has overtaken it. By breaking the curse, they could defeat the kingโฆbut they could also destroy themselves.
Sometimes a single flame can ignite a love that lasts a lifetime.
Milo Phillips knows the meaning of pain. Suffering through the most intense physical agony of his life, heโs confined to a hospital bed to bear it alone. More than once, he wishes heโd died in the explosion that melted and mangled his skin. Darkness consumes him, snuffing all the joy in his life and leaving an empty hole in its place.
But one day, a flicker of light sneaks into his hospital room, driving away some of the hopelessness. For the first time in months, pain isnโt all he feels.
The flickerโs name is Sara Foster, his new nurse. Milo just hopes that Sara can see past his scars. Because underneath, his heart has begun beating again just for her.
“A thousand half loves must beย forsakenย to take one whole heartย home.”
Carin Frost doesnโt understand whatโs happening to her. A confident businesswoman, wife, and mother, she begins to resent everything about her life. Nothing makes sense. Nothing makes her feel. Maybe itโs the recent loss of her mother in a tragic accident. Or maybe sheโs just losing her mind.
Enter Matias Torres. As their new business partnership thrives, so does their friendshipโand his interest in her. Carin is determined to keep her distance, until a work assignment sends them to Southeast Asia where a storm is brewing on the island. In the midst of the chaos, Matias asks her to do something unimaginable, exhilarating, BOLD. Carin knows the consequences could be dire, but it may be the only way to save herself.
An honest look at love and marriage and the frailties of the human heart, this is a story of a womanโs loss of self and purpose and the journey she takes to find her way back.
Perfect for fans of Nina LaCour and Nicola Yoon comes a novel about first love and secrets from Stonewall Book Award winner Brandy Colbert.
Dove “Birdie” Randolph works hard to be the perfect daughter and follow the path her parents have laid out for her: She quit playing her beloved soccer, she keeps her nose buried in textbooks, and she’s on track to finish high school at the top of her class. But then Birdie falls hard for Booker, a sweet boy with a troubled past…whom she knows her parents will never approve of.
When her estranged aunt Carlene returns to Chicago and moves into the family’s apartment above their hair salon, Birdie notices the tension building at home. Carlene is sweet, friendly, and open-minded–she’s also spent decades in and out of treatment facilities for addiction. As Birdie becomes closer to both Booker and Carlene, she yearns to spread her wings. But when long-buried secrets rise to the surface, everything she’s known to be true is turned upside down.
The fifth book in the #1ย New York Timesย bestselling Field Party seriesโa southern soap opera with football, cute boys, and pick-up trucksโfromย USA TODAYย bestselling author Abbi Glines.
Ryker Lee is finally enjoying his senior yearโhe has great friends, hangs out with hot girls, and is on track to get a football scholarship that will set him up for college. Despite this, a small part of him wonders if thereโs more to life than parties and meaningless hookupsโand if football even means as much to him as it does to his fellow teammates. And when he meets the new girl at school, his world totally changesโฆ
Aurora McClay is new to Lawton. Sheโs grateful that her twin brother, Hunter, is star of the football team and can help her adjust to her new school, but sheโsย notย grateful at how overprotective he is over every person she meets. Just because she is deaf does not mean people have to treat her differently. When she meets Ryker Lee, the two of them spark an instant and intense chemistry, one that proves to be controversial not only because of Rykerโs reputation as a player, but also because of Aurora and Hunterโs fatherโs bigoted views about who Aurora can and canโt date.
Aurora and Ryker know in their hearts that they are meant for each other. But can their relationship endure the turmoil of rumors and prejudice?
This non-fiction short-form eBook features content which is adapted from the audiobookย Harry Potter: A History of Magicย โ inspired by the British Library exhibition of the same name.
Well-known folkloric creatures like giants, dragons and merpeople, and lesser-known beings such as Acromantula and Hippogriffs, all play a key role in Harry Potterโs journey. In the past, naturalists and explorers travelled the globe to encounter weird and wonderful creatures that enhanced our knowledge of the world and pushed forward the development of science. Nevertheless, it seems part of human nature to want to believe in the unbelievable: from the bestiaries and cabinets of curiosities of the medieval period onwards. We think that truth and myth are easily distinguished today, but magical creatures and the stories around them continue to fascinate us โ and they are as central to the Harry Potter stories as Harry, Hermione and Ron.
This eBook short examines the colourful characters and curious incidents of the real history of magic, and how they relate to the Hogwarts lesson subjects of Care of Magical Creatures.
The history of magic is as long as time and as wide as the world. In every culture, in every age, in every place and, probably, in every heart, there is magic.
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