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After adopting orphans Thomas and Anna at birth and giving them mysterious heart-shaped lockets, King Pador, Queen Sonya, and Prince Verdon must find a way to rescue the children from the sinister plans of a dreadful creature that has imprisoned them in the Outerlands. The Royal Family's magical bond, the children they love dearly, and their entire kingdom are all at stake.

“A juice box of suburban satire laced with Alfred Hitchcock” (The Washington Post)—a novel of art, motherhood, and the intensity of female friendships, set in the posh hills above Los Angeles, from the New York Times bestselling author of California NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE...

The Grand Prize winner of HarperCollins's audio drama contest. ""By turns amusing and angst-filled, this well-paced production is a good choice for fans of full-cast audios"" (AudioFile). All Alex Dassan needs to do is win second place in the debate team finals. The second place prize is a trip...

Danica Jordan has been roughing it for years - two, to be exact. Her mother got up one day and never returned. "Dani" is what all of her friends know her by. She is 17 and living the life of an adult. Unlike most 17-year-olds, she pays for her own apartment, purchased her own car, and works a masculine job to make her own money. Problem is she is living a lie. Her coworkers think that she is a 20-something-year-old independent woman. Her tough exterior helps her handle the roughness of life.

Detective Spencer steht vor einem Rätsel. Der Juwelierladen in Astoria, unweit von "Green Valley", wurde ausgeraubt. Ein großer Diebstahl - und bereits der vierte in Folge. Dann wird Leonies Englischlehrerin auch noch ein wertvoller Anhänger gestohlen. Wie konnten diese Überfälle so mühelos gelingen? Und welche Rolle hat Leonies Mitschülerin Alice in alledem?

In the city of Ashara, magicians rule all. Marah Levi is a promising violinist who excels at school and can read more languages than most librarians. Even so, she has little hope of a bright future: She is a sparker, a member of the oppressed lower class in a society run by magicians. Then a...

A diamond formation worth untold millions, hidden deep in the jungles of Africa. Many have tried to find it. All have failed. Can Samantha Carlson do the impossible? The president of Gem Star thinks so when he hires the geologist to lead a team into the Democratic Republic of Congo and return with the diamonds’ location. Gem Star has sent other teams in to find the formation. None made it out alive. Samantha was aware the odds were against her when she accepted the mission.

An eye-popping and hilarious joyride through the underworld of sports betting Beth Raymer arrived in Las Vegas in 2001, hoping to land a job as a cocktail waitress at one of the big casinos. In the meantime, she lived in a $17-a-night motel with her dog, Otis, and waited tables at a low-rent...

Fleeing a fiery inferno, beautiful, aristocratic Bryony Paget falls unconscious into the arms of a handsome stranger. She awakens with no memory of her proud aristocratic past - only the stirrings of desire kindled by her mysterious rescuer. American patriot Ben Clare has no time for romance - or for the dark-haired beauty who interfered with his midnight raids for liberty. But he cannot resist Bryony's innocent passion - and together they steal joy amid the strife of bitter war. Too soon the cruel discovery of Bryony's true identity forces her to choose between the Loyalist father she adores and the rebellious man she could never live without.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has been a political football for years now, but as its provisions start going into effect, there’s still precious little information available on how it will impact you, your family, and your pocketbook. This 2,572 page document, nearly unreadable, will change your health care, your family budget, and innumerable aspects of your life.

From the pleasures of her sheltered world in the bayous to the treacherous vastness of the great Southwest and beyond - forever quenching her thirst for all the passion and adventure life had to offer - wildly beautiful Rachel Delys fled the memories of her battle-slain lover and the fury of the Civil War. Across a tempestuous landscape, three men tried to tame her - one who seduced her, one who ravaged her, and one who would bring her at last to the peak of sublime rapture and depths of soul-searing love!

Camellia Perigord Mackintosh has a secret. The quiet librarian, with a master’s degree in anthropology and an unfortunate predilection for historical research, is a modern day version of Robin Hood who will stop at nothing.

Most communities and organizations require an organizer to be successful and create change. Being a Leader and Making Decisions tells the stories of great leaders - why they led, how they gained support and became leaders, and why people followed them. Through historical and modern examples, readers will learn about both positive and negative traits of leaders and find suggestions about how to take the lead in their own lives and communities.

Tennessee Man: Tall, quiet and darkly handsome, Matt Ingram had shouldered more than his share of life's burdens. Besides working his farm in the Cumberland Gap and raising his little nephew, he had to keep a watchful eye on his womanizing wastrel of a stepbrother. And he knew he had his work cut out for him on the night the two men first saw their beautiful neighbor

For fans of Nina LaCour and The Spectacular Now, a powerful coming-of-age story about a girl with creative aspirations and the boy who charms his way into her life, centering on themes of addiction, loss, and the tumultuousness of first love--and how to find strength when everything falls apart...

“[A]nother hilarious essay collection from Phoebe Robinson.” —The New York Times Book Review “Strikes the perfect balance of brutally honest and laugh out loud funny. I didn’t want it to end.” —Mindy Kaling, New York Times bestselling author of Why Not Me? With sharp, timely...

Wild meets Endless Love in this multilayered story of love, survival, and self-discovery McKenna Berney is a lucky girl. She has a loving family and has been accepted to college for the fall. But McKenna has a different goal in mind: much to the chagrin of her parents, she defers her college...

"Inspirational, commonsensical, and a whole lot of fun." --James Patterson Everyone deserves to shine in this sparkling new book from the New York Times bestselling author of Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library, Chris Grabenstein, and coauthor J.J. Grabenstein--just right for fans of Word of...

The first middle grade novel from Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin’ (now a popular Netflix film), is a funny, heartwarming story perfect for fans of Rebecca Stead, Ali Benjamin, and Holly Goldberg Sloan. Patricia “Sweet Pea” DiMarco wasn’t sure what to expect...

Es ist eine laue Sommernacht als Leonie hört, wie sich jemand am Stall zu schaffen macht. Ein Pferdedieb! Obwohl Leonie sofort mit Dr. Hamilton die Verfolgung aufnimmt, kann der Dieb im Dunkeln entkommen. Leonie braucht Abstand und unternimmt mit Silvercloud einen Ausritt. Am Bach trifft sie auf den Pferdedieb: Ein entlaufener Sträfling, der ihr erzählt, dass er unschuldig ins Gefängnis geworfen wurde. Ob er die Wahrheit sagt?