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Zhang Lurang: “Meeting you was destined, but it was also a reward from heaven.”

Excerpt: He passed by her side quietly. The tips of his hair seemed to be dripping, and the hair near his temples stuck to his cheeks. Droplets of water fell drop by drop from his ink-black hair; dyed with his hair color, for a moment, Su Zaizai thought that the water flowing down his hair would be just as black. His eyes were pitch-black, and against his clean pale face, they were especially eye-catching. Su Zaizai looked down at the umbrella in her hand, her eyes a little dazed. Then all of a sudden, the feeling of annoyance overcame her, accompanied by absurd thoughts. He must have done this on purpose, he must have known how attractive he looked. So, he got himself wet in the rain on purpose and passed by her on purpose. It was deliberately done… to seduce her…]]> 649 Zhu Yi Frances 0 girly 4.41
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name: Frances
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The tales told by Shahrazad over a thousand and one nights to delay her execution by the vengeful King Shahriyar have become among the most popular in both Eastern and Western literature, as recounted by Sir Francis Burton. From the epic adventures of "Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp" to the farcical "Young Woman and her Five Lovers" and the social criticism of "The Tale of the Hunchback", the stories depict a fabulous world of all-powerful sorcerers, jinns imprisoned in bottles and enchanting princesses. But despite their imaginative extravagance, the Tales are anchored to everyday life by their realism, providing a full and intimate record of medieval Islam.']]> 1049 Anonymous 0812972147 Frances 0 did-not-finish 4.06 800
author: Anonymous
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]]> 480204 The Phantom of the Opera is a riveting story that revolves around the young, Swedish Christine Daaé. Her father, a famous musician, dies, and she is raised in the Paris Opera House with his dying promise of a protective angel of music to guide her. After a time at the opera house, she begins hearing a voice, who eventually teaches her how to sing beautifully. All goes well until Christine's childhood friend Raoul comes to visit his parents, who are patrons of the opera, and he sees Christine when she begins successfully singing on the stage. The voice, who is the deformed, murderous 'ghost' of the opera house named Erik, however, grows violent in his terrible jealousy, until Christine suddenly disappears. The phantom is in love, but it can only spell disaster.

Leroux's work, with characters ranging from the spoiled prima donna Carlotta to the mysterious Persian from Erik's past, has been immortalized by memorable adaptations. Despite this, it remains a remarkable piece of Gothic horror literature in and of itself, deeper and darker than any version that follows.]]> 360 Gaston Leroux 0060809248 Frances 0 did-not-finish 3.98 1910
author: Gaston Leroux
name: Frances
average rating: 3.98
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]]> 52233178
Fosbit and any files relating to a Fosbit do not exist.

The Tarelen peoples that protect and provide sanctuary for the Avitens of Fethrist are not real.

The abilities of the Tarelen peoples with their heightened skills, living in their Utopian world are myth, their purpose here mere tales; rumours of their reincarnations enabling them to live many lives… ridiculous!

And there is definitely no magic.

None at all.

No, really, there isn’t.

Magic is not a thing.

There are also no hidden worlds or mythical beings coexisting just out of sight.

Equally, there are no secret access points to these hidden worlds that don’t exist, and there is no, 'unfinished business from the past' that is set to destroy, well, anything.

There is no disaster looming.

Anyway, regardless of any potential threat that may or may not be present, this publication, The Octunnumi and any reference to any other beings is a work of fiction.

And for the record, Scariodintts, should they exist, are perfectly lovely beings whose purpose in life is grossly misunderstood.]]> 520 Trevor Alan Foris 1913234010 Frances 0 did-not-finish 3.48 2020
author: Trevor Alan Foris
name: Frances
average rating: 3.48
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]]> 37570546 From a psychotherapist, and national advice columnist comes a thought-provoking new book that takes us behind the scenes of a therapist's world -- where her patients are looking for answers (and so is she).

One day, Lori Gottlieb is a therapist who helps patients in her Los Angeles practice. The next, a crisis causes her world to come crashing down. Enter Wendell, the quirky but seasoned therapist in whose office she suddenly lands. With his balding head, cardigan, and khakis, he seems to have come straight from Therapist Central Casting. Yet he will turn out to be anything but.

As Gottlieb explores the inner chambers of her patients' lives -- a self-absorbed Hollywood producer, a young newlywed diagnosed with a terminal illness, a senior citizen threatening to end her life on her birthday if nothing gets better, and a twenty-something who can't stop hooking up with the wrong guys -- she finds that the questions they are struggling with are the very ones she is now bringing to Wendell.

With startling wisdom and humor, Gottlieb invites us into her world as both clinician and patient, examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves and others as we teeter on the tightrope between love and desire, meaning and mortality, guilt and redemption, terror and courage, hope and change.

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone is revolutionary in its candor, offering a deeply personal yet universal tour of our hearts and minds and providing the rarest of gifts: a boldly revealing portrait of what it means to be human, and a disarmingly funny and illuminating account of our own mysterious lives and our power to transform them.]]> 415 Lori Gottlieb 1328662055 Frances 0 to-read 4.35 2019
author: Lori Gottlieb
name: Frances
average rating: 4.35
book published: 2019
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]]> 207294764 the tenth poetry collection from amanda lovelace deviates from the well-worn path of fairy tales & myths, instead bringing readers face to face with the person behind the poems that have made her beloved.

from bestselling poetess amanda lovelace comes she followed the moon back to herself, an autobiographical standalone poetry collection that follows a woman who—through heartbreak, bottles of rosé, & the general messiness of life—felt like she completely lost who she was. each bitesize poem shines a light on where she’s been & how she’s managed to overcome it all, offering a dose of hope & moondust to all who join her on the journey back to herself.]]> 208 Amanda Lovelace 1524890030 Frances 4 poetry 3.83 2024
author: Amanda Lovelace
name: Frances
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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date added: 2025/06/15
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]]> 15819028
Ahmad is a jinni, a being of fire born in the ancient Syrian desert, trapped in an old copper flask, and released in New York City, though still not entirely free.

Ahmad and Chava become unlikely friends and soul mates with a mystical connection. Marvelous and compulsively readable, Helene Wecker's debut novel The Golem and the Jinni weaves strands of Yiddish and Middle Eastern literature, historical fiction and magical fable, into a wondrously inventive and unforgettable tale.]]> 486 Helene Wecker 0062110837 Frances 4 4.11 2013
author: Helene Wecker
name: Frances
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2025/05/16
date added: 2025/05/16
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]]> 49656780
i dive into the well of my body
and end up in another world
everything i need
already exists in me
there’s no need
to look anywhere else
– home]]> 192 Rupi Kaur 1982172452 Frances 4 poetry 4.06 2020
author: Rupi Kaur
name: Frances
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2020
rating: 4
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]]> 56072667 If it was me, I wouldn’t date a professional gamer. If I had that kind of patience, then I might as well use it to get into Tsinghua University or Beijing University.]]> 955 Qing Mei Frances 4 girly 4.29 2017
author: Qing Mei
name: Frances
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2017
rating: 4
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]]> 56978100 Axie Oh's The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea is an enthralling retelling of a classic Korean folktale, perfect for fans of Wintersong, Uprooted, and Miyazaki’s Spirited Away.

Deadly storms have ravaged Mina’s homeland for generations. Floods sweep away entire villages, while bloody wars are waged over the few remaining resources. Her people believe the Sea God, once their protector, now curses them with death and despair. In an attempt to appease him, each year a beautiful maiden is thrown into the sea to serve as the Sea God’s bride, in the hopes that one day the “true bride” will be chosen and end the suffering.

Many believe that Shim Cheong, the most beautiful girl in the village—and the beloved of Mina’s older brother Joon—may be the legendary true bride. But on the night Cheong is to be sacrificed, Joon follows Cheong out to sea, even knowing that to interfere is a death sentence. To save her brother, Mina throws herself into the water in Cheong’s stead.

Swept away to the Spirit Realm, a magical city of lesser gods and mythical beasts, Mina seeks out the Sea God, only to find him caught in an enchanted sleep. With the help of a mysterious young man named Shin—as well as a motley crew of demons, gods and spirits—Mina sets out to wake the Sea God and bring an end to the killer storms once and for all.

But she doesn’t have much time: A human cannot live long in the land of the spirits. And there are those who would do anything to keep the Sea God from waking…]]> 325 Axie Oh 1250780861 Frances 4 4.07 2022
author: Axie Oh
name: Frances
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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]]> 33275462 126 R.H. Sin 1449486924 Frances 4 poetry 3.82 2016
author: R.H. Sin
name: Frances
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2016
rating: 4
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]]> 16054217 The #1 New York Times bestselling series finale and sequel to A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night

Bringing the magic and suspense of the All Souls Trilogy to a deeply satisfying conclusion, this highly anticipated finale went straight to #1 on the New York Times bestseller list. In The Book of Life, Diana and Matthew time-travel back from Elizabethan London to make a dramatic return to the present—facing new crises and old enemies. At Matthew’s ancestral home, Sept-Tours, they reunite with the beloved cast of characters from A Discovery of Witches—with one significant exception. But the real threat to their future has yet to be revealed, and when it is, the search for Ashmole 782 and its missing pages takes on even more urgency.]]> 561 Deborah Harkness 0670025593 Frances 5 4.15 2014
author: Deborah Harkness
name: Frances
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2014
rating: 5
read at: 2020/05/07
date added: 2025/01/17
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]]> 18333581 40 Sarah J. Maas Frances 0 4.20 2013
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Frances
average rating: 4.20
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]]> 9462815
Sure, her ex-boyfriend was Lucien Antonescu, son of Dracula, the prince of darkness. But that was before he (and their relationship) went up in flames. Now Meena's sworn off vampires for good ... at least until she can prove her theory that just because they've lost their souls doesn't mean demons have lost the ability to love.

Meena knows convincing her co-workers — including her partner, über-demon-hunter Alaric Wulf — that vampires can be redeemed won't be easy ... especially when a deadly new threat seems to be endangering not just the lives of the Palatine, but Meena's friends and family as well.

But Meena isn't the Palatine's only hope. Father Henrique — aka Padre Caliente — New York City's youngest, most charming priest, has also been assigned to the case.

So why doesn't Meena — or Alaric — trust him?

As she begins unraveling the truth, Meena finds her loyalties tested, her true feelings laid bare ... and temptations she never even imagined existed, but finds impossible to resist.

This time, Meena may finally have bitten off more than she can chew.]]> 275 Meg Cabot 0061735108 Frances 4 3.35 2011
author: Meg Cabot
name: Frances
average rating: 3.35
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2021/03/03
date added: 2024/08/07
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]]> 51710973 A desperate orphan turned pirate and a rebellious imperial daughter find a connection on the high seas in a world divided by colonialism and threaded with magic.

Aboard the pirate ship Dove, Flora the girl takes on the identity of Florian the man to earn the respect and protection of the crew. For Flora, former starving urchin, the brutal life of a pirate is about survival: don’t trust, don’t stick out, and don’t feel. But on this voyage, as the pirates prepare to sell their unsuspecting passengers into slavery, Flora is drawn to the Lady Evelyn Hasegawa, who is en route to a dreaded arranged marriage with her own casket in tow. Flora doesn’t expect to be taken under Evelyn’s wing, and Evelyn doesn’t expect to find such a deep bond with the pirate Florian.

Soon the unlikely pair set in motion a wild escape that will free a captured mermaid (coveted for her blood, which causes men to have visions and lose memories) and involve the mysterious Pirate Supreme, an opportunistic witch, and the all-encompassing Sea itself.]]> 360 Maggie Tokuda-Hall 1536204315 Frances 4 3.77 2020
author: Maggie Tokuda-Hall
name: Frances
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2024/07/06
date added: 2024/07/06
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]]> 52730081 Discover the folklore and history of our most toxic plants through this beautifully produced, gorgeously illustrated compendium.
 “If you drink much from a bottle marked ‘poison,’ it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later.” – Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland  

In both history and fiction, some of the most dramatic, notorious deaths have been through poisonings. Concealed and deliberate, it’s a crime that requires advance planning and that for many centuries could go virtually undetected. And yet there is a fine line between healing and killing: the difference lies only in the dosage! In Botanical Curses and Poisons, Fez Inkwright returns to folkloric and historical archives to reveal the fascinating, untold stories behind a variety of lethal plants, witching herbs, and funghi. Going from A to Z, she covers everything from apple (think of the poisoned fruit in “Snow White”) and the hallucinogenic angel’s trumpet to laurel, which emits toxic fumes, to oleander (a deadly ornamental shrub), with each plant beautifully illustrated by the author herself. This enthralling treasury is packed with insight, lore, and the revealed mysteries of everyday flora—including the prevalence of poisoning in ancient Rome, its use in religion and magic, and common antidotes—making this perfect for gardeners, writers, folklorists, witches, and scientists alike!]]> 257 Fez Inkwright 1912634228 Frances 4 4.23 2021
author: Fez Inkwright
name: Frances
average rating: 4.23
book published: 2021
rating: 4
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]]> 54017820 Once upon a time, there was a horrible girl...

Vanja Schmidt knows that no gift is freely given, not even a mother’s love―and she’s on the hook for one hell of a debt. Vanja, the adopted goddaughter of Death and Fortune, was Princess Gisele's dutiful servant up until a year ago. That was when Vanja’s otherworldly mothers demanded a terrible price for their care, and Vanja decided to steal her future back… by stealing Gisele’s life for herself.

The real Gisele is left a penniless nobody while Vanja uses an enchanted string of pearls to take her place. Now, Vanja leads a lonely but lucrative double life as princess and jewel thief, charming nobility while emptying their coffers to fund her great escape. Then, one heist away from freedom, Vanja crosses the wrong god and is cursed to an untimely end: turning into jewels, stone by stone, for her greed.

Vanja has just two weeks to figure out how to break her curse and make her getaway. And with a feral guardian half-god, Gisele’s sinister fiancé, and an overeager junior detective on Vanja’s tail, she’ll have to pull the biggest grift yet to save her own life.]]> 512 Margaret Owen 1250191904 Frances 4 4.21 2021
author: Margaret Owen
name: Frances
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2024/07/04
date added: 2024/07/04
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]]> 31076583
Feyre, Rhysand, and their close-knit circle of friends are still busy rebuilding the Night Court and the vastly-changed world beyond. But Winter Solstice is finally near, and with it, a hard-earned reprieve. Yet even the festive atmosphere can't keep the shadows of the past from looming. As Feyre navigates her first Winter Solstice as High Lady, she finds that those dearest to her have more wounds than she anticipated -- scars that will have a far-reaching impact on the future of their Court.]]> 229 Sarah J. Maas 168119631X Frances 4 3.77 2018
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Frances
average rating: 3.77
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2021/02/28
date added: 2024/07/01
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]]> 22879915 Kiedy przeprowadziliśmy się do Zachodniej Wirginii, zanim zaczęłam mój ostatni rok w szkole, musiałam przyzwyczaić się do dziwacznego akcentu, rwącego się łącza internetowego i całego morza otaczającej mnie nudy... Aż do momentu, kiedy spotkałam mojego nowego, wysokiego sąsiada o niesamowitych, zielonych oczach. Wtedy sprawy zaczęły obierać zupełnie inny kierunek...
Ale kiedy zaczęłam z nim rozmawiać zrozumiałam, że Daemon jest wyniosły, arogancki i doprowadza mnie do szału. Zupełnie nam nie po drodze. Zupełnie. Jednak kiedy prawie nie zginęłam, a Daemon dosłownie zamroził czas, cóż... stało się coś zupełnie niespodziewanego…
Wpadłam w kłopoty, groziło mi śmiertelne niebezpieczeństwo. Jedyną szansą, żebym wyszła z tego cało, było trzymanie się blisko Daemona, aż przygaśnie blask…Jeśli oczywiście sama go wcześniej nie zabiję.]]> 444 Jennifer L. Armentrout Frances 4 3.86 2011
author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
name: Frances
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2020/11/28
date added: 2024/04/25
shelves: fantasy, faries-nephalim-ect, girly, magic
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]]> 166395786 296 HYBE Frances 0 currently-reading 3.84 2023
author: HYBE
name: Frances
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2023
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]]> 65213543 When an injury throws a young, battle-hungry orc off her chosen path, she may find that what we need isn't always what we seek.

In Bookshops & Bonedust, a prequel to Legends & Lattes, author Travis Baldree takes us on a journey of high fantasy, first loves, and second-hand books.

Viv's career with the notorious mercenary company Rackam's Ravens isn't going as planned.

Wounded during the hunt for a powerful necromancer, she's packed off against her will to recuperate in the sleepy beach town of Murk—so far from the action that she worries she'll never be able to return to it.

What's a thwarted soldier of fortune to do?

Spending her hours at a beleaguered bookshop in the company of its foul-mouthed proprietor is the last thing Viv would have predicted, but it may be both exactly what she needs and the seed of changes she couldn't possibly imagine.

Still, adventure isn't all that far away. A suspicious traveler in gray, a gnome with a chip on her shoulder, a summer fling, and an improbable number of skeletons prove Murk to be more eventful than Viv could have ever expected.]]> 336 Travis Baldree 1250886104 Frances 4 4.08 2023
author: Travis Baldree
name: Frances
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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]]> 59227936
Orphaned as a baby, nineteen-year-old Signa has been raised by a string of guardians, each one more interested in her wealth than her well-being—and each has met an untimely end. Her remaining relatives are the elusive Hawthornes, an eccentric family living at Thorn Grove, an estate both glittering and gloomy. Its patriarch mourns his late wife through wild parties, while his son grapples for control of the family’s waning reputation, and his daughter suffers from a mysterious illness. But when their mother’s restless spirit appears claiming she was poisoned, Signa realizes that the family she depends on could be in grave danger and enlists the help of a surly stable boy to hunt down the killer.
 
However, Signa’s best chance of uncovering the murderer is an alliance with Death himself, a fascinating, dangerous shadow who has never been far from her side. Though he’s made her life a living hell, Death shows Signa that their growing connection may be more powerful—and more irresistible—than she ever dared imagine.]]> 409 Adalyn Grace 0316158232 Frances 4 fantasy, magic, girly 3.92 2022
author: Adalyn Grace
name: Frances
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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]]> 181344829
Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, is an outcast-again. Her days of living in anonymity among the Humans are she has been called upon to uphold an historic peacekeeping alliance between the Vampyres and their mortal enemies, the Weres, and sees little choice but to surrender herself in the exchange. Again . . .

Weres are ruthless and unpredictable, and their Alpha, Lowe Moreland, is no exception. He rules his pack with absolute authority, but not without justice. And, unlike the Vampyre Council, not without feeling. It's clear from the way he tracks Misery's every movement that he doesn't trust her. If only he knew how right he was . . .

Because Misery has her own reasons to agree to this marriage of convenience, reasons that have nothing to do with politics or alliances, and everything to do with the only thing she's ever cared about. And she is willing to do whatever it takes to get back what's hers, even if it means a life alone in Were territory . . . alone with the wolf.]]> 410 Ali Hazelwood Frances 3 3.98 2024
author: Ali Hazelwood
name: Frances
average rating: 3.98
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2024/02/15
date added: 2024/02/15
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Hunt Athalar has found himself in some deep holes in his life, but this one might be the deepest of all. After a few brief months with everything he ever wanted, he's in the Asteri's dungeons again, stripped of his freedom and without a clue as to Bryce's fate. He's desperate to help her, but until he can escape the Asteri's leash, his hands are quite literally tied.

In this sexy, breathtaking sequel to the #1 bestsellers House of Earth and Blood and House of Sky and Breath, Sarah J. Maas's Crescent City series reaches new heights as Bryce and Hunt's world is brought to the brink of collapse-with its future resting on their shoulders.]]> 835 Sarah J. Maas 1681193094 Frances 4 4.21 2024
author: Sarah J. Maas
name: Frances
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2024
rating: 4
read at: 2024/02/14
date added: 2024/02/14
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As the friends discover their heightened senses and animal-quick reflexes, they must combine their scientific curiosity with their newfound physical gifts to solve a cold-case murder that has suddenly become very hot--if they can stay alive long enough to catch the killer's scent.

Fortunately, they are now more than friends--they're a pack. They are Virals.]]> 454 Kathy Reichs 1595143424 Frances 4 spy 3.94 2010
author: Kathy Reichs
name: Frances
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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]]> 65213381
When she receives word of their tragic deaths, Inez inherits their massive fortune and a mysterious guardian, an archeologist in partnership with his Egyptian brother-in-law. Yearning for answers, Inez sails to Cairo, bringing her sketch pads and a golden ring her father sent to her for safekeeping before he died. But upon her arrival, the old world magic tethered to the ring pulls her down a path where she soon discovers there's more to her parent's disappearance than what her guardian led her to believe.

With her guardian's infuriatingly handsome assistant thwarting her at every turn, Inez must rely on ancient magic to uncover the truth about her parent's disappearance-or risk becoming a pawn in a larger game that will kill her.]]> 404 Isabel Ibañez 1250803373 Frances 0 currently-reading, owlcrate 3.78 2023
author: Isabel Ibañez
name: Frances
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> 271199
And the girl who will change their lives forever...

Tohru Honda was an orphan with no place to go until the mysterious Sohma family offered her a place to call home. Now her ordinary high school life is turned upside down as she's introduced to the Sohma's world of magical curses and family secrets.]]> 216 Natsuki Takaya 1591826039 Frances 4 dragon, fantasy 4.29 1999
author: Natsuki Takaya
name: Frances
average rating: 4.29
book published: 1999
rating: 4
read at: 2023/11/29
date added: 2023/11/29
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A guilt-ridden former coven is forced to tap into the magic of their past . . . if they want to stop their lives from going up in flames again.

On the outside, luxury real estate agent Sarah Nelson looks like every other mom in the suburb. But she has an edge that others don’ She’s a witch. And no one knows . . . except her estranged ex-coven and college friends, Katrina and Alicia.

One terrible night during their freshman year, the trio accidentally burned down their dorm, and soon after they scattered. Their secret had been safe, until Sarah learns they’ve been invited back to commemorate the anniversary of the fire.

Suddenly, the magic doesn’t want to be controlled. Sarah’s orange tabby cat, Katy Purry, now argues with her. Her broom has become self-brooming, and her fridge somehow restocks thirty pounds of sliced turkey for school lunches. As it grows increasingly difficult to hide the magic and the past, Sarah, Katrina, and Alicia must harness their power together . . . before they find out if polite society still burns witches.]]> 336 Maureen Kilmer 0593422392 Frances 3 3.48 2023
author: Maureen Kilmer
name: Frances
average rating: 3.48
book published: 2023
rating: 3
read at: 2023/11/21
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From the bestselling author of Pillow Thoughts and Watering the Soul comes another deeply honest and moving collection of poetry and prose, about the strength and resilience we embody in the face of hardship and change. Time Will Tell offers what Courtney Peppernell does hope, encouragement, and the beauty of looking inward.]]> 224 Courtney Peppernell 1524872121 Frances 4 poetry 4.00 2023
author: Courtney Peppernell
name: Frances
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/11/15
date added: 2023/11/15
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]]> 60531406 #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson expands his Cosmere universe shared by The Stormlight Archive and Mistborn with a new standalone novel for everyone who loved The Princess Bride.

The only life Tress has known on her island home in an emerald-green ocean has been a simple one, with the simple pleasures of collecting cups brought by sailors from faraway lands and listening to stories told by her friend Charlie. But when his father takes him on a voyage to find a bride and disaster strikes, Tress must stow away on a ship and seek the Sorceress of the deadly Midnight Sea. Amid the spore oceans where pirates abound, can Tress leave her simple life behind and make her own place sailing a sea where a single drop of water can mean instant death?]]> 443 Brandon Sanderson Frances 4 dragon, fantasy, magic 4.30 2023
author: Brandon Sanderson
name: Frances
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/11/10
date added: 2023/11/10
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ASSISTANT WANTED: Notorious, high-ranking villain seeks loyal, levelheaded assistant for unspecified office duties, supporting staff for random mayhem and terror, and other Dark Things In General. Discretion a must. Excellent benefits.

With ailing family to support, Evie Sage's employment status isn't just important, it's vital. So when a mishap with Rennedawn’s most infamous Villain results in a job offer―naturally, she says yes. No job is perfect, of course, but even less so when you develop a teeny crush on your terrifying, temperamental, and undeniably hot boss. Don’t find evil so attractive, Evie.

But just when she’s getting used to severed heads suspended from the ceiling and the odd squish of an errant eyeball beneath her heel, Evie suspects this dungeon has a huge rat…and not just the literal kind. Because something rotten is growing in the kingdom of Rennedawn, and someone wants to take the Villain―and his entire nefarious empire―out.

Now Evie must not only resist drooling over her boss but also figure out exactly who is sabotaging his work…and ensure he makes them pay.

After all, a good job is hard to find.]]> 342 Hannah Nicole Maehrer 1649375808 Frances 5 3.88 2023
author: Hannah Nicole Maehrer
name: Frances
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2023
rating: 5
read at: 2023/11/06
date added: 2023/11/06
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When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change.

The books in the Midnight Library enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. But things aren't always what she imagined they'd be, and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger.

Before time runs out, she must answer the ultimate question: what is the best way to live?]]> 288 Matt Haig 0525559477 Frances 4 3.95 2020
author: Matt Haig
name: Frances
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2020
rating: 4
read at: 2023/10/30
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]]> 71872919 Fake dating gets a magical twist in this enchanting queer romantic comedy where a witch worries that the real feelings brewing between her and her crush were sparked by an accidental love potion, and the only way out of the disastrous spell is a healthy dose of the truth--drink up, witches.

Potion maker and self-proclaimed "messy witch" Morgan Greenwood is sure she was hexed at birth. Not only did she drunkenly offer to fake date the woman of her dreams during the biennial New England Witches' festival, but Rory Sandler, spellcasting champion and brilliant elemental witch--for reasons known only to the Goddess--accepted. It's like every good luck spell Morgan ever cast came through at once, and it doesn't take a crystal ball to predict this charade will end with a broken heart.

Or is the magic between them real? As Morgan and Rory prepare to fool everyone at the festival, their relationship starts to feel a whole lot less fake--right until Morgan realizes she might have screwed up the common relaxation potion she made for Rory and given her a love potion instead, breaking one of the most sacred Witch Council Laws.

To fulfill her promise to Rory, Morgan must somehow keep playing pretend while under the watchful eyes of Rory's family and legion of fans. But to break the love potion, she'll also have to prove how incompatible she and Rory really are. For a screwup like her, ruining their relationship should be easy--except every day, Morgan is becoming more bewitched by Rory herself.]]> 368 Tori Anne Martin 0593548485 Frances 4 3.38 2023
author: Tori Anne Martin
name: Frances
average rating: 3.38
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/10/13
date added: 2023/10/13
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]]> 57249426 412 Bacteria Frances 4 4.33 2016
author: Bacteria
name: Frances
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2016
rating: 4
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Her assignment is the heir to the throne, Valen, and he doesn’t want her protection. In fact, he wants her gone. Yesterday. But Tania will not compromise, even if he is the most arrogant jackass she’s ever met―because something isn’t right in the Winter Court.

Everyone has secrets. From the Winter Lord to the kitchen maids to the rising faction that wants the prince dead―no one is who they seem. And now it’s up to Tania to keep her sacred oath and protect Valen, even when his smart mouth makes her skate the razor-thin edge between love and hate.

But the more she gets to know him, the more she realizes his secret is the biggest of all―and might just get them both killed.]]> 400 Jus Accardo 164937402X Frances 4 3.49 2023
author: Jus Accardo
name: Frances
average rating: 3.49
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/10/06
date added: 2023/10/06
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]]> 26856502 A super-powered collision of extraordinary minds and vengeful intentions—#1 New York Times bestselling author V. E. Schwab returns with the thrilling follow-up to Vicious.

Magneto and Professor X. Superman and Lex Luthor. Victor Vale and Eli Ever. Sydney and Serena Clarke. Great partnerships, now soured on the vine.

But Marcella Riggins needs no one. Flush from her brush with death, she’s finally gained the control she’s always sought—and will use her new-found power to bring the city of Merit to its knees. She’ll do whatever it takes, collecting her own sidekicks, and leveraging the two most infamous EOs, Victor Vale and Eli Ever, against each other.

With Marcella's rise, new enmities create opportunity--and the stage of Merit City will once again be set for a final, terrible reckoning.]]> 462 V.E. Schwab Frances 4 fantasy, magic 4.11 2018
author: V.E. Schwab
name: Frances
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2018
rating: 4
read at: 2023/09/25
date added: 2023/09/25
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Whip-smart orphan Emily Ruff is making a living running a three-card Monte game on the streets of San Francisco when she attracts the attention of the organization's recruiters. She is flown across the country for the school's strange and rigorous entrance exams, where, once admitted, she will be taught the fundamentals of persuasion by Bronte, Eliot, and Lowell--who have adopted the names of famous poets to conceal their true identities. For in the organization, nothing is more dangerous than revealing who you are: Poets must never expose their feelings lest they be manipulated. Emily becomes the school's most talented prodigy until she makes a catastrophic mistake: She falls in love.

Meanwhile, a seemingly innocent man named Wil Jamieson is brutally ambushed by two strange men in an airport bathroom. Although he has no recollection of anything they claim he's done, it turns out Wil is the key to a secret war between rival factions of poets and is quickly caught in their increasingly deadly crossfire. Pursued relentlessly by people with powers he can barely comprehend and protected by the very man who first attacked him, Wil discovers that everything he thought he knew about his past was fiction. In order to survive, must journey to the toxically decimated town of Broken Hill, Australia, to discover who he is and why an entire town was blown off the map.

As the two narratives converge, the shocking work of the poets is fully revealed, the body count rises, and the world crashes toward a Tower of Babel event which would leave all language meaningless. A brilliant thriller that connects very modern questions of privacy, identity, and the rising obsession of data collection to centuries-old ideas about the power of language and coercion, Lexicon is Max Barry's most ambitious and spellbinding novel yet.]]> 390 Max Barry 1594205388 Frances 4 fantasy 3.89 2013
author: Max Barry
name: Frances
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2013
rating: 4
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]]> 40874032 A masterful tale of ambition, jealousy, desire, and superpowers.

Victor and Eli started out as college roommates—brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly wrong.

Ten years later, Victor breaks out of prison, determined to catch up to his old friend (now foe), aided by a young girl whose reserved nature obscures a stunning ability. Meanwhile, Eli is on a mission to eradicate every other super-powered person that he can find—aside from his sidekick, an enigmatic woman with an unbreakable will. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the archnemeses have set a course for revenge—but who will be left alive at the end?

In Vicious, V. E. Schwab brings to life a gritty comic-book-style world in vivid prose: a world where gaining superpowers doesn't automatically lead to heroism, and a time when allegiances are called into question.]]> 402 V.E. Schwab Frances 4 fantasy, magic 4.15 2013
author: V.E. Schwab
name: Frances
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2013
rating: 4
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]]> 62695377 In a world where the children of the gods inherit their powers, a descendant of the Greek Fates must solve a series of impossible murders to save her sisters, her soulmate, and her city.

Descendants of the Fates are always born in threes: one to weave, one to draw, and one to cut the threads that connect people to the things they love and to life itself. The Ora sisters are no exception. Io, the youngest, uses her Fate-born abilities as a private investigator in the half-sunken city of Alante.

But her latest job leads her to a horrific discovery: somebody is abducting women, maiming their life-threads, and setting the resulting wraiths loose in the city to kill. To find the culprit, she must work alongside Edei Rhuna, the right hand of the infamous Mob Queen—and the boy with whom she shares a rare fate-thread linking them as soul mates before they’ve even met.

But the investigation turns personal when Io's estranged oldest sister turns up on the arm of her best suspect. Amid unveiled secrets from her past and her growing feelings for Edei, Io must follow clues through the city’s darkest corners and unearth a conspiracy that involves some of the city’s most powerful players—before destruction comes to her own doorstep.]]> 352 Kika Hatzopoulou 0593528719 Frances 4 3.89 2023
author: Kika Hatzopoulou
name: Frances
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/09/05
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And the one man I swore by all Olympus I would destroy.

Aphrodite has never flinched at getting her perfectly manicured hands dirty, and she's not about to start now—even if that means marrying Olympus's enemy number one, the new Hephaestus. She has a wicked plan to keep her deadly new husband off-balance, seducing the one person he seems to care about most in this world: Pandora, a woman as beautiful as she is sweet.

Two can play the seduction game, however, and Hephaestus is all too happy to put his new wife in her place. Her ex, Adonis, seems like he'll do the trick. It doesn't hurt that he's gorgeous in the way of fallen angels, either.

The only problem with using seduction as a weapon? Hearts are all too quick to get involved. With Hephaestus and Aphrodite trading venomous strikes that feel a whole lot like foreplay, lines become blurred and emotions entangled. But a broken heart may be the least of their worries. With unrest in Olympus reaching new heights, these bedroom games may have deadly consequences for themselves, their city, and everyone they've come to love.]]> 384 Katee Robert 1728262763 Frances 4 girly 3.66 2023
author: Katee Robert
name: Frances
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/08/11
date added: 2023/08/11
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]]> 60784546 After centuries of sleep, the gods are warring again…

All eighteen-year-old Iris Winnow wants to do is hold her family together. With a brother on the frontline forced to fight on behalf of the Gods now missing from the frontline and a mother drowning her sorrows, Iris’s best bet is winning the columnist promotion at the Oath Gazette.

But when Iris’s letters to her brother fall into the wrong hands – that of the handsome but cold Roman Kitt, her rival at the paper – an unlikely magical connection forms.

Expelled into the middle of a mystical war, magical typewriters in tow, can their bond withstand the fight for the fate of mankind and, most importantly, love?

An epic enemies-to-lovers fantasy novel filled with hope and heartbreak, and the unparalleled power of love.]]> 368 Rebecca Ross 1250857430 Frances 4 fantasy, magic, owlcrate 4.12 2023
author: Rebecca Ross
name: Frances
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/08/01
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]]> 57070660 From the New York Times bestselling author of This Time Next Year comes a heartwarming and hilarious tale that asks: What if you pick up the wrong suitcase in an airport, only to fall head over heels for its unseen owner?

Laura's business trip to the Channel Islands isn't exactly off to a great start. After unceremoniously dumping everything in her bag in front of the most attractive man she's ever seen in real life, she arrives at her hotel only to realize she's grabbed the wrong suitcase from the airport. Her only consolation? The irresistibly appealing contents of the case: a copy of her favorite book; piano music; and a rugged, heavy knit fisherman sweater only a Ryan Gosling lookalike could pull off. The owner of this suitcase is Laura's dream man--she's sure of it. Now, all she has to do is find him.

The mix-up seems written in the stars. After all, what are the odds that she'd find The One on the same remote island where her mom and dad had first fallen in love, especially as she sets out to write an article about their epic romance? Commissioning surly cab driver Ted to ferry her around seems like her best bet in both tracking down the mystery suitcase owner and retracing her parents' footsteps. And if beneath Ted's gruffness lies a wit that makes their cab rides strangely entertaining, so much the better. But as Laura's long-lost luggage soulmate proves difficult to find--and as she realizes that the love story she's held on a pedestal all her life might not have been that perfect--she'll have to rethink her whole outlook on love to discover what she really wants.]]> 371 Sophie Cousens 0593331524 Frances 4 girly 3.69 2021
author: Sophie Cousens
name: Frances
average rating: 3.69
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2022/01/18
date added: 2023/07/30
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]]> 46249012 From #1  New York Times  bestselling author Kathryn Purdie comes a high-stakes fantasy duology flush with doomed romance and macabre magic, perfect for fans of Stephanie Garber and Roshani Chokshi.

Bone Criers are the last descendants of an ancient famille charged with using the magic they draw from animal bones to shepherd the dead into the afterlife—lest they drain the light from the living.


Ailesse has been prepared since birth to become their matriarch, but first she must complete her rite of passage: to kill the boy she’s destined to love.

Bastien’s father was slain by a Bone Crier and he’s been seeking revenge ever since. Now his vengeance must wait, as Ailesse’s ritual has begun and their fates are entwined—in life and in death.]]> 480 Kathryn Purdie 0062798774 Frances 0 to-read 3.63 2020
author: Kathryn Purdie
name: Frances
average rating: 3.63
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rating: 0
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]]> 61102615 A fresh take on the story of Medusa, the original monstered woman.

They will fear you and flee you and call you a monster.

The only mortal in a family of gods, Medusa is the youngest of the Gorgon sisters. Unlike her siblings, Medusa grows older, experiences change, feels weakness. Her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will never know.

When the sea god Poseidon assaults Medusa in Athene's temple, the goddess is enraged. Furious by the violation of her sacred space, Athene takes revenge--on the young woman. Punished for Poseidon's actions, Medusa is forever transformed. Writhing snakes replace her hair and her gaze will turn any living creature to stone. Cursed with the power to destroy all she loves with one look, Medusa condemns herself to a life of solitude.

Until Perseus embarks upon a fateful quest to fetch the head of a Gorgon...

In Stone Blind, classicist and comedian Natalie Haynes turns our understanding of this legendary myth on its head, bringing empathy and nuance to one of the earliest stories in which a woman--injured by a powerful man--is blamed, punished, and monstered for the assault. Delving into the origins of this mythic tale, Haynes revitalizes and reconstructs Medusa's story with her passion and fierce wit, offering a timely retelling of this classic myth that speaks to us today.]]> 373 Natalie Haynes 0063258390 Frances 4 fantasy, faries-nephalim-ect 3.76 2022
author: Natalie Haynes
name: Frances
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2023/07/20
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]]> 49814602 Bestselling poet, writer, and Instagram sensation Nikita Gill returns with a collection of poetry and prose exploring Hindu mythology and legend.

Let her be a little less human, a little more divine
Give her heart armor so it doesn't break as easily as mine

Meet Paro. A girl with a strong will, a full heart, and much to learn. Born into a family reeling from the ruptures of Partition in India, we follow her as she crosses the precarious lines between childhood, teenage discovery, and realizing her adult self. In the process, Paro must confront fear, desire and the darkest parts of herself in the search for meaning and, ultimately, empowerment.

Nikita Gill's vivid poetry and beautiful illustrations have captured hearts and imaginations--but in The Girl and the Goddess, she offers us her most personal and deeply felt writing to date: an intimate coming-of-age story told in linked poems that offers a look into the Hindu mythology and rich cultural influences that helped her become the woman she is today.]]> 352 Nikita Gill 0593085663 Frances 0 to-read 4.41 2020
author: Nikita Gill
name: Frances
average rating: 4.41
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rating: 0
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]]> 49130828
Time changes things .

That painful fact of life couldn’t be truer for the Sullivan sisters. Once, they used to be close, sharing secrets inside homemade blanket castles. Now, life in the Sullivan house means closed doors and secrets left untold.

Fourteen-year-old Murphy, an aspiring magician, is shocked by the death of Siegfried, her pet turtle. Seventeen-year-old Claire is bound for better things than her Oregonian hometown—until she receives a crushing rejection from her dream college. And eighteen-year-old Eileen is nursing a growing addiction in the wake of life-altering news.

Then, days before Christmas, a letter arrives, informing the sisters of a dead uncle and an inheritance they knew nothing about. The news forces them to band together in the face of a sinister family mystery…and, possibly, murder.

The Sullivan Sisters is an unforgettable novel about the ghosts of the past, the power of connection, and the bonds of sisterhood.]]> 400 Kathryn Ormsbee 1534420541 Frances 0 to-read 3.67 2020
author: Kathryn Ormsbee
name: Frances
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2020
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]]> 56980403 From the New York Times bestselling author of Sorcery of Thorns and An Enchantment of Ravens comes a thrilling new YA fantasy about a teen girl with mythic abilities who must defend her world against restless spirits of the dead.

The dead of Loraille do not rest.

Artemisia is training to be a Gray Sister, a nun who cleanses the bodies of the deceased so that their souls can pass on; otherwise, they will rise as spirits with a ravenous hunger for the living. She would rather deal with the dead than the living, who trade whispers about her scarred hands and troubled past.

When her convent is attacked by possessed soldiers, Artemisia defends it by awakening an ancient spirit bound to a saint’s relic. It is a revenant, a malevolent being that threatens to possess her the moment she drops her guard. Wielding its extraordinary power almost consumes her—but death has come to Loraille, and only a vespertine, a priestess trained to wield a high relic, has any chance of stopping it. With all knowledge of vespertines lost to time, Artemisia turns to the last remaining expert for help: the revenant itself.

As she unravels a sinister mystery of saints, secrets, and dark magic, her bond with the revenant grows. And when a hidden evil begins to surface, she discovers that facing this enemy might require her to betray everything she has been taught to believe—if the revenant doesn’t betray her first.]]> 400 Margaret Rogerson 153447711X Frances 0 to-read 4.08 2021
author: Margaret Rogerson
name: Frances
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> 61326735
Honestly, it’s a pretty sweet gig—until her carefully constructed Elsie-verse comes crashing down. Because Jack Smith, the annoyingly attractive and broody older brother of her favorite client, turns out to be the cold-hearted experimental physicist who ruined her mentor’s career and undermined the reputation of theorists everywhere. And that same Jack who now sits on the hiring committee at MIT, right between Elsie and her dream job.

Elsie is prepared for an all-out war of scholarly sabotage but…those long, penetrating looks? Not having to be anything other than her true self when she’s with him? Will falling into an experimentalist’s orbit finally tempt her to put her most guarded theories on love into practice?]]> 389 Ali Hazelwood 1408725797 Frances 4 girly 4.06 2023
author: Ali Hazelwood
name: Frances
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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By opening that door, Charmain has become responsible for not only the house, but for an extremely magical stray dog, a muddled young apprentice wizard, and a box of the king's most treasured documents. She has encountered a terrifying beast called a lubbock, irritated a clan of small blue creatures, and wound up smack in the middle of an urgent search. The king and his daughter are desperate to find the lost, fabled Elfgift—so desperate that they've even called in an intimidating sorceress named Sophie to help. And where Sophie is, can the Wizard Howl and fire demon Calcifer be far behind?

Of course, with that magical family involved, there's bound to be chaos—and unexpected revelations. No one will be more surprised than Charmain by what Howl and Sophie discover.]]> 404 Diana Wynne Jones 0061477958 Frances 4 fantasy, magic 4.04 2008
author: Diana Wynne Jones
name: Frances
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2008
rating: 4
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date added: 2023/07/04
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But love works in surprising ways, and Nick is discovering all kinds of things about his friends, his family ... and himself.]]> 320 Alice Oseman 1444951408 Frances 4 4.50 2019
author: Alice Oseman
name: Frances
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2019
rating: 4
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There are eight days, and eight witnesses for you to inhabit.

We will only let you escape once you tell us the name of the killer.

Understood? Then let's begin . . .

Evelyn Hardcastle will die. Every day until Aiden Bishop can identify her killer and break the cycle. But every time the day begins again, Aiden wakes up in the body of a different guest. And some of his hosts are more helpful than others . . .

The most inventive debut of the year twists together a mystery of such unexpected creativity it will leave listeners guessing until the very last second.]]> 458 Stuart Turton 149267012X Frances 0 to-read 3.72 2018
author: Stuart Turton
name: Frances
average rating: 3.72
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> 58725016
Clytemnestra
The sister of Helen, wife of Agamemnon - her hopes of averting the curse are dashed when her sister is taken to Troy by the feckless Paris. Her husband raises a great army against them, and determines to win, whatever the cost.

Cassandra
Princess of Troy, and cursed by Apollo to see the future but never to be believed when she speaks of it. She is powerless in her knowledge that the city will fall.

Elektra
The youngest daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, Elektra is horrified by the bloodletting of her kin. But, can she escape the curse, or is her own destiny also bound by violence?]]> 291 Jennifer Saint 125077361X Frances 0 currently-reading 3.63 2022
author: Jennifer Saint
name: Frances
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> 62058385
Charming, deadly, and smart enough to hide it, Christian Harper is a monster dressed in the perfectly tailored suits of a gentleman.

He has little use for morals and even less use for love, but he can't deny the strange pull he feels toward the woman living just one floor below him.

She's the object of his darkest desires, the only puzzle he can't solve. And when the opportunity to get closer to her arises, he breaks his own rules to offer her a deal she can't refuse.

Every monster has their weakness. She's his.

His obsession.

His addiction.

His only exception.

***

Sweet, shy, and introverted despite her social media fame, Stella Alonso is a romantic who keeps her heart in a cage.

Between her two jobs, she has little time or desire for a relationship.

But when a threat from her past drives her into the arms―and house―of the most dangerous man she's ever met, she's tempted to let herself feel something for the first time in a long time.

Because despite Christian's cold nature, he makes her feel everything when she's with him.

Passionate.

Protected.

Truly wanted.

Theirs is a love twisted with secrets and tainted by lies…and when the truths are finally revealed, they could shatter everything.]]> 560 Ana Huang 1728274893 Frances 4 girly 4.07 2022
author: Ana Huang
name: Frances
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2023/04/04
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The beautiful redhead has been a thorn in his side since they met, but she also consumes his thoughts in a way no woman ever has.

When their animosity explodes into one unforgettable night, he proposes a solution that’ll get her out of his system once and for all: an enemies with benefits arrangement with simple rules.

No jealousy.

No strings attached.

And absolutely no falling in love.

**

Outgoing and ambitious, Jules Ambrose is a former party girl who’s focused on one thing: passing the attorney’s bar exam.

The last thing she needs is to get involved with a doctor who puts the SUFFER in insufferable… no matter how good-looking he is.

But the more she gets to know him, the more she realizes there’s more than meets the eye to the man she’s hated for so long.

Her best friend’s brother.

Her nemesis.

And her only salvation.


Theirs is a match made in hell, and when the demons from their past catch up with them, they’re faced with truths that could either save them… or destroy everything they’ve worked for.

Twisted Hate is a steamy enemies with benefits/enemies to lovers romance. It's book three in the Twisted series but can be read as a standalone.

Warning: It contains explicit content and profanity. Recommended for 18+.]]> 500 Ana Huang 1728274885 Frances 4 girly 3.85 2022
author: Ana Huang
name: Frances
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2023/04/02
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He has never once been tempted to break those rules… until her.

Bridget von Ascheberg. A princess with a stubborn streak that matches his own and a hidden fire that reduces his rules to ash. She’s nothing he expected and everything he never knew he needed.

Day by day, inch by inch, she breaks down his defenses until he’s faced with a truth he can no longer deny: he swore an oath to protect her, but all he wants is to ruin her. Take her.

Because she’s his.

His princess.
His forbidden fruit.
His every depraved fantasy.

***

Regal, strong-willed, and bound by the chains of duty, Princess Bridget dreams of the freedom to live and love as she chooses.

But when her brother abdicates, she’s suddenly faced with the prospect of a loveless, politically expedient marriage and a throne she never wanted.

And as she navigates the intricacies—and treacheries—of her new role, she must also hide her desire for a man she can’t have.

Her bodyguard.
Her protector.
Her ultimate ruin.

Unexpected and forbidden, theirs is a love that could destroy a kingdom… and doom them both.

Twisted Games is a contemporary royal bodyguard romance. It’s book two of the Twisted series but can be read as a standalone.

Warning: This book contains a possessive alpha hero, explicit sexual content, and profanity.]]> 438 Ana Huang 034943431X Frances 4 girly 4.03 2021
author: Ana Huang
name: Frances
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2023/04/01
date added: 2023/04/01
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On the island of Charmant, magic flows like bootlegged champagne, and fantasies can be bought for the price of a gemstone.

Luxe Revelle, star of her family’s fantastical show, knows the splendor is just an illusion. With Prohibition threatening their livelihood, her family struggles to make a living, watering down champagne and patching holes in their sequined costumes. So when the son of Charmant’s wealthiest family makes her an offer—everything the Revelles need to stay in business, in exchange for posing as his girl and helping him become mayor—she can’t refuse.

The moment Jamison Port sets foot in Charmant, he can’t shake the feeling of familiarity. An orphan with as few memories as gemstones, he’s desperate to learn what happened to his parents. But as he delves into the island’s secrets, he risks angering the wrong person and discovering a truth that just might break his heart.

When Luxe and Jamison accidentally meet, the sparks that fly are more than her magical enchantments. But keeping secrets from powerful people is a dangerous game . . . one that could destroy them both.]]> 464 Lyssa Mia Smith 0063239264 Frances 4 3.95 2023
author: Lyssa Mia Smith
name: Frances
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/03/31
date added: 2023/03/31
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But following their debutante ball Rose is suddenly talking about marriage, and Eddie is horrified.

When Eddie meets charming, renowned poet Nash Nicholson, he invites her to his crumbling Gothic estate in the countryside. The entourage of eccentric artists indulging in pure hedonism is exactly what Eddie needs in order to forget Rose and finish her novel.

But Eddie might discover the world of famous literary icons isn't all poems and pleasure . . .]]> 336 Lex Croucher 125087565X Frances 0 to-read 3.40 2022
author: Lex Croucher
name: Frances
average rating: 3.40
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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As the only hedgewitch in Blackthorn, Massachusetts―an uncommonly magical place―Aziza El-Amin has bargained with wood nymphs, rescued palm-sized fairies from house cats, banished flesh-eating shadows from the local park. But when a dark entity awakens in the forest outside of town, eroding the invisible boundary between the human world and fairyland, run-of-the-mill fae mischief turns into outright aggression, and the danger―to herself and others―becomes too great for her to handle alone.

Leo Merritt is no stranger to magical catastrophes. On his sixteenth birthday, a dormant curse kicked in and ripped away all his memories of his true love. A miserable year has passed since then. He's road-tripped up and down the East Coast looking for a way to get his memories back and hit one dead end after another. He doesn't even know his true love's name, but he feels the absence in his life, and it's haunting.

Desperate for answers, he makes a pact with he’ll provide much-needed backup on her nightly patrols, and in exchange, she’ll help him break the curse.

When the creature in the woods sets its sights on them, their survival depends on the aid of a mysterious young necromancer they’re not certain they can trust. But they’ll have to work together to eradicate the new threat and take back their hometown... even if it forces them to uncover deeply buried secrets and make devastating sacrifices.]]> 384 Rochelle Hassan 1250822203 Frances 4 4.00 2023
author: Rochelle Hassan
name: Frances
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/03/21
date added: 2023/03/21
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Because Tyler’s older brother… is her ex-fiance.

After a bit of research, Addie finds that neither Jettersen brother has ever given anyone an interview in all the years they’ve been playing hockey.

No one knows their story.

No one besides Addie, that is.

The only problem– when Addie contacts Tyler for an interview, he says he’ll only do it under one condition…

She has to do the one thing she swore she’d never ever do again…

Talk to Casey Jettersen.

________

Casey Jettersen should’ve been living it up. He’s a veteran NHL player and one of the league's best defensemen.

But he can’t seem to get over the fact that he’s missing the one and only thing he ever wanted in life…

The one person who helped him get where he is today.

The person who’s currently calling him after a decade of silence.]]> 302 S.C. Kate Frances 4 girly 4.00
author: S.C. Kate
name: Frances
average rating: 4.00
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read at: 2023/03/13
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He hadn’t visited his old rink since he left for junior hockey seven years ago, but there’s not much else to do in Northfield, Minnesota with a concussion and broken ankle.

But when he wanders into the Ice League Arena looking for a summer coaching gig, he sees her…

But that wasn’t possible.

She moved to Canada for her figure skating around the same time he left for juniors. He tells himself it’s just his mind playing tricks on him… because all his memories of this place included her.

_______


Coming back home to train at the Ice League wasn’t Claire Kessel’s first choice, but neither was breaking up with her old skating partner.

Her new plan– find a better partner who will help her wrap up her skating career so she can finally start moving on with her life goals.

She knows she needs to stay focused this summer, but unfortunately, all focus goes out the window when she sees him.

She also knows that a better woman would’ve walked away with class… But she can’t stop seven years worth of a grudge from bursting forward.

Because Duke Callahan got the last word seven years ago, and she’d rather die than not get it this time.]]> 308 S.C. Kate Frances 4 girly 3.89
author: S.C. Kate
name: Frances
average rating: 3.89
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After a rough first billeting experience, best friends Nick and Griff have finally rigged it up to live on their own and enjoy playing hockey together.

But when Nick taunts the other team and ropes Griff into yet another fight, their Coach gives them a final ultimatum: Either learn to respect the game by becoming referees at the rink… or get kicked off the team…

That’s how they find themselves reffing a squirt game on a Friday night at the Ice League.

_____

Savannah Callahan’s little brother, Duke, is her best friend. It’s the two of them against the world.

That’s why she takes her job as an older sister seriously and tries to help him with his hockey skills… and with his game temperament. The parents of Duke’s teammates unfortunately call him “a little ball of hate” because he loses his temper and racks up so many penalty minutes…

During Duke’s Friday night game, he gets a breakaway and is making his way to the net when a kid trips him to send him flying toward the goalie on his stomach. Savannah can’t blame him for fighting this time… and she watches through her hands as Duke lands a couple punches on the other kid.

When the refs finally separate the kids, Duke is being dragged by his jersey to the penalty box instead of being given a penalty shot, which is definitely unfair.

Savannah immediately stands up to yell at the refs, but they just shake their heads and look back at her with smirks…

She tries to watch the rest of the game in peace… but she can’t help but notice that the refs keep looking her way…

At first she thinks maybe they were just checking to see if the net in front of her is off…

But nope.

As the play comes down to her end of the ice, she notices blue eyes looking directly at her…]]> 299 S.C. Kate Frances 4 girly 3.90 2022
author: S.C. Kate
name: Frances
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2023/03/10
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TJ was looking forward to inviting another prospective girl to his friends’ upcoming wedding, until they rescinded his plus one.

It isn’t until he’s at the wedding cocktail hour that they enlighten him of the reason behind making him come alone: They think the perfect girl for him is at the wedding.

Only problem- they won’t give him any more details…and he’s stuck holding his friend’s baby because he’s the only one who doesn’t have someone to dance with during the slow songs.
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For the past five years, Ellie has been busy creating a safe and stable life for herself in the beautiful “Up North” Michigan.

During the week, she hones in on her coaching skills as a figure skating instructor at the local Traverse City rink, and on the weekends, she organizes Happily-Ever-Afters as a wedding planner.

Her current wedding for Jules and Greyson Scott is going fantastically well… Until a baby starts scream-crying louder than the DJ’s music.

Ellie knows that if the baby doesn’t stop, the dance floor vibe will be totally ruined.

Her current mission: Get that baby out of the arms of the clueless guy holding him.]]> 310 S.C. Kate Frances 4 girly 3.53
author: S.C. Kate
name: Frances
average rating: 3.53
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It is time to find the way back home.

Returning with her newest poetry book, beloved poet Courtney Peppernell combines storytelling, poetry, and prose in a uniquely inspirational way. Filled with heartfelt anecdotes and insightful messages, The Way Back Home is a tribute to rebuilding our lives after loss. Divided into sections that draw on themes of courage, resilience, purpose, and hope, the collection has Peppernell once again walking us through a redemptive journey of the heart, mind, and soul.
 
Discover what it means to continue forward in life, despite all the challenges we face, to find the way back home.]]> 225 Courtney Peppernell 1524872113 Frances 4 poetry 3.92
author: Courtney Peppernell
name: Frances
average rating: 3.92
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But when he sees the only girl he’s ever loved at the tryout - for her son, no doubt- he rethinks this decision.

Thinking about seeing her in the stands looking down at him with a husband by her side all season long just about kills him.

His urgent mission- find out the kid’s last name and make sure he doesn’t make his team.

———

Getting married to her husband wasn’t her first choice, and neither was ending up a divorcee at 31. But Jules finally escaped the loveless marriage with her new little love - her eight-year-old son Canyon.

Her new plans- move back to her hometown, sign Canyon up for a hockey tryout at her old rink, and create their new life together.

It’s only when she sees familiar handwriting on the tryout sign-in sheet that she questions all of her old and new plans.]]> 220 S.C. Kate Frances 4 girly 3.48 2021
author: S.C. Kate
name: Frances
average rating: 3.48
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2023/03/09
date added: 2023/03/09
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three of today’s bestselling poets, nikita gill, amanda lovelace, & trista mateer come together to weave an empowering tale in their collaborative poetry collection, dragonhearts. through the combination of prose & poetry, the authors use fairy tales & myths to create something that is both timeless & extremely relevant to present-day issues, such as the #MeToo movement, reclaiming your voice, feminism, & the shared power of self-love & solidarity.

this book is a reminder that romantic love does not need to be the main plot of your story. sometimes friendship is.

(inspired by the bonus chapter in the barnes & noble exclusive hardcover of the 2018 goodreads choice award-winning poetry collection, the witch doesn’t burn in this one by amanda lovelace.)]]> 132 Nikita Gill Frances 0 to-read 3.82 2019
author: Nikita Gill
name: Frances
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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He has a heart of ice…but for her, he'd burn the world

A diverse new adult steamy romance from Tiktok sensation and USA Today bestselling author Ana Huang.

Alex Volkov is a devil blessed with the face of an angel and cursed with a past he can't escape.

Driven by a tragedy that has haunted him for most of his life, his ruthless pursuits for success and vengeance leave little room for matters of the heart.

But when he's forced to look after his best friend's sister, he starts to feel something in his chest:

A crack.

A melt.

A fire that could end his world as he knew it.

***

Ava Chen is a free spirit trapped by nightmares of a childhood she can't remember.

But despite her broken past, she's never stopped seeing the beauty in the world...including the heart beneath the icy exterior of a man she shouldn't want.

Her brother's best friend.

Her neighbor.

Her savior and her downfall.

Theirs is a love that was never supposed to happen-but when it does, it unleashes secrets that could destroy them both...and everything they hold dear.

Twisted Love is a contemporary brother's best friend/grumpy sunshine romance. It's book one in the Twisted series but can be read as a standalone.]]> 343 Ana Huang 1728274869 Frances 3 girly 3.68 2021
author: Ana Huang
name: Frances
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2021
rating: 3
read at: 2023/03/06
date added: 2023/03/06
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]]> 60478017 There's nowhere more dangerous than Olympus...and no one more captivating than its golden god: Apollo. Keeper of secrets, master of his shining realm...and the only man I am powerless to deny.

As a disgraced member of a fallen house, Cassandra Gataki has seen firsthand what comes from trusting the venomous Thirteen. But when the maddeningly gorgeous and kind Apollo asks her to go undercover as his plus-one at a week-long party hosted by a dangerous new power player…Cassandra reluctantly agrees to have his back.

On one condition: when it's all over, and Apollo has the ammunition he needs to protect Olympus, she and her sister will be allowed to leave. For good.

Apollo may be the city's official spymaster, but it's his ability to inspire others that keeps him at the top. Despite what the rest of Olympus says, there's no one he trusts more than Cassandra. Yet even as their fake relationship takes a wicked turn for the scaldingly hot, a very real danger surfaces… threatening not only Cassandra and Apollo, but the very heart of Olympus itself.]]> 348 Katee Robert 172825700X Frances 4 girly 3.75 2023
author: Katee Robert
name: Frances
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2023
rating: 4
read at: 2023/03/01
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Cooper Callahan es jugador de hockey en la liga universitaria y quiere abrirse camino como deportista profesional. Siempre ha tenido admiradoras interesadas en algo más que en su destreza en la pista, pero últimamente lleva tanto tiempo sin acostarse con nadie que parece una maldición… El estrés que siente por ello está empezando a afectar a su juego, y eso es precisamente lo que no puede ocurrir si quiere convertirse en el capitán del equipo y entrar en la NHL. Pero, de repente, aparece en escena Penny Ryder, la hija del entrenador. Penny está impaciente por tener más experiencias en el dormitorio, y quiere que Cooper la ayude en eso. Aceptar su oferta implicaría volver a estar relajado en la pista de hielo… pero si el padre de Penny se entera, tendría que renunciar a sus aspiraciones.

Tras una mala experiencia en el pasado, Penny no está preparada para una relación romántica. Sin embargo, siente que ha llegado el momento de volver a la acción en la cama y descubrir todo aquello que lleva tanto tiempo esperando. Cooper Callahan es un buen candidato para una relación sin compromiso, pero resulta ser el defensa estrella del equipo al que entrena su padre. Sin embargo, cuanto mayor es la conexión y la confianza entre ambos, menos quiere Penny que todo se acabe. Sabe que cuando hay amor de por medio, te arriesgas a que te rompan el corazón, pero ¿y si esta vez alcanzan juntos la victoria?]]> 422 Grace Reilly Frances 4 girly 3.70 2022
author: Grace Reilly
name: Frances
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2023/02/23
date added: 2023/02/23
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]]> 81339977 Tutoring the star quarterback in exchange for a few fake dates won’t lead to anything more… right?

James

Football is my everything. I live, eat, breathe the sport. But when I transfer to McKee University to escape the distractions that nearly cost me my future in the NFL, I’m faced with another consequence: retake and pass the writing class I failed at my last college or lose any chance I have at making it big. That’s where fellow senior Beckett Wood—gorgeous, stubborn, and just my type—comes in.

She’s the key to my success in this class… but the price of her help is a fake relationship, and I never do things halfway.

Bex

I don’t mess around with athletes—I’ve already learned that lesson—and at first glance, handsome, self-assured James Callahan is no exception. He wants me to help him pass the writing class we’re both stuck taking, but I’m too busy to take on yet another responsibility. But when his teammate—my cheating ex—won’t leave me alone, I realize I need to convince him I’ve moved on… and what better way than by pretending to be with James, who wants nothing to do with a real relationship?

Yet with every fake kiss, James pulls me deeper into a place that thrills and terrifies me. Why does he make me feel alive like no one else has?

And why don’t I want it to end?]]> 310 Grace Reilly Frances 4 girly 3.55 2022
author: Grace Reilly
name: Frances
average rating: 3.55
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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]]> 54614561 Naomi and Ethan will test the boundaries of love in this provocative romance from the author of the ground-breaking debut, The Roommate.

Naomi Grant has built her life around going against the grain. After the sex-positive start-up she cofounded becomes an international sensation, she wants to extend her educational platform to live lecturing. Unfortunately, despite her long list of qualifications, higher ed won't hire her.

Ethan Cohen has recently received two honors: LA Mag named him one of the city's hottest bachelors and he became rabbi of his own synagogue. Taking a gamble in an effort to attract more millennials to the faith, the executive board hired Ethan because of his nontraditional background. Unfortunately, his shul is low on both funds and congregants. The board gives him three months to turn things around or else they'll close the doors of his synagogue for good.

Naomi and Ethan join forces to host a buzzy seminar series on Modern Intimacy, the perfect solution to their problems--until they discover a new one--their growing attraction to each other. They've built the syllabus for love's latest experiment, but neither of them expected they'd be the ones putting it to the test.]]> 323 Rosie Danan 0593101626 Frances 4 girly 3.57 2021
author: Rosie Danan
name: Frances
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2023/02/22
date added: 2023/02/22
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]]> 53375824 THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLER

“Epic from start to finish.” —Marie Lu, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Warcross

“A brilliant and breathless twist on classic mythology!” —Marissa Meyer, #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Lunar Chronicles

Every seven years, the Agon begins. As punishment for a past rebellion, nine Greek gods are forced to walk the earth as mortals. They are hunted by the descendants of ancient bloodlines, all eager to kill a god and seize their divine power and immortality.

Long ago, Lore Perseous fled that brutal world, turning her back on the hunt’s promises of eternal glory after her family was murdered by a rival line. For years she’s pushed away any thought of revenge against the man—now a god—responsible for their deaths.

Yet as the next hunt dawns over New York City, two participants seek her out: Castor, a childhood friend and first love Lore believed to be dead, and Athena, one of the last of the original gods, now gravely wounded.

The goddess offers an alliance against their mutual enemy and a way to leave the Agon behind forever. But Lore's decision to rejoin the hunt, binding her fate to Athena's, will come at a deadly cost—and it may not be enough to stop the rise of a new god with the power to bring humanity to its knees.

From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Darkest Minds comes a sweepingly ambitious, high-octane tale of power, destiny, love, and redemption.]]> 480 Alexandra Bracken 1484778200 Frances 4 3.73 2021
author: Alexandra Bracken
name: Frances
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2023/02/16
date added: 2023/02/16
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One night, and my entire life went up in flames. All because of him. Jafar. As my world burned around me, he offered me a choice: walk away with nothing but my freedom…or rise to his challenge and win my fortune back.

I bargained.
I lost.

Now Jafar owns me, and even as my mind rails against him, my body loves the delicious punishments he deals out. It's almost enough to believe he cares. But a gilded cage is still a prison, and I'll do anything to obtain my freedom.

Even betray the man who captured my heart.

For all tropes, tags, and CWs, please check the author's website.


SPECIAL LUXE COLLECTOR'S EDITION WITH STAINED EDGES, FULL-COLOR CHARACTER ART, AND MORE.
Rich bonus features include:
Stained edges
Beautiful full-color art insert
Gorgeous additional b&w interior art
Author annotations
Additional scenes
A spicy kink inventory
And more!]]> 230 Katee Robert Frances 0 girly 3.49 2019
author: Katee Robert
name: Frances
average rating: 3.49
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/02/03
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]]> 58939926 Outsiders are always given a choice: the Forest or the lake. Either way, they're never heard from again.

Leelo has spent her entire life on Endla, coexisting with the bloodthirsty Forest and respecting the poisonous lake that protects her island from outsiders who seek to destroy it. But as much as Leelo cares for her community, she struggles to accept that her younger brother will be exiled by his next birthday, unless he gains the magic of enchanted song so vital to Endla.

When Leelo sees a young outsider on the verge of drowning in the lake, she knows exactly what she's supposed to do. But in a moment that will change everything, Leelo betrays her family, her best friend, and Endla by making an unthinkable choice.

Discovery could lead to devastating consequences for both Leelo and the outsider, Jaren, but as they grow closer, Leelo realizes that not all danger comes from beyond the lake—and they can only survive if Leelo is willing to question the very fabric of her society, her people, and herself.]]> 390 Mara Rutherford 133591580X Frances 4 fantasy, magic, owlcrate 3.64 2022
author: Mara Rutherford
name: Frances
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2023/02/01
date added: 2023/02/01
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]]> 59747519 Lambda Literary award winner and national bestselling author Alexandria Bellefleur returns with a steamy Sapphic rom-com about a quiet bookseller and a romance novel cover model who agree to a modern-day marriage-of-convenience...

Tansy Adams’ greatest love is her family’s bookstore, passed down from her late father. But when it comes to actual romance… Tansy can’t get past the first chapter. Tired of her stepfamily’s questions about her love life, Tansy invents Gemma, a fake girlfriend inspired by the stunning cover model on a bestselling book. They’ll never actually meet, so what’s the harm in a little fib? Yet when real-life Gemma crosses Tansy’s path, her white lie nearly implodes.

Gemma van Dalen is a wild child, the outcast of her wealthy family, and now the latest heir to Van Dalen Publishing. But the title comes with one tiny condition: she must be married in order to inherit. When Gemma discovers a beautiful stranger has been pretending to date her for months, she decides to take the charade one step further—and announces their engagement.

Gemma needs a wife to meet the terms of her grandfather’s will and Tansy needs money to save her struggling bookstore. A marriage could be mutually beneficial, if they can fool everyone into thinking it’s a love match. Unexpected sparks fly as Tansy and Gemma play the role of affectionate fiancées, and suddenly the line between convenient arrangement and real feelings begins to blur. But the scheming Van Dalen family won’t give up the company without a fight, and Gemma and Tansy’s newfound happiness might get caught in the fallout…]]> 384 Alexandria Bellefleur 0063258498 Frances 0 to-read 3.93 2023
author: Alexandria Bellefleur
name: Frances
average rating: 3.93
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Dex has never had to work for much in his life, and why should he? Touring with his brothers as The Dueling Kilts is going great, and he always finds a woman at every Faire. But when Lulu proves indifferent to his many plaid charms and a shake-up threatens the fate of the band, Dex must confront something he never has before: his future.

Forced to spend days and nights together on the road, Lulu’s interest in the kilted bad boy grows as he shows her a side of himself no one else has seen. The stresses of her old lifestyle fade away as she learns to trust her intuition and follow her heart instead of her head. But when her time on the road is over, will Lulu go with her gut, or are she and Dex destined for separate paths?

The Renaissance Faire is on the move, and Lulu and Dex are along for the ride, in the next utterly charming rom-com from Jen DeLuca.]]> 305 Jen DeLuca 0593200462 Frances 4 girly 3.75 2022
author: Jen DeLuca
name: Frances
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2023/01/29
date added: 2023/01/29
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]]> 50623864 A life no one will remember. A story you will never forget.

France, 1714: In a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever—and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world. But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name.]]> 448 V.E. Schwab 0765387565 Frances 3 fantasy, magic 4.14 2020
author: V.E. Schwab
name: Frances
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2020
rating: 3
read at: 2023/01/26
date added: 2023/01/26
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Growing up on the moon, Xingyin is accustomed to solitude, unaware that she is being hidden from the feared Celestial Emperor who exiled her mother for stealing his elixir of immortality. But when Xingyin’s magic flares and her existence is discovered, she is forced to flee her home, leaving her mother behind.

Alone, powerless, and afraid, she makes her way to the Celestial Kingdom, a land of wonder and secrets. Disguising her identity, she seizes an opportunity to learn alongside the emperor’s son, mastering archery and magic, even as passion flames between her and the prince.

To save her mother, Xingyin embarks on a perilous quest, confronting legendary creatures and vicious enemies. But when treachery looms and forbidden magic threatens the kingdom, she must challenge the ruthless Celestial Emperor for her dream—striking a dangerous bargain in which she is torn between losing all she loves or plunging the realm into chaos.]]> 503 Sue Lynn Tan 0063031302 Frances 4 4.04 2022
author: Sue Lynn Tan
name: Frances
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2023/01/25
date added: 2023/01/25
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2 CDs. 2 hrs.]]> John Taylor 1408426250 Frances 4 3.75 2010
author: John Taylor
name: Frances
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2010
rating: 4
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What started as a dumpster fire of a blind date turns into a deal.

In truth, it probably didn’t help that I showed up dressed like an elf but that’s a story for another time. Our start was rocky at best which is why it’s so frustrating that I can’t stop thinking about his sexy British accent. Or the way his chest and arms fill out his suit. Or his perfect hair with that single streak of grey at the front.

Santa likes lists and so do I, so here’s all the reasons why Andrew and I aren’t right for each other:

He’s my brother’s best friend
He’s the biggest grump I’ve ever met.
He hates Christmas.

That last one is big for a girl like me who thinks that the entire month of December should be a national holiday. So, when he calls for my help in planning his firm’s holiday party, I can’t pass up the opportunity to grow my small business. Bonus, we make a deal, and he agrees to attend three holiday events with me so I can make him fall in love with Christmas. As if I’d pass up an opportunity to make a Grinch’s heart grow three times its size.

It isn’t long until I discover Andrew has a very real reason to hate Christmas and I start to see him in a different light. That’s when the Christmas miracle begins.]]> 260 Piper Rayne Frances 4 girly 3.59 2022
author: Piper Rayne
name: Frances
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2023/01/10
date added: 2023/01/10
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]]> 57007401 Dating Dr. Dil features a love-phobic TV doctor who must convince a love-obsessed homebody they are destined to be together. 

Kareena Mann dreams of having a love story like her parents, but she prefers restoring her classic car to swiping right on dating apps. When her father announces he’s selling her mother’s home, Kareena makes a deal with him: he’ll gift her the house if she can get engaged in four months. Her search for her soulmate becomes impossible when her argument with Dr. Prem Verma, host of The Dr. Dil Show, goes viral. Now the only man in her life is the one she doesn’t want.

Dr. Prem Verma is dedicated to building a local community health center, but he needs to get donors with deep pockets. The Dr. Dil Show was doing just that, until his argument with Kareena went viral, and he’s left short changed. That’s when Kareena’s meddling aunties presented him with a solution: convince Kareena he’s her soulmate and they’ll fund his clinic.  

Even though they have conflicting views on love-matches and arranged-matches, the more time Prem spends with Kareena, the more he begins to believe she’s the woman he wants to spend the rest of his life with. But for Prem and Kareena to find their happily ever after, they must admit that hate has turned into fate. ]]> 364 Nisha Sharma 0063001101 Frances 4 girly 3.56 2022
author: Nisha Sharma
name: Frances
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2023/01/10
date added: 2023/01/10
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]]> 59949720
Wells has come to Graves Glen to re-establish his family’s connection to the town they founded as well as to make a new life for himself after years of being the dutiful son in Wales. When he opens up a shop of his own, Penhallow’s, just across the street from Something Wicked, he quickly learns he’s gotten more than he bargained for in going up against Gwyn.

When their professional competition leads to a very personal—and very hot—kiss, both Wells and Gwyn are determined to stay away from each other, convinced the kiss was just a magical fluke. But when a mysterious new coven of witches come to town and Gwyn’s powers begin fading, she and Wells must work together to figure out just what these new witches want and how to restore Gwyn’s magic before it’s too late.]]> 309 Erin Sterling 0063027518 Frances 4 3.71 2022
author: Erin Sterling
name: Frances
average rating: 3.71
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2023/01/04
date added: 2023/01/04
shelves: fantasy, faries-nephalim-ect, girly, magic
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]]> 61242426
The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh, opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. But old and new rivals stand in the way of success — not to mention the fact that no one has the faintest idea what coffee actually is.

If Viv wants to put the blade behind her and make her plans a reality, she won't be able to go it alone.

But the true rewards of the uncharted path are the travelers you meet along the way. And whether drawn together by ancient magic, flaky pastry, or a freshly brewed cup, they may become partners, family, and something deeper than she ever could have dreamed.]]> 296 Travis Baldree Frances 5 fantasy, magic 4.00 2022
author: Travis Baldree
name: Frances
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2023/01/01
date added: 2023/01/01
shelves: fantasy, magic
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Na szczęście Caleb Alvarez, nauczyciel lokalnego liceum, a dawniej zastępca szeryfa, ma na to idealne rozwiązanie! Oferuje Layli miesiąc randek bez zobowiązań – on postara się przywrócić jej wiarę w mężczyzn, a tymczasem ona oceni jego umiejętności randkowania. Gwarantuje spotkania bez presji, bez zobowiązań i, przede wszystkim, bez rozczarowań – dla Layli brzmi jak układ idealny! Niestety nie wezmą pod uwagę tego, że do ich planu włączy się coś jeszcze – prawdziwe uczucie. Czy Caleb i Layla zdołają się sobie oprzeć?

Mixed signals to 3. tom serii Lovelight Farms, opowiadającej o perypetiach mieszkańców urokliwego miasteczka Inglewild.]]> 339 B.K. Borison Frances 4 girly 4.15 2022
author: B.K. Borison
name: Frances
average rating: 4.15
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2022/12/28
date added: 2022/12/28
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]]> 60233443 410 B.K. Borison Frances 4 3.99 2022
author: B.K. Borison
name: Frances
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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]]> 61280442 « La nouvelle voix la plus enthousiasmante de la romance. » Hannah Grace, Icebreaker

PROPRIÉTAIRE DE FERME DE NOËL EN DÉTRESSE
CHERCHE FAUX PETIT AMI DISPONIBLE IMMÉDIATEMENT

Une parcelle remplie d’arbres morts. Une famille de ratons laveurs qui a pris d’assaut la grange du père Noël. Des livraisons mystérieusement disparues…
Lovelight Farms est loin d’être le pays des merveilles hivernal dont Stella Bloom rêvait.
Pour sauver sa ferme de sapins de Noël, Stella participe à un concours Instagram organisé par la célèbre influenceuse Evelyn St. James. Avec la couverture médiatique générée et les cent mille dollars à la clé, elle pourrait bien tirer son entreprise de ses ennuis financiers. Un seul problème : pour que Lovelight Farms paraisse être LA destination romantique des fêtes, Stella a indiqué dans son dossier qu’elle codirige l’endroit avec son petit ami. Sauf que… le petit ami en question n’existe pas !
C’est là qu’intervient Luka Peters, son meilleur ami.
Il était juste venu boire un chocolat chaud, et voilà qu’il se retrouve avec une ferme et une petite amie officielle !]]> 416 B.K. Borison Frances 4 girly 3.93 2021
author: B.K. Borison
name: Frances
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2022/12/19
date added: 2022/12/19
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]]> 59345253
Leo Grady knew mirages were a thing in the desert, but they’d barely left civilization when the silhouette of his greatest regret comes into focus in the flickering light of the campfire. Ready to leave the past behind him, Leo wants nothing more than to reconnect with his first and only love. Unfortunately, Lily Wilder is all business, drawing a clear line in the sand: it’s never going to happen.

But when the trip goes horribly and hilariously wrong, the group wonders if maybe the legend of the hidden treasure wasn’t a gimmick after all. There’s a chance to right the wrongs—of Duke’s past and their own—but only if Leo and Lily can confront their history and work together. Alone under the stars in the isolated and dangerous mazes of the Canyonlands, Leo and Lily must decide whether they’ll risk their lives and hearts on the adventure of a lifetime.]]> 384 Christina Lauren 1982173408 Frances 4 girly 3.63 2022
author: Christina Lauren
name: Frances
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2022/12/15
date added: 2022/12/15
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]]> 60114057 From the author of the Goodreads Choice Award winner The Spanish Love Deception, the eagerly anticipated follow-up featuring Rosie Graham and Lucas Martín, who are forced to share a New York apartment.

Rosie Graham has a problem. A few, actually. She just quit her well paid job to focus on her secret career as a romance writer. She hasn’t told her family and now has terrible writer’s block. Then, the ceiling of her New York apartment literally crumbles on her. Luckily she has her best friend Lina’s spare key while she’s out of town. But Rosie doesn’t know that Lina has already lent her apartment to her cousin Lucas, who Rosie has been stalking—for lack of a better word—on Instagram for the last few months. Lucas seems intent on coming to her rescue like a Spanish knight in shining armor. Only this one strolls around the place in a towel, has a distracting grin, and an irresistible accent. Oh, and he cooks.

Lucas offers to let Rosie stay with him, at least until she can find some affordable temporary housing. And then he proposes an outrageous experiment to bring back her literary muse and meet her deadline: He’ll take her on a series of experimental dates meant to jump-start her romantic inspiration. Rosie has nothing to lose. Her silly, online crush is totally under control—but Lucas’s time in New York has an expiration date, and six weeks may not be enough, for either her or her deadline.]]> 410 Elena Armas 1668002779 Frances 4 girly 3.76 2022
author: Elena Armas
name: Frances
average rating: 3.76
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2022/12/15
date added: 2022/12/15
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]]> 60310757 An instant #1 national bestseller—soon to be a major motion picture. #BookTok phenomenon and award-winning author Alex Aster delivers readers a masterfully written, utterly gripping YA fantasy novel

Welcome to the Centennial.

Every 100 years, the island of Lightlark appears to host the Centennial, a deadly game that only the rulers of six realms are invited to play. The invitation is a summons—a call to embrace victory and ruin, baubles and blood.

The Centennial offers the six rulers one final chance to break the curses that have plagued their realms for centuries. Each ruler has something to hide. Each realm’s curse is uniquely wicked. To destroy the curses, one ruler must die.

Isla Crown is the young ruler of Wildling—a realm of temptresses cursed to kill anyone they fall in love with. They are feared and despised, and are counting on Isla to end their suffering by succeeding at the Centennial.

To survive, Isla must lie, cheat, and betray…even as love complicates everything.

Filled with secrets, deception, romance, and twists worthy of the darkest thrillers, The Lightlark Sagais a must-read for fans of legendary fantasy writers Marie Lu, Marissa Meyer, and Leigh Bardugo.]]> 416 Alex Aster Frances 4 3.82 2022
author: Alex Aster
name: Frances
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2022/11/24
date added: 2022/11/24
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]]> 58007262 Indian Matchmaking meets Date Night in this fun, romantic adventure in which a match-made couple about to be engaged gets caught up in a caper that puts their future—and lives—in danger.

At thirty-five, with a stable job as an accountant, Mira Chaudhary wants nothing more than to find a boring man to spend the rest of her life with. Having had enough excitement in her younger days and desperately trying to escape her dysfunctional past, she turns to a matching app specializing in Indian American singles to help her find someone to settle down with.

Enter Naveen Desai. An English professor with an uneventful, normal, and—dare she say it, boring—life, Naveen is perfect.

But just when things are going well, Mira receives news that her aunt has died. Suddenly a trip to Las Vegas to settle her aunt’s affairs turns into a mad dash to escape kidnappers, evade art thieves, and consorting with hackers who can decipher just what it was Mira’s aunt was involved with. Mira just hopes that Naveen isn’t chased away by the very same life of “excitement” that she’s been trying to get away from. But maybe, over the course of one wild night, Mira and Naveen will find the love connection that neither expected.]]> 400 Alisha Rai 0063119463 Frances 4 girly 3.64 2022
author: Alisha Rai
name: Frances
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2022/11/22
date added: 2022/11/22
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]]> 58311939 Brie finds herself caught between two princes and two destinies while the future of the fae realm hangs in the balance.

After Abriella's sister was sold to the fae, she thought life couldn't get any worse. But when she suddenly finds herself caught in a web of lies of her own making ­- loving two princes and trusting neither - things are not quite as clear as she once thought.

As civil war wages in the Court of Darkness, Brie finds herself unable to choose a side. How can she know where she stands when she doesn't even know herself anymore? In this darkly romantic thrill ride, the more Faerie is torn apart from the inside, the clearer it becomes that prophecies don't lie and Brie has a role to play in the fate of this magical realm - whether she likes it or not.]]> 481 Lexi Ryan 0358386586 Frances 4 3.90 2022
author: Lexi Ryan
name: Frances
average rating: 3.90
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2022/11/22
date added: 2022/11/22
shelves: fantasy, faries-nephalim-ect, girly, magic
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]]> 60121411 Cowritten by #1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Murphy and USA Today bestselling author Sierra Simone—a steamy plus-size holiday rom-com about an adult film star who is semi-accidentally cast as a lead in a family-friendly Christmas movie, and the former bad-boy pop star she falls in love with.

Bee Hobbes (aka Bianca Von Honey) has a successful career as a plus-size adult film star. With a huge following and two supportive moms, Bee couldn’t ask for more. But when Bee’s favorite producer casts her to star in a Christmas movie he’s making for the squeaky-clean Hope Channel, Bee’s career is about to take a more family-friendly direction.

Forced to keep her work as Bianca under wraps, Bee quickly learns this is a task a lot easier said than done. Though it all becomes worthwhile when she discovers her co-star is none other than childhood crush Nolan Shaw, an ex-boy band member in desperate need of career rehab. Nolan’s promised his bulldog manager to keep it zipped up on set, and he will if it means he’ll be able to provide a more stable living situation for his sister and mom.

But things heat up quickly in Christmas Notch, Vermont, when Nolan recognizes his new co-star from her ClosedDoors account (oh yeah, he’s a member). Now Bee and Nolan are sneaking off for quickies on set, keeping their new relationship a secret from the Hope Channel’s execs. Things only get trickier when the reporter who torpedoed Nolan’s singing career comes snooping around—and takes an instant interest in mysterious newcomer Bee.

And if Bee and Nolan can’t keep their off-camera romance behind the scenes, then this merry little meet cute might end up on the cutting room floor.]]> 418 Julie Murphy 0063222574 Frances 4 girly 3.30 2022
author: Julie Murphy
name: Frances
average rating: 3.30
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2022/11/21
date added: 2022/11/21
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]]> 2998
Mary Lennox, a spoiled, ill-tempered, and unhealthy child, comes to live with her reclusive uncle in Misselthwaite Manor on England’s Yorkshire moors after the death of her parents. There she meets a hearty housekeeper and her spirited brother, a dour gardener, a cheerful robin, and her wilful, hysterical, and sickly cousin, Master Colin, whose wails she hears echoing through the house at night.

With the help of the robin, Mary finds the door to a secret garden, neglected and hidden for years. When she decides to restore the garden in secret, the story becomes a charming journey into the places of the heart, where faith restores health, flowers refresh the spirit, and the magic of the garden, coming to life anew, brings health to Colin and happiness to Mary.]]> 331 Frances Hodgson Burnett 0517189607 Frances 0 girly 4.17 1911
author: Frances Hodgson Burnett
name: Frances
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1911
rating: 0
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]]> 53369734
In the aftermath of a disastrous holiday party, Ari and Russell decide to team up to solve their bosses’ relationship issues. Between secret gifts and double dates, they start nudging their bosses back together. But their well-meaning meddling backfires when the real chemistry builds between Ari and Russell.

Working closely with Russell means allowing him to get to know parts of herself that Ari keeps hidden from everyone. Will he be able to embrace her dark clouds as well as her clear skies?

A TV meteorologist and a sports reporter scheme to reunite their divorced bosses with unforecasted results in this charming romantic comedy from the author of The Ex Talk.]]> 336 Rachel Lynn Solomon 0593200144 Frances 4 girly 3.58 2022
author: Rachel Lynn Solomon
name: Frances
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2022/11/19
date added: 2022/11/19
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]]> 53422971 From New York Times best-selling author Lexi Ryan, Cruel Prince meets A Court of Thorns and Roses in this sexy, action-packed fantasy about a girl who is caught between two treacherous faerie courts and their dangerously seductive princes.

Brie hates the Fae and refuses to have anything to do with them, even if that means starving on the street. But when her sister is sold to the sadistic king of the Unseelie court to pay a debt, she'll do whatever it takes to get her back—including making a deal with the king himself to steal three magical relics from the Seelie court.

Gaining unfettered access to the Seelie court is easier said than done. Brie's only choice is to pose as a potential bride for Prince Ronan, and she soon finds herself falling for him. Unwilling to let her heart distract her, she accepts help from a band of Unseelie misfits with their own secret agenda. As Brie spends time with their mysterious leader, Finn, she struggles to resist his seductive charm.

Caught between two dangerous courts, Brie must decide who to trust with her loyalty. And with her heart.]]> 448 Lexi Ryan Frances 4 3.93 2021
author: Lexi Ryan
name: Frances
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2022/11/16
date added: 2022/11/16
shelves: fantasy, faries-nephalim-ect, girly, magic
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On the eve of her wedding, a young queen sets out to rescue a princess from an enchantment. She casts aside her fine wedding clothes, takes her chain mail and her sword and follows her brave dwarf retainers into the tunnels under the mountain towards the sleeping kingdom. This queen will decide her own future – and the princess who needs rescuing is not quite what she seems. Twisting together the familiar and the new, this perfectly delicious, captivating and darkly funny tale shows its creators at the peak of their talents.

Lavishly produced, packed with glorious Chris Riddell illustrations enhanced with metallic ink, this is a spectacular and magical gift.]]> 68 Neil Gaiman 1408859645 Frances 4 3.86 2013
author: Neil Gaiman
name: Frances
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2022/11/15
date added: 2022/11/15
shelves: fantasy, faries-nephalim-ect, magic
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]]> 58760656 The Raven Boys meets Ninth House in the most exciting debut of 2022 -- a dark, atmospheric fantasy about a Deaf college student with a peculiar connection to the afterlife.

Delaney Meyers-Petrov is tired of being seen as fragile just because she's Deaf. So when she's accepted into a prestigious program at Godbole University that trains students to slip between parallel worlds, she's excited for the chance to prove herself. But her semester gets off to a rocky start as she faces professors who won't accommodate her disability, and a pretentious upperclassman fascinated by Delaney's unusual talents.

Colton Price died when he was nine years old. Quite impossibly, he woke several weeks later at the feet of a green-eyed little girl. Now, twelve years later, Delaney Meyers-Petrov has stumbled back into his orbit, but Colton's been ordered to keep far away from the new girl... and the voices she hears calling to her from the shadows.

Delaney wants to keep her distance from Colton -- she seems to be the only person on campus who finds him more arrogant than charming -- yet after a Godbole student turns up dead, she and Colton are forced to form a tenuous alliance, plummeting down a rabbit-hole of deeply buried university secrets. But Delaney and Colton discover the cost of opening the doors between worlds when they find themselves up against something old and nameless, an enemy they need to destroy before it tears them -- and their forbidden partnership -- apart.]]> 387 Kelly Andrew 1338809490 Frances 4 owlcrate, fantasy, magic 3.57 2022
author: Kelly Andrew
name: Frances
average rating: 3.57
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2022/11/15
date added: 2022/11/15
shelves: owlcrate, fantasy, magic
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]]> 9571478 374 Julia Quinn 006149190X Frances 4 girly 3.89 2011
author: Julia Quinn
name: Frances
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2011
rating: 4
read at: 2022/11/15
date added: 2022/11/15
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]]> 33724 374 Sophie Kinsella 0440241901 Frances 3 girly 3.82 2003
author: Sophie Kinsella
name: Frances
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2003
rating: 3
read at: 2022/11/14
date added: 2022/11/14
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]]> 59656260 Strong female friendships and a snappy enemies-to-lovers theme take center stage in this highly anticipated romantic comedy from the USA Today bestselling author of The Dating Playbook.

Successful pediatric surgeon London Kelley just needs to find some balance and de-stress. According to her friends Samiah and Taylor, what London really needs is a casual hookup. A night of fun with no strings. But no one—least of all London—expected it to go down at her high school reunion with Drew Sullivan, millionaire, owner of delicious abs, and oh yes, her archnemesis.

Now London is certain the road to hell is paved with good sex. Because she’s found out the real reason Drew’s back in Austin: to decide whether her beloved hospital remains open. Worse, Drew is doing everything he can to show her that he’s a decent guy who actually cares. But London’s not falling for it. Because while sleeping with the enemy is one thing, falling for him is definitely not part of the plan.]]> 368 Farrah Rochon 1538716682 Frances 4 girly 3.80 2022
author: Farrah Rochon
name: Frances
average rating: 3.80
book published: 2022
rating: 4
read at: 2022/11/10
date added: 2022/11/10
shelves: girly
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]]> 55919760 When a personal trainer agrees to fake date her client, all rules are out the window in this "fun, heartfelt, and totally relatable" romantic comedy named one of the best of the year by USA Today, NPR, and Entertainment Weekly (Abby Jimenez, NYT bestselling author of Life's Too Short).When it comes to personal training, Taylor Powell kicks serious butt. Unfortunately, her bills are piling up, rent is due, and the money situation is dire. Taylor needs more than the support of her new best friends, Samiah and London. She needs a miracle.And Jamar Dixon might just be it. The oh-so-fine former footballer wants back into the NFL, and he wants Taylor to train him. There's just one catch—no one can know what they're doing. But when they're accidentally outed as a couple, Taylor's game plan is turned completely upside down. Is Jamar just playing to win . . . or is he playing for keeps?USA Today Best Rom-Coms of 2021NPR Best Romances of 2021Kirkus Best Romances of the YearVulture Best Romances of 2021SheReads Best of the Year nominee – Romance ]]> 368 Farrah Rochon Frances 4 girly 3.70 2021
author: Farrah Rochon
name: Frances
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2021
rating: 4
read at: 2022/11/09
date added: 2022/11/09
shelves: girly
review:

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