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<i>Cinderella's Inferno (Cinderella Necromancer #2)<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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To appease his father, William has begun to avoid her. But when even her younger brother Edward grows distant, Ellison learns her mother’s spirit has been visiting Edward in secret, threatening to overwhelm him with her own loneliness and longing. When Ellison accidentally touches her mother’s spirit, her tainted touch condemns her mother’s spirit to eternal damnation.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>I loved the first book, Cinderella's Necromancer, and I was so excited to read the sequel! I was not disappointed. I loved how dark this retelling of Cinderella is. I think it is a unique and interesting take on a Cinderella retelling I love the writing and all the twists! You really need to read this book, I really enjoyed it!</b></div>
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F.M. Boughan is a bibliophile, a writer, and an unabashed parrot enthusiast.
She can often be found writing in local coffee shops, namely because it’s hard
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<strong>Magic Harvest </strong><br /><strong>Mary Karlik </strong><br />Published by: Ink Monster LLC<br />Publication date: September 18th 2018 <br />Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult<br />
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<strong>Young fae girls are disappearing. </strong><br />
Layla has never belonged to the fairy realm – at least, half of her hasn’t. She’s never known anyone with human blood, not even her father. When she was three, the dragon Fauth attacked the fairy festival, murdering her fae mum & stepfather. Frankly, some fairies think she should’ve been eaten too.<br />
As she grew, despite being called names like “fuman” for being a half-blood, she’s discovered that being half-human isn’t terrible. She may lack magic, but she is immune to iron sickness, and she can wield a sword with elven skill.<br />
<strong> Magic in the human world is disastrous. </strong><br />
Sixteen years later, when Layla’s half-sister is kidnapped and taken through a portal to the forbidden human realm, Layla rushes to the rescue. She’s older and stronger, and she’s not about to let her last living family member be taken from her without a fight.<br />
<strong>Only someone who belongs to both worlds can find the truth. </strong><br />
The portal spits her out in the Royal Mile in Edinburgh, but neither her sister or the kidnapper are anywhere to be found. Stuck in a world she only knows from school books, Layla forges unlikely alliances to find her sister. As she becomes tangled in the dark world of fairy trafficking, magic harvesting, and murder, Layla will have to find the strength within if she is to survive and save her sister.</blockquote>
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<span class="s1">Mary Karlik has always been a dreamer. When she was a teen, she read <i>The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe</i>, and then sat in every wardrobe in her Nanna's home, trying to open the door to Narnia. She didn't find it, but she did discover her voice as an author: one filled with her young adult self, and grounded in her roots as a Texan and her Scottish heritage, nourished by obscure Scottish folklore. </span></div>
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Hauntedbybookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09605169855980990775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112132503889880826.post-20120128605515914372018-05-27T00:30:00.000-04:002018-05-27T00:30:04.764-04:00Moonlight And Midtown by Christina Bauer blitz <div style="margin: 0 auto 15px; text-align: center;">
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<strong>Moonlight And Midtown </strong><br />
<strong>Christina Bauer </strong><br />
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Published by: Monster House Books<br />
Publication date: May 27th 2018<br />
Genres: Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Young Adult<br />
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After battling werewolves and evil aunties, Bryar Rose is ready to enjoy her new life. No more crazy aunties. Her curse is toast. And Bry’s new man, Knox, is literally a dream come true. Best of all, Bry will soon attend a regular high school. Forget those sketchy tutors! To get ready, Bry is dedicating the rest of her summer to some serious back-to-school shopping with her best friend, Elle. It’s a blast, except for one thing:</div>
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But Bry’s having none of it. Enough of her life has already been ruined by secrets. With Elle’s help, Bry plans to confront these strangers, find out what they want, and send them packing. Trouble is, the truth about their identity won’t be so easy to manage, especially when Bry finds out how these stalkers could change her future with Knox…and not for the better.</div>
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***An interim novella between WOLVES AND ROSES and SHIFTERS AND GLYPHS***</div>
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The Fairy Tales of the Magicorum series includes WOLVES AND ROSES (Book 1), MOONLIGHT AND MIDTOWN (Novella 1.5) and SHIFTERS AND GLYPHS (Book 2, Fall 2018). Eight full novels are planned in total.</div>
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“That’s why packs have Alphas,” says Knox. “You need to set her loose, and then, let her attack me.”<br />
Every inch of my body goes on alert. “Attack you? Why?”<br />
“Your wolf has been through a lot. Ritual fighting is how wolves work out their place in the pack. Your wolf needs a firm hand.”<br />
I stare at my palm. “Firm hand?”<br />
“I’m not talking about physical power here. I’m talking magic. My power is Alpha energy, but you’ve got your own magic. Once I subdue your wolf, I think you’ll get the idea.”<br />
My head feels woozy. “Ritual combat? Really?”<br />
“Yes. Release your wolf and attack me. Now.”<br />
I hug my elbows. “I’m not sure. If I’m patient, my inner wolf might just calm down on her own.”<br />
“That’s not how wolves work, even when they aren’t of the magical variety. And a werewolf? Our animals are far more intense. I’m your Alpha, and if I let this go on for one more minute, I’m putting you at risk.”<br />
Something in his tone sets my nerves on edge. “Meaning?”<br />
“Your wolf will go feral. When it happens, it’s fast and intense. Your wolf will take over and you’ll disappear.”<br />
I suck in a shaky breath. “She wouldn’t.”<br />
My wolf’s voice sounds in my head. “<em>We will run! I demand we shift NOW!</em>”<br />
That manic tone to her voice is now higher than ever before. Every inch of my body trembles with the urge to shift. I reply to my wolf in my mind.<br />
“<em>Didn’t you hear what Knox said?</em>” Normally, my wolf can’t help but listen in on most of my conversations. “<em>Our mate thinks you’re going feral.</em>”<br />
“<em>Mate?</em>” The manic tone to her voice hikes up an octave. “<em>We have no mate. All we have is the need to run.</em>”<br />
A chill runs up my spine. “<em>You don’t remember our mate?</em>”<br />
“<em>No mate! Run, now!</em>”<br />
My blood chills. No matter what happens, my wolf always knows her mate. In fact, my usual complaint is that she won’t shut up about him.<br />
This is really happening. My wolf is going feral.<br />
All of a sudden, it’s like I can’t pull in enough air. “You’re right. My inner wolf is losing her mind.”<br />
“Hey, I won’t let that happen.” Knox rests his hands on my shoulders. “Breathe, Bry.”<br />
It takes serious concentration, but I slow my racing pulse a little. “Okay.”<br />
“Now, you need to set your wolf loose and trust me. Can you do that, yeah?”<br />
“I can try.”<br />
“Good.” Knox pulls off his dress shirt over his head and tosses it aside. “Set her loose.”<br />
Normally, the urge to shift is a constant tug of war between me and my wolf. Most times, all it takes is for me to stop fighting the urge to shift. After that, I turn furry. So that’s what I do now—I drop my guard and let my wolf take over.<br />
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</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Princess Raya of Paruth lived alone on a deserted island in a towering lighthouse, forgotten by time. With only a loyal albatross as a friend, she had little hope or joy in her life until he washed up on her shore in the middle of a raging winter storm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Claire Legrand is the author of several novels for children and young adults, most notably <i>The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls</i>, <i>Some Kind of Happiness</i>, and <i> Winterspell</i>. Claire lives in Princeton, New Jersey. Visit <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://claire-legrand.com&source=gmail&ust=1527042368097000&usg=AFQjCNGr5U62wH59LZMV3rPHvmozLegjqA" href="http://claire-legrand.com/" target="_blank">claire-legrand.com</a>.<u></u><u></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“Lord Commander Dardenne came to me in the middle of the night, his daughter in his arms. They smelled of fire; their clothes were singed. He could hardly speak. I had never seen the man afraid before. He thrust Rielle into my arms and said, ‘Help us. Help her. Don’t let them take her from me.’”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">—Testimony of Grand Magister Taliesin Belounnon, on Lady Rielle Dardenne’s involvement in the Boon Chase massacreApril 29, Year 998 of the Second Age<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Rielle Dardenne hurried into Tal’s office and dropped the sparrow’s message onto his desk.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“Princess Runa is dead,” she announced.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">She wouldn’t describe her mood as <span class="m_8214933528188693880i">excited</span> exactly, but her own kingdom, Celdaria, and their northeastern neighbor, Borsvall, had lived in a state of tension for so many decades that it was hardly noteworthy when, say, a Celdarian merchant ship sank off Borsvall’s coast or patrols came to blows near the border.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">But a murdered Borsvall princess? That was news. And Rielle wanted to dissect every piece of it.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Tal let out a sigh, set down his pen, and dragged his ink-smudged hands through his messy blond hair. The polished golden flame pinned to his lapel winked in the sunlight.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“Perhaps,” Tal suggested, turning a look on Rielle that was not quite disapproval and not quite amusement, “you should consider looking less thrilled about a princess’s murder?”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">She slid into the chair across from him. “I’m not happy about it or anything. I’m simply intrigued.” Rielle pulled the slip of paper back across the desk and read over the inked words once more. “So you do think it was assassination? Audric thinks so.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“Promise me you won’t do anything stupid today, Rielle.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">She smiled sweetly at him. “When have I ever done anything stupid?”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">He quirked an eyebrow. “The city guard is on high alert. I want you here, safe in the temple, in case anything happens.” He took the message from her, scanning its contents. “How did you get this, anyway? No, wait. I know. Audric gave it to you.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Rielle stiffened. “Audric keeps me informed. He’s a good friend. Where’s the harm in that?”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“If you have something to say to me,” she snapped, color climbing up her cheeks, “then just say it. Or else let’s begin our lesson.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Tal watched her a moment longer, then turned to pick up four enormous books sitting on the shelf behind him.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“Here,” he said, ignoring the mutinous expression on her face. “I’ve marked some passages for you to read. Today will be devoted to quiet study. And I’ll test you later, so don’t even think about skimming.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Rielle narrowed her eyes at the book on the top of the stack. “<span class="m_8214933528188693880i">A Concise History of the Second Age, Volume I: The Aftermath of the Angelic Wars</span>.” She made a face. “This hardly looks concise.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“It’s all a matter of perspective,” he said, returning to the papers on his desk.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Rielle’s favorite place in Tal’s office was the window seat overlooking the main temple courtyard. It was piled high with scarlet cushions lined in gold piping, and when she sat there, dangling her legs out into the sun, she could almost forget that there was an enormous world beyond the temple and her city—a world she would never see.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">She settled by the window, kicked off her boots, hiked up her heavy lace-trimmed skirts, and rested her bare feet on the sill. The spring sunlight washed her legs in warmth, and soon she was thinking of how Audric blossomed on bright, sun-filled days like this one. How his skin seemed to glow and crackle, begging to be touched.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Tal cleared his throat, breaking her focus.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Tal knew her far too well.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">She cracked open <span class="m_8214933528188693880i"> A Concise History</span>, took one look at the tiny, faded text, and imagined tossing the book out the window and into the temple courtyard, where citizens were filing in for morning prayers—to pray that the riders they had wagered upon in today’s race would win, no doubt. Every temple in the capital would be full of such eager souls, not just there in the Pyre—Tal’s temple, where citizens worshipped Saint Marzana the firebrand—but in the House of Light and the House of Night as well and the Baths and the Firmament, the Forge and the Holdfast. Whispered prayers in all seven temples, to all seven saints and their elements.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span class="m_8214933528188693880i"><span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Wasted prayers</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">, thought Rielle with a slight, sharp thrill. <span class="m_8214933528188693880i">The other racers will look like children on ponies compared to me.</span><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">She flipped through a few pages, biting the inside of her lip until she felt calm enough to speak. “I’ve heard many in the Borsvall court are blaming Celdaria for Runa’s death. We wouldn’t do such a thing, would we?”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Tal’s pen scratched across his paper. “Certainly not.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“But it doesn’t matter if it’s true or not, does it? If King Hallvard’s councils convince him that we killed his daughter, he will declare war at last.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Tal dropped his pen with a huff of annoyance. “I’m not going to get any work done today, am I?”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif; letter-spacing: -.15pt;">Rielle swallowed her grin. <span class="m_8214933528188693880i">If only you knew how true that is, dearest Tal.</span><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“I’m sorry if I have questions about the political climate of our country,” she said. “Does that fall under the category of things we’re <span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;">not allowed to discuss, lest my poor vulnerable brain shatter from the </span>stress?”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">A smile twitched at the corner of Tal’s mouth. “Borsvall might declare war, yes.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“You don’t seem concerned about this possibility.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“I find it unlikely. We’ve been on the edge of war with Borsvall for decades, and yet it has never happened. And it <span class="m_8214933528188693880i">will</span> never happen, because the Borsvall people may be warmongers, but King Hallvard is neither healthy nor stupid. We would flatten his army. He can’t afford a war with anyone, much less with Celdaria.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“Audric said…” Rielle hesitated. A twist of unease slipped down her throat. “Audric said he thinks Princess Runa’s death, and the slave rebellion in Kirvaya, means it’s time. That the Queens are coming.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Silence fell over the room like a shroud.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“Audric has always been fascinated with the prophecy,” Tal said, his voice deceptively calm. “He’s been looking for signs of the Queens’ coming for years.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“He sounds rather convinced this time.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“A slave rebellion and a dead princess are hardly enough to—”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif; letter-spacing: -.1pt;">“But I heard Grand Magister Duval talking about how there have been storms across the ocean in Meridian,” she pressed on, searching his face. “Even as far as Ventera and Astavar. Strange storms, out of season.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Tal blinked. <span class="m_8214933528188693880i"> Ah</span>, thought Rielle. <span class="m_8214933528188693880i">You didn’t know that, did you?</span><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“Storms do occur out of season from time to time,” Tal said. “The empirium works in mysterious ways.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Rielle curled her fingers in her skirts, taking comfort in the fact that soon she would be in her riding trousers and boots, her collar open to the breeze.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">She would be on the starting line.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“The report I read,” she continued, “said that a dust storm in southern Meridian had shut down the entire port of Morsia for days.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“Audric needs to stop showing you every report that comes across his desk.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“Audric didn’t show me anything. I found this one myself.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Tal raised an eyebrow. “You mean you snuck into his office when he wasn’t there and went through his papers.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Rielle’s cheeks grew hot. “I was looking for a book I’d left behind.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“Indeed. And what would Audric say if he knew you’d been in his office without his permission?”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“He wouldn’t care. I’m free to come and go as I please.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Tal closed his eyes. “Lady Rielle, you can’t just visit the crown prince’s private rooms day and night as though it’s nothing. You’re not children anymore. And you are not his fiancée.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Rielle lost her breath for an instant. “I’m well aware of that.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Tal waved a hand and rose from his chair, effectively ending all talk of the prophecy and its Queens.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“The city is crowded today—and unpredictable,” he said, walking across the room to pour himself another cup of tea. “Word is spreading about Princess Runa’s death. In such a climate, the empirium can behave in similarly unpredictable ways. Perhaps we should begin a round of prayers to steady our minds. Amid the chaos of the world, the burning flame serves as an anchor, binding us in peace to the empirium and to God.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Rielle glared at him. “Don’t use your magister voice, Tal. It makes you sound old.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif; letter-spacing: -.2pt;">He sighed, took a sip of his tea. “I am old. And grumpy, thanks to you.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“Thirty-two is hardly old, especially to already be Grand Magister of the Pyre.” She paused. She would need to proceed carefully. “I wouldn’t be surprised if you were appointed as the next Archon. Surely, with someone as talented as you beside me, I could safely watch the Chase from your box—”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“Don’t try to flatter me, Lady Rielle.” His eyes sparked at her. There was the Tal she liked—the ferocious firebrand, not the pious teacher. “It isn’t safe for you out there right now, not to mention dangerous for everyone else if something set you off and you lost control.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Rielle slammed shut <span class="m_8214933528188693880i"> A Concise History</span> and rose from the window seat. “Damn you, Tal.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“Not in the temple, please,” Tal admonished over the rim of his cup.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif; letter-spacing: -.05pt;">“I’m not a child. Do you really think I don’t know better by now?” Her voice turned mocking. “‘Rielle, let’s say a prayer together to calm you.’ ‘Rielle, let’s sing a song about Saint Katell the Magnificent to take your mind off things.’ ‘No, Rielle, you can’t go to the masque. You might forget yourself. You might have fun, God forbid.’ If Father had his way, I’d stay locked up for the rest of my life with my nose buried in a book or on my knees in prayer, whipping myself every time I had a stray angry thought. Is that the kind of life you would like for me too?”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Tal watched her, unmoved. “If it meant you were safe and that others were safe as well? Yes, I would.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“Kept under lock and key like some criminal.” A familiar, frustrated feeling rose within her; she pushed it back down with a vengeance. She would not lose control, not today of all days.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif; letter-spacing: -.1pt;">“Do you know,” she said, her voice falsely bright, “that when it storms, Father takes me down to the servants’ quarters and gives me dumbwort? It puts me to sleep, and he locks me up and leaves me there.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">After a pause, Tal answered, “Yes.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“I used to fight him. He would hold me down and slap me, pinch my nose shut until I couldn’t breathe and had to open my mouth. Then he would shove the vial between my lips and make me drink, and I would spit it up, but he would keep forcing me to drink, whispering to me everything I’d ever done wrong, and right in the middle of yelling how much I hated him, I would fall asleep. And when I would wake up, the storm would be over.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">A longer pause. “Yes,” Tal answered softly. “I know.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“He thinks storms are too provocative for me. They give me <span class="m_8214933528188693880i">ideas</span>, he says.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Tal cleared his throat. “That was my fault.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“I know.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“But the medicine, that was his suggestion.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif; letter-spacing: -.15pt;">She gave him a withering look. “And did you try to talk him out of it?”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">He did not answer, and the patience on his face left her seething.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“I don’t fight him anymore,” she said. “I hear a crack of thunder and go below without him even asking me to. How pathetic I’ve become.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“Rielle…” Tal sighed, shook his head. “Everything I could say to you, I’ve said before.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">She approached him, letting the loneliness she typically hid from him—from everyone—soften her face. <span class="m_8214933528188693880i">Come, good Magister Belounnon. Pity your sweet Rielle.</span> He broke first, looking away from her. Something like sorrow shifted across his face, and his jaw tightened.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span class="m_8214933528188693880i"><span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Good.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times",serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“He’d let me sleep through life if he could,” she said.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“He loves you, Rielle. He worries for you.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Heat snapped at Rielle’s fingertips, growing along with her anger. With a stubborn stab of fury, she let it come. She knew she shouldn’t, that an outburst would only make it more difficult to sneak away, but suddenly she could not bring herself to care.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span class="m_8214933528188693880i"><span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">He loves you, Rielle.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times",serif;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">A father who loved his daughter would not make her his prisoner.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">She seized one of the candles from Tal’s desk and watched with grim satisfaction as the wick burst into a spitting, unruly flame. As she stared at it, she imagined her fury as a flooding river, steadily spilling over its banks and feeding the flame in her hands.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">The flame grew—the size of a pen, a dagger, a sword. Then every candle followed suit, a forest of fiery blades.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Tal rose from his desk and picked up the handsome polished shield from its stand in the corner of the room. Every elemental who had ever lived—every waterworker and windsinger, every shadowcaster and every firebrand like Tal—had to use a casting, a physical object uniquely forged by their own hands, to access their power. Their singular power, the one element they could control.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">But not Rielle.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">She needed no casting, and fire was not the only element that obeyed her.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">All of them did.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Tal stood behind her, one hand holding his shield, the other hand resting gently on her own. As a child, back when she had still thought she loved Tal, such touches had thrilled her.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Now she seriously considered punching him.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“In the name of Saint Marzana the Brilliant,” Tal murmured, “we offer this prayer to the flames, that the empirium might hear our plea and grant us strength: Fleet-footed fire, blaze not with fury or abandon. Burn steady and true, burn clean and burn bright.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Rielle bit down on harsh words. How she hated praying. Every familiar word felt like a new bar being added to the cage her father and Tal had crafted for her.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">The room began to shake—the inkwell on Tal’s desk, the panes of glass in the open window, Tal’s half-finished cup of tea.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“Rielle?” Tal prompted, shifting his shield. In his body behind her, she felt a rising hot tension as he prepared to douse her fire with his own power. Despite her best efforts, the concern in his voice caused her a twinge of remorse. He meant well, she knew. He wanted, desperately, for her to be happy.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Unlike her father.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">So Rielle bowed her head and swallowed her anger. After all, what she was about to do might turn Tal against her forever. She could allow him this small victory.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“Blaze not with fury or abandon,” she repeated, closing her eyes. She imagined setting aside every scrap of emotion, every sound, every thought, until her mind was a vast field of darkness—except for the tiny spot of light that was the flame in her hands.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Then she allowed the darkness to seep across the flame as well and was left alone in the cool, still void of her mind.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">The room calmed.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Tal’s hand fell away.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Rielle listened as he returned his shield to its stand. The prayer had scraped her clean, and in the wake of her anger she felt…nothing. A hollow heart and an empty head.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">When she opened her eyes, they were dry and tired. She wondered bitterly what it would be like to live without a constant refrain of prayers in her thoughts, warning her against her own feelings.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">The temple bells chimed eleven times; Rielle’s pulse jumped. Any moment now, she would hear Ludivine’s signal.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">She turned toward the window. No more prayers, no more reading. Every muscle in her body surged with energy. She wanted to<span class="m_8214933528188693880i"> ride</span>.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“I’d rather be dead than live as my father’s prisoner,” she said at last, unable to resist that last petulant stab.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“Dead like your mother?”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Rielle froze. When she faced Tal, he did not look away. She had not expected that cruelty. From her father, yes, but never from Tal.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">The memory of long-ago flames blazed across her vision.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“Did Father instruct you to bring that up if I got out of hand?” she asked, keeping her voice flat and cool. “What with the Chase and all.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“Yes,” Tal answered, unflinching.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“Well, I’m happy to tell you I’ve only killed the one time. You needn’t worry yourself.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">After a moment, Tal turned to straighten the books on his desk. “This is as much for your safety as it is for everyone else’s. If the king discovered we’d been hiding the truth of your power all these years…You know what could happen. Especially to your father. And yet he does it because he loves you more than you’ll ever understand.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Rielle laughed sharply. “That isn’t reason enough to treat me like this. I’ll never forgive him for it. Someday, I’ll stop forgiving you too.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“I know,” Tal said, and at the sadness in his voice, Rielle nearly took pity on him.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">But then a great crash sounded from downstairs, and an unmistakable cry of alarm.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Ludivine.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Tal gave Rielle that familiar look he so often had—when she had, at seven, overflowed their pool at the Baths; when he had found her, at fifteen, the first time she snuck out to Odo’s tavern. That look of <span class="m_8214933528188693880i">What did I do to deserve such trials?</span><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Rielle gazed innocently back at him.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“Stay here,” he ordered. “I mean it, Rielle. I appreciate your frustration—truly, I do—but this is about more than the injustice of you feeling bored.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Rielle returned to the window seat, hoping her expression appeared suitably abashed.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“I love you, Tal,” she said, and the truth of that was enough to make her hate herself a little.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“I know,” he replied. Then he threw on his magisterial robe and swept out the door.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“Magister, it’s Lady Ludivine,” came a panicked voice from the hallway—one of Tal’s young acolytes. “She’d only just arrived in the chapel, my lord, when she turned pale and collapsed. I don’t know what happened!”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“Summon my healer,” Tal instructed, “and send a message to the queen. She’ll be in her box at the starting line. Tell her that her niece has taken ill and will not be joining her there.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Stay here?<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Not a chance.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif; letter-spacing: -.15pt;">She hurried through the sitting room outside Tal’s office and into the temple’s red-veined marble hallways, where embroidered flourishes of shimmering flames lined the plush carpets. The temple entryway, its parquet floor polished to a sheen of gold, was a flurry of activity as worshippers, acolytes, and servants hurried across to the peaked chapel doors.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“It’s Lady Ludivine,” a young acolyte whispered to her companion as Rielle passed. “Apparently she’s taken ill.”<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Rielle grinned, imagining everyone fussing over poor Ludivine, tragically lovely and faint on the temple floor. Ludivine would enjoy the attention—and the reminder that she had the entire capital held like a puppet on its master’s strings.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Even so, Rielle would owe her a tremendous favor after this.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Whatever it was, it would be more than worth it.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">Ludivine’s horse stood next to her own just outside the temple, held by a young stable hand who seemed on the verge of panic. He recognized Rielle and sagged with relief.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“Pardon me, Lady Rielle, but is Lady Ludivine all right?” he asked.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">“Haven’t the faintest,” Rielle replied, swinging up into the saddle. Then she snapped the reins, and her mare bolted down the main road that led from the Pyre into the heart of the city, hooves clattering against the cobblestones. A tumbled array of apartments and temple buildings rose around them—gray stone walls engraved with scenes of the capital city’s creation, rounded roofs of burnished copper, slender columns wrapped in flowering ivy, white fountains crowned with likenesses of the seven saints in prayer. So many visitors had come from all over the world to Âme de la Terre for the Chase that the cool spring air now pressed thick and close. The city smelled of sweat and spices, hot horse and hot coin.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">As Rielle tore down the road, the crowd parted in alarm on either side of her, shouting angry curses until they realized who she was and fell silent. She guided her mare through the twisting streets and made for the main city gates, her body pulled tight with nerves.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times",serif;">She would compete in the Boon Chase, as any citizen was free to do, and prove to her father that she could control herself, even when her life was in danger and the eyes of the entire city were upon her.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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Cheerleader Layla and football player Tyler are complete opposites. She thinks he’s the biggest jerk in school and he thinks she’s too high on her horse to even be worth a second glance. When the two of them are near one another, sparks fly in all the wrong directions. They can hardly endure speaking, let alone dating.<br />
But when Layla unknowingly sends Tyler a smack-down text meant for the girl sending naked photos to her then-boyfriend, Adam, Tyler has no idea it’s Layla and decides to play along. After all, Tyler cannot resist messing with the pissed off girl firing off texts about junk pictures, cheating, and girl code.<br />
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You’d think a girl with the most romantic name in the world would have her pick of boyfriends.<br />
But Valentine’s Day sucks when you’re single. Just ask Juliet Valentine, whose last name happens to also be the name of the most dreaded made-up holiday ever.<br />
A romantic at heart, this year is especially hard on Juliet. Her sister, Layla, is in a new relationship, her mom’s match-making business is doing great, and her school’s new fundraiser is “Love-Grams.”<br />
Juliet’s miserable, a little jealous, and lonely.<br />
Quarterback Jared Black is the most popular guy in school. A star athlete, Jared tops the most-eligible bachelor list year after year. But to Juliet Valentine, he’s all but invisible. She isn’t impressed.<br />
Jared’s never had to work hard to get the attention of a girl before. Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, and he’s determined to ask Juliet out. After all, if Tyler can win over Layla, Jared ought to have a shot with Layla’s sister.<br />
Unlike Tyler and Layla, charm, flattery and good looks won’t work on Juliet. So with the V-Day dance coming up, Jared uses the school’s Love-Grams to let Juliet know how he feels. Should be simple enough, right?<br />
Wrong. Each attempt ends up either in the trash or thrown in someone’s face. Juliet won’t play his game.<br />
Now, without a date to the dance Jared realizes it’s going to take a Hail Mary to win the girl of his dreams.</blockquote>
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Natalie Decker is the author of RIVAL LOVE series and the Scandalous Boys series. She loves oceans, sunsets, sand between her toes, and carefree days. Her imagination is always going, which some find odd. But she believes in seeing the world in a different light at all times. Her first passion for writing started at age twelve when she had to write a poem for English class. However, seventh grade wasn't her favorite time and books were her source of comfort. She took all college prep classes in High school, and attended the University of Akron. Although she studied Mathematics she never lost her passion for writing or her comfort in books. She's a mean cook in the kitchen, loves her family and friends and her awesome dog infinity times infinity. If she's not writing, reading, traveling, hanging out with her family and friends, then she's off having an adventure. Because Natalie believes in a saying: Your life is your own journey, so make it amazing!<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Title:</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"> POWER OF FIVE<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Author: </span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Alex Lidell<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Pub. Date:</span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"> May 4, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">Four elite fae warriors. One mortal female. A magical bond they can’t allow—or resist. </span></b><span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><br />Orphaned and sold to a harsh master, Lera’s life is about mucking stalls, avoiding her master’s advances, and steering clear of the mystical forest separating the mortal and fae worlds. Only fools venture into the immortal realms, and only dark rumors come out... Until four powerful fae warriors appear at Lera’s barn. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><br />River, Coal, Tye, and Shade have waited a decade for their new fifth to be chosen, the wounds from their quint brother’s loss still raw. But the magic has played a cruel trick, bonding the four immortal warriors to... a female. A mortal female. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><br />Distractingly beautiful and dangerously frail, Lera can only be one thing—a mistake. Yet as the males bring Lera back to the fae lands to sever the bond, they discover that she holds more power over their souls than is safe for anyone... especially for Lera herself. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">I was really excited to read the Power of Five! I love fantasy and romance and I was curious about the fact that it's a reverse harem. I really enjoyed the Power of Five. I thought it was well written and the world building was good. Also I really enjoyed the magic in the book. I really liked how the characters developed throughout the story. There is also plenty of romance and insta-love. It doesn't bother me but I know some people dislike it. I recommend this book if you like fanatasy and romance and a reverse harem.</span></div>
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<strong>The Sign of the Serpent </strong><br /><strong>Majanka Verstraete </strong><br />(The Adventures of Marisol Holmes, #2)<br />Published by: Monster House Books<br />Publication date: December 4th 2018<br />Genres: Paranormal, Young Adult<br />
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Meet Marisol Holmes: High school student, jaguar shifter, and great granddaughter of Sherlock Holmes. She’s solved countless supernatural cases, but her next one’s the hardest yet. Why?<br />
Marisol is about to lose her heart.<br />
Two days ago, terrible events shattered the very foundation of the Conclave. Now, Marisol Holmes swears she’ll stop at nothing to destroy the man she once loved: her arch nemesis, Mannix.<br />
But when a cryptic clue left by Mannix leads Marisol to a secret room that once belonged to her father, she realizes that hunting down Mannix won’t be that easy. If she wants to catch him, she’ll have to retrace the steps of her own past and discovers secrets that might have been best left buried.<br />
When the hunt for Mannix brings Marisol to London, she teams up again with Roan and Wyatt on a quest for the truth that leads her through the dark alleys of London, to shady shifter pubs, to libraries cloaked in magic, and eventually to an abandoned castle in Scotland that once belonged to her family.<br />
But Mannix is as sadistic as he’s smart. At every turn, Marisol and her friends face harsh truths and deadly puzzles, and risk their lives to uncover a past that should stay buried.<br />
With the stakes getting higher and Marisol’s attraction to Roan growing, can Marisol deny what she truly wants, even if it puts her new love on a collision course with her villainous ex?</blockquote>
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<strong>Nocturnal Meetings of the Misplaced </strong><br /><strong>R.J. Garcia</strong><br />Publication date: May 1st 2018<br />Genres: Suspense, Young Adult<br />
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<span id="freeText9420313717008085687">Mystery surrounds the town of Summertime, Indiana, where fifteen-year-old Tommy Walker and his little sister are sent to live with relatives they’ve never met. Tommy soon makes friends with Finn Wilds, a rebellious local who lives with his volatile and abusive stepfather, who also happens to be the town’s sheriff.</span><br />
Finn invites Tommy to late night meetings in the woods, where Tommy gets to know two girls. He forms a special and unique connection with both girls. The meetings become a place where the kids, who don’t fit in at school, or home can finally belong. As the group of friends begin to unravel clues to a cold case murder and kidnapping— they learn the truth is darker and closer than they ever imagined. Even if they live to tell, will anyone believe them?</blockquote>
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I love a good mystery and Nocturnal Meetings of the Misplaced did not disappoint. I loved the writing and characters. It's full of suspense and plot twists, which I love! If you love a good mystery you should read this book!</div>
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R.J. Garcia is a wife and proud mom. She earned her MSW and worked with foster children and as a school social worker. Writing has been her other great love. She has published several non-fiction pieces. She has been writing short-stories for as long as she can remember. To her amazement, those short stories became novels!<br />
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<strong>Discovering April </strong><br /><strong>Sheena Hutchinson</strong><br />(Discovering Trilogy #1)<br />Publication date: April 27th 2015<br />Genres: New Adult, Romance<br />
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<b>April Landau</b> thinks she has everything she’s ever wanted. Her high school sweetheart, a house she can’t afford, her bipolar tabby cat, and she’s all set to begin her Junior year of college. Just when she least expects it, her life gets thrown for a loop. When things between her and her long time boyfriend unravel, she becomes stuck in a downward spiral of emotion. Finally, opening her eyes to the fact that she may have given up more than she ever could have imagined in this relationship. She finds herself struggling to keep her head above water.<br />
Enter April’s next door neighbor— <b>Jared Hoffman.</b> He’s her complete opposite. A high school drop out who was forced to take over his parent’s business after their untimely death. It’s no surprise this tragedy affected him greatly, causing him to recede almost completely from society.<br />
But he has <i>one</i> secret. A secret he’s been carrying around for <i>years.</i><br />
What happens when their worlds collide? Can an old friendship be the one thing that brings these two back to life?<br />
<b>A New Adult love story filled with drama, sex, death, and the complications of all the above.</b><br />
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My head is still pounding when my eyes flutter open the next day. My brain is throbbing inside my skull and I punch the pillow underneath me, scaring Jinx out of his slumber. He meows in protest before hopping off the bed. Looking around, I’m in my bed. How did I get here? I groan in pain as I prop my pillows up and lean my head back against them. It’s then that I feel the eyes on me. Tilting my head straight again, I glance out my window. My eyes lock with those big brown eyes of Jared’s across the way. He looks down to his phone and back up again. My phone chimes with an incoming text.<br />
“UGHHH!” I moan, blindly reaching for it. It slips a few times before I grasp it between my fingers and look down to read.<br />
<em>How are you feeling?</em><br />
Closing one eye, I text back, <em>Like someone ran over me with a truck, then backed up and ran me over again.</em><br />
Lowering my phone, I watch as he smiles from my text and disappears from view. I’m trying to piece last night back together; it’s like a fragmented mirror that has shattered all over the corners of my mind. I remember laughing with Ro about her sexual conquests and then I remember red and blue lights and… Jared. Starting to feel hot, I throw the covers off of me and lay like a starfish, trying to get my mind to focus. Glancing down, I notice I’m wearing my pajamas. Before I can process any further, the door to my room creaks open. Jared walks in with a cup of water and a closed fist.<br />
“How did you get in?!” I yelp, trying to sit up in bed, and pulling the covers back over my braless tank top.<br />
“I left the back door open when I left last night,” he informs me as he opens his fist to show me he brought a hand full of Advil.<br />
“You brought me home last night?” I rub my head before reaching for the pills and water.<br />
“Yup, after you called me to pick you up from the police station.”<br />
“I WAS WHERE?!” I scream as water comes spraying out of my mouth.<br />
“Police station. Apparently, you popped a guy in the face.” He smirks.<br />
I squint my eyes, vaguely remembering the heavyset guy that tried grabbing my ass in front of the bar.<br />
“Whoa!” I have to lean my head back against my pillows when the information begins to become too much for me. “If you took me home, how did I get into pajamas?!”<br />
The smile that crosses Jared’s face is a mixture of a blush and a sly smirk that makes my insides twist with anticipation and excitement. “Jared…”<br />
“That… you did on your own. I had nothing to do with that!” He holds his hands up in surrender.<br />
“What? I just stripped in front of you!”<br />
“Well, once you got your shirt off, there was really no stopping you…” he teases and my eyes widen in embarrassment.<br />
“Oh my God!” I slump down, pulling the covers back up to my face. “Did we… ya know…” I mutter, completely mortified now.<br />
“Uh, that would be a no.”<br />
“Oh, thank God!” I sigh.<br />
“Thanks a lot!” He comes to his feet now, turning to look out the window.<br />
“Not like that, it’s just … I don’t like to do things I’m not conscious for.”<br />
“Yea, completely plastered girls that get arrested and throw up in bushes are really sexy!” His voice drips with sarcasm.<br />
“I threw up?!” <em>This just gets better and better.</em><br />
“Twice.”<br />
“Twice?” I’m mortified, staring at his amused face.<br />
“Well, after the first time I thought maybe you needed something to eat.”<br />
“Oh no…”<br />
“Yeah… I’ve never seen someone eat a Big Mac that fast before…” He stares at the wall as if remembering my weak moment.<br />
“Oh my God!” I groan, throwing the covers over my entire body. I curl up in a fetal position, planning to never come out again. The room grows silent. It’s starting to get hard to breathe under the sheets when I feel the mattress by my feet cave slightly.<br />
“Come on, it’s not that bad. We all have our moments.” He pats my feet through the sheets.<br />
“Just when I think I’ve reached rock bottom, things just seem to drops out from under me and I’m at an all new low!” I roll over, trying to pull the covers with me, but Jared’s weight prevents it. My head comes peeking out as I roll over, facing away from him.<br />
“April, I think I just determined your major.”<br />
“What?” I curiously twist to look at him again.<br />
“Drama. You’re such an actress. Now, put your big girl panties on and get up!”<br />
I stare at him for a second; did he just say what I think he said? He waits about two seconds before getting up and opening a drawer to my dresser. “Are they in here? Nope!” He closes it and opens another.<br />
“STOP!” I scream, stumbling out of bed, horrified.<br />
“How ‘bout this one?”<br />
“Okay! Okay! I’m up!” I slam the drawer closed just in time to save myself further embarrassment when Jared eyes my plain old undergarments. I sigh when the pounding in my head launches my stomach into action and I collapse onto the corner of the bed.<br />
“You okay?”<br />
“I refuse to puke again!” I respond, taking another deep breath. “Jared…”<br />
“Yea…”<br />
“I could use some donuts.”<br />
“Okay.” He pauses for a few seconds, looking down at his feet before adding, “I’ll be outside then.”<br />
And he leaves me in my room, alone.<br />
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Sheena is a born and raised New Yorker, who followed her happily ever after to a much more rural town in Maine. When she’s not driving an hour to find a Starbucks or running from bugs that are way to big for her taste, she’s focusing on writing stories that empower and inspire. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><br />Instead of murder, Princess Liza is taken captive by the cruel-hearted Prince Nicholi, with the reluctant assistance of Captain Erik, of the Muir Court Guard. Focused entirely on his own aspirations, the prince demands Liza consent to become his rose bride, which would place both her eternal soul, and her kingdom, in his pitiless gasp. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;"><br />As the prince awaits his answer with withering patience, Liza’s only comfort comes in a guarded friendship with the Muir captain; a man torn between obeying the sacred vows of knighthood and his desire to protect the princess he has come to love. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri" , sans-serif;">This was such a wonderful, heartbreaking read. I really enjoyed this fantasy and the fact that it had me hooked from the first page. I loved how fast paced it was. This is the first book by K.L. Bone that I have read but I plan on reading this series. I loved the writing and the characters and both were beautifully written. </span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif";">K.L. Bone is a bestselling author of dark fantasy and paranormal romance. Her works include the bestselling Black Rose Guard dark fantasy series. The bestselling Flames of Kalleen paranormal romance series. The Rise of the Temple Gods fantasy series. And a stand-alone science fiction novel, The Indoctrination.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Bone has a master’s degree in modern literary cultures and is working toward her PhD. She wrote her first short story at the age of fifteen and grew up with an equally great love of both classical literature and speculative fiction. Bone has spent the last few years as a bit of a world traveler, living in California, London, and most recently, Dublin. When not immersed in words, of her own creation or studies, you’ll find her traveling to mythical sites and Game of Thrones filming locations.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span id="freeText13028469156683872788">No one inside the snow globe knows that Morozoko Industries is controlling their weather, testing them to form a stronger race that can survive the fall out from the bombs being dropped in the outside world—all they know is that they must survive the harsh Winter that lasts a month and use the few days of Spring, Summer, and Fall to gather enough supplies to survive.</span><br />
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K.M. Robinson is a best selling storyteller who creates new worlds both in her writing and in her fine arts conceptual photography. She is a marketing, branding and social media strategy educator who is recognized at first sight by her very long hair. She is a creative who focuses on photography, videography, couture dress making, and writing to express the stories she needs to tell. She almost always has a camera within reach. <br />
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Hello, everyone! I hope your May has started out better than mine. Though April wasn't a very good month for me either. Hopefully, things will get better soon.On the bright side, I did read a lot of good books in April! I read 13 books in April! A lot of them weren't even on my tbr. Who else is a mood reader? Below are all the books I read in April!<br />
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<img alt="Moxie" height="320" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1494950979l/33163378.jpg" width="211" /><br />
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<img alt="Zombie Abbey" height="320" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1513042796l/34921591.jpg" width="213" /><br />
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<img alt="In Her Skin" height="320" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1517419520l/33838219.jpg" width="211" /><br />
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<img alt="The Ghost, The Owl" height="320" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1519947011l/38882281.jpg" width="209" /><br />
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<img alt="Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku Vol. 1" height="320" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1523756492l/39851550.jpg" width="224" /><br />
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<img alt="Undead Girl Gang" height="320" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1511371881l/35707056.jpg" width="212" /><br />
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<img alt="Spectacle Vol. 1" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1516885247l/36580694.jpg" /><br />
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<img alt="The Way You Make Me Feel" height="320" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1505855827l/35704397.jpg" width="213" /><br />
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<img alt="Ember Burning (Trinity Forest, #1)" height="320" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1496813194l/35342833.jpg" width="207" /><br />
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<img alt="Outcast (Living Out Loud #1)" height="320" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1518290995l/38478542.jpg" width="200" /><br />
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How many books did you read in April? Any new favorites?<br />
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<strong>Magnetic </strong><br />
<strong>Carissa Miller</strong><br />
Publication date: September 10th 2017 <br />
Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult<br />
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<span id="freeText8985562884497569741">When Elle Christiansen’s rebellion leads to her father’s expulsion from a parsonage in small-town Ohio, the forlorn pair is forced to move to Oklahoma to live with an aunt neither of them has ever met. Here she encounters her aunt’s neighbor—Maverick Mason, the quietly confident son of a wealthy oil tycoon who infuriates her as much as he inexplicably draws her in…</span><br />
Maverick slowly gains Elle’s trust and coaxes her out from the seemingly impenetrable walls of self-protection she erected around her heart when her mother was murdered. He convinces Elle to confide the secrets of her tortured past: that she saw her mother’s murder before it took place, and she was the one who found her, bleeding to death at the end of a lonely dirt road. Together the unlikely pair begins to unlock the secrets of not only Elle’s sordid past, but her mother’s and grandmother’s as well, to uncover decades of greed, corporate corruption, lies, and murder. Quickly, the sobering realization hits: if they do not solve her mother’s murder, Elle will undoubtedly suffer the same fate. As she continues her journey toward truth alongside the boy she is magnetically drawn to in a way both frightening and uncontrollable, Elle finds the road she is most afraid of going down—that one lane dirt road where her mother was murdered—just might be the only place she can truly find redemption.<br />
Magnetic tells of the enduring pain of living with unsolved violent crime. Inspired by debut author Carissa Miller’s true-life events, it’s a haunting account of a young girl’s struggle in the aftermath of shattering loss. With an unraveling love story, puzzling mystery, unexpected twists and turns, and a gripping pace that will keep you turning pages, our heroine takes you on her journey as she learns one of life’s great lessons: facing your fears instead of running from them, is the only way to truly find freedom.</blockquote>
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Magnetic was a thrilling read. I loved all the twists and turns! I thought it was interesting that this book was inspired by true events. I loved how fast the pace was! This book has a little bit of romance with plenty of mystery!<br />
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Carissa Miller writes a lifestyle and design blog called CC and Mike, where she and her husband blog about their experiences designing, building, and flipping houses in the Midwest. She was inspired to write her debut novel–Magnetic—because of her firsthand experience living with the trauma of an unsolved violent crime, her mother’s attempted murder. When she’s not writing, blogging, or designing, Carissa loves Oklahoma summers on the lake with her husband and three children, going to Oklahoma State sporting events and cheering on the Cowboys, and traveling cross country with her family in the RV she and her husband renovated. Carissa laughs loudly, loves with her whole heart, tells it how it is to a fault, and enjoys living life to the fullest, every moment of every day.<br />
You can follow along with Carissa and her family on Instagram – ccandmikecreative, Facebook – CC and Mike, Pinterest – CC and Mike, Twitter, or by subscribing to their blog – http://www.ccandmike.com/.<br />
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Hello, everyone! Hope your May got off to a good start! I'm going to share what I plan on reading this month. You may see a few repeats because I didn't read some books I wanted to last month. Let's get started!<br />
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<img alt="Ash Princess" height="320" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1503181967l/32505753.jpg" width="211" /><br />
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<img alt="Princess of the Rose (The Black Rose Book 6)" height="320" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1522628850l/39700234.jpg" width="212" /><br />
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<img alt="Nocturnal Meetings of the Misplaced" height="320" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1518720681l/37656285.jpg" width="213" /><br />
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<img alt="Love Beyond Opposites" height="320" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1523049777l/39740229.jpg" width="213" /><br />
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<img alt="My Name Is Victoria" height="320" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1507271897l/36095350.jpg" width="212" /><br />
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<br />Hauntedbybookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09605169855980990775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112132503889880826.post-82393015789109276922018-05-01T00:30:00.000-04:002018-05-24T23:23:05.188-04:00Looking Forward May 2018Hello, everyone! Can you believe that it's May? April just flew by. It has been a rough month for me. A loved one got some bad news health wise. I wanted you guys to know if I don't post as often this month then that will be why. I'm going to try to post as much as I can. Anyway, let's get into the things I'm looking forward to this month!<br />
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I love the original Overboard and I'm hoping this one will be good!<br />
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Melissa McCarthy stars in this one, so enough said right?!<br />
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<img alt="Furyborn (Empirium, #1)" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1512678373l/34323570.jpg" /><br />
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<img alt="LIFEL1K3 (Lifelike, #1)" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1516369970l/29456569.jpg" /><br />
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<img alt="The Smoke Thieves (The Smoke Thieves #1)" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1511915676l/34508382.jpg" /><br />
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<img alt="Royals" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1512422038l/35997816.jpg" /><br />
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<img alt="Undead Girl Gang" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1511371881l/35707056.jpg" /><br />
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I was lucky enough to read a digital Arc of this one and you need this book!<br />
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<img alt="A Date with Darcy (Bookish Boyfriends, #1)" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1519608635l/35888335.jpg" /><br />
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<img alt="Brightly Burning" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1508951823l/35721194.jpg" /><br />
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<img alt="Girl Made of Stars" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1501116083l/31351689.jpg" /><br />
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<img alt="From Twinkle, with Love" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1519633175l/36373464.jpg" /><br />
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<img alt="Game of Secrets" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1520542251l/34138306.jpg" /><br />
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<img alt="Always Never Yours" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1509252283l/34092885.jpg" /><br />
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<img alt="I Was Born For This" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1517511429l/34325090.jpg" /><br />
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<img alt="Fatal Throne" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1510025161l/31123244.jpg" /><br />
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<img alt="The Accidental Bad Girl" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1511988476l/35960814.jpg" /><br />
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<img alt="Nocturnal Meetings of the Misplaced" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1518720681l/37656285.jpg" /><br />
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<img alt="Fangs & Fins (Blood, Bloom, & Water, #1)" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1524632262l/36228627.jpg" /><br />
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<img alt="Magic at Midnight: A YA Fairy Tale Anthology" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1515271604l/37799951.jpg" /><br />
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So what are you looking forward to in May? Are we looking forward to some of the same things? Happy May!Hauntedbybookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09605169855980990775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112132503889880826.post-42946104877043380162018-04-30T00:30:00.000-04:002018-04-30T00:30:23.574-04:00Outcast by Denise Jaden Blog Tour<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I really enjoyed reading Outcast. It had me hooked from the very first page. It has suspense, mystery, and romance! I liked that it was fast-paced. I can't wait until book two comes out! You really need to read Outcast!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">“Are you…OK?” It’s not like I’ve done a whole lot of drinking or drugs, and I’ve certainly never OD’d or anything, but the dude wasn’t even slurring. I look from side to side, and no one is within yelling distance, especially over the loud music.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hauntedbybookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09605169855980990775noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112132503889880826.post-80561774534592992252018-04-26T00:30:00.000-04:002018-04-26T00:30:52.164-04:00Cover Love Thursday #4Hello, everyone! Welcome to another Cover Love Thursday! Here are some awesome covers!<br />
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<br />Hauntedbybookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09605169855980990775noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4112132503889880826.post-24310832079867220752018-04-25T00:30:00.000-04:002018-04-25T00:30:07.040-04:00Cover Reveal for Fangs & Fins by Amy McNulty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Title: Fangs & Fins</span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Series: Blood, Bloom, & Water Book One</span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Author: Amy McNulty</span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Publisher: Snowy Wings Publishing</span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Publication Date: <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_315535141" tabindex="0">05/01/2018</span><br /><br />A dapper vampire. A sullen merman. Two heirs to a great conflict—and each needs to claim a beloved to become his kindred’s champion.<br /><br />High school senior Ember Goodwin never had a sister, but after her mom’s remarriage, she now has two. The eldest is no stranger to her—Ivy is a witty girl in her grade who’s almost never spoken to the shy bookworm before—but she’s surprised to find the popular girl quite amiable. Their burgeoning friendship is tested, however, when Dean Horne, a pale, besuited charmer, shows interest in them both and plans to reveal his appetite for blood to the one who’ll stand by his side.<br /><br />Seventeen-year-old Ivy Sheppard is tired of splitting her time between her dad’s and her mom’s, particularly when her dad uproots their lives to move them in with his new wife and step-daughter. Used to rolling with her parents’ whims, she tries to make the best of it and befriend her nerdy new step-sister. Her hectic life grows more unwieldy when she catches the eye of junior Calder Poole, whom she swears she sees swap well-toned legs for a pair of fins during a dip in a lake. Now she’s fending off suitors left and right, all while trying to get to the bottom of the strange happenings in her town.<br /><br />The first book in the Blood, Bloom, & Water series sets family against family and friend against friend as an epic, ancient war comes to a head in a supposedly sleepy suburb.<br /><br />Goodreads: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36228627-fangs-fins&source=gmail&ust=1524625531822000&usg=AFQjCNGR_gY_NsFgqZ9JJB8g4QlHgMlErA" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36228627-fangs-fins" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.goodreads.com/book<wbr></wbr>/show/36228627-fangs-fins</a><br />Amazon: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079J57DVB/&source=gmail&ust=1524625531823000&usg=AFQjCNFVR4RiXvAlurIb0s7jDeMscVPbXQ" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079J57DVB/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079<wbr></wbr>J57DVB/</a> (99¢ for preorder and first week of sale only)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Way You Make Me Feel<br />by Maurene Goo<br />Published by: <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc</span> <br />Publication date: May 08<span class="m_272881593184977933gmail-aBn" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204);"><span class="m_272881593184977933gmail-aQJ"> 2018</span></span><br />Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span id="m_272881593184977933gmail-freeText14178850499411173408" style="background-color: white; color: #181818;">Clara Shin lives for pranks and disruption. When she takes one joke too far, her dad sentences her to a summer working on his food truck, the KoBra, alongside her uptight classmate Rose Carver. Not the carefree summer Clara had imagined. But maybe Rose isn't so bad. Maybe the boy named Hamlet (yes, Hamlet) crushing on her is pretty cute. Maybe Clara actually feels invested in her dad’s business. What if taking this summer seriously means that Clara has to leave her old self behind?<br /><br />With Maurene Goo's signature warmth and humor, <i>The Way You Make Me Feel</i> is a relatable story of falling in love and finding yourself in the places you’d never thought to look.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818;"> </span> </span></div>
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<b>My Review</b><br />
The Way You Make Me Feel is such a cute and fun read! I liked the fact that Clara is different from a lot of main characters that we normally get. She's sassy and loves to pull pranks and just have fun. I loved getting to see her grow throughout the story. Rose and Hamlet are adorable! Also, I was happy to see Clara become friends with Rose. I really enjoyed this cute contemporary read! If you need a cute book about relationships than this book is a must!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span id="m_272881593184977933gmail-freeTextContainerauthor6549377" style="color: #181818;">Maurene Goo grew up in a Los Angeles suburb surrounded by floral wallpaper and piles of books. She studied communication at UC San Diego and then later received a Masters in publishing, writing, and literature at Emerson College. Before publishing her first book, Since You Asked, she worked in both textbook and art book publishing. She also has very strong feelings about tacos and houseplants and lives in Los Angeles.</span>
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<b>Her Claim by Rebecca Grace Allen<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Series: </b>Legally Bound #2<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Publisher: </b>Rebecca Grace Allen Enterprises <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><i>She’s no princess. He’s no prince. Then again, they never wanted a fairy tale.<o:p></o:p></i></b></div>
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Cassie Allbright takes no prisoners. A half Cuban ball-busting attorney, she’s too tough to admit what she wants in bed. But tough is the only way to cut it in her high-powered firm, and Cassie doesn’t need a knight in shining armor. And she definitely doesn’t need Patrick Dunham—an arrogant, chauvinistic man-whore with a knack for pissing her off.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Bound to the helm of his family’s publishing house, Patrick is shackled to a life of power and wealth he never wanted. Seduction is his only distraction—his nights of pleasure always temporary, because happily-ever-afters are <i>not</i> for him. But while luring a woman into his bed has always come easy, the high-and-mighty Cassie has never succumbed to his charms.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Their verbal sparring turns to foreplay, but instead of scratching an itch, it only whets their appetites. Patrick gives Cassie a taste of what she’s secretly craved, and Cassie’s dark desires stir up things Patrick never knew he wanted. Enchanted, he offers to fulfill her most dangerous fantasies. She agrees, with an iron-clad escape clause: her heart is off-limits, and so is his.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Cassie started to answer, then paused. What was she doing? She’d already confessed more to him than she ever thought she would, but she was buzzing off their banter. And off a little more than that, if she were being honest. Patrick was close enough now for her to catch his scent, all woodsy pine and vanilla and man. For her to look at his lips beyond his bristled goatee, and wonder what it would feel like to kiss him.<o:p></o:p></div>
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And that, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, was her cue to exit. She was too turned on, too captivated with the way he was leaning into her, eager to discover her secrets. The risks of following through on this were far too high. She’d never worried about what it would do to their group dynamics if she and Patrick slept together—everyone knew she detested him, and she had a feeling her post-fuck attitude toward him wouldn’t be any different. But she wasn’t about to let her guard down. She wasn’t going to tell him her deepest desires, or fool herself into thinking he was actually interested.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I’m always interesting, Patrick. But you wouldn’t have any idea about that, would you?”<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I’ve always loved your spitfire attitude.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Author: Casey L. Bond<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Genre: YA Epic Fantasy, Fairy Tale Retelling <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Publication Date: May 17<sup>th</sup>, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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