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Daughter of smoke and bone trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2011
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Seventeen-year-old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters--the chimaerae who form the only family she has ever known.
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Meet Mavis Boothroyd and the crew of her fine vessel the 'Mavis D'. A jaunt around the Compass Bar at the Heathrow Hotel introduces The Owner, Master, Chief Engineer thru the ranks to the Ordinary Seaman including a couple of well seasoned wives. Each of these crew members telling true stories of rather unusual pursuits which the author was on most occasions the principal character. Circumstance and name aside, integrity has prevailed where after...
6) Odessa
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In a world where dragons rule the skies while people claim the land, the dragon population is dwindling fast, thanks to hunters. Inside the safety of nesting caves, where magic spells keep strangers away, eggs hold dragons who will one day hatch, grow, and make the long journey to Smoking Mountain to join the dragon society. Odessa, a little bronze dragon, grows quickly while practicing his flying skillsuntil the day he unwittingly endangers the rest...
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Smoke River novels volume 1
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A mail-order bride in nineteenth-century Oregon must overcome prejudice and mend a broken family in this historical western romance.
It's whispered in Smoke River that single father Thad MacAllister is a few quarters short of a dollar: his ambitious plans for his farm are downright crazy and his young son is heading off the rails. This family needs a woman's touch!
But the arrival of Leah Cameron, Thad's mail-order bride, causes a ripple of...
8) Smoke/Ashes
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Reporter Katie Shah's exposés of the corruption of the English ruling class put her in the crosshairs of powerful men on a good day. Smoke and Ashes tells the stories of the bad days; as she and assassin Rupert Cain become targets of a sinister cabal bent on controlling the nation's oil and of a psychotic intelligence that has uploaded itself onto the Internet!
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Where there's smoke novels volume 1
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A father's work is never really done. Then again, neither is a lover's.
After a few ups and downs, Alec "Smoke" Avery and Anne Phillips have found a rhythm they can both groove to, and they've made a love connection. But just when they think they can finally settle down, their past comes back to haunt them in ways they never imagined.
Smoke's former flame is stalking him, and she's determined to have him all to herself. That's the last thing Smoke...
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Daughter of smoke and bone trilogy volume 3
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When a brutal angel army trespasses into the human world, Karou and Akiva must ally their enemy armies against the threat -- and against larger dangers that loom on the horizon in this thrilling conclusion to the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy.
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A FAMILY FOR THE RANCHER by Jenna Kernan: Two years ago, Dillen Roach fell for wealthy debutante Alice Truett. Now she's at his door with his orphaned nephews in tow! Could Alice be the perfect Christmas gift for this solitary rancher? DANCE WITH A COWBOY by Kathryn Albright: Kathleen Seridan is determined to leave the tragedy of her past behind her – including brooding cowboy Garrett. But with Christmas magic in the air, can she resist the warmth...
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2015
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The Fire Nation is threatened by a prophecy told by the Kemurikage—mysterious figures thought only to exist in legend—remove Zuko from the throne or the country will perish!
Avatar Aang and his friends escort Zuko and his family back to the capitol completely unaware of the looming threat growing in the city. Unrest is brewing as the New Ozai Society prepares to make its move against the crown, and children begin to go missing from their homes...
Avatar Aang and his friends escort Zuko and his family back to the capitol completely unaware of the looming threat growing in the city. Unrest is brewing as the New Ozai Society prepares to make its move against the crown, and children begin to go missing from their homes...
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Smoke Jensen novels volume 1
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"On the eve of the Civil War, Kirby Jensen is the youngest of three children living on a hardscrabble ranch in Southwestern Missouri. But in 1861, shots were fired in Charleston harbor, and Kirby's father and brother went to war. Smoke Jensen The Beginning follows the Jensen clan during these volatile years, from Civil War battles to border state raids to the kind of frontier justice achieved only by bullets and blood. William W. Johnstone chronicles...
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Smoke River novels volume 2
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A widowed single father may have a second chance at love in this romance set in nineteenth-century Oregon.
When Dr. Zane Dougherty swept Winifred Von Dannen's sister off to Smoke River, Winifred was resentful, but now she wants to be part of her late sister's baby's life. That means dealing with Zane and the shadows of loneliness-and incredible hunger-she sees in his eyes.
Zane knows he and his infant daughter are truly blessed. But he wants...
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When a Music Hall hypnotist escapes from the London County Asylum she leaves a single word on the wall of her cell - scrawled in blood: 'MAGISTER'.
Terror then stalks the capital's streets as the killing spree begins. But why does Superintendent William Melville of The Special Branch call upon the skills of brilliant stage magician Michael Magister and his glamorous assistant Phoebe Le Breton to help capture the murderer? Especially as Michael is...
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"Ladies unite. Votes for women!"
Caroline MacFarlane has one mission in life. The pain she experienced at the hands of her father is numbed when she stands on stage and teaches the world that women are just as strong, rational and capable as men!
But when her safety is threatened, suddenly protective sheriff Hawk Rivera is glued to her side-day and night! This unexpected bodyguard has Caroline's life in his hands, and she's surprised to find that...
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London, England. 1840.
The Chimney Sweep Act has just been passed by Parliament, forbidding the use of underage orphans as chimney sweeps' assistants-four- and five-year-olds are being sent down into chimneys with wire brushes to scrape out the creosote. The government means well, but has instead put hundreds or even thousands of little kids with no real protectors out of work. Right before Christmas.
Caroline, a.k.a. the infamous Smoke, has been...
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London, England. 1840.
Gangs of four- and five-year-old orphans are being used as "apprentice" chimney sweeps-they're the only ones who can fit down the narrow chimneys, taking brushes and baskets down with them into upper-class Victorian homes to scrape out the creosote.
It's good for 'em, don'tcher know?
Caroline, a.k.a. the infamous Smoke, is one of the older orphans, who help lift and lower the smaller ones, handle the customers, and keep the...
20) Smoke: a novel
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Smoke volume 1
Pub. Date
2016
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In an alternate England, where people who are wicked in thought or deed are marked by the Smoke that pours from their bodies, Thomas, Charlie, and Livia notice that some people appear to be able to lie without triggering Smoke. As they dig deeper, they discover teachers who have mysterious ties to warring political factions, a sumptuous estate which hides attic rooms and laboratories, revolutionaries who are fighting against a secret police force....
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