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""I like to tell Liz that I'm her dark side," says Christine, narrator of Lucy Jane Bledsoe's newest novel. And Christine and her sister, Liz, are indeed opposites. Christine, a doctor in San Francisco's Tenderloin district, is buried in her work and cannot connect meaningfully with any of the women with whom she falls in love. Liz, married to her high school sweetheart, Mark, has an outwardly perfect life, but her fierce control is beginning to falter....
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Georgina Fernweh waits impatiently for the tingle of magic in her fingers - magic that has touched every woman in her family. But with her eighteenth birthday looming at the end of this summer, Georgina fears her gift will never come.
Over the course of her last summer on the island - a summer of storms, falling in love, and the mystery behind one rare three-hundred-year-old bird - Georgina will learn the truth about magic, in all its many forms....
10) Storm tide
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"Sean Brodie, an American engineer on contract in Adelaide, and his partner of eight months, local boy Rob Markham, are struggling to save their relationship by hiring a boat for a week's fishing off the wild south Australian coast. As a storm approaches, they go to the aid of a luxury cabin-cruiser apparently in trouble, only to find that they've stumbled into a drug smuggling gang's offshore headquarters. A lucky escape is only the start of their...
12) Shatter the sky
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Maren, desperate to save her kidnapped girlfriend, plans to steal one of the emporer's dragons and storm the Aurati stronghold, but her success depends on becoming an apprentice to the emporor's mysterious dragon trainer, which proves to be a dangerous venture.
13) The candidate
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Presidential candidate Jane Kincaid is taking the country by storm in her race to the White House but the love of Secret Service Agent Alexandria Warner forces her to choose between her heart and her political future.
14) The coming storm
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"...the story of four interlocking lives: Louis Tremper, the headmaster at the Forge School; his wife, Claire; Tracey Parker, a twenty-five-year-old gay man and recently hired teacher at the Forge School; and Noah Lathrop III, a troubled student--all of whom struggle with their own inner demons, desires, and conflicted loyalties. When Tracey and Noah become involved in an illicit relationship, dark incidents from the school's past begin colliding...
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All is war when love isn't fair . . .
Don't ask... Deeply closeted to protect her career, Colonel Marcel Robicheaux has limited her love life to discreet flings with no strings-- until the brazen, but not entirely unwelcome, advances of beautiful young Lieutenant Jordan McGowen send the seasoned officer running for cover.
Don't tell... Saved from disaster by a timely transfer, Marcel is looking forward to retiring from the military. Just when she...
16) Anna's country
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Arriving in a small town in Upper New York State with her husband and children, Anna Johnson is befriended by her neighbor, nursery owner Hope Alford. When Anna is brutalized by her husband it is to Hope that she flees for shelter, tries to heal herself within Hope's protection.
The women leave on a camping trip, and during a storm-ravaged night, Anna discovers Hope's arms - and the storm in herself. Fearful of the future but aided by her vision...
17) Whispers
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A tale of mystery and suspense, which begins when a nun plunges to her death during a violent storm. 100 years later a woman is haunted by whispers and visions, and an evil that crosses the barriers of time.
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"While studying history on a Caribbean island in the Turks and Caicos, Janet McMillan meets the alluring Michelle and realizes she's falling in love with a woman for the first time. But paradise is soon shattered when she discovers Michelle's brother dead on the beach, and seventy tons of marijuana mysteriously appear behind the customs shed. Janet must sort out mysteries old and new as a storm brews among the islanders, sweeping her along in a tide...
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"Margaret Atwood's best-loved novel has taken the world by storm again. Riding high on bestseller lists for months and the basis for Hulu's Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning smash hit series, The Handmaid's Tale is everywhere--and it's primed for a stunning new graphic novel adaptation. The story is iconic: In the Republic of Gilead, a Handmaid named Offred lives in the home of the Commander, to the purpose that she become pregnant with his child....