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\"22328546\"<\/a>The Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard<\/strong><\/p>\n

Graceling meets The Selection in debut novelist Victoria Aveyard’s sweeping tale of seventeen-year-old Mare, a common girl whose once-latent magical power draws her into the dangerous intrigue of the king’s palace. Will her power save her or condemn her?<\/p>\n

Mare Barrow’s world is divided by blood–those with common, Red blood serve the Silver- blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities. Mare is a Red, scraping by as a thief in a poor, rural village, until a twist of fate throws her in front of the Silver court. Before the king, princes, and all the nobles, she discovers she has an ability of her own.<\/p>\n

To cover up this impossibility, the king forces her to play the role of a lost Silver princess and betroths her to one of his own sons. As Mare is drawn further into the Silver world, she risks everything and uses her new position to help the Scarlet Guard–a growing Red rebellion–even as her heart tugs her in an impossible direction. One wrong move can lead to her death, but in the dangerous game she plays, the only certainty is betrayal.<\/p>\n

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The Ruby Circle (Bloodlines #6) by Richelle Mead\u00a0<\/strong>\"8709528\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Sydney Sage is an Alchemist, one of a group of humans who dabble in magic and serve to bridge the worlds of humans and vampires. They protect vampire secrets\u2014and human lives.<\/p>\n

After their secret romance is exposed, Sydney and Adrian find themselves facing the wrath of both the Alchemists and the Moroi in this electrifying conclusion to Richelle Mead\u2019s New York Times bestselling Bloodlines series. When the life of someone they both love is put on the line, Sydney risks everything to hunt down a deadly former nemesis. Meanwhile, Adrian becomes enmeshed in a puzzle that could hold the key to a shocking secret about spirit magic, a secret that could shake the entire Moroi world.<\/p>\n

\"22535481\"<\/a>A Wicked Thing by Rhiannon Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rhiannon Thomas’s dazzling debut novel is a spellbinding reimagining ofSleeping Beauty\u00a0<\/em>and what happens after happily ever after.<\/p>\n

One hundred years after falling asleep, Princess Aurora wakes up to the kiss of a handsome prince and a broken kingdom that has been dreaming of her return. All the books say that she should be living happily ever after. But as Aurora understands all too well, the truth is nothing like the fairy tale.<\/p>\n

Her family is long dead. Her “true love” is a kind stranger. And her whole life has been planned out by political foes while she slept.<\/p>\n

As Aurora struggles to make sense of her new world, she begins to fear that the curse has left its mark on her, a fiery and dangerous thing that might be as wicked as the witch who once ensnared her. With her wedding day drawing near, Aurora must make the ultimate decision on how to save her kingdom: marry the prince or run.<\/p>\n

Rhiannon Thomas weaves together vivid scenes of action, romance, and gorgeous gowns to reveal a richly imagined world \u2026 and\u00a0Sleeping Beauty\u00a0<\/em>as she\u2019s never been seen before.<\/p>\n

The Sin Eater’s Daughter by Melinda Salsbury<\/strong>
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\nSeventeen-year-old Twylla lives in the castle. But although she\u2019s engaged to the prince, Twylla isn\u2019t exactly a member of the court.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s the executioner.<\/p>\n

As the Goddess embodied, Twylla instantly kills anyone she touches. Each month she\u2019s taken to the prison and forced to lay her hands on those accused of treason. No one will ever love a girl with murder in her veins. Even the prince, whose royal blood supposedly makes him immune to Twylla\u2019s fatal touch, avoids her company.<\/p>\n

But then a new guard arrives, a boy whose easy smile belies his deadly swordsmanship. And unlike the others, he\u2019s able to look past Twylla\u2019s executioner robes and see the girl, not the Goddess. Yet Twylla\u2019s been promised to the prince, and knows what happens to people who cross the queen.<\/p>\n

However, a treasonous secret is the least of Twylla\u2019s problems. The queen has a plan to destroy her enemies, a plan that requires a stomach-churning, unthinkable sacrifice. Will Twylla do what it takes to protect her kingdom? Or will she abandon her duty in favor of a doomed love?<\/p>\n

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\"91QYIiEDo9L._SL1500_\"<\/a>Bind the Soul (Steel & Stone book 2) by Annette Marie<\/strong><\/p>\n

The most important rule for an Apprentice Consul is simple: Don’t get involved with daemons. Well, Piper is planning to break that rule \u2014 big time.<\/p>\n

After a near-deadly scandal with the Sahar Stone, she has the chance to return to the only life she’s ever wanted. All she has to do to keep her Apprenticeship is forget about Ash and Lyre. Ash might be enigmatic and notoriously lethal, and Lyre might be as sinfully irresistible as he is irritating, but they\u2019re not bad for a couple of daemons.<\/p>\n

There’s just one problem: Ash is missing.<\/p>\n

Really, she shouldn’t risk her future for him. He lied. He betrayed her. But he also saved her life, damn it. Wherever he is, he’s in trouble, and if she doesn’t save his sorry butt, who will? But with every dangerous secret she unravels, each one darker than the last, she slips deeper into Ash’s world \u2014 a world with no escape for either of them.<\/p>\n

The Glass Arrow by Kristen Simmons\u00a0<\/strong>\"15750874\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The Handmaid\u2019s Tale<\/em>\u00a0meets\u00a0Blood Red Road<\/em>\u00a0in\u00a0Glass Arrow<\/em>, the story of Aya, who lives with a small group of women on the run from the men who hunt them, men who want to auction off breeding rights to the highest bidder.<\/p>\n

In a world where females are scarce and are hunted, then bought and sold at market for their breeding rights, 15-year old Aya has learned how to hide. With a ragtag bunch of other women and girls, she has successfully avoided capture and eked out a nomadic but free existence in the mountains. But when Aya\u2019s luck runs out and she\u2019s caught by a group of businessmen on a hunting expedition, fighting to survive takes on a whole new meaning.<\/p>\n

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\"A<\/a>A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kell is one of the last Travelers\u2014rare magicians who choose a parallel universe to visit.<\/p>\n

Grey London is dirty, boring, lacks magic, ruled by mad King George. Red London is where life and magic are revered, and the Maresh Dynasty presides over a flourishing empire. White London is ruled by whoever has murdered their way to the throne. People fight to control magic, and the magic fights back, draining the city to its very bones. Once there was Black London – but no one speaks of that now.<\/p>\n

Officially, Kell is the Red Traveler, personal ambassador and adopted Prince of Red London, carrying the monthly correspondences between royals of each London. Unofficially, Kell smuggles for those willing to pay for even a glimpse of a world they\u2019ll never see. This dangerous hobby sets him up for accidental treason. Fleeing into Grey London, Kell runs afoul of Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations. She robs him, saves him from a dangerous enemy, then forces him to another world for her ‘proper adventure’.<\/p>\n

But perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. To save all of the worlds, Kell and Lila will first need to stay alive \u2014 trickier than they hoped.<\/p>\n

Unleashed (Uninvited #2) by Sophie Jordan\u00a0<\/strong>\"22535452\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Unleashed, the romantic, high-stakes sequel to New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan’s Uninvited, is perfect for fans of James Patterson’s Confessions of a Murder Suspect.<\/p>\n

Davy has spent the last few months trying to come to terms with the fact that she tested positive for the kill gene HTS (also known as Homicidal Tendency Syndrome). She swore she would not let it change her, and that her DNA did not define her . . . but then she killed a man.<\/p>\n

Now on the run, Davy must decide whether she’ll be ruled by the kill gene or if she’ll follow her heart and fight for her right to live free. But with her own potential for violence lying right beneath the surface, Davy doesn’t even know if she can trust herself.<\/p>\n

\"81N4KD0o5gL._SL1500_\"<\/a>Dead of Winter (Arcana Chronicles book 3) by Kresley Cole<\/strong><\/p>\n

Can Evie convince her rival loves to work together? Their survival depends on it in this third book of #1\u00a0New York Times<\/i>\u00a0bestselling author Kresley Cole’s Arcana Chronicles, a nonstop action tale of rescue, redemption, and a revenge most wicked.<\/p>\n

Heartbreaking decisions
\nEvie was almost seduced by the life of comfort that Death offered her–until Jack was threatened by two of the most horrific Arcana, The Lovers. She will do anything to save him, even escape Death’s uncanny prison, full of beautiful objects, material comforts . . . and stolen glances from a former love.<\/p>\n

Uncertain victory
\nDespite leaving a part of her heart behind with Death, Evie sets out into a perilous post-apocalyptic wasteland to meet up with her allies and launch an attack on The Lovers. Such formidable enemies require a battle plan, and the only way to kill them may mean Evie, Jack, and Death allying. Evie doesn’t know what will prove more impossible: surviving slavers, plague, Bagmen and other Arcana–or convincing Jack and Death to work together.<\/p>\n

Two heroes returned
\nThere’s a thin line between love and hate, and Evie just doesn’t know where she stands with either Jack or Death. Will this unlikely trio be able to defeat The Lovers without killing one another first . . .?<\/p>\n

\"22428828\"<\/a>Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy by Cassandra Clare<\/strong><\/p>\n

After living as a Mundane and a Vampire, Simon never thought he would become a Shadowhunter, but today he begins his training at Shadowhunter Academy.<\/p>\n

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