luv's bookshelf: all en-US Sat, 26 Apr 2025 11:46:47 -0700 60 luv's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Verity 41957126
Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of what really happened the day her daughter died.

Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents would devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen's feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife's words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue to love her.

A standalone romantic thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover.]]> 324 Colleen Hoover luv 3 me gustĂł? aĂșn estoy procesĂĄndolo

]]> 4.32 2018 Verity
author: Colleen Hoover
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average rating: 4.32
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me gustĂł? aĂșn estoy procesĂĄndolo


]]> <![CDATA[Braving the Storm (Crimson Ridge #2)]]> 230848267 From international best-selling author Elliott Rose comes a new forbidden-love series.

I’m not supposed to feel this wayâ€�

I never wanted to disappear more than while around my family. Briar Lane, the girl only useful for one my surname.

A business handshake and pawn to be traded. My father’s chess piece shuffled between empires. That was my life back in L.A. but all it took was finding the dirty secret stuffed in a jacket pocket, and my entire world unraveled.

So, I fled to the one place I knew they could never find me. Crimson Ridge.

Arriving in this snowy, harsh world, I thought I’d be starting over on my own, but it turns out I couldn’t have been more wrong. The abandoned mountain cabin I inherited isn’t what it seems.

This mountain hides secrets. An ex-pro bull rider consumes this space, and now, my every thought with it... Stîrmand Lane. My father’s adopted brother.

We should never have found ourselves isolated out here in the mountains together, each trying to outrun our pasts.

All it took was one misunderstanding, one line almost crossed, and everything changed.

A girl like me isn’t supposed to know what those tattooed hands feel like, and I’m certainly not meant to feel butterflies anytime that pair of piercing blue eyes land on mine.

He might be my every fantasy, a cowboy I constantly dream about, but he’s a temptation I have to ignore. A man I absolutely cannot find myself attracted to.

Even when he’s looking at me with the kind of hunger that can only spell ruin for us both.

Long, dark nights spent in this tiny cabin can’t be the excuse to step into forbidden territory.

Or can they?

Braving The Storm is an interconnected stand-alone, book 2 in the Crimson Ridge series, and can be read separately. Intended for ages 18 and over.]]> 432 Elliott Rose 1496758951 luv 4 3.85 Braving the Storm (Crimson Ridge #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Done and Dusted (Rebel Blue Ranch, #1)]]> 123179008
For the first time in her life, Clementine “Emmyâ€� Ryder has no idea what she’s doing. She’s accomplished everything on her to-do list. She left her small hometown of Meadowlark, Wyoming; went to college; and made a career for herself by doing her favorite thing: riding horses. But after an accident makes it impossible for her to get back into the saddle, she has no choice but to return to the hometown she always wanted to escape.

Luke Brooks is Meadowlark’s most notorious bad boy, bar owner, and bachelor. He’s also the unofficial fifth member of the Ryder family. As Emmy’s older brother’s best friend, Luke spent most of his childhood antagonizing her. It’s been years since he’s seen her, but when she walks into his bar and back into his life, he can’t take his eyes off her. Despite his better judgment, he wants to do a whole lot more than just look at her.

Emmy’s got too much on her mind to think about romance. And Luke knows he should stay away from his best friend’s younger sister. But what if Luke is just what Emmy needs to get her spark back? Or will they both go up in flames?]]> 356 Lyla Sage luv 0 to-read 3.82 2023 Done and Dusted (Rebel Blue Ranch, #1)
author: Lyla Sage
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average rating: 3.82
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]]> <![CDATA[Mi compañero de piso es un vampiro]]> 180362746 424 Jenna Levine 841894580X luv 3 3.34 2023 Mi compañero de piso es un vampiro
author: Jenna Levine
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average rating: 3.34
book published: 2023
rating: 3
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no cambia vidas, pero entretiene un montĂłn
]]> The No-Show 58678549
These three women are strangers who have only one thing in common: They've all been stood up on the same day, the very worst day to be stood up--Valentine's Day. And, unbeknownst to them, they've all been stood up by the same man.

Once they've each forgiven him for standing them up, they let him back into their lives and are in serious danger of falling in love with a man who seems to have not just one or two but three women on the go....

Is there more to him than meets the eye? And will they each untangle the truth before they all get their hearts broken?

Three women who seemingly have nothing in common find that they're involved with the same man in this smart new rom-com by Beth O'Leary, bestselling author of The Flatshare.]]> 337 Beth O'Leary 0593438442 luv 0 to-read 3.75 2022 The No-Show
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average rating: 3.75
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]]> <![CDATA[Braving the Storm (Crimson Ridge, #2)]]> 214382636
I’m not supposed to feel this wayâ€�

I never wanted to disappear more than while around my family. Briar Lane, the girl only useful for one thing: my surname.

A business handshake and pawn to be traded. My father’s chess piece shuffled between empires. That was my life back in L.A. but all it took was finding the dirty secret stuffed in a jacket pocket, and my entire world unraveled.

So, I fled to the one place I knew they could never find me. Crimson Ridge.

Arriving in this snowy, harsh world, I thought I’d be starting over on my own, but it turns out I couldn’t have been more wrong. The abandoned mountain cabin I inherited isn’t what it seems.

This mountain hides secrets. An ex-pro bull rider consumes this space, and now, my every thought with it... Stîrmand Lane. My father’s adopted brother.

We should never have found ourselves isolated out here in the mountains together, each trying to outrun our pasts.

All it took was one misunderstanding, one line almost crossed, and everything changed.

A girl like me isn’t supposed to know what those tattooed hands feel like, and I’m certainly not meant to feel butterflies anytime that pair of piercing blue eyes land on mine.

He might be my every fantasy, a cowboy I constantly dream about, but he’s a temptation I have to ignore. A man I absolutely cannot find myself attracted to.
Even when he’s looking at me with the kind of hunger that can only spell ruin for us both.

Long, dark nights spent in this tiny cabin can’t be the excuse to step into forbidden territory.

Or can they?




Braving The Storm is an interconnected stand-alone, book 2 in the Crimson Ridge series, and can be read separately. Intended for ages 18 and over.]]> 432 Elliott Rose luv 4 my new era: cowboys 4.03 Braving the Storm (Crimson Ridge, #2)
author: Elliott Rose
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]]> <![CDATA[Taming the Heart (Crimson Ridge #3)]]> 217106597 Being hired by a ranch for the summer sounds picture-perfect, right? Except your new boss looks a whole lot like every fantasy and daydream you’ve ever had come to life—oh, and he’s already accidentally seen your favorite ‘toyâ€�.

I’ve always been the hyper-independent free spirit. Sage Maloney, the wild child.

The eldest daughter, with my heart locked away safely out of sight. I had a summer of fun ahead of me.

Only, I didn’t count on a former pro bull rider to stride into my life. Beau Heartford. The much older cowboy with a mustache to go weak at the knees for.

He’s a whole package of temptation. Someone who lures me in with glimpses of what it might be like to let my guard downâ€� to be taken care of.

My married boss.

Summer days rapidly turn scorching in this sleepy little town among the mountains. As the temperature continues to climb, we’re both stuck fighting a mutual attraction we can’t ignore.

Sparks fly, and we really should be putting more distance between the two of us.

In this scenario, more is at stake than just crossing a line between boss and employee.

There’s a wedding band on this cowboy’s finger.

Taming The Heart is an interconnected stand-alone, book 3 in the Crimson Ridge series, and can be read separately. Intended for ages 18 and over.]]> 446 Elliott Rose 1991281277 luv 0 to-read 4.59 Taming the Heart (Crimson Ridge #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Brutal Savior (Captives of the Onyx Brotherhood #2)]]> 217559857 Tame her. Don’t break her.

Joining the Brotherhood was supposed to lock my violent past away for good. I was in too deep when I learned their dark secret.

All Brothers must choose a Ward.

A captive woman to own, train and punish. It reignites the sadistic desires I’ve smothered. I try to do the right thing and choose a sweet, submissive woman who wants this life. But fate has other plans, and throws Quinn at my feet instead.

She’s lightning in a bottle, a tiny brat just begging for a firm hand. I should let Kendrick give her away, but one look at her furious eyes and I’m hooked. She won’t kneel for me unless I force her, and the beast inside me roars at the challenge.

As I work on taming my hellcat, a faceless ghost threatens my family. I’m glad Quinn woke the monster, because I’m going to need it.

If you love Stasia Black and Shantel Tessier's dark and twisted stories, you'll go feral for the men of the Onyx Brotherhood.]]> 318 Zara J. Black luv 0 to-read 4.45 Brutal Savior (Captives of the Onyx Brotherhood #2)
author: Zara J. Black
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]]> <![CDATA[Cruel Lies (Messina Crime Family, #2)]]> 209292384
When Nicolette was seventeen, she kissed me. And I did the only thing I could do—I pushed her away, even when it was the last thing I wanted.

I’m the son of a crime boss. Too old for her–and much too dangerous.

I only married her sister because I had to, not because I loved her. But Nicolette hates me for it.

She's twenty one now, and no longer the girl I remember. She's all woman, right down to her curves. But she's still too innocent for a man like me.

When her life’s in danger, my brother brings her to me for protection.

But when I see her again, protecting her isn’t the only thing on my mind.]]> 374 Lilian Harris luv 3 4.02 2023 Cruel Lies (Messina Crime Family, #2)
author: Lilian Harris
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average rating: 4.02
book published: 2023
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Sinful Vows (Messina Crime Family, #1)]]> 209292293
But if I want to rule over the wealthiest crime family in New York City, I only have two weeks to find one.

When Elsie broke into my home, I saw an opportunity, so I forced her into a marriage she didn't want.

No one crosses me, not even someone as beautiful as Elsie. She may fight me with that smart mouth, but she will obey me–or return to the hell she came from.

I told her she was mine for a year. Then she'd be free.

But the more I see them together, my daughter and my wife, the more she touches me like I'm worthy, the more I start to wonder, could she be mine?

But when war lands at our feet, when her life’s in jeopardy, I realize I was right all along.

No one is safe with a man like me. Least of all her.]]> 431 Lilian Harris luv 3 4.00 Sinful Vows (Messina Crime Family, #1)
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]]> El caso Alaska Sanders 60688587 Vuelve la mayor adicciĂłn literaria esperada por mĂĄs de 15 millones de lectores: la apasionante nueva investigaciĂłn de Marcus Goldman y el sargento Perry Gahalowood, con el regreso de Harry Quebert

«Sé lo que has hecho». Este mensaje, encontrado en el bolsillo del pantalón de Alaska Sanders, cuyo cadåver apareció el 3 de abril de 1999 al borde del lago de Mount Pleasant, una pequeña localidad de New Hampshire, es la clave de la nueva y apasionante investigación que, once años después de poner entre rejas a sus presuntos culpables, vuelve a reunir al escritor Marcus Goldman y el sargento Perry Gahalowood.
A medida que irån descubriendo quién era realmente Alaska Sanders, resurgirån los fantasmas del pasado, y entre ellos, especialmente, el de Harry Quebert.]]> 586 Joël Dicker 8420462128 luv 4 4.27 2022 El caso Alaska Sanders
author: Joël Dicker
name: luv
average rating: 4.27
book published: 2022
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Convict (Devil's Mayhem MC #1)]]> 201810751 Rax
Fifteen years to life is a long time to be sentenced to prison, even if I do deserve it. As the Enforcer of my MC, I had to do some things that would give most people nightmares. I’m prepared to do my time, waiting for my lawyer to appeal my sentence. But when an opportunity presents itself to escape, I take it. I’m on my way back to my clubhouse in Tennessee when I get stuck in a small Missouri town. I have to kidnap the small town mechanic to aid in my escape, ignoring the unfamiliar cravings I feel towards him.

Finn
After finishing my weekly food run, I’m approached by a hot-as-sin guy in the parking lot with a broken down truck. I help him out and think he's on his way until he shoves a gun into my back. Turns out that hot guy is an escaped convict and all he wants is my cooperation as a hostage. To live, I’ll have to trust him and do everything I can to save my lifeâ€� including using my body.

The Convict is an age gap, bi-awakening, motorcycle club, kinky book. It contains dark themes, murder, violence, heat and, most of all, a hard-fought HEA. It is book one in the Devil’s Mayhem MC series.]]> 314 R.S. McKenzie luv 2 4.03 The Convict (Devil's Mayhem MC #1)
author: R.S. McKenzie
name: luv
average rating: 4.03
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]]> <![CDATA[The Demon (Monsters and Beauties #4)]]> 227892645 I ran from one monster, only to stumble into the clutches of another.

Fleeing a brutal father and a forced marriage, I escaped deep into the forest, hoping to disappear.

Bleeding, exhausted, and desperate, I hid in a cave—but I quickly realized I wasn’t alone.

Something watched me from the darkness.

He was massive, horned� a creature pulled from nightmares.

And the moment his glowing eyes locked onto me, I knew one thing without a doubt. I was his.

Now, I was trapped in his lair, claimed by a beast who refused to let me go.

I thought I was running toward freedom.

But I only ran straight into his arms.

And I was even more terrified, becauseâ€� I didn’t want to leave.]]> 64 Jenika Snow luv 3 3.59 The Demon (Monsters and Beauties #4)
author: Jenika Snow
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average rating: 3.59
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]]> <![CDATA[Never Flinch (Holly Gibney, #4)]]> 221633230 From master storyteller Stephen King comes an extraordinary new novel with intertwining storylines—one about a killer on a diabolical revenge mission, and another about a vigilante targeting a feminist celebrity speaker—featuring the beloved Holly Gibney and a dynamic new cast of characters.

When the Buckeye City Police Department receives a disturbing letter from a person threatening to “kill thirteen innocents and one guiltyâ€� in “an act of atonement for the needless death of an innocent man,â€� Detective Izzy Jaynes has no idea what to think. Are fourteen citizens about to be slaughtered in an unhinged act of retribution? As the investigation unfolds, Izzy realizes that the letter writer is deadly serious, and she turns to her friend Holly Gibney for help.

Meanwhile, controversial and outspoken women’s rights activist Kate McKay is embarking on a multi-state lecture tour, drawing packed venues of both fans and detractors. Someone who vehemently opposes Kate’s message of female empowerment is targeting her and disrupting her events. At first, no one is hurt, but the stalker is growing bolder, and Holly is hired to be Kate’s bodyguard—a challenging task with a headstrong employer and a determined adversary driven by wrath and his belief in his own righteousness.

Featuring a riveting cast of characters both old and new, including world-famous gospel singer Sista Bessie and an unforgettable villain addicted to murder, these twinned narratives converge in a chilling and spectacular conclusion—a feat of storytelling only Stephen King could pull off.

Thrilling, wildly fun, and outrageously engrossing, Never Flinch is one of King’s richest and most propulsive novels.]]> 448 Stephen King 1668089335 luv 0 to-read 3.69 2025 Never Flinch (Holly Gibney, #4)
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]]> Holly 65916344 Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King’s most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns in this thrilling novel to solve the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a midwestern town.

“Sometimes the universe throws you a rope.â€� â€� BILL HODGES

Stephen King’s Holly marks the triumphant return of beloved King character Holly Gibney. Readers have witnessed Holly’s gradual transformation from a shy (but also brave and ethical) recluse in Mr. Mercedes to Bill Hodges’s partner in Finders Keepers to a full-fledged, smart, and occasionally tough private detective in The Outsider. In King’s new novel, Holly is on her own, and up against a pair of unimaginably depraved and brilliantly disguised adversaries.

When Penny Dahl calls the Finders Keepers detective agency hoping for help locating her missing daughter, Holly is reluctant to accept the case. Her partner, Pete, has Covid. Her (very complicated) mother has just died. And Holly is meant to be on leave. But something in Penny Dahl’s desperate voice makes it impossible for Holly to turn her down.

Mere blocks from where Bonnie Dahl disappeared live Professors Rodney and Emily Harris. They are the picture of bourgeois respectability: married octogenarians, devoted to each other, and semi-retired lifelong academics. But they are harboring an unholy secret in the basement of their well-kept, book-lined home, one that may be related to Bonnie’s disappearance. And it will prove nearly impossible to discover what they are up to: they are savvy, they are patient, and they are ruthless.

Holly must summon all her formidable talents to outthink and outmaneuver the shockingly twisted professors in this chilling new masterwork from Stephen King.]]> 449 Stephen King 1668016133 luv 4 4.01 2023 Holly
author: Stephen King
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average rating: 4.01
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Mountain Daddy (Mountain Men #2)]]> 230170939 S.J. Tilly 1962096270 luv 0 to-read 3.83 Mountain Daddy (Mountain Men #2)
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average rating: 3.83
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]]> <![CDATA[Bienvenidos a la librerĂ­a Hyunam-Dong]]> 214506367 352 Hwang Bo-Reum 8467074728 luv 3 muy cozy 3.87 2022 Bienvenidos a la librerĂ­a Hyunam-Dong
author: Hwang Bo-Reum
name: luv
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2022
rating: 3
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muy cozy
]]> <![CDATA[Los siete cuervos (Seven Ravens)]]> 20879521 Jacob Grimm luv 4 3.20 2012 Los siete cuervos (Seven Ravens)
author: Jacob Grimm
name: luv
average rating: 3.20
book published: 2012
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Mountain Boss (Mountain Men #1)]]> 223437788
I’m just so exhausted—always living on the edge of desperation, one paycheck away from ruin.
But this new job�
It could be the fresh start I need.
It could change everything.
The contract is only for three months, but if I keep my head down, work hard, and prove myself, maybe I could stay longer.
Maybe I could make Black Mountain Lodge my home.
As I pull down the gravel drive, surrounded by the forest and mountains and bright blue skies, I feel something I haven’t felt in a while.
I feel hope.

Sterling

My new employee is late.
I’m already in a bad mood about having to train him, still salty about my old guy retiring on me.
But while I’m waiting, a woman pulls up my drive.
A woman straight from my damn dreams.
Curvy and pretty, looking at me with wide eyes framed with sooty lashes.
And suddenly, I’m no longer thinking about my late employee.
But then she opens her mouth and asks for me, introducing herself as Courtney, my new hire.
Courtney. Not Court, like the application said.
And I realize there’s been a mistake.
I can’t have this woman working here. Living on my property. Distracting me. I mean, my staff.
No. She can’t work for me. End of story.
Except she won’t leave. She even threatens to sue me.
Fine. If she won’t let me fire her before she even starts, then I’ll just have to make her leave on her own.]]> 510 S.J. Tilly 1962096246 luv 4 4.21 Mountain Boss (Mountain Men #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[If You Give a Grump a Holiday Wishlist (Aspen Grove #0.5)]]> 199296870
He gassed up his private jet and decided he’d be joining me so we could close this massive deal before the new year.

There are three conditions to him coming home with me:

1. My family can’t know that he’s my boss (See note above about him being a tyrant)
2. I will absolutely be getting a big fat raise
3. He has to help me with my holiday wishlist

What’s worse than my boss stealing Christmas? Him pretending to be my boyfriend.

Since he’s faking being in love with me, my mom put us together in my childhood bedroom with just one bed to share.

When the mistletoe comes out, I can’t help but wonder what would happen if my hot as coal boss and I were underneath.

Jack Sinclair is nothing but determined to get everything he wants this Christmas and it looks like I’m at the top of his list.]]> 180 Ann Einerson luv 3 3.67 If You Give a Grump a Holiday Wishlist (Aspen Grove #0.5)
author: Ann Einerson
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average rating: 3.67
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]]> Circe 35959740
Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts, and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus.

But there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone, and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians. To protect what she loves most, Circe must summon all her strength and choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from or with the mortals she has come to love.]]> 393 Madeline Miller 0316556343 luv 3 4.22 2018 Circe
author: Madeline Miller
name: luv
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2018
rating: 3
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]]> La mujer del camarote 10 35621456 y nadie te cree

La invitación a un crucero de lujo, que zarpa de Londres rumbo a los fiordos noruegos, es como un sueño hecho realidad para Laura Blacklock, una joven periodista en horas bajas. La oportunidad es doble: no sólo podrå contemplar la maravillosa aurora boreal, sino que se codearå con gente influyente que podría ayudarla a reconducir su carrera profesional.

Los primeros compases de la travesĂ­a discurren conforme a lo previsto: el ambiente del barco es suntuoso, el servicio, de primera categorĂ­a, y el pasaje derrocha elegancia, simpatĂ­a y dinero. Sin embargo, todo cambia cuando, una noche, un grito aterrador despierta a Laura, quien, estupefacta, observa cĂłmo el cuerpo de una mujer cae al mar desde el compartimento contiguo.

Al dar la voz de alarma, la tripulaciĂłn le asegura que el camarote nĂșmero 10 siempre ha estado vacĂ­o y que no falta ningĂșn pasajero a bordo. AsĂ­, con creciente inquietud, Laura comprueba que... nadie le cree. Y lo peor no es que se sienta sola y aislada, sino que una serie de extraños acontecimientos la convencen de que ella puede ser la prĂłxima vĂ­ctima.]]> 300 Ruth Ware luv 3 3.51 2016 La mujer del camarote 10
author: Ruth Ware
name: luv
average rating: 3.51
book published: 2016
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Una ventana a la oscuridad (El rey pastor, #1)]]> 223750084
Elspeth necesita a un monstruo. Y el monstruo podrĂ­a ser ella.

La joven necesita mĂĄs que suerte para estar a salvo en el siniestro mundo rodeado de neblina al que llama hogar. Necesita a un monstruo. Ella lo llama el Tormento, un antiguo y perturbado espĂ­ritu atrapado en su cabeza. La protege. Guarda sus secretos.

Pero todo tiene un precio, especialmente la magia.

Cuando conoce a un misterioso salteador de caminos en el bosque, su vida da un drĂĄstico giro. El bandido resulta ser el sobrino del reyâ€� y ha sido acusado de alta traiciĂłn. Arrastrada a un mundo de sombras y engaños, Elspeth emprende una peligrosa misiĂłn: curar al reino de la magia oscura que lo estĂĄ infectando.

El joven y Elspeth tienen hasta el solsticio para reunir doce Cartas de la Providencia, la clave para la cura. Pero a medida que avanza su misiĂłn y su innegable atracciĂłn se vuelve mĂĄs intensa, se verĂĄ obligada a hacer frente a su secreto mĂĄs oscuro: el Tormento estĂĄ, de un modo lento y tenebroso, empezando a controlar su mente. Y puede que Elspeth no tenga modo alguno de evitarlo.]]> 480 Rachel Gillig 8410163853 luv 0 to-read 3.50 2022 Una ventana a la oscuridad (El rey pastor, #1)
author: Rachel Gillig
name: luv
average rating: 3.50
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]]> <![CDATA[The Darkness Within Us (The Shadows Between Us, #2)]]> 201126787
By hiding her intelligence and ambition behind the mask of a beautiful air-headed girl, she has gathered important secrets, earned her father’s constant care, and become a wealthy duchess—all by age nineteen. Now, she is only one elderly, dying duke away from having all the freedom, money, and safety she’s ever wanted.

Or so she thought.

Turns out her little sister somehow snatched the true victory away from her: Alessandra is wedding the Shadow King, the most powerful man in the world. Meanwhile, after the death of Chrysantha’s no-good, lecherous husband, a man claiming to be the duke’s estranged grandson turns up to inherit everything that should be hers.

Chrysantha is enraged. There is no way that she’s going to let some man take everything from her. Never mind that he’s extremely handsome and secretive and alluring with mysterious powersâ€� No, Chrysantha wants Eryx Demos dead, and in the end, a Stathos girl always gets what she wants.]]> 336 Tricia Levenseller 1250840775 luv 0 to-read 3.91 2024 The Darkness Within Us (The Shadows Between Us, #2)
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]]> JĂłvenes e imprudentes 228004966
Hermosa, salvaje y extraña... La isla de Meroe es un lugar inhóspito en mitad del Pacífico con un misterioso historial de naufragios, canibalismo e incluso rumores de asesinato. Es el destino perfecto para que los mås aventureros escapen de todo... menos de la verdad.

SEIS VISITANTES

Seis veinteañeros estån a punto de embarcarse en un viaje maravilloso y liberador, lleno de días soleados y noches embriagadoras. Pero cuando se dan cuenta de que estån mås lejos de la civilización de lo que pensaban, empiezan a sentir que la propia isla los atrapa y los sumerge en una peligrosa espiral de descubrimientos.

INCONTABLES SECRETOS

Cuando una persona desaparece y encuentran su cadåver, los visitantes se empezarån a preguntar qué oscuros secretos guarda ese paraíso impenetrable... y quién mås se verå arrastrado por los peligros ocultos en la isla.]]> 352 Rachel Hawkins luv 0 to-read 3.11 2022 Jóvenes e imprudentes
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]]> The Sirens 210411871 A story of sisters separated by hundreds of years but bound together in more ways than they can imagine

2019: Lucy awakens in her ex-lover’s room in the middle of the night with her hands around his throat. Horrified, she flees to her sister’s house on the coast of New South Wales hoping Jess can help explain the vivid dreams that preceded the attack—but her sister is missing. As Lucy waits for her return, she starts to unearth strange rumours about Jess’s town—tales of numerous missing men, spread over decades. A baby abandoned in a sea-swept cave. Whispers of women’s voices on the waves. All the while, her dreams start to feel closer than ever.

1800: Mary and Eliza are torn from their loving home in Ireland and forced onto a convict ship heading for Australia. As the boat takes them farther and farther away from all they know, they begin to notice unexplainable changes in their bodies.

A breathtaking tale of female resilience, The Sirens is an extraordinary novel that captures the sheer power of sisterhood and the indefinable magic of the sea.]]> 337 Emilia Hart 1250280826 luv 0 to-read 3.82 2025 The Sirens
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]]> <![CDATA[Wicked Pursuit (Black Rose Auction, #1)]]> 200599873
For three days, the doors to this luxe New York estate are thrown wide for anyone with a taste for the obscenely rich, the ultra-exclusive, and the once in a lifetime thrill of the forbidden: where nothing is off the table and everything―and everyone―can be had for the taking.

In WICKED PURSUIT by Katee Robert, a Little Red Riding Hood remix, a mob princess with a taste for doing things she shouldn't acquires a stalker who will kill anyone who touches what's his...]]> Katee Robert luv 0 to-read 3.78 2025 Wicked Pursuit (Black Rose Auction, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Muerte a la oscuridad (Black Bird Academy, #1)]]> 219280745
Black Bird Academy es una oscura escuela en la que se instruye a exorcistas cuya labor es proteger a la humanidad de los demonios. Tras ser poseĂ­da por un demonio, Leaf Young recibe una oferta dela academia: si se forma para convertirse en exorcista, recuperarĂĄ su libertad.]]> 608 Stella Tack 8410399016 luv 0 to-read 4.16 2023 Muerte a la oscuridad (Black Bird Academy, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Que entierren nuestros huesos en la medianoche]]> 223690221 ALL first edition copies will be signed by the author! Signed copies available while supplies last.

From V. E. Schwab, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue: a new genre-defying novel about immortality and hunger.

This is a story about hunger.
1532. Santo Domingo de la Calzada.
A young girl grows up wild and wily—her beauty is only outmatched by her dreams of escape. But María knows she can only ever be a prize, or a pawn, in the games played by men. When an alluring stranger offers an alternate path, María makes a desperate choice. She vows to have no regrets.

This is a story about love.
1827. London.
A young woman lives an idyllic but cloistered life on her family’s estate, until a moment of forbidden intimacy sees her shipped off to London. Charlotte’s tender heart and seemingly impossible wishes are swept away by an invitation from a beautiful widow—but the price of freedom is higher than she could have imagined.

This is a story about rage.
2019. Boston.
College was supposed to be her chance to be someone new. That’s why Alice moved halfway across the world, leaving her old life behind. But after an out-of-character one-night stand leaves her questioning her past, her present, and her future, Alice throws herself into the hunt for answers . . . and revenge.

This is a story about life�
how it ends, and how it starts.

USA Today, 15 Most Anticipated of 2025
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The Nerd Daily, SFF to Devour in 2025
Ć·±ŠÓéÀÖ, Readers' Most Anticipated Books of 2025]]> 576 Victoria E. Schwab 8410085623 luv 0 to-read 5.00 2025 Que entierren nuestros huesos en la medianoche
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]]> <![CDATA[Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret (Ernest Cunningham, #3)]]> 206005312
My name’s Ernest Cunningham. I used to be a fan of reading Golden Age murder mysteries, until I found myself with a haphazard career getting stuck in the middle of real-life ones. I’d hoped, this Christmas, that any self-respecting murderer would kick their feet up and take it easy over the holidays. I was wrong.

So here I am, backstage at the show of world-famous magician Rylan Blaze, whose benefactor has just been murdered. My suspects are all professional tricksters: masters of the art of misdirection.

THE MAGICIAN

THE ASSISTANT

THE EXECUTIVE

THE HYPNOTIST

THE IDENTICAL TWIN

THE COUNSELLOR

THE TECH

My clues are even more abstract: A suspect covered in blood, without a memory of how it got there. A murder committed without setting foot inside the room where it happens. And an advent calendar. Because, you know, it’s Christmas.

If I can see through the illusions, I know I can solve it.

After all, a good murder is just like a magic trick, isn’t it?]]> 175 Benjamin Stevenson 0063412861 luv 0 to-read 3.70 2024 Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret (Ernest Cunningham, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[If You Give a Single Dad a Nanny (Aspen Grove, #1)]]> 204708093
Should I have agreed to nanny his cute six year old who loves my dog Waffles? Absolutely not.

But her dad seems to think he can do everything himself. ( no one can)

3 reasons why I absolutely cannot fall for Dylan

1. He’s grumpy and doesn’t seem to like me very much
2.He lives next door � literally next door to my perfect pink house
3. There are no secrets in a small town

I’m an optimistic artist, never living in one place for too long.

He’s a cynical billionaire, trying to raise his kid on his own like a “normalâ€� person.

Since I’m not going to fall for Dylan Stafford, it shouldn’t matter that he shovels my driveway or looks at me like he could devour me.

One kiss later â€� I, Marlow Taylor, am completely screwed.]]> 312 Ann Einerson luv 4 my heart it’s melting 3.88 If You Give a Single Dad a Nanny (Aspen Grove, #1)
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my heart it’s melting
]]> <![CDATA[Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect (Ernest Cunningham, #2)]]> 167006698
The program is a who’s who of crime writing royalty:

the debut writer (me!)

the forensic science writer

the blockbuster writer

the legal thriller writer

the literary writer

the psychological suspense writer

But when one of us is murdered, the remaining authors quickly turn into five detectives. Together, we should know how to solve a crime.

Of course, we should also know how to commit one.

How can you find a killer when all the suspects know how to get away with murder?]]> 320 Benjamin Stevenson 006327907X luv 4 la forma de narrarte la historia sĂ­ es atrapante]]> 3.82 2023 Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect (Ernest Cunningham, #2)
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la verdad es que
la forma de narrarte la historia sĂ­ es atrapante
]]> La sangre manda 52077164
Una colecciĂłn Ășnica que incluye una impactante secuela de El visitante.

La sangre vende. AsĂ­ reza la mĂĄxima periodĂ­stica que harĂĄ que Holly Gibney, la detective a la que Bill Hodges legĂł su agencia Finders Keepers, se interese por la matanza en el instituto Albert Macready y acabe enganchada a las noticias. Algo no encaja y el fantasma de la coartada perfecta del terrorĂ­fico visitante serĂĄ el detonante en su primer caso en solitario.

Si bien Holly no tendrĂĄ ayuda en la secuela del exitoso noir paranormal del rey del terror, en este libro la acompañan tres historias mĂĄs. En la primera, un niño tiene como guardaespaldas al fantasma de un millonario excĂ©ntrico. En la segunda, el mundo se acaba: hay mĂșltiples terremotos, internet ha caĂ­do y la peste estĂĄ mermando a la Humanidad mientras ciudades de todas partes se llenan de enigmĂĄticos carteles. Y, en la Ășltima, un escritor se instala en una cabaña aislada para escribir una novela, y acaba enfrentĂĄndose a sus propios demonios.

Cuatro relatos largos en los que el legendario narrador de cuentos y autor superventas, sorprende nuevamente a los lectores y les conduce a lugares intrigantes a la vez que aterradores.]]> 460 Stephen King 8401024757 luv 4 3.82 2020 La sangre manda
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me encantĂł volver a leer a Holly
]]> The Last One at the Wedding 203579177 From the bestselling author of Hidden Pictures comes a breathtaking work of suspense about a father trying to save his daughter from a life-altering decision that will put everything he loves on the line.

Frank Szatowski is shocked when his daughter, Maggie, calls him for the first time in three years. He was convinced that their estrangement would become permanent. He’s even more surprised when she invites him to her upcoming wedding in New Hampshire. Frank is ecstatic, and determined to finally make things right.

He arrives to find that the wedding is at a private estate—very secluded, very luxurious, very much out of his league. It seems that Maggie failed to mention that she’s marrying Aidan Gardner, the son of a famous tech billionaire. Feeling desperately out of place, Frank focuses on reconnecting with Maggie and getting to know her new family. But it’s difficult: Aidan is withdrawn and evasive; Maggie doesn’t seem to have time for him; and he finds that the locals are disturbingly hostile to the Gardners. Frank needs to know more about this family his daughter is marrying into, but if he pushes too hard, he could lose Maggie forever.

An edge-of-your-seat thriller that delves deep into the heart of one family, The Last One at the Wedding is a work of brilliant suspense from a true modern master.]]> 338 Jason Rekulak 1250895782 luv 0 to-read 3.62 2024 The Last One at the Wedding
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]]> La maldiciĂłn de la sangre 216829271
Cuando Sciona por fin hace realidad su ambición y se convierte en una alta maga, descubre que sus desafíos apenas han comenzado. Sus nuevos colegas estån decididos a hacerla sentir incómoda y, en lugar de un asistente de laboratorio calificado, le asignan un conserje.�

De lo que ni Sciona ni sus compañeros se dan cuenta es que su taciturno asistente no siempre fue un conserje. Diez años atrĂĄs, era un cazador nĂłmada que perdiĂł a su familia en su peligroso viaje desde las llanuras salvajes hasta la ciudad. Pero ahora ve la oportunidad de entender las fuerzas que diezmaron a su tribu, lo expulsaron de su tierra natal y mantuvieron a los privilegiados en el poder.â€�

Al principio, la maga y el forastero mantienen una relaciĂłn conflictiva. Pero mientras trabajan juntos, desentrañan un antiguo secreto que podrĂ­a cambiar el curso de la magia para siempreâ€� siempre y cuando no los mate primero.​]]> 512 M.L. Wang 8410085275 luv 0 to-read 4.25 2023 La maldiciĂłn de la sangre
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]]> La chica salvaje 52713895
Cuando en las marismas aparece el cuerpo sin vida de Chase Andrews, todas las miradas se centran en ella, la misteriosa niña olvidada: los murmullos se convierten inmediatamente en acusaciones, las sospechas en certezas inquebrantables. El juicio, dentro y fuera del tribunal, arrastra la historia hacia su epílogo impredecible y deslumbrante.

La chica salvaje es la novela conmovedora de una infancia marcada por el abandono y de una naturaleza que se revela como una madre, no como una madrastra. Pero también es la historia de un secreto celosamente guardado que cuestiona los límites entre la verdad y la mentira, el bien y el mal.]]> 418 Delia Owens 0593081625 luv 3 4.21 2018 La chica salvaje
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average rating: 4.21
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rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[El niño con el pijama de rayas]]> 1754286
Aunque el uso habitual de un texto como éste es describir las características de la obra, por una vez nos tomaremos la libertad de hacer una excepción a la norma establecida. No sólo porque el libro que tienes en tus manos es muy difícil de definir, sino porque estamos convencidos de que explicar su contenido estropearía la experiencia de la lectura. Creemos que es importante empezar esta novela sin saber de qué trata.
No obstante, si decides embarcarte en la aventura, debes saber que acompañarĂĄs a Bruno, un niño de nueve años, cuando se muda con su familia a una casa junto a una cerca. Cercas como Ă©sa existen en muchos sitios del mundo, sĂłlo deseamos que no te encuentres nunca con una. Por Ășltimo, cabe aclarar que este libro no es sĂłlo para adultos; tambiĂ©n lo pueden leer, y serĂ­a recomendable que lo hicieran, niños a partir de los trece años de edad.

El editor]]> 224 John Boyne luv 3 4.10 2006 El niño con el pijama de rayas
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]]> Amor animal 223654221
Mackenzie Carter ha tenido un desastre de citas Ășltimamente. Desde un experto en maquetas de trenes hasta un tipo extrañamente obsesionado con su colaâ€� Y nada indica que vaya a mejorar. A solo un año de la residencia, la obsesiĂłn de su abuela porque encuentre pareja y siente la cabeza, la va a volver loca. En un momento determinado y al sentirse acorralada, solo se le ocurre decir que ha conocido a alguien y el primer nombre que le viene a la cabeza es: Noah Taylor, el lobo feroz del Hospital General de Denver. Y precisamente ÂĄel Ășltimo hombre con el que saldrĂ­a!

Noah Taylor, un cardiĂłlogo de renombre y mal genio, ha pasado toda su vida ocultando lo que es: un lobo alfa que cambia de forma, el mĂĄs fuerte, poderoso y amenazador de la manada. Por si fuera poco, todavĂ­a no ha encontrado a su omega, la cambiaformas destinada a pasar toda su vida a su lado, la Ășnica capaz de calmar sus brutales instintos. Hasta ahora habĂ­a mantenido su designaciĂłn en secreto, pero una denuncia anĂłnima hace que todo salga a la luz.

A Noah le quedan dos opciones: sincerarse ante el consejo y arriesgar su carrera, o buscarse una pareja. Y ahora la médico de urgencias, le pide que sea su novio falso, el mismo día que lo llaman para reunirse con la junta, tiene que ser el destino, ¿verdad?

Esta transacción serå muy beneficiosa para ambos, pero lo que comienza como un acuerdo temporal por conveniencia pronto se convierte en un deseo incontrolable� Y mås råpido que una luna cambiante, Mackenzie y Noah se darån cuenta de que la conexión que los une puede ser mås fuerte que cualquier instinto animal.]]> 392 Lana Ferguson 8419873853 luv 4 3.61 2023 Amor animal
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]]> Nada de esto es verdad 214506562
Alix Summer, presentadora de un popular pódcast de true crime, celebra su cuadragésimo quinto cumpleaños en un pub. Allí conoce a Josie Fair, quien también estå celebrando su cumpleaños, y descubren que nacieron el mismo día en el mismo hospital.

Unos dĂ­as mĂĄs tarde vuelven a coincidir, esta vez fuera del instituto de los hijos de Alix. Josie ha estado escuchando todos sus programas y cree que su vida podrĂ­a ser un tema interesante para su pĂłdcast.

Lo que de entrada parece una buena idea, poco a poco se va convirtiendo en algo inquietante y extraño. Josie consigue meterse en la vida de Alix? y en su hogar, convirtiéndose Alix en la protagonista de su propio pódcast.

¿Quién es realmente Josie Fair? ¿Y qué oculta?]]> 352 Lisa Jewell 8408292129 luv 4 3.87 2023 Nada de esto es verdad
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]]> <![CDATA[Una educaciĂłn mortal (Escolomancia, #1)]]> 55952380 Todo el mundo adora a Orion Lake. Todos los demĂĄs, quiero decir. Por mĂ­ puede meterse su rimbombante magia combativa por donde le quepa. No pienso unirme a su grupo de fervientes seguidores.

A diferencia del resto, yo no necesito la ayuda de nadie para sobrevivir a la Escolomancia. Olvídate de las hordas de monstruos y de los artefactos malditos: lo mås probable es que no haya nada mås peligroso en este colegio que yo. En cuanto te descuides destruiré montañas, aniquilaré a millones de personas y me convertiré en la siniestra reina del mundo.

Al menos, eso es lo que todos esperan que haga. A la mayorĂ­a de los estudiantes les encantarĂ­a que Orion acabara conmigo igual que si fuera otra de las diabĂłlicas criaturas que salen de los desagĂŒes. A veces pienso que quieren que me convierta en la bruja malĂ©fica que creen que soy. El colegio, desde luego, lo estĂĄ deseando.
Pero no voy a darle a la Escolomancia lo que quiere. Ni tampoco a Orion Lake. Tal vez nadie me considere la heroĂ­na perfecta, pero pienso salir de aquĂ­ con vida. Y sin provocar una masacre.

Aunque sĂ­ estoy planteĂĄndome seriamente cargarme a cierta persona.]]> 352 Naomi Novik luv 0 to-read 3.77 2020 Una educaciĂłn mortal (Escolomancia, #1)
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]]> The Wake-Up Call 63946938 Two hotel receptionists--and arch-rivals--find a collection of old wedding rings and compete to return them to their owners, discovering their own love story along the way.

It's the busiest season of the year, and Forest Manor Hotel is quite literally falling apart. So when Izzy and Lucas are given the same shift on the hotel's front desk, they have no choice but to put their differences aside and see it through.

The hotel won't stay afloat beyond Christmas without some sort of miracle. But when Izzy returns a guest's lost wedding ring, the reward convinces management that this might be the way to fix everything. With four rings still sitting in the lost & found, the race is on for Izzy and Lucas to save their beloved hotel--and their jobs.

As their bitter rivalry turns into something much more complicated, Izzy and Lucas begin to wonder if there's more at stake here than the hotel's future. Can the two of them make it through the season with their hearts intact?]]> 356 Beth O'Leary luv 4 3.51 2023 The Wake-Up Call
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]]> Sounds Like Love 219301810 A hitmaking songwriter and a bitter musician share a startling and inexplicable connection that they’ll do anything to shake, in the next sparkling, magical book from Ashley Poston.

Joni Lark is living the dream. She’s one of the most coveted songwriters in LA
and she can’t seem to write. There’s an emptiness inside her, and nothing seems to fill it.

When she returns to her hometown of Vienna Shores, North Carolina, she hopes that the sand, the surf, and the concerts at The Revelry, her family’s music venue, will spark her inspiration. But when she gets there, nothing is how she left it. Her best friend is avoiding her, her mother’s memories are fading fast, and The Revelry is closing.

How can she think about writing her next song when everything is changing without her?

Until she hears it. A melody in her head, lyric-less and half-formed, and an alluring and addictive voice to go with it—belonging, apparently, to a wry musician with hangups of his own.

Surely, he’s a figment of her overworked imagination.

But then the very real man attached to the voice shows up in Vienna Shores. He’s aggravating and gruff on the outside—nothing like the sweet, funny voice in Joni’s head—and he has a plan:

They’ll finish the song haunting them both, break their connection, and hope they don’t risk their hearts in the process.

Because that song stuck in their heads? Maybe it’s there for a reason.]]> Ashley Poston 0593641019 luv 0 to-read 4.27 2025 Sounds Like Love
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]]> La luz que no puedes ver 25043529
En una ciudad minera de Alemania, el joven huérfano Werner crece junto a su hermana pequeña, cautivado por una rudimentaria radio que ambos encuentran. Werner se convierte en un experto en construir y reparar estos aparatos cruciales para los nuevos tiempos, un talento que no pasa desapercibido a las Juventudes Hitlerianas.

Siguiendo al ejĂ©rcito alemĂĄn, Werner deberĂĄ atravesar el corazĂłn en guerra de Europa. Hasta que en la Ășltima noche antes de la liberaciĂłn de Saint-Malo los caminos de Werner y Marie-Laure por fin se crucen. Y sus vidas cambien para siempre.]]> 658 Anthony Doerr 8483657619 luv 3 4.04 2014 La luz que no puedes ver
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rating: 3
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]]> La voluntad de muchos 223690133 At the elite Catenan Academy, where students are prepared as the future leaders of the Hierarchy empire, the curriculum reveals a layered set of mysteries which turn murderous in this new fantasy by bestselling author of The Licanius Trilogy, James Islington.

Vis, the adopted son of Magnus Quintus Ulcisor, a prominent senator within the Hierarchy, is trained to enter the famed Catenan Academy to help Ulciscor learn what the hidden agenda is of the remote island academy. Secretly, he also wants Vis to discover what happed to his brother who died at the academy, further, he’s sure the current Principalis of the academy, Quintus Veridius Julii, a political rival, knows much more than he’s revealing.

The Academy’s vigorous syllabus is a challenge Vis is ably suited to meet, but it is the training in the use of Will, a practice that Vis finds abhorrent, that he must learn in order to excel at the Academy. Will—a concept that encompasses their energy, drive, focus, initiative, ambition, and vitality—can be voluntarily “cededâ€� to someone else. A single recipient can accept ceded Will from multiple people, growing in power towards superhuman levels. Within the hierarchy your level of Will, or legal rank, determines how you live or die. And there are those who are determined to destroy this hierarchal system, as well as those in the Academy who use it to gain dominance in international bestselling author James Islington’s wonderfully crafted new epic fantasy series.]]> 800 James Islington 8410163942 luv 0 to-read 4.00 2023 La voluntad de muchos
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]]> La ciudad colgante 220975641 Un mundo en ruinas

Una traiciĂłn imperdonable

Un amor amenazado

y Una ciudad al borde del colapso.

DespuĂ©s de siete años huyendo de su padre maltratador, Alondra se estĂĄ quedando sin opciones. Su Ășnica ventaja es un poder maldito: puede infundir miedo, haciendo huir a cualquier amenaza. En una bĂșsqueda desesperada de un hogar, recuerda las leyendas de su infancia que hablaban de Cagmar, la ciudad colgante de los troles, suspendida sobre un abismo infinito.

El consejo de troles se siente intrigado por su don y convierte a Alondra en cazadora de monstruos y en protectora de la ciudad colgante. Alondra, no obstante, debe seguir una regla: si usa su poder contra un trol, serĂĄ ejecutada. Su lealtad se pondrĂĄ a prueba cuando despierte la ira de un poderoso trol enemigo de los humanos. En Cagmar ha encontrado la amistad e incluso el amor, pero cualquier error podrĂ­a costarle la vida.]]> 360 Charlie N. Holmberg 8418509902 luv 0 to-read 3.17 2023 La ciudad colgante
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]]> <![CDATA[Prey Tell (Ravaged Castle, #1)]]> 68756078 He was both�

Chase
As the second youngest Ravage brother, I’ve spent my entire adult life rectifying our tainted family name and keeping my urges behind closed doors.
Until my best friend’s little sister shows up at The Hunt ready to play, and I lose control.
I tell myself it’s just a taste.
Except, with her, I should’ve known a single taste wouldn’t be enough.
And then the good girl I’ve known most of my life drops to her knees.
For me.
From that moment on, I knew she would only ever be one thing.
Mine.

Juliet
Presenting my brother’s best friend with a pros/cons list of why he should take my virginity seemed like a good idea at the time.
I thrive on information, data, and lists, and it made sense on paper.
Until he rejected me and walked out of my life.
Now, eight years later, my life is falling apart despite my careful planning.
Tempted with an invite to Ravage Castle, I show up seeking answers to questions I’m not sure I can handle.
Except, a furious Chase finds me talking to another man.
Under his gilded, arched roof.
I soon learn that despite his controlled exterior, Chase seems to have one weakness.
Me.

Prey Tell is a full-length, brother’s best friend/billionaire romance with primal play themes. It is book one in the Ravaged Castle series. All books can be read as standalones.

Warning: This book contains a possessive, jealous antihero, explicit sexual situations, and strong language. There is no cheating, and there is a HEA.]]> 432 Amanda Richardson luv 0 to-read 3.99 2023 Prey Tell (Ravaged Castle, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)]]> 62919377
But Emmy’s world is turned upside down when glamorous socialite, the Honorable Mrs. Cressida Porter, becomes the new publisher of the magazine, and wants to change everything the readers love. Aided by Mrs. Pye, a Paris-obsessed fashion editor with delusions of grandeur, and Small Winston, the grumpiest dog in London, Mrs. Porter fills the pages with expensive clothes and frivolous articles about her friends. Worst of all, she announces that she is cutting the “Yours Cheerfullyâ€� column and her vision for the publication’s future seems dire. With the stakes higher than ever, Emmy and her friends must find a way to save the magazine that they love.]]> 313 A.J. Pearce 1668007711 luv 0 to-read 4.09 2023 Mrs. Porter Calling (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Yours Cheerfully (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #2)]]> 55710565 Woman’s Friend magazine, things are looking up for Emmeline Lake as she takes on the challenge of becoming a young wartime advice columnist. Her relationship with boyfriend Charles (now stationed back in the UK) is blossoming, while Emmy’s best friend Bunty, still reeling from the very worst of the Blitz, is bravely looking to the future. Together, the friends are determined to Make a Go of It.

When the Ministry of Information calls on Britain’s women’s magazines to help recruit desperately needed female workers to the war effort, Emmy is thrilled to be asked to step up and help. But when she and Bunty meet a young woman who shows them the very real challenges that women war workers face, Emmy must tackle a life-changing dilemma between doing her duty and standing by her friends.]]> 304 A.J. Pearce 1501170090 luv 3 3.87 2021 Yours Cheerfully (The Emmy Lake Chronicles, #2)
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average rating: 3.87
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rating: 3
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]]> Mi amor del mĂĄs allĂĄ 213826924
Cuando ambos empiezan a hablar, todo lo demĂĄs pasa a un segundo plano... hasta que alguien aparece a toda prisa, les grita que ha habido un error y manda al atractivo desconocido de vuelta a la tierra.

En un giro de los acontecimientos, a Delphie le proponen un trato para volver a su vida anterior y reencontrase con el misterioso hombre que, segĂșn ella, es su alma gemela.

ÂżEl problema? Solo dispone de diez dĂ­as para dar con Ă©l.

Diez dĂ­as para conseguir que se enamore de ella.

Ah, y ademĂĄs Ă©l no recuerda haberla conocido...]]> 376 Kirsty Greenwood 8419822272 luv 4 me encantĂł 4.06 2024 Mi amor del mĂĄs allĂĄ
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me encantĂł
]]> Say You Swear 60495054 It didn’t matter how wild I allowed my imagination to run, it always led me to the same place in the end. It led me to him.
My future was clear, and he was it. Until suddenly ... he wasn’t. Now I’m a shell of who I was, on a path too blurry to follow, and I see no way out.
No way up. They say first loves last forever.
That’s exactly what I’m afraid of.

___
This is a 152k word standalone romance with angst that is sure to pack a punch!]]> 550 Meagan Brandy luv 0 to-read 4.07 2022 Say You Swear
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]]> Happily Never After 181853964 Two love sceptics agree to work together as professional wedding disruptors. But fate has more romantic plans in mind for them . . .

When Sophie finds out right before getting married that she’s been cheated on (again!) it’s time for drastic action. Instead of calling the wedding off, she hires a gorgeous stranger â€� Max â€� to interrupt the ceremony and confront her fiancĂ©. It’s hardly the wedding she’d planned. But Sophie enjoys taking revenge. So, when Max asks if she’ll work with him to help others expose their cheating partners, Sophie agrees. When they’re hired by a man who’s marrying the girl that once broke Max’s heart, Sophie expects Max to revel in the job. But instead, he seems to be wrestling with his feelings for his ex. And worse than that, Sophie is jealous . . .Tropes/ Friends to lovers2. Slow burn romance3. Spicy books4. Love triangle]]> 313 Lynn Painter luv 3 3.63 2024 Happily Never After
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]]> The Long Game (Green Oak, #1) 101144869 A disgraced soccer exec reluctantly enlists the help of a retired soccer star in coaching a children’s team in this smalltown love story in the vein of Ted Lasso and It Happened One Summer —from the New York Times bestselling author of The Spanish Love Deception.

Adalyn Reyes has spent years perfecting her daily routine: wake up at dawn, drive to the Miami Flames FC offices, try her hardest to leave a mark, go home, and repeat.

But her routine is disrupted when a video of her in an altercation with the team’s mascot goes viral. Rather than fire her, the team’s owner—who happens to be her father—sends Adalyn to middle-of-nowhere North Carolina, where she’s tasked with turning around the struggling local soccer team, the Green Warriors, as a way to redeem herself. Her plans crumble upon discovering that the players wear tutus to practice (impractical), keep pet goats (messy), and are terrified of Adalyn (counterproductive), and are nine-year-old kids.

To make things worse, also in town is Cameron Caldani, goalkeeping prodigy whose presence is somewhat of a mystery. Cam is the perfect candidate to help Adalyn, but after one very unfortunate first encounter involving a rooster, Cam’s leg, and Adalyn’s bumper, he’s also set on running her out of town. But banishment is not an option for Adalyn. Not again. Helping this ragtag children’s team is her road to redemption, and she is playing the long game. With or without Cam’s help.]]> 373 Elena Armas 1668011301 luv 3 3.54 2023 The Long Game (Green Oak, #1)
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name: luv
average rating: 3.54
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]]> <![CDATA[The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)]]> 51588815
After her life falls apart, recruitment consultant Layla Patel returns home to her family in San Francisco. But in the eyes of her father, who runs a Michelin starred restaurant, she can do no wrong. He would do anything to see her smile again. With the best intentions in mind, he offers her the office upstairs to start her new business and creates a profile on an online dating site to find her a man. She doesn’t know he’s arranged a series of blind dates until the first one comes knocking on her doorâ€�

As CEO of a corporate downsizing company Sam Mehta is more used to conflict than calm. In search of a quiet new office, he finds the perfect space above a cozy Indian restaurant that smells like home. But when communication goes awry, he's forced to share his space with the owner's beautiful yet infuriating daughter Layla, her crazy family, and a parade of hopeful suitors, all of whom threaten to disrupt his carefully ordered life.

As they face off in close quarters, the sarcasm and sparks fly. But when the battle for the office becomes a battle of the heart, Sam and Layla have to decide if this is love or just a game.]]> 338 Sara Desai 0593100565 luv 3 3.50 2020 The Marriage Game (Marriage Game, #1)
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average rating: 3.50
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rating: 3
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]]> Ese no es mi nombre 220352845
Temblando de frío y magullada, una adolescente se despierta en la cuneta sin recuerdo alguno de cómo ha llegado hasta ahí... o de quién es. Un agente la lleva a la comisaría mås cercana, y allí se encuentran con un hombre que lleva horas buscåndola.

Es su padre, y ella se llama Mary. O eso dice Ă©l.

Cuando Lola desaparece tras una discusión con su novio Drew, el pueblo entero estå convencido de que este la mató. Mås allå de demostrar su inocencia, Drew necesita encontrar a Lola antes de que sea demasiado tarde. Cuanto mås tiempo pase desde su desaparición, menos pistas que seguir hay� y mås peligro para ambos.]]> 368 Megan Lally 8427246331 luv 0 to-read 3.94 2023 Ese no es mi nombre
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name: luv
average rating: 3.94
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]]> <![CDATA[Para el lobo (Bosque salvaje, #1)]]> 180193140 597 Hannah F. Whitten 8419266884 luv 0 to-read 3.48 2021 Para el lobo (Bosque salvaje, #1)
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]]> La furia 209499378 Por el autor de La paciente silenciosa «el thriller perfecto» (A. J. Finn), «magnífico» (Publishers Weekly) e «inolvidable» (Entertainment Weekly)

UN FENÓMENO CON MÁS DE SEIS MILLONES Y MEDIO DE LECTORES

«Infinitamente emocionante [...]. No te la pierdas».
Daily Mail

«El rey de los narradores».
David Baldacci

Esta es la historia de un asesinato. O quizå esto no sea del todo cierto. En el fondo, es sobre todo una historia de amor. Lana Farrar es una antigua estrella de cine, un icono de la moda admirado durante años. Desde que su marido falleció, vive reclusa en su mansión de Londres. Cada año invita a sus amigos mås íntimos a escapar del clima inglés y pasar la Pascua en su idílica isla griega privada, un pequeño islote de lujo azotado por un poderoso viento que los lugareños llaman «la furia».

Cuando la furia deja al grupo atrapado en la isla sin poder salir, las viejas amistades acaban sacando a flote el odio, la envidia y el deseo de venganza reprimidos durante años. Y, de repente, alguien desaparece. Así se inicia un juego de encerronas y trampas, una batalla de ingenio llena de giros y sorpresas que desemboca en un final inolvidable donde resuenan los ecos del temible The Grove, el célebre hospital psiquiåtrico de La paciente silenciosa.]]> 328 Alex Michaelides 8420468568 luv 4 me lo he leído casi de una sentada ]]> 3.40 2024 La furia
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average rating: 3.40
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a mĂ­ me ha encantado
me lo he leĂ­do casi de una sentada
]]> <![CDATA[The Christmas Tree Farm (Dream Harbor, #3)]]> 206318178 From the author of the viral TikTok sensation, The Pumpkin Spice Café, comes the only spicy grumpy x sunshine Christmas romcom you need this year!

Kira North hates Christmas. Which is unfortunate since she just bought a Christmas tree farm in a town that’s too cute for its own good.

Bennett Ellis is on vacation in Dream Harbor taking a break from his life in California. And most importantly, taking a break from his latest run of disastrous dates.

After a run in with Kira in her fields, Ben has no intention of offering to help the grumpy owner set up her tree farm, despite the fact she’s clearly got no idea what she’s doing.

Kira knows she should stop being so stubborn, but her farm is not all cute and cozy like people always show on social media, it’s borderline dangerous with no heating, and she’d rather no one saw it.

But somehow fate finds Ben at Kira’s farm once more, and as Kira watches him swing an ax at the first tree, she finds herself appreciating his strength and questionning why she refused help in the first place..

The Christmas Tree Farm is a spicy romantic mystery for fans of Gilmore Girls with a HEA guaranteed!

Tropes:

� grumpy x sunshine
� small town
� forced proximity
� one bed]]> 369 Laurie Gilmore 0008610738 luv 0 to-read 3.66 2024 The Christmas Tree Farm (Dream Harbor, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[AsĂ­ se pierde la guerra del tiempo]]> 58772401 AsĂ­ se pierde la guerra del tiempo de Max Gladstone y Amal El-Mohtar es una Ă©pica historia de amor entre dos agentes rivales en una guerra que se extiende hasta los confines del tiempo y el espacio.


Entre las cenizas de un mundo moribundo, Roja encuentra una carta con la inscripción: «Quemar antes de leer. Firmado: Azul».
Roja y Azul, dos agentes de facciones rivales en una guerra que se extiende mĂĄs allĂĄ de los confines del espacio y el tiempo, inician una correspondencia prohibida. A medida que se mueven por los hilos del tiempo dando forma al pasado para adecuarlo a los intereses de su facciĂłn, lo que empezĂł como un desafĂ­o, un intercambio de pullas en el campo de batalla, se va transformando en un peligroso juego que tanto Roja como Azul estĂĄn decididas a ganar. Porque ahĂ­ fuera se estĂĄ librando una guerra, y alguien tiene que ganar. En eso consisten las guerras, Âżno?]]> 181 Amal El-Mohtar 8412104358 luv 0 to-read 3.74 2019 AsĂ­ se pierde la guerra del tiempo
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]]> <![CDATA[In a Rush (Friendship, Rhode Island #2)]]> 221762418 A revenge husband.

Pro quarterback Ryan Ralston has always known two things.
First, he’s desperately in love with his best friend Emme Ahlborg.
Second–and most importantly–he still has no idea how to tell her.

The marriage pact they made in their senior yearbook was the closest he ever came.
Years passed and Emme forgot about their promise.
Ryan never did, especially not on his thirtieth birthday.

Emme can’t catch a break. Always unlucky in love, her cheating ex is a groomsman in her best friend’s wedding—and there’s no way she’s showing up alone.

Ryan offers her the one thing better than a wedding date: a revenge husband. And he’s not just any fake husband but the NFL’s brightest star
and in need of serious reputation rehab. 

Playing the part of the happy couple comes easy and soon enough, the lines between real and fake blur. They disappear altogether when there’s just one bed.

All Ryan has to do is save Emme from her ex, find her step-sister an internship, and get his wife to fall in love with him—or fumble the one thing he’s ever wanted:
her heart.

Content Notes: incidences and discussion of infidelity, incidence of body shaming, parental estrangement, parental divorce, brief mention of parental death (ALS), chronic illness (main character--endometriosis).]]> Kate Canterbary luv 0 to-read 3.89 2025 In a Rush (Friendship, Rhode Island #2)
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]]> Mile High (Windy City, #1) 60909831
Chicago hockey isn't complete without me - everyone's favourite player to hate. I know my role, and I play it well. In fact, I thoroughly enjoy spending the majority of my game time in the penalty box before leaving the arena with a new girl on my arm each night.

What I don't like is the new flight attendant on our team's private plane. She works for me, not the other way around. But I'll be sure to remind her of that, and I can guarantee, by the end of the season, she'll be begging to quit her job.

But every road trip blurs the lines, and I can't quite figure out if I keep pushing that flight attendant call button in order to push her buttons, or if it's more than that.

STEVIE

I've been a flight attendant for years. I thought I'd seen it all, but when my new job lands me onboard working for the most egotistical and self-righteous diva in the NHL, I start to second guess everything. Including the promise I made to myself of never hooking up with an athlete again . . . no matter how annoyingly tempting he may be.

Evan Zanders is unfiltered, unapologetic, and too attractive for his own good. He loves his image, but I hate everything about it.

Everything but him.]]> 603 Liz Tomforde luv 0 to-read 3.98 2022 Mile High (Windy City, #1)
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]]> Katabasis 210223811 Two graduate students must set aside their rivalry and journey to Hell to save their professor’s soul, perhaps at the cost of their own.

Alice Law has only ever had one goal: to become one of the brightest minds in the field of Magick. She has sacrificed everything to make that a reality—her pride, her health, her love life, and most definitely her sanity. All to work with Professor Jacob Grimes at Cambridge, the greatest magician in the world—that is, until he dies in a magical accident that could possibly be her fault.

Grimes is now in Hell, and she’s going in after him. Because his recommendation could hold her very future in his now incorporeal hands, and even death is not going to stop the pursuit of her dreams. Nor will the fact that her rival, Peter Murdoch, has come to the same conclusion.]]> 400 R.F. Kuang luv 0 to-read 4.04 2025 Katabasis
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]]> <![CDATA[Wicked Stalker (Captives of the Onyx Brotherhood #1)]]> 217550757 My initiation into the Brotherhood should be simple... take an innocent woman captive and mark her as mine. Becoming obsessed with her isn't part of the plan.

I signed my life over to the Brotherhood before learning what they'd demand in return. I'd have killed for them without question, but they want something darker.

Each Brother must choose a Ward.

Eve is too sweet and naïve to corrupt, and yet she's the only one I want. I must stalk, capture, and train her to perfect submission, and I can’t tell her why.

When she turns twenty-one, just two weeks before my initiation, I can finally take her. Until then, I'll watch. Plan. And make certain problems
disappear from her life.

Two weeks, to teach her she belongs to me. If she misbehaves at my ceremony, I fail the Brotherhood’s final test.

If I fail, I’m dead. But she's worth the risk.

If you love Shantel Tessier and Stasia Black, you'll turn feral for the men of the Onyx Brotherhood - an MF, secret society contemporary dark romance. ]]> 321 Zara J. Black luv 4 4.15 Wicked Stalker (Captives of the Onyx Brotherhood #1)
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average rating: 4.15
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]]> Heartless 18584855 Long before she was the terror of Wonderland—the infamous Queen of Hearts—she was just a girl who wanted to fall in love.

Catherine may be one of the most desired girls in Wonderland, and a favorite of the unmarried King of Hearts, but her interests lie elsewhere. A talented baker, all she wants is to open a shop with her best friend. But according to her mother, such a goal is unthinkable for the young woman who could be the next queen.

Then Cath meets Jest, the handsome and mysterious court joker. For the first time, she feels the pull of true attraction. At the risk of offending the king and infuriating her parents, she and Jest enter into an intense, secret courtship. Cath is determined to define her own destiny and fall in love on her terms. But in a land thriving with magic, madness, and monsters, fate has other plans.

In her first stand-alone teen novel, the New York Times-bestselling author dazzles us with a prequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.]]> 453 Marissa Meyer 1250044650 luv 4 4.10 2016 Heartless
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average rating: 4.10
book published: 2016
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Loba negra (Antonia Scott, #2)]]> 50168333 Antonia Scott no tiene miedo a nada. Solo a sĂ­ misma.

NUNCA FUE
Pero hay alguien mĂĄs peligroso que ella. Alguien que podrĂ­a vencerla.

TAN DIFÍCIL
La Loba negra estĂĄ cada vez mĂĄs cerca. Y Antonia, por primera vez, estĂĄ asustada.]]> 560 Juan GĂłmez-Jurado 8466666494 luv 4 guau 4.07 2019 Loba negra (Antonia Scott, #2)
author: Juan GĂłmez-Jurado
name: luv
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2019
rating: 4
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]]> Los hermanos KaramĂĄzov 35918692 608 Fyodor Dostoevsky 6071420989 luv 0 to-read 4.48 1880 Los hermanos KaramĂĄzov
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]]> The Sword of Kaigen 41886271 A son struggling to grasp his violent future,
A father blind to the danger that threatens them all.

When the winds of war reach their peninsula, will the Matsuda family have the strength to defend their empire? Or will they tear each other apart before the true enemies even reach their shores?

High on a mountainside at the edge of the Kaigenese Empire live the most powerful warriors in the world, superhumans capable of raising the sea and wielding blades of ice. For hundreds of years, the fighters of the Kusanagi Peninsula have held the Empire’s enemies at bay, earning their frozen spit of land the name ‘The Sword of Kaigen.â€�

Born into Kusanagi’s legendary Matsuda family, fourteen-year-old Mamoru has always known his purpose: to master his family’s fighting techniques and defend his homeland. But when an outsider arrives and pulls back the curtain on Kaigen’s alleged age of peace, Mamoru realizes that he might not have much time to become the fighter he was bred to be. Worse, the empire he was bred to defend may stand on a foundation of lies.

Misaki told herself that she left the passions of her youth behind when she married into the Matsuda house. Determined to be a good housewife and mother, she hid away her sword, along with everything from her days as a fighter in a faraway country. But with her growing son asking questions about the outside world, the threat of an impending invasion looming across the sea, and her frigid husband grating on her nerves, Misaki finds the fighter in her clawing its way back to the surface.]]> 651 M.L. Wang luv 0 to-read 4.46 2019 The Sword of Kaigen
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]]> My December Darling 218137764 A small-town Christmas novella by the New York Times bestselling author of LAKEFRONT BILLIONAIRES series that will make you want to pack your bags and spend the holiday in Lake Wisteria.

Catalina
Playing the part of my sister’s maid of honor is easy even if she’s marrying my ex.
But playing nice with the best man? An impossible task given our history.
Sure, Luke Darling may be suspiciously kind, incredibly handsome, and stubborn to a fault, but regardless of how hard he tries to make me see otherwise, I’m not interested.
It’s on me to remind him that he’s my ex-boyfriend’s best friend.
And the one I’m secretly starting to wish I met first.

Luke
My job as the best man is a simple one, except for one minor issue.
I’ve spent so much time avoiding my best friend’s ex that I didn’t consider what could happen if I started craving Catalina Martinez’s company instead.
She is only in Lake Wisteria for the winter wedding, but her January departure date won’t stop me from pursuing her.
Getting her to date me would be nothing short of a Christmas miracle, but I’m determined to make her mine.
‘Tis the season to fall in love
even if I’m the only one taking the risk.

My December Darling is a 50,000 word, Christmas-themed romance between a grumpy maid of honor and an outgoing best man who chases after what he wants. ]]> 252 Lauren Asher 1964990025 luv 0 to-read 3.72 2024 My December Darling
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]]> Mi nombre es Morgana 218507629
When King Uther Pendragon murders her father and tricks her mother into marriage, Morgan refuses to be crushed. Trapped amid the machinations of men in a world of isolated castles and gossiping courts, she discovers secret powers. Vengeful and brilliant, it's not long before Morgan becomes a worthy adversary to Merlin, influential sorcerer to the king. But fighting for her freedom, she risks losing everything � her reputation, her loved ones and her life.]]> 416 Sophie Keetch 8410085259 luv 0 to-read 3.96 2022 Mi nombre es Morgana
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]]> <![CDATA[Medea (MR Narrativa) (Spanish Edition)]]> 220109808 Rechazada por su madre. Golpeada por su padre. Separada de su hermana. Medea nunca ha encajado porque posee un poder Ășnico y la brujerĂ­a.

Medea anhela una existencia diferente. Desde pequeña fue atormentada por su familia porque naciĂł con un poder Ășnico y, en apariencia, la hechicerĂ­a. Cuando el apuesto JasĂłn llega al reino del padre de Medea para reclamar el Vellocino de Oro, ella vislumbra una oportunidad Ășnica para a cambio de que JasĂłn la ayude a huir, ella lo protegerĂĄ con su magia para que supere las pruebas que lo separan del famoso vellocino. Esta aventura la pondrĂĄ a prueba en todos los sentidos, lucharĂĄ contra monstruos, destronarĂĄ reyes y se enamorarĂĄ de un hombre que nunca podrĂ­a esperar merecerlaâ€� y cuando al final se enfrente a la traiciĂłn, se verĂĄ impulsada a cometer un acto de desesperaciĂłn tan brutal que destrozarĂĄ la vida de todos a su alrededor.]]> 463 Rosie Hewlett 6073920741 luv 0 to-read 4.00 2024 Medea (MR Narrativa) (Spanish Edition)
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]]> 'Salem's Lot 5413 Also contains: One For the Road, Jerusalem's Lot. For standalone novel see ISBN 9780450031069.

Stephen King's second novel, the classic vampire bestseller 'Salem's Lot, tells the story of evil in small-town America. For the first time in a major trade edition, this terrifying novel is accompanied by previously unpublished material from King's archive, two short stories, and eerie photographs that bring King's fictional darkness and evil to vivid life.

When Stephen King’s classic thriller 'Salem's Lot hit the stands in 1975, it thrilled and terrified millions of readers with tales of demonic evil in small-town America. Now, thirty years later and still scaring readers witless, 'Salem's Lot reemerges in a brilliant new edition, complete with photographs, fifty pages of deleted and alternate scenes, and two short stories related to the events of the novel.

While the original edition of 'Salem's Lot will forever be a premier horror classic, 'Salem's Lot: Illustrated Edition, with the inclusion of material from King’s archive, is destined to become a classic in its own right and a must-have for all Stephen King fans. In this edition, the hair-raising story of Jerusalem’s Lot, a small town in Maine whose inhabitants succumb to the evil allure of a new resident, is told as the author envisioned it, complete with fifty pages of alternate and deleted scenes. With a new introduction by the author, two short stories related to the events and residents of Jerusalem’s Lot, the lavishly creepy photographs of Jerry Uelsmann, and a stunning new page design, this edition brings the story to life in words and pictures as never before.

No library will be complete without this ideal collector’s item for any King aficionado, the definitive illustrated edition of the great 'Salem's Lot.]]> 594 Stephen King 0385516487 luv 4 4.28 1975 'Salem's Lot
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average rating: 4.28
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]]> Clitemnestra 202452574
«Una primera novela impresionante que da voz a una figura denigrada y silenciada a lo largo de los siglos a causa de su género. Un tour de force literario, una novela de pasión y venganza con una heroína impetuosa e inteligente».Foreword Reviews

«Una novela que gustarå a las aficionadas a esta tendencia que revisita los mitos clåsicos desde una perspectiva feminista; una lectura fresca con imågenes vibrantes y personajes complejos llenos de matices. Impresionante».Publishers Weekly

«Costanza Casati revive el sangriento mundo de la mitología griega en una novela formidable».Woman & Home

«Clitemnestra rivaliza con La casa del Dragón en cuanto a conspiraciones y brutalidad hacia las mujeres (...) una trama emocionante que se lee sin pausa».Elizabeth Fremantle

«Salvaje, apasionada y absolutamente fascinante. La recreación de Esparta es extraordinaria, la lectora siente que forma parte de la historia, completamente immersa en el mundo brutal en el que vive junto con sus hermanos, cuyas complejas relaciones se dibujan con habilidad y ternura. La rabia de Clitemnestra, su angustia y determinación traspasa las påginas del libro. Me ha enganchado completamente».Elodie Harper

«Una heroína con un espíritu lleno de furia. Una novela que tiene la chispa de Madeline Miller y la profundidad de Mary Renault».Manda Scott]]> 523 Costanza Casati 8425364167 luv 0 to-read 4.13 2023 Clitemnestra
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]]> Tragedia en Villa Rosato 129161348 320 Rachel Hawkins 8419030538 luv 4 3.52 2023 Tragedia en Villa Rosato
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rating: 4
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]]> The Whisper Man 51540935
But the town has a dark past. Twenty years ago, a serial killer abducted and murdered five residents. Until Frank Carter was finally caught, he was nicknamed "The Whisper Man," for he would lure his victims out by whispering at their windows at night.

Just as Tom and Jake settle into their new home, a young boy vanishes. His disappearance bears an unnerving resemblance to Frank Carter's crimes, reigniting old rumors that he preyed with an accomplice. Now, detectives Amanda Beck and Pete Willis must find the boy before it is too late, even if that means Pete has to revisit his great foe in prison: The Whisper Man.

And then Jake begins acting strangely. He hears a whispering at his window...]]> 384 Alex North 1250318009 luv 0 to-read 3.98 2019 The Whisper Man
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]]> Carcoma 59520392 144 Layla MartĂ­nez 8412434919 luv 0 to-read 4.18 2021 Carcoma
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]]> Un puente sobre el tiempo 221345769
A ella se le encarga trabajar como «puente»: vivir con, ayudar y supervisar al expatriado conocido como «1847» o comandante Graham Gore. En lo que respecta a la historia, el comandante Gore murió en la condenada expedición de Sir John Franklin al Ártico en 1845, por lo que estå un poco desorientado al vivir con una mujer soltera que muestra regularmente sus pantorrillas, rodeado de conceptos extravagantes como «lavadora», «Spotify» o «el colapso del Imperio Britånico». Pero con un apetito por descubrir, un håbito de fumar siete cigarrillos al día y el apoyo de un encantador y caótico elenco de compañeros expatriados, pronto se adapta.

Pero lo que el puente pensó que sería, en el mejor de los casos, una complicada e incómoda dinåmica de compañeros de piso, evoluciona hacia algo mucho mås profundo.

Cuando sale a la luz la verdadera idea detrĂĄs del proyecto del gobierno, el puente se ha enamorado de forma fortuita y ferviente, con consecuencias que nunca habrĂ­a imaginado. Obligada a enfrentarse a las decisiones que les unieron, debe enfrentarse a cĂłmo lo que haga a continuaciĂłn puede cambiar el futuro.

Un puente sobre el tiempo se construye a partir de una fusión de géneros e ideas exquisitamente original y febrilmente divertida, y nos pregunta: ¿Qué significa desafiar a la historia cuando la historia vive en tu casa?]]> 365 Kaliane Bradley 8410340445 luv 0 to-read 3.33 2024 Un puente sobre el tiempo
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]]> <![CDATA[The Reappearance of Rachel Price]]> 182484360
Lights. Camera. Lies.

18-year-old Bel has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom’s mysterious disappearance. Sixteen years ago, Rachel Price vanished and young Bel was the only witness, but she has no memory of it. Rachel is gone, long presumed dead, and Bel wishes everyone would just move on.

But the case is dragged up from the past when the Price family agree to a true crime documentary. Bel can’t wait for filming to end, for life to go back to normal. And then the impossible happens. Rachel Price reappears, and life will never be normal again.

Rachel has an unbelievable story about what happened to her. Unbelievable, because Bel isn’t sure it’s real. If Rachel is lying, then where has she been all this time? And â€� could she be dangerous? With the cameras still rolling, Bel must uncover the truth about her mother, and find out why Rachel Price really came back from the dead . . .

From world-renowned author Holly Jackson comes a mind-blowing masterpiece about one girl’s search for the truth, and the terror in finding out who your family really is.]]> 438 Holly Jackson 0593374207 luv 0 to-read 4.09 2024 The Reappearance of Rachel Price
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]]> ¿Pero qué has hecho? 220320269
"La reina de la novela de suspense moderna". Sunday Express

En el somnoliento pueblo de Fairhill nunca pasa nada. Los adolescentes se pierten contando historias de terror en el antiguo cementerio. Los padres confĂ­an en que sus hijos llegarĂĄn a casa del colegio sanos y salvos. Todos se conocen. Nadie vigila detrĂĄs de los visillos. Las puertas no se cierran con llave.
Pero esta mañana todo eso va a cambiar. Porque Diana Brewer no estå durmiendo dulcemente en su cama. Su cuerpo yace sin vida en un campo de heno rodeado de buitres.
AsĂ­ de rĂĄpido una chica se convierte en un fantasma. Y asĂ­ una ciudad de rostros familiares y amables se transforma en un nido de sospechosos, en un lugar de miedo y paranoia.
Alguien de Fairhill lo hizo. Todos quieren respuestas.
Y una pregunta inocente podrĂ­a ser mortal.

žé±đČő±đñČčČő:
"Lapena es una maestra del suspense y aquĂ­ no decepciona... Totalmente recomendado". Library Journal

"Devoré este libro en menos de 48 horas... ¿Pero qué has hecho? excede todas las expectativas". Liz Nugent]]> 376 Shari Lapena 8410257475 luv 0 to-read 3.67 2024 ¿Pero qué has hecho?
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]]> The Midnight Feast 199743738 Secrets. Lies. Murder. Let the festivities begin...

It’s the opening night of The Manor, and no expense, small or large, has been spared. The infinity pool sparkles; crystal pouches for guestsâ€� healing have been placed in the Seaside Cottages and Woodland Hutches; the “Manor Muleâ€� cocktail (grapefruit, ginger, vodka, and a dash of CBD oil) is being poured with a heavy hand. Everyone is wearing linen.

But under the burning midsummer sun, darkness stirs. Old friends and enemies circulate among the guests. Just outside the Manor’s immaculately kept grounds, an ancient forest bristles with secrets. And the Sunday morning of opening weekend, the local police are called. Something’s not right with the guests. There’s been a fire. A body’s been discovered.

THE FOUNDER * THE HUSBAND * THE MYSTERY GUEST * THE KITCHEN HELP

It all began with a secret, fifteen years ago. Now the past has crashed the party. And it’ll end in murder atâ€� The Midnight Feast.]]> 354 Lucy Foley 0063003104 luv 3 la autora tiene mejores 3.55 2024 The Midnight Feast
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]]> Atmosphere 220817728 From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo and Daisy Jones & The Six comes an epic new novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s Space Shuttle program about the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits.

Joan Goodwin has been obsessed with the stars for as long as she can remember. Thoughtful and reserved, Joan is content with her life as a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University and as aunt to her precocious niece, Frances. That is, until she comes across an advertisement seeking the first women scientists to join NASA’s Space Shuttle program. Suddenly, Joan burns to be one of the few people to go to space.

Selected from a pool of thousands of applicants in the summer of 1980, Joan begins training at Houston’s Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates: Top Gun pilot Hank Redmond and scientist John Griffin, who are kind and easy-going even when the stakes are highest; mission specialist Lydia Danes, who has worked too hard to play nice; warm-hearted Donna Fitzgerald, who is navigating her own secrets; and Vanessa Ford, the magnetic and mysterious aeronautical engineer, who can fix any engine and fly any plane.

As the new astronauts become unlikely friends and prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a passion and a love she never imagined. In this new light, Joan begins to question everything she thinks she knows about her place in the observable universe.

Then, in December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, everything changes in an instant.

Fast-paced, thrilling, and emotional, Atmosphere is Taylor Jenkins Reid at her best: transporting readers to iconic times and places, with complex protagonists, telling a passionate and soaring story about the transformative power of love, this time among the stars.]]> 352 Taylor Jenkins Reid 0593158717 luv 0 to-read 4.45 2025 Atmosphere
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]]> The Wishing Game 62926992
Lucy Hart knows better than anyone what it’s like to grow up without parents who loved her. In a childhood marked by neglect and loneliness, Lucy found her solace in books, namely the Clock Island series by Jack Masterson. Now a twenty-six-year-old teacher’s aide, she is able to share her love of reading with bright, young students, especially seven-year-old Christopher Lamb, who was left orphaned after the tragic death of his parents. Lucy would give anything to adopt Christopher, but even the idea of becoming a family seems like an impossible dream without proper funds and stability.

But be careful what you wish for. . . .

Just when Lucy is about to give up, Jack Masterson announces he’s finally written a new book. Even better, he’s holding a contest at his home on the real Clock Island, and Lucy is one of the four lucky contestants chosen to compete to win the one and only copy.

For Lucy, the chance of winning the most sought-after book in the world means everything to her and Christopher. But first she must contend with ruthless book collectors, wily opponents, and the distractingly handsome (and grumpy) Hugo Reese, the illustrator of the Clock Island books. Meanwhile, Jack “the Mastermindâ€� Masterson is plotting the ultimate twist ending that could change all their lives forever.

. . . You might just get it.]]> 304 Meg Shaffer 0593598830 luv 0 to-read 4.02 2023 The Wishing Game
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]]> Hello Stranger 61884987 Love isn’t blind, it’s just a little blurry.

Sadie Montgomery never saw what was coming . . . Literally! One minute she’s celebrating the biggest achievement of her life—placing as a finalist in the North American Portrait Society competition—the next, she’s lying in a hospital bed diagnosed with a “probably temporaryâ€� condition known as face blindness. She can see, but every face she looks at is now a jumbled puzzle of disconnected features. Imagine trying to read a book upside down and in another language. This is Sadie’s new reality with every face she sees.

But, as she struggles to cope, hang on to her artistic dream, work through major family issues, and take care of her beloved dog, Peanut, she falls into—love? Lust? A temporary obsession to distract from the real problems in her life?—with not one man but two very different ones. The timing couldn’t be worse.

If only her life were a little more in focus, Sadie might be able to find her way. But perceiving anything clearly right now seems impossible. Even though there are things we can only find when we aren’t looking. And there are people who show up when we least expect them. And there are always, always other ways of seeing.]]> 323 Katherine Center 1250283787 luv 0 to-read 3.92 2023 Hello Stranger
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]]> The Rom-Commers 195790586 She’s rewriting his love story. But can she rewrite her own?

Emma Wheeler desperately longs to be a screenwriter. She’s spent her life studying, obsessing over, and writing romantic comedies―good ones! That win contests! But she’s also been the sole caretaker for her kind-hearted dad, who needs full-time care. Now, when she gets a chance to re-write a script for famous screenwriter Charlie Yates―The Charlie Yates! Her personal writing god!―it’s a break too big to pass up.

Emma’s younger sister steps in for caretaking duties, and Emma moves to L.A. for six weeks for the writing gig of a lifetime. But what is it they say? Don’t meet your heroes? Charlie Yates doesn’t want to write with anyone―much less “a failed, nobody screenwriter.â€� Worse, the romantic comedy he’s written is so terrible it might actually bring on the apocalypse. Plus! He doesn’t even care about the script―it’s just a means to get a different one green-lit. Oh, and he thinks love is an emotional Ponzi scheme.

But Emma’s not going down without a fight. She will stand up for herself, and for rom-coms, and for love itself. She will convince him that love stories matter―even if she has to kiss him senseless to do it. But . . . what if that kiss is accidentally amazing? What if real life turns out to be so much . . . more real than fiction? What if the love story they’re writing breaks all Emma’s rules―and comes true?]]> 336 Katherine Center 1250283809 luv 0 to-read 4.06 2024 The Rom-Commers
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]]> <![CDATA[El sobrino del mago (Las crĂłnicas de Narnia, #1)]]> 49305
Dos amigos, vĂ­ctimas del poder de unos anillos mĂĄgicos, son arrojados a otro mundo en el que una malvada hechicera intenta convertirlos en sus esclavos. Pero entonces aparece Aslan y con su canciĂłn va hilando el tejido de un nuevo mundo que recibirĂĄ el nombre de Narnia.

Narnia, la tierra donde todo puede suceder.]]> 252 C.S. Lewis 8408057022 luv 4 3.88 1955 El sobrino del mago (Las crĂłnicas de Narnia, #1)
author: C.S. Lewis
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average rating: 3.88
book published: 1955
rating: 4
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este me gustĂł mucho mĂĄs que los anteriores
]]> <![CDATA[Accomplice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #3)]]> 188563996
Once Upon a Time meets The Office in Hannah Nicole Maehrer’s laugh-out-loud viral TikTok series turned novel, about the sunshine assistant to an Evil Villain
and their unexpected romance.

REWARD OFFERED: Apprentice to The Villain wanted for treason (light), magical property damage (alleged), and one incident involving a weaponized scone (accurate). Frequently seen with a grumpy frog (crowned, judgmental). Answers to “Evieâ€� or “Stop that.â€�

Evie Sage didn’t mean to become the right-hand woman to the kingdom’s most terrifying villain. One minute, she was applying for an entry-level position that promised “light paperwork and occasional beheadings,â€� and the next, she was knee-deep in magical mayhem, murder plots, and an entirely inappropriate crush on her brooding, sharp-jawed, walking disaster of a boss.

Now, with a magical prophecy unraveling, assassins showing up in the break room, and a suspicious amount of frogs wearing crowns, Evie has to figure out how to survive her job without setting the kingdom on fire—or her dignity, which is hanging by a very sarcastic thread.

Being evil-adjacent was never part of the five-year plan. But then again
neither was falling for The Villain.

A magical office comedy with grumpy bosses, snarky frogs, and definitely-not-feelings.]]> 336 Hannah Nicole Maehrer 1529917778 luv 0 to-read 4.48 2025 Accomplice to the Villain (Assistant to the Villain, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)]]> 52439531
To receive her inheritance, Avery must move into sprawling, secret passage-filled Hawthorne House, where every room bears the old man's touch -- and his love of puzzles, riddles, and codes. Unfortunately for Avery, Hawthorne House is also occupied by the family that Tobias Hawthorne just dispossessed. This includes the four Hawthorne grandsons: dangerous, magnetic, brilliant boys who grew up with every expectation that one day, they would inherit billions. Heir apparent Grayson Hawthorne is convinced that Avery must be a conwoman, and he's determined to take her down. His brother, Jameson, views her as their grandfather's last hurrah: a twisted riddle, a puzzle to be solved. Caught in a world of wealth and privilege, with danger around every turn, Avery will have to play the game herself just to survive.]]> 386 Jennifer Lynn Barnes 1368052401 luv 0 to-read 4.13 2020 The Inheritance Games (The Inheritance Games, #1)
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]]> Los señores de la muerte 202247326
Solo hay una regla: no perder.

Viola Marek es una agente inmobiliaria en apuros y una vampira. Pero, en estos momentos, su mayor problema es que la casa que necesita vender estĂĄ encantada. El fantasma que la habita pertenece a alguien que muriĂł asesinado, y hasta que consiga resolver el misterio de cĂłmo muriĂł, se niega a abandonarla.

Fox D'Mora es médium, y a pesar de que, con toda probabilidad, es un vergonzoso fraude, no estå del todo exento de utilidad, ya que en realidad es el ahijado de la Muerte.

Cuando Viola busca a Fox para que la ayude con el fantasma de la mansiĂłn, Ă©l se ve involucrado en una bĂșsqueda que ni Ă©l ni Vi esperan (o desean). Pero con la ayuda de un poltergeist rebelde, un entrenador personal demonĂ­aco, un ĂĄngel de voz aguda, una parca enamorada y algunas criaturas que practican la atenciĂłn plena, Vi y Fox pronto descubren que la diferencia entre un misterioso amor perdido y un molesto cuerpo sin vida en realidad no es diferente a lo que pensaban.]]> 448 Olivie Blake 8419030759 luv 0 to-read 3.52 2018 Los señores de la muerte
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]]> If We Were Villains 30319086
As one of seven young actors studying Shakespeare at an elite arts college, Oliver and his friends play the same roles onstage and off: hero, villain, tyrant, temptress, ingenue, extra. But when the casting changes, and the secondary characters usurp the stars, the plays spill dangerously over into life, and one of them is found dead. The rest face their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, and themselves, that they are blameless.]]> 354 M.L. Rio 125009528X luv 0 to-read 4.11 2017 If We Were Villains
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]]> <![CDATA[All Hail Chaos (Time of Iron, #2)]]> 220525868 THE EMPEROR IS HERE. AND SHE MADE HIM WORSE.

Rae is a fantasy reader who's been transported to her favourite fictional world of swords and sorcery, castles and monsters. Playing the villainess, she thought she could change the narrative, but this version of the plot is far much more deadly than the one she knew.

Her friends are on the run: the Cobra shelters in an eerie manor haunted by dark secrets, while Emer and Lia stoke a revolution in the gutters. Undead armies roam the kingdom, raiders camp at the city gates, and the irresistible emperor - Rae's favourite character ever, now possibly the greatest monster in the land - wants her to be his evil queen.

What's a villainess to do? It's time for wicked bargains and fake engagements, in a fantasy where the most dangerous thing you can do is believe in someone.

All Hail Chaos is Sarah Rees Brennan's wicked, unmissable sequel to the No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling Long Live Evil ('delicious, subversive' Leigh Bardugo).]]> Sarah Rees Brennan 0356522105 luv 0 to-read 4.92 2025 All Hail Chaos (Time of Iron, #2)
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]]> Larga vida al mal 218763275
Cuando toda su vida se vino abajo, a Rae todavía le quedaban los libros. Al borde de la muerte, recibe una segunda oportunidad para seguir un trato mågico que le permite entrar en el mundo de su saga de fantasía favorita.

Se despierta en un castillo, al borde de un abismo infernal, en un reino con una guerra en ciernes. Hogar de monstruos peligrosos, cortesanos manipuladores y su personaje de ficción el Emperador de una vez y para siempre, que es increíblemente seductor, como solo puede suceder en la ficción. Sin embargo, en este mundo de fantasía, descubre que no es la heroína, sino la villana de la historia.

Que asĂ­ sea. Al fin y al cabo, los malos se visten mejor y tienen las mejores frases, aunque estĂ©n condenados a tener los peores finales. AsĂ­ que decide reunir a los villanos mĂĄs dispares de la historia bajo su malvado mando, y juntos conspirarĂĄn para cambiar su destino. Pero a medida que el nĂșmero de muertos y la furia del Emperador aumentan, cabe la posibilidad de que Rae y sus aliados no logren sobrevivir para llegar a la Ășltima pĂĄgina.

«Larga vida al mal es la novela que habĂ­amos estado esperando. Es tanto una reflexiĂłn brillante sobre los placeres y los peligros de la ficciĂłn como una aventura romĂĄntica y arrolladora. PrepĂĄrate para reĂ­r a carcajadas, llorar en pĂșblico y aclamar a los villanos, porque Brennan destroza todos los clichĂ©s con un ingenioso y salvaje regocijo en esta exquisita y revolucionaria historia». Leigh Bardugo

«La novela de fantasía que todo lector de este género ha estado esperando». Jay Kristoff

«La brillante Larga vida al mal de Brennan hace uso de bromas ingeniosas, giros exquisitos y una construcciĂłn del mundo Ă©pica, todo ello al servicio de la exploraciĂłn de la naturaleza de las historias y de la libertad que conlleva aceptar que te nombren el villano del cuentoâ€�, y quizĂĄs incluso de convertirse en uno de verdad. Pero, sobre todo, nos presenta a Rae, que usa su ingenio, su lealtad y su ferocidad para esquivar (y hacer algĂșn que otro nĂșmero musical de vez en cuando) un desenlace fatal». Holly Black

«Absolutamente brillante. No puedo dejar de pensar en Larga vida al mal, que ha subido como una bala hasta lo mås alto de mi lista de novelas de fantasía favoritas. Tienes que hacerte con ella de inmediato, porque Brennan toma todo lo que crees saber sobre la fantasía y lo pone patas arriba». C. S. Pacat]]> 644 Sarah Rees Brennan luv 4 y NECESITO ya el segundo]]> 4.00 2024 Larga vida al mal
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la pasé demasiado bien con este libro
y NECESITO ya el segundo
]]> Elektra 58725016
Clytemnestra
The sister of Helen, wife of Agamemnon - her hopes of averting the curse are dashed when her sister is taken to Troy by the feckless Paris. Her husband raises a great army against them, and determines to win, whatever the cost.

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

Elektra
The youngest daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, Elektra is horrified by the bloodletting of her kin. But, can she escape the curse, or is her own destiny also bound by violence?]]> 291 Jennifer Saint 125077361X luv 0 to-read 3.65 2022 Elektra
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]]> The Familiar 133286777 From the New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House, Hell Bent, and creator of the Grishaverse series comes a highly anticipated historical fantasy set during the Spanish Golden Age

In a shabby house, on a shabby street, in the new capital of Madrid, Luzia Cotado uses scraps of magic to get through her days of endless toil as a scullion. But when her scheming mistress discovers the lump of a servant cowering in the kitchen is actually hiding a talent for little miracles, she demands Luzia use those gifts to better the family's social position.

What begins as simple amusement for the bored nobility takes a perilous turn when Luzia garners the notice of Antonio PĂ©rez, the disgraced secretary to Spain's king. Still reeling from the defeat of his armada, the king is desperate for any advantage in the war against England's heretic queen—and PĂ©rez will stop at nothing to regain the king's favor.

Determined to seize this one chance to better her fortunes, Luzia plunges into a world of seers and alchemists, holy men and hucksters, where the line between magic, science, and fraud is never certain. But as her notoriety grows, so does the danger that her Jewish blood will doom her to the Inquisition's wrath. She will have to use every bit of her wit and will to survive—even if that means enlisting the help of GuillĂ©n Santangel, an embittered immortal familiar whose own secrets could prove deadly for them both.]]> 387 Leigh Bardugo 125088425X luv 0 to-read 3.74 2024 The Familiar
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]]> <![CDATA[Book of Night (Book of Night, #1)]]> 58293924 Book of Night, a modern dark fantasy of shadowy thieves and secret societies.

In Charlie Hall’s world, shadows can be altered, for entertainment and cosmetic preferences—but also to increase power and influence. You can alter someone’s feelings—and memories—but manipulating shadows has a cost, with the potential to take hours or days from your life. Your shadow holds all the parts of you that you want to keep hidden—a second self, standing just to your left, walking behind you into lit rooms. And sometimes, it has a life of its own.

Charlie is a low-level con artist, working as a bartender while trying to distance herself from the powerful and dangerous underground world of shadow trading. She gets by doing odd jobs for her patrons and the naive new money in her town at the edge of the Berkshires. But when a terrible figure from her past returns, Charlie’s present life is thrown into chaos, and her future seems at best, unclear—and at worst, non-existent. Determined to survive, Charlie throws herself into a maelstrom of secrets and murder, setting her against a cast of doppelgĂ€ngers, mercurial billionaires, shadow thieves, and her own sister—all desperate to control the magic of the shadows.]]> 304 Holly Black 1250812194 luv 0 to-read 3.51 2022 Book of Night (Book of Night, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)]]> 55077538
In 1345, China lies under harsh Mongol rule. For the starving peasants of the Central Plains, greatness is something found only in stories. When the Zhu family’s eighth-born son, Zhu Chongba, is given a fate of greatness, everyone is mystified as to how it will come to pass. The fate of nothingness received by the family’s clever and capable second daughter, on the other hand, is only as expected.

When a bandit attack orphans the two children, though, it is Zhu Chongba who succumbs to despair and dies. Desperate to escape her own fated death, the girl uses her brother's identity to enter a monastery as a young male novice. There, propelled by her burning desire to survive, Zhu learns she is capable of doing whatever it takes, no matter how callous, to stay hidden from her fate.

After her sanctuary is destroyed for supporting the rebellion against Mongol rule, Zhu uses the chance to claim another future altogether: her brother's abandoned greatness.

Mulan meets The Song of Achilles; an accomplished, poetic debut of war and destiny, sweeping across an epic alternate China.]]> 414 Shelley Parker-Chan 1250621801 luv 0 to-read 3.81 2021 She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches]]> 60018635 A warm and uplifting novel about an isolated witch whose opportunity to embrace a quirky new family--and a new love--changes the course of her life.

As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, keep her head down, and stay away from other witches so their powers don't mingle and draw attention. And as an orphan who lost her parents at a young age and was raised by strangers, she's used to being alone and she follows the rules...with one exception: an online account, where she posts videos pretending to be a witch. She thinks no one will take it seriously.

But someone does. An unexpected message arrives, begging her to travel to the remote and mysterious Nowhere House to teach three young witches how to control their magic. It breaks all of the rules, but Mika goes anyway, and is immediately tangled up in the lives and secrets of not only her three charges, but also an absent archaeologist, a retired actor, two long-suffering caretakers, and...Jamie. The handsome and prickly librarian of Nowhere House would do anything to protect the children, and as far as he's concerned, a stranger like Mika is a threat. An irritatingly appealing threat.

As Mika begins to find her place at Nowhere House, the thought of belonging somewhere begins to feel like a real possibility. But magic isn't the only danger in the world, and when a threat comes knocking at their door, Mika will need to decide whether to risk everything to protect a found family she didn't know she was looking for....
]]> 318 Sangu Mandanna 059343935X luv 0 to-read 4.04 2022 The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
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]]> <![CDATA[Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom, #1)]]> 57789637
“Epic, romantic, and enthralling from start to finish.”—Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Caraval series

“An all-consuming work of literary fantasy that is breathtaking both for its beauty and its suspense."—BookPage, starred review

A captivating and romantic debut epic fantasy inspired by the legend of the Chinese moon goddess, Chang’e, in which a young woman’s quest to free her mother pits her against the most powerful immortal in the realm.

Growing up on the moon, Xingyin is accustomed to solitude, unaware that she is being hidden from the feared Celestial Emperor who exiled her mother for stealing his elixir of immortality. But when Xingyin’s magic flares and her existence is discovered, she is forced to flee her home, leaving her mother behind.

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

To save her mother, Xingyin embarks on a perilous quest, confronting legendary creatures and vicious enemies. But when treachery looms and forbidden magic threatens the kingdom, she must challenge the ruthless Celestial Emperor for her dream—striking a dangerous bargain in which she is torn between losing all she loves or plunging the realm into chaos.

Daughter of the Moon Goddess begins an enchanting duology which weaves ancient Chinese mythology into a sweeping adventure of immortals and magic, of loss and sacrifice—where love vies with honor, dreams are fraught with betrayal, and hope emerges triumphant.]]> 503 Sue Lynn Tan 0063031302 luv 0 to-read 4.08 2022 Daughter of the Moon Goddess (The Celestial Kingdom, #1)
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]]> Educated 35133922
Her father forbade hospitals, so Tara never saw a doctor or nurse. Gashes and concussions, even burns from explosions, were all treated at home with herbalism. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education and no one to intervene when one of Tara's older brothers became violent.

Then, lacking any formal education, Tara began to educate herself. She taught herself enough mathematics and grammar to be admitted to Brigham Young University, where she studied history, learning for the first time about important world events like the Holocaust and the civil rights movement. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge. Only then would she wonder if she'd traveled too far, if there was still a way home.

Educated is an account of the struggle for self-invention. It is a tale of fierce family loyalty and of the grief that comes with severing the closest of ties. With the acute insight that distinguishes all great writers, Westover has crafted a universal coming-of-age story that gets to the heart of what an education is and what it offers: the perspective to see one's life through new eyes and the will to change it.]]> 352 Tara Westover 0399590501 luv 0 to-read 4.46 2018 Educated
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]]> <![CDATA[Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)]]> 60784546 After centuries of sleep, the gods are warring again�

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

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

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

An epic enemies-to-lovers fantasy novel filled with hope and heartbreak, and the unparalleled power of love.]]> 357 Rebecca Ross 1250857430 luv 0 to-read 4.14 2023 Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment, #1)
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]]> Twisted Games (Twisted, #2) 56653002 She can never be his...but he's taking her anyway.

Stoic, broody, and arrogant, elite bodyguard Rhys Larsen has two rules: 1) Protect his clients at all costs 2) Do not become emotionally involved. Ever.

He has never once been tempted to break those rules
until her.

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

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

Because she’s his.

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

***

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

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

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

Her bodyguard.
Her protector.
Her ultimate ruin.

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

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

Warning: This book contains a possessive alpha hero, explicit sexual content, and profanity.]]> 456 Ana Huang luv 0 to-read 4.10 2021 Twisted Games (Twisted, #2)
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]]> Love, Theoretically 61326735
Honestly, it’s a pretty sweet gig—until her carefully constructed Elsie-verse comes crashing down. Because Jack Smith, the annoyingly attractive and broody older brother of her favorite client, turns out to be the cold-hearted experimental physicist who ruined her mentor’s career and undermined the reputation of theorists everywhere. And that same Jack who now sits on the hiring committee at MIT, right between Elsie and her dream job.

Elsie is prepared for an all-out war of scholarly sabotage but
those long, penetrating looks? Not having to be anything other than her true self when she’s with him? Will falling into an experimentalist’s orbit finally tempt her to put her most guarded theories on love into practice?]]> 389 Ali Hazelwood 1408725797 luv 0 to-read 4.07 2023 Love, Theoretically
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]]> <![CDATA[Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1)]]> 196864520

The viral TikTok friends-to-lovers dark romantic comedy full of murder, chaos, and spice—unlike anything you’ve read before—now available in all bookstores.


When a chance encounter sparks an unlikely bond between rival murderers Sloane and Rowan, the two find something elusive—the friendship of like-minded, pitch-black souls. From small town West Virginia to upscale California, from downtown Boston to rural Texas, the two hunters collide in an annual game of blood and suffering, one that pits them against the most dangerous monsters in the country.


But as their friendship develops into something more, the restless ghosts left in their wake are only a few steps behind, ready to claim more than just their newfound love. Can Rowan and Sloane dig themselves out of a game of graves? Or have they finally met their match?

]]> 360 Brynne Weaver luv 0 to-read 4.00 2023 Butcher & Blackbird (The Ruinous Love Trilogy, #1)
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