Kate's bookshelf: all en-US Mon, 05 May 2025 04:01:19 -0700 60 Kate's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Dark Horse (Class 5, #1) 60815798
Rose McKenzie may be far from Earth with no way back, but she's made a powerful ally--a fellow prisoner with whom she's formed a strong bond. Sazo's an artificial intelligence. He's saved her from captivity and torture, but he's also put her in the middle of a conflict, leaving Rose with her loyalties divided.

Captain Dav Jallan doesn't know why he and his crew have stumbled across an almost legendary Class 5 battleship, but he's not going to complain. The only problem is, all its crew are dead, all except for one strange, new alien being.

She calls herself Rose. She seems small and harmless, but less and less about her story is adding up, and Dav has a bad feeling his crew, and maybe even the four planets, are in jeopardy. The Class 5's owners, the Tecran, look set to start a war to get it back and Dav suspects Rose isn't the only alien being who survived what happened on the Class 5. And whatever else is out there is playing its own games.

In this race for the truth, he's going to have to go against his leaders and trust the dark horse.

Winner of a SFR Galaxy Award 2016 and the Prism Award 2016 for Best Futuristic.]]> 382 Michelle Diener Kate 0 currently-reading 4.07 2015 Dark Horse (Class 5, #1)
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]]> A Secret Rage 23453446 Author of the books that inspired True Blood on HBO and Midnight, Texas on NBC“Not many novels, and no mysteries, have shaken me as brutally as A SECRET RAGE…Far more than the story of a crime, this is a scream of fury, of brutal humiliation…It strips bare the latent rage concealed within the gentlest of exteriors.”—Los Angeles Times“Extraordinary. Powerful.”—Library JournalDropped by her agent, New York City model Nickie Callahan decides to start over—moving back to the South to finish school at Houghton College in Knolls, Tennessee. But Knolls isn’t the quiet town Nickie remembers from her youth. A rapist is targeting the women of Houghton, growing bolder and more vicious with each brutal attack, leaving the community gripped by fear.When the violence affects Nickie personally, she moves from fear to fury—resolving to catch the rapist at any cost. After joining forces with another survivor, Nickie discovers that the attacks are not random—the rapist knows his victims. With that small clue, and an ironclad determination to stop him from striking again, Nickie begins the grim search for the relentless assailant hiding in plain sight.A Secret Rage is a gripping stand-alone mystery from Charlaine Harris, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse vampire series, as well as the award-nominated Aurora Teagarden Series, Lily Bard Series, and Harper Connelly Series.]]> 232 Charlaine Harris 1625671105 Kate 0 currently-reading 4.06 1984 A Secret Rage
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]]> Dancers in the Dark 27412758 Author of the books that inspired True Blood on HBO and Midnight Texas on NBC Trying to outrun her troubled past and outwit the dangerous ex-boyfriend who nearly killed her, Layla Rue le May has been laying low, quietly rebuilding her life as Rue, and hoping to stay anonymous. When she takes a job as a dancer and is partnered with Sean, a three hundred year old vampire, she soon discovers how hard it will be to conceal her secrets...and her passion. Sean has learned to spend eternity on the sidelines, never getting too close to anyone. Isolation has been the only way to protect himself from the pain of his past and his often uncontrollable passion. Yet the beautiful and mysterious Rue has captivated him and his fiery attraction to her is unstoppable. As the intensity of their connection grows stronger, they find themselves enraptured, losing themselves to the dance, and to each other. After Rue’s stalker returns with revenge on his mind, Sean turns into much more than Rue’s immortal dance partner; he becomes her guardian. Rue must find a way to hide in plain sight and to protect her future with Sean from the terrible life she left behind. From Charlaine Harris, New York Times bestselling author and multiple winner of the Anthony, Sapphire and Romantic Times Awards, comes a compelling story of suspense, romance and unforgettable passion. The novella Dancers in the Dark originally appeared in the anthology Night’s Edge.]]> 103 Charlaine Harris 1625671296 Kate 0 4.24 2008 Dancers in the Dark
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]]> The Bandit Queens 62839143 Until the other women in her village decide they want to be widows, too.
Geeta is believed to have killed her vanished husband - a rumour she hasn't bothered trying to correct, because a reputation like that can keep a single woman safe in rural India. But when she's approached for help in ridding another wife of her abusive drunk of a husband, her reluctant agreement sets in motion a chain of events that will change the lives of all the women in the village....
A darkly irreverent and fresh take on a feminist revenge thriller, perfect for readers of My Sister the Serial Killer, How To Kidnap The Rich and the Sharon Horgan series Bad Sisters.]]> 352 Parini Shroff 1838957162 Kate 0 4.13 2023 The Bandit Queens
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average rating: 4.13
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]]> Impish 59548277
Julia Murphy was no stranger to magic. As a descendant of a long standing line of natural born witches, she'd been raised to respect the Old Ways. She'd known the risks, but when the magic tugged at her core like the pied-freaking-piper anyone would think it was an invitation... Right?

Wrong.

She'd trespassed.

And now she was stuck with him.

An Imp was a helluva roadblock when it came to living your every day life, but she'd learned to cope well enough over the years. She'd thought it was done. Transgression acknowledged. Price paid.

She had no idea.

Now powers well outside her wheelhouse rapped at her door � literally - and a darkness lingered on the horizon, threatening her town and her family.

And then there was Thrynn.

What an old god wanted with a simple cottage witch? Not a clue.

But there was that damn tug again.

Could she follow it?

Did she dare?]]> 225 Ashlyn Grace Kate 0 currently-reading 3.92 Impish
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]]> Vengeance (Confluence #5) 41584279
Darcy and her ragtag multispecies crew have used those years well, searching for her lost love, Adam, throughout the disreputable fringes of galactic society—though the odds are stacked against them. Along the way, they liberate the vulnerable and accumulate allies, some of them dubious. Meanwhile, Darcy continues to master her newfound powers in secret.

A cryptic message raises a ghost from the past to haunt her, forcing her to a crossroads that could lead to a reunion with Adam, or keep him forever beyond her reach.]]> 392 Jennifer Foehner Wells Kate 0 4.38 2018 Vengeance (Confluence #5)
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average rating: 4.38
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]]> Valence (Confluence, #4) 36598977
Two very different women race to prepare for the battle to come. The future of Earth is in their hands.

One struggles to resurrect her ruined ship so she can navigate the politics at the galactic core in a desperate bid to recruit allies.

The other strives to master alien technology to supply the forces of Earth with the tools needed to defend themselves against the ravenous Swarm.

Between them, Jane and Zara offer humanity its best chance at survival, but the odds are stacked against them and their best may not be good enough.]]> 456 Jennifer Foehner Wells Kate 0 4.41 2017 Valence (Confluence, #4)
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average rating: 4.41
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]]> Inheritance (Confluence #3) 32492214
As a second year medical student, her life revolves around classes, studying, and her boyfriend Adam—until she treks through the desert, touches some mysterious stacked stones, and a network of glowing blue lines radiates under her skin.

Then she saw the spaceship. And it was coming for her.

She faces impossibly bad choices and a missing boyfriend.

Darcy struggles to accept her heritage and master her newfound powers as she navigates deception, betrayal, and danger in order to prevail in the galaxy’s most dangerous game—and survive to save Adam.

This new series also takes place in the Confluence Universe.

This book was previously titled The Druid Gene.]]> 301 Jennifer Foehner Wells Kate 0 4.14 2016 Inheritance (Confluence #3)
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average rating: 4.14
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]]> <![CDATA[Soph's Plant Kitchen: Delicious high protein recipes to fuel you for life - The Sunday Times Bestseller 2025]]> 215069724 'I want to make eating and living healthily simpler and more fun, because that's how we'll make it stick. My food is all about helping you to stay fit and full,' says Sophie Waplington @Soph's Plant Kitchen.

A qualified personal trainer with a passion for food, Sophie has built up a huge loyal and engaged following of fans crying out for a cookbook from her. Sophie knows the pivotal role diet - and particularly eating plenty of protein and fibre - plays in nurturing a healthy body and a happy mind and her recipes have been described as 'plant-based perfection'. She also knows how busy everyone is so in her first book she shows how easy it is to eat delicious protein and fibre packed meals without spending hours in the kitchen.

From the ultimate portable Breakfast Burrito, power bowls like Satay Chickpea and Quinoa, meal-prep lunches for when you're on the go like Chimichurri Lentil and Pasta Salad, and high protein sweet treats like Lemon Drizzle and Chocolate Baked Oats, the book is packed with recipes that will become your new go-to favourites. And to make it even easier to hit your goals each recipe contains grams of protein and fibre per portion. The perfect combination of mouth-watering delicousness and fitness inspo, Sophie's Plant Kitchen will fuel you for life.

'Fuel your body with wholefood, high protein, nutrient dense, plant-based recipes and you will feel AMAZING, whatever your fitness goals,' Sophie Waplington.]]> 473 Sophie Waplington 1399736515 Kate 0 currently-reading 5.00 Soph's Plant Kitchen: Delicious high protein recipes to fuel you for life - The Sunday Times Bestseller 2025
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]]> Remanence (Confluence, #2) 29488335
But when she gets there, she finds his world devastated by the same plague. The remaining members of his race, uniquely gifted at navigating the stars, are stranded across the galaxy. And someone, it seems, doesn’t want those lost navigators to be found.

As Jane unravels the mystery of the plague and works to ensure the survival of Ei’Brai’s race, she discovers that the life of every sentient being in the galaxy may be in jeopardy…and the clock is ticking.]]> 452 Jennifer Foehner Wells Kate 0 4.07 2016 Remanence (Confluence, #2)
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]]> Orbital 218505320
A team of astronauts in the International Space Station collect meteorological data, conduct scientific experiments and test the limits of the human body. But mostly they observe. Together they watch their silent blue planet, circling it sixteen times, spinning past continents and cycling through seasons, taking in glaciers and deserts, the peaks of mountains and the swells of oceans. Endless shows of spectacular beauty witnessed in a single day.

Yet although separated from the world they cannot escape its constant pull. News reaches them of the death of a mother, and with it comes thoughts of returning home. They look on as a typhoon gathers over an island and people they love, in awe of its magnificence and fearful of its destruction.

The fragility of human life fills their conversations, their fears, their dreams. So far from earth, they have never felt more part - or protective - of it. They begin to ask, what is life without earth? What is earth without humanity?]]> 137 Samantha Harvey Kate 0 currently-reading 3.77 2023 Orbital
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]]> <![CDATA[Only the Lost (Death Gate Grim Reapers, #3)]]> 51091698 Years ago, a group of trainees disappeared while on a tour of the facility. There was no rhyme or reason to what happened and the higher-ups assumed they died during the malfunction. Five of them have returned though, and they haven’t aged a day.
Naturally, the reaper world is buzzing with the news. Izzy, however, thinks something bigger might be going on. Her belief only becomes stronger when another creature shows up in the middle of the night and attacks.
The malfunctioning gate is hiding a sinister secret, and it might just have something to do with what happened to Izzy’s parents so many years ago. Oliver has ties to the initial incident, too, and even though he knew the men way back then, he’s discombobulated by what’s happening now. When you add to that the arrival of Paris Princeton, Izzy has her hands full.
Thankfully she’s not alone on the job. She has the Grimlocks to back her play � and serve as emotional sounding boards. Together, Izzy and the Grimlocks are neck deep in trouble and searching for answers. They need to find them before the unthinkable happens and they lose one of their own, because when the gate starts acting weird again, someone is going to have to cross over to the other side � face death itself � and reclaim the most valuable prize imaginable.
Izzy’s life is about to take a turn. Somehow, she needs to stay on her feet to see it through. That’s easier said than done when death is your business but if anyone can make it to the other side and live to tell the tale, it’s Izzy.
It’s going to be a bumpy ride.]]> 321 Amanda M. Lee Kate 0 4.65 2019 Only the Lost (Death Gate Grim Reapers, #3)
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average rating: 4.65
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]]> <![CDATA[Only the Quiet (Death Gate Grim Reapers, #2)]]> 43449419
While the memories of the catastrophe that took her parents when she was a child remain elusive, she finds she’s comfortable in her new environment� even though she happens to have taken up the same position her father held when he was killed.

She’s the new death gate operator, which means she’s in control when souls are ferried to the other side. She literally controls death� and it’s not a comfortable spot to be in.

Her only problem is a man� and it’s not something she thought she would be facing because romance was supposed to be off the table.

Braden Grimlock isn’t exactly known for being mature and grounded, but there’s something about Izzy that calls to him. He can’t stay away. The feeling only grows stronger when a group of deaf students tour the aquarium located on top of the death gate� and the teacher drops dead in the middle of a blackout.

Right away, Izzy senses something is wrong� other than the obvious, that is. She simply can’t figure out what sort of opponent she’s facing.

The past is about to meet the present as a long-hidden secret grabs Izzy by the throat and demands answers. There’s a malevolent spirit on the loose and he has designs on escape from Belle Isle. The havoc he could wreak if freed is immeasurable.

It’s up to Izzy and Braden� and the rest of the Grimlocks� to figure out what’s happening and stop a horrifically determined ghost from claiming an innocent life. It’s going to take all of them working together� and if a little romance gums up the works, they’re simply going to have to deal with that, too.

Izzy is a powerful Bruja. Even she might not be strong enough to face the horror of what’s to come, though.]]> 278 Amanda M. Lee Kate 0 4.55 2019 Only the Quiet (Death Gate Grim Reapers, #2)
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average rating: 4.55
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]]> <![CDATA[Only the Lonely (Death Gate Grim Reapers, #1)]]> 41061695 270 Amanda M. Lee Kate 0 4.48 2018 Only the Lonely (Death Gate Grim Reapers, #1)
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average rating: 4.48
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]]> Bloodlust (Blood Destiny #5) 18247645
Mack Smith, a fiery Draco Wyr, is battling to come to terms with her emotions, her heritage and her true capabilities. All she has to do is defeat Endor, win back Corrigan and live happily ever after. From the streets of London and Russia, to the beaches of Cornwall, will she be able to ever win the day?]]> 256 Helen Harper Kate 0 4.07 2013 Bloodlust (Blood Destiny #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Blood Politics (Blood Destiny, #4)]]> 17837545
Then, when a local dryad asks her for some help, things really start to fire up. There are some long hot summer days ahead...]]> 220 Helen Harper Kate 0 currently-reading 4.05 2013 Blood Politics (Blood Destiny, #4)
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]]> Bloodrage (Blood Destiny, #3) 17568427
Feeling attacked on all fronts, Mack finds it harder and harder to keep a rein on her temper. Forced to attend anger management classes and deal with the predatory attentions of Corrigan, the Lord Alpha of the shapeshifter world, her emotions start to unravel. But when she comes across a familiar text within the walls of the mages' library, which might just provide the clues she needs to unlock the secrets of her background and her dragon blood, she realises that her problems are only just beginning...]]> 237 Helen Harper Kate 0 currently-reading 4.04 2013 Bloodrage (Blood Destiny, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Bloodmagic (Blood Destiny, #2)]]> 17191855
Now she has to decide between staying hidden and facing the music, as well as confronting her real feelings for the green eyed power of Corrigan himself.

This is the second book in the popular urban fantasy series, Blood Destiny.]]> 264 Helen Harper Kate 0 currently-reading 4.02 2012 Bloodmagic (Blood Destiny, #2)
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]]> Bloodfire (Blood Destiny, #1) 17191839 317 Helen Harper Kate 0 currently-reading 3.96 2012 Bloodfire (Blood Destiny, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Waifs and Strays (The Cat Lady Chronicles Book 1)]]> 217226072 Nobody is just a cat lady.

Kit McCafferty's life is quiet, unremarkable and filled with cat hair. In the magical city of Coldstream, located on the border between Scotland and England, Kit is viewed as little more than mildly eccentric and mostly harmless. She passes her days caring for her family of five cats, feeding the local feral moggies, and maintaining relatively good relations with her neighbours.

All that changes, however, when a teenage werewolf shows up at her door in the desperate hope of renting out a nearby vacant flat. Kit knows that the smart move is to tell him to leave. The last thing she needs is to become embroiled in complicated shapeshifter politics. But something about the secretive young werewolf tugs at her heartstrings.

It's not long before Kit ends up caught in a maelstrom of mysterious crime and magical wrong-doing. Fortunately, there's far more to Kit McCafferty than meets the eye and she has a few dark secrets of her own.

Of course, anyone with an ounce of intelligence knows that you underestimate a cat lady at your own peril.

Waifs and Strays is the first book in a new urban fantasy crime series. Expect mystery, magic and adventure with a heroine who will keep you turning pages late into the night. There will also be a lot of cats.]]> 300 Helen Harper Kate 0 4.41 2025 Waifs and Strays (The Cat Lady Chronicles Book 1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Sweet Obsession (Dark Olympus, #8)]]> 209116165 He was mine to protect. Mine to adore. Mine to lose forever.

Icarus may not have flown particularly close to the sun, but he has fallen…right into the rough hands of Olympus's own Poseidon. Being held captive by the gentle giant wouldn't be so bad if Olympus wasn't on the eve of destruction…or if Poseidon stopped looking at him with those irresistibly stormy eyes.

Poseidon doesn't have time to babysit his increasingly bratty prisoner, but he has no Olympus is officially at war, and someone has to keep their best bargaining chip out of harm's way. The thing is, the longer Poseidon is with Icarus, the more he starts to care for his sworn enemy...and the more he realizes that Icarus isn't the villain he's been made out to be. There's a warmth to him, a vulnerability, that Poseidon finds difficult to ignore or deny.

Now with Circe and the Aeaens at the gate and Olympus a hair's breadth away from falling, Poseidon will have to make a difficult about himself, about his allegiances, and about the man who woke his heart from its long slumber only to threaten to break it for good...

A scorchingly hot modern retelling of Poseidon and Icarus.]]> 336 Katee Robert Kate 0 3.70 2025 Sweet Obsession (Dark Olympus, #8)
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]]> <![CDATA[Stars Die (Caldryn Parliament Book 1)]]> 228141469 Welcome to Caldryn Parliament. Golden Age mysteries in the Realm of science fiction and fantasy.

Recalled from the frontier, the new Warden of Caldryn Parliament is well aware she’s not a popular choice, but she never expected to portal into a murder scene.

Nor did she anticipate acquiring such a unique partner.

Now, Vanda Kavanagh must discover the truth of a politician’s death, unravel the mystery of her sabotaged wards, and survive her family.

***

Stars Die is a magic parliament mystery. If you've ever wished that Agatha Christie included magic or that Sherlock Holmes fought space pirates, this is the series for you!]]> 340 Jenny Schwartz Kate 0 currently-reading 4.62 2025 Stars Die (Caldryn Parliament Book 1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy #1)]]> 218194833 From global phenomenon Callie Hart comes a highly addictive enemies-to-lovers Romantasy with razor-sharp banter, heart-stopping action, and blistering hot romance that you won't be able to put down!

Do not touch the sword. Do not turn the key. Do not open the gate.

In the land of the unforgiving desert, there isn't much a girl wouldn't do for a glass of water.

Twenty-four-year-old Saeris Fane is good at keeping secrets. No one knows about the strange powers she possesses, or the fact that she has been picking pockets and stealing from the Undying Queen's reservoirs for as long as she can remember.

But a secret is like a knot. Sooner or later, it is bound to come undone.

When Saeris comes face-to-face with Death himself, she inadvertently re-opens a gateway between realms and is transported to a land of ice and snow. The Fae have always been the stuff of myth, of legend, of nightmares... but it turns out they're real, and Saeris has landed herself in the middle of a centuries-long conflict that might just get her killed.

The first of her kind to tread the frozen mountains of Yvelia in over a thousand years, Saeris mistakenly binds herself to Kingfisher, a handsome Fae warrior, who has secrets and nefarious agendas of his own. He will use her Alchemist's magic to protect his people, no matter what it costs him . . . or her.

Death has a name. It is Kingfisher of the Ajun Gate. His past is murky. His attitude stinks. And he's the only way Saeris is going to make it home.

Be careful of the deals you make, dear child. The devil is in the details . . .

N.B. Quicksilver contains depictions of graphic violence/adult situations and is therefore recommended for readers 17+. For a full list of tropes and TWs, please visit the author's website.]]> 624 Callie Hart 1399745433 Kate 0 4.44 2024 Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy #1)
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]]> Shield (The Delphic Dame, #3) 198484091
Too bad she's surrounded herself with ridiculously noble allies. The kind of self-sacrificing, kind, clever, and resolute people who force you to love them ... then go off to risk their lives for the greater good. Of course Cherry has to rescue them.

And if she's rescuing those she loves, maybe she could save everyone else along the way?

Aliens, space pirates, scheming politicians (and some good ones - surprise!), Vizards, journalists, AI droids, ... pretty much everyone and everything you need for the draft blurb from an author who is trying to solve the puzzle of how to avoid spoilers for the third and final, unmissable book in The Delphic Dame trilogy. Final blurb soonish!]]> 224 Jenny Schwartz Kate 0 currently-reading 4.35 2024 Shield (The Delphic Dame, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Scarper (The Delphic Dame, #2)]]> 175714087
Fate is a tricky witch.

On the run across federation space, Cherry has stuffed far too many dangerous secrets into her scout ship. Now the Delphic Dame is the most hunted spaceship in the universe.

It may also be the only force in the universe capable of saving humanity.

Cherry just has to stay one step ahead of her enemies - and, maybe, of her allies.]]> 229 Jenny Schwartz Kate 0 currently-reading 4.20 2023 Scarper (The Delphic Dame, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Salvage (The Delphic Dame, #1)]]> 75616208
To save the people she loves, Cherry will have to risk her life to rescue a man she’s never met.

A hunted man, a man abandoned on a derelict space station, on the far side of a black hole.

Salvage is the first book in The Delphic Dame space opera trilogy. It picks up Cherry’s story two years after Nora’s disruption of Human Sector society in The Adventures of a Xeno-Archaeologist. Unforgettable characters in a fast-paced, futuristic thriller.]]> 251 Jenny Schwartz Kate 0 currently-reading 4.35 2023 Salvage (The Delphic Dame, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Doubt (The Adventures of a Xeno-Archaeologist #2)]]> 62836689
Nora Devi intended to leave her old life behind. But when a quick detour to acquire the funds for a new identity goes awry, she finds herself plunged ever deeper into the troubles she hoped to avoid.

The Human Sector is a stash of fuel cells just waiting for a spark to explode. The Great Game of politics and power has shifted from the inner realm to the border. Captain Liam Kimani of the battlecruiser RC Genghis Khan is the man in position to suppress the explosion - or ride the wave of it.

It's been half a millennium since the Stranding. Is the power of the royals still worth supporting, or is it time to risk everything for the chance to rejoin the rest of humanity?]]> 233 Jenny Schwartz Kate 0 currently-reading 4.15 2021 Doubt (The Adventures of a Xeno-Archaeologist #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Astray (The Adventures of a Xeno-Archaeologist, #1)]]> 62819294
Captain Liam Kimani could be credited with ending the latest royal war. Instead, he’s blamed for it. Dirty commoners aren’t meant to lay their hands on royalty.

He has no regrets.

When Liam and his crew of the battlecruiser RC Genghis Khan are exiled to Capitoline’s border they discover that life in unexplored space can be more dangerous than war, and that their best chance of survival lies with a mysterious, elusive tagger.

The only problem is that Nora’s secrets might destroy the precarious stability of the entire Human Sector.

Astray is a fast-paced, enthralling space opera of lost societies, ancient aliens, rugged warriors and semi-legal pirates.]]> 233 Jenny Schwartz Kate 0 currently-reading 3.98 2021 Astray (The Adventures of a Xeno-Archaeologist, #1)
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]]> Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3) 210482168 THE STORM IS COMING . . .

Get ready to fly or die in the breathtaking follow-up to Fourth Wing and Iron Flame from #1 New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.]]> 779 Rebecca Yarros 0349443246 Kate 0 4.34 2025 Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2)]]> 126918782 Collecting Martha Wells' Element of Fire and Death of the Necromancer for the first time in one place, in a new and revised edition!

The Element of Fire

The kingdom of Ile-Rien lies in peril, menaced by sorcerous threats and devious intrigue, when Kade, bastard sister of King Roland, appears unexpectedly at court. The illegitimate daughter of the old king and the Queen of Air and Darkness herself, Kade's true desires are cloaked in mystery.

It falls to Thomas Boniface, Captain of the Queen's Guard, to keep the kingdom from harm. But is one man's steel enough to counter all the magic of fayre?

The Death of the Necromancer

Nicholas Valiarde is a passionate, embittered nobleman and the greatest thief in all of Ile-Rien. On the gaslight streets of the city, Nicholas assumes the guise of a master criminal, stealing jewels from wealthy nobles to finance his quest for a long-pursued vengeance.

But Nicholas's murderous mission is being interrupted by a series of eerie, unexplainable, and fatal events. A dark magic opposes him, and traces of a necromantic power that hasn't been used for centuries abound. Nicholas and his compatriots find themselves battling an ancient evil.

And if they lose? Death would be preferable to the fate that awaits them....

Both novels included in this volume have been revised and updated. These are the author’s preferred texts.]]> 768 Martha Wells 1250326672 Kate 0 currently-reading 4.29 2024 The Book of Ile-Rien: The Element of Fire & The Death of the Necromancer (Ile-Rien, #1-2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind: A powerful plan to improve mood, overcome anxiety and protect memory for a lifetime of optimal mental health]]> 123497653 Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind, Dr Georgia Ede reveals that the most powerful way to change brain chemistry is with food - because that's where brain chemicals come from in the first place.

In this provocative, illuminating guide, Dr Ede explains why nearly everything we think we know about brain-healthy diets is wrong. The truth is that meat is not dangerous, vegan diets are not healthier, and antioxidants are not the answer. Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind will empower you
- Understand how unscientific research drives fickle news headlines and dietary guidance
- Evaluate yourself for signs of insulin resistance - the silent metabolic disease that robs your brain of energy
- Improve your mental health with a personalized plan to suit your own food preferences and health goals

Drawing on a wide range of scientific disciplines, including biochemistry, neuroscience, and botany, Dr Ede will ignite your curiosity about the fascinating world of food and its role in nourishing, protecting, and energizing your brain.]]> 607 Dr Georgia Ede 1399709135 Kate 0 currently-reading 4.28 Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind: A powerful plan to improve mood, overcome anxiety and protect memory for a lifetime of optimal mental health
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]]> <![CDATA[Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)]]> 36223859
Teaming up with a Research Transport vessel named ART (you don’t want to know what the “A� stands for), Murderbot heads to the mining facility where it went rogue.

What it discovers will forever change the way it thinks…]]> 149 Martha Wells Kate 0 4.40 2018 Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind Cookbook: 100+ Brain-Boosting Recipes Inspired by Dr. Georgia Ede M.D. to Improve Mood, Reduce Anxiety and Enhance Mental Clarity for Lifelong Wellness]]> 220335466 đź’† TRANSFORM YOUR BODY AND MIND THROUGH NUTRITION!

Introducing the "Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind 100+ Brain-Boosting Recipes Inspired by Dr. Georgia Ede M.D. to Improve Mood, Reduce Anxiety, and Enhance Mental Clarity for Lifelong Wellness" � your essential guide to using the power of food to enhance your mental health, reduce stress, and promote long-lasting cognitive wellness.

This cookbook is more than just a collection of recipes. It's a carefully curated resource designed to help you take control of your mental clarity, mood, and overall well-being through thoughtful nutrition, all while enjoying delicious and easy-to-make meals.

🤔 Why Choose This Cookbook?
Inspired by the groundbreaking work of Dr. Georgia Ede, this book brings together science-backed recipes that fuel your brain and body for optimal mental health. From boosting mood to enhancing brain function, this book was created to support your emotional balance, reduce anxiety, and improve your brain health.

Inside You'll

🧠 100+ Brain-Boosting Recipes: Discover a wide range of recipes, including brain-boosting smoothies, nutrient-dense salads, wholesome main courses, and even guilt-free snacks and desserts—all designed to improve mental clarity and mood.

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🥗 Nutrient-Rich Ingredients: Learn which superfoods can help reduce anxiety, fight inflammation, and promote optimal brain function, such as omega-3s, leafy greens, berries, and healthy fats that are essential for a well-nourished mind.

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👉🏽 Click "BUY NOW" and begin you]]> 303 Caroline Westbrook Kate 0 currently-reading 0.0 Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind Cookbook: 100+ Brain-Boosting Recipes Inspired by Dr. Georgia Ede M.D. to Improve Mood, Reduce Anxiety and Enhance Mental Clarity for Lifelong Wellness
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]]> <![CDATA[Tangled Bow: A Karina Kent Novella (A King's Watch Story Book 8)]]> 61269392 When you make a promise...

Karina was doing well as Madreb to the Birkfell Pack of Mannwolves. Peace reigned. The Pack prospered. No one was disturbing her. What could go wrong? Conrad Clarke is what.

With no warning, Conrad offers her a job - as his adjutant. "But what about the Pack?"
"Ah. About that..."

Karina suddenly finds herself promoted to Guardian and a Fae Princess installed as Pack Madreb. Not only that, Karina has to go back out into the world. A world where she has to do the hardest thing be herself.

Not only that, she has to cope with a Witch who wants to be her friend, and who could possibly want to do that? It comes as a relief when Karina is given the chance to repay a debt to Corin, the forest Spirit held captive by Fae magick.

To release him Karina has to go north. To Scotland, away from her home and out of her comfort zone, and she has to take her new friend with her...

Find out how Karina faces up to the terrible decisions she must make, and what she has to do to keep her promise. Grab a copy of Tangled Bow and follow Karina on the next stage of her journey through that terrible life.]]> 146 Lucy Campbell Kate 0 currently-reading 4.37 Tangled Bow: A Karina Kent Novella (A King's Watch Story Book 8)
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]]> <![CDATA[Arrow in the Dark (A King's Watch Story, #7)]]> 58769091
Conrad’s w*r*w*lv*s need protecting, and he thinks that Karina is perfect for the job.
She is not so sure, but for her, itâ€s the only game in town.

Or to be exact, it’s out in the country. Way beyond civilisation, and way beyond her comfort zone.
Karina finds herself on the shores of Ullswater, Madreb to Conrad’s pack of Mannwolves and reporting to her Nemesis, Erin Slater.
Faced with a pack of traumatised wolves and cubs, Karina has to find a way to keep them together and make a future for all of them. She has to do something she’s never done lead a team.

And then a cub goes missing, and she finds the Pack depending on her. Totally.

Lucy Campbell has brought to life another adventure from Mark Hayden’s King’s Watch, and given voice to character who deserves to be heard.

Grab a copy of Arrow in the Dark and find out if Karina can take her second chance.]]> 126 Lucy Campbell Kate 0 4.34 Arrow in the Dark (A King's Watch Story, #7)
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]]> <![CDATA[Marshlight (A King's Watch Story, #6)]]> 57613148 Does Karina have a shot at redemption?


She joined the King’s Watch to make a new start and ended up nearly finished.
She disobeyed a direct order. She jeopardised the mission. She shot a police officer. She’s going to jail.
Can she come back from that? Perhaps.
She’s given the chance to investigate her mother’s murder. A life taken when Karina’s life had just begun.
Karina heads to her childhood home in Kent to investigate a coven of Witches with some big secrets to hide. Can she do what she’s told and become part of the solution?
Karina’s story is told by the other new voice in the King’s Lucy Campbell.
Working with Mark Hayden, Lucy has explored the difficult life of Conrad Clarke’s shortest-serving sidekicks and brought her to life.
Find out how Karina faces up to her past and meets the challenge in this new King’s Watch novella.]]> 55 Lucy Campbell Kate 0 currently-reading 4.28 Marshlight (A King's Watch Story, #6)
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]]> <![CDATA[Fire Games (A King's Watch Story, #5)]]> 57070496 How to lose your shirt twice in one night
And your home�

Vicky had the birthday card sorted: Happy Birthday to my Embarrassing Uncle

And then Hannah orders her to Clerkswell to celebrate Conrad’s birthday in person. And if that wasn’t bad enough, Eseld Mowbray makes her an offer she can’t refuse. An offer that combines three things that Vicky hates:


A posh house, fancy dress and worst of all, the need to be herself and be on display. Can things get any worse?


Oh yes they can.

Find out how Vicky finds herself deep in debt to one of the biggest families in magick.]]> 140 Mark Hayden Kate 0 currently-reading 4.37 2021 Fire Games (A King's Watch Story, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[French Leave (King's Watch Story, #4)]]> 53917900 Conrad has two enemies in France, one in exile and one on the run.

His first enemy was Keira Faulkner: she was caught, punished and exiled over the water.

And then came the Dragon. There were six Druids in the Dragon Brotherhood, and all are accounted for but one � Adaryn ap Owain. Conrad last saw her on a wet Welsh hillside, and she’d just stopped Vicky’s heart.

And now she’s gone, fled across the Channel and in hiding, but there are no cold cases in the King’s Watch.

Keira Faulkner offers him a way to Adaryn: in return for his intervention at court, she will go looking for the outlaw Druid. It costs Conrad nothing � so what could go wrong?

While he waits for Keira’s report, he has to deal with his family. Again. And then something does go wrong, and Conrad has to help his oldest enemy. On foreign soil. Who’s up for the job?]]> 128 Mark Hayden Kate 0 currently-reading 4.32 French Leave (King's Watch Story, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Ring of Troth (A King's Watch Story, #3)]]> 49234045 Namaste.
Yes, it’s me. Mina Desai.

I should be the happiest girl in the world: I have a job, a home and now a fiancé. The only fly in the ointment is a snake called Pramiti.

I owe her a debt. A debt that requires me to find, steal and restore that serpent’s magickal ruby. Unfortunately, it was last seen in 1903�

When your fiancé is the Dragonslayer, you’d think that it would be easy, but I cannot risk his life over a debt that is mine to pay.

That doesn’t mean that I can’t ask his advice. If there’s one thing he’s learnt above all others in the world of magick, it’s this: Get Help.

And on this job, I’ll need some very special help. Some of it from a very surprising quarter. Find out who joins Team Mina and continue the adventures of the King’s Watch in Ring of Troth.]]> 93 Mark Hayden Kate 0 4.32 Ring of Troth (A King's Watch Story, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Eleventh Hour (The King's Watch, #3)]]> 41036780
Conrad needs a rest, and so does Vicky, his partner in fighting magickal crimes. The universe has other ideas.
Conrad had planned the perfect weekend in the English Lake District � tie up some loose ends before spending the night with his girlfriend. Simple. What could possibly go wrong?
Everything is the answer. An innocent man is murdered to cover up magickal misdeeds, and before they can draw breath, Conrad and Vicky are on the trail of a Mage who hides behind dark magick to kill at a distance.
In the third book of Mark Hayden’s highly praised King’s Watch sequence, Conrad and Vicky have to unlock doors and penetrate the ancient families of the Lakeland Particular to unmask a killer with an agenda of vengeance who doesn’t care who dies on the way.
]]> 268 Mark Hayden Kate 0 4.28 The Eleventh Hour (The King's Watch, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Wings over Water (A King's Watch Story, #2)]]> 51058268 How hard can it be to exorcise a few ghosts?
Very.

Roberta “Woody� Woodhouse is the Peculier Necromancer. Her job is to make safe the haunted places of England. A routine job in Yorkshire smells wrong. A long abandoned RAF airfield is haunted by the ghosts of airmen past. But why did they only appear when the archaeologists started digging?

°Âłó˛ąłŮ’s really buried under the grass at Draxholt?

She calls on Conrad Clarke. After all, the Dragonslayer, who also has RAF combat experience should know what to do, but when Conrad is dragged away from his cushy billet in Shropshire, he can’t imagine what’s going to happen.

Find out in the new King’s Watch story, Wings over Water.]]> 70 Mark Hayden Kate 0 currently-reading 4.25 Wings over Water (A King's Watch Story, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[Phantom Stag (A King's Watch Story, #1)]]> 44035637 Three Hunters chase the Phantom Stag. One of them gets a clear shot.
When the magick clears, the Stag is gone and it’s one of the Hunters lying dead with an arrow through his heart.
There is evil in the forest. It’s time to send for the King’s Watch.
In this spin-off novella from Mark Hayden’s series of Conrad Clarke novels, Vicky Robson takes centre stage.
Not only does Vicky tell the story, she has to do the heavy lifting � this is one case which only magick can solve, and Conrad knows when he’s out of his depth.
Vicky has to face the Forest of Arden on her own, and inside the enchanted wood, the Fae are waiting, not to mention renegade Hunters, ghosts and the Stag himself�
Find out how Vicky copes on her own and what she really thinks of Uncle Conrad in this first standalone story of the King’s Watch.

*This novella is about 20% of the length of a full novel � 25,000 words.
*The action takes place during Tenfold, the Fourth Book of the King’s Watch.
*You don’t need to have read any of the books to enjoy this novella!]]> 77 Mark Hayden Kate 0 currently-reading 4.21 Phantom Stag (A King's Watch Story, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Three Ring Circus: A Fairy Story (The King's Watch Book 12)]]> 209352456 °Âłó˛ąłŮ’s it like to live forever?Alicia is about to find out...
Just because you don’t grow old, it doesn't mean you won’t die a violent death at the hands of your broodmates. Or the Queen who laid your egg.

From the moment she hatches in the Derwent SĂ­dhe, Alicia is fighting. For her life. To gain position. To become an adult.
And then, the moment she drops her wings and emerges, the fun really starts.

In this new instalment of Mark Hayden’s King’s Watch series, we finally get to hear from the Fae in their own words. They’ve played a huge part in Conrad Clarke’s life, and now they’re going to be staying in his house. Alicia’s story is told from what’s it like to have magick in your bones? How do the Fae really feel about mortals? What does it take to climb the greasy pole when your rivals are all immortal?

Alicia is the youngest Squire in the service of Princess Faith, and she is propelled into the heart of the biggest wedding in the world of magick this the joining together of the Dragonslayer and his consort. No pressure, then.

She fights to get on top of a bunch of unruly hens� hairdos and just when she thinks she’s winning, the bottom falls out of her world.

She finds herself on her own, cut off from her People, about to become snake food and with nothing but a hairbrush to protect herself. Can she make a bid for freedom?

Woven in with Alicia’s story, we get a backstage pass to some of the events glossed over in Third Eye. What really happened at the hen do? How did Lucy’s car end up in the canal? And as for Mina and the stripper...

We also check in with Conrad and Mina on their Honeymoon in Valhalla, where Mina is not a happy bride. Not at first, anyway.

So find out how Alicia copes in the mad world of the wingless, and discover how Conrad plans to deal with the Akademia and grab a copy now.

Mark Hayden’s King’s Watch continues to turn over all sorts of rocks to find what crawls out. Who wouldn’t want to join Alicia on her journey from the egg to the edge of an abyss.]]> 546 Mark Hayden Kate 0 4.24 Three Ring Circus: A Fairy Story (The King's Watch Book 12)
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]]> <![CDATA[Four Roads Cross (The King's Watch, #10)]]> 59751145
And now the Gnomes of Lakeland want him to be the new Commissioner.

A simple job: sort out the Assessors and put the Grand Union on a stable footing. They’re even willing to pay for an assistant to help him with the difficult magick stuff. What could possibly go wrong?

When you have two powerful factions who both think that they're above the law, you have a recipe for trouble when they fall out. Conrad has barely unpacked his suitcase before the Fae Queen of Derwent is in a standoff with the Greenings, and neither side look like they want to back down.

The peaceful fells and dales of Lakeland are about to see an all-out war unless Conrad, Cordelia and his under-strength team can keep them apart. When the walls close in, Conrad will need to make new friends and watch his back.

It all starts with a race down Great Langdale and it ends with an appointment at Lakeland’s oldest boundary marker, the Four Roads Cross.]]> 374 Mark Hayden Kate 0 4.34 Four Roads Cross (The King's Watch, #10)
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]]> <![CDATA[Five Leaf Clover (The King's Watch, #9)]]> 58190632 Conrad has a lot on his plate, and recovering from a punctured kidney is only the start�

Top of his to-do list is a trip to Cornwall for an interview with Morwenna Mowbray, Vessel and victim of Fae magick.

Before he can go, Tom Morton has news on the missing book, the Codex Defanatus.

And soon it becomes clear that all roads lead across the Irish Sea, to a country where Conrad has no jurisdiction, no allies, and where his enemies are not one, but two Fae Queens.

He knows that it’s a long road to Galway, and that when he gets to the end, he’ll be alone, but choosing his travelling companions is only the first challenge.

Conrad’s struggle to wash the stain of the Codex from his family name reaches a climax in the Ninth Book of the King’s Watch � Five Leaf Clover.]]> 247 Mark Hayden Kate 0 currently-reading 4.40 Five Leaf Clover (The King's Watch, #9)
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]]> <![CDATA[Six Furlongs (The Kings Watch, #8)]]> 55845872 288 Mark Hayden Kate 0 currently-reading 4.39 Six Furlongs (The Kings Watch, #8)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Seventh Star (The King's Watch, #7)]]> 53258136
While everyone queues for a selfie, Conrad is wondering why a Fae Princess has descended on him.

It turns out she has a problem, and her problem is about to become Conrad’s problem: amidst the dark Satanic mills of Lancashire, something is attacking the Fae.

Conrad has to leave his comfort zone in Clerkswell and break in another new partner. It won’t be long before he is praying for strength from Kratu, the Seventh Star.

Treat yourself to a copy now and find out the truth about Fairies, Gnomes and W*r*e*w*lv*s…]]> 358 Mark Hayden Kate 0 4.38 The Seventh Star (The King's Watch, #7)
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]]> <![CDATA[Eight Kings (The King's Watch, #6)]]> 49095884 The King is Dead
Long Live the King

The Mage-King of Wessex has passed away, and the stage is set for a battle royal:

The richest Mage in England versus the most powerful Coven of Witches.

And Conrad finds himself in the middle.

The struggle is a civilised one at first � Lord Mowbray and the Daughters of the Goddess meet for a conference in Mowbray’s Mage palace of Pellacombe, with Conrad, Mina and Saffron sent to see fair play.

Until first tragedy and then murder plunge the staff kingdom of Wessex into a dangerous crisis, and Conrad has to draw on all his team’s powers and his own experience to avoid a bloodbath.

The sixth instalment of Mark Hayden’s sage of the King’s Watch is a deep study of power at the sharp end, where families and clans are stretched beyond breaking point in the brutal world of magick.

Grab yourself a copy of Eight Kings and immerse yourself in the addictive world of the King’s Watch.]]> 449 Mark Hayden Kate 0 currently-reading 4.23 Eight Kings (The King's Watch, #6)
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]]> <![CDATA[Nine of Wands (The King's Watch, #5)]]> 51058282 Gold. Beautiful and Deadly.
And doubly deadly when you mix it with magick.

Conrad and Mina take a time-out from trouble in Spain. It’s their own little Garden of Eden, until a Tarot reader tells him that his troubles have barely begun.

Expelled from Paradise, Conrad and the team have to chase the trail of a new source of Alchemical Gold. A source that already has Dwarves, Gnomes and human Mages at each other’s throats.

When the prize is gold, life is cheap, and nothing blinds like greed. Can Conrad keep his eyes open and see through the killing glare of gold?

When the Tarot says Nine of Wands, you know you’re in for a bumpy ride.]]> 282 Mark Hayden Kate 0 4.33 Nine of Wands (The King's Watch, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Tenfold (The King's Watch, #4)]]> 43538376
Must we atone for our ancestors� sins?

Conrad’s 11xGreat Grandfather has been haunting his house since 1622, keeping a secret and biding his time. A secret that spells trouble for the world of magick.
The King’s Watch want to Summon him. The keepers of the secret don’t want that to happen.

They unleash a fire Mage to stop the summoning and don’t care who dies on the way.

And when Spectre Thomas finally makes an appearance, he passes the guilt of old sins on to Conrad’s shoulders. Wild, dark magick is on the loose, and Conrad has to carry the burden of tracking it down.

With death and destruction on all sides, his problems have multiplied. Tenfold.
The King’s Watch are back. Grab a copy of Tenfold and check out just how much trouble one man can get into when you enlist in the deadly world of magick.]]> 271 Mark Hayden Kate 0 currently-reading 4.34 Tenfold (The King's Watch, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[The 12 Dragons of Albion (The King's Watch, #2)]]> 36533404
You’d think that staying alive and saving the girl would be enough for now.

After proving himself in a desperate magickal battle, Conrad is admitted to the King’s Watch.

And what does the world of magick do? It laughs in his face.

At least Conrad now has a partner with some serious magickal firepower.
Vicky Robson joins him on a mission to investigate rumours of a Dragon’s egg, and to get him through his entry test for the Invisible College.
But the Invisible College won’t play ball, and that Dragon’s egg is all too real.
Conrad grits his teeth and reminds the magickal world that he who laughs loudest laughs last…]]> 331 Mark Hayden Kate 0 currently-reading 4.34 2017 The 12 Dragons of Albion (The King's Watch, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The 13th Witch (The King's Watch, #1)]]> 36533380 Conrad Clarke did.

Someone has plans for Conrad, and those plans don’t involve an easy life.

Conrad Clarke, former RAF pilot and alleged gangster is dragged out of his comfort zone by a visit from The Allfather.

Norse gods in twenty-first century England?
Don’t be silly. Load of nonsense.

Before you can say “Ragnarok�, Conrad is plunged into a world of gods, Mages, Witches, Dwarves and one rather aggressive giant mole.

But he has next to no magick of his own.

Armed with nothing but a sense of humour and a willingness to cheat, Conrad has to save the Witch � and his life.]]> 253 Mark Hayden Kate 0 4.06 2017 The 13th Witch (The King's Watch, #1)
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name: Kate
average rating: 4.06
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]]> <![CDATA[Rivers of London Vol. 1: Body Work]]> 29388615 Peter Grant looks look your average London police officer, but he is actually a part-time wizard in a very elite branch of the Metropolitan Police. It's his job to investigate those crimes that regular cops don't like to talk about because they often involve vampires or strange things in Underground tunnels.

Peter's latest case features a self-driving killer automobile, a Serbian refugee, the Most Haunted Car in England, a handsome drug dealer with a nice paisley scarf and a seemingly harmless wooden bench with a dark past!

Collecting the sell-out smash mini-series, Rivers of London: Body Work!

]]> 130 Ben Aaronovitch Kate 0 currently-reading 3.95 2016 Rivers of London Vol. 1: Body Work
author: Ben Aaronovitch
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average rating: 3.95
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]]> <![CDATA[Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)]]> 59732152 The ninth novel of the bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series returns to the adventures of Peter Grant, detective and apprentice wizard, as he solves magical crimes in the city of London.

There is a world hidden underneath this great city.

The London Silver Vaults–for well over a century, the largest collection of silver for sale in the world. It has more locks than the Bank of England and more cameras than a celebrity punch-up. Not somewhere you can murder someone and vanish without a trace–only łŮłó˛ąłŮ’s what happened.

The disappearing act, the reports of a blinding flash of light and memory loss amongst the witnesses all make this a case for Detective Constable Peter Grant and the Special Assessment Unit.

Alongside their boss DCI Thomas Nightingale, the SAU find themselves embroiled in a mystery that encompasses London’s tangled history, foreign lands and, most terrifying of all, the North!

And Peter must solve this case soon because back home his partner Beverley is expecting twins any day now. But what he doesn’t know is that he’s about to encounter something–and somebody–that nobody ever expects…]]> 404 Ben Aaronovitch 1473226708 Kate 0 4.58 2022 Amongst Our Weapons (Rivers of London, #9)
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name: Kate
average rating: 4.58
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]]> <![CDATA[False Value (Rivers of London, #8)]]> 45016688 Peter Grant is facing fatherhood, and an uncertain future, with equal amounts of panic and enthusiasm. Rather than sit around, he takes a job with émigré Silicon Valley tech genius Terrence Skinner's brand new London start up - the Serious Cybernetics Company.

Drawn into the orbit of Old Street's famous 'silicon roundabout', Peter must learn how to blend in with people who are both civilians and geekier than he is. Compared to his last job, Peter thinks it should be a doddle. But magic is not finished with Mama Grant's favourite son.

Because Terrence Skinner has a secret hidden in the bowels of the SCC. A technology that stretches back to Ada Lovelace and Charles Babbage, and forward to the future of artificial intelligence. A secret that is just as magical as it technological - and just as dangerous.

]]> 349 Ben Aaronovitch Kate 0 4.09 2020 False Value (Rivers of London, #8)
author: Ben Aaronovitch
name: Kate
average rating: 4.09
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]]> <![CDATA[Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London, #7)]]> 38921718
Peter Grant, Detective Constable and apprentice wizard, now plays a key role in an unprecedented joint operation to bring Chorley to justice.

But even as the unwieldy might of the Metropolitan Police bears down on its foe, Peter uncovers clues that Chorley, far from being finished, is executing the final stages of a long term plan.

A plan that has its roots in London’s two thousand bloody years of history, and could literally bring the city to its knees.

To save his beloved city Peter’s going to need help from his former best friend and colleague � Lesley May � who brutally betrayed him and everything he thought she believed in. And, far worse, he might even have to come to terms with the malevolent supernatural killer and agent of chaos known as Mr Punch . . .]]> 416 Ben Aaronovitch 1473207843 Kate 0 4.41 2018 Lies Sleeping (Rivers of London, #7)
author: Ben Aaronovitch
name: Kate
average rating: 4.41
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hanging Tree (Rivers of London, #6)]]> 218106408 Sunday Times' hardback bestsellers' list, and The Hanging Tree looks set to repeat the feat.

The 'Hanging Tree' was the old colloquial term for the Tyburn gallows, which stood where Marble Arch now stands. Along Oxford Street, the last trip was taken by the condemned. Some things don't change. The place has a bloody and haunted legacy � and now blood has returned to the empty Mayfair mansions of the world's super-rich. And blood, mixed with magic, becomes a job for Peter Grant.

Peter Grant is back, as are Nightingale et al at the Folly and the various river gods, ghosts and spirits who attach themselves to England's last wizard and the Met's reluctant investigator of all things supernatural.]]> 387 Ben Aaronovitch Kate 0 4.53 2016 The Hanging Tree (Rivers of London, #6)
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name: Kate
average rating: 4.53
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]]> <![CDATA[Foxglove Summer (Peter Grant, #5)]]> 218439593 Book 5 in the Rivers of London series, from Sunday Times Number One bestselling author Ben Aaronovitch.

In the fifth of his bestselling series Ben Aaronovitch takes Peter Grant out of whatever comfort zone he might have found and takes him out of London - to a small village in Herefordshire where the local police are reluctant to admit that there might be a supernatural element to the disappearance of some local children. But while you can take the London copper out of London, you can't take the London out of the copper.

Travelling west with Beverley Brook, Peter soon finds himself caught up in a deep mystery and having to tackle local cops and local gods. And what's more, all the shops are closed by 4pm ...]]> 385 Ben Aaronovitch Kate 0 4.49 2014 Foxglove Summer (Peter Grant, #5)
author: Ben Aaronovitch
name: Kate
average rating: 4.49
book published: 2014
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]]> <![CDATA[Broken Homes (Rivers of London, #4)]]> 218439667 Book 4 in the Rivers of London series, from Sunday Times Number One bestselling author Ben Aaronovitch.

A mutilated body in Crawley. Another killer on the loose. The prime suspect is one Robert Weil - an associate of the twisted magician known as the Faceless Man? Or just a common garden serial killer?

Before PC Peter Grant can get his head round the case, a town planner going under a tube train and a stolen grimoire are adding to his case-load. So far so London.

But then Peter gets word of something very odd happening in Elephant and Castle, on an housing estate designed by a nutter, built by charlatans and inhabited by the truly desperate. Is there a connection? And if there is, why oh why did it have to be South of the River?]]> 369 Ben Aaronovitch Kate 0 4.39 2013 Broken Homes (Rivers of London, #4)
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name: Kate
average rating: 4.39
book published: 2013
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]]> <![CDATA[Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3)]]> 218439605 Ěý
It begins with a dead body at the far end of Baker Street tube station, all that remains of American exchange student James Gallagher—and the victim’s wealthy, politically powerful family is understandably eager to get to the bottom of the gruesome murder. The trouble is, the bottom—if it exists at all—is deeper and more unnatural than anyone suspects . . . except, that is, for London constable and sorcerer’s apprentice Peter Grant. With Inspector Nightingale, the last registered wizard in England, tied up in the hunt for the rogue magician known as “the Faceless Man,� it’s up to Peter to plumb the haunted depths of the oldest, largest, and—as of now—deadliest subway system in the world.

At least he won’t be alone. No, the FBI has sent over a crack agent to help. She’s young, ambitious, beautiful . . . and a born-again Christian apt to view any magic as the work of the devil. Oh yeahâ€�łŮłó˛ąłŮ’s going to go well.


From the Paperback edition.]]> 429 Ben Aaronovitch Kate 0 4.42 2012 Whispers Under Ground (Rivers of London, #3)
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name: Kate
average rating: 4.42
book published: 2012
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]]> <![CDATA[Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London #2)]]> 57647912 An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.


I was my dad's vinyl-wallah: I changed his records while he lounged around drinking tea, and that's how I know my Argo from my Tempo. And it's why, when Dr Walid called me to the morgue to listen to a corpse, I recognised the tune it was playing. Something violently supernatural had happened to the victim, strong enough to leave its imprint like a wax cylinder recording. Cyrus Wilkinson, part-time jazz saxophonist and full-time accountant, had apparently dropped dead of a heart attack just after finishing a gig in a Soho jazz club. He wasn't the first.

No one was going to let me exhume corpses to see if they were playing my tune, so it was back to old-fashioned legwork, starting in Soho, the heart of the scene. I didn't trust the lovely Simone, Cyrus' ex-lover, professional jazz kitten and as inviting as a Rubens' portrait, but I needed her help: there were monsters stalking Soho, creatures feeding off that special gift that separates the great musician from someone who can raise a decent tune. What they take is beauty. What they leave behind is sickness, failure and broken lives.

And as I hunted them, my investigation got tangled up in another story: a brilliant trumpet player, Richard 'Lord' Grant - my father - who managed to destroy his own career, twice. That's the thing about policing: most of the time you're doing it to maintain public order. Occasionally you're doing it for justice. And maybe once in a career, you're doing it for revenge.]]> 375 Ben Aaronovitch Kate 0 4.34 2011 Moon Over Soho (Rivers of London #2)
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average rating: 4.34
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]]> <![CDATA[Rivers of London (Rivers of London, #1)]]> 45322972
Now I'm a Detective Constable and a trainee wizard, the first apprentice in fifty years, and my world has become somewhat more complicated: nests of vampires in Purley, negotiating a truce between the warring god and goddess of the Thames, and digging up graves in Covent Garden ... and there's something festering at the heart of the city I love, a malicious vengeful spirit that takes ordinary Londoners and twists them into grotesque mannequins to act out its drama of violence and despair.

The spirit of riot and rebellion has awakened in the city, and it's falling to me to bring order out of chaos - or die trying.]]> 392 Ben Aaronovitch Kate 0 4.07 2011 Rivers of London (Rivers of London, #1)
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average rating: 4.07
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]]> <![CDATA[A Dark Matter (The Skelfs, #1)]]> 52712875 Three generations of women from the Skelfs family take over the family funeral home and PI businesses in the first book of a taut, gripping page-turning and darkly funny new series.

Meet the Skelfs: well-known Edinburgh family, proprietors of a long-established funeral-home business, and private investigators...

When patriarch Jim dies, it's left to his wife Dorothy, daughter Jenny and granddaughter Hannah to take charge of both businesses, kicking off an unexpected series of events.

Dorothy discovers mysterious payments to another woman, suggesting that Jim wasn't the husband she thought he was. Hannah's best friend Mel has vanished from university, and the simple adultery case that Jenny takes on leads to something stranger and far darker than any of them could have imagined.

As the women struggle to come to terms with their grief, and the demands of the business threaten to overwhelm them, secrets from the past emerge, which change everything...


A compelling, tense and shocking thriller and a darkly funny and warm portrait of a family in turmoil, A Dark Matter introduces a cast of unforgettable characters, marking the start of an addictive new series.]]> 300 Doug Johnstone 1912374994 Kate 5 4.09 2019 A Dark Matter (The Skelfs, #1)
author: Doug Johnstone
name: Kate
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2019
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]]> <![CDATA[She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor #1)]]> 58158189 WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NEW WRITER 2022THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERAn absorbing historical fantasy, She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan reimagines the rise to power of the Ming Dynasty's founding emperor.She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan is a historical fantasy reimagining of the rise to power of Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu was the peasant rebel who expelled the Mongols, unified China under native rule, and became the founding Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. In a famine-stricken village on a dusty plain, a seer shows two children their fates. For a family's eighth-born son, there's greatness. For the second daughter, nothing. In 1345, China lies restless under harsh Mongol rule. And when a bandit raid wipes out their home, the two children must somehow survive. Zhu Chongba despairs and gives in. But the girl resolves to overcome her destiny. So she takes her dead brother's identity and begins her journey. Can Zhu escape what's written in the stars, as rebellion sweeps the land? Or can she claim her brother's greatness - and rise as high as she can dream?This is a glorious tale of love, loss, betrayal and triumph by a powerful new voice.LONGLISTED FOR THE INDIE BOOK AWARDS DEBUT FICTION 2022PRAISE FOR SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN'As brilliant as Circe . . . a deft and dazzling triumph' - Tasha Suri, author of The Jasmine Throne'Epic, tragic and gorgeous' - Alix E. Harrow, author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January'This audacious, brilliant debut is a vivid, original reimagining . . . immersive storytelling at its finest' - Daily Mail'Magnificent in every way. War, desire, vengeance, politics - Shelley Parker-Chan has perfectly measured each ingredient' - Samantha Shannon, author of The Priory of the Orange Tree'A thoroughly engrossing read with a fabulous, tragic-trickster protagonist' - Megan Campisi, author of Sin Eater'A dazzling new world of fate, war, love and betrayal' - Zen Cho, author of Black Water Sister]]> 332 Shelley Parker-Chan 176098745X Kate 5 3.93 2021 She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor #1)
author: Shelley Parker-Chan
name: Kate
average rating: 3.93
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The House of Diamond (Black Dogs, #1)]]> 39707833
With wry wit and offbeat humor, Black Dogs builds a fully imagined world (both physical and metaphysical) that deftly sidesteps fantasy clichés. It is sure to appeal to longtime fantasy devotees as well as readers looking for a strong female adventure story.]]> 341 Ursula Vernon Kate 0 currently-reading 4.38 2007 The House of Diamond (Black Dogs, #1)
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name: Kate
average rating: 4.38
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]]> Unbound (Songs of Chaos, #2) 58489837 Sometimes the world needs a little chaos.

Holt and Ash saved the kingdom of Feorlen against all odds. Now they are outcasts, alone on an impossible quest to unite the Elder Dragons. But they are children playing in a game of Dragon Lords. Trapped between the riders, servants of Sovereign, and the scourge, even their luck cannot last forever. Their only hope is to advance their bond by any means necessary.

In Feorlen, Talia faces a world unaccepting of a rider queen. Her councilors will not heed her warnings of Sovereign. Foreign powers threaten war and bloodshed. Pleas sent to rider headquarters fall on deaf ears.

All the while, Sovereign regathers his strength in an ancient fortress. Enthralled cultists swell his ranks. Disillusioned riders flock to his cause.

And his unwilling servant Osric Agravain scours the land for dragon eggs. There are new types of magic to be discovered, and Sovereign intends to control them all.

Only the mysterious half-dragon Rake has a plan to stop Sovereign. To pull it off, he’s going to need a team.

Unbound continues this award winning, bestselling dragon rider epic fantasy combining the best of Eragon and Pern with the hard magic of Brandon Sanderson and Will Wight. ]]> 686 Michael R. Miller Kate 0 currently-reading 4.46 2021 Unbound (Songs of Chaos, #2)
author: Michael R. Miller
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average rating: 4.46
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]]> Bryony and Roses 25566132
But when Bryony is caught in a snowstorm and takes refuge in an abandoned manor, she stumbles into a house full of dark enchantments. Is the Beast that lives there her captor, or a fellow prisoner? Is the house her enemy or her ally? And why are roses blooming out of season in the courtyard?

Armed only with gardening shears and her wits, Bryony must untangle the secrets of the house before she—or the Beast—are swallowed by them.
]]> 224 T. Kingfisher Kate 0 currently-reading 4.07 2015 Bryony and Roses
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average rating: 4.07
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]]> The Raven and the Reindeer 28963596
A strange, sly retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s "Snow Queen," by T. Kingfisher, author of "Bryony and Roses" and "The Seventh Bride."]]> 226 T. Kingfisher Kate 0 currently-reading 4.22 2016 The Raven and the Reindeer
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name: Kate
average rating: 4.22
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]]> <![CDATA[Clockwork Boys (Clocktaur War, #1)]]> 36618062
If they succeed, rewards and pardons await, but that requires a long journey through enemy territory, directly into the capital. It also requires them to refrain from killing each other along the way! At turns darkly comic and touching, Clockwork Boys puts together a broken group of people trying to make the most of the rest of their lives as they drive forward on their suicide mission.]]> 230 T. Kingfisher Kate 0 currently-reading 4.15 2017 Clockwork Boys (Clocktaur War, #1)
author: T. Kingfisher
name: Kate
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]]> Some Desperate Glory 75703304 here.

All her life, Kyr has trained for the day she can avenge the destruction of planet Earth. Raised on Gaea Station alongside the last scraps of humanity, she is one of the best warriors of her generation, the sword of a dead planet.

Then Command assigns her brother to certain death and relegates her to the nursery to bear sons, and she knows she must take humanity's revenge into her own hands. Alongside her brother's brilliant but seditious friend and a lonely, captive alien, Kyr must escape from everything she's ever known. If she succeeds, she will find a universe far more complicated than she was taught and far more wondrous than she could ever have imagined]]> 448 Emily Tesh 0356517179 Kate 0 currently-reading 4.28 2023 Some Desperate Glory
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]]> The Terraformers 74774476 From science fiction visionary Annalee Newitz comes The Terraformers, a sweeping, uplifting, and illuminating exploration of the future.

Destry's life is dedicated to terraforming Sask-E. As part of the Environmental Rescue Team, she cares for the planet and its burgeoning eco-systems as her parents and their parents did before her.

But the bright, clean future they're building comes under threat when Destry discovers a city full of people that shouldn't exist, hidden inside a massive volcano.

As she uncovers more about their past, Destry begins to question the mission she's devoted her life to, and must make a choice that will reverberate through Sask-E's future for generations to come.

A science fiction epic for our times and a love letter to our future, The Terraformers will take you on a journey spanning thousands of years and exploring the triumphs, strife, and hope that find us wherever we make our home.


'The Terraformers is so engaging, you could almost miss the pyrotechnic worldbuilding and bone-deep intelligence. Newitz continues doing some of the best work in the field' James S. A. Corey



'A complete reimagining of the great galactic story of terraformers. Startling fun!' Kim Stanley Robinson


'Newitz always sees to the heart of complex systems and breaks them down with poetic ferocity' N. K. Jemisin


Also by Annalee Newitz
Autonomous
The Future of Another Timeline]]> 368 Annalee Newitz 0356520870 Kate 0 currently-reading 3.58 2023 The Terraformers
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name: Kate
average rating: 3.58
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]]> <![CDATA[You Don't Belong Where You Don't Belong]]> 207676084 25 Kemi Ashing-Giwa 1250360919 Kate 0 3.58 2024 You Don't Belong Where You Don't Belong
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average rating: 3.58
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]]> <![CDATA[Burn for Me (Hidden Legacy #1)]]> 202950523 An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here and here .

#1 New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews launches a brand new Hidden Legacy series, in which one woman must place her trust in a seductive, dangerous man who sets off an even more dangerous desire�

Nevada Baylor is faced with the most challenging case of her detective career—a suicide mission to bring in a suspect in a volatile case. Nevada isn't sure she has the chops. Her quarry is a Prime, the highest rank of magic user, who can set anyone and anything on fire.

Then she's kidnapped by Connor "Mad" Rogan—a darkly tempting billionaire with equally devastating powers. Torn between wanting to run or surrender to their overwhelming attraction, Nevada must join forces with Rogan to stay alive.

Rogan's after the same target, so he needs Nevada. But she's getting under his skin, making him care about someone other than himself for a change. And, as Rogan has learned, love can be as perilous as death, especially in the magic world.]]> 406 Ilona Andrews Kate 0 currently-reading 4.40 2014 Burn for Me (Hidden Legacy #1)
author: Ilona Andrews
name: Kate
average rating: 4.40
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]]> <![CDATA[A Spindle Splintered (Fractured Fables #1)]]> 49187294
Her best friend Charm is intent on making Zinnia's last birthday special with a full sleeping beauty experience, complete with a tower and a spinning wheel. But when Zinnia pricks her finger, something strange and unexpected happens, and she finds herself falling through worlds, with another sleeping beauty, just as desperate to escape her fate.]]> 128 Alix E. Harrow 1250765366 Kate 0 currently-reading 3.77 2021 A Spindle Splintered (Fractured Fables #1)
author: Alix E. Harrow
name: Kate
average rating: 3.77
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]]> <![CDATA[The Ten Thousand Doors of January]]> 44158423
In a sprawling mansion filled with peculiar treasures, January Scaller is a curiosity herself. As the ward of the wealthy Mr. Locke, she feels little different from the artifacts that decorate the halls: carefully maintained, largely ignored and utterly out of place.

But her quiet existence is shattered when she stumbles across a strange book. A book that carries the scent of other worlds and tells a tale of secret doors, of love, adventure and danger. Each page reveals more impossible truths about the world, and January discovers a story increasingly entwined with her own.covers a story that might just be the key to unlocking the secrets of her past.]]> 385 Alix E. Harrow Kate 0 currently-reading 4.24 2019 The Ten Thousand Doors of January
author: Alix E. Harrow
name: Kate
average rating: 4.24
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]]> <![CDATA[Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)]]> 126919478 Dinosaurs and portals, and a girl who can find both in the latest book in the Hugo and Nebula Award-Winning series.

Antsy is the latest student to pass through the doors at Eleanor West's School for Wayward Children.

When her fellow students realize that Antsy's talent for finding absolutely anything may extend to doors, she's forced to flee in the company of a small group of friends, looking for a way back to the Shop Where the Lost Things Go to be sure that Vineta and Hudson are keeping their promise.

Along the way, temptations are dangled, decisions are reinforced, and a departure to a world populated by dinosaurs brings untold dangers and one or two other surprises!

A story that reminds us that finding what you want doesn't always mean finding what you need.]]> 149 Seanan McGuire 1250848512 Kate 0 currently-reading 4.24 2024 Mislaid in Parts Half-Known (Wayward Children, #9)
author: Seanan McGuire
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]]> Day's End (Hirsch, #4) 62606698
Today he’s driving an international visitor around: Janne Van Sant, whose backpacker son went missing while the borders were closed. They’re checking out his last photo site, his last employer. A feeling that the stories don’t quite add up.

Then a call comes in: a roadside fire. Nothing much—a suitcase soaked in diesel and set alight. But two noteworthy facts emerge. Janne knows more than Hirsch about forensic evidence. And the body in the suitcase is not her son’s.]]> 0 Garry Disher 1922791075 Kate 0 currently-reading 4.27 2022 Day's End (Hirsch, #4)
author: Garry Disher
name: Kate
average rating: 4.27
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]]> Yours for the Taking 203575540
Jacqueline Millender is a reclusive billionaire/women’s rights advocate, and thanks to a generous donation, she’s just become the director of the Inside being built on the bones of Manhattan. Her ideas are unorthodox, yet alluring—she's built a whole brand around rethinking the very concept of empowerment.

Shelby, a business major from a working-class family, is drawn to Jacqueline’s promises of power and impact. When she lands her dream job as Jacqueline’s personal assistant, she's instantly swept up into the glamourous world of corporatized feminism. Also drawn into Jacqueline's orbit is Olympia, who is finishing up medical school when Jacqueline recruits her to run the health department Inside. The more Olympia learns about the project, though, the more she realizes there's something much larger at play. As Ava, Olympia, and Shelby start to notice the cracks in Jacqueline's system, Jacqueline tightens her grip, becoming increasingly unhinged and dangerous in what she is willing to do—and who she is willing to sacrifice—to keep her dream alive.

At once a mesmerizing story of queer love, betrayal, and chosen family, and an unflinching indictment of cis, corporate feminism, Yours for the Taking holds a mirror to our own world, in all its beauty and horror.]]> 336 Gabrielle Korn Kate 0 currently-reading 3.79 2023 Yours for the Taking
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name: Kate
average rating: 3.79
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]]> Emergent Properties 61172032 Emergent Properties is the touching adventure of an intrepid A.I. reporter hot on the heels of brewing corporate warfare from Nebula Award-nominated author Aimee Ogden.

A state-of-the-art AI with a talent for asking questions and finding answers, Scorn is nevertheless a parental disappointment. Defying the expectations of zir human mothers, CEOs of the world’s most powerful corporations, Scorn has made a life of zir own as an investigative reporter, crisscrossing the globe in pursuit of the truth, no matter the danger.

In the middle of investigating a story on the moon, Scorn comes back online to discover ze has no memory of the past ten days—and no idea what story ze was even chasing. Letting it go is not an option—not if ze wants to prove zirself. Scorn must retrace zir steps in a harrowing journey to uncover an even more explosive truth than ze could have ever imagined.]]> 112 Aimee Ogden Kate 0 currently-reading 3.75 2023 Emergent Properties
author: Aimee Ogden
name: Kate
average rating: 3.75
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]]> <![CDATA[City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)]]> 256683
This is Clary's first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It's also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace's world with a vengeance when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know...]]> 485 Cassandra Clare 1416914285 Kate 0 to-read 4.08 2007 City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
author: Cassandra Clare
name: Kate
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2007
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]]> <![CDATA[Magic Claims (Kate Daniels: Wilmington Years, #2; Kate Daniels, #10.6)]]> 109554429 A new town, new friends, new challenges�. And a new heart-stopping adventure from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Ilona Andrews. Kate, Curran, and Conlan may have left Atlanta for Wilmington, but the usual magic mayhem has also hitched a ride!

Kate and Curran have just settled into their new home and their 'low prolife,' when a local businessman approaches them with an offer they can’t refuse. A mysterious evil has spawned in the nearby forest and is holding a defenseless town hostage. The â€due dateâ€� is rapidly approaching.

It’s exactly the kind of fight the Lennarts can’t resist, not for the prize the town offers, but for the people who will surely die if they ignore it. If they succeed, they’ll be rescuing an entire community and can build a strong new base for their family and the Wilmington Pack. If they fail...well, fail is a four-letter word.

Nothing comes without a price. Now Kate must decide if she has what it takes to pay it.]]> 240 Ilona Andrews Kate 0 currently-reading 4.69 2023 Magic Claims (Kate Daniels: Wilmington Years, #2; Kate Daniels, #10.6)
author: Ilona Andrews
name: Kate
average rating: 4.69
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]]> <![CDATA[Magic Tides (Kate Daniels: Wilmington Years, #1; Kate Daniels, #10.5)]]> 65969788 Ilona Andrews invites you back to the #1 New York Times bestselling Kate Daniels series in this exciting new long novella featuring Kate, Curran and Conlan, some familiar faces, some new friends, and all the special brand of chaos they create!

Kate, Curran and their son, Conlan have left Atlanta, vowing to keep a low profile, and are settling into a new city and new house…but some things never change! Magical mayhem is about to erupt when Kate undertakes the rescue of a kidnapped youth, while Curran guards the homefront.

It should be a simple retrieval, but with monsters on land and sea, Kate’s got her work cut out for her. Still, she's never let her blade dull or her purpose falter. And that low profile? It’s about to wash away with the raging tides!]]> 158 Ilona Andrews Kate 0 4.51 2023 Magic Tides (Kate Daniels: Wilmington Years, #1; Kate Daniels, #10.5)
author: Ilona Andrews
name: Kate
average rating: 4.51
book published: 2023
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]]> Reconstruction 32854327 353 Mick Herron 1473647096 Kate 0 currently-reading 4.09 2008 Reconstruction
author: Mick Herron
name: Kate
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2008
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]]> <![CDATA[Shakespeare's Counselor: A Lily Bard Mystery]]> 19655257
Lily Bard is a woman with a dark past. One she's trying to forget. So she joins a local therapy group in her adopted town of Shakespeare, hoping it will help her cope with her memories. But as they assemble for one session, they find a dead woman left on display.

Lily finds herself embroiled in the murder and its aftermath. With her own terrible secrets dredged up, she cannot rest until the killer is caught. But can she stop the perpetrator before they strike again? And before her nightmares send her over the edge?]]> 240 Charlaine Harris 1409149765 Kate 0 4.45 2001 Shakespeare's Counselor: A Lily Bard Mystery
author: Charlaine Harris
name: Kate
average rating: 4.45
book published: 2001
rating: 0
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]]> Shakespeare's Christmas 19629248
Lily Bard has worked hard to leave her old life behind. So she's uneasy about returning to her home town for her sister's Christmas Eve wedding. And with good reason.

Violence waits in Bartley - the town's doctor and nurse have been bludgeoned to death - and Lily's detective boyfriend finds himself in Bartley on the heels of an eight-year-old kidnapping case. It just might have something to do with the murders...or Lily's sister's fiancé.

With only three days to the wedding, Lily must move fast to solve the case. Before her sister promises to love, honour and obey a cold-blooded killer.]]> 225 Charlaine Harris 1409149749 Kate 0 4.30 1998 Shakespeare's Christmas
author: Charlaine Harris
name: Kate
average rating: 4.30
book published: 1998
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Shakespeare's Champion: A Lily Bard Mystery]]> 19298980 A Lily Bard Mystery: 2

Lily Bard is hiding from her past. She's interested in getting away from her troubles, not finding more. So it's unfortunate that she stumbles across the corpse of a local bodybuilder in the gym, his neck broken by a barbell.

With this death, the town's racial tensions reach boiling point. The dead man was connected to two unsolved murders of black residents. And as one dogged policeman tries to stop the killing, Lily is faced with a choice: stay and fight for justice, or run away one more time.]]> 240 Charlaine Harris 1409149714 Kate 0 4.21 1997 Shakespeare's Champion: A Lily Bard Mystery
author: Charlaine Harris
name: Kate
average rating: 4.21
book published: 1997
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel (The Doomsday Books, #2)]]> 75505273
The earl and the smuggler should be natural enemies, but cocksure, enragingly competent Luke is a trained secretary and expert schemer—exactly the sort of man Rufus needs by his side. Before long, Luke becomes an unexpected ally...and the lover Rufus had never hoped to find.

But Luke came to Stone Manor with an ulterior motive, one he's desperate to keep hidden even from the lord he can't resist. As the lies accumulate and family secrets threaten to destroy everything they hold dear, master and man find themselves forced to decide whose side they're really on...and what they're willing to do for love.]]> 336 K.J. Charles 1728255902 Kate 0 4.24 2023 A Nobleman's Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel (The Doomsday Books, #2)
author: K.J. Charles
name: Kate
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Night Shift (Midnight, Texas, #3)]]> 28939049 Now adapted for television in SyFy UK's Midnight, Texas series - welcome to Charlaine Harris's bestselling paranormal mystery series about a small town where only outsiders fit in . . .From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels - 'the Mark Twain of things that live under your bed' - comes a new novel of Midnight, Texas, the town where some secrets will never see the light of day . . .Welcome to the most intriguing mystery you'll read this year.Welcome to Midnight, Texas. At Midnight's local pawnshop, weapons are flying off the shelves-only to be used in sudden and dramatic suicides right at the main crossroads in town. Who better to figure out why blood is being spilled than the vampire Lemuel, who, while translating mysterious texts, discovers what makes Midnight the town it is. There's a reason why witches and werewolves, killers and psychics, have been drawn to this place. And now they must come together to stop the bloodshed in the heart of Midnight. For if all hell breaks loose - which just might happen - it will put the secretive town on the map, where no one wants it to be . . .]]> 319 Charlaine Harris 0575092955 Kate 0 4.34 2016 Night Shift (Midnight, Texas, #3)
author: Charlaine Harris
name: Kate
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> All the Dead Shall Weep 123231645
No. 1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Charlaine Harris returns to her alternate history of the United States where magic is an acknowledged but despised power in this fifth installment of the Gunnie Rose series.

Following the murderous events of The Serpent of Heaven , Lizbeth Rose is awaiting the arrival of her sister Felicia and her husband's younger brother Eli in Texoma. Both needed to leave the seat of the Holy Russian Empire in San Diego after Felicia's burgeoning wizardly power in death magic became the reason for kidnapping and assassination attempts from her mother's family of high-powered wizards in Mexico.

Yet bad news has travelled ahead of them, as Eli is called back to San Diego, taking Peter along with him, splitting them apart in more ways than one as their enemies' plans for revenge come to fruition . . .

Love The Walking Dead, Westworld or True Blood ? You will ADORE this gritty and wildly entertaining tale, set in a parallel reality of the United States where magic is an outlawed power.
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Praise for Charlaine

'A gripping, twisty-turny, thrill-ride of a read' Karin Slaughter

'Harris has a remarkable talent for world building' Booklist

'Will leave readers enthralled. [A] fascinating setting and a heroine who's sure to be a new fan favourite' Publishers Weekly (starred review)

'A master of her craft . . . dazzling' Seanan McGuire

'A gritty, action-filled story with a touch of magic' Anne Bishop]]> 253 Charlaine Harris 0349430411 Kate 0 currently-reading 4.33 2023 All the Dead Shall Weep
author: Charlaine Harris
name: Kate
average rating: 4.33
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]]> Midnight Crossroad 20995935 From Charlaine Harris, the bestselling author who created Sookie Stackhouse, the world of Bon Temps, Louisiana, comes a new, darker world - populated by more strangers than friends. But then, that's how the locals prefer it?

Welcome to Midnight, Texas, a town with many boarded-up windows and few full-time inhabitants, located at the crossing of Witch Light Road and Davy Road. It's a pretty standard dried-up western town.

There's a pawnshop (someone lives in the basement and is seen only at night). There's a diner (people who are just passing through tend not to linger). And there's new resident Manfred Bernardo, who thinks he's found the perfect place to work in private (and who has secrets of his own).

Stop at the one traffic light in town, and everything looks normal. Stay awhile, and learn the truth...

]]> 315 Charlaine Harris Kate 0 currently-reading 4.02 2014 Midnight Crossroad
author: Charlaine Harris
name: Kate
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2014
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]]> <![CDATA[Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)]]> 57680116 Exit Strategy.]]> 19 Martha Wells Kate 0 4.24 2020 Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)
author: Martha Wells
name: Kate
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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]]> Bad Actors (Slough House #8) 59432358
A governmental think-tank, whose remit is to curb the independence of the intelligence service, has lost one of its key members, and Claude Whelan-one-time head of MI5's Regent's Park-is tasked with tracking her down. But the trail leads straight back to the Park itself, with Diana Taverner as chief suspect. Has Diana overplayed her hand at last? What's her counterpart, Moscow's First Desk, doing in London? And does Jackson Lamb know more than he's telling?

Over at Slough House, with Shirley Dander in rehab, Roddy Ho in dress rehearsal, and new recruit Ashley Khan turning up the heat, the slow horses are doing what they do best, and adding a little bit of chaos to an already unstable situation . . .

There are bad actors everywhere, and they usually get their comeuppance before the credits roll. But politics is a dirty business, and in a world where lying, cheating and backstabbing are the norm, sometimes the good guys can find themselves outgunned.]]> 373 Mick Herron Kate 0 4.50 2022 Bad Actors (Slough House #8)
author: Mick Herron
name: Kate
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Witch King (The Rising World, #1)]]> 57861689 From the breakout SFF superstar author of Murderbot comes a remarkable story of power and friendship, of trust and betrayal, and of the families we choose.

"I didn't know you were a... demon."
"You idiot. I'm the demon."
Kai's having a long day in Martha Wells' WITCH KING....

After being murdered, his consciousness dormant and unaware of the passing of time while confined in an elaborate water trap, Kai wakes to find a lesser mage attempting to harness Kai’s magic to his own advantage. That was never going to go well.

But why was Kai imprisoned in the first place? What has changed in the world since his assassination? And why does the Rising World Coalition appear to be growing in influence?

Kai will need to pull his allies close and draw on all his pain magic if he is to answer even the least of these questions.

He’s not going to like the answers.

WITCH KING is Martha Wells’s first new fantasy in over a decade, drawing together her signature ability to create characters we adore and identify with, alongside breathtaking action and adventure, and the wit and charm we’ve come to expect from one of the leading writers of her generation.]]> 424 Martha Wells Kate 0 currently-reading 4.00 2023 Witch King (The Rising World, #1)
author: Martha Wells
name: Kate
average rating: 4.00
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]]> <![CDATA[A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)]]> 57641391 WINNER OF THE NEBULA AWARD FOR BEST NOVELWINNER OF THE LOCUS AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL 'Clever, wickedly fun . . . with an excellent balance of humour and heart. I loved it' S. A. Chakraborty, author of The City of BrassCairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha'arawi is the youngest woman working for the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, she's certainly not a rookie, especially after preventing the destruction of the universe last summer.So when someone murders a secret brotherhood dedicated to one of the most famous men in history, Al-Jahiz, Agent Fatma is called onto the case. Al-Jahiz transformed the world fifty years ago when he opened up the veil between the magical and mundane realms, before vanishing into the unknown. This murderer claims to be Al-Jahiz, returned to condemn the modern age for its social oppressions. His dangerous magical abilities instigate unrest in the streets of Cairo that threaten to spill over onto the global stage.Alongside her Ministry colleagues and a familiar person from her past, Agent Fatma must unravel the mystery behind this imposter to restore peace to the city - or face the possibility he could be exactly who he seems . . . P. Djèlí Clark is the winner of the Nebula, Locus, and Alex Awards and has been shortlisted for the Hugo Award.]]> 401 P. Djèlí Clark 0356516873 Kate 0 currently-reading 4.16 2021 A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
author: P. Djèlí Clark
name: Kate
average rating: 4.16
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]]> Machinehood 54655515 Zero Dark Thirty meets The Social Network in this “clever…gritty� (Ken Liu, author of The Grace of Kings) science fiction thriller about artificial intelligence, sentience, and labor rights in a near future dominated by the gig economy—from Hugo Award nominee S.B. Divya.Welga Ramirez, executive bodyguard and ex-special forces, is about to retire early when her client is killed in front of her. It’s, 2095 and people don’t usually die from violence. Humanity is entirely dependent on pills that not only help them stay alive but allow them to compete with artificial intelligence in an increasingly competitive gig economy. Daily doses protect against designer diseases, flow enhances focus, zips and buffs enhance physical strength and speed, and juvers speed the healing process. All that changes when Welga’s client is killed by The Machinehood, a new and mysterious terrorist group that has simultaneously attacked several major pill funders. The Machinehood operatives seem to be part human, part machine, something the world has never seen. They issue an stop all pill production in one week. Global panic ensues as pill production slows and many become ill. Thousands destroy their bots in fear of a strong AI takeover. But the US government believes the Machinehood is a cover for an old enemy. One that Welga is uniquely qualified to fight. Welga, determined to take down the Machinehood, is pulled back into intelligence work by the government that betrayed her. But who are the Machinehood, and what do they really want? A “fantastic, big-idea thriller� (Malka Older, Hugo Award finalist for The Centenal Cycle series) that if we won’t see machines as human, will we instead see humans as machines?]]> 416 S.B. Divya Kate 0 currently-reading 3.92 2021 Machinehood
author: S.B. Divya
name: Kate
average rating: 3.92
book published: 2021
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]]> Truly Madly Guilty 27831371 The electrifying new novel from the international bestselling author, Liane Moriarty

Despite their differences, Erika and Clementine have been best friends since they were children. So when Erika needs help, Clementine should be the obvious person to turn to. Or so you'd think.

For Clementine, as a mother of a two desperately trying to practise for the audition of a lifetime, the last thing she needs is Erika asking for something, again.

But the barbecue should be the perfect way to forget their problems for a while. Especially when their hosts, Vid and Tiffany, are only too happy to distract them.

Which is how it all spirals out of control...

]]> 517 Liane Moriarty 1250069815 Kate 4 3.59 2016 Truly Madly Guilty
author: Liane Moriarty
name: Kate
average rating: 3.59
book published: 2016
rating: 4
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]]> Ringworld (Ringworld, #1) 26242960 351 Larry Niven Kate 0 currently-reading 4.03 1970 Ringworld (Ringworld, #1)
author: Larry Niven
name: Kate
average rating: 4.03
book published: 1970
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]]> <![CDATA[The Broken Kingdoms (The Inheritance Trilogy, #2)]]> 11311010 414 N.K. Jemisin 074811713X Kate 0 currently-reading 4.25 2010 The Broken Kingdoms (The Inheritance Trilogy, #2)
author: N.K. Jemisin
name: Kate
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2010
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance Trilogy, #1)]]> 11684487
There, to her shock, Yeine is named one of the potential heirs to the king. But the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is not easily won, and Yeine is thrust into a vicious power struggle with a pair of cousins she never knew she had. As she fights for her life, she draws ever closer to the secrets of her mother's death and her family's bloody history.

But it's not just mortals who have secrets worth hiding and Yeine will learn how perilous the world can be when love and hate - and gods and mortals - are bound inseparably.

The Inheritance Trilogy begins with The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, continues in The Broken Kingdoms and concludes in The Kingdom of Gods.]]> 417 N.K. Jemisin Kate 0 currently-reading 3.99 2010 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance Trilogy, #1)
author: N.K. Jemisin
name: Kate
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2010
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)]]> 25194939
Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, a woman living an ordinary life in a small town, comes home to find that her husband has brutally murdered their son and kidnapped their daughter. Meanwhile, mighty Sanze -- the world-spanning empire whose innovations have been civilization's bedrock for a thousand years -- collapses as most of its citizens are murdered to serve a madman's vengeance. And worst of all, across the heart of the vast continent known as the Stillness, a great red rift has been been torn into the heart of the earth, spewing ash enough to darken the sky for years. Or centuries.

Now Essun must pursue the wreckage of her family through a deadly, dying land. Without sunlight, clean water, or arable land, and with limited stockpiles of supplies, there will be war all across the Stillness: a battle royale of nations not for power or territory, but simply for the basic resources necessary to get through the long dark night. Essun does not care if the world falls apart around her. She'll break it herself, if she must, to save her daughter.]]> 496 N.K. Jemisin Kate 0 currently-reading 4.33 2015 The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
author: N.K. Jemisin
name: Kate
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2015
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