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Mia and Finn are busy turning a derelict house into their dream home when Mia unexpectedly falls pregnant. But just when they think the house is ready, Mia discovers a chilling message scored into a skirting board: I WILL SAVE THEM FROM THE ATTIC. Following the clue up into the eaves, the couple make a gruesome discovery: their dream home was once a house of horrors.

In the wake of their traumatic discovery, the baby arrives and Mia can’t shake her fixation with the monstrous crimes that happened right above them. Haunted by the terrible things she saw and desperate to find answers, her obsession pulls her ever further from her husband.

Secrecy shrouds the mystery of the attic, but when shards of a dark truth start to emerge, Mia realises the danger is terrifyingly present. She is prepared to do anything to protect her family—but is it already too late?]]> 380 John Marrs 1542017289 Naviana 0 currently-reading 4.08 2022
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]]> 221002402 Nobody knows who did it.
School is covering it up in order to protect the students.
Until it happens again...]]> 517 Granger Naviana 5 4.65 2024
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]]> 59352621 An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here.

28 people travel to a remote island for a unique program that promises to heal their addictions.
But they've headed into their worst danger of their lives.

In the grip of a crushing gambling addiction, young mother Evie is desperate for a way out. She's stunned when she's offered a lifeline: A program that includes a six-day stay in a Greek monastery, six challenges and a chance at sixty thousand dollars.

There is just one condition - she must keep it secret.

Evie's husband Gray is gutted to find the note that Evie left behind. Why did she leave and where did she go? And is she ever coming back? But his anger turns to alarm as he begins to piece together the circumstances of his wife's disappearance. When Evie's car is found burned in woodland, the police suspect him of murdering Evie.

Gray has got one chance to get out of the country and find Evie - before he's arrested for something he didn't do.

Too late, Evie discovers the chilling truth about the program and the island itself.

And the closer she gets to finding an escape, the closer the deadly danger lurking in the depths of the monastery gets to her.]]> 434 Anni Taylor Naviana 3 read-2025 3.89 2017
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]]> 217353358 When a desperate woman escapes a dangerous situation and seeks refuge in Wintermoon, she finds herself irrevocably bonded to a possessive wolf shifter in this fated mates, forced proximity romance.
KaneA thousand years of loneliness has ended. The curse on supernaturals is lifted, and we can finally meet our fated mates. I’ve waited patiently, but after ten years, I’m losing hope.

Then, during a winter storm, a car trespasses onto supernatural territory, and crashes, I catch her scent. Fate has finally answered my prayers—my mate is here. She’s beautiful, courageous, and strong-willed. But she’s also running from something and won’t tell me why.

Someone wants to take her from me. They don’t know they’re dealing with an untamed wolf who’s waited a thousand years for my mate. I’ll shred them to pieces if they try.TamiAfter a long day at work, my life turns upside down when Julian, my roommate's sketchy boyfriend, decides I’d be perfect to give him children. In a time when women’s rights are vanishing, even the police won’t help. Desperate, I flee to Wintermoon, a supernatural community in Upper Michigan.

In the midst of a winter storm, I lose control of my car and nearly die. But a shifter named Kane rescues me. He claims I'm his mate, destined to be with him forever. I’ve just escaped one man who wanted to control me, only to find myself drawn to another. Despite my fears, I feel a magnetic pull to Kane that I can’t shake.

Julian is still hunting me, but Kane and his untamed wolf will do anything to protect me, even if it means destroying anyone who tries to take me away. This book explores dark themes. Please refer to the content warnings at the beginning. ]]> 208 Tessa Stone Naviana 0 to-read 4.20
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]]> 31394555
Drama...Sex...Love...Drugs..and Music are just a few of the Carter Boys daily dealings, when being the largest most dangerous organization the city of Atlanta has ever seen isn’t on their to-do list. The women who want to be with them and the men who want to be just like them can easily get lost in the shuffle when the target is constantly moving to a new Carter’s back.Ěý

Eldest brother Shiloh has always kept to himself. Even with seven other siblings, he tends to shy away from the attention since he has the weight of his family secret on his shoulders. Protecting them from their family's dark past has always been his job, even as it starts to become to much for him bare. That is until he meets a beautiful woman who moves next door to him, and shows him that some secrets aren’t always meant to be kept.Ěý

Elijah Carter is not only the face of The Carter Boys, but his vocal talents is what has their name ringing bells in the music world. A hot head and a womanizer, Elijah only has time for two things, making sure his family stays feared in the streets and taking down any groupie who will do anything for just one night with him. All of the perks that come along with being a singing sensation and a street legend will have any man living in pure bliss, but when Elijah runs into the quiet, yet ordinary college girl named Jordyn with a “Y� she introduces him to something far greater.

Trent Carter is everything any man could ever hope of being. A brother of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, this pretty boy is educated, can have any woman he wants, and is apart of one of the largest crime families in Atlanta. With being pretty much the object of every woman's desire, Trent never has a problem with the opposite sex. Whether its for one night or a short fling, the women that surround him are always ready and willing to make it on his hit list. But what happens when a man who can have any woman he wants, meets a girl who doesn’t even bat an eye in his direction?Ěý

The Carters may be a dysfunctional bunch, but they love hard and are willing to do anything to make sure their family stays on top. The only question is, can a strong family on the stage and in the streets hold it together for the love of each other when their secret is brought to light or will their families past ruin everything they’ve worked so hard for?]]> 207 Desiree M. Granger Naviana 0 to-read 4.47 2015
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]]> 56752275 456 Desiree . Naviana 0 to-read 4.74
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]]> 55411931 322 Desiree M. Granger Naviana 0 to-read 4.78
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]]> 52434164
When Homer Skye, attractive as they come, leader of his pack, and the world at his feet, can’t seem to stop thinking about the mother of his daughter. Pia Milton. You know, the one that hid their child from him for two years, and lied about it. He doesn't know how to handle his sudden attraction. So when an old family friend tells him that this woman might have spiritually taken something away from him during that drunken one night stand. Something Homer didn’t know was missing, it could possibly explain why his mind wanders, and his smile is just a little wider when she comes around. Even if Pia doesn’t quite feel the same. In efforts to stop his frustrating feelings for her, Homer makes it his mission to take back what was stolen from him with the help of a little magic, and seduction.

After visiting a witch about her love life some years ago, Jasmine gave herself a deadline. To find true love, and to finally be happy, but after a magical night in South Carolina turned violent, she found herself hoodwinked into marrying the man who has hurt her the most. Percy Hugo Milton. The man the witch has proclaimed to be her soulmate in life. Now that the two are married, and surrounded by controlling manipulating families, they have to decide to either band together and go against what high society has laid out for them or continue to hate one another because no matter what? Their soul ties won’t ever let them break apart for good.

In this mentally twisted tale titled Moon Child, there are threats of family secrets being exposed that surround Pia. Exes that come and go. Homer coming to the dark, and scary realization that Pia might be the one he’s meant to be with. All while Jasmine spirals out of control with her heart closing to the idea of ever falling in true love, resulting in this twisted reverse of energy that can only happen when souls are meant for one another.

**Must READ HOODWINKED before this**]]> 366 Desiree M. Granger Naviana 0 to-read 4.75 2020
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]]> 55299889


Continuing from Moon Child, in this latest episode of the series, a manipulating witch named Delilah might have met her match. Homer and Pia are seemingly the perfect couple and toss in a few sirens, black magic, and sex candles, and a dangerous pack of wolves out for blood, you’ll have yourself a time you won’t forget in the city of ATL.]]> 331 Desiree M. Granger Naviana 0 to-read 4.80
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]]> 51083854
After a wild drunken night in Atlanta a few years ago with some girl he never planned on seeing again, Homer Skye thought he had life figured out. He had the plans laid out to propose to his long time girlfriend Nasia Stewart, move her into a house, and start his family immediately. The all american dream. That is, until he runs into his one night stand, Pia Milton, and their two year old daughter he knew nothing about.

With the Moon becoming full almost every night in Atlanta, things start to turn upside down as these two stories collide at the hands of black magic, family ties, and messy drama. Determined to find true love, Jasmine takes matters into her own hands by proposing a deal to her cheating fiancé. Pia has to come to terms with tolerating her child’s father, and the black magic that runs deep in his crazy family. While Homer struggles with the thought of this woman who lied about their daughter for two years, might just be the one he’s meant to be with all along.

Fine Print: This story contains a little magic, belief in the impossible, and a few other random things and people that make up the story. Might be some hood shit in here too, I don’t know. I say, just read it.

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]]> 228039828 No one knows why but as our four girls continue their education and learn more about themselves, the mystery begins to affect their friendship with each other. Can they solve the case and stop this growing feeling that something is about to change, all while remaining friends? Let's find out.]]> 624 Granger Naviana 5 read-2025 4.69
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]]> 54359466
With echoes of Gwendolyn Brooks and Sonia Sanchez, Mans writes to call herself—and us—home. Each poem explores what it means to be a daughter of Newark, and America--and the painful, joyous path to adulthood as a young, queer Black woman.

Black Girl, Call Home is a love letter to the wandering Black girl and a vital companion to any woman on a journey to find truth, belonging, and healing.]]> 245 Jasmine Mans 0593197143 Naviana 5 read-2025 4.44 2021
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]]> 56554628 From funny and fearless entertainment journalist Sesali Bowen, Bad Fat Black Girl combines rule-breaking feminist theory, witty and insightful personal memoir, and cutting cultural analysis for an unforgettable, genre-defining debut.

Growing up on the south side of Chicago, Sesali Bowen learned early on how to hustle, stay on her toes, and champion other Black women and femmes as she navigated Blackness, queerness, fatness, friendship, poverty, sex work, and self-love.Ěý

Her love of trap music led her to the top of hip-hop journalism, profiling game-changing artists like Megan Thee Stallion, Lizzo, and Janelle Monae.ĚýBut despite all the beauty, complexity, and general badassery she saw, Bowen found none of that nuance represented in mainstream feminism. Thus, she coined Trap Feminism, a contemporary framework that interrogates where feminism and hip-hop intersect.

Notes from a Trap FeministĚýoffers a new, inclusive feminism for the modern world. Weaving together searing personal essay and cultural commentary, Bowen interrogates sexism, fatphobia, and capitalism all within the context of race and hip-hop. In the process, she continues a Black feminist legacy of unmatched sheer determination and creative resilience.

Bad bitches: this one’s for you.]]> 272 Sesali Bowen 0063028700 Naviana 0 to-read 4.43 2021
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]]> 217183321 450 Granger Naviana 5 read-2025 4.51 2024
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]]> 220405379 Bills don't bite... but vampires do!

Who needs a job when you just signed a new mortgage?When Whitney Harris loses her dream job as an art broker, she drowns her sorrows in a few too many cocktails. But her night takes a turn for the bizarre when she accidentally hooks up with Domino, a drop-dead gorgeous vampire with a flair for the dramatic and a taste for trouble.

Now, instead of just worrying about her next paycheck, Whitney finds herself in a world where Domino’s vampire affiliates have their sights set on her—because she’s special. Duh!

As she navigates this unexpected romance, she discovers her friends have their own supernatural spells and daggers anyone?

With danger lurking in every shadow, Whitney must figure out how to survive this new chaotic reality. Can she embrace her wild side, save her heart (and neck), and turn the tables on fate before she becomes a vampire's main course?

Get ready for a laugh-out-loud adventure filled with love, friendship, and a whole lot of supernatural shenanigans!]]> 341 Jessica Cage 1958295582 Naviana 4 read-2025 4.28
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]]> 211004123 The million-copy bestselling Queen of Twists Alice Feeney returns with a gripping and deliciously dark thriller about marriage. . .
. . . and revenge.

Author Grady Green is having the worst best day of his life.

Grady calls his wife to share some exciting news as she is driving home. He hears Abby slam on the brakes, get out of the car, then nothing. When he eventually finds her car by the cliff edge the headlights are on, the driver door is open, her phone is still there. . . but his wife has disappeared.

A year later, Grady is still overcome with grief and desperate to know what happened to Abby. He can’t sleep, and he can’t write, so he travels to a tiny Scottish island to try to get his life back on track. Then he sees the impossible � a woman who looks exactly like his missing wife.

Wives think their husbands will change but they don’t.
Husbands think their wives won’t change but they do.]]> 306 Alice Feeney 125033778X Naviana 3 read-2025 3.63 2025
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]]> 63139946 Welcome to Stanhope - a safe neighbourhood. A place for families.

William Wooler is a family man, on the surface. But he's been having an affair, an affair that ended horribly this afternoon at a motel up the road. So when he returns to his house, devastated and angry, to find his difficult nine-year-old daughter Avery unexpectedly home from school, William loses his temper.

Hours later, Avery's family declare her missing.

Suddenly Stanhope doesn't feel so safe. And William isn't the only one on his street who's hiding a lie. As witnesses come forward with information that may or may not be true, Avery's neighbours become increasingly unhinged.

Who took Avery Wooler?

Nothing will prepare you for the truth. ]]> 336 Shari Lapena 0593489934 Naviana 3 read-2025 3.75 2023
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]]> 56366617
Or are they? They each stand to inherit millions. They were never a happy family, thanks to their capricious father and neglectful mother, but perhaps one of them is more disturbed than anyone knew. Did one of them snap after that dreadful evening? Or was it someone else that night who crept in with the worst of intentions? It must be. After all, if one of your siblings was a psychopath, you'd know.

Wouldn't you?]]> 349 Shari Lapena 1984880551 Naviana 3 read-2025 3.74 2021
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]]> 154986013
Aaliyah is determined to celebrate her thirtieth birthday with a boyfriend. And after a failed blind date, the local bartender, Ahmad, suggests she joins a dating app.

Filled with lies, catfish, and fetishizing, the wild world of online dating makes Aaliyah think she’s in over her head.

And she is. But with her two best friends and a protective bartender by her side, what could go wrong?

Everything.

Everything could go wrong.

And that’s the problem.

Because as Aaliyah is set on finding exactly what she’s looking for, she ends up finding something she never expects.]]> 360 Danielle Allen 1250331048 Naviana 4 read-2025 4.16 2024
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]]> 75293507
Norris Black, Amber Blaeser-Wardzala, Phoenix Boudreau, Cherie Dimaline, Carson Faust, Kelli Jo Ford, Kate Hart, Shane Hawk, Brandon Hobson, Darcie Little Badger, Conley Lyons, Nick Medina, Tiffany Morris, Tommy Orange, Mona Susan Power, Marcie R. Rendon, Waubgeshig Rice, Rebecca Roanhorse, Andrea L. Rogers, Morgan Talty, D.H. Trujillo, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr., Richard Van Camp, David Heska, Wanbli Weiden, Royce Young, Wolf Mathilda Zeller.

Many Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief takes many forms: for instance, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the Hukai’po, the spirits of ancient warriors, and Native Mexicans say it calls Lechuza, a witch that can transform into an owl. But what all these legends hold in common is the certainty that whistling at night can cause evil spirits to appear—and even follow you home.

These wholly original and shiver-inducing tales introduce listeners to ghosts, curses, hauntings, monstrous creatures, complex family legacies, desperate deeds, and chilling acts of revenge. Introduced and contextualized by bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones, these stories are a celebration of Indigenous peoples� survival and imagination, and a glorious reveling in all the things an ill-advised whistle might summon.]]> 400 Shane Hawk 0593468465 Naviana 0 currently-reading 3.90 2023
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]]> 203943159 Open a book. Read a spell. Whoop, there he is... a demon.
The last single friend in her group and tired of being stood up by her girls, a drunken Rayna turns to her first love, a book. After jokingly casting a spell her favorite character used to conjure a loving boyfriend, the results aren’t nearly as funny.

Because the damn spell worked, just not in the way she thought it would!

Now she has a brooding demon who she needs to sever the magical bond with if she ever wants to live a normal life again.

Lovers of monster romance will enjoy this new book from USA Today Bestselling Author, Jessica Cage!

Order your copy today!]]> 315 Jessica Cage 1958295485 Naviana 3 read-2025 4.05 2024
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]]> 142392376 Get Out, Us, and Nope, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions, curates this groundbreaking anthology of all-new stories of Black horror, exploring not only the terrors of the supernatural but the chilling reality of injustice that haunts our nation.

A cop begins seeing huge, blinking eyes where the headlights of cars should be that tell him who to pull over. Two freedom riders take a bus ride that leaves them stranded on a lonely road in Alabama where several unsettling somethings await them. A young girl dives into the depths of the Earth in search of the demon that killed her parents. These are just a few of the worlds of Out There Screaming, Jordan Peele’s anthology of all-new horror stories by Black writers. Featuring an introduction by Peele and an all-star roster of beloved writers and new voices, Out There Screaming is a master class in horror, and—like his spine-chilling films—its stories prey on everything we think we know about our world . . . and redefine what it means to be afraid.

Featuring stories by: Erin E. Adams, Violet Allen, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Maurice Broaddus, Chesya Burke, P. Djèlí Clark, Ezra Claytan Daniels, Tananarive Due, Nalo Hopkinson, N. K. Jemisin, Justin C. Key, L. D. Lewis, Nnedi Okorafor, Tochi Onyebuchi, Rebecca Roanhorse, Nicole D. Sconiers, Rion Amilcar Scott, Terence Taylor, and Cadwell Turnbull.]]> 387 Jordan Peele 059324379X Naviana 3 read-2025 3.77 2023
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]]> 216785385 If you could swap your life for a better one, which would you choose?

On the outskirts of Rainbow Town, there is an old, abandoned house. They say that if you send a letter detailing your misfortunes there, you could receive a ticket. If you bring this ticket to the house on the first day of the rainy season, you'll be granted entrance into the mysterious Rainfall Market—where you can choose to completely change your life.

No one is more surprised than Serin when she receives a ticket. Lonely and with no real prospects for a future, Serin ventures to the market, determined to create a better life for herself.

There, she meets a magical cat companion named Issha and they search through bookstores, perfumeries, and fantastical realms while Serin tries to determine what her perfect life will look like.

The catch? Serin only has one week to find her happiness or be doomed to vanish into the market forever.

And all the while, a shadow follows quietly behind them…]]> 206 You Yeong-Gwang 0593952669 Naviana 4 read-2025 3.47 2023
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]]> 22609310
For once, Auburn takes a chance and puts her heart in control, only to discover that Owen is hiding a huge secret. The magnitude of his past threatens to destroy everything Auburn loves most, and the only way to get her life back on track is to cut Owen out of it—but can she do it?]]> 306 Colleen Hoover 1476791457 Naviana 0 to-read 4.14 2015
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]]> 201102399 The new binge-worthy novel from the “queen of the one-sit read,� and New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door

Nothing ever happens in sleepy little Fairhill, Vermont. But this morning that will change. And one innocent question could be deadly. What have you done?

The teenagers get their kicks telling ghost stories in the old graveyard. The parents trust their kids will arrive home safe from school. Everyone knows everyone. Curtains rarely twitch. Front doors are left unlocked.

But Diana Brewer isn’t lying safely in her bed where she belongs. Instead she lies in a hayfield, circled by vultures, discovered by a local farmer.

How quickly a girl becomes a ghost. How quickly a town of friendly, familiar faces becomes a town of suspects, a place of fear and paranoia.

Someone in Fairhill did this. Everyone wants answers.]]> 307 Shari Lapena 0593489969 Naviana 4 read-2025 3.73 2024
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]]> 61737170
It makes Cyn see Jucee in a different light. One with far fewer boundaries and a lot more kissing.

Juleesa Jones makes great money dancing the early shift and spends most evenings with her son, her Sanity family or at Cyn’s house. Relationships are not high on the priority list—until she’s forced to admit that maybe friendship isn’t the only thing she wants from her bestie.

But hooking up with your ride-or-die is risky. Jucee isn’t just Cyn’s best friend—Jucee is her muse. When Cyn lays down her bars, it’s Jucee she imagines in the club throwing it back to every note. If they aren’t careful, this could crash and burn…but isn’t real love worth it?]]> 304 Chencia C. Higgins 133550821X Naviana 0 to-read 3.66 2024
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]]> 54860585 A Black father. A white father. Two murdered sons. A quest for vengeance.

Ike Randolph has been out of jail for fifteen years, with not so much as a speeding ticket in all that time. But a Black man with cops at the door knows to be afraid.

The last thing he expects to hear is that his son Isiah has been murdered, along with Isiah’s white husband, Derek. Ike had never fully accepted his son but is devastated by his loss.

Derek’s father Buddy Lee was almost as ashamed of Derek for being gay as Derek was ashamed his father was a criminal. Buddy Lee still has contacts in the underworld, though, and he wants to know who killed his boy.

Ike and Buddy Lee, two ex-cons with little else in common other than a criminal past and a love for their dead sons, band together in their desperate desire for revenge. In their quest to do better for their sons in death than they did in life, hardened men Ike and Buddy Lee will confront their own prejudices about their sons and each other, as they rain down vengeance upon those who hurt their boys.

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781250252708]]> 336 S.A. Cosby Naviana 5 read-2025 4.08 2021
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]]> 60759920 The world's greatest thriller writers prove they're up to a unique challenge in this exciting anthology of original stories.

It all started with a simple but enticing challenge from global best-selling author Harlan Coben: pick a bird of prey, then use it as the inspiration for a brand-new story.

Not surprisingly, when some of the most creative writers around rose up to meet that challenge, their imaginations had no limit. An egg worth more than its weight in gold. A mysterious operative known only as Owl. An eagle-watcher who sees more than she should. Even a story that somehow places the Maltese Falcon in a nursing home.

With contributions from a wide range of best-selling authors 'BIRDS OF PREY' is a must-listen for all thriller fans.

Introduced by Harlan Coben, 'BIRDS OF PREY' features these stories:

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'The Coffin Bearer' by Tess Gerritsen
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'Owl' by Kathy Reichs
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'Precious Cargo' by C.J. Box
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'Kudzu' by Ace Atkins
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'Predator or Prey?' by Heather Graham
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'Silent as a Shadow' by S.A. Cosby
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'Jail Birds' by Hank Phillippi Ryan
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'Watchers' by Allison Brennan
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'The Falcon' by Robert Dugoni
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'Red of Beak and Claw' by Gregg Hurwitz
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'Hawkshaw Hunting' by Kelley Armstrong

'BIRDS OF PREY' was created in partnership with International Thriller Writers (ITW), with C.J. Box serving as project editor.

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� Lisa Flanagan
� Nicky Endres
� Fred Berman
� Andrews Macleod
� Justis Bolding
� Cary Hite
� Helen Laser
� Amanda Dolan
� Dan Bittner
� Julia Motyka
� Eunice Wong

©2022 International Thriller Writers, Inc., and authors (P)2022 Audible Originals, LLC.]]> Harlan Coben Naviana 0 to-read 3.67 2022
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]]> 219833252 Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby returns with King of Ashes, a Godfather-inspired Southern crime epic and dazzling family drama.

When eldest son Roman Carruthers is summoned home after his father’s car accident, he finds his younger brother, Dante, in debt to dangerous criminals and his sister, Neveah, exhausted from holding the family—and the family business—together. Neveah and their father, who run the Carruthers Crematorium in the run-down central Virginia town of Jefferson Run, see death up close every day. But mortality draws even closer when it becomes clear that the crash that landed their father in a coma was no accident and Dante’s recklessness has placed them all in real danger.

Roman, a financial whiz with a head for numbers and a talent for making his clients rich, has some money to help buy his brother out of trouble. But in his work with wannabe tough guys, he’s forgotten that there are real gangsters out there. As his bargaining chips go up in smoke, Roman realizes that he has only one thing left to offer to save his himself, and his own particular set of skills.

Roman begins his work for the criminals while Neveah tries to uncover the long-ago mystery of what happened to their mother, who disappeared when they were teenagers. But Roman is far less of a pushover than the gangsters realize. He is willing to do anything to save his family. Anything.

Because everything burns.]]> 352 S.A. Cosby 1250832063 Naviana 0 to-read 4.52 2025
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“S.A. Cosby’s reissued debut thriller proves he was a master from the start…Cosby has in three books emerged as one of the genre’s best living practitioners...its reissue is a brilliant idea.� ―Los Angeles Times

“I handle the bodies.�

Whether it's working at his cousin's funeral home or tossing around the local riffraff at his favorite bar, Nathan Waymaker is a man who knows how to handle the bodies. A former marine and sheriff's deputy, Nathan has built a reputation in his small Southern town as a man who can help when all other avenues have been exhausted. When a beloved local minister is found dead, his parishioners ask Nathan to make sure the death isn’t swept under the rug.

What starts out as an easy payday soon descends into a maze of mayhem filled with wannabe gangsters, vicious crime lords, porn stars, crooked police officers, and a particularly treacherous preacher and his mysterious wife. Nathan must use all his varied skills and some of his wit to navigate the murky waters of small town corruption even as dark secrets of his own threaten to come to the surface.

“[A] colorful tale of small-town corruption...[Cosby's] powerful storytelling skills shine through.�
―Washington Post]]> 288 S.A. Cosby 1250867630 Naviana 0 to-read 3.94 2019
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After a series of financial calamities (worsened by the racial prejudices of the small town he lives in) Bug reluctantly takes part in a daring diamond heist to solve his money troubles - and to go straight once and for all. However, when it goes horrifically wrong, he's sucked into a grimy underworld which threatens everything, and everyone, he holds dear . . .]]> 285 S.A. Cosby Naviana 0 to-read 4.06 2020
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]]> 61884832 A Black sheriff. A serial killer. A small town ready to combust.

Titus Crown is the first Black sheriff in the history of Charon County, Virginia. In recent decades, Charon has had only two murders. After years of working as an FBI agent, Titus knows better than anyone that while his hometown might seem like a land of moonshine, cornbread, and honeysuckle, secrets always fester under the surface.

Then a year to the day after Titus’s election, a school teacher is killed by a former student and the student is fatally shot by Titus’s deputies. Those festering secrets are now out in the open and ready to tear the town apart.

As Titus investigates the shootings, he unearths terrible crimes and a serial killer who has been hiding in plain sight, haunting the dirt lanes and woodland clearings of Charon. With the killer’s possible connections to a local church and the town’s harrowing history weighing on him, Titus projects confidence about closing the case while concealing a painful secret from his own past. At the same time, he also has to contend with a far-right group that wants to hold a parade in celebration of the town’s Confederate history.

Powerful and unforgettable, All the Sinners Bleed confirms S. A. Cosby as “one of the most muscular, distinctive, grab-you-by-both-ears voices in American crime fiction� (The Washington Post).]]> 338 S.A. Cosby 1250831911 Naviana 0 to-read 4.19 2023
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]]> 60052118 WANTED - Bloodmaid of exceptional taste. Must have a keen proclivity for life's finer pleasures. Girls of weak will need not apply.

A young woman is drawn into the upper echelons of a society where blood is power, in this dark and enthralling gothic novel from the author of The Year of the Witching.

Marion Shaw has been raised in the slums, where want and deprivation is all she knows. Despite longing to leave the city and its miseries, she has no real hope of escape until the day she spots a peculiar listing in the newspaper, seeking a bloodmaid.

Though she knows little about the far north--where wealthy nobles live in luxury and drink the blood of those in their service--Marion applies to the position. In a matter of days, she finds herself the newest bloodmaid at the notorious House of Hunger. There, Marion is swept into a world of dark debauchery--and at the center of it all is her.

Countess Lisavet, who presides over this hedonistic court, is loved and feared in equal measure. She takes a special interest in Marion. Lisavet is magnetic, and Marion is eager to please her new mistress. But when her fellow bloodmaids begin to go missing in the night, Marion is thrust into a vicious game of cat and mouse. She'll need to learn the rules of her new home--and fast--or its halls will soon become her grave.]]> 304 Alexis Henderson 0593438469 Naviana 4 read-2025 3.64 2022
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]]> 173754979 A brilliant reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn—both harrowing and satirical—told from the enslaved Jim's point of view

When Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he runs away until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck has faked his own death to escape his violent father. As all readers of American literature know, thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the elusive and unreliable promise of the Free States and beyond.

Brimming with nuanced humor and lacerating observations that have made Everett a literary icon, this brilliant and tender novel radically illuminates Jim's agency, intelligence, and compassion as never before. James is destined to be a major publishing event and a cornerstone of twenty-first-century American literature.

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780385550369.]]> 303 Percival Everett Naviana 0 to-read 4.46 2024
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]]> 205064715 In this Southern gothic horror debut, a young Black woman abandons her life in 1960s Chicago for a position with a mysterious family in New Orleans, only to discover the dark truth. They’re under a curse, and they think she can break it.

In the fall of 1962, twenty-seven-year-old Jemma Barker is desperate to escape her life in Chicago—and the spirits she has always been able to see. When she receives an unexpected job offer from the Duchon family in New Orleans, she accepts, thinking it is her chance to start over.Ěý

But Jemma discovers that the Duchon family isn’t what it seems. Light enough to pass as white, the Black family members look down on brown-skinned Jemma. Their tenuous hold on reality extends to all the members of their eccentric clan, from haughty grandmother Honorine to beautiful yet inscrutable cousin Fosette.ĚýAnd soon the shocking truth comes The Duchons are under a curse. And they think Jemma has the power to break it.

As Jemma wrestles with the gift she’s run from all her life, she unravels deeper and more disturbing secrets about the mysterious Duchons. Secrets that stretch back over a century. Secrets that bind her to their fate if she fails.]]> 384 Del Sandeen 0593639529 Naviana 0 to-read 3.61 2024
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]]> 123829966 The legend of Bigfoot gets a bone-chilling update in this scary story about a young girl and her scout troop who are willing to brave the woods to find her missing friend when no one else will. Perfect for fans of Daka Hermon and Claribel A. Ortega!

The wilderness is in Jenna’s blood. Her Pap was the first Black park ranger at Sturbridge Reservation, and she practically knows the Owlet Survival Handbook by heart. But she’s never encountered a creature like the one that took her best friend Reese. Her parents don’t believe her; the police are worthless, following the wrong leads; and the media isn’t connecting the dots between Reese’s disappearance and a string of other attacks. Determined to save her friend, Jenna joins a new local scout troop, and ventures back into the woods.

When the troop stumbles across suspicious huge human-like footprints near the camp, scratch marks on trees, and ominous sounds from the woods, Jenna worries that whatever took Reese is back to take her too. Can she trust her new scout leader? And will her new friend Norrie—who makes her laugh and reminds her so much of Reese—believe her?

After the unthinkable happens, the scouts, armed with their wits and toiletries, band together to fight the monster and survive the night.]]> 240 Ally Russell 0593646975 Naviana 0 to-read 4.04 2024
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]]> 176443748 After her private school is rocked by a gruesome murder, a teen tries to find the real killer and clear her brother’s name in this psychological thriller perfect for fans of The Taking of Jake Livingston and Ace of Spades.

Sunny Behre has four siblings, but only one is a murderer.

With the death of Sunny’s mother, matriarch of the wealthy Behre family, Sunny’s once picture-perfect life is thrown into turmoil. Her mother had groomed her to be the family’s next leader, so Sunny is confused when the only instructions her mother leaves is a mysterious note: “Take care of Dom.�

The problem is, her youngest brother, Dom, has always been a near-stranger to Sunny…and seemingly a dangerous one, if found guilty of his second-degree murder charge. Still, Sunny is determined to fulfill her mother’s dying wish. But when a classmate is gruesomely murdered, and Sunny finds her brother with blood on his hands, her mother’s simple request becomes a lot more complicated. Dom swears he’s innocent, and although Sunny isn’t sure she believes him, she takes it upon herself to look into the murder—made all the more urgent by the discovery of another body. And another.

As Sunny and Dom work together to track down the culprit, Sunny realizes her other siblings have their own dark secrets. Soon she may have to choose: preserve the family she’s always loved or protect the brother she barely knows—and risk losing everything her mother worked so hard to build.]]> 408 Liselle Sambury 166590352X Naviana 0 to-read 3.86 2024
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]]> 198902257 13 TIMES WE SURVIVED THE FIRST KILL.

The White Guy Dies First is a powerful and entertaining collection for YA readers featuring thirteen scary stories in which the white guy dies first.

Edited by Terry J. Benton-Walker, including stories from bestselling and critically acclaimed Adiba Jaigirdar, Alexis Henderson, Chloe Gong, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, H. E. Edgmon, Kalynn Bayron, Karen Strong, Kendare Blake, Lamar Giles, Mark Oshiro, Naseem Jamnia, Tiffany D. Jackson, and Terry J. Benton-Walker.]]> 306 Terry J. Benton-Walker 1250861268 Naviana 5 read-2025 3.79 2024
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I was clutching my pearls through each story.
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Told entirely through clever and captivating Slack messages, this irresistible, relatable satire of both virtual work and contemporary life is The Office for a new world.

Gerald, a mid-level employee of a New York–based public relations firm has been uploaded into the company’s internal Slack channels—at least his consciousness has. His colleagues assume it’s an elaborate gag to exploit the new work-from home policy, but now that Gerald’s productivity is through the roof, his bosses are only too happy to let him work from . . . wherever he says he is.

Faced with the looming abyss of a disembodied life online, Gerald enlists his co-worker Pradeep to help him escape, and to find out what happened to his body. But the longer Gerald stays in the void, the more alluring and absurd his reality becomes.

Meanwhile, Gerald’s colleagues have PR catastrophes of their own to handle in the real world. Their biggest client, a high-end dog food company, is in the midst of recalling a bad batch of food that’s allegedly poisoning Pomeranians nationwide. And their CEO suspects someone is sabotaging his office furniture. And if Gerald gets to work from home all the time, why can’t everyone? Is true love possible between two people, when one is just a line of text in an app? And what in the hell does the :dusty-stick: emoji mean?

In a time when office paranoia and politics have followed us home, Calvin Kasulke is here to capture the surprising, absurd, and fully-relatable factors attacking our collective sanity…and give us hope that we can still find a human connection.]]> 256 Calvin Kasulke Naviana 0 dnf-left-4-dead, read-2025 DNF @ 5% - dumb asf 3.63 2021
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DNF @ 5% - dumb asf
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In a forgotten Cold War bunker, a cold-blooded arms dealer counts his cash and watches from a distance as cities collapse into violence. Pledged to stop him is a man without a past, guided by a teenage boy through the tunnels under the corrupted port city. With each stealthy move toward their target, the path ahead grows ever darker.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes The Lost Soul of the City, part of Season 2 of Nameless, a gripping collection of stories about a man in search of the truth, the past, and those who owe a debt of blood. Follow him through each story, which can be read or listened to in a single sitting.]]> 109 Dean Koontz 1542027802 Naviana 3 read-2025 4.21 2021
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Henry Siphuncle has a selfless mission: releasing his patients forever from their distasteful imperfections. It’s for their own good. And the world’s. Even Henry’s own wife didn’t survive his disgust. Nameless has tracked him across the country to an isolated rural community, where the residents are grateful for their new free clinic. For Henry, it might just be the end of the road.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes Gentle Is the Angel of Death, part of Season 2 of Nameless, a gripping collection of stories about a man in search of the truth, the past, and those who owe a debt of blood. Follow him through each story, which can be read or listened to in a single sitting.]]> 66 Dean Koontz 1542028159 Naviana 3 read-2025 4.22 2021
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It seems straightforward enough: Get a foot in the door by posing as a potential investor in a lucrative underground business—then bring the place down from the inside. There’s more here than meets the eye. What it triggers in Nameless is uncontrollable rage and brutal retribution. What it reveals is a clue to his forgotten past. Is it a breach on his handler’s part? Or a test? Either way, something’s not right.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes Kaleidoscope, part of Season 2 of Nameless, a gripping collection of stories about a man in search of the truth, the past, and those who owe a debt of blood. Follow him through each story, which can be read or listened to in a single sitting.]]> 71 Dean Koontz 1542028167 Naviana 3 read-2025 4.33 2021
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Evie and her daughter, Asteria, are fleeing an abusive cult when they meet a stranger in an abandoned Arizona shopping mall. Fate hasn’t set Nameless on their trail. It’s a premonition, and a chance to make reparations for a failure from his past he can’t even remember. This time, Nameless must do everything in his power not to fail those who trust him with their lives.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes Light Has Weight, but Darkness Does Not, part of Season 2 of Nameless, a gripping collection of stories about a man in search of the truth, the past, and those who owe a debt of blood. Follow him through each story, which can be read or listened to in a single sitting.]]> 66 Dean Koontz 1542028175 Naviana 3 read-2025 4.34 2021
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Uncharacteristically forthcoming—and unexpectedly personal—Nameless’s handlers have no choice but to emerge from the shadows. The indoctrinating factions of his visions are growing in number. What’s more, their chilling symbol of totalitarian control is now linked to the highest powers in the country. As his memories begin to break through, is Nameless prepared to face who he really is and defeat the encroaching madness of the future?

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes Corkscrew, part of Season 2 of Nameless, a gripping collection of stories about a man in search of the truth, the past, and those who owe a debt of blood. Follow him through each story, which can be read or listened to in a single sitting.]]> 54 Dean Koontz 1542028183 Naviana 3 read-2025 4.28 2021
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The target: a fortified redoubt in the golden hills of California, the hub of a new world order that’s unthinkably close at hand. The time has come for Nameless to face its designer: the nihilist mastermind behind the One Solution. It’s also time for Nameless to discover who he is and was, and what brought him to this fateful endgame. But will the truth be a breaking point? Or a turning point?

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes Zero In, part of Season 2 of Nameless, a gripping collection of stories about a man in search of the truth, the past, and those who owe a debt of blood. Follow him through each story, which can be read or listened to in a single sitting.]]> 66 Dean Koontz 1542028191 Naviana 3 read-2025 4.47 2021
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]]> 60381057 82 Tacarra Naviana 3 read-2025 4.34
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]]> 216476388 My husband is dead.

I attended his funeral. I watched his casket be lowered six feet into the ground. (Actually, it may have been only five feet, but that still seems like more than enough.) And then we ate an array of finger sandwiches and deviled eggs and miniature beef wellingtons that cost more than my first car.

My point is, Grant is gone. And so are all his many, many deep, dark secrets which I never really ever bothered to ask him about. He is never coming back.

So why do I still see his face everywhere I go?

The Widow's Husband's Secret Lie is an utterly addictive, unputdownable, nail-biting, absolutely gripping psychological thriller novella with a shocking, breathtaking, heartstopping, spine-chilling twist that you won't see coming, will leave you stunned, and will literally have you picking your jaw up off the floor and bringing it to the nearest hospital for major facial reconstructive surgery.]]> 152 Freida McFadden Naviana 3 read-2025 3.34 2024
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]]> 203956639 A student will find that the hardest lessons sometimes come outside the classroom in this stunning dark academia novel from the acclaimed author of The Year of the Witching and House of Hunger.

Lennon Carter’s life is falling apart.

Then she gets a mysterious phone call inviting her to take the entrance exam for Drayton College, a school of magic hidden in a secret pocket of Savannah. Lennon has been chosen because—like everyone else at the school—she has the innate gift of persuasion, the ability to wield her will like a weapon, using it to control others and, in rare cases, matter itself.

After passing the test, Lennon begins to learn how to master her devastating and unsettling power. But despite persuasion’s heavy toll on her body and mind, she is wholly captivated by her studies, by Drayton’s lush, moss-draped campus, and by her brilliant classmates. But even more captivating is her charismatic adviser, Dante, who both intimidates and enthralls her.

As Lennon continues in her studies her control grows, and she starts to uncover more about the secret world she has entered into, including the disquieting history of Drayton College, and the way her mentor’s tragic and violent past intertwines with it. She is increasingly disturbed by what she learns. For it seems that the ultimate test is to embrace absolute power without succumbing to corruption . . . and it's a test she's terrified she is going to fail.]]> 464 Alexis Henderson 0593638301 Naviana 0 to-read 3.45 2024
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]]> 49789629 A young woman living in a rigid, puritanical society discovers dark powers within herself in this stunning, feminist fantasy debut.

In the lands of Bethel, where the Prophet’s word is law, Immanuelle Moore’s very existence is blasphemy. Her mother’s union with an outsider of a different race cast her once-proud family into disgrace, so Immanuelle does her best to worship the Father, follow Holy Protocol, and lead a life of submission, devotion, and absolute conformity, like all the other women in the settlement.

But a mishap lures her into the forbidden Darkwood surrounding Bethel, where the first prophet once chased and killed four powerful witches. Their spirits are still lurking there, and they bestow a gift on Immanuelle: the journal of her dead mother, who Immanuelle is shocked to learn once sought sanctuary in the wood.

Fascinated by the secrets in the diary, Immanuelle finds herself struggling to understand how her mother could have consorted with the witches. But when she begins to learn grim truths about the Church and its history, she realizes the true threat to Bethel is its own darkness. And she starts to understand that if Bethel is to change, it must begin with her.]]> 368 Alexis Henderson 0593099605 Naviana 0 to-read 3.79 2020
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]]> 195391717 New York Times bestselling author and TikTok sensation Kalynn Bayron returns to fairytales with a lush, thrilling and original YA Snow White retelling that brings a new and exciting voice to this familiar tale. Perfect for fans of Cinderella Is Dead.

Only the truly desperate - and foolish - seek out the Knight, an ancient monster who twists wishes into curses. Eve knows this first-hand: one of her mothers was cursed by the Knight and trapped in the body of a songbird. With the unique abilities to communicate with animals and conjure weapons from nature, Eve has trained all her life to defeat him.

With more and more villagers harmed by the Knight's corrupt deals, Eve believes she's finally ready to face him. But when Queen Regina begins acting strangely - talking to seemingly no one, isolating herself, and lashing out at the slightest provocation - Eve must question if her powers are enough to save her family and her kingdom.]]> 352 Kalynn Bayron 1547609761 Naviana 0 to-read 3.48 2024
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]]> 46189861 The Hate U Give meets Get Out in this honest and powerful exploration of prejudice in the stunning novel from sister-writer duo Maika and Maritza Moulite, authors of Dear Haiti, Love Alaine.

ISN'T BEING HUMAN ENOUGH?

When teen social activist and history buff Kezi Smith is killed under mysterious circumstances after attending a social justice rally, her devastated sister Happi and their family are left reeling in the aftermath. As Kezi becomes another immortalized victim in the fight against police brutality, Happi begins to question the idealized way her sister is remembered. Perfect. Angelic.

One of the good ones.

Even as the phrase rings wrong in her mind—why are only certain people deemed worthy to be missed?—Happi and her sister Genny embark on a journey to honor Kezi in their own way, using an heirloom copy of The Negro Motorist Green Book as their guide. But there's a twist to Kezi's story that no one could've ever expected—one that will change everything all over again.]]> 384 Maika Moulite 133514580X Naviana 0 to-read 4.12 2021
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]]> 60177373 Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes deep into the well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher—for their world or ours.

Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was ten, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself—and his dad. Then, when Charlie is seventeen, he meets Howard Bowditch, a recluse with a big dog in a big house at the top of a big hill. In the backyard is a locked shed from which strange sounds emerge, as if some creature is trying to escape. When Mr. Bowditch dies, he leaves Charlie the house, a massive amount of gold, a cassette tape telling a story that is impossible to believe, and a responsibility far too massive for a boy to shoulder.

Because within the shed is a portal to another world—one whose denizens are in peril and whose monstrous leaders may destroy their own world, and ours. In this parallel universe, where two moons race across the sky, and the grand towers of a sprawling palace pierce the clouds, there are exiled princesses and princes who suffer horrific punishments; there are dungeons; there are games in which men and women must fight each other to the death for the amusement of the “Fair One.� And there is a magic sundial that can turn back time.

A story as old as myth, and as startling and iconic as the rest of King’s work, Fairy Tale is about an ordinary guy forced into the hero’s role by circumstance, and it is both spectacularly suspenseful and satisfying.]]> 607 Stephen King 1668002175 Naviana 0 to-read 4.05 2022
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Loretta Thurwar and Hamara "Hurricane Staxxx" Stacker are the stars of Chain-Gang All-Stars, the cornerstone of CAPE, or Criminal Action Penal Entertainment, a highly-popular, highly-controversial, profit-raising program in America's increasingly dominant private prison industry. It's the return of the gladiators and prisoners are competing for the ultimate prize: their freedom.

In CAPE, prisoners travel as Links in Chain-Gangs, competing in death-matches for packed arenas with righteous protestors at the gates. Thurwar and Staxxx, both teammates and lovers, are the fan favorites. And if all goes well, Thurwar will be free in just a few matches, a fact she carries as heavily as her lethal hammer. As she prepares to leave her fellow Links, she considers how she might help preserve their humanity, in defiance of these so-called games, but CAPE's corporate owners will stop at nothing to protect their status quo and the obstacles they lay in Thurwar's path have devastating consequences.

Moving from the Links in the field to the protestors to the CAPE employees and beyond, Chain-Gang All-Stars is a kaleidoscopic, excoriating look at the American prison system's unholy alliance of systemic racism, unchecked capitalism, and mass incarceration, and a clear-eyed reckoning with what freedom in this country really means.]]> 367 Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah 0593317335 Naviana 0 to-read 4.13 2023
author: Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
name: Naviana
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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]]> 5972741 103 Carol Barnes 1930097352 Naviana 0 to-read 4.54
author: Carol Barnes
name: Naviana
average rating: 4.54
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date added: 2025/01/18
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]]> 42074525
Every city has a soul. Some are as ancient as myths, and others are as new and destructive as children. New York City? She's got five.

But every city also has a dark side. A roiling, ancient evil stirs beneath the earth, threatening to destroy the city and her five protectors unless they can come together and stop it once and for all.]]> 437 N.K. Jemisin Naviana 5 3.83 2020
author: N.K. Jemisin
name: Naviana
average rating: 3.83
book published: 2020
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/17
date added: 2025/01/17
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]]> 32076617 In this standalone short story by N. K. Jemisin, author of The Fifth Season, the winner of this year's Hugo Award for Best Novel, New York City is about to go through a few changes.

Like all great metropolises before it, when a city gets big enough, old enough, it must be born; but there are ancient enemies who cannot tolerate new life. Thus New York will live or die by the efforts of a reluctant midwife...and how well he can learn to sing the city's mighty song.

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.]]> 22 N.K. Jemisin 076539345X Naviana 0 to-read 3.78 2016
author: N.K. Jemisin
name: Naviana
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2016
rating: 0
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]]> 60399181 Four-time Hugo Award-winning andĚýNew York TimesĚýbestselling author N.K. Jemisin craftsĚýa glorious taleĚýof identity,Ěýresistance, magic andĚýmyth.

AllĚýis not well in the city that never sleeps.ĚýEven thoughĚýthe avatars of New York CityĚýhaveĚýtemporarily managed to stop the Woman in White from invading—and destroying the entire universe in the process—the mysterious capital "E" Enemy has more subtle powers at her disposal. A new candidate for mayor wielding the populist rhetoric ofĚýgentrification, xenophobia, and "law and order"Ěýmay have what it takes to change the very nature of New York itself and take it down from the inside.Ěý

In order to defeat him, and the Enemy who holds his purse strings,Ěýthe avatars will have to join together with the other Great Cities of the world in order to bring her down for good and protect their world from complete destruction.

N.K. Jemisin’s Great Cities Duology, which began withĚýThe City We BecameĚýand concludes withĚýThe World We Make, is a masterpiece of speculative fiction from one of the most importantĚýwriters of her generation.
]]> 357 N.K. Jemisin 035651269X Naviana 0 to-read 4.05 2022
author: N.K. Jemisin
name: Naviana
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> 12287209
Or you'll get what you wish for.]]> 56 Hugh Howey Naviana 0 4.14 2012
author: Hugh Howey
name: Naviana
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2012
rating: 0
read at: 2013/12/04
date added: 2025/01/09
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]]> 212375021 Three women. Three smouldering secrets. Who will make it out alive?

It’s 5 November, and a woman awakens to a nightmare. Bound and gagged, she lies trapped in the heart of a towering bonfire. As the smoke thickens, panic sets in � she’s moments away from being engulfed in flames. How did it come to this?

Rewind eleven months: Margot, a faded TV star, and her long-suffering friend Anna watch as glamorous Liv and her flawless family move into their street. The three women soon fabricate the perfect pretence of friendship, but each harbours her own deadly secret � and newcomer Liv senses something is terribly wrong beneath the polished exteriors.

As cracks widen in the veneer of perfection and lies escalate out of control, tension ignites. Bonfire Night is approaching and someone is set to burn…But who will it be?]]> 385 John Marrs 166250649X Naviana 0 to-read 3.96 2025
author: John Marrs
name: Naviana
average rating: 3.96
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rating: 0
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]]> 49614207 267 Mikki Kendall 0525560548 Naviana 0 to-read 4.33 2020
author: Mikki Kendall
name: Naviana
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2020
rating: 0
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After almost every presentation activist and writer Mia Birdsong gives to executives, think tanks, and policy makers, one of those leaders quietly confesses how much they long for the profound community she describes. They have family, friends, and colleagues, yet they still feel like they're standing alone. They're "winning" at the American Dream, but they're lonely, disconnected, and unsatisfied.




It seems counterintuitive that living the "good life"--the well-paying job, the nuclear family, the upward mobility--can make us feel isolated and unhappy. But in a divided America, where only a quarter of us know our neighbors and everyone is either a winner or a loser, we've forgotten the key element that helped us make progress in the first community. In this provocative, groundbreaking work, Mia Birdsong shows that what separates us isn't only the ever-present injustices built around race, class, gender, values, and beliefs, but also our denial of our interdependence and need for belonging. In response to the fear and discomfort we feel, we've built walls, and instead of leaning on each other, we find ourselves leaning on concrete.




Through research, interviews, and stories of lived experience, How We Show Up returns us to our inherent connectedness where we find strength, safety, and support in vulnerability and generosity, in asking for help, and in being accountable. Showing up--literally and figuratively--points us toward the promise of our collective vitality and leads us to the liberated well-being we all want.]]> 272 Mia Birdsong 1580058078 Naviana 0 to-read 4.24 2020
author: Mia Birdsong
name: Naviana
average rating: 4.24
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rating: 0
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]]> 213439227
Amed is healing from his attack, while trying to find out who has it out for him and why? When he bumps into the girl of his dreams. He has been getting adjusted to more time at home, and a new child. What happens when you bite off more than you can chew? Can he end the war in the streets, romance a new woman, and be a great father? Or will something have to take the back seat?]]> 162 Aisha Bushra Naviana 3 4.06
author: Aisha Bushra
name: Naviana
average rating: 4.06
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/05
date added: 2025/01/05
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review:
I really hope there will be another book. This abruptly ended with so many loose ends.
]]> 56197501 From the critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling author of When No One Is Watching comes a riveting thriller about the new caretaker of a historic estate who finds herself trapped on an island with a murderer—and the ghosts of her past.

Years after a breakdown and a diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder derailed her historical preservationist career, Kenetria Nash and her alters have been given a second chance they can’t refuse: a position as resident caretaker of a historic home. Having been dormant for years, Ken has no idea what led them to this isolated Hudson River island, but she’s determined not to ruin their opportunity.

Then a surprise visit from the home’s conservation trust just as a Nor’easter bears down on the island disrupts her newfound life, leaving Ken trapped with a group of possibly dangerous strangers—including the man who brought her life tumbling down years earlier. When he turns up dead, Ken is the prime suspect.

Caught in a web of secrets and in a race against time, Ken and her alters must band together to prove their innocence and discover the truth of Kavanaugh Island—and their own past—or they risk losing not only their future, but their life.]]> 352 Alyssa Cole 006311495X Naviana 5 3.10 2024
author: Alyssa Cole
name: Naviana
average rating: 3.10
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2025/01/04
date added: 2025/01/04
shelves: audiobooks, black-authors, creepy, crime-fiction, gothic, mental-health, mystery, poc-pov, psychological, race, read-2025, shh-family-secrets, suspense-thriller
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]]> 194240383
Hassan Aziz a young, rich n*gga, who just happens to be the driving force behind the entire Midwest. He comes from a long line of hustlers, who groomed him to be everything he is today, all he did was take that formula and perfected it, made it his own. What happens when you get too comfortable with having the game in a chokehold, and the world at your feet? How far are you willing to go to secure your families legacy?

Come along for the ride, and experience a love story filled with drugs, deep rooted trauma, broken promises, violence, and unlimited money. Will they make it out on top together?]]> 154 Aisha Bushra Naviana 3 4.26
author: Aisha Bushra
name: Naviana
average rating: 4.26
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2025/01/02
date added: 2025/01/02
shelves: abuse, black-authors, poc-pov, read-2025, shh-family-secrets, suspense-thriller, urban-fiction
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]]> 173404023
Leap years are a strange, enchanted time. And for some, even a single February can be life-changing.

Ricki Wilde has many talents, but being a Wilde isn’t one of them. As the impulsive, artistic daughter of a powerful Atlanta dynasty, she’s the opposite of her famous socialite sisters. Where they’re long-stemmed roses, she’s a dandelion: an adorable bloom that’s actually a weed, born to float wherever the wind blows. In her bones, Ricki knows that somewhere, a different, more exciting life awaits her.

When regal nonagenarian, Ms. Della, invites her to rent the bottom floor of her Harlem brownstone, Ricki jumps at the chance for a fresh beginning. She leaves behind her family, wealth, and chaotic romantic decisions to realize her dream of opening a flower shop. And just beneath the surface of her new neighborhood, the music, stories and dazzling drama of the Harlem Renaissance still simmers.

One evening in February as the heady, curiously off-season scent of night-blooming jasmine fills the air, Ricki encounters a handsome, deeply mysterious stranger who knocks her world off balance in the most unexpected way.

Set against the backdrop of modern Harlem and Renaissance glamour, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde is a swoon-worthy love story of two passionate artists drawn to the magic, romance, and opportunity of New York, and whose lives are uniquely and irreversibly linked.]]> 352 Tia Williams 153872670X Naviana 5 3.97 2024
author: Tia Williams
name: Naviana
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/08/17
date added: 2024/12/31
shelves: black-authors, audiobooks, black-girl-magic, book-boyfriends, chick-lit, contemporary-romance, favorites, historical-fiction, literature, poc-pov, read-2024, romance, black-romance
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]]> 199596223 37 Brittany Green Naviana 3 Short and sweet 4.27
author: Brittany Green
name: Naviana
average rating: 4.27
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rating: 3
read at: 2024/11/15
date added: 2024/12/31
shelves: black-authors, black-boy-joy, black-girl-magic, novella, poc-pov, read-2024, romance, black-romance
review:
Short and sweet
]]> 60568471
It couldn’t save their marriage.

Yasmen wasn’t prepared for how her life fell apart, but she is finally starting to find joy again. She and Josiah have found a new rhythm, co-parenting their two kids and running a thriving business together. Yet like magnets, they’re always drawn back to each other, and now they’re beginning to wonder if they’re truly ready to let go of everything they once had.

Soon, one stolen kiss leads to another…and then more. It's hot. It's illicit. It's all good—until old wounds reopen. Is it too late for them to find forever? Or could they even be better, the second time around?

Award-winning and bestselling "powerhouse" author Kennedy Ryan is at her absolute best in this compelling, scorching novel about hope and healing, and what it truly means to love for a lifetime (USA Today).]]> 391 Kennedy Ryan 1538706792 Naviana 5 4.32 2022
author: Kennedy Ryan
name: Naviana
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2022
rating: 5
read at: 2024/12/07
date added: 2024/12/31
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]]> 122993486 Two sisters roll up their sleeves to run a dilapidated, beach town inn but must learn to work with the locals in this deliciously spicy Sense and Sensibility inspired rom-com by Nikki Payne.

There's never a good time to learn ˛â´ÇłÜ’r±đ your father's secret second family—especially not at the reading of the will. To add insult to injury, Nora's racy leaked videos just went viral. Nora Dash has got no reputation, no dad, and only a forgotten beach house in rural Maine to her name. There are no other Black people for miles, the place is abandoned, but at least no one will recognize her O face in the backwoods. She and her free-spirited sister Yanne haven’t even knocked the traveling dust off last season's designer boots when the first problem pops up: a fake park ranger giving tours of their property like it's his own—and he’s hotter than the local lobster boil.

Ennis "Bear" Freeman is used to people showing up unannounced on his land. So when a beautiful city girl shows up with the deed to his unofficial headquarters in one manicured hand, he gives it a week before their whole crew packs up and leaves. But it isn't long before they find out they work better together than apart. To his surprise, Nora's damned good for Bear's business, and his own secrets might turn out to be the thing that sends them packing.]]> 400 Nikki Payne 059344096X Naviana 0 to-read 3.60 2024
author: Nikki Payne
name: Naviana
average rating: 3.60
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rating: 0
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]]> 60751788 A woman goes head-to-head with the CEO of a corporation threatening to destroy her neighborhood in this fresh and modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice by debut author Nikki Payne.

Liza B.--the only DJ who gives a jam--wants to take her neighborhood back from the soulless property developer dropping unaffordable condos on every street corner in DC. But her planned protest at a corporate event takes a turn after she mistakes the smoldering-hot CEO for the waitstaff. When they go toe-to-toe, the sparks fly--but her impossible-to-ignore family thwarts her every move. Liza wants Dorsey Fitzgerald out of her hood, but she'll settle for getting him out of her head.

At first, Dorsey writes off Liza Bennett as more interested in performing outrage than acting on it. As the adopted Filipino son of a wealthy white family, he's always felt a bit out of place and knows a fraud when he sees one. But when Liza's protest results in a viral meme, their lives are turned upside down, and Dorsey comes to realize this irresistible revolutionary is the most real woman he's ever met.]]> 416 Nikki Payne 0593440943 Naviana 0 to-read 3.75 2022
author: Nikki Payne
name: Naviana
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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]]> 59816810


Caine Holiday could do without there ever being a Christmas. Having lost his girlfriend only a year prior, his wounds are still fresh and his eyes aren’t on anything other than his business. That is, until fate lands him in the presence of Miracle and he’s adamant on helping her overcome her struggle. Determined to make her Christmas a little brighter, Caine never expected to fall in love.



With the true meaning of Christmas being the celebration of God's ultimate gift, read along this melodious love story to unveil another meaning. Real love.]]> 117 Thee Tasha Marie Naviana 3 4.71
author: Thee Tasha Marie
name: Naviana
average rating: 4.71
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/22
date added: 2024/12/30
shelves: black-authors, novella, poc-pov, read-2024, romance, urban-fiction, holiday-themed
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]]> 124929873
The epitome of hood rich, Cello lives life in the fast lane. With females coming from every angle and his main lady on the frontline he finds himself in the midst of one drama-filled situation to another. Settling down with another female was never in the cards yet one encounter has the ability to change all of that.

Cello has had his eyes on Nellie for the longest but has never acted on it. Just from how she moves, Nellie isn’t like the typical females he has messed around with. Cello decides to step to Nellie and being in her presence his heart battles between wanting to make Nellie his with knowing that she’s too good to be with a man like him.

Will Cello be able to be the man that Nellie needs? Or will Cello’s lifestyle pose too big of a problem for them to truly be together happily?]]> 166 Loryn Landon Naviana 3 4.54
author: Loryn Landon
name: Naviana
average rating: 4.54
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/26
date added: 2024/12/30
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]]> 166239533
The more Nelli tries to break free of the hold that Cello has on her, the deeper their connection becomes making it harder for her to move on. Meanwhile, Cello is determined to prove to Nelli they should be together, but his past indiscretions keeps making it seemingly impossible as it starts pushing Nelli away from him.

In this finale of Gurl, We Sharing That N*igga 2, the plot thickens as more secrets continue to be exposed. Find out if Cello will be able to prove to Nelli that he isn’t the person that everyone around him is making him out to be, or is it too late, and no hope for them to ever reconcile?
]]> 157 Loryn Landon Naviana 3 This series had me STRESSED! 4.50
author: Loryn Landon
name: Naviana
average rating: 4.50
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/28
date added: 2024/12/30
shelves: black-authors, pleasantly-surprised, poc-pov, read-2024, series, shh-family-secrets, urban-fiction
review:
This series had me STRESSED!
]]> 208497660 A masked killer arose from Graveslake. High school seniors were hunted in cold blood to satisfy his twisted game. Every year, he carries out his ritual. One senior goes missing, only to show up gruesomely murdered in cold blood.

The Senior Slayer.

He hunts for fun.
Others hunt on his behalf.
A prize is to be won.

Ashe
4 Years Ago�
I survived my senior year despite the Senior Slayer’s lingering presence. Making the most out of life, I built a career as a prolific horror author writing about the killer and the rumors of how he let one get away.

His final girl.

°Ő´Ç»ĺ˛ą˛ââ€�
It’s the final group vacation before everyone starts their new chapter. One more chance to share memories together as high school friends. One more chance to create a flame from an old spark before he and I part ways. We all survived high school - literally. Some wouldn’t dare to do this trip as a senior, but we’ve all graduated now. A trip to a secluded cabin in the woods isn’t that scary when you know ˛â´ÇłÜ’r±đ no longer a target.

What’s the worst that could go wrong?
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​​â¶Ä�.
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A Final Girls Never Die Book]]> 230 Sage Mitchell Naviana 3 Ok I hate that I liked this� 3.97
author: Sage Mitchell
name: Naviana
average rating: 3.97
book published:
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/29
date added: 2024/12/30
shelves: bdsm, creepy, crime-fiction, dark-romance, horror, pleasantly-surprised, read-2024, serial-killers, shh-family-secrets, small-towns-are-evil, suspense-thriller, wtf-just-happened
review:
Ok I hate that I liked this�
]]> 26854784 Four years after the Flare, the world is finally starting to rebuild

For Maggie Seong, that means leaving the safety of her family's cabin for college. She won't be alone, though—hunky former military cadet Edwin Hernandez, family friend and self-appointed Protector of Maggie's Virtue, will be there. Maggie would much prefer that Edwin himself dispose of her "innocence," but he's already rejected her advances once, and a girl has her pride.

Things look pretty bleak romance-wise until Maggie discovers that Devon, the pre-Flare internet boyfriend she'd assumed was dead, is not only alive but on campus. Despite the passage of time, their bond is strong, and they quickly pick up where they left off. Even as Devon aims for a chance at love IRL—everything Maggie thought she'd wanted—Edwin's desire to protect her makes her question her heart.

Maggie's torn between the future she didn't dare to hope for and the past she can't let go of. And when a group of neo-Luddite terrorists threaten the campus, everyone's loyalties will be tested. To ensure that the world doesn't go back to the dark days following the Flare, Maggie might have to sacrifice it all.]]> 339 Alyssa Cole 1459290186 Naviana 0 to-read 3.85 2015
author: Alyssa Cole
name: Naviana
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2015
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]]> 24845577 When technology stopped working, the world as they knew it ended.

In a secluded cabin, John and his loved ones have survived. He should feel grateful. But his family is in his face 24/7, he has to watch his best friend, Arden, and brother, Gabriel, flaunt their love, and as a techie in a Luddite world he’s pretty much useless. The cabin is brimming with people, but he feels utterly alone.

Until he catches Mr. Tall, Blond and Gorgeous raiding their garden. Mykhail is an astrophysics student, he makes John’s gaydar ping like crazy and he thinks he knows what caused the devastation. He’s on a journey to his university to find answers, and John invites himself along. Partly to get out of the house, and partly because he can’t let Mykhail go without acting on the mutual attraction that’s so obvious even John’s mom is playing matchmaker.

The closer they get to campus, the more Mykhail lets down his walls. But with answers come secrets both devastating and deadly, and before they can save the world, they’ll have to save themselves.]]> 218 Alyssa Cole 1426899882 Naviana 0 to-read 3.74 2015
author: Alyssa Cole
name: Naviana
average rating: 3.74
book published: 2015
rating: 0
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]]> 29522514 78 Alyssa Cole Naviana 0 to-read 4.07 2016
author: Alyssa Cole
name: Naviana
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2016
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]]> 23500162 No one expects the apocalypse.

Arden Highmore was living your average postgrad life in Rochester, New York, when someone flipped the "off" switch on the world. No cell phones, no power, no running water—and no one knows why. All she and her roommate, John, know for sure is that they have to get out, stat. His family's cabin near the Canadian border seemed like the safest choice.

It turns out isolation doesn't necessarily equal safety.

When scavengers attack, it's John's ridiculously handsome brother, Gabriel, who comes to the rescue. He saves Arden's life, so he can't be all bad…but he's also a controlling jerk who treats her like an idiot. Now their parents are missing and it seems John, Gabriel, their kid sister, Maggie, and Arden are the only people left alive who aren't bloodthirsty maniacs.

No one knows when—or if—the lights will come back on and, in the midst of all that, Arden and Gabriel are finding that there's a fine line indeed between love and hate. How long can they expect to last in this terrifying new world, be it together or apart?]]> 308 Alyssa Cole 1426899637 Naviana 0 to-read 3.59 2015
author: Alyssa Cole
name: Naviana
average rating: 3.59
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]]> 36392966 When the Union Army occupies Janeta Sanchez’s small Florida town, her family’s goodwill and ties to Cuba fail to protect her father from being unjustly imprisoned for treason. To ensure her father’s release, Janeta is made an offer she can’t refuse: spy for the Confederacy. Driven by a desire for vengeance and the hope of saving her family, she agrees to infiltrate the Loyal League as a double agent.

Daniel is both aggravated and intrigued by the headstrong recruit. For the first time in months, he feels something other than anger, but a partner means being accountable, and Daniel’s secret plan to settle a vendetta and strike a blow for the Union can be entrusted to no one. As Janeta and Daniel track Jefferson Davis on his tour of the South, their dual hidden missions are threatened by the ghosts of their pasts and a growing mutual attraction—that might be their only hope for the future.]]> 320 Alyssa Cole 1496707486 Naviana 0 to-read 4.01 2019
author: Alyssa Cole
name: Naviana
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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]]> 55100143 New York Times and USA Today bestseller Alyssa Cole’s second Runaway Royals novel is a queer Anastasia retelling, featuring a long-lost princess who finds love with the female investigator tasked with tracking her down.

Makeda Hicks has lost her job and her girlfriend in one fell swoop. The last thing she’s in the mood for is to rehash the story of her grandmother’s infamous summer fling with a runaway prince from Ibarania, or the investigator from the World Federation of Monarchies tasked with searching for Ibarania’s missing heir.

Yet when Beznaria Chetchevaliere crashes into her life, the sleek and sexy investigator exudes exactly the kind of chaos that organized and efficient Makeda finds irresistible, even if Bez is determined to drag her into a world of royal duty Makeda wants nothing to do with.

When a threat to her grandmother’s livelihood pushes Makeda to agree to return to Ibarania, Bez takes her on a transatlantic adventure with a crew of lovable weirdos, a fake marriage, and one-bed hijinks on the high seas. When they finally make it to Ibarania, they realize there’s more at stake than just cash and crown, and Makeda must learn what it means to fight for what she desires and not what she feels bound to by duty.]]> 367 Alyssa Cole 0062934007 Naviana 0 to-read 3.48 2021
author: Alyssa Cole
name: Naviana
average rating: 3.48
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> 34570037 The Civil War has turned neighbor against neighbor--but for one scientist spy and her philosopher soldier, war could bind them together . . .

For three years of the War Between the States, Marlie Lynch has helped the cause in peace: with coded letters about anti-Rebel uprisings in her Carolina woods, tisanes and poultices for Union prisoners, and silent aid to fleeing slave and Freeman alike. Her formerly enslaved mother's traditions and the name of a white father she never knew have protected her--until the vicious Confederate Home Guard claims Marlie's home for their new base of operations in the guerilla war against Southern resistors of the Rebel cause.

Unbeknowst to those under her roof, escaped prisoner Ewan McCall is sheltering in her laboratory. Seemingly a quiet philosopher, Ewan has his own history with the cruel captain of the Home Guard, and a thoughtful but unbending strength Marlie finds irresistible.

When the revelation of a stunning family secret places Marlie's freedom on the line, she and Ewan have to run for their lives into the hostile Carolina night. Following the path of the Underground Railroad, they find themselves caught up in a vicious battle that could dash their hopes of love--and freedom--before they ever cross state lines.]]> 320 Alyssa Cole 149670746X Naviana 0 to-read 4.00 2017
author: Alyssa Cole
name: Naviana
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2017
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/12/30
shelves: to-read
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]]> 52255365 Listening Length: 5 hours and 18 minutes

A captivating romantic comedy with a thrilling sci-fi twist by award-winning author Alyssa Cole!

Trinity Jordan leads a quiet, normal life: working from home for the Hive, a multifunctional government research center, and recovering from the incident that sent her into a tailspin. But the life she’s trying to rebuild is plagued by mishaps when Li Wei, her neighbor’s super sexy and super strange nephew, moves in and turns things upside down. Li Wei’s behavior is downright odd—and the attraction building between them is even more so. When an emergency pulls his aunt away from the apartment complex, Trinity decides to keep an eye on him…and slowly discovers that nothing is what it seems. For one thing, Li Wei isn’t just the hot guy next door—he’s the hot A.I. next door. In fact, he’s so advanced that he blurs the line between man and machine. It’s up to Trinity to help him achieve his objective of learning to be human, but danger is mounting as they figure out whether he’s capable of the most illogical human behavior of all…falling in love.]]> 6 Alyssa Cole Naviana 0 to-read 3.56 2019
author: Alyssa Cole
name: Naviana
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2019
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/12/30
shelves: to-read
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]]> 174670078 New York Times bestselling author Alyssa Cole.

Tiana Carter has just started college and is determined to make the most of it. She’s thrilled to be posting videos about dorm-room cooking and campus fashion for a small but loyal band of followers. When she dips into the online dating pool, her first swipe right raises a huge red flag. Tiana’s polite rejection is met with scorn, and now a group of self-proclaimed “high-value men� are hell-bent on ruining her life.

Just a Girl is part of Obsession, a collection of compulsively readable short stories about people pushed to their extremes. So addictive you won’t be able to put them down—read or listen to each story in a single sitting.]]> 124 Alyssa Cole 1662512023 Naviana 0 to-read 3.45 2023
author: Alyssa Cole
name: Naviana
average rating: 3.45
book published: 2023
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/12/30
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]]> 30237404 As the Civil War rages between the states, a courageous pair of spies plunge fearlessly into a maelstrom of ignorance, deceit, and danger, combining their unique skills to alter the course of history and break the chains of the past . . .


Elle Burns is a former slave with a passion for justice and an eidetic memory. Trading in her life of freedom in Massachusetts, she returns to the indignity of slavery in the South--to spy for the Union Army.


Malcolm McCall is a detective for Pinkerton's Secret Service. Subterfuge is his calling, but he's facing his deadliest mission yet--risking his life to infiltrate a Rebel enclave in Virginia.


Two undercover agents who share a common cause--and an undeniable attraction--Malcolm and Elle join forces when they discover a plot that could turn the tide of the war in the Confederacy's favor. Caught in a tightening web of wartime intrigue, and fighting a fiery and forbidden love, Malcolm and Elle must make their boldest move to preserve the Union at any cost--even if it means losing each other...]]> 258 Alyssa Cole 1496707443 Naviana 0 to-read 3.79 2017
author: Alyssa Cole
name: Naviana
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2017
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/12/30
shelves: to-read
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]]> 220389090
All Evie Cruz wants for Christmas is a nap. And maybe some ornaments for her naked Christmas tree. And while she’s making a list, she wouldn’t mind unwrapping her sexy upstairs neighbor like a present. Luckily, the building’s Santa-themed party and a surprise sprig of mistletoe give her just the opening she needs to make all her wishes come true.

Alexis Daria’s Only Santas in the Building is part of Under the Mistletoe, a stirring collection of December romances that thrill and tingle all the way. They can be read or listened to in one swoony sitting.]]> 65 Alexis Daria 1662529376 Naviana 3 3.36 2024
author: Alexis Daria
name: Naviana
average rating: 3.36
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/23
date added: 2024/12/23
shelves: chick-lit, contemporary-romance, novella, oh-wth-it-was-free, pleasantly-surprised, read-2024, romance, series
review:
This was the best of the collection. It was cute and funny. I’ll def check out more by this author.
]]> 13597723
What Cassie doesn’t realize is that there’s more at risk than a few unsolved homicides—especially when she’s sent to live with a group of teens whose gifts are as unusual as her own. Sarcastic, privileged Michael has a knack for reading emotions, which he uses to get inside Cassie’s head—and under her skin. Brooding Dean shares Cassie’s gift for profiling, but keeps her at arm’s length.

Soon, it becomes clear that no one in the Naturals program is what they seem. And when a new killer strikes, danger looms closer than Cassie could ever have imagined. Caught in a lethal game of cat and mouse with a killer, the Naturals are going to have to use all of their gifts just to survive.]]> 308 Jennifer Lynn Barnes 1423168232 Naviana 0 4.22 2013
author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes
name: Naviana
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2013
rating: 0
read at: 2024/09/03
date added: 2024/12/22
shelves: did-not-finish, dnf-left-4-dead, waste-of-time, young-adult, read-2024
review:
DNF @ 59% - boring and a chore to get this far. I’m starting to realize I don’t care for police procedural storylines.
]]> 6335026
It happens quietly one August morning. As dawn's shimmering light drenches the humid Iowa air, two families awaken to find their little girls have gone missing in the night.

Seven-year-old Calli Clark is sweet, gentle, a dreamer who suffers from selective mutism brought on by a tragedy that pulled her deep into silence as a toddler. Calli's mother, Antonia, tried to be the best mother she could within the confines of marriage to a mostly absent, often angry husband. Now, though she denies that her husband could be involved in the possible abductions, she fears her decision to stay in her marriage has cost her more than her daughter's voice.

Petra Gregory is Calli's best friend, her soul mate and her voice. But neither Petra nor Calli has been heard from since their disappearance was discovered. Desperate to find his child, Martin Gregory is forced to confront a side of himself he did not know existed beneath his intellectual, professorial demeanor.

Now these families are tied by the question of what happened to their children. And the answer is trapped in the silence of unspoken family secrets.

Don’t miss Heather’s upcoming t wisty locked-room thriller, EVERYONE IS WATCHING!

And don't miss these other great stories by Heather!


These Things Hidden
Little Mercies
Missing Pieces
Not a Sound
Before She Was Found
This is How I Lied
The Overnight Guest]]> 373 Heather Gudenkauf 077832740X Naviana 0 dnf-left-4-dead, read-2024 3.94 2008
author: Heather Gudenkauf
name: Naviana
average rating: 3.94
book published: 2008
rating: 0
read at: 2024/11/23
date added: 2024/12/22
shelves: dnf-left-4-dead, read-2024
review:
DNF @ 26%. Wasn’t feeling the story but maybe it was due to it being the audiobook. Might revisit later and read it instead.
]]> 220389457
When Everleigh Dangerfield’s baking disaster necessitates a call to 911, firefighter Griffin Brantley douses the flames in the kitchen, but the ones he stokes in Everleigh are an entirely different story. Unfortunately, Everleigh’s only visiting and doesn’t do casual hookups, no matter how smoldering the temptation. But Everleigh’s holiday mishaps have just begun. And Griffin is seemingly always on call. If Everleigh is game for a change of plans, he can give her the merriest Christmas of her life.

Alexandria Bellefleur’s Merriment and Mayhem is part of Under the Mistletoe, a stirring collection of December romances that thrill and tingle all the way. They can be read or listened to in one swoony sitting.]]> 58 Alexandria Bellefleur 1662529341 Naviana 0 3.28 2024
author: Alexandria Bellefleur
name: Naviana
average rating: 3.28
book published: 2024
rating: 0
read at: 2024/12/22
date added: 2024/12/22
shelves: chick-lit, novella, oh-wth-it-was-free, read-2024, romance, series
review:
This was the best one so far in this holiday collection but still too silly for my taste.
]]> 63853381
To add insult to injury, there’s a wedding at Broken Point scheduled during her stay. Ellery remembers how it felt to be on the cusp of everything new and wonderful, with a loved and certain future glimmering just ahead. Now she isn’t certain of anything except her love for her kids and a growing realization that this place, although beautiful, is unsettling.]]> 320 Ally Condie Naviana 3 3.47 2024
author: Ally Condie
name: Naviana
average rating: 3.47
book published: 2024
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/21
date added: 2024/12/21
shelves: mystery, read-2024, shh-family-secrets, small-towns-are-evil, suspense-thriller
review:

]]> 220389455
Nina and William are underpaid adjunct professors at the same university, where winter break is no break at all: ’tis the season to make extra money. When their holiday side hustle has them stranded by a blinding blizzard in the middle of nowhere, there’s nothing to do but cuddle up for warmth and play a game of Never Have I Ever to pass the time. But in the game of love, secrets never stay secret for long�

Olivia Dade’s All by My Elf is part of Under the Mistletoe, a stirring collection of December romances that thrill and tingle all the way. They can be read or listened to in one swoony sitting.]]> 55 Olivia Dade 166252823X Naviana 0 2.58 2024
author: Olivia Dade
name: Naviana
average rating: 2.58
book published: 2024
rating: 0
read at: 2024/12/16
date added: 2024/12/16
shelves: audiobooks, couldn-t-wait-to-put-it-down, food-related, novella, read-2024, romance, waste-of-time, series
review:

]]> 220389465 New York Times bestselling author Tessa Bailey.

Evie Crowe is starting over in a strange town with her newborn, and men are the furthest thing from her mind. If only the quiet, hulking farmer, Luke Ward, would stop coming into the thrift shop and piquing her reluctant interest. Evie wants to stay single all the way—she can’t trust anything more than friends-with-holiday-benefits. But Luke is in it for the long haul. He’s fixed on making this a Christmas Evie will remember forever. If she gives him a chance.

Tessa Bailey’s Merry Ever After is part of Under the Mistletoe, a stirring collection of December romances that thrill and tingle all the way. They can be read or listened to in one swoony sitting.]]> 59 Tessa Bailey 1662528736 Naviana 1 2.79 2024
author: Tessa Bailey
name: Naviana
average rating: 2.79
book published: 2024
rating: 1
read at: 2024/12/15
date added: 2024/12/16
shelves: novella, read-2024, wtf-just-happened, series, waste-of-time
review:
Note to self - never read anything by Tessa Bailey ever again. Wtf was this?
]]> 202939207 From multi-award winner Whoopi Goldberg comes a new and unique memoir of her family and their influence on her early life.

If it weren’t for Emma Johnson, Caryn Johnson would have never become Whoopi Goldberg. Emma gave her children the loving care and wisdom they needed to succeed in life, always encouraging them to be true to themselves. When Whoopi lost her mother in 2010—and then her older brother, Clyde, five years later—she felt deeply alone; the only people who truly knew her were gone.

Emma raised her children not just to survive, but to thrive. In this intimate and heartfelt memoir, Whoopi shares many of the deeply personal stories of their lives together for the first time. Growing up in the projects in New York City, there were trips to Coney Island, the Ice Capades, and museums, and every Christmas was a magical experience. To this day, she doesn’t know how her mother was able to give them such an enriching childhood, despite the struggles they faced—and it wasn’t until she was well into adulthood that Whoopi learned just how traumatic some of those struggles were.

Fans of personal memoirs such as Finding Me by Viola Davis and In Pieces by Sally Field will be touched by Bits and a moving tribute from a daughter to her mother, and beautiful portrait of three people who loved each other deeply. Whoopi writes, “Not everybody gets to walk this earth with folks who let you be exactly who you are and who give you the confidence to become exactly who you want to be. So, I thought I’d share mine with you.”]]> 256 Whoopi Goldberg Naviana 0 to-read 4.24 2024
author: Whoopi Goldberg
name: Naviana
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/12/16
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]]> 220389458 New York Times bestselling author Ali Hazelwood.

All newly minted pediatrician Jamie Malek wants is to borrow a roasting pan for Christmas dinner. Unfortunately, that requires her to interact with Marc—her best friend’s troublemaking brother, who’s now a tech billionaire. He’s the one who got away. She’s the one who broke his heart. Outside, a howling blizzard. Inside, a crackling fire. Suddenly, being snowbound with the man she never expected to see again might not be such a bad way to spend a winter’s night.

Ali Hazelwood’s Cruel Winter with You is part of Under the Mistletoe, a stirring collection of December romances that thrill and tingle all the way. They can be read or listened to in one swoony sitting.]]> 73 Ali Hazelwood 1662528396 Naviana 0 3.68 2024
author: Ali Hazelwood
name: Naviana
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2024
rating: 0
read at: 2024/12/15
date added: 2024/12/15
shelves: chick-lit, contemporary-romance, novella, read-2024, romance, series
review:

]]> 93269 345 George R. Stewart 0345487133 Naviana 0 3.94 1949
author: George R. Stewart
name: Naviana
average rating: 3.94
book published: 1949
rating: 0
read at: 2024/12/11
date added: 2024/12/11
shelves: classics, dystopian-or-post-apocalyptic, read-2024, sci-fi
review:

]]> 218372325 “Kennedy Ryan pours her whole soul into everything she writes, and it makes for books that are heart-searing, sensual, and life affirming.”―EMILY HENRY, #1 New York Times bestselling author Hendrix Barry lives a fabulous life. She has phenomenal friends, a loving family, and a thriving business that places her in the entertainment industry's rarefied air. Your vision board? She’s probably living it.

She’s a woman with goals, dreams, ambitions—always striving upward.ĚýAnd in the midst of everything, she's facing her toughest challenge caring for an aging parent.

Who has time for romance? From her experience, there's a low ROI on relationships. She hasn't met the man who canĚýkeep up with her anyway. Until...him.

Tech mogul Maverick Bell is a dilemma wrapped in an exquisitely tailored suit and knee-melting charm. From their first charged glance at the summer's hottest party, Hendrix feels like she’s met her match. Only he can’t be. Mav may be the first to make her feel this seen and desired and appreciated, but he’s the last one she can have. Forbidden fruit is the juiciest, and this man is off limits if she plans to stay the course she’s set for herself.

But when Maverick gives chase—pursuing her, spoiling her,ĚýunderstandingĚýher—is it time to let herself have something more?


A deeply moving and personal novel about sacrifice, self-reliance, and finding true happiness from “one of the finest romance writers of our age.� �Entertainment Weekly]]> 448 Kennedy Ryan 1538772809 Naviana 0 to-read 4.50 2025
author: Kennedy Ryan
name: Naviana
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2025
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/12/08
shelves: to-read
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]]> 182762109 fixesĚýeverything. She’s a domestic goddess who's never met a party she couldn't host or a charge she couldn't lead. The one with all the answers and the perfect vinaigretteĚýfor that summer salad. But none of her varied talents can save her when catastrophe strikes, and the life she built with the man who was supposed to be her forever, goesĚýpoofĚýin a cloud of betrayal and disillusion.

But there is no time to pout or sulk, or even grieve the life she lost.ĚýShe's tooĚýbusy keeping a roof over her daughters' heads and food on the table.ĚýAnd in the process of saving them all, Soledad rediscovers herself. From the ashes of a life burned to the ground, something bold and new can rise.

But then an unlikely man enters the picture—the forbidden one, the one she shouldn't want but can't seem to resist. She's lost it all before and refuses to repeat herĚýmistakes. Can she trust him? Can she trustĚýherself?

After all she's lost . . .and found . . .can she be brave enough to make room for what could be?]]> 416 Kennedy Ryan 1538706822 Naviana 0 to-read 4.37 2024
author: Kennedy Ryan
name: Naviana
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/12/08
shelves: to-read
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]]> 199798006
As a young, queer couple who flip houses, Charlie and Eve can’t believe the killer deal they’ve just gotten on an old house in a picturesque neighborhood. As they’re working in the house one day, there’s a knock on the door. A man stands there with his family, claiming to have lived there years before and asking if it would be alright if he showed his kids around. People pleaser to a fault, Eve lets them in.

As soon as the strangers enter their home, inexplicable things start happening, including the family’s youngest child going missing and a ghostly presence materializing in the basement. Even more weird, the family can’t seem to take the hint that their visit should be over. And when Charlie suddenly vanishes, Eve slowly loses her grip on reality. Something is terribly wrong with the house and with the visiting family—or is Eve just imagining things?

This unputdownable and spine-tingling novel “is like quicksand: the further you delve into its pages, the more immobilized you become by a spiral of terror. We Used to Live Here will haunt you even after you have finished it� (Agustina Bazterrica, author of Tender Is the Flesh).]]> 312 Marcus Kliewer 1982198788 Naviana 0 to-read 3.67 2024
author: Marcus Kliewer
name: Naviana
average rating: 3.67
book published: 2024
rating: 0
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date added: 2024/11/24
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> 196674793
But for those desperate to experience parenthood, there is an alternative. For a monthly subscription fee, clients can create a virtual child from scratch who they can access via the metaverse and a VR headset. To launch this new initiative, the company behind Virtual Children has created a reality tv show. It will follow ten couples as they raise a Virtual Child from birth to the age of eighteen but in a condensed nine-month time period. The prize: the right to keep their virtual child or risk it all for the chance of a real baby . . .

Set in the same universe as John Marrs's bestselling novel The One and The Marriage Act, The Family Experiment is a dark and twisted thriller about the ultimate 'tamagotchi' - a virtual baby.]]> 457 John Marrs 1035016974 Naviana 5 4.18 2024
author: John Marrs
name: Naviana
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2024
rating: 5
read at: 2024/11/24
date added: 2024/11/24
shelves: creepy, read-2024, shh-family-secrets, small-towns-are-evil, suspense-thriller, techno-thriller, wake-up
review:

]]> 59816818
When Springville residents—at least the ones still alive—are questioned about what happened on prom night, they all have the same explanation � Maddy did it.

An outcast at her small-town Georgia high school, Madison Washington has always been a teasing target for bullies. And she's dealt with it because she has more pressing problems to manage. Until the morning a surprise rainstorm reveals her most closely kept secret: Maddy is biracial. She has been passing for white her entire life at the behest of her fanatical white father, Thomas Washington.

After a viral bullying video pulls back the curtain on Springville High's racist roots, student leaders come up with a plan to host the school's first integrated prom as a show of unity. The popular white class president convinces her Black superstar quarterback boyfriend to ask Maddy to be his date, leaving Maddy wondering if it's possible to have a normal life.

But some of her classmates aren't done with her just yet. And what they don't know is that Maddy still has another secret � one that will cost them all their lives. "]]> 416 Tiffany D. Jackson 0063029146 Naviana 0 to-read 4.18 2022
author: Tiffany D. Jackson
name: Naviana
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2022
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/11/15
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> 55898099
Henry North is a down-on-his-luck cybersecurity expert from New Orleans. Adam Zhang is the cofounder of one of Austin’s most successful venture capitalist firms. These two men didn’t know each other. They had never met. Yet they died together, violently, in a place neither had any business being.

When Henry doesn’t return from a business trip, his wife, Kirsten, panics—and then gets an anonymous phone “Your husband is dead in Austin.�

Flora Zhang knew her husband was keeping secrets. She suspected an affair, but she had decided she could forgive him for his weakness—until her husband ended up dead. And with no explanation for her husband’s murder, the police begin to suspect her.

Together, these two widows will face a powerful foe determined to write a false narrative about the murders. In doing so, neither Flora nor Kirsten will remain the women the world thought they were.]]> 340 Jeff Abbott 1538719142 Naviana 0 to-read 3.79 2021
author: Jeff Abbott
name: Naviana
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2021
rating: 0
read at:
date added: 2024/11/15
shelves: to-read
review:

]]> 35524932 A romantic cabin getaway doesn’t go exactly as planned. High up on the windswept cliffs of Pale Peak, Faye and Felix celebrate their new engagement. But soon, a chorus of ghastly noises erupts from the nearby the screams of animals, the cries of children, and the mad babble of a hundred mournful voices. A dark figure looms near the windows in the dead of night, whispering to Faye. As the weather turns deadly, Felix discovers that his terrified fiancée isn’t just mumbling in her sleep � she’s whispering back.Originally a contest-winning story on reddit.com’s horror community NoSleep, Stolen Tongues has received widespread acclaim and has been optioned for film.]]> 320 Felix Blackwell Naviana 2 3.79 2017
author: Felix Blackwell
name: Naviana
average rating: 3.79
book published: 2017
rating: 2
read at: 2024/11/12
date added: 2024/11/12
shelves: creepy, disappointing-ending, horror, paranormal, read-2024, shh-family-secrets, small-towns-are-evil, wtf-just-happened
review:
Extremely underwhelming. I listened to the audiobook rather than read this and maybe that’s why I didn’t care for it or find it scary. Some creepy elements but I didn’t really care for the story or get the horror vibes I keep seeing people rave about. I preferred the prologue more than the actual story. I did enjoy the Native American folklore and history discussed.
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