UNSEEN: THE BURNING

UNSEEN: THE BURNING

Nancy Holder

Young Adult / Science Fiction & Fantasy

Based on the hit television series, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", this bone-chilling novel promises to deliver more than just a few hours of entertainment. It is summertime in Sunnydale and Salma de la Natividad, a friend of Willow and Buffy, is in desperate need of help. Salma and her family had recently moved to America and suddenly her brother, Nicky, who had been staying in her apartment, was found missing. Meanwhile, Angel is in Los Angeles and is trying hard to rescue the Flores family from the evil snares of a poltergeist. The story takes a turn of events when Buffy is stalked by an unknown, unseen monster in the dark hours of the night. Who is this unseen force? Will Buffy be able to save the day again? Find out in "Unseen , The Burning".
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The Darkest Time of Night

The Darkest Time of Night

Jeremy Finley

Jeremy Finley

Anchor and investigative journalist for WSMV-TV in Nashville, Jeremy Finley's debut thriller explores what happens to people's lives when our world intersects with the unexplainable."The lights took him."When the five-year-old grandson of U.S. Senator vanishes in the woods behind his home, the only witness is his older brother who whispers, "The lights took him," and then never speaks again.As the FBI and National Guard launch a massive search, the boys' grandmother Lynn Roseworth fears only she knows the truth. But coming forward would ruin her family and her husband's political career.In the late 1960s, before she became the quiet wife of a politician, Lynn was a secretary in the astronomy department at the University of Illinois. It was there where she began taking mysterious messages for one of the professors; messages from people desperate to find their missing loved ones who vanished into beams of light. Determined to find...
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The Spirit House

The Spirit House

William Sleator

William Sleator

A foreign exchange student comes to live with Julie's family for a year—setting off a frightening chain of events Julie isn't thrilled about her parents' decision to sponsor a foreign exchange student from Thailand. Not only is the stranger going to live with them for a year, but Julie is convinced he'll be a nerd and will embarrass her at school. But when a tall, handsome, super-cool guy named Bia arrives, Julie is suddenly the envy of all her girlfriends. Dominic, Julie's 11-year-old brother, is also thrilled to have Bia around the house. So to make the guest feel at home in America, Dominic builds a traditional Thai spirit house in the backyard. Overnight, Bia seems to undergo a major personality change. He's mean and spiteful and lies about everything. He also seems terrified of something . . . or someone. Has Dominic's construction somehow invoked a vengeful spirit? Is Bia the bearer of luck so bad it could harm Julie and her family?
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Miss Westlake's Windfall

Miss Westlake's Windfall

Barbara Metzger

Barbara Metzger

Ada Westlake has turned down Viscount Ashmead-again, convinced that a marriage of convenience would ruin their perfect friendship. She then also fails to latch onto the fortune in coins she finds in her apple orchard, assuming it is tainted money. Though the viscount knows something about that money, he can't possibly tell Ada, and so he watches her try to dispose of it-without much luck… Regency Romance by Barbara Metzger; originally published by Signet
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Tempering Steel

Tempering Steel

Lea Barrymire

Lea Barrymire

After months of aching to be with grumpy Sheriff Connor Manning, Margarete Barrie finally gets her chance when a coyote shifter takes refuge in her home. She burns with need every time they're close, but even she can only take rejection so many times before giving up.Connor's resolve to stay away from Margie weakens when she takes in his packmate. Fighting his inner animal and jealousy makes him question his decision to leave women and love alone.They're thrown together to catch a trapper or hunter threatening the pack. But once things start to heat up even the possibility of danger doesn't cool the tension between them.
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Superior Beings

Superior Beings

Nick Walters

Nick Walters

SUMMARY:The planet Rocosia consists of nothing but immaculately-cultivated plant life, which propagates and cultivates itself -- there are no mammals, insects, aquatic or avian creatures living there. So the plants seem to exist for no apparent ecological reason, but visitors to the planet are soon distracted from the enigma by the dazzling beauty of the gardens.One night, Peri spots a strange, multi-limbed creature picking fruit from one of the trees, and she decides to follow it. She gets lost though, and ends up attacked by a Decimator, a vicious, thorny plant. Regaining consciousness, she finds herself the captive of a humanoid fox in tight-fitting leather who is clearly very excited about eating her...Meanwhile the Doctor finds Rocosia in a state of chaos as the Decimators appear in force and embark upon systematic destruction of the entire planet. The Doctor is rescued by the Valethske -- the creatures holding Peri captive. What are the Valethske doing on Rocosia and why are the Decimatorstrying to destroy the planet? And will the Doctor and Peri be able to escape before the entire planet is consumed by fire?
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Handling Sin

Handling Sin

Malone, Michael

Malone, Michael

On the Ides of March, our hero, Raleigh Whittier Hayes (forgetful husband, baffled father, prosperous insurance agent and leading citizen of Thermopylae, North Carolina), learns that his father has discharged himself from the hospital, taken all his money out of the bank and, with a young black female mental patient, vanished in a yellow Cadillac convertible. Left behind is a mysterious list of seven outrageous tasks that Raleigh must perform in order to rescue his father and his inheritance. And so Raleigh and fat Mingo Sheffield (his irrepressibly loyal friend) set off on an uproarious contemporary treasure hunt through a landscape of unforgettable characters, falling into adventures worthy of Tom Jones and Huck Finn. A moving parable of human love and redemption, Handling Sin is Michael Malone’s comic masterpiece.
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Abundant Rain

Abundant Rain

Vanessa Miller

Vanessa Miller

Elizabeth Underwood. Bold. Vivacious. Confident. Her life was about to be turned upside down.As far as Elizabeth was concerned, the Underwoods were the poster family for God's blessings. She had two beautiful children and an elegant home. Her husband was the CEO of his own technical consulting firm and he truly loved her.But when the storms of life interrupt Elizabeth's world, will she become entangled in her struggles or will she rest in the promises of God?
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Teacher of the Century

Teacher of the Century

Robert T. Jeschonek

Robert T. Jeschonek

A mind-blowing science fiction thriller from an award-winning Star Trek and Doctor Who author! Welcome to the school of tomorrow, a futuristic nightmare of high-tech savagery. Tribes of genetically and cybernetically enhanced students rule the classroom. Weaponized parental A.I. drones terrorize teachers. The blackboard jungle has become a hell on Earth. One teacher stands alone against the insanity, but her old-school ways might be the death of her. Will she sacrifice everything to protect one perfect student? Can even the Teacher of the Century oppose a savage student body and corrupt system? Or will she discover too late that Armageddon is on the final exam?
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Forever for a Year

Forever for a Year

B. T. Gottfred

B. T. Gottfred

When Carolina and Trevor meet on their first day of school, something draws them to each other. They gradually share first kisses, first touches, first sexual experiences. When they're together, nothing else matters. But one of them will make a choice, and the other a mistake, that will break what they thought was unbreakable. Both will wish that they could fall in love again for the first time . . . but first love, by definition, can't happen twice.Told in Carolina and Trevor's alternating voices, this is an up-close-and-personal story of two teenagers falling in love for the first time, and discovering it might not last forever.
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Madam President

Madam President

Cooper, Blayne

Lesbian Fiction

It's the year 2020 and history has been made by Devlyn Marlowe--the first woman to win the U.S. Presidency. When it comes time to select a biographer to chronicle her historic term in office, Devlyn breaks with tradition and chooses a writer based on very personal reasons. She wants Lauren Strayer, a young author whose writing has always captivated her. There's only one problem--Lauren isn't interested in the job. Despite Lauren's reservations, the persuasive Commander-in-Chief is able to sway the author's opinion with the promise of true editorial freedom--a biographer's dream come true. Realizing that the opportunity of a lifetime awaits her, Lauren reluctantly accepts the position and soon finds herself residing at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue alongside the First Family. Caught up in the frenzy of life at the White House, Lauren begins to unravel the complex woman that is the President and finds herself more intrigued by Devlyn with each passing day. Painfully realistic at times, funny, romantic, and endearing, Madam President is a drama set against one of the most dynamic backdrops imaginable and follows two lives destined to be entwined.
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