Ambition drives her. Danger thrills her. But magic always has a price. Twenty years have passed since the Darkmage was defeated and the war between mages ended. But for Lira Astor, apprentice mage and the only living heir to the Darkmage, escaping his legacy is impossible. People still fear what is long dead, and the Mage Council sees in her the rise of another dangerous mage with deadly ambition. Yet when Lira is abducted and held prisoner in a deadly game of cat and mouse, her powerful legacy is no match for the adversary she now faces … a mysterious rebel group with weapons beyond the Mage ..read more

‘Ahhh I absolutely loved this book!… Made me laugh, warmed my heart… Fabulous.’ NetGalley reviewer ????? A bundle of mysterious letters. A trip to Venice. A journey she’ll never forget. When Luna loses her beloved mother, she’s bereft: her mother was her only family, and without her Luna feels rootless. Then the chance discovery of a collection of letters in her mother’s belongings sends her on an unexpected journey. Following a clue in the letters, Luna packs her bags and heads to Venice, to a gorgeous but faded bookshop overlooking the canals, hoping to uncover the truth about her mother’s ..read more

The inspiration for the major motion picture Ashes in the Snow! The Washington Post From New York Times and international bestseller and Carnegie Medal winner Ruta Sepetys, author of Salt to the Sea, comes a story of loss and of fear — and ultimately, of survival. A New York Times notable book An international bestseller A Carnegie Medal nominee A William C. Morris Award finalist A Golden Kite Award winner Fifteen-year-old Lina is a Lithuanian girl living an ordinary life — until Soviet officers invade her home and tear her family apart. Separated from her father and ..read more

You would think being able to control your dreams would be fun. But in a place where those dreams can take on a life of their own and nightmares stalk the streets, just making it through the night is hard enough. There are two worlds that have always lived peacefully alongside each other, the world we know and the Dreamworld, Reverie. Adam’s life takes a definite turn for the strange when he discovers that, as a Daydreamer, he can travel between the two and achieve impossible things. But nothing in the Dreamworld is as straightforward as it looks. There is something terrible threatening to pu ..read more

In a series of prison interviews, a journalist probes the minds of the women who killed for Charles Manson in this “fascinating study of human behavior” (Kirkus). Thanks for visiting.. If you enjoyed this post - Follow me here.. Facebook: Follow Twitter: Follow ..read more

The secret to transforming easy dishes into extraordinary meals? Fresh herbs. In The Herbal Kitchen, IACP award-winning cookbook author and acclaimed Herbfarm Restaurant chef Jerry Traunfeld presents simple dishes using herbs straight from the market, windowsill, or garden. Until recently, the fresh herbs available in supermarkets were limited to parsley and maybe dill. Today, thyme, rosemary, basil, cilantro, mint, and sage are among the many fresh herbs as close as the produce section or the farmer’s market. Not to mention marjoram, lovage, tarragon, lavender, shiso, and so many others. Jer ..read more

A merchant’s spare daughter disembarks to her new life in a city filled with pixies, elves, and magic. Stasia Fielding-Horne has always loved trying new things, but Verida may be a bridge too far. Magic courses through the city, the whole place is run by a queen, of all things, and the creature out digging up the front yard is apparently not a gopher but a low elf. When she falls in with the king’s guard at a bar one night, she’s going to find out that magic isn’t the only thing that makes this city complicated. Now in the employ of the queen, give or take, Stasia is going to go up against th ..read more

Author Randall Morgan is on his way home after spending fourteen days in the secluded cabin where he always goes to write the endings of his books. However, when he arrives in his hometown, East Alin, he is greeted by a disturbing sight. At a traffic light near the city limits, someone has turned a lamppost into a makeshift gallows, and in it a man–dead and decomposing–hangs. The sight of the hanged man is terrifying in itself, but it soon dawns on Randall that there are other–and far greater–problems in the small town. Because while he is waiting in his car for the police to show up, several ..read more

Space travel is so overrated. Bounty hunting isn’t any better, but it’s what Sloane Tarnish needs to do if she wants to fix the rundown spaceship her uncle dumped on her. So she can find him and dump it right back. Problem A: Her uncle also ditched his motley crew–made up of a cranky ace pilot and an extraneous mad scientist–and they don’t exactly see her as the captain. Problem B: Her ship’s too broken to leave the most dangerous system in the galaxy, where a recent power vacuum is turning the place into one orbiting cluster of fugitives, thugs, and swindlers. When Sloane sets her sights on ..read more

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