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Envy
by Anna Godbersen
In the luxurious world of Manhattan's elite in the 1920s, two best friends become rivals for love and social status.
Henry Schoonmaker, the handsome son of a wealthy tycoon, is now married to Penelope Hayes, due to her scheming. Henry refuses to even sleep in the same room as his new wife, as he remains infatuated ... (Wikipedia)
The Luxe
by Anna Godbersen
In 1899 Manhattan, society's elite are caught up in a whirlwind of scandal, secrets, and forbidden love affairs.
Elizabeth Holland and her best friend Penelope Hayes rule Manhattan's social scene. But when Elizabeth learns her family's status is far from secure, suddenly everyone is a threat to a golden future. ... (Wikipedia)
Splendor
by Anna Godbersen
In the luxurious world of Manhattan's elite in 1929, two sisters navigate love, betrayal, and scandal.
New Beginnings.,Shocking Revelations.,Unexpected Endings. As spring turns into summer, Elizabeth relishes her new roles as a young wife, while her sister, Diana, searches for adventure abroad. But ... (Goodreads)
The Sweet Far Thing
by Libba Bray
Gemma Doyle navigates the magical realms of the Victorian era, facing challenges and betrayals in her quest for power and freedom.
The prologue begins with two men who are searching a river in London (three years before the events of the book) for dead bodies to fence any jewelry or money left upon them. They come across the ... (Wikipedia)
Rebel Angels
by Libba Bray
Teen girl investigates mysterious history of her family, uncovering dark secrets and uncovering her own powers.
The story picks up two months after the events in the first book. The opening chapter is narrated by Kartik, who has been brought before a council of the Rakshana. He is told that by destroying the ... (Wikipedia)
A Great and Terrible Beauty
by Libba Bray
A Victorian-era boarding school girl discovers a hidden world of magic and danger. She must navigate the treacherous waters of power and desire.
Gemma Doyle, the series' protagonist, is forced to leave India after the death of her mother to attend a private boarding school in London. On her sixteenth birthday, Gemma and her mother stroll ... (Wikipedia)
A Countess Below Stairs
by Eva Ibbotson
A young woman takes on the identity of a housemaid in a wealthy Russian household, discovering a new life and unexpected love.
After the Russian revolution turns her world topsy-turvy, Anna, a young Russian Countess, has no choice but to flee to England. Penniless, Anna hides her aristocratic background and takes a job as ... (Goodreads)
Wondrous Strange
by Lesley Livingston
A young actress discovers she is a faerie princess and must navigate the dangerous world of the fae to save both their realm and the mortal world.
Kelley Winslow is a teenage actress who lives in New York! When the lead actress in their production of Shakespeare 's, A Midsummer Night's Dream, gets injured, Kelley goes from understudy to star in ... (Wikipedia)
Mates, Dates, and Inflatable Bras
by Cathy Hopkins
A teenage girl navigates the ups and downs of high school, friendships, and first love.
Everything is changing around Lucy Loverling, and a turning point is exactly what she does NOT need. Suddenly she has to make all sorts of decisions including what she wants to be. And it seems that ... (Goodreads)
Graceling
by Kristin Cashore
Adventure story of a young girl who discovers her extraordinary abilities and the risks she must take to protect her kingdom.
This book tells the story of Katsa, a young woman with a "Grace", or power, which enhances her survival skills and makes her a highly efficient killer. It takes place in a world where Gracelings, or ... (Wikipedia)
Beastly
by Alex Flinn
A modern retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" following a high school student's transformation.
Kyle Kingsbury is rich, handsome, and popular; he is also selfish, shallow, and cruel. He plays a mean practical joke on an outcast girl in his class. The girl is really a witch named Kendra in ... (Wikipedia)
Fragile Eternity
by Melissa Marr
A faerie king's love for a mortal girl threatens the balance of power in the faerie world. Loyalties are tested and alliances are broken.
The novel begins with Aislinn and Seth arguing over their relationship, as Seth's mortality, Aislinn's immortality, and her ties to Keenan as the summer queen make a normal relationship near ... (Wikipedia)
Gone
by Michael Grant
All adults disappear, leaving a group of teens to fend for themselves in a world where supernatural powers emerge.
In the blink of an eye, everyone disappears. Gone. Except for the young. There are teens, but not one single adult. Just as suddenly, there are no phones, no internet, no television. No way to get ... (Goodreads)
Blood Promise
by Richelle Mead
An epic adventure to protect a friend, as two worlds clash and an ancient prophecy is fulfilled.
In Blood Promise , Rose leaves St. Vladimir's Academy to go after Dimitri, who has become Strigoi, and kill him. The only clue she has is that he might be somewhere in Siberia. After meeting an ... (Wikipedia)
Night World, No. 1
by L.J. Smith
A group of teenagers discover a hidden magical world and the secrets that it holds.
Includes:,Book 1 - Secret Vampire,Book 2 - Daughters of Darkness, Book 3 - Spellbinder Vampires, werewolves, witches, shapeshifters – they live among us without our knowledge. Night World is their ... (Goodreads)
The Girl in the Gatehouse
by Julie Klassen
A young woman, Mariah, finds herself living in a gatehouse, hiding her past and falling in love with the local squire.
Miss Mariah Aubrey, banished after a scandal, hides herself away in a long-abandoned gatehouse on the far edge of a distant relative's estate. There, she supports herself and her loyal servant the ... (Goodreads)
Rebel Spring
by Morgan Rhodes
A rebellion against a powerful monarchy, as three unlikely heroes must come together to save their world.
The road to power... is paved with blood and magic.,Cleo is now a prisoner in her own palace, forced to be an ambassador for Mytica as the evil King Gaius lies to her people. Magnus stands to ... (Goodreads)
What Angels Fear
by C.S. Harris
A murder mystery set in Regency England, where a nobleman's death leads to a web of secrets and scandals.
It's 1811, and the threat of revolution haunts the upper classes of King George III's England. Then a beautiful young woman is found raped and savagely murdered on the altar steps of an ancient ... (Goodreads)
Awakened
by P.C. Cast
A young girl discovers she has magical powers, and must use them to save her kingdom from destruction.
Zoey and Stark reassure their connection by having sex under the wishing tree and become connected. Zoey finds out that she wields the ancient magick of the fey and can bring back old fey that serve ... (Wikipedia)
Juliet
by Anne Fortier
A young woman travels to Siena, Italy to uncover the truth about her ancestor, Giulietta, and her connection to the famous Romeo and Juliet story.
Juliet is about a woman named Julie Jacobs who discovers that her ancestor Giulietta is the real-life Juliet of, Romeo and Juliet, fame. , In her encounters with various descendants of the young ... (Wikipedia)
Where She Went
by Gayle Forman
Adam, a successful musician, reunites with his ex-girlfriend Mia and confronts the pain and heartbreak that tore them apart years ago.
It's been three years since the devastating accident... three years since Mia walked out of Adam's life forever. Now living on opposite coasts, Mia is Juilliard's rising star and Adam is LA tabloid ... (Goodreads)
Princess of the Midnight Ball
by Jessica Day George
A retelling of the classic fairy tale "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" where a young soldier must break a curse that plagues a family of princesses.
Princess Rose and her sisters Lily, Jonquil, Hyacinth, Violet, Daisy, Poppy, Iris, Lilac, Orchid, Pansy, and Petunia are trapped in a curse. Every third night, they have to dance at the Midnight Ball ... (Wikipedia)
The Forgotten Garden
by Kate Morton
A woman's quest to uncover the secrets of her family's past, leading to a mysterious garden.
At Nell's joyous 21st birthday party her world falls apart when her father tells her she was adopted as a 4-year-old in 1913, seemingly abandoned on an Australian wharf and unable to remember her ... (Wikipedia)
The Heretic Queen
by Michelle Moran
The story of Nefertari, an ambitious and powerful queen of Ancient Egypt.
In ancient Egypt, a forgotten princess must overcome her family’s past and remake history. The winds of change are blowing through Thebes. A devastating palace fire has killed the Eighteenth ... (Goodreads)
Hunted
by P.C. Cast
A teenage girl discovers she is part of a legendary race and must use her powers to save the world.
Zoey and her friends help Stevie Rae heal after the events at the end of, Untamed, – the arrow did not kill her, but took most of her lifeblood, so Kalona could be freed from the earth. Zoey and ... (Wikipedia)
The Other Boleyn Girl
by Philippa Gregory
A historical fiction recounting the rivalry between two sisters vying for the love of King Henry VIII.
In 1521 England, Queen Catherine of Aragon's failure to provide King Henry VIII a male heir has strained their marriage. Thomas Boleyn and his brother-in-law Thomas Howard, the Duke of Norfolk, plan ... (Wikipedia)
Savages
by Don Winslow
Two best friends and a girl get caught up in the drug trade in Southern California, leading to a violent and dangerous lifestyle.
Ben and Chon are two Americans running a lucrative marijuana operation out of Laguna Beach , California . Their business thrives until members of the Mexican Baja Cartel decide they want to enter the ... (Wikipedia)
Paper Princess
by Erin Watt
After her mother's death, Ella Harper is taken in by a wealthy family and thrown into their world of privilege and secrets.
"This generation's Cruel Intentions."– Jennifer L. Armentrout, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author From strip clubs and truck stops to southern coast mansions and prep schools, one girl tries to ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Iron Queen
by Julie Kagawa
Half-human, half-faery Meghan Chase must fight to claim her throne and save the Nevernever from destruction.
My name is Meghan Chase. I thought it was over. That my time with the fey, the impossible choices I had to make, the sacrifices of those I loved, was behind me. But a storm is approaching, an army of ... (Goodreads)
Sad Cypress
by Agatha Christie
A twisting murder mystery that unravels secrets of a wealthy family.
Elinor Carlisle and Roddy Welman are engaged to be married when she receives an anonymous letter claiming that someone is "sucking up" to their wealthy aunt, Laura Welman, from whom Elinor and Roddy ... (Wikipedia)
