Psychopomp & Circumstance


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This is Book Three in the Notte Oscura series. Each book in this series is a standalone story with returning characters. No one knew what was going on when Persephone showed up at Notte Oscura, naked and covered in blood. "Take from me whatever you want, and if you don't believe in fate after the full moon, you are no longer obligated to continue our agreement." "Everything about Edward was an open book, and if I'm being honest, I was looking for a good read." And here I thought hot flashes were the worst of what to expect in my forties. Now, I'm probably a werewolf. I say "probably" because I have no memory of even seeing a werewolf, let alone being attacked by one. Still, my body is going through some werewolf-like changes. Edward says he's here to help me figure out what happened. He also believes in things like fated mates and love at first sight. But he says he's willing to put all that aside and be a slave to my desires until the next full moon. You see, my hormones are going crazy. Turns out that if you become a shapeshifter in your forties the changes can be more severe. As a result, my libido is raging and Edward has kindly offered his services. A slightly younger man to help unravel the mystery of what happened to me and satisfy my every need? This could be interesting. Warning: This book contains graphic language (mostly used by gnomes), violence, a sense of humor, a dash of faerie dust, and mature situations involving an insatiable wolfman. Prepare yourself for a paranormal women's fiction novel of the spicy variety.




The Marvelous


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From the author of Let’s Talk About Love and If It Makes You Happy, this exuberant YA Novel follows six teens locked together in a mansion, contending for a life-changing cash prize in a competition run by a reclusive heiress. Everyone thinks they know Jewel Van Hanen. Heiress turned actress turned social media darling who created the massively popular video-sharing app, Golden Rule. After mysteriously disappearing for a year, Jewel makes her dramatic return with an announcement: she has chosen a few lucky Golden Rule users to spend an unforgettable weekend at her private estate. But once they arrive, Jewel ingeniously flips the script: the guests are now players in an elaborate estate-wide game. And she’s tailored every challenge and obstacle to test whether they have what it takes to win--at any cost. Told from the perspective of three dazzling players--Nicole: the new queen of Golden Rule; Luna: Jewel’s biggest fan; and Stella: a brilliant outsider--this novel will charm its way into your heart and keep you guessing how it all ends because money isn’t the only thing at stake. Praise for Let's Talk About Love: "This book is so charming and funny and bighearted. ... I recommend this one for fans of Rainbow Rowell's Fangirl and Sandhya Menon's When Dimple Met Rishi." —Becky Albertalli, author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda "Claire Kann makes an admirable debut with this milestone for ace visibility." —Entertainment Weekly




A Love Song for Ricki Wilde


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From the New York Times bestselling author of Seven Days in June, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde is an epic love story one hundred years in the making… 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. Includes a Reading Group Guide.




The Met Gala & Tales of Saints and Seekers


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The sacred and the profane come together with visceral force in two novellas by Bruce Wagner, The Met Gala & Tales of Saints and Seekers. The Met Gala follows a prominent family of influencers and would-be philanthropic socialites in the Hollywood hills as they spiral ever further away from reality. Candida is a young actress who sleeps with the “unhoused”—the ultimate charitable act—and her brother, Charlie, transitioned into womanhood at the age of eleven. Their mother and father have long been divorced but still come together to torment their children, mutilating and destroying friends and enemies along the way. Tales of Saints and Seekers is the digestivo, a collection of stories about the journey to enlightenment and the wisdom given by gurus. Where The Met Gala pushes past boundaries and steps over the line, Tales of Saints and Seekers knows that there is no line at all, only characters who travel on their own path, sometimes straying and other times going completely off the map. Wagner is able to hold the dichotomy of the sacred and profane in one book, smearing them together, and ripping them apart. The Met Gala & Tales of Saints and Seekers is an illuminated manuscript of Heaven and Hell.







Bound by Blood: Enter the She-Dragon


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BOOK FOUR (of four) This is the final book in the Bound by Blood series. SPOILER ALERT: Read Book Three: Dragon Slayer Dreams before you read this description. Nicole thought she was only a witch, but she is far more. She is the last in a long line of powerful magical beings once thought to be extinct. As she learns to control her newfound abilities, the true love spell comes full circle. Nicole doesn't have one true love, but two. Can she rise to the challenge? And it seems a master vampire has been resurrected from his bones, as if everything else wasn't enough to deal with. Warning: This series contains graphic language, and graphic violence. It also has multiple (smoking hot) partners. There will be a happy ending. This is the fourth entry in the Bound by Blood serial that tells the story of Nicole Austin and her family's curse. These stories are meant to be read in order.




Object of My Affection


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This is book two in the Lilith Mercury, Werewolf Hunter Series. There was a time when the battle lines were clearly drawn and there would've been no question, no doubts, but that time has passed. Though Lilith is still drawn to the wolfman, Marco, she cannot deny what she feels for her partner, Alfred. She remains torn between a man who was once her enemy and one who is becoming much more than her friend. There will be multiple partners in this series. If that offends you, turn back now. WARNING: This book contains graphic language, violence, and mature content. No werewolves were harmed in the making of this book.




The Cutting of the Cloth


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The work-room of a Savile Row tailors, 1953. Two master craftsmen at daggers drawn: Polish-born Spijak insists that nothing can beat the excellence of a hand-sewn suit, while Eric uses his machine to work at twice the speed and earn twice the money. Sparks fly as each fights his own corner with biting wit and vicious humour. Into this battleground steps Maurice, a teenager at the very start of his apprenticeship. Will he survive the gruelling training to become a master tailor? Or will he, as Spijak’s daughter urges him to, escape? The Cutting of the Cloth, drawn so much from Hastings’s youthful experience as an apprentice tailor, has lain in a drawer. Now Two’s Company brings it rampaging on to the stage.




The Archaeology of Sound, Acoustics & Music


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The ICTM Study Group on Music Archaeology was founded in the early 1980s by Ellen Hickmann, John Blacking, Mantle Hood and Cajsa S. Lund. This is the third volume of the new anthology series published by the study group, bringing together theoretical and methodological approaches in the study of past music cultures. Each volume of the series is composed of concise case studies, bringing together the world's foremost researchers on a particular subject, reflecting the wide scope of music-archaeological research world-wide. The series draws in perspectives from a range of different disciplines, including newly emerging fields such as archaeoacoustics, but particularly encouraging both music-archaeological and ethnomusicological perspectives.




A Dream Forbidden


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This is book five in the Lilith Mercury, Werewolf Hunter series. Lilith's life is starting to work out for a change. Her relationship with werewolf pack leader, Marco is going great. There's only one problem: Dracula is dying. Not from lack of blood, but for her love. Dracula would never ask Lilith to risk her happiness for him and so he suffers in silence. That is until Lilith finds out. She must come to terms with her feelings for Dracula and realize that the vampire is just as much a part of her as Marco. But if she accepts this, where does that leave the wolf king? There will be multiple partners in this series. If that offends you, turn back now. WARNING: This book contains graphic violence, language, and mature situations with more than one partner. Oh, and more wicked hot characters than can be listed here.