Kate Morton

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The bestselling author of The Lake House Kate Morton is back with another rich and spellbinding new novel. The Clockmaker’s Daughter is the story of a mysterious murder and a passionate love affair. Their shadows are cast across generations. It was first set in England during the 1860s and continues until the present day. It began in the summer of 1862. There was a group of young artists who were led by the talented and equally passionate Edward Radcliffe. Radcliffe descended upon Birchwood Manor. Their common plan was to spend one month in summer secluded in a haze of creativity and inspiration. However, before the time their stay was over, a woman was shot dead while another has vanished. A very valuable heirloom is missing. Suddenly, Edward Radcliffe's life was in ruins. Fast forward a hundred and fifty years later, a young archivist in London named Elodie Winslow uncovered a leather satchel. Inside it, she found an artist's sketchbook and an old photograph of a beautiful woman in Victorian clothing. Told through different voices across time, Kate Morton’s The Clockmaker's Daughter is a story of love, art, murder, thievery, mystery, and loss.

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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “An ambitious, compelling historical mystery with a fabulous cast of characters…Kate Morton at her very best.” —Kristin Hannah “An elaborate tapestry…Morton doesn’t disappoint.” —The Washington Post "Classic English country-house Goth at its finest." —New York Post In the depths of a 19th-century winter, a little girl is abandoned on the streets of Victorian London. She grows up to become in turn a thief, an artist’s muse, and a lover. In the summer of 1862, shortly after her eighteenth birthday, she travels with a group of artists to a beautiful house on a bend of the Upper Thames. Tensions simmer and one hot afternoon a gunshot rings out. A woman is killed, another disappears, and the truth of what happened slips through the cracks of time. It is not until over a century later, when another young woman is drawn to Birchwood Manor, that its secrets are finally revealed. Told by multiple voices across time, this is an intricately layered, richly atmospheric novel about art and passion, forgiveness and loss, that shows us that sometimes the way forward is through the past.

The Clockmaker's Daughter

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Nancy Atherton

Goodreads summery:

When a finely wrought silver sleigh figurine turns up in her thrift shop, Lori Shepherd recognizes it instantly.  It was the object that mesmerized the sweet but very poor nine-year-old Daisy Pickering at Skeaping Manor, the bizarre Jacobean house-turned-museum Lori recently visited with her twin sons.  

Hoping to avoid any real commotion, Lori decides to speak with the museum curator, who turns out to be oddly uninterested in the theft. But there’s not much that could be done anyway for the Pickerings seem to have come into some money and moved to Australia.

With Aunt Dimity’s otherworldly guidance, Lori’s search for the sleigh’s true owner leads her to a tangled web of secrets stretching from the finest English country estates back to the blood-drenched soil of the Russian Revolution.

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When a silver sleigh recently stolen from a local museum turns up in her thrift shop, paranormal sleuth Lori Shepherd is surprised by the curator's lack of interest in the theft, a situation that prompts Lori to turn to Aunt Dimity for otherworldly advice on how to track down the sleigh's true owner.

Aunt Dimity and the Lost Prince

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Susanna Kearsley

Goodreads summery:

Some houses seem to want to hold their secrets.

It’s 1759 and the world is at war, pulling the North American colonies of Britain and France into the conflict. The times are complicated, as are the loyalties of many New York merchants who have secretly been trading with the French for years, defying Britain’s colonial laws in a game growing ever more treacherous.

When captured French officers are brought to Long Island to be billeted in private homes on their parole of honour, it upends the lives of the Wilde family—deeply involved in the treasonous trade and already divided by war.

Lydia Wilde, struggling to keep the peace in her fracturing family following her mother’s death, has little time or kindness to spare for her unwanted guests. French-Canadian lieutenant Jean-Philippe de Sabran has little desire to be there. But by the war’s end they’ll both learn love, honour, and duty can form tangled bonds that are not broken easily.

Their doomed romance becomes a local legend, told and re-told through the years until the present day, when conflict of a different kind brings Charley Van Hoek to Long Island to be the new curator of the Wilde House Museum.

Charley doesn’t believe in ghosts. But as she starts to delve into the history of Lydia and her French officer, it becomes clear that the Wilde House holds more than just secrets, and Charley discovers the legend might not have been telling the whole story...or the whole truth.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

"I've loved every one of Susanna's books! She has bedrock research and a butterfly's delicate touch with characters--sure recipe for historical fiction that sucks you in and won't let go!"-- DIANA GABALDON, #1 New York Timesbestselling author of Outlander "The house, when I first saw it, seemed intent on guarding what it knew; but we all learned, by the end of it, that secrets aren't such easy things to keep." It's late summer, war is raging, and families are torn apart by divided loyalties and deadly secrets. In this complex and dangerous time, a young French Canadian lieutenant is captured and billeted with a Long Island family, an unwilling and unwelcome guest. As he begins to pitch in with the never-ending household tasks and farm chores, Jean-Philippe de Sabran finds himself drawn to the daughter of the house. Slowly, Lydia Wilde comes to lean on Jean-Philippe, true soldier and gentleman, until their lives become inextricably intertwined. Legend has it that the forbidden love between Jean-Philippe and Lydia ended tragically, but centuries later, the clues they left behind slowly unveil the true story. Part history, part romance, and all kinds of magic, Susanna Kearsley's latest masterpiece will draw you in and never let you go, even long after you've closed the last page. Praise for A Desperate Fortune: "Susanna Kearsley just keeps getting better and better!" --Lauren Willig, New York Timesbestselling author "Susanna Kearsley deftly conjures both historical intrigue and a contemporary heroine as unique as she is memorable." --Deanna Raybourn, New York Times bestselling author "Enchanting! Beguiling! Gorgeously romantic! A truly brilliant book." --Kate Forsyth, award-winning author Praise for The Firebird: "A lovely and memorable novel." --Booklist, STARRED Review "A glittering, bewitching tale." --Kirkus "The present and past come together as Kearsley masterfully merges paranormal elements with a wonderful dual story and a fascinating historical setting."--RT Book Reviews, TOP PICK 41⁄2 Stars

Bellewether

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Goodreads summery

History has all but forgotten...

In the spring of 1708, an invading Jacobite fleet of French and Scottish soldiers nearly succeeded in landing the exiled James Stewart in Scotland to reclaim his crown.

Now, Carrie McClelland hopes to turn that story into her next bestselling novel. Settling herself in the shadow of Slains Castle, she creates a heroine named for one of her own ancestors and starts to write.

But when she discovers her novel is more fact than fiction, Carrie wonders if she might be dealing with ancestral memory, making her the only living person who knows the truth-the ultimate betrayal-that happened all those years ago, and that knowledge comes very close to destroying her...


Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Carrie settles into the shadow of Slains Castle in Scotland, creates a heroine named for one of her own ancestors, and starts to write about the Jacobite invasion of 1708. When she can no longer tell the difference between today and centuries ago, is shedealing with an ancestral memory-- a memory that might destroy her?

The Winter Sea

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Goodreads summery:

From the winner of the Catherine Cookson Fiction Prize, this mesmerizing, suspenseful, and richly atmospheric tale of time travel draws us into the heart of a heroine we won't soon forget...

The first time Julia Beckett saw Greywethers she was only five, but she knew that it was her house. And now that she’s at last become its owner, she suspects that she was drawn there for a reason.

As if Greywethers were a portal between worlds, she finds herself transported into seventeenth-century England, becoming Mariana, a young woman struggling against danger and treachery, and battling a forbidden love.

Each time Julia travels back, she becomes more enthralled with the past...until she realizes Mariana’s life is threatening to eclipse her own, and she must find a way to lay the past to rest or lose the chance for happiness in her own time.

Julia Beckett buys an old farmhouse in a country village and begins to experience strange episodes where she is living the life of Mariana, a woman who lived there three hundred years ago and suffered a lost love.

Mariana

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Summary:

Catalina Martín desperately needs a date to her sister's wedding. Especially since her little white lie about her American boyfriend has spiralled out of control. Now everyone she knows—including her ex and his fiancée—will be there and eager to meet him.

Book is also signed.

The spanish love deception bookish box edition

Rick Riordan

Very small scuff on the bottom otherwise great condition 

The novel is narrated in the first-person view by Magnus Chase, 16-year-old demigod and homeless orphan and after his death he arrives in a Norse afterlife as an Einherji, Magnus discovers that he is the son of the Norse deity, Frey, and must stop Fenris Wolf from leaving his prison and ending the world.

Magnus Chase has seen his share of trouble. Ever since that terrible night two years ago when his mother told him to run, he has lived alone on the streets of Boston, surviving by his wits, staying one step ahead of the police and truant officers. One day, he's tracked down by an uncle he barely knows-a man his mother claimed was dangerous. Uncle Randolph tells him an impossible secret: Magnus is the son of a Norse god. The Viking myths are true. The gods of Asgard are preparing for war. Trolls, giants, and worse monsters are stirring for doomsday. To prevent Ragnarok, Magnus must search the Nine Worlds for a weapon that has been lost for thousands of years. When an attack by fire giants forces him to choose between his own safety and the lives of hundreds of innocents, Magnus makes a fatal decision. Sometimes, the only way to start a new life is to die . . .

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Book 1 the Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Book 1)

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The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon–the mightiest force in the Nine Worlds. But this time the hammer isn't just lost, it has fallen into enemy hands. If Magnus Chase and his friends can't retrieve the hammer quickly, the mortal worlds will be defenseless against an onslaught of giants.

Thor's hammer is missing again. The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon--the mightiest force in the Nine Worlds. But this time the hammer isn't just lost, it has fallen into enemy hands. If Magnus Chase and his friends can't retrieve the hammer quickly, the mortal worlds will be defenseless against an onslaught of giants. Ragnarok will begin. The Nine Worlds will burn. Unfortunately, the only person who can broker a deal for the hammer's return is the gods' worst enemy, Loki--and the price he wants is very high. Bonus content includes a chapter from Magnus Chase Book 3: SHIP OF THE DEAD and a chapter from the first Rick Riordan Presents book, ARU SHAH AND THE END OF TIME by Roshani Chokshi.

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard, Book 2 the Hammer of Thor

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Tiphanie Yanique

Plot Summary. Land of Love and Drowning is a historical novel with touches of magical realism by Tiphanie Yanique. First published in 2014 by Riverhead, the book follows three generations of a Virgin Islands family who must use their unique magic to survive times of great uncertainty.

In the early 1900s, the Virgin Islands are transferred from Danish to American rule, and an important ship sinks in the Caribbean Sea. Orphaned by the shipwreck are two sisters and their half-brother, now faced with an uncertain identity and future. Each of them is unusually beautiful, and each is in possession of a particular magic that will either sink or save them. Chronicling three generations of their family, this is a novel of love and magic set against the emergence of Saint Thomas into the modern world.

Land of Love and Drowning

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Marissa Meyer

Book is in good condition, other then the name on the page. (See photo)

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Book One of the Lunar Chronicles

As plague ravages the overcrowded Earth, observed by a ruthless lunar people, Cinder, a gifted mechanic and cyborg, becomes involved with handsome Prince Kai and must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect the world in this futuristic take onthe Cinderella story.

Cinder

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Kevin Kwan

"Kevin Kwan, ... author of Crazy Rich Asians, is back with a ... new novel of social climbing, secret e-mails, art-world scandal, lovesick billionaires, and the outrageous story of what happens when Rachel Chu, engaged to marry Asia's most eligible bachelor, discovers her birthfather"--

China Rich Girlfriend

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The Tail of Emily Windsnap

Audra always avoids the occuping russian cossack soldiers, who insist that everyone must become Russian- they have banned Lithuanian books, religion,  culture,  and even the language.  But audra knows her parents are involved in something secret and perilous.
When cossacks arrive abruptly at their door, audras parents insist that she flee, taking with her the most important package and instructions for where to deliver it. But escape means abandoning her parents to a terrible fate.
As audra embarks on a journey to deliver the mysterious package, she faces unimaginable risks, and soon she becomes caught up in a growing resistance movement. Can joining the underground network of book smugglers give audra a chance to rescue her parents?

Words on Fire

Publishers description 

Nicholas youngs grandmother Su Yi is on her deathbed. While he rushes to be by her side, hes not the only one. The entire Shang-Young clan has convened from all corners of the globe to stake claim on their matriarchs massive fortune. With all parties vying to inherit a trophy estate in the heart of Singapore,  Nicholas's childhood home turns into a hotbed of sabotage amd scandal. Taking us fro. Elegantly appointed mansions in Manila to secluded private islands in the Sulu Sea, keven kwans final installment in this irresistible trilogy reveals the long buried secrets of Asias most privileged families and their rich people problems.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Esquire Best Books of 2017 Kirkus Best Fictional Families of 2017 Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians (soon to be a MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh and Gemma Chan) and China Rich Girlfriend, is back with an uproarious new novel of a family riven by fortune, an ex-wife driven psychotic with jealousy, a battle royal fought through couture gown sabotage, and the heir to one of Asia's greatest fortunes locked out of his inheritance. When Nicholas Young hears that his grandmother, Su Yi, is on her deathbed, he rushes to be by her bedside--but he's not alone. The entire Shang-Young clan has convened from all corners of the globe to stake claim on their matriarch's massive fortune. With each family member vying to inherit Tyersall Park--a trophy estate on 64 prime acres in the heart of Singapore--Nicholas's childhood home turns into a hotbed of speculation and sabotage. As her relatives fight over heirlooms, Astrid Leong is at the center of her own storm, desperately in love with her old sweetheart Charlie Wu, but tormented by her ex-husband--a man hell bent on destroying Astrid's reputation and relationship. Meanwhile Kitty Pong, married to China's second richest man, billionaire Jack Bing, still feels second best next to her new step-daughter, famous fashionista Colette Bing. A sweeping novel that takes us from the elegantly appointed mansions of Manila to the secluded private islands in the Sulu Sea, from a kidnapping at Hong Kong's most elite private school to a surprise marriage proposal at an Indian palace, caught on camera by the telephoto lenses of paparazzi, Kevin Kwan's hilarious, gloriously wicked new novel reveals the long-buried secrets of Asia's most privileged families and their rich people problems.

Rich People Problems

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Jojo Moyes

Funny, surprising, and heartbreaking...and thoroughly entertaining novel that captures the complexity of love 

Taking a job as an assistant to extreme sports enthusiast Will, who is wheelchair bound after a motorcycle accident, Louisa struggles with her employer's acerbic moods and learns of his shocking plans before demonstrating to him that life is still worth living.

Me Before You

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Publishers description 

Seventeen year old Althea bears a heavy burden on her slender shoulders. She must support her widowed mother, young brother, and two stepsisters who plead poverty and must maintain Crawley Castle, a tumbledown folly designed and built by her great grandfather. Althea, in short, must marry well. But there are a few wealthy suitors or suitors of any kind, in their small Yorkshire town of Lesser Hoo.

Then Lord Boring comes to stay with his aunt akd uncle. Althea immediately starts a cleaver, stealthy campaign to hecome Lady Boring. Theres only one problem, his cousin and buisness manager, Mr. Fredericks, keeps getting in the way, and, as it turns out Fredericks has his own set of plans.

Keeping the Castle

Ben Wolf

Publishers description 

Four legendary heroes 

Four thrilling books

460,000+ words of magic, mayhem, and mercenaries.

Join the blood mercenaries in their quests to save the continent of Aletia from all manner of apocalyptic threats. From dark lords to dragons to dungeon diving, these mercs will have you turning pages until your fingers bleed.

Volume 1

Four legendary heroes. Four thrilling books. 1600 pages of magic, mayhem, and mercenaries.Join the Blood Mercenaries in their quests to save the continent of Aletia from all manner of apocalyptic threats! From dark lords to dragons to dungeon-diving, these mercs will have you turning pages until your fingers bleed.Dive into this unique fantasy world written by award-winning author Ben Wolf today. Get it now.

Blood Mercenaries Omnibus

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Claire R. McDougall

Good condition,  see photos for certain flaws.

Veil of time- A powerful and thought-provoking novel. Reading veil of ti.e is like falling into a wild enchanting dream state from which you hope you never awaken. --- Jillian Medoff.


In the tradition of Diana Gabaldon's Outlander, a woman finds herself transported to ancient Scotland and to nobleman Fergus, brother of the king. Fergus desperately wants Maggie to stay and create a life with him, but she's torn. Will she choose her future or his past?

A compelling tale of two Scotlands--one modern, one ancient--and the woman who parts the veil between them.

The medication that treats Maggie's seizures leaves her in a haze, but it can't dull her grief at losing her daughter to the same condition. With her marriage dissolved and her son away at school, Maggie retreats to a cottage below the ruins of Dunadd, once the royal seat of Scotland. But is it fantasy or reality when she awakens in a bustling village within the massive walls of eighth-century Dunadd? In a time and place so strange yet somehow familiar, Maggie is drawn to the striking, somber Fergus, brother of the king and father of Illa, who bears a keen resemblance to Maggie's late daughter. With each dreamlike journey to the past, Maggie grows closer to Fergus and embraces the possibility of staying in this Dunadd. But with present-day demands calling her back, can Maggie leave behind the Scottish prince who dubs her mo chridhe, my heart?

Veil of Time

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Daniel Lipkowitz

Over 500 ideas from lego fans.
Book has some wear but is still perfectly fine to use.

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Unlock Your Imagination

Divided into six themed chapters--transportation, buildings, space, kingdoms, adventure and useful makes--a guide filled with hints and tips from Master Builders helps LEGO fans create new projects from kits intended for specific builds.

The LEGO Ideas Book

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Kami Garcia

Margaret Stohl

Publishers description 
Lena Duchannes is unlike abyone the small southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and, shes struggling to conceal herpower amd a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps, and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten south, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.
Ethan Wate, who has be counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When lena moves into the towns oldest and most infamous plantation, ethan, is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.
In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything.

Oversized Paperback (4 to 6 lbs)

The first book in a lush gothic fantasy series for younger readers of Charlaine Harris and fans of Cassandra Clare. Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power, and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever. Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them. In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything.

Beautiful Creatures

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Mary Kay Andrews

Kathy Parise

Given a last chance to salvage her career after being wrongly blamed for property damage, movie location scout Greer confronts an environmentally minded mayor in a sleepy Florida Gulf Coast community. By the best-selling author of Save the Date.

Beach Town

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S. E. Grove

Ex Library Book.

Publishers description:   Six words engraved upon a map that reveals the world's most powerful secret. She has only seen the world through maps. She had no idea they werr so dangerous. 

In 1891, in a world transformed by 1799's Great Disruption--when all of the continents were flung into different time periods--thirteen-year-old Sophia Tims and her friend Theo go in search of Sophia's uncle, Shadrack Elli, Boston's foremost cartologer, who has been kidnapped.

The Glass Sentence

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Sally Goldenbaum

EX Library Book.

Publishers description:   welcome to the idyllic fishing village of Sea Harbor,  where the fresh salty air carries a hint of murder, and where the Seaside Knitters can be counted on to gather the clues , amd "untangle another puzzler without ever dropping a stitch."

Readers can't help but get entangled in this USA Today bestselling series.

Stitch and sleuth in the third delightful knitting mystery from the author of Patterns in the Sand.

In the quaint fishing village of Sea Harbor, Massachusetts, the Seaside Knitters are always looking for a new project. Their latest is helping their friend Gracie Santos open the Lazy Lobster and Soup Café on Pelican Pier. But they get sidetracked when Gracie's aunt Sophia goes flying off the cliff in her red Ferrari-and it was no accident. As gossip builds, and rumors circulate, the Seaside Knitters must stitch together the clues if they're to understand a killer's strange pattern.

Moon Spinners

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Audrey Niffenegger

Publishers description:   A compelling novel that opens with a letter that alters the fate of every character. 

Unnerving, unforgettable,  and enchanting ghost story, a novel about love, and identity,  secrets and sisterhood and the tenacity of life even after death.

When Elspeth Noblin dies, she leaves everything to the 20-year-old American twin daughters of her own long-estranged twin, Edie. Valentina and Julia, as enmeshed as Elspeth and Edie once were, move into Elspeth's London flat and through a series of develo

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