The Gates of Paradise

Schuyler Van Alen is running out of time. The Dark Prince of Hell is storming the Gates of Paradise, intent on winning the heavenly throne for good. This time he has his greatest angels by his side, Abbadon and Azrael—Jack and Mimi Force, as they are known in the Coven. Or so he thinks. Even as Lucifer assigns Jack and Mimi the tasks of killing their true loves, the Force twins secretly vow to defeat the Dark Prince once and for all. But how far will Mimi and Jack go to conceal their real loyalties? Meanwhile, former vampire Bliss Llewellyn has joined forces with Lawson, the greatest wolf of the underworld, to free his people from their imprisonment in Hell. As they struggle against impossible odds, an ancient message, woven into the very fabric of time, reveals just how much depends on the success of their mission. Lucifer seeks the key to the Gate of Promise, and when Schuyler is taken captive and delivered straight to Hell, she must make an unthinkable choice—the same one the archangel Michael was forced to make during the Crisis in Rome. Will Schuyler find the strength to do what he could not? The epic, heartbreaking Blue Bloods series comes to a close with this final novel about staggering courage, unbearable sacrifice, and the immortality of true love.
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Three Strikes

Three Strikes is a collection of three dark novellas from three star YA authors: Undergrowth - Lucy Christopher: Kasha has answered the advert for The Tribe. Now she sits writing alone in the darkness of the jungle. Is she the only one left? Then she spots a red light blinking at her from the darkness. Cat's eyes? A camera? The Twins of Blackfin - Kat Ellis: Every evening Bo visits her best friend Sky's grave. One night she hears a girl's voice. Following it leads her to a journal and a crypt. Prequel to the popular Blackfin Sky (Firefly 2014) Matchstick Girl - Rhian Ivory: A modern YA retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Match Girl. Busking, runaway Nia is mugged and left badly hurt in a tunnel. All she has is three matches, and she starts seeing pictures in the light... A story of grief, love and music.
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Blood, Ink & Fire

In the future, books are a distant memory. The written word has been replaced by an ever-present stream of images known as Verity. In the controlling dominion of the United Vales of Fell, reading is obsolete and forbidden, and readers themselves do not—cannot—exist. But where others see images in the stream, teenager Noelle Hartley sees words. She’s obsessed with what they mean, where they came from, and why they found her. Noelle’s been keeping her dangerous fixation with words a secret, but on the night before her seventeenth birthday, a rare interruption in the stream leads her to a mysterious volume linked to an underworld of rebel book lovers known as the Nine of the Rising. With the help of the Risers and the beguiling boy Ledger, Noelle discovers that the words within her are precious clues to the books of the earlier time—and as a child of their bookless age, she might be the world’s last hope of bringing them back. Blood, Ink & Fire is a gripping, evocative tale that asks, who would we be without books?
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Sacrifice Me, Season two

Sometimes it's our sacrifices that define us... In the Brotherhood of Darkness, killing a fellow vampire is an offense punishable by death. So why haven't they summoned Rend to answer for the Devil's murder? It's been months since the attack, and though Rend and Franki have settled into a new life together, the threat of judgment hangs over them like an ominous cloud. But there are other threats just as dangerous as the Brotherhood of Darkness. Threats like the Mother Crow and what exactly she wants with Franki after all these years. They cling tightly to each other as the gathering storm approaches, but when it finally arrives, it's not at all what they feared. It's much, much worse. Vampires. Demons. Witches. Shifters. Season Two of Sacrifice Me begins with an explosive Part 1 you won't be able to put down.
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Into the Dark

In Echo Falls, secrets buried in the past don't always stay there.An idyllic day of snowshoeing on Grampy's land with Joey Strade turns out to be less than idyllic when thirteen-year-old super sleuth Ingrid Levin-Hill stumbles upon a body lying in the snow. This discovery sends the town of Echo Falls into a tailspin in which secrets long hidden are revealed and Grampy gets sent to jail. While Ingrid works to clear Grampy's name and uncover what really happened to the man in the snow, she discovers even more secrets she wishes she never knew. Just like the character Gretel, whom Ingid is playing in the Prescott Players' production of Hansel and Gretel, Ingrid must go deep into the darkness to find the truth. In the third book in the Edgar Award-nominated and national bestselling Echo Falls series, Peter Abrahams's talent for building suspense shines as Ingrid embarks on her most harrowing adventure yet.
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Athenian Blues

Stratos hates being called a hitman. He takes care of problems. Permanently. Problems that people pay handsomely to have solved. His clients don't want to know the details, but Stratos is conscientious. He will only take on a job if his research shows that the targets deserve their fate.In the midst of the Greek economic crisis, Stratos takes on the highest-profile case of his career. The most celebrated lawyer in Greece and his beautiful actress wife both bid for his services, but which one is telling the truth? Helped by his three childhood friends, Drag, a homicide cop, Teri, a high-class transgender sex worker, and Maria, the love of his and Drag's life, he realises that truth is always relative.Especially when shattered loves and broken families are involved.
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Blackout b-1

Laura and Alec are trained terrorists. Jack and Aubrey are high school students. There was no reason for them to ever meet. But now, a mysterious virus is spreading throughout America, infecting teenagers with impossible powers. And these four are about to find their lives intertwined in a complex web of deception, loyalty, and catastrophic danger—where one wrong choice could trigger an explosion that ends it all.
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Strange Happenings

Children become cats and birds, a once-invisible young woman pieces herself back together, and the identity of a mysterious baseball mascot is uncovered—all within this eclectic collection from master storyteller Avi. By turns chilling, ethereal, and surreal, these thought-provoking tales are sure to engage anyone who has ever wondered what it would be like to become someone—or something—else.
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Sister Emily's Lightship

In these twenty-eight magnificent tales, which include two Nebula Award winners, Jane Yolen puts a provocative spin on familiar storybook worlds and beloved fairy tale charactersOne of the most acclaimed and honored authors in science fiction and fantasy, Jane Yolen has been called the Hans Christian Andersen of America for her brilliant reimagining of classic fairy tales. In her first collection of short stories written for an adult audience (after Tales of Wonder and Dragonfield), Yolen explores themes of freedom and justice, truth and consequence, and brings new life to our most cherished fables and myths. Here are storybook realms rendered more contemporary, and cautionary tales made grimmer than Grimm: Snow White is transported to Appalachia to match wits with a snake-handling evil stepmother and Beauty's meeting with the Beast takes a twisty, O. Henry–esque turn; in Yolen's Nebula Award–winning Lost Girls, a feminist revolt rocks Peter Pan's Neverland and in...
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The Chosen

Seth, his brother Garret, and Sara, the woman he loves, have survived the massacre of the choosing ceremony. Having been "chosen" into different roles in servitude to the kingdom, Each of them fears the unknown. As Garret strives to become blessed by the mighty Gorandor, the god of battle, Seth struggles to become one of the gray robed mages known as guardians. As hopes are dashed, and plans fail, Seth manages to become blessed with amazing magical power. Labeled a "Death Mage" Seth swears his loyalty to King Valdadore himself. In preparation for an unwinable battle, the king presses Seth to use his powers to create a new breed of troops. Against an immense enemy, the army of Valdadore is sure to crumble without the help of Seth and his new breed of hybrid wolf troops. But even with their help will it be enough to save the people of Valdadore?
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The Iron Knight if-4

My name — my True Name — is Ashallayn'darkmyr Tallyn. I am the last remaining son of Mab, Queen of the Unseelie Court. And I am dead to her. My fall began, as many stories do, with a girl.
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