The Big Sting

The Big Sting

Rachelle Delaney

Rachelle Delaney

A visit to Leo's grandfather's farm turns upside down when his grandmother's bee hives are stolen. A light-hearted and funny middle-grade novel for fans of Rebecca Stead and Lynda Mullaly Hunt.Eleven-year-old Leo is an "armchair adventurer." This, according to Dad, means he'd choose adventures in books or video games over real-life experiences. And while Leo hates the label, he can’t argue with it. Unlike his little sister Lizzie, Leo is not a risk-taker.  So when he, Lizzie, Mom and Dad leave the city to visit Grandpa on Heron Island, Leo finds all kinds of dangers to avoid — from the deep, dark ocean to an old barn on the verge of collapse. But nothing on the island is more fearsome than Grandpa himself — Leo has never met anyone so grumpy! According to Mom, Grandpa is still grieving the recent death of his wife, a beekeeper beloved by everyone on the island.Despite Leo's best efforts to avoid it, adventure finds him...
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McAndrew's Stand

McAndrew's Stand

Bill Cartright

Bill Cartright

Jenny McAndrew and her two sons live in the valley known as McAndrew's Pass. When they hear the new Rocky Mountains Railroad Company has plans to lay a line through the valley and their farm, they are devastated that their simple life will be destroyed. Clarence Harper, the ruthless boss of the railroad company, is not a man to brook opposition and will not leave without putting up a fight. In the McAndrews he finds one family that will not be bullied and battered into submission.
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Milk

Milk

Alice Kinsella

Alice Kinsella

'Sublime' - Donal Ryan, author of Strange Flowers'A book about the raw, riotous, brutally beautiful act of being alive.' - Kerri ní Dochartaigh, author of Thin PlacesAlice Kinsella was in her mid-twenties when she became pregnant with her first child, newly engaged and about to embark on a life in an unfamiliar town on the west coast of Ireland. Into this warm cocoon, this big, empty house, would arrive a little baby. And soon Alice's world began to expand and contract in ways she could never have imagined.With her body struggling to recover, darker intrusions ran through the days and nights of new motherhood. For the first time, she considered the experiences of her mother, her grandmother, and the generations of women who came before them. She asked herself questions. How does this country treat its mothers? What does it mean to be forever tethered? Forever in love?Set against the backdrop of a seemingly changed Ireland, in Milk...
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Queenguard

Queenguard

Harper Euphoria

Harper Euphoria

Gunnar and Revna must learn how to confront the challenges of leadership together, unlocking the only way to save their people: the stronger their connection is with each other, the greater the power they share.this novella includes:- fated mates- demi-goddess x human- steamy explicit scenes, HEA- split first person POV
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Hell to Pay

Hell to Pay

M. A. McNease

M. A. McNease

Now in one volume! A House in the Woods, and its sequel, A House in the Woods 2, bring the story of Laurel and Jeremy Calloway full circle. The couple decide to trade their life in New York City for something much quieter, calmer, and ultimately terrifying. In A House in the Woods, they happen upon a small, charming house on A New Jersey back road, almost hidden by the trees. They think it could be the house of their dreams, only to discover that its's the house of their nightmares instead. Who is the old woman who takes care of the house? What happened to the owners? And who are these strange townspeople who all seem aware that a new young couple has moved into the house in the woods? Laurel searches for the truth of what's happening, and why, only to find herself needing desperately to escape.In A House in the Woods 2, Laurel and Jeremy are enjoying their life in Strickland, New Jersey. Everything is perfect, including their daughter who is about to celebrate her first...
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Unnatural Ends

Unnatural Ends

Christopher Huang

Christopher Huang

Sir Lawrence Linwood is dead. More accurately, he was murdered—savagely beaten to death in his own study with a mediaeval mace. The murder calls home his three adopted children: Alan, an archeologist; Roger, an engineer; and Caroline, a journalist. But his heirs soon find that his last testament contains a strange proviso—that his estate shall go to the heir who solves his murder.To secure their future, each Linwood heir must now dig into the past. As their suspicion mounts—of each other and of peculiar strangers in the churchless town of Linwood Hollow—they come to suspect that the perpetrator lurks in the mysterious origins of their own birth.
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