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“Cuori Infuriati” - Serie “Il Cuore di Cristallo Protettore” - Volume 3
by Ilaria Fortuna Amy Blankenship“Cuori Infuriati” Serie “Il Cuore di Cristallo Protettore” - Volume 3 Sommario Toya lotterebbe contro ogni cosa pur di stare con Kyoko. Il suo cuore e le sue armi le appartengono, desidera solo che lei li accetti. Anche quando l’oscurità del loro nemico minaccia ciò per cui hanno duramente combattuto, Toya morirebbe per l’onore e l’amore di Kyoko. In un momento di gioia, trova finalmente il coraggio di aprire il proprio cuore misterioso e confessarle i suoi sentimenti più profondi. Tutto cambierà per sempre, quando Kyoko gli viene strappata via dagli dei spietati. Credendo di essere stato maledetto, Toya si arrende, credendo ingiustamente che la sua unica ragione di vita lo abbia tradito. Ora, Toya deve difendere Kyoko dal più temibile dei nemici.. sé stesso.
The Cup and the Crown
by Diane StanleyNight after night, Molly has visions of a beautiful goblet: one of her grandfather’s loving cups, which he filled with magic that bound people together. So it hardly surprises Molly when handsome King Alaric asks her to find a loving cup to help him win the heart of the beautiful Princess of Cortova. As Molly and her friends Winifred and Tobias journey in search of a loving cup, a mysterious raven joins their quest and appears to guide them all the way to the hidden city of Harrowsgode. There, Molly discovers secrets about her own family as well as the magic of the loving cup. But Harrowsgode is hidden for a reason, and leaving is more difficult than Molly imagined. Will she be able to escape, let alone bring a loving cup to King Alaric?
A Cup of Silver Linings (Dove Pond Series #2)
by Karen HawkinsDiscover the &“sometimes whimsical, often insightful, always absorbing&” (Shelf Awareness) Dove Pond series with this novel that explores the magic in the tea leaves—from New York Times bestselling author Karen Hawkins.Ava Dove—the sixth of the seven famed Dove sisters and owner of Ava Dove&’s Landscaping and Specialty Teas—is frantic. Just as her new tearoom is about to open, her herbal teas have gone haywire. Suddenly, her sleep-inducing tea is startling her clients awake with vivid dreams, her romance-kindling tea is causing people to blurt out their darkest secrets, and her anti-anxiety tea is making them spend hours staring into mirrors. Ava is desperate for a remedy, but her search leads her into dangerous territory, as she is forced to face a dark secret she&’s been hiding for over a decade. Meanwhile, successful architect Ellen Foster has arrived in Dove Pond to attend the funeral of her estranged daughter, Julie. Grieving deeply, Ellen is determined to fix up her daughter&’s ramshackle house, sell it, and then sweep her sixteen-year-old granddaughter, Kristen, off to a saner, calmer life. But Kristen has other plans. Desperate to stay with her friends in Dove Pond, she sets off on a quest she&’s avoided her whole life—to find her absent father in the hopes of winning her freedom from the grandmother she barely knows. Together, Ava, Kristen, and Ellen embark on a reluctant but magical journey of healing, friendship, and family in a &“cozy, big-hearted read&” (Booklist) that will delight fans of Alice Hoffman, Kate Morton, and Sarah Addison Allen.
The Cupcake Mistake
by Maggie MurphyA wizard tries to conjure a cupcake for lunch and makes a big, tasty mistake. But he finds a solution with the help of some hungry townspeople.
Cupid Cats (Dark Ones series)
by Katie Macalister Vicki Lewis Thompson Connie BrockwayFrom New York Times bestselling authors Katie Macalister, Vicki Lewis Thompson and National bestselling author Connie Brockway: Stories full of magic, love-and cats. This one-of-a-kind-all-original anthology features stories by three bestselling superstar authors starring the mysterious, mischievous, and magical matchmaking felines of the Cupid Cats Animal Shelter, who assist their owners in finding romance and true love.
Cupid's Ax
by K. A. MastersA traumatic event in his childhood keeps Tuxtax from being able to shift into his were-griffin form. Ashamed of his looks and terrified of rejection, he spends his life in seclusion, with his sister Eleuthereia and centaur friend Rixa as his only connections to the outside world. Even though Tuxtax yearns to be with the elfin soulmate he had met before the accident, the vanth’s insecurity and self-doubt keep him from reaching out.But now Rixa needs his help. Tuxtax joins his friend on a desperate rescue mission to save the centaur’s pregnant soulmate, hoping that the quest will give him a chance to overcome his insecurities and prove himself. Their rescue mission leads him back into the land of the elves, where Tuxtax must confront his past and the fears that are holding him back.The further Tuxtax travels, the louder he hears his soulmate’s call. Can Tuxtax find the courage he needs to return to his soulmate and reclaim the man of his dreams?
Cupid's Light
by Tami Lund"You're a Cupid? Like toddlers with wings who go around shooting people with bows and arrows?""Not quite. We don't actually take on assignments until we're adults. And most of us have lousy aim, so we gave up the bow and arrow bit a long time ago."Meet Adora Adone, a hapless Cupid with a lousy track record. She's been given one last chance: find shifter Matt Tigre a mate or lose her wings. Should be easy enough. Shifters are some of the easiest species to mate with one another.Except Matt doesn't want a mate. He's been burned in the past, and he's not interested in a future with another shifter. Now the Cupid, on the other hand... When she said she was there to find him a mate, she should have been more specific.Get ready to fall in love with Cupid's Light, the fifth installment in the Lightbearer series by Tami Lund.
Cupid's Match
by Lauren PalphreymanHe's mythologically hot, a little bit wicked, and almost 100% immortal. And he'll hit you right in the heart . . ."Miss Black, we have a big problem.”Lila Black doesn't believe in matchmaking, let alone soul mates. So then why is she constantly being hassled by the Cupids Matchmaking Service? But this gilded, cherub-bedecked dating agency isn't exactly what it seems . . . and it’s about to turn Lila's entire world upside down.It turns out that Cupids Matchmaking is the real deal. As in, it's run by actual cupids—who don't look at all like they do in the paintings—and they have a serious problem with Lila's “match.” Because this guy shouldn't be in the system. He shouldn't have a match. And while he's irresistibly hot, he's also incredibly dangerous. Because Lila's true love match is Cupid. The original bad boy of love. And he wants her.Now Lila's once-normal teenaged world has exploded into a mythological nightmare overrun by crime-lord sirens, wrathful cupid hit men, magic arrows that cause no end of trouble, and a mischievous, not-so-angelic love god she can't seem to stop herself from falling for . . .Adored by 50 million readers on Wattpad, Lauren Palphreyman's smash-hit book is now in print for the first time.
A Cupid's Wager (A Valentine Rainbow)
by Deanna WadsworthThe name's Lio, and I'm a cupid working for the Gay Division of the Inter-Dimensional Association of Cupids. An Aztec god, whose modern name, Ethan, doesn't make him any less scary, just busted me shooting a closeted human with a gay lust arrow. I might find him sexy with all those tattoos and piercings, if I didn't have a rule against getting it on with other supernaturals--especially ones working for the Straight Division. Now, to save my butt I'll have to strike a bargain with this tough god. But what I didn't see coming was my little wager not only risks my career, but places my broken heart completely in Ethan's hands.
A Cura (Livro dois): AS CRÔNICAS DE TURGURLAN
by Eileen SheehanApenas quando Dan, Bruce e Shen pensaram que poderiam levar algum tempo para se descontrair e se recuperar de sua terrível provação com os vampiros mutantes no covil de Las Vegas que eles destruíram, Bruce tem uma inesperada corrida com lobisomens fora de sua cabana nas colinas de Owego , NY e está ferido. Agora, em vez de procurar por vampiros, eles estão procurando uma cura para Bruce antes que a aflição do lobisomem se apodere de seu corpo permanentemente. Ouvindo sobre um grupo paranormal em Phoenix AZ que poderia ajudá-los, eles não perderam tempo em embarcar em um avião. O covil vampiro mutante pode ter sido destruído, mas os vampiros de Drácula ainda estão em pleno vigor ... e eles estão procurando pelo avião. matadores de vampiros por ordens de Drácula! Para aumentar seu risco, eles são forçados a se associar com o líder local de vampiros para ajudá-los a caçar Bruce depois que ele se transformou em um lobisomem e correu para as montanhas desérticas antes que uma sacerdotisa mística pudesse admitir a cura. Enquanto vagueia pelas cavernas das montanhas do Arizona, Bruce se encontra com Tatyana, uma jovem mulher que está fugindo dos vampiros. Felizmente para ele, ela não é estranha ao oculto e o acusa tanto na forma humana quanto na de lobisomem. É um bônus que ela é capaz de se manifestar telepaticamente! Mesmo que ela prometa ficar com ele, não importa de que forma ele esteja, ela está de acordo com todos que a cura seria a melhor para todos. Eles conseguiriam isso com ele a tempo?
Cura Sanguínea (Trilogia Cura Sanguínea #1)
by Eileen SheehanHaven deve encontrar uma maneira de distribuir uma cura para o vírus liberado pelos vampiros que tomaram conta do país. Vampiros tomaram conta do país sob o disfarce de uma Nova Ordem! Para aumentar o dilema, eles lançaram um vírus que transforma humanos para que seu sangue seja mais benéfico para o vampiro. Em meio ao mal está Haven. Treinada em herbologia e ingênua ao ponto da maldade da Nova Ordem, ela se esconde para criar uma cura para o vírus. Não percebendo que a Nova Ordem é dirigida por vampiros, ela vai para o leste para a fazenda de seu tio na esperança de que ele a ajude a distribuir a cura. Surpresas, perigos, perdas e amor rapidamente alteram sua visão ingênua da vida. Uma mulher forte e determinada surge e a guerra com os vampiros começa.
Curandera
by Irenosen Okojie"I loved it. Vivid, brutal, moving and tender. This is heartfelt and immersive." Joanne Harris"Curandera is the mesmerising by-product of Okojie's extraordinary imagination and writing that is mindbogglingly glorious." Yvvette EdwardsIn the mountainous town of Gethsemane, 17th-century Cape Verde, a mysterious woman's arrival sparks a series of strange events that will leave the town's inhabitants changed: men sporadically blind in the afternoons, children disappearing and reappearing without warning and infertile women pregnant with the memories of past births.In present-day London, a quartet are brought together by their fascination with ritual, miracles and a life beyond the mundane. Botanist Therese lives with Azacca, a soulful Haitian musician, Peruvian drifter Emilien, who is haunted by the past, and adventurous Finn, who is increasingly drawn to living life on the edge.With the past and present beginning to blur into one, Curandera is a story of rebirth and redemption, a mythic tale of recalibrations across time.Praise for Irenosen Okojie's previous books:"Dazzling . . . a feast for the senses." Diana Evans "One of the finest literary imaginations working today." Max Porter "A liberatingly odd, seductive and fearless talent." Laline Paull "Okojie has a sharp eye . . . and a turn of phrase that switches from elegance to brutality in a single line." Stella Duffy
Las curas milagrosas del Doctor Aira
by César AiraEl extraño caso del doctor Aira, un médico descreído que tiene el don de obrar milagros, aunque no soporta hacerlos. Las curas milagrosas del Doctor Aira incluye en un solo volumen tres novelas cortas de César Aira. La primera es la que da nombre a esta obra y gira en torno al peculiar Doctor Aira, un cuarentón empobrecido, escéptico y solitario, que no obstante tiene el don de hacer milagros, verdaderos milagros, pero con desgana y sin fe. El tilo lleva a cabo la siguiente pregunta: ¿Acaso no podemos pasarnos la vida tratando de entender la frase que dijo nuestro padre, allá en tiempos remotos, la única vez que rompió su silencio? Algo de esto nos comunica esta crónica del Niño Peronista bajo los efectos del Tilo Monstruo en la Plaza de Pringles. Fragmentos de un diario en los Alpes transcurre en una casa que atesora muñecos, juguetes, miniaturas, álbumes y cómics... De esa acumulación surge, parael viajero y para el lector, una especie de magia que lo envuelve todo. Aunque no solo de la acumulación de objetos. También, y en última instancia tal vez, del nacimiento del relato: el del viaje que hubo que hacer para estar frente al Nuevo Mundo que se describe, o el de las historias que están al fondo, o a la vuelta, de la descripción y que tienen, también ellas, la extrañeza fascinante de los objetos. La crítica ha dicho...«No sería descabellado afirmar que éste es el libro [Fragmentos de un diario de los Alpes] más perfecto que Aira escribió hasta la fecha. Una afirmación semejante está condenada a provocar vértigo y nauseas en el autor, que, como sabemos, no tiene una alta opinión de la "perfección" en la literatura y de los libros "bien escritos". [...] Y si su perfección es tan alta es porque a la vez tiene toda la apariencia de ser involuntaria.»Guillermo Piro, Clarín «Hablando de excentricidades, hay que descender hacia el Sur para dar con el escritor, hoy por hoy, quizás más original y chocante, más excitante y subversivo de la narrativa hispánica: César Aira.»Ignacia Echevarría
The Curator
by Owen KingHalf fairy tale and half historical account of a revolution that never was, Owen King's The Curator is full of sly humor, sensuality, and strangeness - Holly BlackFrom Sunday Times bestselling author Owen King comes a Dickensian fantasy of illusion and charm where cats are revered as religious figures, thieves are noble, scholars are revolutionaries, and conjurers the most wonderful criminals.At first glance, the world has not changed: the trams on the boulevards, the grand hotels, the cafes abuzz with conversation. The street kids still play on the two great bridges that divide the city, and the smart set still venture down to the Morgue Ship for an evening's entertainment.Yet it only takes a spark to ignite a revolution.For young Dora, a maid at the university, the moment brings liberation. She finds herself walking out with one of the student radicals, Robert, free to investigate what her brother Ambrose may have seen at the Institute for Psykical Research before he died.But it is another establishment that Dora is given to look after, The Museum of the Worker. This strange, forgotten edifice is occupied by waxwork tableaux of miners, nurses, shopkeepers and other disturbingly lifelike figures.As the revolution and counter-revolution outside unleash forces of love, betrayal, magic and terrifying darkness, Dora's search for the truth behind a mystery that she has long concealed will unravel a monstrous conspiracy and bring her to the very edge of worlds.In The Curator, Owen King has created an extraordinary time and place - historical, fantastical, yet compellingly real, and a heroine who is courageous, curious and utterly memorable.'The Curator feels a little like Owen King somehow brought a curiosity cabinet to life. There are terrors here, but also marvels and delights, and a set of the most interesting characters I've met in some time. Put The Curator on the same shelf as other classics of the uncanny and uncategorisable, like Susanna Clarke's Piranesi and Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast. I loved it' - Kelly Link'Owen King's The Curator is a rich read. Language, characters, and a fascinating world combine to create an intensely satisfying experience' - Charlaine Harris
The Curator (Sing Me To Sleep)
by Owen KingHalf fairy tale and half historical account of a revolution that never was, Owen King's The Curator is full of sly humor, sensuality, and strangeness - Holly BlackFrom Sunday Times bestselling author Owen King comes a Dickensian fantasy of illusion and charm where cats are revered as religious figures, thieves are noble, scholars are revolutionaries, and conjurers the most wonderful criminals.At first glance, the world has not changed: the trams on the boulevards, the grand hotels, the cafes abuzz with conversation. The street kids still play on the two great bridges that divide the city, and the smart set still venture down to the Morgue Ship for an evening's entertainment.Yet it only takes a spark to ignite a revolution.For young Dora, a maid at the university, the moment brings liberation. She finds herself walking out with one of the student radicals, Robert, free to investigate what her brother Ambrose may have seen at the Institute for Psykical Research before he died.But it is another establishment that Dora is given to look after, The Museum of the Worker. This strange, forgotten edifice is occupied by waxwork tableaux of miners, nurses, shopkeepers and other disturbingly lifelike figures.As the revolution and counter-revolution outside unleash forces of love, betrayal, magic and terrifying darkness, Dora's search for the truth behind a mystery that she has long concealed will unravel a monstrous conspiracy and bring her to the very edge of worlds.In The Curator, Owen King has created an extraordinary time and place - historical, fantastical, yet compellingly real, and a heroine who is courageous, curious and utterly memorable.'The Curator feels a little like Owen King somehow brought a curiosity cabinet to life. There are terrors here, but also marvels and delights, and a set of the most interesting characters I've met in some time. Put The Curator on the same shelf as other classics of the uncanny and uncategorisable, like Susanna Clarke's Piranesi and Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast. I loved it' - Kelly Link'Owen King's The Curator is a rich read. Language, characters, and a fascinating world combine to create an intensely satisfying experience' - Charlaine Harris(P) 2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
The Curator
by Owen KingFrom New York Times bestselling author Owen King, who &“writes with witty verve&” (Entertainment Weekly) comes a &“richly imagined&” (The New York Times) Dickensian fantasy of illusion and charm where cats are revered as religious figures, thieves are noble, scholars are revolutionaries, and conjurers are the most wonderful criminals you can imagine.It begins in an unnamed city nicknamed &“the Fairest&”, it is distinguished by many things from the river fair to the mountains that split the municipality in half; its theaters and many museums; the Morgue Ship; and, like all cities, but maybe especially so, by its essential unmappability. Dora, a former domestic servant at the university has a secret desire—to understand the mystery of her brother's death, believing that the answer lies within The Museum of Psykical Research, where he worked when Dora was a child. With the city amidst a revolutionary upheaval, where citizens like Robert Barnes, her lover and a student radical, are now in positions of authority, Dora contrives to gain the curatorship of the half-forgotten museum only to find it all but burnt to the ground, with the neighboring museums oddly untouched. Robert offers her one of these, The National Museum of the Worker. However, neither this museum, nor the street it is hidden away on, nor Dora herself, are what they at first appear to be. Set against the backdrop of an oddly familiar and wondrous city on the verge of collapse, Dora&’s search for the truth will unravel a monstrous conspiracy and bring her to the edge of worlds.
Curdy y el Cetro de Carlomagno
by Artur BalderHexmade, la montaña màgica, corre peligro. En la última y desesperada oportunidad, sólo si recupera el misterioso Cáliz Sangrante, podrá detener las fuerzas de los lores tenebrosos. Pero eso no será tan sencillo: deberá profanar la tumba del mismísimo Carlomagno y hacerse con su cetro, un amuleto que confiere a quien lo tenga poderes ilimitados...Para ello contará con la ayuda de un incómodo ayudante que no le dejará tranquilo ni un solo minuto. Mientras, en Hexmade, los amigos de Curdy, liderados por Ilke Lewander, ven cómo Luitpirc, el gran maestro, ha caído en una especie de letargo y ha confiado todo el poder al enigmático Plumbeus y a su ayudante, sir Adelbrandt, un renegado con un perturbador pasado...
Curdy y el vampiro de Gothland (Curdy #Volumen 2)
by Artur BalderUna nueva aventura de Curdy. La Montaña Gótica está en ruinas. Ahora el mundo de Gothland se extiende sin control hacia el horizonte. Ylke Lewander ya es una mujer. Tiene que elegir entre la salvación de su hermana, presa de la maldición del sueño, o un amor imposible. Mientras tanto, ha llegado la hora decisiva para el Consejo de Inglaterra, y Aurnor lanza el ataque definitivo... La Ciudad del Crepúsculo va a ser azotada por un mortal duelo entre el Bufón Asesino y el Vampiro de Gothland. La locura y el terror se van a ver las caras en la frontera de la magia.
Curdy y la cámara de los Lores (Curdy #Volumen 1)
by Artur BalderEn la Inglaterra del año 1099, un joven aprendiz, Idruk Maiflower, espera impaciente para convertirse en uno de los iniciados de la Hermandad de Alquimistas de Wilton. Avisado por caballeros templarios, Luitpirc, su maestro, se ve obligado a viajar con él a Londres para investigar un terrible suceso: un fraile ha sido asesinado en la abadía de Westminster, rodeado de extraños signos diabólicos que parecen ocultar un espantoso misterio. Un crimen imperdonable. Un arma de increíble poder. Un secreto que la inquisición y los templarios codician desde hace siglos. Un secreto que puede cambiar el rumbo de la historia.
A Cure for Cancer: The Cornelius Quartet 2
by Michael MoorcockA mirror-image of his former self, Jerry Cornelius returns to a parallel London, armed with a vibragun and his infamous charisma and charm to boot. On the trail of the grotesque Bishop Beesley, Jerry hunts for a mysterious device capable of manipulating the cosmos. Corruption, violence and greed are rife in a war-torn Europe, but Jerry is against history; he is outside of history. He lusts for the equilibrium of anarchy, for randomness supreme--lock up your daughters (and sons), Jerry Cornelius is back.Dunked into the ether of Chaos, the second book in the Cornelius Quartet, A Cure for Cancer, was one of the first novels of its form, using hypermedia to spin a web of hauntingly surreal scenes, wickedly funny social satire and sci-fi vignettes that resonate deeply for the modern reader.
The Cure for Drowning
by Loghan PaylorEvocative, magical and luminously written, The Cure for Drowning is not only a brilliant, boundary-pushing love story but a Canadian historical novel that boldly centres queer and non-binary characters in unprecedented ways.Born Kathleen to an immigrant Irish farming family in southern Ontario, Kit McNair has been a troublesome changeling since, at ten, they fell through the river ice and drowned—only to be nursed back to life by their mother's Celtic magic. A daredevil in boy's clothes, Kit chafes at every aspect of a farmgirl's life, driving that same mother to distraction with worry about where Kit will ever fit in. When Rebekah Kromer, an elegant German-Canadian doctor's daughter, moves to town with her parents in April 1939, Rebekah has no doubt as to who 19-year-old Kit is. Soon she and Kit, and Kit's older brother, Landon, are drawn tight in a love triangle that will tear them and their families apart, and send each of them off on a separate path to war. Landon signs up for the Navy. Kit, now known as Christopher, joins the Royal Air Force, becoming a bomber navigator relied on for his luck and courage. Rebekah serves with naval intelligence in Halifax, until one more collision with Landon changes the course of her life and draws her back to the McNair farm—a place where she'd once known love. Fallen on even harder times, the McNairs welcome all the help she is able to give, and she believes she has found peace at last. Until, with the war over, Kit and Landon return home.Told in the vivid, unforgettable voices of Kit and Rebekah, The Cure for Drowning is a powerfully engrossing novel that imagines a history that is truer than true.
A Cure for Suicide
by Jesse Ball***LONG-LISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD***From the author of Silence Once Begun, a beguiling new novel about a man starting over at the most basic level, and the strange woman who insinuates herself into his life and memory.A man and a woman have moved into a small house in a small village. The woman is an "examiner," the man, her "claimant." The examiner is both doctor and guide, charged with teaching the claimant a series of simple functions: this is a chair, this is a fork, this is how you meet people. She makes notes in her journal about his progress: he is showing improvement yet his dreams are troubling. One day the examiner brings the claimant to a party, where he meets Hilda, a charismatic but volatile woman whose surprising assertions throw everything the claimant has learned into question. What is this village? Why is he here? And who is Hilda? A fascinating novel of love, illness, despair, and betrayal, A Cure for Suicide is the most captivating novel yet from one of our most audacious and original young writers.
Cure for Wereduck (The Wereduck Series #2)
by Dave AtkinsonAn old family recipe could save a 13-year-old wereduck and her family from danger in this action-packed, paranormal fantasy sequel. Kate is an odd duck—literally. When the full moon arrives, the rest of her family turns into wolves, but she is a happy wereduck. Relatively happy, that is. Her family has been uprooted from the wilds of New Brunswick to a placid farming community in Ontario, thanks to a fellow werewolf, Marcus, selling them out to sleazy tabloid journalist Dirk Bragg. When Kate discovers her great-great-grandmother&’s recipe &“A Cure for Werewolf,&” she can&’t help but wonder, is it really possible? Could she one day resist the call of the moon? Could she be free from the constant threat of exposure? When Marcus&’s abandoned werewolf son, John, books a desperate train journey back to New Brunswick at the full moon, the ancient recipe and its arcane ingredients are put to the test. Will Dirk Bragg finally corner Kate and John in their wereforms and expose them to the world, or will the &“Cure for Werewolf&” keep them safe? A rare sequel that is as full of action and revelations as its predecessor, A Cure for Wereduck is imaginative, exciting, and peppered with delightful humor.&“As silly and fun as it is believable: you&’ll be checking your friends for feathers at every full moon. . . . With cliffhanging scenes in all the right places, I cannot wait for book three!&” —Meghan Marentette, author of The Stowaways&“[A] fast-paced fun read . . . Mixes a generous portion of action and adventure with plenty of humor.&” —Riel Nason, author of The Town That Drowned
Cured (Stung #2)
by Bethany WigginsNow that Fiona Tarsis and her twin brother, Jonah, are no longer beasts, they set out to find their mother, with the help of Bowen and a former neighbor, Jacqui. Heading for a safe settlement rumored to be in Wyoming, they plan to spread the cure along the way--until they are attacked by raiders. Luckily, they find a new ally in Kevin, who saves them and leads them to safety in his underground shelter. But the more they get to know Kevin, the more they suspect he has ties to the raiders. He also seems to know too many details about Jacqui and her family--details that could endanger them all. For the raiders will do anything they can to destroy the cure that would bring an end to their way of life. Bethany Wiggins's reimagining of our world after an environmental catastrophe won't fail to stun readers.
Curfew
by Jayne CowieThink The Handmaid's Tale but with the women in charge, set in a world where all men are electronically tagged and placed under strict curfew, and the murder investigation threatening to undo it all.Imagine a near-future Britain in which women dominate workplaces, public spaces, and government. Where the gender pay gap no longer exists and motherhood opens doors instead of closing them. Where women are no longer afraid to walk home alone, to cross a dark parking lot, or to catch the last train. Where all men are electronically tagged and not allowed out after 7 p.m. But the curfew hasn&’t made life easy for all women. Sarah is a single mother who happily rebuilt her life after her husband, Greg, was sent to prison for breaking curfew. Now he&’s about to be released, and Sarah isn&’t expecting a happy reunion, given that she&’s the reason he was sent there. Her teenage daughter, Cass, hates living in a world that restricts boys like her best friend, Billy. Billy would never hurt anyone, and she&’s determined to prove it. Somehow. Helen is a teacher at the local school. Secretly desperate for a baby, she&’s applied for a cohab certificate with her boyfriend, Tom, and is terrified that they won&’t get it. The last thing she wants is to have a baby on her own. These women don&’t know it yet, but one of them is about to be violently murdered. Evidence will suggest that she died late at night and that she knew her attacker. It couldn&’t have been a man because a CURFEW tag is a solid alibi. Isn&’t it?