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Not All Hairs and Graces
by R. M. GibsonWhat do you make for tea for a full house of hungry beasts when all you have in the cupboard is a packet of pasta and a tin of chickpeas?How do you go back to work after you slapped your co-worker at the staff Christmas party?How do you live with yourself after eating that third bar of chocolate three days into your healthy new year's resolution?How do you feel valued in a world where you are judged on the colour of your fur?How do you get over your brother bringing a fanged monster in high heels into the house?How do you get through the day when a 1000-year-old demon wants to take over your mind?Those are constant questions for Bernadette St James, a young fiery woman, part of a progressive wolf pack in Bedfordshire. Her entire life is thrown into mayhem when shemeets emotionally stunted vampire beauty, Grace. Maybe there is more between the two of them than a 1000-year-old feud between their species.
Not All Heroes
by Josephine CameronEven though her family moved across the country for a “fresh start” after her little brother’s death, eleven-year-old Zinnia Helinski still feels like she’s stuck waiting for her new life to begin. Then she spots her new neighbor, Kris, climbing down the fire escape of their apartment building. He’s wearing a black eye mask! And Spandex leggings. . . . And a blue body suit?Soon Zinnia finds herself in a secret club for kids who want to be heroes. The Reality Shifters don’t have superpowers, but they do have the power to make positive change in their neighborhoods. And a change is just what Zinnia is looking for!At first, she feels invincible. Zinnia finally has friends and is on the kind of real-life adventures her little brother, Wally, would have loved. But when her teammates lose sight of their goals, Zinnia must find the balance between bravery and recklessness, and learn to be a hero without her cape.
Not Alone: A Novel
by Sarah K. JacksonAn exhilarating debut novel, tracing the harrowing journey of a mother and son fighting for survival and a future in a world ravaged by environmental disaster • "Not Alone kept me breathless with tension… [A] gripping adventure story.&” —Emma Donoghue, New York Times bestselling author of Room and HavenFive years ago, a microplastic storm wiped out most of the population. No infrastructure. No safe havens. No goodbyes.Since then, Katie and Harry have lived in isolation in their small flat outside London. Katie forages, hunts the surviving animal population, and provides for Harry, who was born after the storm, and who has never left their little home. After years without human contact, Katie and Harry are shocked by the arrival of a threatening newcomer, just as Katie&’s persistent cough seems to have taken a turn for the worse. But this proof of life beyond their familiar environment spurs Katie to undertake a previously unthinkable journey, in search of her fiancé, Jack, who never came home the day of the storm, and a different kind of life for Harry.Outside of their protected bubble, Katie and Harry encounter an altered world, full of new dangers, other survivors--both friend and foe--and many surprises. Katie's resources, energy, and parenting abilities are pushed to the brink, as Harry's life and safety waver in the balance, knowing that the further they get from their flat, the harder it will be to return if things go wrong. Sarah K. Jackson combines beautiful language, palm-sweating adventure, and a deep, true-to-life parent-child bond that transcends its post-apocalyptic setting, in a debut that emphasizes the importance of resilience, hope, and sustainability today.
Not an Angel, But a Cupid
by K. A. MastersRecently orphaned and alone, the winged elf Alec wants nothing more than to return to his childhood home one final time and succumb to his nostalgia and grief. But his quest home leads him straight into the arms of a dove-winged, wounded angel ... with human captors in hot pursuit.After one magical night together, the two soulmates are united in love. Alec's angel becomes a cupid, transforming his grief into affection and love. But Alec has a secret that keeps him from telling his soulmate how he feels, and he lets his angel slip through his fingers.As his family grows around him, Alec's nest remains empty and cold. Without his soulmate, Alec nears his end. Can he find his angel before it's too late, or will heaven be forever out of his reach?
Not As We Know It
by Tom AveryFor fans of David Almond's Skellig and Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls, here is a lyrical, atmospheric, and deeply emotional middle-grade novel with a touch of magical realism. Twins Jamie and Ned do everything together, from watching their favorite show, Star Trek, to riding their bikes, to beachcombing after a storm. But Ned is sick with cystic fibrosis, and he may someday leave Jamie behind. One day the boys find a strange animal on the beach: smooth flesh on one end, scales at the other, and short arms and legs with long webbed fingers and toes. Could it be a merman, like in the old stories Granddad tells? Together, the boys name the creature Leonard and decide to hide him in a tub in their garage. But . . . why is Leonard here? Jamie hopes he might bring some miracle that will stop his brother from going where he can no longer follow. But Ned, who grows closer to Leonard every day, doesn't seem to be getting any better. . . ."A heartrending but ultimately uplifting adventure novel for readers ready for a good cry." --School Library Journal, Starred"A hauntingly beautiful story about brotherly bonds, wrenching grief, and the untethered hope that everything will somehow work out." --Publishers Weekly, StarredFrom the Hardcover edition.
Not Dark Yet
by Berit Ellingsen"[Ellingsen] is just starting what promises to be a major career, but already giving readers a unique and fascinating perspective." --Jeff VanderMeer"I cannot remember the last time a writer impressed me so quickly." --InDigest MagazineBrandon leaves his boyfriend in the city for a quiet life in the mountains, after an affair with a professor ends with Brandon being forced to kill a research animal. It is a violent, unfortunate episode that conjures memories from his military background.In the mountains, his new neighbors are using the increased temperatures to stage an agricultural project in an effort to combat globally heightened food prices and shortages. Brandon gets swept along with their optimism, while simultaneously applying to a new astronaut training program. However, he learns that these changes--internal, external--are irreversible.A sublime love story coupled with the universal struggle for personal understanding, Not Dark Yet is an informed novel of consequences with an ever-tightening emotional grip on the reader.Berit Ellingsen is a Korean Norwegian writer and former bookseller whose stories have appeared in W.W. Norton's Flash Fiction International Anthology, SmokeLong Quarterly, and Unstuck. She is the author of the story collection Beneath the Liquid Skin, and the novel Une Ville Vide, and has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the British Science Fiction Award.
Not Dead Yet: A paranormal mystery (Not Dead Yet #1)
by Jenn BurkeDying isn’t what it used to be.Wes Cooper was dead. Then he wasn’t—though he’s not exactly alive, either. As an immortal not-ghost, he can transition between this world and the otherplane, which makes him the perfect thief for hire. For seventy years he’s made a “living” returning items to their rightful owners, seeing his fair share of the bizarre in the process. But he’s never witnessed murder. Until now. His latest mission brings him more than he bargained for: a very-dead actor who is definitely going to stay that way. It’s just Wes’s luck that his ex-boyfriend, Detective Hudson Rojas, is assigned to the case. Hudson broke Wes’s heart years ago—and could again, given he’s rocking a hot silver-fox look that shouldn’t be legal.As they work together to track down the murderer before anyone else gets hurt, it becomes clear Wes and Hudson have unfinished business. And when a secret Hudson’s been keeping threatens more than just their happiness, it might mean the end of their not-life together—permanently.This book is approximately 91,000 words
Not Dead Yet Collection: Male/Male Paranormal Mystery Stories
by Jenn BurkeDying isn’t what it used to be in Jenn Burke’s sexy paranormal mystery series, Not Dead Yet. Not Dead YetWes Cooper was dead. Then he wasn’t—though he’s not exactly alive either. As an immortal not-ghost, he can transition between this world and the otherplane, which makes him the perfect thief-for-hire. For seventy years he’s made a “living” returning items to their rightful owners, seeing his fair share of the bizarre in the process. But he’s never witnessed murder. Until now. It’s just Wes’s luck that his ex-boyfriend, Detective Hudson Rojas, is assigned to the case. Hudson broke Wes’s heart years ago—and could again. As they work together to track down the murderer, it becomes clear Wes and Hudson have unfinished business. And when a secret Hudson’s been keeping threatens more than just their happiness, it might mean the end of their not-life together—permanently.Give up the GhostImmortal not-ghost Wes Cooper and his vampire partner, Hudson Rojas, have it all—rewarding private investigation work, great friends and, most important, a love that’s endured. But ever since Wes sent a demon screaming back to the beyond, his abilities have grown overpowering and overwhelming. He’s hiding the fact that he’s losing control the best he can, but it’s hard to keep anything a secret for long when your partner’s a former cop…and especially when your partner’s a former cop who wants to move in together.When all hell literally breaks loose in Toronto, he and Hudson are thrown into a case unlike any they’ve seen before. To save the city, Wes needs to harness his new power…and find some answers. But when he gets them, the solution to fix it all could mean losing everything.Graveyard ShiftWes Cooper and his not-life partner, vampire Hudson Rojas, have settled into cohabitation in an upscale part of Toronto. Their PI business is booming, and when a suspect they’ve been tailing winds up in the morgue, it’s alongside a rash of other shifters in apparent drug-related fatalities.Now Wes and Hudson must connect the dots between the shifter deaths and an uptick in brutal vampire attacks across the city. When a nightmare from Hudson’s past comes back to haunt him, their weird, little found family is pushed to the brink. Mucking this up would mean Hudson and Wes missing their second chance at happily-forever-afterlife…
Not Even Bones (Market of Monsters #1)
by Rebecca Schaeffer<p>Dexter meets This Savage Song in this dark fantasy about a girl who sells magical body parts on the black market — until she’s betrayed. <p>Nita doesn’t murder supernatural beings and sell their body parts on the internet—her mother does that. Nita just dissects the bodies after they’ve been “acquired.” Until her mom brings home a live specimen and Nita decides she wants out; dissecting a scared teenage boy is a step too far. But when she decides to save her mother’s victim, she ends up sold in his place—because Nita herself isn’t exactly “human.” She has the ability to alter her biology, a talent that is priceless on the black market. Now on the other side of the bars, if she wants to escape, Nita must ask herself if she’s willing to become the worst kind of monster.</p>
Not Exactly the Three Musketeers (Guardians of the Flame, Book #8)
by Joel RosenbergKethol--The pretty fellow, a long and lanky redhead with an easy smile and an easygoing attitude that his clever eyes deny. He is quick with a quick. . . and quicker with a sword. Durine--The big man, a head taller than most and twice as wide, built like a barrel, with a loyal heart and hands too thick to use anything more delicate than an ax handle. Pirojil--The ugly one, his face heavy-jawed, with an eye ridge that would mark him as a Neanderthal only to the most gracious. But looks deceive, and his might be the rarest gift of all. Athos, Porthos, and Aramis they're not.
Not Fit for Children
by Evelyn E. SmithTrading with the natives was like taking candy from a kid—but which were the natives? Evelyn E. Smith is best known as the author of the Miss Melville mysteries. From 1952 to 1969 she wrote dozens of science fiction and fantasy short stories that appeared in magazines such as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Galaxy, Super Science Fiction, and Fantastic Universe. Her stories were witty, well written, often humorous, and always unforgettable.
Not Flesh Nor Feathers (Eden Moore #3)
by Cherie PriestDown by the river, the first to go missing were not much lamented. Disappearances of homeless men foraging through trash or nuisance skater kids who rolled their boards along the planked piers at night were not noteworthy enough to delay the city's development projects. But deep beneath the riverbank, the evidence of a terrible crime has been covered up twice. When a TVA dam falters and the river swells, panic rises downtown. As the Tennessee creeps over its banks, it dredges up death from its own polluted bed. Twenty-nine victims of a long-ago slaughter walk when the water rises, patrolling the banks and dragging the living down to a muddy grave. No one remembers how they died and no one knows what they want. Some secrets are never washed away. Instead they are patient, biding their time. They wait for the water to lift them so they can prowl for the justice that was denied them ninety years ago. But in ninety years a city's shape changes, and where justice can no longer be found, vengeance may have to suffice. The city of Chattanooga is about to learn a terrible truth about the things a river can and cannot hide…. And reluctant medium Eden Moore may be the only one who can dissuade the twenty- nine bodies from adding hundreds of its citizens to their ghastly ranks. Not Flesh Nor Feathers is a stand-alone sequel to Four and Twenty Blackbirds and Wings to the Kingdom.At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Not For All The Gold In Ireland
by John JamesThe hard years on the Amber Road had changed Photinus the Greek. He had won a fortune and lost an eye and married various wives and become a God. His cousin Philebus had played the game of the pea and the three cups; now, reluctantly, Photinus - Votan - set off to retrieve the Deed of Monopoly to all the Gold of Ireland.Sequel to the remarkable VOTAN, NOT FOR ALL THE GOLD IN IRELAND continues the adventures of John James' reluctant hero Photinus. One of the forgotten classics of fantasy, the duology is ripe for rediscovery. Fans include Neil Gaiman, who has provided a new introduction to the Fantasy Masterwork collection.
Not For All The Gold In Ireland
by John JamesThe hard years on the Amber Road had changed Photinus the Greek. He had won a fortune and lost an eye and married various wives and become a God. His cousin Philebus had played the game of the pea and the three cups; now, reluctantly, Photinus - Votan - set off to retrieve the Deed of Monopoly to all the Gold of Ireland. Sequel to the remarkable VOTAN, NOT FOR ALL THE GOLD IN IRELAND continues the adventures of John James' reluctant hero Photinus. One of the forgotten classics of fantasy, the duology is ripe for rediscovery. Fans include Neil Gaiman, who has provided a new introduction to the Fantasy Masterwork collection.
Not for Sale
by Rebecca WilliamsWhen Cain Warner hires an escort for business purposes, he's not anticipating any kind of intellectual or emotional depth from his dinner partner. Then again, neither is he expecting to get tangled in her sheets. After one night of passion, Olivia has him more intrigued than he cares to admit ... even to himself. Regardless of his feelings, he has no intention of wooing a wanton ... until he discovers she's cutting him loose.Olivia's life is her own. She takes her men and her life as they happen. No strings attached. Cain might like to believe he's a puppet master, but if he thinks he can control her life as easily as he commands her body, he has a lot to learn. While Olivia may seem free with her favours, her heart and soul are strictly Not For Sale.
Not Forgetting the Whale
by John IronmongerWHERE WILL YOU ESCAPE TO THIS SUMMER? For fans of ELEANOR OLIPHANT, THE ROSIE PROJECT & THE UNLIKELY PILGRIMAGE OF HAROLD FRY, an uplifting story about the search for a place to belong. When a young man, Joe, washes up on the sands of St Piran in Cornwall, he is quickly rescued by the villagers. From the retired village doctor and the beachcomber, to the priest's wife and the flamboyant romantic novelist, they take this lost soul into their midst. And they, in turn, come to find that he gives fresh perspectives on their lives and loves. But what the villagers don't know is why Joe fled the city for St Piran, and what he left behind. Intimate, funny and heart-warming, Not Forgetting the Whale is a story about community, the best and worst in our nature, and the search for a place to call home.'Fun, uplifting, charming' Financial Times'A warm-hearted book crammed with ideas . . . very, very good' Emerald Street'A tremendously enjoyable book' Independent on Sunday
Not Forgetting The Whale: The International Bestseller
by John IronmongerTHE STORY OF A MAN WHO HAD GIVEN UP HOPE......AND THE VILLAGE THAT GAVE IT BACK TO HIM 'Forget everything you know about apocalypses: this novel, set in Cornwall, will restore your faith in humanity' Elle UK'A gentle and uplifting tale of warding off apocalypse in a remote corner of Cornwall' Financial Times'As the front pages crowd with headlines that grow ever more grim, Not Forgetting the Whale offers a very welcome alternative' IndependentWhen a young City trader, Joe, washes up on the sands of St Piran in Cornwall, warning of a deadly pandemic virus and a financial apocalypse, he is rescued by the villagers, and given a home. From the retired village doctor and the beachcomber, to the priest's wife and the flamboyant romantic novelist, they take this lost soul into their midst. The village, Joe tells them, must store up food, and isolate themselves to stay safe. But are Joe's fears unfounded? Why has Joe fled the city for St Piran? And what of the whale that lurks in the bay?Intimate, funny and heart-warming, Not Forgetting the Whale is a story about a community reacting to a deadly threat, about the best and worst in our nature - and the search for a place to call home(p) 2015 Orion Publishing Group
Not in Solitude [Revised Edition]
by Kenneth F. GantzMURDER ON THE “FAR VENTURE”Nose pointed skyward, the Far Venture rested on the barren soil of Mars, poised for take-off. Outside, a party of scientists had wandered from the ship into the mysterious lichen forests and disappeared. Inside, the 125 man crew of military and civilian specialists seethed with conflict and tensions. An alien intelligence seemed to be interfering with the ship’s rocket engines and nuclear activator. And, into this explosive situation, suddenly comes—murder.It was a race against the clock and Dane had to make a fast decision. Colonel Cragg, the C.O. of the USAF spacecraft Far Venture, was ready to write off the party of scientists who had strayed from the ship and seemingly disappeared. The crew of civilian and military specialists were poised for the nuclear blast-off that should take this first Martian mission back to Earth.But Dane had seen the curious spark fires that flashed across the sands from the mysterious lichen beds. Dane believed they were the signals of some alien form of life and that the scientists were still alive…He had to prove his theory, even if it meant clashing with the military brass and placing his own life in danger. For unless they understood the nature of what he believed to be a hostile, threatening force and took steps against it—none of them might ever see the planet Earth again…Here are all the ingredients for a first-rate science fiction thriller, written with the authenticity that only a man close to our nation’s space program could give it.“A highly imaginative tale...”—Montreal Star“Top-notch science fiction.”—Air Force Times“...a compelling, thought-provoking story which, though listed as science fiction, may come true sooner than we think.”—Air Force News Service
Not Just a Witch
by Eva IbbotsonA witch who wants to do Good? Heckie, a graduate of one of the best witch schools, settles in the town of Wellbridge, determined to discover evildoers and turn them into... animals! She turns the mean owner of a nasty nursing home into a warthog, a bank robber into a mouse, and a cruel chicken farmer into a fish. The Wellbridge Zoo is pleased, but Heckie's do-gooding is about to land her and some of her young friends in big, hairy trouble.
Not My Husband: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Xiao GuaiShouOAt the border there s a little bistro called two there is a greedy girl shopkeeper a was picked up back off the channels of the store two a free eat free drink never far away from the old confucian scholar qingshan city one day the head of shopkeeper sobbed to ask shop small 2 youth practice sword may i yes from then on the old confucian scholar don t read the shopkeeper also don t accept accounts this small tavern also nearly closed down but this river s lake but more than a bear sword bag butcher fairy demon town protect the country of the world third young man
Not My Husband: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
by Xiao GuaiShouOAt the border there s a little bistro called two there is a greedy girl shopkeeper a was picked up back off the channels of the store two a free eat free drink never far away from the old confucian scholar qingshan city one day the head of shopkeeper sobbed to ask shop small 2 youth practice sword may i yes from then on the old confucian scholar don t read the shopkeeper also don t accept accounts this small tavern also nearly closed down but this river s lake but more than a bear sword bag butcher fairy demon town protect the country of the world third young man
Not My Husband: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Xiao GuaiShouOAt the border there s a little bistro called two there is a greedy girl shopkeeper a was picked up back off the channels of the store two a free eat free drink never far away from the old confucian scholar qingshan city one day the head of shopkeeper sobbed to ask shop small 2 youth practice sword may i yes from then on the old confucian scholar don t read the shopkeeper also don t accept accounts this small tavern also nearly closed down but this river s lake but more than a bear sword bag butcher fairy demon town protect the country of the world third young man
Not My Husband: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Xiao GuaiShouOAt the border, there was a tavern called The Two.Inside, there was a greedy loli shopkeeper, a shop waiter whose meridians were all broken after being retrieved, and an old scholar who never left Qingshan City.The shopkeeper's mind went blank as he asked the shop waiter: "Young man, are you practicing the sword?""Can I?""Sure."From then on, the old scholar stopped reading and the shopkeeper stopped collecting debts. The tavern almost went out of business, but this martial arts world now had a young man carrying a sword bag, slaying immortals, suppressing demons, and protecting the country.
Not of This World (Warriors of Risnar #1)
by Tracy St. JohnHe was her savior, but she was his salvation.Jeannie Gardner escapes from her captors’ clutches only to find herself trapped on a planet far from Earth. When she is discovered by a muscle-bound warrior, she must prove to him, and the Council of Elders, that she is not a creature set free from a lab, but a sentient being from another planet.If she succeeds, they will send her home. If she fails, she will be executed.Risnar warrior Kren Bolep is duty bound to protect his village from the Monsuda and their creations. But this small pink-skinned female is different, special. As the bond between them grows, Jeannie’s vulnerability invokes Kren’s protective instincts, and he vows to uncover the truth and secure her future.But there is a bigger threat looming. The Monsuda are coming to get Jeannie, and they’ll use whatever means necessary. When Jeannie is taken, Kren is forced to choose—disobey the Elders and place his people in danger, or lose the only person who makes him feel whole. This book is approximately 86,000 wordsCarina Press acknowledges the editorial services of Alissa Davis
Not of Woman Born
by Constance Ash Robert Silverberg Nina Kiriki HoffmanTales of high-tech reproduction from the most inventive names in science fiction.