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Until the Last Page (Wanderer of Pages)
by Chantal GadouryDiscover what happens when a young woman unexpectedly finds herself inside a book of fairytales where she is charged with breaking a frog prince's curse and searching for a way home.Every good fairytale begins with "Once Upon a Time," or they're supposed to at least. But for twenty-five year old Josephine Hart, her "Once Upon a Time" began with her literally crash landing inside a book of fairy tales and nearly crushing a frog—who is actually a prince. An annoying, snarky frog prince named Aneurin, seeking the kiss of true love to break his curse. He vows that if Jo agrees to help him find his princess, he will get her home. With every turn of the page, their adventure leads them deeper into fairytales familiar to Jo. Through their journey, they discover that despite their initial clashing, they're both exactly what each other needs. It is only when they encounter a devious man with a talent for spinning straw into gold that they realize just how quickly their plot can take an unexpected twist.
Until the Little Birds Sing
by Charles GranquistIt&’s the year 2020, and in Sydney, John Dean is making plans – big plans. He&’s seen the writing on the wall. Temperatures of over 45 degrees are a regular occurrence and sea levels are rising; severe drought has meant harsh water restrictions, and the economy has slowed almost to a standstill. But John is not going to sit and suffer; he&’ll do whatever it takes to protect his family, and he&’s taking action. This is the story of how he moves his family away from a society on the brink of destruction to create a haven and make a fresh start. The Dean family and those who join them on their farm pull together to create a self-sufficient life as civilisation crumbles around them. They struggle to learn farming techniques and long-lost skills, but they survive. Then a threat comes from the north when refugees stream into northern Australia to escape heat, flooding and starvation. The Dean group must do the unimaginable: they must kill to defend the farm and their lives.
Until the World Falls Down: A Novel
by Jordan LyndeLabyrinth meets Beauty and the Beast in this spellbinding, sexy romantasy debut about a woman with a broken heart, the seductive immortal who imprisons her, the magical labyrinth that may be her salvation, and the dangerous attraction that could destroy them both.Her freedom or her heart…in forty-eight hours, she'll lose one foreverWhen a brutal betrayal leaves Nell heartbroken and alone, she makes a desperate wish for love, recklessly offering anything in exchange.Her plea is heard by Enver, an immortal as wicked as he is beautiful. He sweeps Nell away to his castle that seems to exist out of time and presents her with a bargain: escape his labyrinth within forty-eight hours or surrender to eternity as his lover.Nell vows to conquer the labyrinth, despite the dangerous attraction she feels for its monstrous ruler. But every stolen moment with him leaves her craving more. And every step deeper into the castle reveals hidden truths about herself…and the curse that holds Enver captive.Torn between her desire for love and the dark being incapable of loving her, Nell faces an impossible choice. And her time is running out.
Until There Was You
by Rebecca WintersSecrets and lies...Rickie Taylor has just learned a devastating secret about her family's wealth. It's tainted because of what her grandfather did. Not only that, he may still be alive-and in hiding.Jordan Browning, ex-Navy SEAL, is keeping a secret about his own past-and living a lie. He's not the minister he pretends to be. When Rickie learns that "Reverend" Browning's work sometimes takes him into the Paraguayan Chaco-the very place her grandfather is said to be-she asks him to search for the old man. But she can't tell Jordan who he really is or why she wants him found.Falling in love is a complication neither Jordan nor Rickie can afford. Yet it happens. And it changes both of them. For the first time, the future means more than the past....
Until We Shatter: an epic, addictive and romantic heist fantasy
by Kate Dylan** Hidden foil on the case available for a limited time only. Pre-order yours now!**A desperate thief. An impossible heist. Survive . . . or shatter.An action-packed, epic heist fantasy from the author of Mindwalker, perfect for fans of Six of Crows, Master of One and Bone Crier's Dawn.No matter where she goes, Cemmy's life is under threat. The Church would see her killed for having any magic. The Council of Shades wants her dead for not having enough. So when her mother falls ill, Cemmy has no choice but to turn thief. And when she's offered a job that could solve all their problems, it's impossible to resist. The catch? Cemmy will have to work with Chase - beautiful, dangerous, and full of secrets - to steal a powerful relic the Church has hidden within a deadly realm of shadows. If she succeeds, Cemmy will finally be safe. But if she's caught, she risks igniting a spark that could destroy the city - and everyone inside . . .
Until We Shatter: an epic, addictive and romantic heist fantasy and Sunday Times bestseller
by Kate DylanA desperate thief. An impossible heist. Survive . . . or shatter. 'TWISTS AND TURNS THAT WILL LEAVE YOU REELING' HANNAH KANER 'HEART-POUNDING' SAMANTHA SHANNON'CHARACTERS I WOULD DIE FOR' SAARA EL-ARIFI An action-packed, epic heist fantasy from the author of Mindwalker, perfect for fans of Six of Crows and A Darker Shade of Magic. No matter where she goes, Cemmy's life is under threat. The Church would see her killed for having any magic. The Council of Shades wants her dead for not having enough. So when her mother falls ill, Cemmy has no choice but to turn thief. And when she's offered a job that could solve all their problems, it's impossible to resist. The catch? Cemmy will have to work with Chase - beautiful, dangerous, and full of secrets - to steal a powerful relic the Church has hidden within a deadly realm of shadows. If she succeeds, Cemmy will finally be safe. But if she's caught, she risks igniting a spark that could destroy the city - and everyone inside . . .READERS LOVE UNTIL WE SHATTER'Wild ride doesn't even begin to cover this book. Kate Dylan is a genius' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'If you like messy relationships, a fast paced plot, quippy dialogue and unique magic systems, this book is for you. Get it on your reading lists!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'With a sickening crack, clink, crunch, Dylan will shatter your heart into a thousand pieces, leaving nothing behind but a jagged pile of shards and a deliciously devastating book hangover' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I truly believe this will be the next big fantasy book. It has everything you could want and need' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'This was a wild ride of a read, high stakes magical heist, blackmail, found family, romance. I had a great time reading it, it also broke my heart once or twice but I couldn't put it down' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The Untimely Deaths of Alex Wayfare
by M.G. BuehrlenTime travel, adventure, and romance come together in the highly anticipated sequel to THE 57 LIVES OF ALEX WAYFARE. Alex Wayfare is back in Base Life. Her 57th life. She's in Chicago searching for Blue, who travels with her whenever she goes back in time. She's never met him in Base Life, but she's hoping he'll remember her in the present, and that he'll want to be with her like he does in the past. Their romance is put on hold when she's attacked by henchmen working for Durham Gesh, who wants to harness her abilities for his own ugly purposes. But that threat seems insignificant when she returns home to face her younger sister's deteriorating health. Researching every possible remedy, from ancient herbs to forgotten medical advancements, Alex seeks a cure for her sister's cancer in the past. The journeys are never simple. From the countryside of eighteenth-century China to a top-secret research lab in 1970s Michigan, Alex is plagued by enemy Descenders who seem to anticipate her every move, and realizes she may have a traitor in her small band of allies. A traitor who might bring Gesh straight to Alex's front door. The only person Alex feels she can trust is Blue. But there are secrets Alex doesn't know—secrets about Blue, about her team, and about herself. And the biggest secret of all will change her life, or her lives, forever.
Unto Leviathan
by Richard Paul RussoOn a ship without a mission ... No one remembers where they came from or where they're going. For hundreds of years, the starship Argonos, home to generations of humans, has wandered throughout the galaxy, searching for other signs of life. Now, a steady, unidentified transmission lures them toward a nearby planet.On a planet without inhabitants ... The colony has vanished. But deep within the planet's steamy jungles, the exploration team find horrible evidence of its fate: a cavernous chamber neatly filled with rows of skeletons, each one hanging on its own hook.On a collision course with the unknown ... Once more, a signal lures the crew of the Argonos. Haunted by what they have seen, they have no choice but to follow - deep into space, where an alien mystery waits.
Untold Adventures
by John Shirley Lisa Smedman Mike Resnick Alan Dean Foster Mark SehestedtYour favorite award-winning, critically acclaimed, and best-selling authors unite to tell stories set in the Dungeons & Dragons world, filled with desperate dragons and cruel elves, honorable demons and fickle gods, wild magic and the sharpest of steel. You don't want to miss this rarest of opportunities to get a glimpse into the D&D adventures created by some of the most brilliant fantasy writers of our age.From the Paperback edition.
Untold Futures: Time and Literary Culture in Renaissance England
by J. K. BarretIn Untold Futures, J. K. Barret locates models for recovering the variety of futures imagined within some of our most foundational literature. These poems, plays, and prose fictions reveal how Renaissance writers embraced uncertain potential to think about their own present moment and their own place in time. The history of the future that Barret reconstructs looks beyond futures implicitly dismissed as impossible or aftertimes defined by inevitability and fixed perspective. Chapters on Philip Sidney's Old Arcadia, Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene, William Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus, Antony and Cleopatra, and Cymbeline, and John Milton’s Paradise Lost trace instead a persistent interest in an indeterminate, earthly future evident in literary constructions that foreground anticipation and expectation.Barret argues that the temporal perspectives embedded in these literary texts unsettle some of our most familiar points of reference for the period by highlighting an emerging cultural self-consciousness capable of registering earthly futures predicated on the continued sameness of time rather than radical ruptures in it. Rather than mapping a particular future, these writers generate imaginative access to a range of futures. Barret makes a strong case for the role of language itself in emerging conceptualizations of temporality.
Untold Night and Day: A Novel
by Bae SuahThe acclaimed Korean author weaves a “disturbing, beautifully controlled” metaphysical detective story “of doubles, shadows, and parallel worlds” (Financial Times).It’s Ayami’s final day working the box-office at Seoul’s only audio theater for the blind. Her last shift completed, she walks the streets with her former boss, searching for a missing friend. Their conversations take in art, love, food, and the inaccessible country to the north. The next day, Ayami acts as a guide for a detective novelist visiting from abroad. But as they contend with the summer heat, the edges of reality start to fray. Ayami enters a world of increasingly tangled threads, and the past intrudes upon the present as overlapping realities repeat, collide, change, and reassert themselves. Blisteringly original, Untold Night and Day upends the very structure of narrative storytelling. By one of the boldest and most innovative voices in contemporary Korean literature, and masterfully realized in English by Man Booker International Prize–winning translator Deborah Smith, Bae Suah’s hypnotic novel asks whether more than one version of ourselves can exist at once.
The Untold Story (The Invisible Library Novel #8)
by Genevieve Cogman&“Clever, creepy, elaborate world building and snarky, sexy-smart characters!&”—N. K. Jemisin, author of The Fifth SeasonIn this thrilling historical fantasy, time-traveling Librarian spy Irene will need to delve deep into a tangled web of loyalty and power to keep her friends safe.Irene is trying to learn the truth about Alberich-and the possibility that he's her father. But when the Library orders her to kill him, and then Alberich himself offers to sign a truce, she has to discover why he originally betrayed the Library. With her allies endangered and her strongest loyalties under threat, she'll have to trace his past across multiple worlds and into the depths of mythology and folklore, to find the truth at the heart of the Library, and why the Library was first created.
The Untouchable
by Stephen A. Kallis"You can see it--you can watch it--but mustn't touch!" And what could possibly be more frustrating ... when you need, most violently, to get your hands on it for just one second...
Untouched
by Sandra FieldLessons in SeductionTechnically, Finn Marston was Jenessa's new employer and she ought to be nice to him.... But thirty seconds in his company was enough for her to establish that Finn would try the patience of a saint! Trouble was he was also georgeous.Men had never held much fascination for Jenessa Reed, but Finn Marston was certainly a persuasive argument! She wanted him, and he didn't seem averse to being target practice for a twenty-six-year-old virgin! But could Jenessa take into her bed a man she didn't even like, let alone love?"Samantha Field pens a phenomenal love story."-Romantic Times
Untouched by Human Hands: Stories
by Robert SheckleyPeople hunt and kill one another as public entertainment and to win prizes in &“Seventh Victim,&” the short version of Sheckley&’s novel The 10th Victim, which was made into a movie.The twelve other stories in this collection are &“The Monsters,&” &“Cost of Living,&” &“The Altar,&” &“Shape,&” &“The Impacted Man,&” &“Untouched by Human Hands,&” &“The King&’s Wishes,&” &“Warm,&” &“The Demons,&” &“Specialist,&” &“Ritual,&” and &“Beside Still Waters.&”From the very beginning of his career, Robert Sheckley was recognized by fans, reviewers, and fellow authors as a master storyteller and the wittiest satirist working in the science fiction field. Open Road is proud to republish his acclaimed body of work, with nearly thirty volumes of full-length fiction and short story collections. Rediscover, or discover for the first time, a master of science fiction who, according to the New York Times, was &“a precursor to Douglas Adams.&”
Untouched Mistress
by Margaret McPheeGuy Tregellas, Viscount Varington, has a rakish reputation, and when he discovers a beautiful woman washed up on a beach he is more than intrigued. He doesn't believe her claims that she is a respectable widow and is determined to seduce the truth out of her!Helena McGregor must escape Scotland to anonymity in London. For the past five years she has lived a shameful life, not of her choosing. But she needs the help of her disturbingly handsome rescuer as danger catches up with them....
Untouched Until Marriage (Wedlocked!)
by Chantelle ShawWhen infamous Raul Carducci learns that a little baby may challenge his inheritance he will stop at nothing-a new Carducci heir will not take away what is rightfully his.To safeguard baby Gino, unassuming Libby Maynard has been forced to pretend she is his mother-but she hasn't counted on having to convince the wolfish Raul Carducci of her deception.And when Raul, with his achingly seductive voice, asks her to marry him, Libby is powerless to refuse...even if their wedding night will blow her cover!
Untraditional Jianghu (Volume 1 #1)
by Ling HuJinA virtual world of the martial arts world, some random gossip about the martial arts world … The martial arts world had risen again in Xiangyang City.
Untraditional Jianghu: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Ling HuJinA virtual world of the martial arts world, some random gossip about the martial arts world … The martial arts world had risen again in Xiangyang City.
Unus
by Raven Whitney Es TraduzioniUn braccialetto magico porta il peggior incubo di Constance Flynn sulla soglia di casa sua. Constance Flynn, una barista in grandi difficoltà economiche, riesce a malapena a tirare avanti: ha debiti fino al collo, sua madre sta morendo ed è appena venuto a mancare il suo adorato coniglietto, ma mantiene la promessa che ha fatto alla sua migliore amica, Lexie, di uscire con lei per una giornata di shopping. Al prezzo di un caffè, compra una sfiziosa scatoletta di legno dalla quale non riesce a distogliere lo sguardo. Dentro alla scatola c’è uno stupefacente braccialetto con delle pietre preziose colorate. Una volta indossato, non riesce più a toglierselo di dosso. Non ci fa caso, però, finché Lexie non viene rapita. Il misterioso rapitore vuole solo una cosa in cambio: Constance, la maga delle pietre.
Unusual Attention
by B.G. ThomasUntil recently, Adam Brookhart has led what he considers a relatively uneventful life. His biggest problem is that he can’t let his guard down and allow himself to get close to anyone, emotionally or physically—until he meets Shane Farmer. Shane lives in a small town many miles from Adam and is his complete opposite. In fact, he’s just about the last person Adam can imagine himself in a relationship with. But Adam is drawn to the man, and neither distance nor their differences can keep him away. Late one night, while driving home from Shane’s house, something very strange happens. Adam loses two hours of time and has no idea how or why. But as he digs for clues, the answers he finds are totally crazy… and the man he is falling in love with might be crazy as well.
Unusual Girl: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Qi LuShe was the noble spirit race princess of the lower realms, an eight-sided war god that was above the nine heavens of the upper realms! During this great calamity, the War God from all directions was reborn into the body of the princess of the Spirit Race. From then on, they would kill gods and buddhas! While trying hard to become stronger, he didn't forget to find the Divine General. But who could tell her why this great demon king had suddenly appeared? His Majesty the Infernal King: "I've come to chase you!" When the ice mountain, Qing Ying, began to soften, the events of that year began to reveal themselves. Conspiracy for truth, design, where should they go? ( Absolute Pet!)
Unusual Suspects
by Dana StabenowFrom video game characters seeking civil rights and a cave dragon loan shark pondering an investment, to Santa Clause's Australian vacation and an enemy of Sam Spade's seeking revenge-plus visits to the Nightside and Sookie Stackhouse's hometown--Unusual Suspects invokes a dozen imaginative tales featuring otherworldly investigators trailing uncanny criminals across fantastical realms governed by the laws of magic.
Unveiled: A Changeling P.I. Novel
by Ruth VincentFollowing the events of Elixir, Mabily "Mab" Jones' life has returned to normal. Or as normal as life can be for a changeling, who also happens to be a private detective working her first independent case, and dating a half-fey.But then a summons to return to the fairy world arrives in the form of a knife on her pillow. And in the process of investigating her case, Mab discovers the fairies are stealing joy-producing chemicals directly from the minds of humans in order to manufacture their magic Elixir, the dwindling source of their powers. Worst of all, Mab's boyfriend Obadiah vows to abstain from Elixir, believing the benefits are not worth the cost in human suffering--even though he knows fairies can't long survive without their magic.Mab soon realizes she has no choice but to answer the summons and return to the Vale. But the deeper she is drawn into the machinations of the realm, the more she becomes ensnared by promises she made in the past. And in trying to do the right thing, Mab will face her most devastating betrayal yet, one that threatens everything and everyone she holds most dear.
Unvollkommen: Ein dystopischer Roman für Erwachsene (Perfect-Reihe #2)
by Jan Springer2104 Umweltverschmutzung macht die Erde unbewohnbar. Die Zahl der Kranken übersteigt die der Gesunden. Krankenhäuser sind überfüllt. Volkswirtschaften brechen zusammen. Die Regierungen tun sich zusammen, um eine einzige Weltmacht zu schaffen. Man nennt sie „Autoritätsordnung“ (AO). Um die menschliche Rasse zu retten, schafft die AO „Biosphären“, große Städte, umschlossen von Kuppeln, die sich selbst versorgen. Nur Gesunde haben Zutritt. Alle anderen lässt man sterben...Um die Bevölkerungszahlen zu kontrollieren, bekommt jeder Mensch einen Mikrochip eingepflanzt, der den Drang, sich zu paaren, unterdrückt. Der Liebesakt verschwindet... Als Michaela Long entdeckt, dass eine Freundin von ihr in illegale sexuelle Experimente verwickelt wird, ist Michaela gezwungen, dieselbe verbotene Leidenschaft zu erfahren… Nachdem sie erfährt, dass ihre Freundin, Anica Maine, an illegalem Sex mit Rebellen beteiligt ist, entgeht Michaela einer Gedächtnistilgung, indem sie freiwillig an einem heißen, sexuellen Experiment teilnimmt. Die Ärzte Flynn Campbell und Bryce Davids fühlen sich sofort zu der süßen Brünetten hingezogen, sie verführen sie zu einem heißen Dreier und schnell lernt sie bei ihnen unglaubliche Lust kennen. Sie wird abhängig und will unbedingt, dass ihr neu entdecktes Vergnügen und ihre sexy Männer geheim bleiben, denn sollten sie erwischt werden, werden sie hingerichtet.