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Unraveled
by C. J. BarryTo prove she's worthy of her place at the prestigious Majj Institute, Tru Van Dye must make an important discovery by age 30-and time is running out. To complete her research, she must leave home for the first time and travel to the most dangerous planet in the sector. She needs a guide: someone discreet, someone fearless, someone who guarantees results. The infamous Rayce Coburne fits the bill. Rayce has given up treasure hunting, but his dream of renovating a starport is threatened by a lack of funds-funds Tru is offering. All he has to do is deny his attraction to his cool client long enough to complete one last mission. Rayce is like no man Tru has ever met outside of a virtual reality simulator. He ignites feelings she didn't even know she was capable of. But if she falls for the bad boy in real life, will she be forced to give up the future she thought she was destined for? Book 2 of 4. Previously published. 84,000 words
Unraveled
by C. J. BarryTo prove she's worthy of her place at the prestigious Majj Institute, Tru Van Dye must make an important discovery by age 30-and time is running out. To complete her research, she must leave home for the first time and travel to the most dangerous planet in the sector. She needs a guide: someone discreet, someone fearless, someone who guarantees results. The infamous Rayce Coburne fits the bill. Rayce has given up treasure hunting, but his dream of renovating a starport is threatened by a lack of funds-funds Tru is offering. All he has to do is deny his attraction to his cool client long enough to complete one last mission. Rayce is like no man Tru has ever met outside of a virtual reality simulator. He ignites feelings she didn't even know she was capable of. But if she falls for the bad boy in real life, will she be forced to give up the future she thought she was destined for? Book 2 of 4. Previously published. 84,000 words
Unraveled (An\intertwined Novel Ser. #2)
by Gena ShowalterBefore the White Rabbit Chronicles, before Firstlife, New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter wrote the Intertwined series, featuring a sixteen-year-old boy with four other souls trapped in his head. Aden Stone’s adventures continue in book 2, UNRAVELED…Since coming to Crossroads, Oklahoma, former outcast Aden Stone has been living the good life. Never mind that one of his best friends is a werewolf, his girlfriend is a vampire princess who hungers for his blood, and he’s supposed to be crowned Vampire King—while still a human! Well, kind of. With four—oops, three now—human souls living inside his head, Aden has always been "different" himself. These souls can time-travel, raise the dead, possess another’s mind and, his least favorite these days, tell the future. The forecast for Aden? A knife through the heart. A war is brewing between the creatures of the dark, and Aden is somehow at the center of it all. But he isn’t about to lie down and accept his destiny without a fight. Not when his new friends have his back, not when Victoria has risked her own future to be with him, and not when he has a reason to live for the first time in his life….Originally published in 2010.
Unraveled (Elemental Assassin #15)
by Jennifer EstepDanger and new enemies await Gin Blanco, aka the Spider—the world of Ashland&’s most fearsome assassin—in Unraveled, Book 15 of the New York Times bestselling Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series that RT Book Reviews calls &“unbeatable entertainment!"What could go wrong when you&’re trying to unravel a decades-old conspiracy? As the current queen of the Ashland underworld, you would think that I, Gin Blanco, would know all about some secret society controlling things from behind the scenes. I might be the Spider, the city&’s most fearsome assassin, but all my Ice and Stone elemental magic hasn&’t done me a lick of good in learning more about &“the Circle&”. Despite my continued investigations, the trail&’s gone as cold as the coming winter. So when Finnegan Lane, my foster brother, gets word of a surprising inheritance, we figure why not skip town for someplace less dangerous for a few days? That place: Bullet Pointe, a fancy hotel resort complex plus Old West theme park that Finn now owns lock, stock, and barrel. At first, all the struttin&’ cowboys and sassy saloon girls are just hokey fun. But add in some shady coincidences and Circle assassins lurking all around, and vacationing becomes wilder—and deadlier—than any of us expected. Good thing this assassin brought plenty of knives to the gunfight …
Unraveled Book 9.5 (Keeper of the Lost Cities)
by Shannon MessengerThe past and present unravel into staggering truths in this can&’t-miss installment of the New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling Keeper of the Lost Cities series told entirely from Keefe&’s point of view.Please be careful. Please be happy. And PLEASE forget all about me. It&’ll be better for everyone that way. Those were the last words Keefe Sencen wrote to Sophie Foster before he ran away to the Forbidden Cities. He didn&’t want to leave, but it was the only way to keep his friends safe while he figured out how to control his scary new powers and searched for answers about his past. What he found was so much more than adventures in Humanland. Where did he go? What did he do? And who did he meet while the rest of his friends worked to solve the mystery of Stellarlune? The answers go far beyond anything anyone could have ever imagined and give Keefe the power to change his destiny.
Unraveling
by Elizabeth NorrisTwo days before the start of her junior year, seventeen-year-old Janelle Tenner is hit by a pickup truck and killed-as in blinding light, scenes of her life flashing before her, and then nothing. Except the next thing she knows, she's opening her eyes to find Ben Michaels, a loner from her high school whom Janelle has never talked to, leaning over her. And even though it isn't possible, she knows-with every fiber of her being-that Ben has somehow brought her back to life. But her revival, and Ben's possible role in it, is only the first of the puzzles that Janelle must solve. While snooping in her FBI agent father's files for clues about her accident, she uncovers a clock that seems to be counting down to something-but to what? And when someone close to Janelle is killed, she can no longer deny what's right in front of her: Everything that's happened-the accident, the murder, the countdown clock, Ben's sudden appearance in her life-points to the end of life as she knows it. And as the clock ticks down, she realizes that if she wants to put a stop to the end of the world, she's going to need to uncover Ben's secrets-and keep from falling in love with him in the process. From debut author Elizabeth Norris comes this shattering novel of one girl's fight to save herself, her world, and the boy she never saw coming.
Unraveling
by Karen LordIn this standalone fantasy novel by an award-winning author, the dark truth behind a string of unusual murders leads to an otherworldly exploration of spirits, myth, and memory, steeped in Caribbean storytelling. Dr. Miranda Ecouvo, forensic therapist of the City, just helped put a serial killer behind bars. But she soon discovers that her investigation into seven unusual murders is not yet complete. A near-death experience throws her out of time and into a realm of labyrinths and spirits. There, she encounters brothers Chance and the Trickster, who have an otherworldly interest in the seemingly mundane crimes from her files. It appears the true mastermind behind the murders is still on the loose, chasing a myth to achieve immortality. Together, Miranda, Chance, and the Trickster must travel through conjured mazes, following threads of memory to locate the shadowy killer. As they journey deeper, they discover even more questions that will take pain and patience to answer. What is the price of power? Where is the path to redemption? And how can they stop the man—or monster—who would kill the innocent to live forever?
Unraveling
by Sara Ella“A sequel that outshines its already brilliant predecessor.” —Nadine Brandes, award-winning author of the Out of Time trilogyWhat happens when happily ever after starts to unravel?Eliyana Ember doesn’t believe in true love. Not anymore. After defeating her grandfather and saving the Second Reflection, El only trusts what’s right in front of her. The tangible. The real. Not some unexplained Kiss of Infinity she once shared with the ghost of a boy she’s trying to forget. She has more important things to worry about—like becoming queen of the Second Reflection, a role she is so not prepared to fill.Now that the Verity is intertwined with her soul and Joshua’s finally by her side, El is ready to learn more about her mysterious birth land, the land she now rules. So why does she feel like something—or someone—is missing?When the thresholds begin to drain and the Callings, those powerful magical gifts, begin to fail, El wonders if her link to Ky Rhyen may have something to do with it. For light and darkness cannot coexist. She needs answers before the Callings disappear altogether. Can El find a way to sever her connection to Ky and save the Reflections—and keep herself from falling for him in the process?
Unraveling Midnight (Creating Home #2)
by Stephanie BeckCreating home, #2 An entanglement with a werewolf brings unexpected turns. Scott, a lone werewolf expelled from his pack, bends over backward to give his kids everything he can--including knitting lessons for his daughter. Learning to knit becomes much more appealing with Lucy Jamieson as the teacher. His heightened senses tell him the compassionate and beautiful human might be what he and his little band need, yet getting involved with Lucy means exposing her to his paranormal reality. Although Lucy's childhood skewed her expectations of family, she recognizes and respects Scott's desire to protect and provide for his kids. When Scott is hit by a truck, Lucy offers to help with the kids--and gets more than she bargained for after learning Scott's true nature...44,000 Words
Unraveling the Real: The Fantastic in Spanish-American Ficciones
by Cynthia DuncanIn literary and cinematic fictions, The fantastic blurs the lines between reality and fantasy. Lacking a consensus on definition, critics often describe the fantastic as supernatural, or similar to, but quite different from fantasy, science fiction, and magical realism. InUnraveling the RealCynthia Duncan provides a new theoretical framework for discussing how the fantastic explores both metaphysical and socially relevant themes in Spanish American fictions. Duncan deftly shows how authors and artists have used this literary genre to convey marginalized voices as well as critique colonialism, racism, sexism, and classism. Selecting examples from the works of such noted writers as Jorge Luis Borges, Julio Cortazar, and Carlos Fuentes, among others, she shows how capacious the concept is, and why it eludes standard definition. Challenging the notion that the fantastic is escapist in nature,Unraveling the Realshows how the fantastic has been politically engaged throughout the twentieth century, often questioning what is real or unreal. Presenting a mirror image of reality, The fantastic does not promote a utopian parallel universe but rather challenges the way we think about the world around us And The cultural legacy of colonialism.
Unraveling: A Novel
by Karen LordThe search for a notorious serial killer takes a therapist on a nightmarish quest to an alternate world to find the sinister secret behind his crimes, in a dark fantasy inspired by Caribbean urban myth, from the award-winning author of The Blue, Beautiful World.&“The natural heiress to Octavia Butler and Ursula Le Guin.&”—Financial TimesDr. Miranda Ecuovo works as a forensic therapist, helping traumatized witnesses recover their memories so that they can testify about the crimes they observed. Her most famous case resulted in the conviction of the serial killer Walther Gray, a pathologist&’s assistant known as the Butcher of the City. One day Miranda is seized by Chance, one of the spirits known as the Undying, and transported to a fantastical dreamlike world. There she is greeted by an Angel and presented with an unusual mission: Help catch the rogue Undying who was the true mastermind behind the Butcher&’s crimes.Now Miranda and Chance must stop the murderer before he kills again. Together they will race through a surreal otherworld of magical labyrinths and wondrous spirits—but also into the maze of Miranda&’s own memories when they retrace her original investigation. As Miranda draws closer to the truth, she finds herself confronted by even bigger questions than the killer&’s identity. How could his victims&’ deaths be forgotten so easily? And what can she do to create a world where the vulnerable can be safe and have their lives treated as precious?
Unreal World Dream: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Lang HuayiduoA dream like real unreal come across to another level of the earth and then come and get the memory of the world in this world professor black ink dingle to transcend time and space science and technology create the three generations of the robot but the third biological viruses with robot fighter is due to come from outer space has the independent thinking to occupy the earth the biological virus warriors finally kill professor heimerdinger hiding to reproduce hoping to dominate the earth p p through the forest maple in difficulty to get black ink dinge professor left the ultimate weapon finally in the human army and black ink dinge professor s help the bloodlust warcraft army and biological virus soldiers to kill after the lin feng that saves the world it is to change appearance to live in the world after the amorous encounter of a kind of sweet and colourful obtain numerous true love do not want biological virus soldier to rise again however finally lin feng determined to die eventually defeated the biological virus soldiers to save the world
Unreap my Heart
by Kate EvangelistaOnly a villain can save the day. During his thousand year banishment in the Nethers, Balthazar thought of nothing but taking over the Crossroads from Death. On the day he puts his plans into action, Balthazar finds the Crossroads on lockdown. Death has been stabbed by Brianne's Bitterness, a blade that slowly leaches him of his powers. In order to challenge Death for his seat and prevent utter chaos, Balthazar is forced into a mission to find the Redeemer, the only being capable of pulling out the blade from Death's chest. The only person who can identify the Redeemer is a human girl in the Crossroads whose soul is still attached to her body. Meeting Arianne Wilson pushes Balthazar's patience to the limit. In a deal he makes with Death, he must protect Arianne during their journey through the Underverse using all the resources available to him. He soon realizes the one he needs to protect is himself. For as much harm as it inflicts on Balthazar's body, trekking through the Underverse with Arianne is proving more dangerous for his heart and soul. Can the villain remain a villain when love gets in the way?
Unreasonable Doubt: A Constable Molly Smith Novel (Constable Molly Smith Novels #8)
by Vicki Delany"Irascible, fearless and unapologetic, Maddy is a heroine cozy fans will embrace."—Publishers WeeklyNewspaper librarian Maddy Sprowls never gives story ideas to the editors at The Hannawa Herald-Union. She prefers to stay in the newspaper "morgue" and do her job. Then one Saturday she sees four elderly women get out of a taxicab at a garage sale. She figures that those women must hire the cabby every week to drive them from garage sale to garage sale. And wouldn't that make a great feature story for the paper? Monday morning she runs straight to the newsroom with her idea. Shortly after the story runs, one of the four women is murdered: retired antique dealer Violeta Bell. Maddy wants no part of the investigation, but before she knows it, she's on another of her infamous snoopathons. And, good gravy, enjoying every minute.Violeta Bell is an enigma. She even claimed to be the Queen of Romania. Could it be true?
Unreconciled (Donovan #4)
by W. Michael GearThe fourth book in the thrilling Donovan sci-fi series returns to a treacherous alien planet where corporate threats and dangerous creatures imperil the lives of the colonists.Where does one put a messianic cult of practicing cannibals? That becomes the question when Ashanti appears in Donovan's skies. She was designed for no more than four years in space. It's taken ten. The crew has sealed the transportees onto a single deck--and over the years, the few survivors down there have become monsters. Led by the messiah, Batuhan, they call themselves the Unreconciled.Supervisor Kalico Aguila settles them at remote Tyson Station. With the discovery of a wasting disease among the Unreconciled, it's up to Kalico, Dya Simonov, and Mark Talbot to try and deal with the epidemic. Only Batuhan has plans of his own--and Kalico and her people are to be the main course. Talina Perez has brokered an uneasy truce with the quetzal molecules that float in her blood. Now, she, young Kylee Simonov, a quetzal named Flute, and a clueless nobleman named Taglioni rush to save Kalico's vanished party. But as always, Donovan is playing its own deadly game. Lurking in the forest outside Tyson Base is an old and previously unknown terror that even quetzals fear. And it has already begun to hunt.
Unregistered (Children of the Uprising #1)
by Megan LynchAn &“exceptional&” dystopian tale with &“scathing commentaries on police brutality, crime prevention, population control, classism, and state-sponsored murder.&”—Publishers WeeklyLiving the ideal life is a human right—unless you&’re unregistered… Bristol lives under the watchful eye of the Metrics as an unlucky second child. The government grants its citizens the ideal life. Perfect spouse. Perfect job. Perfect home. But dare to have more than one child, and you&’ll become an outcast—the unregistered. Now, he&’ll protest the abusive system in the only way he knows how, painting controversial murals in the hidden parts of town. But the government doesn&’t condone dissent. And the frustrated unregistered citizens need to be handled. The relocation plan goes into effect and all unregistered must be sent to far-off desert states. The question is whether Bristol and his friends will be able to escape the government&’s clutches—and survive long enough to discover an unknown world…
Unrest
by Michelle HarrisonSeventeen-year-old Elliott hasn't slept properly for six months. Not since the accident that nearly killed him. Now he is afraid to go to sleep. Sometimes he wakes to find himself paralysed, unable to move a muscle, while shadowy figures move around him. Other times he is the one moving around, while his body lies asleep on the bed. According to his doctor, sleep paralysis and out of body experiences are harmless - but to Elliot they're terrifying. Convinced that his brush with death has opened up connections with the spirit world, Elliott secures a live-in job at one of England's most haunted locations, determined to find out the truth. There he finds Sebastian, the ghost of a long-dead servant boy hanged for stealing bread. He also meets the living, breathing Ophelia, a girl with secrets of her own. She and Elliott grow closer, but things take a terrifying turn when Elliott discovers Sebastian is occupying his body when he leaves it. And the more time he spends inhabiting a living body, the more resistant he becomes to giving it back. Worse, he seems to have an unhealthy interest in Ophelia. Unless Elliott can lay Sebastian's spirit to rest, he risks being possessed by him for ever. . .
Unrivaled Sword Supreme (Volume 1 #1)
by Xuanmen JiankeIn the sword, if one performed all techniques, the heavens would rule over one's self. One man, one sword. Xuan Chen had risen to power from a small island, sweeping across the world, vying for the position of supreme existence against the Heavenly Star Lords.
Unruly Stunning Consort: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Qiu RushuiHer curved a treasure in the palm parents a jiaonv just was admitted to beijing university a taste of first love sweet little girl for exploration entered the beijing the imperial palace in a remote and desolate courtyards was a sudden appearance of a ghost hu well into the bottom hole through but it was not a princess or a concubine to be dressed in but a poor peasant who wanted to sell his daughter fortunately good luck was a small wang ye bought wang fu and a small wang ye zhu qiyu had a precious relationship who knows but in the big marriage will come period because of a misunderstanding let her choose to leave choose to do a woman who wants to dominate their own destiny from then on began her rough and legendary life
Unruly Stunning Consort: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Qiu RushuiHer curved a treasure in the palm parents a jiaonv just was admitted to beijing university a taste of first love sweet little girl for exploration entered the beijing the imperial palace in a remote and desolate courtyards was a sudden appearance of a ghost hu well into the bottom hole through but it was not a princess or a concubine to be dressed in but a poor peasant who wanted to sell his daughter fortunately good luck was a small wang ye bought wang fu and a small wang ye zhu qiyu had a precious relationship who knows but in the big marriage will come period because of a misunderstanding let her choose to leave choose to do a woman who wants to dominate their own destiny from then on began her rough and legendary life
Unruly Stunning Consort: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Qiu RushuiHer curved a treasure in the palm parents a jiaonv just was admitted to beijing university a taste of first love sweet little girl for exploration entered the beijing the imperial palace in a remote and desolate courtyards was a sudden appearance of a ghost hu well into the bottom hole through but it was not a princess or a concubine to be dressed in but a poor peasant who wanted to sell his daughter fortunately good luck was a small wang ye bought wang fu and a small wang ye zhu qiyu had a precious relationship who knows but in the big marriage will come period because of a misunderstanding let her choose to leave choose to do a woman who wants to dominate their own destiny from then on began her rough and legendary life
Unruly Stunning Consort: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
by Qiu RushuiHer curved a treasure in the palm parents a jiaonv just was admitted to beijing university a taste of first love sweet little girl for exploration entered the beijing the imperial palace in a remote and desolate courtyards was a sudden appearance of a ghost hu well into the bottom hole through but it was not a princess or a concubine to be dressed in but a poor peasant who wanted to sell his daughter fortunately good luck was a small wang ye bought wang fu and a small wang ye zhu qiyu had a precious relationship who knows but in the big marriage will come period because of a misunderstanding let her choose to leave choose to do a woman who wants to dominate their own destiny from then on began her rough and legendary life
Unsaid: A Novel
by Neil AbramsonIn this explosive debut novel, Neil Abramson explores the beauty and redemptive power of human-animal relationships and the true meaning of communication in all of its diverse forms.As a veterinarian, Helena was required to choose when to end the lives of the terminally ill animals in her care. Now that she has died, she is afraid to face them and finally admit to herself that her thirty-seven years of life were meaningless, error-ridden, and forgettable. So Helena lingers, a silent observer haunted by the life she left behind-her shattered attorney husband, David; her houseful of damaged but beloved animals; and her final project, Cindy, a chimpanzee trained to use sign language who may be able to unlock the mysteries of animal communication and consciousness. When Cindy is scheduled for a research experiment that will undoubtedly take her life, David must call upon everything he has learned from Helena to save her. In the explosive courtroom drama that follows, all the threads of Helena's life entwine and tear as Helena and David confront their mistakes, grief, and loss and discover what it really means to be human. Abramson's next novel, JUST LIFE, published in May 2016.
Unseelie (The Unseelie duology #1)
by Ivelisse HousmanThe start of a swoony, high-energy duology that Emily Lloyd-Jones, author of The Bone Houses, calls &“reminiscent of classic fairytales yet brimming with a charm all its own.&”&“A world of glimmering fae that sparkles with mystery, adventure, and enchantment.&” —Andrew Joseph White, New York Times bestselling author of Hell Followed with Us Iselia &“Seelie&” Graygrove looks just like her twin, Isolde…but as an autistic changeling left in the human world by the fae as an infant, she has always known she is different. Seelie&’s unpredictable magic makes it hard for her to fit in—and draws her and Isolde into the hunt for a fabled treasure. In a heist gone wrong, the sisters make some unexpected allies and find themselves unraveling a mystery that has its roots in the history of humans and fae alike.Both sisters soon discover that the secrets of the faeries may be more valuable than any pile of gold and jewels. But can Seelie harness her magic in time to protect her sister and herself?&“Housman&’s stunning debut is the sort of love letter only an autistic author could write. Fae canon has been waiting for this one.&” —H.E. Edgmon, author of The Witch King
Unseemly Science
by Rod DuncanIn the divided land of England, Elizabeth Barnabus has been living a double life - as both herself and as her brother, the private detective. Witnessing the hanging of Alice Carter, the false duchess, Elizabeth resolves to throw the Bullet Catcher's Handbook into the fire, and forget her past. If only it were that easy!There is a new charitable organisation in town, run by some highly respectable women. But something doesn't feel right to Elizabeth. Perhaps it is time for her fictional brother to come out of retirement for one last case...? Her unstoppable curiosity leads her to a dark world of body-snatching, unseemly experimentation, politics and scandal. Never was it harder for a woman in a man's world...File Under: FantasyFrom the Paperback edition.