Friday, January 18, 2013

New Books - fiction

Afterlife by Claudia Gray -- Evernight Bk 4 - When a shocking twist of fate turns Bianca into a wraith and Lucas into a vampire, the star-crossed lovers have no choice but to return to the sinister Evernight Academy to deal with the repercussions.
Liberty's Christmas by Randall Beth Platt -- The story of Liberty Justice Jones, a sixteen-year-old girl living on a Christmas tree farm in Depression-era Texas. When hard times fall on the family, it's up to Liberty to risk everything to save the farm and realize her dreams.

Changeling by Phillipa Gregory -- Order of Darkness Bk 1 - In 1453, seventeen-year-old Luca Vero, accused of heresy and expelled from his monastery, is recruited to help investigate evil across Europe but frees his first subject, Isolde, from captivity in a nunnery, and together they seek the one who defends the boundaries of Christendom and holds the secrets of the Order of Darkness.

Hurt: a Novel by Travis Thrasher -- When Chris Buckley first encountered the mysteries of creepy Solitary, North Carolina, he had little idea how far he would fall into the town's shadows. After losing the love of his life, Chris tried to do things his way. He hunted answers. Then, he gave up trying to find them. But now, Chris comes back to Solitary knowing there's a purpose for his being there. As he watches his place in a twisted and evil bloodline become clear, Chris waits for the last battle -- and wonders who will be left when he finally makes his stand. The fourth and final book in the Solitary Tales.

Katya's World by Jonathan Howard -- Russalka Chronicles Bk 1 -     The distant and unloved colony world of Russalka has no land, only the raging sea and endless storm clouds. Beneath the waves, the people live in pressurised environments and take what they need from the boundless ocean. It is a hard life, but it is theirs and they fought a war against Earth to protect it. Katya Kuriakova is making her first submarine voyage as crew; the first nice, simple journey of what she expects to be a nice, simple career. There is nothing nice and simple about the deep black waters of Russalka, however. Soon, she will encounter pirates and war criminals, see death and tragedy first hand, and realise that her world's future lies on the narrowest of knife edges.

Rise by Andrea Cremer -- Nightshade Prequel #2 - Everything Conotus stands for is at risk, and Ember must involve herself in a deception that ultimately brings about the Witches' War.

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