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Grave Mercy
Part #1 of "His Fair Assassin" series by Robin LaFevers
Fantasy / Historical Fiction / Young Adult
Fiction and history coalesce in a rich, ripping tale of assassinations, political intrigue and religion. . . . LaFevers[set star] "Fiction and history coalesce in a rich, ripping tale of assassinations, political intrigue and religion. . . . LaFevers’ ambitious tapestry includes poison and treason and murder, valor and honor and slow love, suspense and sexuality and mercy. A page-turner—with grace." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage to the respite of the convent of St. Mortain. Here she learns that the god of Death has blessed her with dangerous gifts and a violent destiny. To claim her new life, she must destroy the lives of others. But how can she deliver Death’s vengeance upon a target who has stolen her heart?
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
Erik Larson
History / Nonfiction
Erik Larson's gifts as a storyteller are magnificently displayed in this rich narrative of the master builder, the killer, and the great fair that obsessed them both.
Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America's rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair's brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country's most important structures, including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington, D.C. The murderer was Henry H. Holmes, a young doctor who, in a malign parody of the White City, built his "World's Fair Hotel" just west of the fairgrounds—a torture palace complete with dissection table, gas chamber, and 3,000-degree crematorium. Burnham overcame tremendous obstacles and tragedies as he organized the talents of Frederick Law Olmsted, Charles McKim, Louis Sullivan, and others to transform swampy Jackson Park into the White City, while Holmes used the attraction of the great fair and his own satanic charms to lure scores of young women to their deaths. What makes the story all the more chilling is that Holmes really lived, walking the grounds of that dream city by the lake.
The Devil in the White City draws the reader into a time of magic and majesty, made all the more appealing by a supporting cast of real-life characters, including Buffalo Bill, Theodore Dreiser, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Edison, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and others. In this book the smoke, romance, and mystery of the Gilded Age come alive as never before.
Erik Larson's gifts as a storyteller are magnificently displayed in this rich narrative of the master builder, the killer, and the great fair that obsessed them both.
Vanity Fair (Bantam Classic)
William Makepeace Thackeray
Fiction
A deliciously satirical attack on a money-mad society, Vanity Fair, which first appeared in 1847, is an immensely moral novel, and an immensely witty one. Called in its subtitle “A Novel Without a Hero,” Vanity Fair has instead two heroines: the faithful, loyal Amelia Sedley and the beautiful and scheming social climber Becky Sharp. It also engages a huge cast of wonderful supporting characters as the novel spins from Miss Pinkerton’s academy for young ladies to affairs of love and war on the Continent to liaisons in the dazzling ballrooms of London. Thackeray’s forte is the bon mot and it is amply exercised in a novel filled with memorably wicked lines. Lengthy and leisurely in pace, the novel follows the adventures of Becky and Amelia as their fortunes rise and fall, creating a tale of both picaresque and risqué. Thackery mercilessly skewers his society, especially the upper class, poking fun at their shallow values and pointedly jabbing at their hypocritical “morals.” His weapons, however, are not fire and brimstone but an unerring eye for the absurd and a genius for observation of the foibles of his age. An enduring classic, this great novel is a brilliant study in duplicity and hypocrisy…and a mirror with which to view our own times.
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The Whistler
John Grisham
Thriller / Nonfiction / Young Adult
We expect our judges to be honest and wise. Their integrity and impartiality are the bedrock of the entire judicial system. We trust them to ensure fair trials, to protect the rights of all litigants, to punish those who do wrong, and to oversee the orderly and efficient flow of justice.But what happens when a judge bends the law or takes a bribe? It’s rare, but it happens.Lacy Stoltz is an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct. She is a lawyer, not a cop, and it is her job to respond to complaints dealing with judicial misconduct. After nine years with the Board, she knows that most problems are caused by incompetence, not corruption. But a corruption case eventually crosses her desk. A previously disbarred lawyer is back in business with a new identity. He now goes by the name Greg Myers, and he claims to know of a Florida judge who has stolen more money than all other crooked judges combined. And not just crooked judges in Florida. All judges, from all states, and throughout U.S. history.What’s the source of the ill-gotten gains? It seems the judge was secretly involved with the construction of a large casino on Native American land. The Coast Mafia financed the casino and is now helping itself to a sizable skim of each month’s cash. The judge is getting a cut and looking the other way. It’s a sweet deal: Everyone is making money.But now Greg wants to put a stop to it. His only client is a person who knows the truth and wants to blow the whistle and collect millions under Florida law. Greg files a complaint with the Board on Judicial Conduct, and the case is assigned to Lacy Stoltz, who immediately suspects that this one could be dangerous.Dangerous is one thing. Deadly is something else.
Fair Game
Part #3 of "Alpha and Omega" series by Patricia Briggs
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Paranormal
Patricia Briggs, the #1 "New York Times" bestselling author of the Mercy Thompson novels, "always enchants her readers. " (Lynn Viehl, "New York Times" bestselling author) Now her Alpha and Omega series-set in a world of shifting shapes, loyalty, and passion- brings werewolves out of the darkness and into a society where fear and prejudice could make the hunters prey. . .
Dark Triumph
Part #2 of "His Fair Assassin" series by Robin LaFevers
Fantasy / Historical Fiction / Young Adult
New York Times BestsellerSpring 2013 Kids' Indie Next ListSybella's duty as Death's assassin in 15th-century France forces her return home to the personal hell that she had finally escaped. Love and romance, history and magic, vengeance and salvation converge in this thrilling sequel to Grave Mercy. Sybella arrives at the convent’s doorstep half mad with grief and despair. Those that serve Death are only too happy to offer her refuge—but at a price. The convent views Sybella, naturally skilled in the arts of both death and seduction, as one of their most dangerous weapons. But those assassin's skills are little comfort when the convent returns her to a life that nearly drove her mad. And while Sybella is a weapon of justice wrought by the god of Death himself, He must give her a reason to live. When she discovers an unexpected ally imprisoned in the dungeons, will a daughter of Death find something other than vengeance to live for?
World's Fair
E. L. Doctorow
Literature & Fiction
"Something close to magic." The Los Angeles Times
The astonishing novel of a young boy's life in the New York City of the 1930s, a stunning recreation of the sights, sounds, aromas and emotions of a time when the streets were safe, families stuck together through thick and thin, and all the promises of a generation culminate in a single great World's Fair . . .
The Mystery at the Fair
Gertrude Chandler Warner
Children's Books
The county fair has come to Greenfield. The Aldens are so excited about entering the competitions at the fair. Henry and Benny will bake a blueberry pie, Jessie will make jewelry, and Violet will paint a picture.
Science Fair
Ann M. Martin
Children's Books / Young Adult
As part of their science fair project, Bobby Gianelli and his group are studying a mouse named Harriet, but their project is threatened when Harriet suddenly vanishes, until the mouse turns up with her nine new babies.
A Fair Maiden
Joyce Carol Oates
Literature & Fiction / Short Stories / Criticism
Sixteen-year-old Katya Spivak is out for a walk on the gracious streets of Bayhead Harbor with her two summer babysitting charges when she’s approached by silver-haired, elegant Marcus Kidder. At first his interest in her seems harmless, even pleasant; like his name, a sort of gentle joke. His beautiful home, the children’s books he’s written, his classical music, the marvelous art in his study, his lavish presents to her — Mr. Kidder’s life couldn’t be more different from Katya’s drab working-class existence back home in South Jersey, or more enticing. But by degrees, almost imperceptibly, something changes, and posing for Mr. Kidder’s new painting isn’t the lighthearted endeavor it once was. What does he really want from her? And how far will he go to get it?
In the tradition of Oates’s classic story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" A Fair Maiden is an unsettling, ambiguous tale of desire and control.
My Fair Temptress
Christina Dodd
Thriller / Suspense / Romance
Miss Caroline Ritter, accomplished flirt, acknowledged beauty, and ruined gentlewoman, offers lessons to any rich, noble lord too inept to attract a wife. Discard your silly affectations and your garish clothing! Learn the art of witty conversation, elegant dancing, equestrian feats and irresistible seduction at the opera! With Miss Ritter's help, you can become the most sought-after aristocrat at the ball!
Send your request to the Distinguished Academy of Governesses.
Please, absolutely no devastatingly attractive men with hidden agendas, such as secret missions or vengeful plots against evil villains—specifically not Jude Durant, the earl of Huntington, the most handsome, the most covert, the most dangerous of all the aristocrats in Regency London.
Fair Wind to Widdershins
Allan Frewin Jones
Science Fiction & Fantasy / Young Adult
After finding the first of six legendary crowns, Trundle the lamplighter thought he could finally return to his quiet life in Port Shiverstones. But Esmeralda has other ideas. A princess with a talent for magic and mischief, she is determined to continue their quest to find the five other crowns, and to use them to unite the Sundered Lands once and for all.
Accompanied by their new friend, Jack Nimble the bard, Trundle and Esmeralda sail to new lands in search of Esmeralda’s wise old aunt. Will the mysterious Aunt Millie give them the clues they need to find the next treasure? Or are they walking straight into a trap?
Karen's County Fair
Ann M. Martin
Children's Books / Young Adult
Karen is going to farm camp.She loves growing vegetables, baking treats, and making crafts. But best of all, Karen loves taking care of Ollie. Karen feeds and brushes the little lamb every day. She wants to enter Ollie in the country fair.
Dream of Fair to Middling Women
Samuel Beckett
Literature & Fiction / Theatre / Poetry
Now published for the first time--Samuel Beckett's first novel, written in the Hotel Trianon in Paris in the summer of 1932 when the author was 26. Recognized as one of the great writers of the 20th-century, Beckett's Waiting for Godot revolutionized contemporary theater and his fiction is ranked by many with that of Joyce and Proust.
The Boxcar Children Beginning: The Aldens of Fair Meadow Farm
Gertrude Chandler Warner
Children's Books
Before they were the Boxcar Children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden lived with their parents on Fair Meadow Farm
Although times are hard, the Aldens are happy—“the best family of all,” Mama likes to say. One day, a blizzard hits the countryside, and a traveling family needs shelter. The Aldens take them in, and the strangers soon become friends. But things never stay the same at the farm, and the spring and summer bring events that will forever change their lives.
Newbery Award–winning author Patricia MacLachlan pays loving tribute to the classic novels by Gertrude Chandler Warner in this story of the Alden children’s origins.
Crows Can't Count
Part #10 of "Cool and Lam" series by Erle Stanley Gardner (as A. A. Fair)
Crows Can't Count (1946) A case involving both stolen and smuggled emeralds, the latter half of which is set in the nation of Colombia.
Death at Fair Havens
Part #1 of "The Rev and Rye Series" series by Maria Mankin
"Here's small town life portrayed with humor and affection, peopled with quirky characters you'll care about."—James Patrick Kelly, winner of the Hugo, Nebula and Locus awards Wanda Duff is an unconventional New England clergywoman, addicted to chicken wings, high-octane ice cream, and saying yes to anyone in need of a prayer, even the folks her town might think don't deserve one.When parishioner Niels Pond dies unexpectedly at the Fair Havens assisted living facility, Wanda's duty to minister to his family is beset by her suspicions about the circumstances of his abrupt passing. Wanda finds an unexpected co-detective in high school vice principal Prudence Rye, who fled town on graduation night a decade ago and returned only recently.Rye puts her job on the line to investigate the mourning Ponds with the surprisingly edgy Wanda. As they expose difficult family truths and uncover a dangerous conspiracy operating out of Fair Havens, Rye...
Give 'Em the Ax
Erle Stanley Gardner (as A. A. Fair)
Give 'em the Ax by Erle Stanley Gardner (as A. A. Fair), a Cool and Lam mystery, complete and unabridged. From the back cover:The Rimley Rendezvous was the kind of back-street bistro where a tired businessman could drop in for a pick-up, no questions asked.Deep carpets and subdued lights gave the place an air of clandestine class. And solicitous waiters catered to the customer's every whim.All these comforts added up to a steep cover charge, especially since blackmail figured as the major part of the tab.It was a very lucrative business…until a murderer cut into the profits…and left his ax in Donald Lam's car.The team of Cool and Lam are at their fast-talking, fast-moving best in this tough tale of suicide, blackmail and murder.
All's Fair in Love and Wolf
Part #25 of "Heart of the Wolf" series by Terry Spear
Romance / Young Adult Romance / Urban Fantasy Romance
The Silver Town wolf pack has your back
Wolf shifter Sarandon Silver's in trouble with the law, and bounty hunter she-wolf Jenna St. James is determined to bring him in for trial.
Lucky for Sarandon, the entire Silver Town pack is ready to fight for his innocence. But until the case is solved, Jenna's sticking to Sarandon like glue...
All is Fair
All is Fair (retail) (epub)
Through highs and the lows, good times and the bad, life on the fair is unforgettableJulie and Dicky Otterman arrive at Grundy's fair with an extraordinary new act: the motorcycle extravaganza, The Wall of Death. This seemingly happy couple are the talk of the town, but all is not as it seems, and Dicky's dark and violent nature means Julie lives in constant fear. There's always plenty happening at Grundy's fair: Gemma knows Velda's secret. Renata is finally with Donny. New member, the well-spoken Tom, catches the eye of Jenny, the Grundy's lost daughter, returned to the fair very recently... Meanwhile, Sonny is away, angry and plotting. Amidst all the challenges the most worrying of all is betrayal from those closest to you. One thing is for sure: life on the fair is never simple. An unputdownable saga from bestseller Lynda Page, perfect for fans of Kitty Neale, Rosie Goodwin...
The Christmas Fair Killer
Amy Patricia Meade
Mystery & Thrillers
Christmas, cookies and a corpse: Tish Tarragon is drawn into a deadly puzzle when a young actress is murdered at the Hobson Glen Holiday Fair. Literary caterer Letitia 'Tish' Tarragon has pulled out all the stops for her booth at the Hobson Glen Holiday Fair, theming her appetising offerings around the festive performances by the Williamsburg Theatre Group. But when Tish meets the cast, she is surprised by the hostility between members of the allegedly close-knit troupe, centred around their star actress, the beautiful, talented yet mysterious ing�nue, Jenny Inkpen. Determined to spread some Christmas cheer, Tish volunteers to deliver breakfast to the eight actors, but is horrified to discover Jenny dead in her trailer the next morning. As Tish attempts to find out more about the group's leading lady, she soon uncovers lies, jealousy and a series of shocking secrets. Can Tish expose a cold-blooded killer before the fair is over?
The Fair Elf Princess
Sarah Swan
Young Adult / Fantasy
A young boy discovers he's able to take the splendors of his dreams into the real world. One night he finds a mysterious young girl laying with him.Sixteen-year old Confucius Clementine is a dreamer devoid of a social life and engulfed in the world of fantastical video games. But after suffering a concussion he discovers that he's been granted an unthinkable power... the ability to bring anything he so desires from his dreams into the real world. He creates a new persona called the dream savior to heroically transform the world, but upon awakening one night, he finds in his bed with him a mysterious girl, Rosewielder, the Fair Elf Princess. Confucius and Rosewielder learn that they're part of a magical but perilous world of vampires, elves, dragons, all the things of folklore and legend, veiled just beneath the commonplace. Rosewielder struggles to adapt to suburbia, slicing televisions in half with her sword and destroying giant serpents, whereas Confucius is mesmerized by the fair elf's radiant beauty, all the while, dark spirits forcing them to take up their arms as warriors to protect each other and the world.
My Fair Bluestocking
Nina Jarrett
A young woman who despises high society and its fashions. A spoilt lord who loves it. Will they give in to their unexpected attraction to reveal a deep and enduring passion?In this steamy historical romance, an intelligent young woman from the country reluctantly receives a makeover from an arrogant gentleman from the city. But he will not stop teasing her. It is only a matter of time before this relationship combusts.She thinks he is arrogant and vain ...The Davis family has ascended to the gentry due to their unusual connection to the Earl of Saunton. Now the earl wants Emma Davis and her sister to come to London for the Season. Emma relishes refusing, but her sister is excited to meet eligible gentlemen. Now she can't tell the earl's arrogant brother to go to hell when he shows up with the invitation. She will cooperate for her beloved sibling, but she is not allowing the handsome Perry to sway her mind ... or her...
Death at the Fair
Frances McNamara
The 1893 World's Columbian Exposition provides a vibrant backdrop for this exciting new mystery. Emily Cabot is one of the first women graduate students at the University of Chicago, eager to prove herself in the emerging field of sociology. While she is busy exploring the Exposition with her family and friends, her colleague, Dr. Stephen Chapman, is accused of murder. Emily sets out to search for the truth behind the crime, but is thwarted by the gamblers, thieves, and corrupt politicians who are ever-present in Chicago. A lynching that occurred in the dead man's past leads Emily to seek the assistance of the black activist Ida B. Wells. Rich with historical details that bring turn-of-the-century Chicago to life, this novel will appeal equally to history buffs and mystery fans.
Fair Game
Charlotte Mills
What's a retired cop to do when her lover is being targeted? Helen Taylor pulls on her boots again in this captivating lesbian mystery.Lexi Ryan is being targeted and can't work out why. She's escaped the troubled town of Warner with her beautiful partner, former Det. Chief Inspector Helen Taylor, and is looking for a quieter life. Instead she's faced with an attempted hit-and-run and mailbox tampering.Helen, meanwhile, is finding it hard coming to terms with civilian status. But once a cop, always a cop, and she uses her old skills to play bodyguard to Lexi and kick over the clues. As the incidents against her lover keep piling up, Helen starts to wonder if it's one of her old enemies up to tricks, or someone from Lexi's world.A sequel to "Payback", this exciting thriller will keep you on your toes.
Fair Game
B. W. Battin
The Murder Club is a secret society with only three members. Wealthy. Young. Bored. Searching for the ultimate thrill.
Kathleen Brown is a bestselling mystery writer. Beautiful. Single. Alone. The perfect target.
The Hunt begins. Kathleen receives a videotape in the mail – a horrifying record of a hitchhiker’s murder. Then she is sent a copy of her own novel — a terrifying thriller that ends with a woman’s death.
Now, one by one, the fictional events she created are coming true ...
But this time, they control the plot. And Kathleen Brown is … Fair Game.
All's Fair in Pucks and War
Elise Faber
I'd wanted her from the first moment I'd seen her. But Billie Rose hadn't liked me. Not that I could blame her—I'd just been another of the annoying hockey players seemingly out to ruin her town. Thankfully, I'd finally gotten her to see me. To want me. But Billie was the most together person I'd ever met, and she regularly took on fixer-uppers of both the human and inanimate variety. I didn't want her to see me as a project. I wanted her to see me as me. As the man she wanted. As the man she loved. *This is book 2 in Joel and Billie Rose's story
Beware the Curves
Part #15 of "Cool-Lam" series by Fair, A. A.
FICTION“The name of the man you want is Karl Carver Endicott. He Ims at Citrus Grove ” I said to our client.Ansel moistened his lips with the tip of his tongue. “I hadn’t anticipated that you’d just get the name.”“That’s what you wanted,” I told him. “In case you’re interested in the murder....”“I’m not interested in the murder. I merely wanted…” Suddenly his voice trailed away into dismayed silence.I grinned at him. “How did you know there’d been a murder, Ansel? Because in case you’re interested, you’ve made several very important mistakes. First....”And so began one of the most complicated and fast- moving of the Bertha Cool-Donald Lam mystery stories by A. A. Fair (pseudonym of that past master of the detective story, ERLE STANLEY GARDNER).
They Don't Play Fair
Clifford "Spud" Johnson
Papio and Special are back! Their love for one another has withstood the drama and turmoil of their chaotic lives, but their thirst for the dollar has once again set them on a crash course for mayhem. They've accumulated a long list of enemies, and now it's time to do battle. Calling on some strong allies to assist them, they insist that no one will be spared, and no one will get in their way. Papio and Special are going all out to get what they want and what they feel they deserve. Whatever it takes, their goals will be reached. There's no rules in the game they are playing. They don't care about rules anyway, because They Don't Play Fair!
All's Fair in Love and Mastery
Sparrow Beckett
Sparrow Beckett masters the enemies-to-lovers trope in this steamy romance, following Master in Shining Armor.Grant Ellis, co-owner of the exclusive Catacombs club, can't stand Arabella Dexter...his own best friend. One scorching night shouldn't have made things weird between them, but it changed everything. Who knew there were lines friends can't uncross? Now, no one gets under his skin and drives him wild quite like Dex. Since she refuses to wear his collar, he can only mask his desire with sarcasm and antagonism.Dex has had it up to here with Grant. He's a bossy, domineering jerk, and the sexiest man she's ever been with. Even so, she's done with collars and the nonsense that comes with commitments. When he extends an olive branch and invites her to visit his new resort on a remote island in Canada, it's a chance to get their friendship back on track.Alone in the wilderness for a week, they explore Grant's investment and the boundaries of their...
Greymist Fair
Francesca Zappia
Young Adult / Fantasy / Science Fiction
The villagers of Greymist Fair know that the woods are a dangerous and magical place, and that they should never set foot off the road. But when a young tailor discovers a body, her search for the culprit reveals even more strange and dark happenings around her town. From acclaimed author Francesca Zappia, Greymist Fair is a suspenseful and inventive murder-mystery infused with magic and inspired by the lesser-known fairytales of the Brothers Grimm. Two roads lead into a dark forest. They meet at Greymist Fair, the village hidden in the trees, a place kept alive by the families that never leave. The people of Greymist Fair know the woods are a dangerous and magical place, and to set foot off the road is to invite trouble.When Heike, the village's young tailor, discovers a body on the road, she goes looking for who is responsible. But her quest only leads to more strange happenings around Greymist Fair.Inspired by the...
The Fair Maid of Perth; Or, St. Valentine's Day
Walter Scott
Fiction / Historical Fiction / Poetry
Classic Book Hall of Frame
Fair Margaret (1907)
H. Rider Haggard
Adventure / Historical Fiction / Fantasy
Split from:
Complete Works of H. Rider Haggard
Fair and Just
Alex P. Berg
Mystery / Fantasy / Science Fiction
Penelope Phair never saw herself as a police officer. Then again, she never expected to end up behind bars either. But after getting fired from work and beating her boyfriend to a pulp, the inside of a jail cell might be the best place for her to stay. At least it's a roof over her head. Good thing she's got a guardian angel. After getting bailed out by her Nana, a famed supernatural investigator, all it takes is a hot meal and a hard shove to get Phair on the straight and narrow. A few months of police academy later, Phair is eager to join the ranks of the boys and girls in blue, but even she couldn't predict she'd respond to a homicide her very first shift. Now an alchemist has been murdered, a precious artifact has been stolen, and like it or not, Phair's in the thick of the investigation. But cracking the case is easy compared to navigating the unwritten rules of the police department. Unlike what her Nana might've told her, the law isn't...
St James' Fair
St James Fair (retail) (epub)
When a chance for freedom arrives will she dare to take it? Odilie Rutherford is known in the small Scottish town of Lauriston for two things – her beauty, and her father, Canny. As a self-made man, Canny has the wealth he dreamed of but not the status and hatches a plan to marry his daughter to local bachelor of note the Duke of Maudesley. Yet Odilie cannot bear the thought of a life with the ill-mannered Duke, and when the annual summer fair arrives in town for three days she seizes a chance to enjoy the freedom she craves. But as the carnival atmosphere fills the town, Odilie will find her life changes in ways she could never have imagined. A captivating Scottish saga perfect for fans of Tessa Barclay and Val Wood.
All's Fair in Love, War, and High School
Janette Rallison
Romance / Young Adult / Christian
When your chance for getting into college and your date for the prom are all on the line…
Sixteen-year-old Samantha Taylor is used to having things go her way. She's head cheerleader and has all the right friends and a steady stream of boyfriends. But when she tanks the SATs, her automatic assumptions about going to college don't appear to be so automatic anymore. She determines that her only hope for college admission is to win the election for student body president. Unfortunately, with her razor wit and acid tongue she's bettersuited to dishing out insults than winning votes.
When she brashly bets her classmate Logan that she can go two weeks without uttering a single insult, Samantha immediately realizes that she may have bitten off more than she can chew. And when her current boyfriend dumps her, less than three weeks before the prom, it couldn't be a worse time to be forced to keep her opinions to herself. Finding a new boyfriend will be a challenge now that Logan shadows her every move, hoping to catch her slipping back into her old ways. Samantha is determined to win the election and find a dream date for the prom, no matter what it takes. After all . . . all's fair in love and war (and high school!).
Keeping Faith
Part #3 of "Fair Cyprians of London" series by Beverley Oakley
History / Romance
** *Revenge is sweet until it breaks your heart.* **
Four years ago, Faith’s mysterious benefactress falsely accused her of stealing and deposited her in Madame Chambon’s exclusive brothel.
There, Faith was to learn how to entrance London’s noble gentlemen with her learning in philosophy, politics and art.
Her body was to be saved for the greatest enticement of all: revenge.
Faith doesn’t care what she has to do. She lives only to fulfil a bargain that will set her free.
But when Faith is recruited as the muse of a talented, sensitive painter whose victory in a prestigious art competition turns them both into celebrities overnight, she discovers the reasons behind her mission are very different from what she'd been led to believe.
Now she is complicit in something dark and dangerous while riches, adulation and freedom are hers for the taking.
But what value are these if her heart has become a slave to the man she is required to destroy?
**Keeping Faith is book 3 in the Fair Cyprians of London series but can be read as a stand-alone.**
Fair Chances (Fairshore Series Book 3)
Part #3 of "Fairshore Series" series by Christina Butrum
Amelia And Zach Find Hope. With their recent engagement and anticipation for the arrival of their little one, Zach and Amelia look forward to their bright and promise-filled future together–as a family. Even though Amelia and Zach cannot agree on a date, Amelia has her heart set on marrying the man of her dreams.Just when they believe their life is perfect and cannot get better than it is, they face yet another unexpected heartache. But with Zach's plan, there's a fair chance everything will be okay.
All's Fair in Love and Football
Desean Rambo
Romance / Interracial Romance
After being away for years, Michael returns to his hometown of Atlanta Georgia to reclaim the woman he loves. The only woman for him is his best friend Earl’s Cousin Michelle. There is only one small problem: she’s in love with the best young player in professional football Marvin Johnson.After being away for years, Michael returns to his hometown of Atlanta Georgia to reclaim the woman he loves. The only woman for him is his best friend Earl’s Cousin Michelle. There is only one small problem: she’s in love with the best young player in professional football Marvin Johnson. Michael has walked away from a corporate life in New York City to come back to Atlanta and pick up where he left off with Chelle. But with one of the youngest and richest football players having the apple of her eye, how can he change her mind?Get ready for a roller coaster ride of love, loss, and faith in All’s Fair in Love and Football.
The Summer Fair
Heidi Swain
'An absolutely gorgeous summer tale of love and secrets' RACHAEL LUCASJoin Sunday Times bestseller Heidi Swain back in Nightingale Square for a sunshine and celebration filled summer... Beth loves her job working in a care home, looking after its elderly residents, but she doesn't love the cramped and dirty house-share she currently lives in. So, when she gets the opportunity to move to Nightingale Square, sharing a house with the lovely Eli, she jumps at the chance. The community at Nightingale Square welcomes Beth with open arms, and when she needs help to organise a fundraiser for the care home they rally round. Then she discovers The Arches, a local creative arts centre, has closed and the venture to replace it needs their help too – but this opens old wounds and past secrets for Beth. Music was always an important part of her life, but now she has closed the door on all that. Will her friends at the care home and the...
The Unfair Fair Case
Paul DuBois Jacobs
Mack Rhino—a private detective, who just happens to be a rhinoceros—investigates foul play at the fair in this third mystery of this silly, fun-to-read Aladdin QUIX chapter book series that's perfect for emerging readers!Mack Rhino is a private eye whose latest case finds him at the Coral Cove Fair, where someone has been winning game after game after game, taking all the prizes! It's up to Mack to figure out if the winning streak is a case of fair—or foul—play.
Fair Play
Samantha Wayland
Romance / Sports / Gay and Lesbian
Savannah Morrison is the new athletic trainer for the Moncton Ice Cats, a professional hockey team in the wilds of New Brunswick. It's a good thing she's got plenty of knowledge and grit, because as the only female trainer in the league, she has to work twice as hard to win the players' respect. The last thing on earth she would do is date one of them. Twelve year hockey veteran Garrick LeBlanc isn't ready to hang up his skates, particularly since he hasn't figured out what the hell he's planning to do next. He needs the new trainer to keep him fit to play, and she's got the skills to do it. Too bad he lost his mind and hit on her the day they met. Now she hates his guts and he's made an art of ignoring her. When the team is put up for sale, Garrick and Savannah have to work together to save their jobs and their team. Somewhere along the way, they discover Garrick isn't just a hockey player, Savannah isn't only passionate about her work, and just maybe they've got...
All's Fair in Love and Tequila
Gabriella Margo
Salty air. Flowing margaritas. Beach sunsets ... and one annoying holiday crasher. Luisa Edmonds doesn't have time for bad dates and guys who don't take life seriously. And she certainly has no time for men like Ed Garcia, a womanising divorcé who parties too hard.When Luisa is sent to a lavish, all-inclusive resort in Mexico on a marketing project, she's ecstatic — until she finds out that Ed is the award-winning photographer who has been hand-picked to go with her.But when she leaves the icy Melbourne winter behind, it's not just her extremities that begin to thaw. Here, among the golden sands, tropical waters and salty air of Playa del Carmen, Luisa starts to get to know the real Ed — a sweet, animal-loving environmentalist who's kept his crush on her a secret for years.And in all honesty, he is damn sexy without a shirt on.Unfortunately, their relationship would be bad news back in Australia, and Ed...
A Fair Barbarian
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Children's Books / Literature & Fiction
“Pretty, overdressed, jewel-bedecked Octavia Bassett," of Nevada, is one of the most fascinating characters that Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett ever drew. The story of the visit of this dashing young American girl to her father's sister in the staid, respectable, ultra-conservative English village of Slowbridge, and of the consternation which she produced in the society of that place by her frank speech, her dazzling toilets and her unconventional ways, is told with uncommon freshness and spirit in ‘A Fair Barbarian’. The sharp contrasts suggested by the presence amid the stiffness and primness of Slowbridge society of this breezy, brilliant, self-possessed young beauty, whose mother was an actress in San Francisco, whose father is a silver mine owner and who has passed a portion of her life in the mining camps of Nevada, are made the most of by Mrs. Burnett.
MY FAIR LATTE
Vickie Fee
Broke, unemployed barista Halley Greer is shocked when she inherits an Art Deco movie palace from the great uncle she remembers meeting once as a child. She moves to the charming tourist town of Utopia Springs, Arkansas to claim her legacy. In addition to the timeworn theater, she discovers she's also inherited a trash-heaped apartment, family secrets, her uncle's friends, a stealthy calico kitty—and an adversary. With a whole latte help from her new friends, the feisty barista fixes up and re-opens the theater as a coffee and wine bar, showing classic films. She generates some steam with a hunky local—and risks getting burned. The opening night of My Fair Lady looks like a big hit, and her new life feels like a bit of movie magic, until a customer turns up dead during intermission. With the cops eyeing her as a suspect, Halley digs into the victim's life and runs into a tangle of blackmail and secrets. Can Halley and her friends unmask a killer...
Fair Fashion
Holly Webb
Researching her school project on Fairtrade has been a real eye-opener for Maya. She loves clothes and is appalled to find that her favourite sparkly T-shirts are made by poor children in other countries who lead very different lives from her own, privileged one. She knows she must do something about it, but how can she make a difference without revealing her pop star secret to the world? A brilliant series about four friends who know you're never to small to make a big impact! From bestselling author Holly Webb. With cover illustration by Owen Gildersleeve.
Fair Margaret
H. Rider Haggard
Adventure / Historical Fiction / Fantasy
This book is one of the classic book of all time.
Fair Market Value
G R Jordan
An auctioneer beaten to death with a gavel. An elaborate scam to undervalue the work of a genius. Surrounded by a world he doesn't understand, can Macleod find the mysterious auction lot and bring a killer to justice? Waving goodbye to the canny DC Stewart, Detective Inspector Macleod finds himself understaffed and lacking inspiration as he is immersed in the shadowy world of ancient artifacts. With talk of tradition and fantastical powers imbued by the stolen piece, the Inspector must separate whimsy and bluff from pure greed in order to find the perpetrator of a string of murders. Going once - going twice - sold to the corpse in the corner!
All's Fair in Love and War and Death
Anne Morris
Elizabeth Bennet discovered she had a particular sensitivity even though it came from grief. When people die, their souls are met by a departed loved one as an attendant to escort them across to the afterlife. Elizabeth witnesses that it is possible for the living to follow the dead to the next world when her mother dies and she sees her grandmother escort her mother to the next world.
Few believe her, and the Bennet’s loss changes the dynamics of the family. When Elizabeth is invited to London, she meets two cousins. First, Colonel Fitzwilliam, and then Mr. Darcy. While they both admire her, it is Mr. Darcy who captures her heart, and they fall in love. Circumstances part the couple when she is unexpectedly called home to Hertfordshire.
Fitzwilliam Darcy has spent many years enjoying the delights of the London Season each spring when he meets a country miss from Hertfordshire of all places which has unpleasant memories/associations for him as the place where his father died.
But her dark eyes and charm and uniqueness utterly bewilder him, and Darcy finds himself falling in love. He is slow to declare himself, and Elizabeth escapes. Darcy realizes how besotted he is and is determined to have her. He pursues Elizabeth to the country to claim her which leads Darcy, Elizabeth, and Colonel Fitzwilliam on an extraordinary journey through another world.
Theirs is a love stronger than death.
All Is Fair
Dee Garretson
Children's Books / Mystery & Thrillers / Science Fiction
Lady Mina Tretheway knows she's destined for greater things than her fancy boarding school, where she's being taught to be a proper English lady. It's 1918, and war is raging across Europe. Unlike her father and brother, who are able to assist in the war effort, Mina is stuck sorting out which fork should be used with which dinner course. When Mina receives a telegram that's written in code, she finally has her chance to do something big. She returns to her childhood home of Hallington Manor, joined by a family friend, Lord Andrew Graham, and a dashing and mysterious young American, Lucas. The three of them must band together to work on a dangerous project that could turn the tide of the war. Thrilled that she gets to contribute to the war effort at least, Mina jumps headfirst into the world of cryptic messages, spycraft, and international intrigue. She, Lucas, and Andrew have to work quickly, because if they don't succeed, more soldiers will disappear into the...
Fair Isle and Fortunes
Part #6 of "Vampire Knitting Club" series by Nancy Warren
Romance / Literature & Fiction / Mystery
Fair Trade: A New Liaden Universe® Novel
Part #24 of "Liaden Universe" series by Sharon Lee
Jethri Gobelyn has risen far: from despised youngest on a Terran family Loop ship to second trader on premier Liaden tradeship Elthoria under the guidance of his unlikely foster-mother Norn ven’Deelin Clan Ixin. Master Trader ven’Deelin has taught Jethri much, and she expects great things from him. Indeed, one might say she demands them.
Jethri has inherited a mission from his father, a plan that will allow family Loop ships like the one he grew up on to survive the encroachment of Rostov’s Dust. In this, he’s backed by several prominent Looper families who are scheduled to meet and plan at the South Axis Trade Fair.
In what seems to be a fortunate pairing of missions, Master Trader ven’Deelin sees Jethri become lead trader on his own small ship, which is scheduled to arrive at the South Axis Fair.
Unfortunately, that “fortunate coincidence” may instead be a test of Jethri’s loyalties, as he’s thrust into a tangle of gray-trading, mistaken identity, misinformation, and galactic politics . . .
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The Miraculous Sweetmakers: the Frost Fair
Natasha Hastings
An amazing and captivating, curl-up-on-the-sofa debut about a magical frost fair and the lasting power of friendship. It's a cold winter during the Great Frost of 1683. Thomasina and Anne are the best of friends, one running her father's sweet shop and the other the apprentice at the family apothecary – together they sell their goods on the frozen River Thames. When a family tragedy turns Thomasina's world upside down, she is drawn to a mysterious conjuror and the enchanted frost fair. But soon the world of Father Winter threatens to claim everything she holds dear. Will they be able to solve the magical mysteries that surround them . . . ?