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  Songforge

  James Beckingham

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  A centuries old battle is about to erupt, and the future of all the races rests upon the most unlikely people in the Empire.
  Aerik is a slave, his life surrounded by squalor and death. By day he works in the fields, at night takes solace in a secret slave bar, entertaining his friends and helping them escape the grim reality of life. When the Drakes destroy all he holds dear, Aerik is left with a burning desire for revenge...
  Honoured SongForger, Kelkh Ironbound is one of the rare few Drakes gifted with the ForgeSong, a magic that allows him to create weapons of immense power. He encounters Annah, a human outcast shunned by her own people.

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  Fireheart Tiger

  Aliette de Bodard

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  Award-winning author Aliette de Bodard returns with Fireheart Tiger, a powerful romantic fantasy that feels like The Goblin Emperor meets Howl's Moving Castle in a pre-colonial Vietnamese-esque world. 
   
   
   
  A British Science Fiction Award winner! A finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Ignyte Awards! 
   
   
   
  A Most Anticipated Pick for Buzzfeed, Mary Sue, Nerd Daily, and FanFi Addict. 
   
   
   
  Fire burns bright and has a long memory . . . 
   
   
   
  Quiet, thoughtful princess Thanh was sent away as a hostage to the powerful faraway country of Ephteria as a child. Now she's returned to her mother's imperial court, haunted not only by memories of her first romance, but by worrying magical echoes of a fire that devastated Ephteria's royal palace. 
   
   
   
  Thanh's new role as a diplomat places her once again in the path of her first love, the powerful and magnetic Eldris of Ephteria, who knows exactly what she wants: romance from Thanh and much more from Thanh's home. Eldris won't take no for an answer, on either front. But the fire that burned down one palace is tempting Thanh with the possibility of making her own dangerous decisions. 
   
   
   
  Can Thanh find the freedom to shape her country's fate—and her own?

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  Cowboy Seeks a Wild Child

  Marley Michaels

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  Sarah Moore was born and raised on the road. Traveling around North America with her family's rodeo, she lives her life unapologetically and couldn't imagine staying in one place for too long. 
   
   
   
  But when she finds herself courting trouble, she's sent to Eagle Mountain Ranch while she decides what she wants to do with her life. 
   
   
   
  Jasper Barnes has wanted Sarah since he first met her when the rodeo last came to town. But knowing she was not one to settle down, he knew that if it was truly meant to be, the mountain would bring her back to him—and it did. 
   
   
   
  Now Jasper has to prove to Sarah that her wild child ways are not the problem and that she can be happy in one place—preferably with him. 
   
   
   
  The mountain spirit's Call has never been wrong, and with that in mind, Jasper is not about to give up on getting everything he's always wanted now. If only Sarah agreed . . . 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  Note on Realism A (Unabridged)

  Robert Louis Stevenson

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  Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. Born and educated in Edinburgh, Stevenson suffered from serious bronchial trouble for much of his life, but continued to write prolifically and travel widely in defiance of his poor health. As a young man, he mixed in London literary circles, receiving encouragement from Andrew Lang, Edmund Gosse, Leslie Stephen and W. E. Henley, the last of whom may have provided the model for Long John Silver in Treasure Island.
  A NOTE ON REALISM: Style is the invariable mark of any master; and for the student who does not aspire so high as to be numbered with the giants, it is still the one quality in which he may improve himself at will. Passion, wisdom, creative force, the power of mystery or colour, are allotted in the hour of birth, and can be neither learned nor simulated.

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  Scary Monsters

  Michelle de Kretser

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  Lili’s family migrated to Australia from Asia when she was a teenager. Now, in the 1980s, she’s teaching in the south of France. She makes friends, observes the treatment handed out to North African immigrants, and is creeped out by her downstairs neighbor. All the while, Lili is striving to be a bold, intelligent woman like Simone de Beauvoir. 
  Lyle works for a sinister government department in near-future Australia. An Asian migrant, he fears repatriation and embraces “Australian values.” He’s also preoccupied by his ambitious wife, his wayward children, and his strong-minded elderly mother. Islam has been banned in the country, the air is smoky from a Permanent Fire Zone, and one pandemic has already run its course.
  Three scary monsters—racism, misogyny, and ageism—roam through this mesmerizing novel. Its reversible format enacts the disorientation that migrants experience when changing countries changes the story of their lives. With this suspenseful, funny, and profound book, Michelle de Kretser has made something thrilling and new.

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  The Gargoyle from General...

  Kate Prior

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  A siren in heat, a gargoyle who keeps getting under her skin, and an inescapable work trip . . . 
   
   
   
  Gwen doesn't want anyone to know she's a siren. She doesn't want anyone to know she's terrible at her job either. 
   
   
   
  Perhaps least on her list of priorities, Gwen would also like to avoid the gargoyle who saw her vibe in the TSA check. Except, the very same gargoyle is the new manager she has to work with, and he's going to the same corporate retreat she is. He reminds her too much of her past and exactly the career-driven sort of guy she can't stand from Fortune 666 companies. 
   
   
   
  When things start to heat up between them, Gwen's afraid he's going to learn all her secrets, but when he offers to help feed her siren appetite, she can't resist mixing business with pleasure. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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