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Ella enchanted volume 1
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In this novel based on the story of Cinderella, Ella struggles against the childhood curse that forces her to obey any order given to her.
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At Baskerville Hall on the grim moors of Devonshire, a legendary curse has apparently claimed one more victim. Sir Charles Baskerville has been found dead. There are no signs of violence, but his face is hideously distorted with terror. Has the spectral destroyer struck again? More important, is Sir Henry Baskerville, younger heir to the estate, now in danger? Enter Sherlock Holmes, summoned to protect Sir Henry. As Holmes and Watson begin to investigate,...
3) Siren's song
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Storm siren trilogy volume 3
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[2016]
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"The realization hits: We're not going to win. It's why I couldn't defeat Draewulf in Bron--because this power was never mine anyway. I drop my arms and let the energy die off. And turn around to face Eogan."After a fierce battle with Draewulf, Nym barely escaped with her life. Now, fleeing the scorched landscape of Tulla, her storm-summoning abilities are returning; only. the dark power is still inside her.Broken and bloodied, Nym needs time to recover,...
4) Holes
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As further evidence of his family's bad fortune which they attribute to a curse on a distant relative, Stanley Yelnate is sent to a hellish correctional camp in the Texas desert where he finds his first real friend, a treasure, and a new sense of himself.
6) Shadowland
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Immortals (Alyson Noel) volume 3
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Ever and Damen have traveled through countless past lives and fought off the world's darkest enemies to be together forever, but just as their long-awaited destiny is finally within reach, a powerful curse threatens them.
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2015.
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"St. Louis in 1880 is full of ghosts, and Jacob Tracy can see them all. Ever since he nearly died on the battlefield at Antietam, Trace has been haunted by the country's restless dead. The curse cost him his family, his calling to the church, and damn near his sanity. He stays out of ghost-populated areas as much as possible these days, guiding wagon trains West from St. Louis, with his pragmatic and skeptical partner, Boz. During the spring work...
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Princess kingdom volume 1
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[2014]
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In the kingdom of Amaranyllis, only the princesses have the power to control the errant magic constantly threatening to cross over from the boundary of fairie. But the princess is lost; hidden from a curse with the desperate hope that she will become the salvation of their kingdom. She cannot, however, elude her destiny. Aribella must take her rightful place and contend with the dangers hidden in royal life.
Beyond the unpredictable fairie storms...
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In 1894, Leonarda Cianciulli was born into an abusive household. As a young girl, she attempted suicide twice to rid herself of the misery. After decades of abuse, Leonarda sought stability and married Raffaele Pansardi. Her mother did not approve and conveyed her anger in the strongest possible sense. She cursed the marriage. Leonarda believed that her mother's words had power and they haunted her for the rest of her life. Following the curse, Leonarda...
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2020
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Where does the story of the Owens bloodline begin? With Maria Owens, in the 1600s, when she’s abandoned in a snowy field in rural England as a baby. Under the care of Hannah Owens, Maria learns about the “Unnamed Arts.” Hannah recognizes that Maria has a gift and she teaches the girl all she knows. It is here that she learns her first important lesson: Always love someone who will love you back.
When Maria is abandoned by the man who has declared...
12) Windwalker
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Prophecy volume 1
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2012
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Layla Birdsong has been reincarnated just as the world is coming to an end: a meteor called Firewalker is on a collision course with earth. She will lead what's left of the Native American race through a portal-- back to their beginning. Doing so will change the past-- and the future. But will Firewalker come before all of her people are through the portal?
14) Remember me
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2019.
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Nell Martin is moving again, this time to the Winslow Grand Hotel, built in 1878. As Nell is settling in, strange things begin to happen. Doors lock of their own accord, writing appears on bathroom walls, and most horrifying of all, visions of a dead boy permeate her waking life. Thinking it's her mind playing tricks on her, she soon finds the past and present colliding as she learns horrific details of a murder which took place at the hotel in 1907...
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[2006]
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Rory MacKenzie is determined to find the carved unicorn given to a bewitching woman by his Socttish ancestor. Unknown to her, Victoria Cartwright possesses the magic to open a mysterious wardrobe that reveals a treasure, the very same unicorn that is being sought by Rory.
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c2023.
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Blue's daughter, Tsitra, is dying a horrific death. Thousands of miles away, Blue feels time slowing and hears voices, followed by an 18-month stillness. More than a century before, Blue's grandparents, Amanda and Palmer, attend a salon party in New Orleans. It's a veritable array of who's-who within pre-Civil War social circles. Conversations get heated quickly as Ismay, the hostess who hails from French royalty, antagonizes Palmer, a landowner whose...
20) Endless nights
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2011.0
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When penniless Michael Rogers discovers the beautiful house at Gypsyś Acre and then meets the heiress Ellie, it seems that all his dreams have come true at once. But he ignores an old womanś warning of an ancient curse, and evil begins to stir in paradise. As Michael soon learns: Gypsyś Acre is the place where fatal "accidents" happens.