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carry on A Fangirl Companion & A Stand Alone Novel by Rainbow Rowell Coming May 9, 2017 ISBN-13: 978-1250135025 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; 1st Reprint edition  Pages: 528 Find it on Amazon , Goodreads -------------------------- Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who's ever been chosen. That's what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he's probably right. Half the time, Simon can't even make his wand work, and the other half, he starts something on fire. His mentor's avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there's a magic-eating monster running around, wearing Simon's face. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were here -- it's their last year at the Watford School of Magicks, and Simon's infuriating nemesis didn't even bother to show up. Carry On - The Rise and Fall of Simon Snow is a ghost story, a love story and a mystery. It has just as much kissing and t...

The summer palace The Captive Prince Trilogy Novella, Book 3.5 Coming 2017 Pages: 24 Find it on: Amazon Kindle , Goodreads --------------------------- Set after the events of the Captive Prince trilogy, The Summer Palace is a story about Damen and Laurent during summer. It's an epilogue of sorts to the Captive Prince series. "The Summer Palace  will be an epilogue of sorts to Kings Rising and will focus on the characters of Damen and Laurent. ‘There’s a summer palace in Ios outside the capital. My mother designed the gardens there. They say it’s built on Artesian foundations.’ He thought of the meandering walks, the delicate, flowering southern orchids, the sprays of orange blossom. ‘It’s cool in summer, and there are fountains, and tracks for riding.’ His pulse beat with uncharacteristic nerves, so that he felt almost shy. ‘When all this is over . . . we could take horses and stay a week in the palace.’-- from C.S. Pacat website .

Sneak peek at THE PRINCE and the DRESSMAKER the prince and the dressmaker by Jen Wang Coming in 2017! Publisher: First Second Books Goodreads ------------------------------- The Prince and the Dressmaker is about a young 19th Century prince named Sebastian who secretly loves to wear dresses. He hires an ambitious young seamstress named Frances to make dresses for him and as their collaboration grows, so do their feelings for one another. Sebastian and Frances must find a way to balance their inner desires with the strict expectations of the royal family – or risk exposing Sebastian’s secret to the world. a a a a a a “This book is really special to me because I basically wrote it for my teenage self, which is something I haven’t done before. I wanted a story that explored questions about gender and self-identity in a way that was also really colorful and fun and positive. The personal themes are there, but also lots of dresses and princesses. The idea was to create my ideal Disney movie...

  The Song of the Shattered Sands is an epic new fantasy series of mystery, prophecy and death within the ancient walled city of the Twelve Kings . . . Of sand and malice made The Song of the Shattered Sands, Book #0.5 by Bradley P. Beaulieu Available Now! ISBN-13: 978-1473218451 Publisher: Gollancz  Language: English ISBN-10: 1473218454 Pages: 240 UK Hardcover Edition Amazon UK , Goodreads ---------------------------------- Çeda is the youngest pit fighter in the history of the great desert city of Sharakhai. In this brilliant new story, a prequel to Twelve Kings, she has already made her name in the arena as the fearsome, undefeated White Wolf. None but her closest friends and allies know her true identity. US Edition But this all changes when she crosses the path of Rümayesh, one of the sadistic creatures known as ehrekh which were forged long ago by the god of chaos. They are usually desert dwellers, but this one lurks in the dark corners of Sharakhai, toying with and pre...