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Before She Ignites Fallen Isles Trilogy, Book #1 by Jodi Meadows Coming 09/26/17 ISBN-13: 978-0062469403 // Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books // Pages: 400 pages Find it on:   Amazon , Goodreads ------------------- Before Mira Minkoba is the Hopebearer. Since the day she was born, she’s been told she’s special. Important. Perfect. She’s known across the Fallen Isles not just for her beauty, but for the Mira Treaty named after her, a peace agreement which united the seven islands against their enemies on the mainland. But Mira has never felt as perfect as everyone says. She counts compulsively. She struggles with crippling anxiety. And she’s far too interested in dragons for a girl of her station. After Then Mira discovers an explosive secret that challenges everything she and the Treaty stand for. Betrayed by the very people she spent her life serving, Mira is sentenced to the Pit–the deadliest prison in the Fallen Isles. There, a cruel guard would do anything to discover the secret...

The Glass Spare The Glass Spare, Book #1 by Lauren DeStefano Coming October 24, 2017 ISBN-13: 978-0062491282 Publisher: Balzer + Bray Pages: 336 Find it on:   Amazon , Goodreads ------------------------- A banished princess. A deadly curse. A kingdom at war. Wil Heidle, the only daughter of the king of the world’s wealthiest nation, has grown up in the shadows. Kept hidden from the world in order to serve as a spy for her father—whose obsession with building his empire is causing a war—Wil wants nothing more than to explore the world beyond her kingdom, if only her father would give her the chance. Until one night Wil is attacked, and she discovers a dangerous secret. Her touch turns people into gemstone. At first Wil is horrified—but as she tests its limits, she’s drawn more and more to the strange and volatile ability. When it leads to tragedy, Wil is forced to face the destructive power within her and finally leave her home to seek the truth and a cure. But finding the key to he...

The Lonely Hearts Hotel by Heather O'Neill Coming February 7, 2017 ISBN-13: 978-0735213739 Publisher: Riverhead Books  Pages: 400 Find it on: Amazon , Goodreads ---------------------- With echoes of The Night Circus , a spellbinding story about two gifted orphans—in love with each other since they can remember—whose childhood talents allow them to rewrite their future. The Lonely Hearts Hotel is a love story with the power of legend. An unparalleled tale of charismatic pianos, invisible dance partners, radicalized chorus girls, drug-addicted musicians, brooding clowns, and an underworld whose economy hinges on the price of a kiss. In a landscape like this, it takes great creative gifts to thwart one’s origins. It might also take true love. Two babies are abandoned in a Montreal orphanage in the winter of 1910. Before long, their talents emerge: Pierrot is a piano prodigy; Rose lights up even the dreariest room with her dancing and comedy. As they travel around the city performing c...