When literature student Anastasia Steele is drafted to interview the
successful young entrepreneur Christian Grey for her campus magazine,
she finds him attractive, enigmatic and intimidating. Convinced their
meeting went badly, she tries to put Grey out of her mind - until he
happens to turn up at the out-of-town hardware store where she works
part-time. Erotic, amusing, and deeply moving, the Fifty Shades Trilogy
is a tale that will obsess you, possess you, and stay with you forever.
All Beatrice Shakespeare Smith has ever wanted is a true family of her
own. And she's close to reuniting her parents when her father
disappears. Now Bertie must deal with a vengeful sea goddess and a
mysterious queen as she tries to keep her family - and the Theatre
Illuminata - from crumbling. To complicate it all, Bertie is torn
between her two loves, Ariel and Nate.
Growing
up in the enchanted Thèâtre Illuminata, Beatrice Shakespeare Smith
learned everything about every play ever written. She knew the players
and their parts, but she didn't know that she, too, had magic. Now, she
is the Mistress of Revels, the Teller of Tales. She is ready for the
outside world.
Enter BERTIE AND COMPANY
And it
is nothing like the one she has come to expect. Bertie can make things
happen by writing them, but outside the protective walls of the Thèâtre,
they don't go as planned. And her magic cannot help her make a decision
between -
Nate: Her suave and swashbuckling pirate. Is now in mortal peril.
Ariel: A brooding, yet seductive, air spirit. Loves Bertie enough to die for her.
When
Nate is kidnapped and taken prisoner by the Sea Witch, only Bertie can
free him. She and her fairy sidekicks embark on a journey aboard the
Thèâtre's locomotive caravan, using Bertie's word magic to guide them.
Along the way, they collect a sneak-thief, who has in his possession
something most valuable, and meet a bird that might be Bertie's father -
and the maker of the magical Scrimshaw. Bertie's dreams are haunted by
Nate, whose love for Bertie is keeping him alive, but in the daytime,
it's Ariel who is tantalizingly close, and the one she is falling for.
Who does Bertie love the most? And will her magic be powerful enough to
save her once she enters the Sea Witch's lair?
Once again, LISA
MANTCHEV has spun a tale like no other - full of romance, magic,
adventure, and fairies, too - that readers won't want to put down, even
after the curtain has closed.
Bertie Shakespeare Smith is not an
actress, yet she lives in a theater. She's not an orphan, but she has no
parents. She knows every part, but she has no lines of her own. That
is, until now.
Enter Stage Right
NATE. Dashing pirate. Will do anything to protect Bertie.
COBWEB, MOTH, MUSTARD SEED, and PEASEBLOSSOM. Four tiny and incredibly annoying fairies. BERTIE'S sidekicks.
ARIEL. Seductive air spirit and Berti's weakness. The symbol of impending doom.
BERTIE. Our heroine.
Welcome
to the Theatre Illuminata, where the actors of every play ever written
can be found behind the curtain. They were born to play their parts, and
are bound to the Theatre by The Book - an ancient and magical tome of
scripts. Bertie is not one of them, but they are her family - and she is
about to lose them all and the only home she has ever known.
Lisa
Mantchev has written a debut novel that is dramatic, romantic, and
witty, with an irresistible and irreverent cast of characters who are
sure to enchant the audience.
In RAPTURE, the highly
anticipated fourth and final novel in the FALLEN series, Luce and Daniel
are together . . . but for how long? Can history be rewritten? Or are
some punishments eternal?
And she has. Over and over again.
Throughout time, Luce and Daniel have found each other, only to be
painfully torn apart: Luce dead, Daniel left broken and alone. But
perhaps it doesn't need to be that way. . . .
Luce is certain
that something - or someone - in a past life can help her in her present
one. So she begins the most important journey of this lifetime . . .
going back eternities to witness firsthand her romances with Daniel . . .
and finally unlock the key to making their love last.
Cam and
the legions of angels and Outcasts are desperate to catch Luce, but none
are as frantic as Daniel. He chases Luce through their shared pasts,
terrified of what might happen if she rewrites history.
Because their romance for the ages could go up in flames . . . forever.
Sweeping across centuries, PASSION is the third novel in the unforgettably epic FALLEN series.
Generations of werewolves have been secretly residing in a secluded valley a stone's throw from Grundy, Alaska. So when a snooping Outsider comes to Grundy to investigate rumors of lycanthropic shenanigans in the area, the valley's pack alpha, Maggie Graham, resolves to chase him away, even if doing so takes a quick bite on the butt. What a pity that researcher Nick Thatcher turns out to be so drool-worthy, and that his kisses make Maggie want to sit up and beg. Maggie just can't seem to convince Nick to leave . . . and even worse, she can't convince herself to stay away from him. Cross-species dating is problem enough for a harried alpha female, but on top of that, a rival group of werewolves is trying to move into the valley. With interpack war threatening, Maggie can't afford to be distracted. Combining romance and a career can be tough for anyone; for a werewolf in love with a human, it may be disastrous. . . .
Even in Grundy, Alaska, it's unusual to find a naked guy with a bear
trap clamped to his ankle on your porch. But when said guy turns into a
wolf, recent southern transplant Mo Wenstein has no difficulty
identifying the problem. Her surly neighbor Cooper Graham - who has been
openly critical of Mo's ability to adapt to life in Alaska - has
trouble of his own. Werewolf trouble.
For Cooper, an Alpha in
self-imposed exile from his dysfunctional pack, it's love at first sniff
when it comes to Mo. But Cooper has an even more pressing concern on
his mind. Several people around Grundy have been the victims of wolf
attacks, and since Cooper has no memory of what he gets up to while in
werewolf form, he's worried that he might be the violent canine in
question.
If a wolf cries wolf, it makes sense to listen, yet Mo
is convinced that Cooper is not the culprit. Except if he's not
responsible, then who is? And when a werewolf falls head over haunches
in love with you, what are you supposed to do anyway? The rules of
dating just got a whole lot more complicated. . . .
Answering tricky reference questions is excitement enough for library
director Lindsey Norris. Until a murder is committed in her cozy
hometown of Briar Creek, Connecticut, and the question of who did it
must be answered before someone else is checked out--for good.
Lindsey is getting into her groove as the director of the Briar Creek
Public Library when a New York editor visits town, creating quite a
buzz. Lindsey's friend Beth wants to sell the editor her children's
book, but Beth's boyfriend, a famous author, gets in the way. When they
go to confront him, he's found murdered-and Beth is the prime suspect.
Lindsey has to act fast before they throw the book at the wrong person.
Try as she might, Evie can't seem to escape her not-so-normal past. And
what was supposed to be a blissfully normal school break is ruined when a
massive group of paranormals shows up at her house, claiming that Evie
is the only one who can protect them from a mysterious, perilous fate.
The
deadly war between the faerie courts looms ever closer. The clock is
ticking on the entire paranormal world. And its future rests solely in
Evie's hands.
So much for normal.
With a perfect blend of
humor and suspense, Endlessly is everything readers could dream of in a
conclusion--and the unexpected twists will keep them guessing until the
very last page.
Evie finally has the normal life she's always longed for. But she's
shocked to discover that being ordinary can be . . . kind of boring.
Just when Evie starts to long for her days at the International
Paranormal Containment Agency, she's given a chance to work for them
again. Desperate for a break from all the normalcy, she agrees.
But as one disastrous mission leads to another, Evie starts to wonder
if she made the right choice. And when Evie's faerie ex-boyfriend Reth
appears with devastating revelations about her past, she discovers that
there's a battle brewing between the faerie courts that could throw the
whole supernatural world into chaos. The prize in question? Evie
herself.
There's something strange and deadly loose in Philadelphia...
Eleanor
Fitt has a lot to worry about. Her brother has gone missing, her family
has fallen on hard times, and her mother is determined to marry her off
to any rich young man who walks by. But this is nothing compared to
what she's just read in the newspaper--
The Dead are rising in Philadelphia.
And then, in a frightening attack, a zombie delivers a letter to Eleanor...from her brother.
Whoever
is controlling the Dead army has taken her brother as well. If Eleanor
is going to find him, she'll have to venture into the lab of the
notorious Spirit-Hunters, who protect the city from supernatural forces.
But as Eleanor spends more time with the Spirit-Hunters, including
their maddeningly stubborn yet handsome inventor, Daniel, the situation
becomes dire. And now, not only is her reputation on the line, but her
very life may hang in the balance.
ONE GIRL. TWO WORLDS. SHATTERED. Jane's world has changed now that Luca,
love of her live, inhabits it, and she's happier than she ever thought
she could be. But can an immortal in the human world survive on love
alone? When Jane and Luca are befriended by intriguing siblings, Ade and
Polly, they are swept into a destructive chain of events that will test
everything. They've overcome different worlds. But nothing could
prepare Jane for this ...
Jane and Luca's story continues ...but not quite as they had planned.
When challenges and threats from the immortal world of Nissilum rip the
young lovers apart, Jane is bereft. Without Luca's dancing green eyes,
and gentle smile, Jane feels lost, sad and alone. But then a trip to
Paris with her grandmother thrusts her in the path of the amiable Soren -
a kindred spirit who may be just the distraction she needs ...Meanwhile
in Nissilum, Luca struggles with the loyalties and expectations that
come with being a part of the immortal world. A world that is about to
be shaken at it's very core: rumblings of mounting unrest are spreading,
and with rumours of an angel rebellion growing no creature is safe --
especially not a mortal girl who has fallen in love with a wolf boy ...
