fate and fatalism

"Nineteen-year-old Signa Farrow must solve a duke's murder and contend with a seemingly all-powerful deity, Fate"--Provided by publisher.

Exiled to a far-flung island, Medusa has little company except for the snakes adorning her head instead of hair until a beautiful boy named Perseus arrives, distrupting her lonely existence and unleashing desire, love, and betrayal.

Alex longs for a normal life as a half-blood and grapples with her destiny as the second Apollyon, which is exacerbated by her infuriating connection to Seth and her forbidden feelings for pure-blood Aiden, all while she battles daimons and pures who threaten her survival.

After killing Ruven, a heretic sorcerer, and waking the royal family from an enchanted sleep, Lia, who was born with a miraculous gift, must marry Prince Araunn and forge a pact with a god--or die. But when the queen sends Lia and Prince Araunn on a quest to awaken the gods, Lia discovers that the boy she killed may be her only hope of survival.

Justin narrates his very bad week and the adventures of his new life. Now that his mom has married Vlad, his new stepdad, both of whom work the night shift, he'll be living with his dad during the week and spending weekends with his mom--and that means attending a new school.

On 5th Avenue in New York City, two very different men are shopping for gifts for the women they love. Gary is buying his girlfriend Rachel a charm bracelet, partly to thank her for paying for their holiday-of-a-lifetime to New York, and Ethan Green is picking out a ring for the woman who showed him how to be happy again after the death of his wife.

In the magic-soaked capital city of Oluwan, Small Sade needs a job?preferably as a maid, with employers who don?t mind her unique appearance and unlucky foot. But before she can be hired, she accidentally binds herself to a powerful being known only as the Crocodile, a god rumored to devour pretty girls. Small Sade entrances the Crocodile with her secret: she is a Curse Eater, gifted with the ability to alter people?s fates by cleaning their houses. The handsome god warns that their fates are bound, but Small Sade evades him, launching herself into a new career as the Curse Eater of a swanky inn. She is determined to impress the wealthy inhabitants and earn her place in Oluwan City . . . assuming her secret-filled past?and the revolutionary ambitions of the Crocodile God?don?t catch up with her. But maybe there is more to Small Sade. And maybe everyone in Oluwan City deserves more, too, from the maids all the way to the Anointed Ones.

"When headstrong Blythe Hawthorne finds herself bound to the insufferable deity Fate, she begins to uncover the truth about their connection and her own astonishing powers"--Provided by publisher.

When the long-ago fortune tellers they created in third grade start popping up in the most unexpected places during the summer before seventh grade, three former best friends -- Millie, Nora and Bea -- see this as a sign to finally reconnect and reunite.

"Susan the duck keeps feeling unlucky, so when a wolf shows up with gifts she has won it seems like her luck is turning around, but soon she realizes the wolf's intentions may not be as helpful as she imagined"--BTCat.