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Wish of the wicked

2023
For centuries, Farrow's family served as magical advisors to the Queen, keeping the thirteen Queendoms in harmony. That is, until a new queen outlaws their magic. She executes Farrow's family, and Farrow is the only survivor, with her magic warped beyond repair. She now can only grant the feeble wishes of commoners. Since that day, she has wanted revenge on the queen. When the queen's son, Prince Mather, reaches the age where he must chose a bride, and the queen holds a ball in his honor, Farrow sees her opportunity for revenge. All she needs is a young woman named Cinderella, who dreams of true love, to help her use her magic and destroy the queen.

The Engagement Party

2023
Emily Hunt went missing from her affluent liberal arts school on graduation weekend. Her body was found floating in a river, and a quiet loner who most people on campus really didn?t know died by suicide. A tenuous link?one text?bound the two dead students together and was enough for law enforcement to close the case. But they got it wrong and now someone is determined to set it right. Twelve years later, college friends gather to celebrate an engagement over a long overdue getaway on a swanky private island in Maine?with only one way in and one way out. Sierra Prescott, invited as a guest and unconnected to past events, is the only person who soon senses not all is what it seems.

A drop of venom

2024
"The legend of Medusa is retold as an empowering feminist tale in an Indian-mythology-inspired world"--Provided by publisher.

For girls who walk through fire

2023
"Four high school girls take justice for their sexual assaults into their own hands by forming a secret witch coven and casting revenge spells on their attackers"--.

Ava's demon

2023
"When a young, shy girl named Ava discovers that the demon who haunts her is actually the spirit of an ancient alien queen named Wrathia, the two form a powerful pact--in exchange for a better life, Ava must help Wrathia seek revenge against Titan, the god-like being who destroyed her empire"--Provided by publisher.

The fury

2024
Every year, reclusive ex-movie star Lana Farrar invited her closest friends to escape the English weather and spend Easter on her idyllic private Greek island. But this year, they found themselves trapped there overnight. Their old friendships concealed hatred and a desire for revenge. What followed was a game of cat and mouse, with the night ending in violence and death when one of them was found murdered.

The winners

a novel
2023
"Maya Andersson and Benji Ovich, two young people who left in search of a life far from the forest town, come home and joyfully reunite with their closest childhood friends. There is a new sense of optimism and purpose in the town, embodied in the impressive new ice rink that has been built down by the lake. Two years have passed since the events that no one wants to think about. Everyone has tried to move on, but there's something about this place that prevents it. The destruction caused by a ferocious late-summer storm reignites the old rivalry between Beartown and the neighboring town of Hed, a rivalry which has always been fought through their ice hockey teams. Maya's parents, Peter and Kira, are caught up in an investigation of the hockey club's murky finances, and Amat--once the star of the Beartown team--has lost his way after an injury and a failed attempt to get drafted into the NHL. Simmering tensions between the two towns turn into acts of intimidation and then violence. All the while, a fourteen-year-old boy grows increasingly alienated from this hockey-obsessed community and is determined to take revenge on the people he holds responsible for his beloved sister's death. He has a pistol and a plan that will leave Beartown with a loss that is almost more that it can stand"--Provided by publisher.

Stranger danger

2023
"Lotus, Nova, and Vin need to get serious about studying. They've even rented a farmhouse in the middle of nowhere so they can focus. No phones. No internet. No distractions. But they're not alone. Someone else is studying too, studying them"--Back cover.

Long way down, the graphic novel

2022
As Will, fifteen, sets out to avenge his brother Shawn's fatal shooting, seven ghosts who knew Shawn board the elevator and reveal truths Will needs to know.

Dreams lie beneath

2022
"The realm of Azenor has spent years plagued by a curse. Every new moon, magic flows from the nearby mountain...Only magicians who serve as territory wardens stand between people and their worst dreams. Clementine Madigan is ready to take over as the warden of her small town, but when two magicians arrive to challenge her, she is unknowingly drawn into a century-old conflict. She seeks revenge, but as she gets closer to Phelan, one of the handsome young magicians, secrets as well as romance begins to rise"--Provided by publisher.

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