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Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
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Channi was not born a monster. But when her own father offers her in sacrifice to the Demon Witch, she is forever changed. Cursed with a serpent's face, Channi is the exact opposite of her beautiful sister, Vanna--the only person in the village who looks at Channi and doesn't see a monster. The only person she loves and trusts. Now seventeen, Vanna is to be married off in a vulgar contest that will enrich the coffers of the village leaders. Only Channi,...
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Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
"Nothing about Kess Pedrock's life is normal. Not her home (she lives in her family's Unnatural History Museum), not her interests (hunting for megafauna fossils and skeletons), and not her best friend (a talking demon's head in a jar named Shrunken Jim). But things get even stranger than usual when Kess meets Lilou Starling, the new girl in town. Lilou comes to Kess for help breaking a mysterious curse--and the only clue she has leads straight into...
343) A witch in time
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Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"A young witch is cursed to relive a doomed love affair through many lifetimes, as both troubled muse and frustrated artist, in this beautiful debut novel. In 1895, sixteen-year-old Juliet LaCompte has a passionate, doomed romance with the married Parisian painter Auguste Marchant. When her mother -- a witch -- botches a curse on Marchant, she unwittingly binds Juliet to the artist through time, damning her to re-live her affair and die tragically...
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Theodosia Throckmorton books volume 2
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
When mummies go missing all over London, eleven-year-old Theodosia puts aside her fight against the Serpents of Chaos to save her father, who is suspected in the thefts, all the while avoiding a string of new governesses.
345) The first girl child
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Series
Chronicles of Saylok volume 1
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"Bayr of Saylok, bastard son of a powerful and jealous chieftain, is haunted by the curse once leveled by his dying mother. Bartered, abandoned, and rarely loved, she plagued the land with her words: From this day forward, there will be no daughters in Saylok. Raised among the Keepers at Temple Hill, Bayr is gifted with inhuman strength. But hes also blessed with an all-too-human heart that beats with one purpose: to protect Alba, the first girl child...
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Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
Seeking to cure his rare blood disorder, Dr. Michael Morbius instead cursed himself with an insatiable lust for human blood. While trying to cure his horrific condition, he has become allied with Amanda Saint, whose sister Catherine is one of the leaders of the Demon-Fire Cult. Also known as Poison Lark, Catherine Saint has two goals above all else. She seeks to bring Satan to Earth, thus unleashing the powers of Hell, and to kill Morbius and Amanda....
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Evil librarian volume 3
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Cynthia Rothschild's world is finally just as it should be. The evil librarian, Mr. Gabriel, has been locked up safe in the demon world ever since their showdown over the summer at theater camp. All her friends are still alive, and no one's been attacked or possessed by demons for months now. Plus, this year's fall musical is going to be Les Misérables, which means Cyn gets to create the most incredible barricade set design in all of high school...
348) Ink & sigil
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Kevin Hearne returns to the world of his beloved Iron Druid Chronicles in a spin-off series about an eccentric master of rare magic solving an uncanny mystery in Scotland. Al MacBharrais is both blessed and cursed. He is blessed with an extraordinary white moustache, an appreciation for craft cocktails-and a most unique magical talent. He can cast spells with magically enchanted ink and he uses his gifts to protect...
349) Do your worst
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Sparks fly when an occult expert and a disgraced archeologist become rivals with benefits in this steamy opposites-attract romance from "go-to author" Rosie Danan (The New York Times Book Review). Riley Rhodes finally has the chance to turn her family's knack for the supernatural into a legitimate business when she's hired to break the curse on an infamous Scottish castle. Used to working alone in her alienating occupation, she's pleasantly surprised...
350) The Summer Queen
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Series
Buried and the bound volume 2
Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"As a new coven, Aziza, Leo, and Tristan faced evil and triumphed. All that’s left is to put their lives back together, a process complicated by the fallout from painful secrets, the emotional and physical scars they now carry, and the mysteries that still haunt them. But with the approach of the solstice comes the arrival of strange new visitors to Blackthorn: the Summer Court, a nomadic community of Fair Folk from deep in Elphame. They’ve journeyed...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Marta and her twin brother Nick have always been haunted and fascinated by an ancestral legend that holds that members of their family are doomed to various types of falls. And when their own family collapses in the wake of a revelation and a resulting devastating fight with their Catholic mother, the twins move to Prague, the city in which their 'falling curse' began. There, Marta and Nick try to forge a new life for themselves. But their ties to...
352) A million Junes
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
June O'Donnell and Saul Angert, the daughter and son of two long-feuding families, fall in love while trying to uncover the truth about a curse that has plagued their bloodlines for generations.
353) Painted devils
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Series
Little thieves volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"After accidentally starting a cult and invoking the wrath of the gods, a scam artist must fight to save everyone she has ever loved in this sequel to Margaret Owens YA fantasy Little Thieves. When misfortune strikes, the 'reformed' jewel thief Vanja manipulates a remote village for help and in turn, accidentally starts a cult around a Low God, the Scarlet Maiden. Soon after, her nemesis-turned-suitor Emeric and a supervising prefect arrive to investigate...
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Prince Phillip tells his side of Disney’s Sleeping Beauty where once upon a dream was just the beginning… Prince Phillip’s known from a young age that his destiny has already been decided for him by his father, King Hubert. His job is to smile and wave for the crowd and ride off into the sunset with his predetermined fiancé, Princess Aurora, after her curse is lifted on her sixteenth birthday. But just days before Aurora’s birthday party,...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"What does the perfect song sound like? Normally, Malcolm Kid wouldn’t give this type of question the time of day. As a straight B-student with a heart of copper, he is far more concerned with overcoming mediocrity than he is with achieving perfection. But that all changes when he stumbles across the LK-2000—a strange keyboard cursed with the soul of an old jazz musician. Malcolm soon learns that the only way to free this musician’s soul is...
356) The vine witch
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Series
The vine witch volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"A young witch emerges from a curse to find her world upended in this gripping fantasy of betrayal, vengeance, and self-discovery set in turn-of-the-century France. For centuries, the vineyards at Chateau Renard have depended on the talent of their vine witches, whose spells help create the world-renowned wine of the Chanceaux Valley. Then the skill of divining harvests fell into ruin when sorciere Elena Boureanu was blindsided by a curse. Now, after...
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Brownstone's mythical collection volume 4
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Buried amongst the treasures in Professor Brownstone's vaults, lie a humble collection of books. Filled with legendary stories from his ancestors, they tell of fearless fighters and unlikely heroes. The 4th entry in the Brownstone's Mythical Collection series follows Leo Brownstone, who's been tasked with hunting a terrifying gorgon. But is the Gorgon the menace everyone thinks it is?"--
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Chicagoland Detective Agency volume 03
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
When Megan, Raf, and talking dog Bradley get their first real case, they find themselves tracking a puppy that is not as adorable as it seems, and trying to end an ancient curse.
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Duke of death and his maid volume 7
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"On a visit to Cuff and Zain, Alice and the Duke are suddenly scouted by the ringmaster of the circus! The small Circus Gemini needs extra performers for their big show downtown. The Duke learns to juggle and Alice becomes an acrobat, but the real showstopper is Daleth, the head witch. She plans to get Zain's cooperation by any means necessary, and wants to force him to use his secret magical powers. When he rejects her, she sends her underlings to...