AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY AND INDIE BESTSELLER! A #1 LibraryReads pick! An Indie Next pick!
The Spellshop is Sarah Beth Durstâs romantasy debutâa lush cottagecore tale full of stolen spellbooks, unexpected friendships, sweet jams, and even sweeter love.
Kiela has always had trouble dealing with people. Thankfully, as a librarian at the Great Library of Alyssium, she and her assistant, Cazâa magically sentient spider plantâhave spent the last decade sequestered among the empireâs most precious spellbooks, preserving their magic for the cityâs elite.
When a revolution begins and the library goes up in flames, she and CazâŠ
Princess and heir to the throne of Thorvaldor, Nalia's led a privileged life at court. But everything changes when it's revealed, just after her sixteenth birthday, that she is a false princess, a stand-in for the real Nalia, who has been hidden away for her protection. Cast out with little more than the clothes on her back, the girl now called Sinda must leave behind the city of Vivaskari, her best friend, Keirnan, and the only life she's ever known.
Sinda is sent to live with her only surviving relative, an aunt who is a dyer in a distant village.âŠ
Although I mostly read fiction, I also enjoy medical and psychological nonfiction. In this case, the real-life premise of the author discovering that he himself fit the parameters of a psychopath was fascinating.
âCompelling, essential reading for understanding the underpinnings of psychopathy.â â M. E. Thomas, author of Confessions of a Sociopath
For his first fifty-eight years, James Fallon was by all appearances a normal guy. A successful neuroscientist and professor, heâd been raised in a loving family, married his high school sweetheart, and had three kids and lots of friends. Then he learned a shocking truth that would not only disrupt his personal and professional life, but would lead him to question the very nature of his own identity.
While researching serial killers, he uncovered a pattern in their brain scans thatâŠ
Magic is spilling from an enchanted village into the outside world! Can librarian Chess and her talking cat prevent disaster while solving a murder?
Full of charming humor and endearing characters, A Catâs Guide to Danger is the third paranormal cozy novel in the Forgotten Village Magical Mystery series. National Book Award winner Neal Shusterman describes USA Today bestselling author Jacqueline Diamond as a âmaster storyteller.â Her books have sold more than 7 million copies worldwide.
When Chess, a once-scorned orphan, inherited an ancient library in a hidden sphere, she never imagined sheâd have to return to her former California home. Her dangerous mission: catch a killer and recover a stolen notebook containing the secrets of magic.
With her sarcastic black cat Kafka and her handsome detective friend Nik, Chess must navigate a ârealâ town where leaking magic is causing confusion and peril. Now she must restore the natural and the supernatural to their rightful realms.
