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"Dragged to a treacherous magical land she only knows about from stories, Feyre discovers that her captor is not an animal, but Tamlin, a High Lord of the faeries. As her feelings toward him transform from hostility to a firey passion, the threats against the faerie lands grow. Feyre must fight to break an ancient curse, or she will lose Tamlin forever"-- Provided by publisher.
2) Heir of fire
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2014.
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Royal assassin Celaena must travel to a new land to confront a truth about her heritage, while brutal and monstrous forces are gathering on the horizon, intent on enslaving her world.
3) Check & mate
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2023.
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Adult Winter Reading Challenge 2025
Adult Winter Reading: Romance Novels
Adult Winter Reading Challenge 2025
Adult Winter Reading: Romance Novels
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When eighteen-year-old Mallory begrudgingly agrees to return to chess in one last charity tournament, her surprise upset against Nolan Sawyer, the reigning world champ and bad boy of the chess world, sets her on an worldwin adventure as she rediscovers her passion for the game.
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"Sixteen-year-old Mattie Gokey has a word for everything, and big dreams of being a writer but little hope of seeing them come true. With the fresh pain of her mother's death lingering over her and the only out from her impoverished life being marriage to the handsome but dull local rich boy, Maddie flees from her home. She takes a job at the Glenmore, where hotel guest Grace Brown entrusts her with the task of burning a secret bundle of letters....
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It is the morning of the reaping that will kick off the tenth annual Hunger Games. In the Capitol, eighteen-year-old Coriolanus Snow is preparing for his one shot at glory as a mentor in the Games. The once-mighty house of Snow has fallen on hard times, its fate hanging on the slender chance that Coriolanus will be able to outcharm, outwit, and outmaneuver his fellow students to mentor the winning tribute. The odds are against him. He's been given...
6) Caraval
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Scarlett has never left the tiny island where she and her beloved sister, Tella, live with their ruthless father. Now Scarlett's father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval, the legendary, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show, are over. But this year, Scarlett's long-dreamt-of invitation finally arrives. With the help of a mysterious sailor who she has just met, Tella whisks...
7) Lightlark
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In order to break a curse on her kingdom, Isla Crown, the young ruler of Wilding, must compete in the Centennial, a deadly game that only the rulers of six realms are invited to play, and to survive she must lie, cheat, and betray--even as love threatens to undo everything.
Every 100 years the island of Lightlark appears. Its purpose: to host the Centennial, a deadly game that only the rulers of six realms are invited to play. The Centennial offers...
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"As the day dawns on the fiftieth annual Hunger Games, fear gripsthe districts of Panem. This year, in honor of the Quarter Quell, twice as many tributes will be taken from their homes. Back in District 12, Haymitch Abernathy is trying not to think too hard about his chances. All he cares about is making it through the day and being with the girl he loves. When Haymitch's name is called, he can feel all his dreams break. He's torn from his family...
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"Nick and Charlie are best friends. Nick knows Charlie's gay, and Charlie is sure that Nick isn't. But love works in surprising ways, and Nick is discovering all kinds of things about his friends, his family ... and himself. Heartstopper is about friendship, loyalty and mental illness. It encompasses all the small stories of Nick and Charlie's lives that together make up something larger, which speaks to all of us."--Provided by publisher.
10) Out of character
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When seventeen-year-old Cass lands the girlfriend of her dreams, she struggles to hide her secret online life where she role-plays fanfiction scenes with a group of internet strangers, and things get even more complicated when she winds up falling for her scene partner, Rowan.
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Years ago, the Fall kids' father mysteriously disappeared, cracking the family into pieces. With road trips, rivalries, family curses, love stories within love stories within love stories, and sorrows and joys passed from generation to generation, this is the intricate, luminous tale of a family's complicated past and present. And only in telling their stories can they hope to rewrite their futures.
"The Fall siblings live in hot Northern California...
13) Glass sword
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The electrifying next installment in the Red Queen series escalates the struggle between the growing rebel army and the blood-segregated world they've always known -- and pits Mare against the darkness that has grown in her soul. Mare Barrow's blood is red -- the color of common folk -- but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control. The crown calls her an impossibility, a...
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After creating an art exhibit inspired by heartbreak, eighteen-year-old Chloe meets Daniel, but Chloe's unresolved feelings and Daniel's fear of being a rebound hinder their romantic prospects and leads Chloe on a journey to rediscover love and prove to Daniel she is ready for a genuine connection.
15) Infinity reaper
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"Emil and Brighton defied the odds. They beat the Blood Casters and escaped with their lives or so they thought. When Brighton drank the Reaper's Blood, he believed it would make him invincible, but instead the potion is killing him. In Emil's race to find an antidote that will not only save his brother but also rid him of his own unwanted phoenix powers, he will have to dig deep into the very past lives he's trying to outrun. Though he needs the...
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Sixteen-year-old Tessa Johnson has never felt like the protagonist in her own life. She's rarely seen herself reflected in the pages of the romance novels she loves. The only place she's a true leading lady is in her own writing--in the swoony love stories she shares only with Caroline, her best friend and #1 devoted reader. When Tessa is accepted into the creative writing program of a prestigious art school, she's excited to finally let her stories...
17) Nightbane
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After breaking ancient curses and becoming the leader of two realms, Isla Crown faces the aftermath of a devastating betrayal, but as old secrets unravel and her kingdom is threatened, Isla must confront her past as her future hurtles towards two possible fates.
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After a high school party ends in the death of a popular girl who was suffocated with a menstrual cup, amateur sleuths Kelly and Annie must stop a menstrual murderer when a second student turns up dead with a sanitary pad across the eyes.
"There's never a good time to find a dead body, sure. But what about finding a dead body while you're trying to kiss your crush? Kerry had different plans for her first high school party -- like not going. All she...
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There are many ways to die at the Circus of the Dead.
You're invited to witness them all.
Mom sent me all the way across the country to the Louisiana bayou to join the circus and help my uncle for the summer.
Except there is something not quite right on this swampy cursed island, and after having my fortune told, I can't leave.
I try to escape, but Benny, an all too charming ghost gangster tries to kill me by feeding me to a tiger.
Thankfully...
20) Defy the night
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"The kingdom of Kandala is recovering from a devastating plague but the cure is rare and expensive, so a girl hatches a plan to infiltrate the castle and bring the corrupt system crashing down"-- Provided by publisher.
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