Goddess in the Machine

Goddess in the Machine
Author: Lora Beth Johnson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2020-06-30
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1984835939

Andra wakes up from a cryogenic sleep 1,000 years later than she was supposed to, forcing her to team up with an exiled prince to navigate an unfamiliar planet in this smart, thrilling sci-fi adventure, perfect for fans of Renegades and Aurora Rising. When Andra wakes up, she's drowning. Not only that, but she's in a hot, dirty cave, it's the year 3102, and everyone keeps calling her Goddess. When Andra went into a cryonic sleep for a trip across the galaxy, she expected to wake up in a hundred years, not a thousand. Worst of all, the rest of the colonists--including her family and friends--are dead. They died centuries ago, and for some reason, their descendants think Andra's a deity. She knows she's nothing special, but she'll play along if it means she can figure out why she was left in stasis and how to get back to Earth. Zhade, the exiled bastard prince of Eerensed, has other plans. Four years ago, the sleeping Goddess's glass coffin disappeared from the palace, and Zhade devoted himself to finding it. Now he's hoping the Goddess will be the key to taking his rightful place on the throne--if he can get her to play her part, that is. Because if his people realize she doesn't actually have the power to save their dying planet, they'll kill her. With a vicious monarch on the throne and a city tearing apart at the seams, Zhade and Andra might never be able to unlock the mystery of her fate, let alone find a way to unseat the king, especially since Zhade hasn't exactly been forthcoming with Andra. And a thousand years from home, is there any way of knowing that Earth is better than the planet she's woken to?

A Practical Wedding

A Practical Wedding
Author: Meg Keene
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2019-12-17
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0738246735

A companion to the popular website APracticalWedding.com and A Practical Wedding Planner, A Practical Wedding helps you sort through the basics to create the wedding you want -- without going broke or crazy in the process. After all, what really matters on your wedding day is not so much how it looked as how it felt. In this refreshing guide, expert Meg Keene shares her secrets to planning a beautiful celebration that reflects your taste and your relationship. You'll discover: The real purpose of engagement (hint: it's not just about the planning) How to pinpoint what matters most to you and your partner DIY-ing your wedding: brilliant or crazy? How to communicate decisions to your family Why that color-coded spreadsheet is actually worth it Wedding Zen can be yours. Meg walks you through everything from choosing a venue to writing vows, complete with stories and advice from women who have been in the trenches: the Team Practical brides. So here's to the joyful wedding, the sensible wedding, the unbelievably fun wedding! A Practical Wedding is your complete guide to getting married with grace.

Dangerous Illusions

Dangerous Illusions
Author: Sarah Ballance
Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2016-08-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781619235991

Keep your lovers close, your enemies closer. Especially if they're one and the same. Steel Hawk, Book 3 With Steel Hawk still reeling from explosions at Zarrenburg Castle and at its own headquarters, company lawyer Edward Long's legendary stoicism has been severely tested. It's clearly an inside job, and no one is deeper inside than Edward--which leaves him squarely in the center of a frame. Someone is using him to bring down the company he loves. Worse, the PI that Adam Hawk sends to investigate...there's something off about her. And something that seriously turns him on. Operating under an assumed name, Sophie Hawk aims to dig deeper into the company's systems than any other investigator would dare. Especially with the prime suspect's hot-chocolate gaze tracking her every move. As their dueling intellects strike sparks, the rising heat threatens the trip wires Edward has set up around his heart--and the secret that ties him to a man who'll stop at nothing to claim his right to rule the house of Zarrenburg. Or, if he can't have it, destroy it--and everyone connected to it. Warning: Contains agonizingly sweet kisses, dirty thoughts, dirtier talk, mutual trust stretched to the limit, and criminal abuse of a thousand-dollar suit jacket.

The Little Clock House on the Green (Whispers Wood, Book 1)

The Little Clock House on the Green (Whispers Wood, Book 1)
Author: Eve Devon
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2017-03-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0008211043

‘A truly enchanting read’ Books of All Kinds Welcome to the little village of Whispers Wood and one glorious summer when friendships are forged, secrets are revealed and romance delightfully bursts into bloom.

Venom

Venom
Author: Fiona Paul
Publisher:
Total Pages: 451
Release: 2013
Genre: Artists
ISBN: 9781484404591

In Renaissance Venice, orphaned Cassandra Caravello is one of the elite but feels trapped until she stumbles upon a murdered woman and is drawn into a world of courtesans, grave robbers, and secret societies, guided by Falco.

The Woman in the Woods

The Woman in the Woods
Author: Lisa Hall
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2021-09-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0008356491

She’s out there. Waiting for you. A haunting read about witchcraft and superstition from Lisa Hall... ‘Creepy, atmospheric, unnerving and brilliant’ Will Dean ‘A proper nailbiter’ Mel McGrath ‘Spooky’ Louise Beech ‘I couldn’t read it fast enough’ Helen Phifer 'A chilling triumph' Fiona Cummins

These Broken Stars

These Broken Stars
Author: Amie Kaufman
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2013-12-10
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1423187784

"One of the most intense, thrilling, and achingly beautiful stories I've ever read."--Marie Lu, New York Times best-selling author of the Legend trilogy The first in the New York Times bestselling author duo Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner's sweeping science fiction trilogy, These Broken Stars is a timeless love story about hope and survival in the face of unthinkable odds. It's a night like any other on board the Icarus. Then, catastrophe strikes: the massive luxury spaceliner is yanked out of hyperspace and plummets into the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen are the only survivors. Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe. Tarver comes from nothing, a young war hero who learned long ago that girls like Lilac are more trouble than they're worth. But with only each other to rely on, Lilac and Tarver must work together, making a tortuous journey across the eerie, deserted terrain to seek help. Then, against all odds, Lilac and Tarver find a strange blessing in the tragedy that has thrown them into each other's arms. Everything changes when they uncover the truth behind the chilling whispers that haunt their every step. Lilac and Tarver may find a way off this planet. But they won't be the same people who landed on it.