ellen's bookshelf: all en-US Mon, 28 Apr 2025 23:54:35 -0700 60 ellen's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Great Big Beautiful Life 218559595 Two writers compete for the chance to tell the larger-than-life story of a woman with more than a couple of plot twists up her sleeve in this dazzling and sweeping new novel from Emily Henry.

Alice Scott is an eternal optimist still dreaming of her big writing break. Hayden Anderson is a Pulitzer-prize winning human thundercloud. And they’re both on balmy Little Crescent Island for the same reason: To write the biography of a woman no one has seen in years--or at least to meet with the octogenarian who claims to be the Margaret Ives. Tragic heiress, former tabloid princess, and daughter of one of the most storied (and scandalous) families of the 20th Century.

When Margaret invites them both for a one-month trial period, after which she’ll choose the person who’ll tell her story, there are three things keeping Alice’s head in the game.

One: Alice genuinely likes people, which means people usually like Alice—and she has a whole month to win the legendary woman over.

Two: She’s ready for this job and the chance to impress her perennially unimpressed family with a Serious Publication

Three: Hayden Anderson, who should have no reason to be concerned about losing this book, is glowering at her in a shaken-to-the core way that suggests he sees her as competition.

But the problem is, Margaret is only giving each of them pieces of her story. Pieces they can’t swap to put together because of an ironclad NDA and an inconvenient yearning pulsing between them every time they’re in the same room.

And it’s becoming abundantly clear that their story—just like the tale Margaret’s spinning—could be a mystery, tragedy, or love ballad…depending on who’s telling it.]]> 432 Emily Henry ellen 4 4.09 2025 Great Big Beautiful Life
author: Emily Henry
name: ellen
average rating: 4.09
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]]> The Deal (Off-Campus, #1) 45484397
All Garrett Graham has ever wanted is to play professional hockey after graduation, but his plummeting GPA is threatening everything he's worked so hard for. If helping a sarcastic brunette make another guy jealous will help him secure his position on the team, he's all for it. But when one unexpected kiss leads to the wildest sex of both their lives, it doesn't take long for Garrett to realize that pretend isn't going to cut it. Now he just has to convince Hannah that the man she wants looks a lot like him.]]> 360 Elle Kennedy ellen 3 2024 4.17 2015 The Deal (Off-Campus, #1)
author: Elle Kennedy
name: ellen
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2015
rating: 3
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]]> Funny Story 194802722 A shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.

Daphne always loved the way her fiancé, Peter, told their story. How they met (on a blustery day), fell in love (over an errant hat), and moved back to his lakeside hometown to begin their life together. He really was good at telling it... right up until the moment he realized he was actually in love with his childhood best friend Petra.

Which is how Daphne begins her new story: stranded in beautiful Waning Bay, Michigan, without friends or family but with a dream job as a children’s librarian (that barely pays the bills), and proposing to be roommates with the only person who could possibly understand her predicament: Petra’s ex, Miles Nowak.

Scruffy and chaotic—with a penchant for taking solace in the sounds of heart break love ballads—Miles is exactly the opposite of practical, buttoned-up Daphne, whose coworkers know so little about her they have a running bet that she’s either FBI or in witness protection. The roommates mainly avoid one another, until one day, while drowning their sorrows, they form a tenuous friendship and a plan. If said plan also involves posting deliberately misleading photos of their summer adventures together, well, who could blame them?

But it’s all just for show, of course, because there’s no way Daphne would actually start her new chapter by falling in love with her ex-fiancé’s new fiancée’s ex... right?]]> 400 Emily Henry ellen 4 2024 4.21 2024 Funny Story
author: Emily Henry
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average rating: 4.21
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rating: 4
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]]> Brotherhood (Star Wars) 58890947 Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker must stem the tide of the raging Clone Wars and forge a new bond as Jedi Knights.

The Clone Wars have begun. Battle lines are being drawn throughout the galaxy. With every world that joins the Separatists, the peace guarded by the Jedi Order is slipping through their fingers.

After an explosion devastates Cato Neimoidia, the jewel of the Trade Federation, the Republic is blamed and the fragile neutrality of the planet is threatened. The Jedi dispatch Obi-Wan Kenobi, one of the Order’s most gifted diplomatic minds, to investigate the crime and maintain the balance that has begun to dangerously shift. As Obi-Wan investigates with the help of a heroic Neimoidian guard, he finds himself working against the Separatists who hope to draw the planet into their conspiracy—and he senses the sinister hand of Asajj Ventress in the mists that cloak the planet.

Amid the brewing chaos, Anakin Skywalker rises to the rank of Jedi Knight. Despite the mandate that Obi-Wan travel alone—and his former Master’s insistence that he listen this time—Anakin’s headstrong determination means nothing can stop him from crashing the party and bringing along a promising but conflicted youngling.

Once a Padawan to Obi-Wan, Anakin now finds himself on equal—but uncertain—footing with the man who raised him. The lingering friction between them increases the danger for everyone around them. The two knights must learn a new way to work together—and they must learn quickly, to save Cato Neimoidia and its people from the fires of war. To overcome the threat they face, they must grow beyond Master and apprentice. They must stand together as brothers.]]> 332 Mike Chen 0593358570 ellen 0 currently-reading 4.13 2022 Brotherhood (Star Wars)
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]]> Inferno (Robert Langdon, #4) 17699259 Ao olhar pela janela e reconhecer a silhueta do Palazzo Vecchio, em Florença, Langdon tem um choque. Ele nem se lembra de ter deixado os Estados Unidos. Na verdade, não tem nenhuma recordação das últimas 36 horas.
Quando um novo atentado contra a sua vida acontece dentro do hospital, Langdon se vê obrigado a fugir e, para isso, conta apenas com a ajuda da jovem médica Sienna Brooks.
De posse de um macabro objeto que Sienna encontrou no paletó de Langdon, os dois têm que seguir uma série inquietante de códigos criada por uma mente brilhante, obcecada tanto pelo fim do mundo quanto por uma das maiores obras-primas literárias de todos os tempos: A Divina Comédia, de Dante Alighieri.
Mais uma vez superando as expectativas, Dan Brown nos leva por uma viagem pela cultura, pela arte e pela literatura italianas � passando por lugares como a Galleria degli Uffizi, o Duomo de Florença e a Basílica de São Marcos.]]> 448 Dan Brown 8580411521 ellen 4 3.95 2013 Inferno (Robert Langdon, #4)
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average rating: 3.95
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)]]> 195820807
Emma hadn't planned that her next assignment as a traveling nurse would be in Minnesota, but she and her best friend agree that dating Justin is too good of an opportunity to pass up, especially when they get to rent an adorable cottage on a private island on Lake Minnetonka.

It's supposed to be a quick fling, just for the summer. But when Emma's toxic mother shows up and Justin has to assume guardianship of his three siblings, they're suddenly navigating a lot more than they expected--including catching real feelings for each other. What if this time Fate has actually brought the perfect pair together?]]> 432 Abby Jimenez 1538704439 ellen 5 2024 4.35 2024 Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3)
author: Abby Jimenez
name: ellen
average rating: 4.35
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rating: 5
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]]> Out on a Limb 124950295 397 Hannah Bonam-Young 1778027784 ellen 5 2024 4.24 2023 Out on a Limb
author: Hannah Bonam-Young
name: ellen
average rating: 4.24
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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]]> The Seven Year Slip 62926938 An overworked book publicist with a perfectly planned future hits a snag when she falls in love with her temporary roommate…only to discover he lives seven years in the past, in this witty and wise new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics.

Sometimes, the worst day of your life happens, and you have to figure out how to live after it.

So Clementine forms a plan to keep her heart safe: work hard, find someone decent to love, and try to remember to chase the moon. The last one is silly and obviously metaphorical, but her aunt always told her that you needed at least one big dream to keep going. And for the last year, that plan has gone off without a hitch. Mostly. The love part is hard because she doesn’t want to get too close to anyone—she isn’t sure her heart can take it.

And then she finds a strange man standing in the kitchen of her late aunt’s apartment. A man with kind eyes and a Southern drawl and a taste for lemon pies. The kind of man that, before it all, she would’ve fallen head-over-heels for. And she might again.

Except, he exists in the past. Seven years ago, to be exact. And she, quite literally, lives seven years in his future.

Her aunt always said the apartment was a pinch in time, a place where moments blended together like watercolors. And Clementine knows that if she lets her heart fall, she’ll be doomed.

After all, love is never a matter of time—but a matter of timing.]]> 336 Ashley Poston ellen 5 2024 4.17 2023 The Seven Year Slip
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name: ellen
average rating: 4.17
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rating: 5
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]]> Anjos e Demonios 151840958 Às vésperas do conclave que vai eleger o novo Papa, Langdon é chamado às pressas para analisar um misterioso símbolo marcado a fogo no peito de um físico assassinado em um grande centro de pesquisas na Suíça.

Ele descobre indícios de algo inimaginável: a assinatura macabra no corpo da vítima � um ambigrama, uma palavra que pode ser lida tanto de cabeça para cima quanto de cabeça para baixo � é dos Illuminati, uma poderosa fraternidade considerada extinta há 400 anos.

A antiga sociedade ressurgiu disposta a levar a cabo a lendária vingança contra a Igreja Católica, seu inimigo mais odiado. De posse de uma nova arma devastadora, roubada do centro de pesquisas, ela ameaça explodir a Cidade do Vaticano e matar os quatro cardeais mais cotados para a sucessão papal.

Correndo contra o tempo, Langdon voa para Roma junto com Vittoria Vetra, uma bela cientista italiana. Numa caçada frenética por criptas, igrejas e catedrais, os dois desvendam enigmas e seguem uma trilha que pode levar ao covil dos Illuminati � um refúgio secreto onde está a única esperança de salvação da Igreja nesta guerra entre ciência e religião.

Em Anjos e Demônios, Dan Brown demonstra novamente sua extraordinária habilidade de entremear suspense com fascinantes informações sobre ciência, religião e história da arte, despertando a curiosidade dos leitores para os significados ocultos deixados em monumentos e documentos históricos.]]> 0 Dan Brown ellen 4 4.07 2000 Anjos e Demonios
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]]> A Fragile Enchantment 127305900 In this romantic fantasy of manners from New York Times bestselling author Allison Saft, a magical dressmaker commissioned for a royal wedding finds herself embroiled in scandal when a gossip columnist draws attention to her undeniable chemistry with the groom.

Niamh Ó Conchobhair has never let herself long for more. The magic in her blood that lets her stitch emotions and memories into fabric is the same magic that will eventually kill her. Determined to spend the little time she has left guaranteeing a better life for her family, Niamh jumps at the chance to design the wardrobe for a royal wedding in the neighboring kingdom of Avaland.

But Avaland is far from the fairytale that she imagined. While young nobles attend candlelit balls and elegant garden parties, unrest brews amid the working class. The groom himself, Kit Carmine, is prickly, abrasive, and begrudgingly being dragged to the altar as a political pawn. But when Niamh and Kit grow closer, an unlikely friendship blossoms into something more—until an anonymous columnist starts buzzing about their chemistry, promising to leave them alone only if Niamh helps to uncover the royal family’s secrets. The rot at the heart of Avaland runs deep, but exposing it could risk a future she never let herself dream of, and a love she never thought possible.

Transporting readers to a Regency England-inspired fantasy world, A Fragile Enchantment is a sweeping romance threaded with intrigue, unforgettable characters, and a love story for the ages.]]> 373 Allison Saft 125089283X ellen 0 currently-reading 3.48 2024 A Fragile Enchantment
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]]> <![CDATA[Stuck with You (The STEMinist Novellas, #2)]]> 59651555 Nothing like a little rivalry between scientists to take love to the next level.

Mara, Sadie, and Hannah are friends first, scientists always. Though their fields of study might take them to different corners of the world, they can all agree on this universal truth: when it comes to love and science, opposites attract and rivals make you burn�

Logically, Sadie knows that civil engineers are supposed to build bridges. However, as a woman of STEM she also understands that variables can change, and when you are stuck for hours in a tiny New York elevator with the man who broke your heart, you earn the right to burn that brawny, blond bridge to the ground. Erik can apologize all he wants, but to quote her rebel leader—she’d just as soon kiss a Wookiee.

Not even the most sophisticated of Sadie’s superstitious rituals could have predicted such a disastrous reunion. But while she refuses to acknowledge the siren call of Erik’s steely forearms or the way his voice softens when he offers her his sweater, Sadie can’t help but wonder if there might be more layers to her cold-hearted nemesis than meet the eye. Maybe, possibly, even burned bridges can still be crossed�.

To read Mara and Hannah’s stories look for the novellas Under One Roof, available now, and Below Zero, coming soon from Berkley!]]> 127 Ali Hazelwood ellen 3 2024 3.56 2022 Stuck with You (The STEMinist Novellas, #2)
author: Ali Hazelwood
name: ellen
average rating: 3.56
book published: 2022
rating: 3
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]]> Book Lovers 58690308 One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn't see coming....

Nora Stephens� life is books—she’s read them all—and she is not that type of heroine. Not the plucky one, not the laidback dream girl, and especially not the sweetheart. In fact, the only people Nora is a heroine for are her clients, for whom she lands enormous deals as a cutthroat literary agent, and her beloved little sister Libby.

Which is why she agrees to go to Sunshine Falls, North Carolina for the month of August when Libby begs her for a sisters� trip away—with visions of a small-town transformation for Nora, who she’s convinced needs to become the heroine in her own story. But instead of picnics in meadows, or run-ins with a handsome country doctor or bulging-forearmed bartender, Nora keeps bumping into Charlie Lastra, a bookish brooding editor from back in the city. It would be a meet-cute if not for the fact that they’ve met many times and it’s never been cute.

If Nora knows she’s not an ideal heroine, Charlie knows he’s nobody’s hero, but as they are thrown together again and again—in a series of coincidences no editor worth their salt would allow—what they discover might just unravel the carefully crafted stories they’ve written about themselves.]]> 377 Emily Henry 0593334833 ellen 5 2024, favorites 4.09 2022 Book Lovers
author: Emily Henry
name: ellen
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> A Far Wilder Magic 48909025
Weston Winters isn’t an alchemist--yet. Fired from every apprenticeship he's landed, his last chance hinges on Master Welty taking him in. But when Wes arrives at Welty Manor, he finds only Margaret and her bloodhound Trouble. Margaret begrudgingly allows him to stay, but on one condition: he must join the hunt with her.

Although they make an unlikely team, Wes is in awe of the girl who has endured alone on the outskirts of a town that doesn’t want her, in this creaking house of ghosts and sorrow. And even though Wes disrupts every aspect of her life, Margaret is drawn to him. He, too, knows what it's like to be an outsider. As the hunt looms closer and tensions rise, Margaret and Wes uncover dark magic that could be the key to winning the hunt - if they survive that long.]]> 384 Allison Saft 1250623650 ellen 5 2024 3.84 2022 A Far Wilder Magic
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name: ellen
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2022
rating: 5
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]]> Hamlet is Not OK 171829606
She would rather watch daytime television � anything to escape the tedium of school, her parents� bookshop and small-town busybodies.

So Selby didn’t plan to read Hamlet. She certainly never planned to meet him.

This novel transports Selby, and the reader, into the cold and crime-ridden play itself. Here she meets heavy with grief, the young prince is overthinking and over everything. Selby can relate. But unlike Hamlet, Selby isn’t afraid of making decisions. In her world, Selby is used to feeling overlooked. But in the bloody, backstabbing world of Shakespeare, Selby’s good conscience and quiet courage might just save some lives . . . hopefully before Hamlet stabs one of her classmates.]]> 240 R.A. Spratt 1760148644 ellen 0 to-read 3.40 2024 Hamlet is Not OK
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]]> The Getaway List 126919196
Riley isn’t sure what to expect from Tom, who has been distant since his famous mom’s scriptwriting career pulled him away. But when Riley arrives in the city, their reconnection is as effortless as it was when they were young―except with one, unexpected complication that will pull Riley’s feelings in a direction she didn’t know they could take. As she, Tom, and their newfound friends work their way through the delightfully chaotic items on The Getaway List, Riley learns that sometimes the biggest adventure is not one you take, but one you feel in your heart.

Inescapably romantic and brimming with Emma Lord’s signature cheer, The Getaway List is an uplifting and romantic read that will settle into your heart and never leave.]]> 314 Emma Lord 1250904005 ellen 0 to-read 3.56 2024 The Getaway List
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]]> <![CDATA[Terms and Conditions (Dreamland Billionaires, #2)]]> 86767939 Declan
I’m destined to become the next CEO of my family’s media empire.
The only problem? My grandfather’s inheritance clause.
Fulfilling his dying wish of getting married and having an heir seemed impossible until my assistant volunteers for the job.
Our marriage was supposed to be the perfect solution to my biggest problem.
But the more we act in love for the public, the more unsure I feel about our contract.
Caring about Iris was never part of the deal.
Especially not when breaking her heart is inevitable.

Iris
My plan to marry Declan was simple in theory.
Move in together. Throw a wedding. Have a baby.
We set rules to prevent any kind of issues.
Ones that were never meant to be broken, no matter how much Declan tempts me.
But what happens when our fake relationship bleeds into our real one?
Falling in love was never an option.
At least not for me.]]> 494 Lauren Asher 1737507722 ellen 0 currently-reading 4.04 2022 Terms and Conditions (Dreamland Billionaires, #2)
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average rating: 4.04
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]]> <![CDATA[The Bromance Book Club (Bromance Book Club, #1)]]> 44019067 The first rule of book club: You don't talk about book club.

Nashville Legends second baseman Gavin Scott's marriage is in major league trouble. He’s recently discovered a humiliating secret: his wife Thea has always faked the Big O. When he loses his cool at the revelation, it’s the final straw on their already strained relationship. Thea asks for a divorce, and Gavin realizes he’s let his pride and fear get the better of him.

Welcome to the Bromance Book Club.

Distraught and desperate, Gavin finds help from an unlikely source: a secret romance book club made up of Nashville's top alpha men. With the help of their current read, a steamy Regency titled Courting the Countess, the guys coach Gavin on saving his marriage. But it'll take a lot more than flowery words and grand gestures for this hapless Romeo to find his inner hero and win back the trust of his wife.]]> 352 Lyssa Kay Adams 1984806106 ellen 4 2024 3.86 2019 The Bromance Book Club (Bromance Book Club, #1)
author: Lyssa Kay Adams
name: ellen
average rating: 3.86
book published: 2019
rating: 4
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]]> People We Meet on Vacation 54985743 Two best friends. Ten summer trips. One last chance to fall in love.

Poppy and Alex. Alex and Poppy. They have nothing in common. She’s a wild child; he wears khakis. She has insatiable wanderlust; he prefers to stay home with a book. And somehow, ever since a fateful car share home from college many years ago, they are the very best of friends. For most of the year they live far apart—she’s in New York City, and he’s in their small hometown—but every summer, for a decade, they have taken one glorious week of vacation together.

Until two years ago, when they ruined everything. They haven’t spoken since.

Poppy has everything she should want, but she’s stuck in a rut. When someone asks when she was last truly happy, she knows, without a doubt, it was on that ill-fated, final trip with Alex. And so, she decides to convince her best friend to take one more vacation together—lay everything on the table, make it all right. Miraculously, he agrees.

Now she has a week to fix everything. If only she can get around the one big truth that has always stood quietly in the middle of their seemingly perfect relationship. What could possibly go wrong?]]> 400 Emily Henry 1984806750 ellen 5 2024 3.85 2021 People We Meet on Vacation
author: Emily Henry
name: ellen
average rating: 3.85
book published: 2021
rating: 5
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]]> The Ex Hex (The Ex Hex, #1) 56554626 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins, writing as Erin Sterling, casts a spell with a spine-tingling romance full of wishes, witches, and hexes gone wrong.

Nine years ago, Vivienne Jones nursed her broken heart like any young witch would: vodka, weepy music, bubble baths…and a curse on the horrible boyfriend. Sure, Vivi knows she shouldn’t use her magic this way, but with only an “orchard hayride� scented candle on hand, she isn’t worried it will cause him anything more than a bad hair day or two.

That is until Rhys Penhallow, descendent of the town’s ancestors, breaker of hearts, and annoyingly just as gorgeous as he always was, returns to Graves Glen, Georgia. What should be a quick trip to recharge the town’s ley lines and make an appearance at the annual fall festival turns disastrously wrong. With one calamity after another striking Rhys, Vivi realizes her silly little Ex Hex may not have been so harmless after all.

Suddenly, Graves Glen is under attack from murderous wind-up toys, a pissed off ghost, and a talking cat with some interesting things to say. Vivi and Rhys have to ignore their off the charts chemistry to work together to save the town and find a way to break the break-up curse before it’s too late.]]> 308 Erin Sterling 006302747X ellen 0 to-read 3.46 2021 The Ex Hex (The Ex Hex, #1)
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average rating: 3.46
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]]> <![CDATA[Don't Want You Like a Best Friend (Mischief & Matchmaking, #1)]]> 127823335 A swoon-worthy debut queer Victorian romance in which two debutantes distract themselves from having to seek husbands by setting up their widowed parents, and instead find their perfect match in each other—the lesbian Bridgerton/Parent Trap you never knew you needed!

Gwen has a brilliant beyond brilliant idea.

It’s 1857, and anxious debutante Beth has just one season to snag a wealthy husband, or she and her mother will be out on the street. But playing the blushing ingenue makes Beth’s skin crawl and she’d rather be anywhere but here.

Gwen, on the other hand, is on her fourth season and counting, with absolutely no intention of finding a husband, possibly ever. She figures she has plenty of security as the only daughter of a rakish earl, from whom she’s gotten all her flair, fun, and less-than-proper party games.

“Let’s get them together,� she says.

It doesn’t take long for Gwen to hatch her latest scheme: rather than surrender Beth to courtship, they should set up Gwen’s father and Beth’s newly widowed mother. Let them get married instead.

“It’ll be easy� she says.

There’s just…one, teeny, tiny problem. Their parents kind of seem to hate each other.

But no worries. Beth and Gwen are more than up to the challenge of a little twenty-year-old heartbreak. How hard can parent-trapping widowed ex-lovers be?

Of course, just as their plan begins to unfold, a handsome, wealthy viscount starts calling on Beth, offering up the perfect, secure marriage.

Beth’s not mature enough for this�

Now Gwen must face the prospect of sharing Beth with someone else, forever. And Beth must reckon with the fact that she’s caught feelings, hard, and they’re definitely not for her potential fiancé.

That’s the trouble with matchmaking: sometimes you accidentally fall in love with your best friend in the process.]]> 368 Emma R. Alban 006331200X ellen 0 to-read 3.76 2024 Don't Want You Like a Best Friend (Mischief & Matchmaking, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Done and Dusted (Rebel Blue Ranch, #1)]]> 123179008
For the first time in her life, Clementine “Emmy� Ryder has no idea what she’s doing. She’s accomplished everything on her to-do list. She left her small hometown of Meadowlark, Wyoming; went to college; and made a career for herself by doing her favorite thing: riding horses. But after an accident makes it impossible for her to get back into the saddle, she has no choice but to return to the hometown she always wanted to escape.

Luke Brooks is Meadowlark’s most notorious bad boy, bar owner, and bachelor. He’s also the unofficial fifth member of the Ryder family. As Emmy’s older brother’s best friend, Luke spent most of his childhood antagonizing her. It’s been years since he’s seen her, but when she walks into his bar and back into his life, he can’t take his eyes off her. Despite his better judgment, he wants to do a whole lot more than just look at her.

Emmy’s got too much on her mind to think about romance. And Luke knows he should stay away from his best friend’s younger sister. But what if Luke is just what Emmy needs to get her spark back? Or will they both go up in flames?]]> 356 Lyla Sage ellen 4 2024 3.82 2023 Done and Dusted (Rebel Blue Ranch, #1)
author: Lyla Sage
name: ellen
average rating: 3.82
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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]]> Happy Place 61718053
They broke up six months ago. And still haven’t told their best friends.

Which is how they find themselves sharing the largest bedroom at the Maine cottage that has been their friend group’s yearly getaway for the last decade. Their annual respite from the world, where for one vibrant, blue week they leave behind their daily lives; have copious amounts of cheese, wine, and seafood; and soak up the salty coastal air with the people who understand them most.

Only this year, Harriet and Wyn are lying through their teeth while trying not to notice how desperately they still want each other. Because the cottage is for sale and this is the last week they’ll all have together in this place. They can’t stand to break their friends� hearts, and so they’ll play their parts. Harriet will be the driven surgical resident who never starts a fight, and Wyn will be the laid-back charmer who never lets the cracks show. It’s a flawless plan (if you look at it from a great distance and through a pair of sunscreen-smeared sunglasses). After years of being in love, how hard can it be to fake it for one week� in front of those who know you best?

A couple who broke up months ago make a pact to pretend to still be together for their annual weeklong vacation with their best friends in this glittering and wise new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Emily Henry.]]> 400 Emily Henry 0593441273 ellen 5 2024, favorites 3.95 2023 Happy Place
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]]> <![CDATA[The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1)]]> 17675462 “There are only two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St. Mark’s Eve,� Neeve said. “Either you’re his true love . . . or you killed him.�

It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive.

Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them—not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her.

His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble.

But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can’t entirely explain. He has it all—family money, good looks, devoted friends—but he’s looking for much more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents all the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul who ranges from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher of the four, who notices many things but says very little.

For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She never thought this would be a problem. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she’s not so sure anymore.]]> 409 Maggie Stiefvater 0545424925 ellen 5 2024, favorites 4.05 2012 The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)]]> 57022251
If Maia’s ruse is discovered, her life will be forfeit. But if she wins, she will achieve her greatest dream.

Yet nothing could have prepared her for the challenge ahead: to sew three magic gowns for the emperor’s bride-to-be. One from the laughter of the sun, one from the tears of the moon, and one from the blood of stars.

Accompanied by the mysterious court enchanter, whose piercing eyes seem to see straight through her disguise, Maia’s journey will take her to the far reaches of the kingdom, seeking the sun, the moon, and the stars, and finding more than she ever could have imagined.]]> 416 Elizabeth Lim 1529362903 ellen 0 to-read 3.98 2019 Spin the Dawn (The Blood of Stars, #1)
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]]> Capitães da Areia 8044070 Capitães da Areia causou escândalo: inúmeros exemplares do livro foram queimados em praça pública, por determinação do Estado Novo. Ao longo de sete décadas a narrativa não perdeu viço nem atualidade, pelo contrário: a vida urbana dos meninos pobres e infratores ganhou contornos trágicos e urgentes.

Várias gerações de brasileiros sofreram o impacto e a sedução desses meninos que moram num trapiche abandonado no areal do cais de Salvador, vivendo à margem das convenções sociais. Verdadeiro romance de formação, o livro nos torna íntimos de suas pequenas criaturas, cada uma delas com suas carências e suas ambições: do líder Pedro Bala ao religioso Pirulito, do ressentido e cruel Sem-Pernas ao aprendiz de cafetão Gato, do sensato Professor ao rústico sertanejo Volta Seca. Com a força envolvente da sua prosa, Jorge Amado nos aproxima desses garotos e nos contagia com seu intenso desejo de liberdade.]]> 296 Jorge Amado 8535911693 ellen 5 favorites 4.47 1937 Capitães da Areia
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]]> Paper Girls, Volume 1 28204534
In the early hours after Halloween of 1988, four 12-year-old newspaper delivery girls uncover the most important story of all time. Suburban drama and otherworldly mysteries collide in this smash-hit series about nostalgia, first jobs, and the last days of childhood.

Collects PAPER GIRLS #1-5.]]> 144 Brian K. Vaughan 1632156741 ellen 5 3.89 2016 Paper Girls, Volume 1
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]]> <![CDATA[The Darkest Temptation (Made, #3)]]> 56250307 410 Danielle Lori ellen 2 4.04 2020 The Darkest Temptation (Made, #3)
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]]> A Lie for a Lie (All In, #1) 44776456 From the New York Times bestselling author of the Pucked series comes a romantic comedy about instant attraction, second chances, and not-so-little white lies.

Sometimes I need an escape from the demands, the puck bunnies, and the notoriety that come with being an NHL team captain. I just want to be a normal guy for a few weeks. So when I leave Chicago for some peace and quiet, the last thing I expect is for a gorgeous woman to literally fall into my lap on a flight to Alaska. Even better, she has absolutely no idea who I am.

Lainey is the perfect escape from my life. My plan for seclusion becomes a monthlong sex fest punctuated with domestic bliss. But it ends just as abruptly as it began. When I’m called away on a family emergency, I realize too late that I have no way to contact Lainey.

A year later, a chance encounter throws Lainey and me together again. But I still have a lie hanging over my head, and Lainey’s keeping secrets of her own. With more than lust at stake, the truth may be our game changer.]]> 285 Helena Hunting 1542015340 ellen 3 3.90 2019 A Lie for a Lie (All In, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Little Women (Little Women, #1)]]> 1934 This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780451529305.

Generations of readers young and old, male and female, have fallen in love with the March sisters of Louisa May Alcott’s most popular and enduring novel, Little Women. Here are talented tomboy and author-to-be Jo, tragically frail Beth, beautiful Meg, and romantic, spoiled Amy, united in their devotion to each other and their struggles to survive in New England during the Civil War.

It is no secret that Alcott based Little Women on her own early life. While her father, the freethinking reformer and abolitionist Bronson Alcott, hobnobbed with such eminent male authors as Emerson, Thoreau, and Hawthorne, Louisa supported herself and her sisters with "woman’s work,� including sewing, doing laundry, and acting as a domestic servant. But she soon discovered she could make more money writing. Little Women brought her lasting fame and fortune, and far from being the "girl’s book� her publisher requested, it explores such timeless themes as love and death, war and peace, the conflict between personal ambition and family responsibilities, and the clash of cultures between Europe and America.

]]> 449 Louisa May Alcott ellen 5 favorites 4.16 1868 Little Women (Little Women, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Fear the Flames (Fear the Flames, #1)]]> 62977071 NATIONAL BESTSELLER - An exiled princess teams up with the last man she thought she could trust in the start of a dazzling and unforgettable epic fantasy romance series.

As a child, Elowen Atarah was ripped away from her dragons and imprisoned by her father, King Garrick of Imirath. Years later, Elowen is now a woman determined to free her dragons. Having established a secret kingdom of her own called Aestilian, she's ready to do what's necessary to save her people and seek vengeance. Even if that means having to align herself with the Commander of Vareveth, Cayden Veles, the most feared and dangerous man in all the kingdoms of Ravaryn.

Cayden is ruthless, lethal, and secretive, promising to help Elowen if she will stand with him and all of Vareveth in the pending war against Imirath. Despite their contrasting motives, Elowen can't ignore their undeniable attraction as they combine their efforts and plot to infiltrate the impenetrable castle of Imirath to steal back her dragons and seek revenge on their common enemy.

As the world tries to keep them apart, the pull between Elowen and Cayden becomes impossible to resist. Working together with their crew over clandestine schemes, the threat of war looms, making the imminent heist to free her dragons their most dangerous adventure yet. But for Elowen, her vengeance is a promise signed in blood, and she'll stop at nothing to see that promise through.

An immersive fantasy filled with a sizzling reluctant-allies-to-lovers romance, a world to get lost in, dangerous quests, dragon bonds, and an entertaining band of characters to root for, Fear the Flames marks the stunning debut of Olivia Rose Darling.]]> 586 Olivia Rose Darling ellen 0 to-read 3.99 2022 Fear the Flames (Fear the Flames, #1)
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]]> So This Is Ever After 55545191 Carry On meets Arthurian legend in this funny, subversive young adult fantasy about what happens after the chosen one wins the kingdom and has to get married to keep it…and to stay alive.

Arek hadn’t thought much about what would happen after he completed the prophecy that said he was destined to save the Kingdom of Ere from its evil ruler. So now that he’s finally managed to (somewhat clumsily) behead the evil king (turns out magical swords yanked from bogs don’t come pre-sharpened), he and his rag-tag group of quest companions are at a bit of a loss for what to do next.

As a temporary safeguard, Arek’s best friend and mage, Matt, convinces him to assume the throne until the true heir can be rescued from her tower. Except that she’s dead. Now Arek is stuck as king, a role that comes with a magical catch: choose a spouse by your eighteenth birthday, or wither away into nothing.

With his eighteenth birthday only three months away, and only Matt in on the secret, Arek embarks on a desperate bid to find a spouse to save his life—starting with his quest companions. But his attempts at wooing his friends go painfully and hilariously wrong…until he discovers that love might have been in front of him all along.]]> 352 F.T. Lukens ellen 4 2024 this book is so cute. 3.91 2022 So This Is Ever After
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this book is so cute.
]]> <![CDATA[Heartstopper: Volume One (Heartstopper, #1)]]> 40495957
Charlie Spring is in Year 10 at Truham Grammar School for Boys. The past year hasn't been too great, but at least he's not being bullied anymore. Nick Nelson is in Year 11 and on the school rugby team. He's heard a little about Charlie - the kid who was outed last year and bullied for a few months - but he's never had the opportunity to talk to him.

They quickly become friends, and soon Charlie is falling hard for Nick, even though he doesn't think he has a chance. But love works in surprising ways, and sometimes good things are waiting just around the corner...]]> 288 Alice Oseman 152722533X ellen 5 favorites 4.43 2018 Heartstopper: Volume One (Heartstopper, #1)
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]]> The Song of Achilles 13623848 Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780062060624.

Achilles, "the best of all the Greeks," son of the cruel sea goddess Thetis and the legendary king Peleus, is strong, swift, and beautiful, irresistible to all who meet him. Patroclus is an awkward young prince, exiled from his homeland after an act of shocking violence. Brought together by chance, they forge an inseparable bond, despite risking the gods' wrath.

They are trained by the centaur Chiron in the arts of war and medicine, but when word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, all the heroes of Greece are called upon to lay siege to Troy in her name. Seduced by the promise of a glorious destiny, Achilles joins their cause, and torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus follows. Little do they know that the cruel Fates will test them both as never before and demand a terrible sacrifice.]]> 408 Madeline Miller ellen 5 favorites 4.30 2011 The Song of Achilles
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]]> <![CDATA[Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)]]> 3484669 343 J.K. Rowling 9722326015 ellen 5 favorites 4.62 1999 Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
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average rating: 4.62
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]]> <![CDATA[A Casa de Hades (Os heróis do Olimpo, #4)]]> 18455079 Hazel está diante de uma encruzilhada. As forças de Gaia estão decididas a impedi-los de avançar e alcançar seu objetivo: chegar à Casa de Hades, nas terras antigas, para resgatar Percy e Annabeth e fechar definitivamente as Portas da Morte, impedindo os monstros de retornarem ao mundo mortal.

Ela e o que restou da tripulação do Argo II sabem o que precisa ser feito, mas todos os caminhos parecem levar ao fracasso de sua missão. Entretanto, eles precisam se decidir e agir rápido, pois o tempo está passando. A sanguinária Mãe Terra escolheu o dia primeiro de agosto para o seu despertar. No Tártaro, Annabeth e Percy passam por grandes dificuldades. Famintos, com sede e feridos, mal conseguem andar pelo território sombrio e venenoso repleto de inimigos que espreitam na escuridão.

Não há como descobrir onde ficam as Portas da morte. E mesmo que soubessem sua localização, uma legião formada pelos monstros mais poderosos e fiéis a Gaia estará lá para guardá-las. Nesse momento, Annabeth e Percy não estão em condições de enfrentá-los em um combate. Apesar da enorme desvantagem, Hazel, Annabeth, Percy e os outros semideuses da profecia sabem que sua única opção é tentar o impossível.]]> 496 Rick Riordan 8580574218 ellen 5 favorites 4.55 2013 A Casa de Hades (Os heróis do Olimpo, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[A batalha do Labirinto (Percy Jackson e os Olimpianos, #4)]]> 7721068
Para assegurar que o refúgio de semideuses, o Acampamento Meio-Sangue, não seja invadido, Percy Jackson, Tyson, Annabeth e Grover são destacados para uma importante missão: deter as forças de Cronos antes que se aproximem do acampamento, no emaranhado de corredores do temido Labirinto de Dédalo � um interminável universo subterrâneo que, a cada curva, revela as mais aterrorizantes surpresas.]]> 392 Rick Riordan 8598078700 ellen 5 favorites 4.41 2008 A batalha do Labirinto (Percy Jackson e os Olimpianos, #4)
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]]> Pollyanna (Pollyanna, #1) 1000751 304 Eleanor H. Porter 0689849109 ellen 4 3.99 1913 Pollyanna (Pollyanna, #1)
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]]> Spell Bound 61273131 Two rival apprentice sorcerers must team up to save their teachers and protect their own magic in this lively young adult romantic adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of In Deeper Waters and So This Is Ever After.

Edison Rooker isn’t sure what to expect when he enters the office of Antonia Hex, the powerful sorceress who runs a call center for magical emergencies. He doesn’t have much experience with hexes or curses. Heck, he doesn’t even have magic. But he does have a plan—to regain the access to the magical world he lost when his grandmother passed.

Antonia is…intimidating, but she gives him a job and a new name—Rook—both of which he’s happy to accept. Now all Rook has to do is keep his Spell Binder, an illegal magical detection device, hidden from the Magical Consortium. And contend with Sun, the grumpy and annoyingly cute apprentice to Antonia’s rival colleague, Fable. But dealing with competition isn’t so bad; as Sun seems to pop up more and more, and Rook minds less and less.

But when the Consortium gets wind of Rook’s Spell Binder, they come for Antonia. All alone, Rook runs to the only other magical person he knows: Sun. Except Fable has also been attacked, and now Rook and Sun have no choice but to work together to get their mentors back…or face losing their magic forever.]]> 336 F.T. Lukens 1665916222 ellen 0 to-read 4.12 2023 Spell Bound
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]]> Francis 34682206 96 Loputyn 8893360497 ellen 5 4.10 2017 Francis
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]]> <![CDATA[O Ladrão de Raios (Percy Jackson e os Olimpianos, #1)]]> 6642640
O garoto-problema Percy Jackson é um deles. Tem experiências estranhas em que deuses e monstros mitológicos parecem saltar das páginas dos livros direto para a sua vida. Pior que isso: algumas dessas criaturas estão bastante irritadas. Um artefato precioso foi roubado do Monte Olimpo e Percy é o principal suspeito. Para restaurar a paz, ele e seus amigos - jovens heróis modernos - terão de fazer mais do que capturar o verdadeiro ladrão: precisam elucidar uma traição mais ameaçadora que a fúria dos deuses.]]> 387 Rick Riordan 8598078395 ellen 4 4.31 2005 O Ladrão de Raios (Percy Jackson e os Olimpianos, #1)
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average rating: 4.31
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]]> The Secret History 29044 559 Donna Tartt 1400031702 ellen 0 to-read 4.17 1992 The Secret History
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]]> Cleópatra e Frankenstein 115581245
Cleo e Frank casam impulsivamente sem prever que isso irá mudar irreversivelmente tanto as suas vidas, como as de todos em seu redor, seja a do melhor amigo de Cleo a tentar compreender a sua identidade de género, seja a da irmã financeiramente dependente de Frank que começa a sair com homens mais velhos quando fica sem dinheiro, ou mesmo as de Cleo e Frank, que estão a descobrir as provações do casamento e da doença mental.

Cleopatra e Frankenstein é um romance de estreia surpreendente e dolorosamente tocante sobre as decisões espontâneas que moldam a nossa vida e as relações imperfeitas que nascem em noites inesperadamente perfeitas.]]> 420 Coco Mellors 9898860669 ellen 0 to-read 3.50 2022 Cleópatra e Frankenstein
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]]> Throttled (Dirty Air, #1) 127561075 What happens when my brother's rival becomes my secret crush?

Noah Slade is a Formula 1 legend in the making.
Focused. Unapproachable. Ruthless on and off the track.
A man with walls higher than the Grand Canyon.
And my brother's new teammate.
I want more of the prince who disguises himself as the villain.
But while I crave a happy ending, he wants to destroy his.

Maya Alatorre is a forbidden temptation.
An ambitious post-grad I should stay far away from.
And chaos wrapped with a bow.
We're a ticking time bomb, about one wrong move away from exploding.
I want to trip the wire, detonating together in passion and pain.
Because in the end, all's fair in lust and war.]]> 377 Lauren Asher ellen 3 3.73 2020 Throttled (Dirty Air, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)]]> 37506437 Darius doesn't think he'll ever be enough, in America or in Iran.

Darius Kellner speaks better Klingon than Farsi, and he knows more about Hobbit social cues than Persian ones. He's about to take his first-ever trip to Iran, and it's pretty overwhelming—especially when he's also dealing with clinical depression, a disapproving dad, and a chronically anemic social life. In Iran, he gets to know his ailing but still formidable grandfather, his loving grandmother, and the rest of his mom's family for the first time. And he meets Sohrab, the boy next door who changes everything.

Sohrab makes sure people speak English so Darius can understand what's going on. He gets Darius an Iranian National Football Team jersey that makes him feel like a True Persian for the first time. And he understands that sometimes, best friends don't have to talk. Darius has never had a true friend before, but now he's spending his days with Sohrab playing soccer, eating rosewater ice cream, and sitting together for hours in their special place, a rooftop overlooking the Yazdi skyline.

Sohrab calls him Darioush—the original Persian version of his name—and Darius has never felt more like himself than he does now that he's Darioush to Sohrab. When it's time to go home to America, he'll have to find a way to be Darioush on his own.]]> 316 Adib Khorram 0525552960 ellen 0 to-read 4.23 2018 Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Minha vida fora de série: 2ª temporada (Minha vida fora de série, #2)]]> 17933273 424 Paula Pimenta 8582350406 ellen 4 4.16 2013 Minha vida fora de série: 2ª temporada (Minha vida fora de série, #2)
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average rating: 4.16
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]]> <![CDATA[Minha vida fora de série: 1ª temporada (Minha vida fora de série, #1)]]> 12672711
Quem gosta da série Fazendo meu filme não pode perder o livro de estreia desta nova série de Paula Pimenta. Situado no mesmo universo ficcional, temos a oportunidade de acompanhar alguns dos nossos já adorados personagens, três anos antes de a história de Fazendo meu filme começar.

Não perca a 1ª temporada da vida fora de série de Priscila!]]> 408 Paula Pimenta 8580620058 ellen 4 4.26 2011 Minha vida fora de série: 1ª temporada (Minha vida fora de série, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Better Than the Movies (Better Than the Movies, #1)]]> 55710822 In this rom-com about rom-coms, in the spirit of Kasie West and Jenn Bennett, a hopeless romantic teen attempts to secure a happily-ever-after moment with her forever crush, but finds herself reluctantly drawn to the boy next door.

Perpetual daydreamer Liz Buxbaum gave her heart to Michael a long time ago. But her cool, aloof forever crush never really saw her before he moved away. Now that he’s back in town, Liz will do whatever it takes to get on his radar - and maybe snag him as a prom date - even befriend Wes Bennet.

The annoyingly attractive next-door neighbor might seem like a prime candidate for romantic-comedy fantasies, but Wes has only been a pain in Liz’s butt since they were kids. Pranks involving frogs and decapitated lawn gnomes do not a potential boyfriend make. Yet, somehow, Wes and Michael are hitting it off, which means Wes is Liz’s in.

But as Liz and Wes scheme to get Liz noticed by Michael so she can have her magical prom moment, she’s shocked to discover that she likes being around Wes. And as they continue to grow closer, she must reexamine everything she thought she knew about love - and rethink her own ideas of what happily ever after should look like.]]> 356 Lynn Painter 1534467629 ellen 0 to-read 4.28 2021 Better Than the Movies (Better Than the Movies, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[O Sangue do Olimpo (Os Heróis do Olimpo, #5)]]> 22950419 No desfecho da série Os heróis do Olimpo, os tripulantes gregos e romanos do Argo II têm feito progresso em suas constantes missões, mas ainda não estão nem perto de vencer a sanguinária Mãe Terra, Gaia.

Os gigantes estão de volta � mais fortes do que nunca �, e os semideuses precisam impedi-los antes da Festa de Spes, momento em que Gaia planeja despertar, derramando o sangue do Olimpo. Para piorar, visões frequentes da terrível batalha no Acampamento Meio-Sangue assombram os sete semideuses.

A legião romana do Acampamento Júpiter, comandada por Octavian, está se aproximando das fronteiras do acampamento grego. Por mais que seja tentador usar a Atena Partenos como arma secreta contra os gigantes, eles sabem que a estátua é necessária em Long Island, onde talvez consiga impedir uma guerra entre os acampamentos.

A Atena Partenos irá para o oeste, enquanto o Argo II segue para o leste. Os deuses, ainda sofrendo com a dupla personalidade, não podem ajudar. Como os jovens conseguirão vencer sozinhos um exército de gigantes? A viagem para Atenas é perigosa, mas não há outra opção. Eles já sacrificaram muito para chegar onde estão. E se Gaia despertar, será o fim.]]> 419 Rick Riordan 8580575958 ellen 4 4.17 2014 O Sangue do Olimpo (Os Heróis do Olimpo, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Marca de Atena (Os Heróis do Olimpo, #3)]]> 17792253 Annabeth está apavorada. Justo quando ela está prestes a reencontrar Percy � após seis meses afastados por culpa de Hera �, o Acampamento Júpiter parece estar se preparando para o combate.

A bordo do Argo II com os amigos Jason, Piper e Leo, ela não pode culpar os semideuses romanos por pensarem que o navio é uma arma de guerra grega: afinal, com um dragão de bronze fumegante como figura de proa, a fantástica criação de Leo não parece mesmo nada amigável. Annabeth só pode torcer para que os romanos vejam seu pretor Jason na embarcação e compreendam que os visitantes do Acampamento Meio-Sangue estão ali em missão de paz.

Os problemas de Annabeth não param por aí � ela carrega no bolso um presente da mãe, que veio acompanhado de uma ordem intimidadora: Siga a Marca de Atena. Vingue-me. A guerreira já carrega nas costas o peso da profecia que mandará sete semideuses em busca das Portas da Morte. O que mais Atena poderia querer dela? O maior medo de Annabeth, no entanto, é que Percy tenha mudado. E se ele já estiver habituado demais aos costumes romanos? Será que ainda precisará dos velhos amigos? Como filha da deusa da guerra e da sabedoria, Annabeth sabe que nasceu para liderar � no entanto, também sabe que nunca mais vai querer viver sem o Cabeça de Alga.

Na aguardada sequência da série Os heróis do Olimpo, do best-seller Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson e seus amigos semideuses mais uma vez correm em direção ao perigo para tentar salvar seus acampamentos, os deuses e o mundo inteiro. Narrado por Percy, Annabeth, Piper e Jason, A Marca de Atena é uma jornada inesquecível até Roma, recheada de importantes descobertas, sacrifícios surpreendentes e terrores indescritíveis.]]> 480 Rick Riordan 8580573106 ellen 5 4.40 2012 A Marca de Atena (Os Heróis do Olimpo, #3)
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]]> Dear Wendy 111672538
Sophie Chi is in her first year at Wellesley College (despite her parents� wishes that she attend a “real� university, rather than a liberal arts school) and has long accepted her aromantic and asexual identities. Despite knowing she’ll never fall in love, she enjoys running an Instagram account that offers relationship advice to students at Wellesley. No one except her roommate knows that she’s behind the incredibly popular "Dear Wendy" account.

When Joanna “Jo� Ephron―also a first-year student at Wellesley―created their “Sincerely Wanda� account, it wasn't at all meant to be serious or take off like it does―not like Dear Wendy’s. But now they might have a rivalry of sorts with Dear Wendy? Oops . As if Jo’s not busy enough having existential crises over gender, the fact that she’ll never truly be loved or be enough, or her few friends finding The One and forgetting her!

While tensions are rising online, Sophie and Jo are getting closer in real life, bonding over their shared aroace identities. As their friendship develops and they work together to start a campus organization for other a-spec students, can their growing bond survive if they learn just who’s behind the Wendy and Wanda accounts?

With its exploration of a-spec identities, college life, and more, this platonic comedy, perfect for fans of Netflix’s The Half of It and Alice Oseman’s Loveless , is ultimately a love story about two people who are not―and will not―be in love!]]> 368 Ann Zhao 1250885000 ellen 0 to-read 3.98 2024 Dear Wendy
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]]> <![CDATA[Minx (The Splendid Trilogy, #3)]]> 110392 IT TAKES A MINX TO TEMPT A ROGUE...

Henrietta Barrett has never followed the dictates of society. She manages her elderly guardian's remote Cornwall estate, wears breeches instead of frocks, and answers to the unlikely name of Henry. But when her guardian passes away, her beloved home falls into the hands of a distant cousin.

...AND IT TAKES A ROGUE TO TAME HER

William Dunford, London's most elusive bachelor, is stunned to learn that he's inherited property, a title . . . and a ward bent on making his first visit his last. Henry is determined to continue running Stannage Park without help from the handsome new lord, but Dunford is just as sure he can change things... starting with his wild young ward. But turning Henry into a lady makes her not only the darling of the ton, but an irresistible attraction to the man who thought he could never be tempted.]]> 391 Julia Quinn 0380785625 ellen 3 3.80 1996 Minx (The Splendid Trilogy, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)]]> 22055262
Kell was raised in Arnes—Red London—and officially serves the Maresh Empire as an ambassador, traveling between the frequent bloody regime changes in White London and the court of George III in the dullest of Londons, the one without any magic left to see.

Unofficially, Kell is a smuggler, servicing people willing to pay for even the smallest glimpses of a world they'll never see. It's a defiant hobby with dangerous consequences, which Kell is now seeing firsthand.

After an exchange goes awry, Kell escapes to Grey London and runs into Delilah Bard, a cut-purse with lofty aspirations. She first robs him, then saves him from a deadly enemy, and finally forces Kell to spirit her to another world for a proper adventure.

Now perilous magic is afoot, and treachery lurks at every turn. To save all of the worlds, they'll first need to stay alive.]]> 400 Victoria E. Schwab 0765376458 ellen 0 to-read 4.04 2015 A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
author: Victoria E. Schwab
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average rating: 4.04
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]]> Vicious (Villains, #1) 40874032 A masterful tale of ambition, jealousy, desire, and superpowers.

Victor and Eli started out as college roommates—brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly wrong.

Ten years later, Victor breaks out of prison, determined to catch up to his old friend (now foe), aided by a young girl whose reserved nature obscures a stunning ability. Meanwhile, Eli is on a mission to eradicate every other super-powered person that he can find—aside from his sidekick, an enigmatic woman with an unbreakable will. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the archnemeses have set a course for revenge—but who will be left alive at the end?

In Vicious, V. E. Schwab brings to life a gritty comic-book-style world in vivid prose: a world where gaining superpowers doesn't automatically lead to heroism, and a time when allegiances are called into question.]]> 402 Victoria E. Schwab ellen 0 to-read 4.17 2013 Vicious (Villains, #1)
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]]> Wilder Girls 42505366
It started slow. First the teachers died one by one. Then it began to infect the students, turning their bodies strange and foreign. Now, cut off from the rest of the world and left to fend for themselves on their island home, the girls don't dare wander outside the school's fence, where the Tox has made the woods wild and dangerous. They wait for the cure they were promised as the Tox seeps into everything.

But when Byatt goes missing, Hetty will do anything to find her, even if it means breaking quarantine and braving the horrors that lie beyond the fence. And when she does, Hetty learns that there's more to their story, to their life at Raxter, than she could have ever thought true.]]> 357 Rory Power 0525645586 ellen 0 to-read 3.46 2019 Wilder Girls
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]]> Ace of Spades 42603984
Welcome to Niveus Private Academy, where money paves the hallways, and the students are never less than perfect. Until now. Because anonymous texter, Aces, is bringing two students' dark secrets to light.

Talented musician Devon buries himself in rehearsals, but he can't escape the spotlight when his private photos go public. Head girl Chiamaka isn't afraid to get what she wants, but soon everyone will know the price she has paid for power.

Someone is out to get them both. Someone who holds all the aces. And they're planning much more than a high-school game...]]> 470 Faridah Àbíké-Ãyímídé 1474967531 ellen 0 to-read 4.15 2021 Ace of Spades
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]]> <![CDATA[Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me]]> 40864841 All Freddy Riley wants is for Laura Dean to stop breaking up with her.

The day they got together was the best one of Freddy's life, but nothing's made sense since. Laura Dean is popular, funny, and SO CUTE ... but she can be really thoughtless, even mean. Their on-again, off-again relationship has Freddy's head spinning � and Freddy's friends can't understand why she keeps going back.

When Freddy consults the services of a local mystic, the mysterious Seek-Her, she isn't thrilled with the advice she receives. But something's got to give: Freddy's heart is breaking in slow motion, and she may be about to lose her very best friend as well as her last shred of self-respect. Fortunately for Freddy, there are new friends, and the insight of advice columnist Anna Vice, to help her through being a teenager in love.

Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O'Connell bring to life a sweet and spirited tale of young love that asks us to consider what happens when we ditch the toxic relationships we crave to embrace the healthy ones we need.]]> 289 Mariko Tamaki 1250312841 ellen 0 to-read 3.86 2019 Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me
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]]> <![CDATA[This Is How You Lose the Time War]]> 43352954 Burn before reading. Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions. Now, what began as a taunt, a battlefield boast, grows into something more. Something epic. Something romantic. Something that could change the past and the future.

Except the discovery of their bond would mean death for each of them. There's still a war going on, after all. And someone has to win that war.]]> 209 Amal El-Mohtar ellen 0 to-read 3.86 2019 This Is How You Lose the Time War
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]]> <![CDATA[The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)]]> 40275288
The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction � but assassins are getting closer to her door.

Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.

Across the dark sea, Tané has trained to be a dragonrider since she was a child, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel.

Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.]]> 845 Samantha Shannon 1408883457 ellen 0 to-read 4.18 2019 The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo]]> 32620332
Monique is not exactly on top of the world. Her husband has left her, and her professional life is going nowhere. Regardless of why Evelyn has selected her to write her biography, Monique is determined to use this opportunity to jumpstart her career.

Summoned to Evelyn’s luxurious apartment, Monique listens in fascination as the actress tells her story. From making her way to Los Angeles in the 1950s to her decision to leave show business in the �80s, and, of course, the seven husbands along the way, Evelyn unspools a tale of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great forbidden love. Monique begins to feel a very real connection to the legendary star, but as Evelyn’s story nears its conclusion, it becomes clear that her life intersects with Monique’s own in tragic and irreversible ways.]]> 389 Taylor Jenkins Reid 1501139231 ellen 0 to-read 4.39 2017 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
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]]> <![CDATA[Boyfriend Material (London Calling, #1)]]> 50225678 425 Alexis Hall 1728206146 ellen 0 to-read 3.98 2020 Boyfriend Material (London Calling, #1)
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]]> Beach Read 52867387 A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything they believe about happily ever afters.

Augustus Everett is an acclaimed author of literary fiction. January Andrews writes bestselling romance. When she pens a happily ever after, he kills off his entire cast.

They’re polar opposites.

In fact, the only thing they have in common is that for the next three months, they’re living in neighboring beach houses, broke, and bogged down with writer’s block.

Until, one hazy evening, one thing leads to another and they strike a deal designed to force them out of their creative ruts: Augustus will spend the summer writing something happy, and January will pen the next Great American Novel. She’ll take him on field trips worthy of any rom-com montage, and he’ll take her to interview surviving members of a backwoods death cult (obviously). Everyone will finish a book and no-one will fall in love. Really.]]> 371 Emily Henry 1984806734 ellen 0 to-read 3.99 2020 Beach Read
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]]> <![CDATA[Last Night at the Telegraph Club]]> 35224992 A story of love and duty set in San Francisco's Chinatown during the Red Scare.

“That book. It was about two women, and they fell in love with each other.� And then Lily asked the question that had taken root in her, that was even now unfurling its leaves and demanding to be shown the sun: “Have you ever heard of such a thing?�

Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can’t remember exactly when the question took root, but the answer was in full bloom the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club.

America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. With deportation looming over her father—despite his hard-won citizenship—Lily and Kath risk everything to let their love see the light of day.]]> 409 Malinda Lo 0525555250 ellen 0 to-read 4.21 2021 Last Night at the Telegraph Club
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]]> Babel 57945316 From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a historical fantasy epic that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British Empire

Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal.

1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he’ll enroll in Oxford University’s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation—also known as Babel. The tower and its students are the world's center for translation and, more importantly, magic. Silver-working—the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation using enchanted silver bars—has made the British unparalleled in power, as the arcane craft serves the Empire's quest for colonization.

For Robin, Oxford is a utopia dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. But knowledge obeys power, and as a Chinese boy raised in Britain, Robin realizes serving Babel means betraying his motherland. As his studies progress, Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, an organization dedicated to stopping imperial expansion. When Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decide . . .

Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence?]]> 544 R.F. Kuang 0063021420 ellen 0 to-read 4.17 2022 Babel
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]]> <![CDATA[The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)]]> 35068705
When Rin aced the Keju—the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies—it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, who believed they’d finally be able to marry her off and further their criminal enterprise; and to Rin herself, who realized she was finally free of the servitude and despair that had made up her daily existence. That she got into Sinegard—the most elite military school in Nikan—was even more surprising.

But surprises aren’t always good.

Because being a dark-skinned peasant girl from the south is not an easy thing at Sinegard. Targeted from the outset by rival classmates for her color, poverty, and gender, Rin discovers she possesses a lethal, unearthly power—an aptitude for the nearly-mythical art of shamanism. Exploring the depths of her gift with the help of a seemingly insane teacher and psychoactive substances, Rin learns that gods long thought dead are very much alive—and that mastering control over those powers could mean more than just surviving school.

For while the Nikara Empire is at peace, the Federation of Mugen still lurks across a narrow sea. The militarily advanced Federation occupied Nikan for decades after the First Poppy War, and only barely lost the continent in the Second. And while most of the people are complacent to go about their lives, a few are aware that a Third Poppy War is just a spark away . . .

Rin’s shamanic powers may be the only way to save her people. But as she finds out more about the god that has chosen her, the vengeful Phoenix, she fears that winning the war may cost her humanity . . . and that it may already be too late.]]> 545 R.F. Kuang 0062662597 ellen 0 to-read 4.16 2018 The Poppy War (The Poppy War, #1)
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]]> The Love Hypothesis 56732449
That man is none other than Adam Carlsen, a young hotshot professor--and well-known ass. Which is why Olive is positively floored when Stanford's reigning lab tyrant agrees to keep her charade a secret and be her fake boyfriend. But when a big science conference goes haywire, putting Olive's career on the Bunsen burner, Adam surprises her again with his unyielding support and even more unyielding... six-pack abs.

Suddenly their little experiment feels dangerously close to combustion. And Olive discovers that the only thing more complicated than a hypothesis on love is putting her own heart under the microscope.]]> 356 Ali Hazelwood 0593336828 ellen 0 to-read 4.10 2021 The Love Hypothesis
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]]> Circe 35959740
Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts, and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus.

But there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone, and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians. To protect what she loves most, Circe must summon all her strength and choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from or with the mortals she has come to love.]]> 393 Madeline Miller 0316556343 ellen 0 to-read 4.22 2018 Circe
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]]> <![CDATA[The Sun and the Star (The Nico di Angelo Adventures #1)]]> 63028719 Demigods Nico di Angelo and Will Solace must endure the terrors of Tartarus to rescue an old friend in this thrilling adventure co-written by New York Times #1 best-selling author Rick Riordan and award-winning author Mark Oshiro.

As the son of Hades, Nico di Angelo has been through so much, from the premature deaths of his mother and sister, to being outed against his will, to losing his friend Jason during the trials of Apollo. But there is a ray of sunshine in his life–literally: his boyfriend, Will Solace, the son of Apollo. Together the two demigods can overcome any obstacle or foe. At least, that’s been the case so far...

Now Nico is being plagued by a voice calling out to him from Tartarus, the lowest part of the Underworld. He thinks he knows who it is: a reformed Titan named Bob whom Percy and Annabeth had to leave behind when they escaped Hades’s realm. Nico’s dreams and Rachel Dare’s latest prophecy leave little doubt in Nico’s mind that Bob is in some kind of trouble. Nico has to go on this quest, whether Mr. D and Chiron like it or not. And of course Will insists on coming with. But can a being made of light survive in the darkest part of the world? and what does the prophecy mean that Nico will have to “leave something of equal value behind?�

Nico will have to face demons both internal and external as his relationship with Will is tested to the core in this standalone adventure featuring two of the most popular characters in the Percy Jackson saga.]]> 480 Rick Riordan 1368081347 ellen 0 to-read 4.21 2023 The Sun and the Star (The Nico di Angelo Adventures #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Chalice of the Gods (Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Senior Year Adventures, #1)]]> 63035432
Unfortunately, the gods aren’t quite done with him yet. Poseidon breaks the bad news that if Percy expects to get into New Rome University, he will have to fulfill three quests in order to earn the necessary three letters of recommendation from Mount Olympus.

The first task is to help Ganymede, Zeus’s cupbearer, retrieve his golden goblet before it falls into the wrong hands. You see, one sip from it can turn a mortal into a god, and Zeus would not be pleased with that result. Can Percy and his friends Grover and Annabeth find the precious cup in time? And if they do, will they be able to resist its special power?

Readers new to Percy Jackson universe and fans who have been awaiting this reunion for more than a decade will delight equally in this latest hilarious take on Greek mythology by the "storyteller of the gods."]]> 288 Rick Riordan 1368098177 ellen 0 to-read 4.27 2023 The Chalice of the Gods (Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Senior Year Adventures, #1)
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]]> I Kissed Shara Wheeler 58756420 From the New York Times bestselling author of One Last Stop and Red, White & Royal Blue comes a debut YA romantic comedy about chasing down what you want, only to find what you need...

Chloe Green is so close to winning. After her moms moved her from SoCal to Alabama for high school, she’s spent the past four years dodging gossipy classmates and a puritanical administration at Willowgrove Christian Academy. The thing that’s kept her going: winning valedictorian. Her only rival: prom queen Shara Wheeler, the principal’s perfect progeny.

But a month before graduation, Shara kisses Chloe and vanishes.

On a furious hunt for answers, Chloe discovers she’s not the only one Shara kissed. There’s also Smith, Shara’s longtime quarterback sweetheart, and Rory, Shara’s bad boy neighbor with a crush. The three have nothing in common except Shara and the annoyingly cryptic notes she left behind, but together they must untangle Shara’s trail of clues and find her. It’ll be worth it, if Chloe can drag Shara back before graduation to beat her fair-and-square.

Thrown into an unlikely alliance, chasing a ghost through parties, break-ins, puzzles, and secrets revealed on monogrammed stationery, Chloe starts to suspect there might be more to this small town than she thought. And maybe—probably not, but maybe—more to Shara, too.

Fierce, funny, and frank, Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler is about breaking the rules, getting messy, and finding love in unexpected places.]]> 356 Casey McQuiston 1250244455 ellen 0 to-read 3.87 2022 I Kissed Shara Wheeler
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]]> One Last Stop 54860443
But then, there’s this gorgeous girl on the train.

Jane. Dazzling, charming, mysterious, impossible Jane. Jane with her rough edges and swoopy hair and soft smile, showing up in a leather jacket to save August’s day when she needed it most. August’s subway crush becomes the best part of her day, but pretty soon, she discovers there’s one big problem: Jane doesn’t just look like an old school punk rocker. She’s literally displaced in time from the 1970s, and August is going to have to use everything she tried to leave in her own past to help her. Maybe it’s time to start believing in some things, after all.

Casey McQuiston’s One Last Stop is a magical, sexy, big-hearted romance where the impossible becomes possible as August does everything in her power to save the girl lost in time.]]> 418 Casey McQuiston 1250244498 ellen 0 to-read 3.90 2021 One Last Stop
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]]> Vejo você no espaço 36388798
Um livro tocante e delicioso sobre aprendermos a discernir realidade e aparências, Vejo você no espaço é uma lição de que família também se constrói e de que, com honestidade, força e amor, nos tornamos tão grandes quanto o próprio universo.]]> 288 Jack Cheng 8551002678 ellen 4 3.99 2017 Vejo você no espaço
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]]> <![CDATA[Any Way the Wind Blows (Simon Snow, #3)]]> 52190991 Carry On, Simon Snow and his friends realized that everything they thought they understood about the world might be wrong. And in Wayward Son, they wondered whether everything they understood about themselves might be wrong.

In Any Way the Wind Blows, Simon and Baz and Penelope and Agatha have to decide how to move forward.

For Simon, that means deciding whether he still wants to be part of the World of Mages -- and if he doesn't, what does that mean for his relationship with Baz? Meanwhile Baz is bouncing between two family crises and not finding any time to talk to anyone about his newfound vampire knowledge. Penelope would love to help, but she's smuggled an American Normal into London, and now she isn't sure what to do with him. And Agatha? Well, Agatha Wellbelove has had enough.

Any Way the Wind Blows takes the gang back to England, back to Watford, and back to their families for their longest and most emotionally wrenching adventure yet.

This book is a finale. It tells secrets and answers questions and lays ghosts to rest.

Carry On was conceived as a book about Chosen One stories; Any Way the Wind Blows is an ending about endings. About catharsis and closure, and how we choose to move on from the traumas and triumphs that try to define us.]]> 579 Rainbow Rowell 1250254337 ellen 3 4.11 2021 Any Way the Wind Blows (Simon Snow, #3)
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]]> Wayward Son (Simon Snow, #2) 44017627
Simon Snow did everything he was supposed to do. He beat the villain. He won the war. He even fell in love. Now comes the good part, right? Now comes the happily ever after�

So why can’t Simon Snow get off the couch?

What he needs, according to his best friend, is a change of scenery. He just needs to see himself in a new light�

That’s how Simon and Penny and Baz end up in a vintage convertible, tearing across the American West.

They find trouble, of course. (Dragons, vampires, skunk-headed things with shotguns.) And they get lost. They get so lost, they start to wonder whether they ever knew where they were headed in the first place�

With Wayward Son, Rainbow Rowell has written a book for everyone who ever wondered what happened to the Chosen One after he saved the day. And a book for everyone who was ever more curious about the second kiss than the first. It’s another helping of sour cherry scones with an absolutely decadent amount of butter.

Come on, Simon Snow. Your hero’s journey might be over � but your life has just begun.]]> 356 Rainbow Rowell 1250146070 ellen 3 3.89 2019 Wayward Son (Simon Snow, #2)
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]]> Carry On (Simon Snow, #1) 32768522
That's what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he's probably right.

Half the time, Simon can't even make his wand work, and the other half, he starts something on fire. His mentor's avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there's a magic-eating monster running around, wearing Simon's face. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were here � it's their last year at the Watford School of Magicks, and Simon's infuriating nemesis didn't even bother to show up.

Carry On - The Rise and Fall of Simon Snow is a ghost story, a love story and a mystery. It has just as much kissing and talking as you'd expect from a Rainbow Rowell story - but far, far more monsters.]]> 522 Rainbow Rowell 1250135028 ellen 3 4.17 2015 Carry On (Simon Snow, #1)
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average rating: 4.17
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]]> <![CDATA[Below Zero (The STEMinist Novellas, #3)]]> 59651553 It will take the frosty terrain of the Arctic to show these rival scientists that their chemistry burns hot.

Mara, Sadie, and Hannah are friends first, scientists always. Though their fields of study might take them to different corners of the world, they can all agree on this universal truth: when it comes to love and science, opposites attract and rivals make you burn�

Hannah’s got a bad feeling about this. Not only has the NASA aerospace engineer found herself injured and stranded at a remote Arctic research station—but the one person willing to undertake the hazardous rescue mission is her longtime rival.

Ian has been many things to Hannah: the villain who tried to veto her expedition and ruin her career, the man who stars in her most deliciously lurid dreams…but he’s never played the hero. So why is he risking everything to be here? And why does his presence seem just as dangerous to her heart as the coming snowstorm?

To read Mara and Sadie’s stories look for the novellas Under One Roof and Stuck with You available now from Berkley!]]> 112 Ali Hazelwood 0593437837 ellen 3 3.57 2022 Below Zero (The STEMinist Novellas, #3)
author: Ali Hazelwood
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average rating: 3.57
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]]> <![CDATA[We'll Always Have Summer (Summer, #3)]]> 72606751 320 Jenny Han 1416995609 ellen 3 3.82 2011 We'll Always Have Summer (Summer, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[It's Not Summer Without You (The Summer I Turned Pretty #2)]]> 60534826 288 Jenny Han 0141956763 ellen 3 3.75 2010 It's Not Summer Without You (The Summer I Turned Pretty #2)
author: Jenny Han
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average rating: 3.75
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]]> <![CDATA[The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1)]]> 5821978 276 Jenny Han 1416968237 ellen 4 3.77 2009 The Summer I Turned Pretty (Summer, #1)
author: Jenny Han
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average rating: 3.77
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Other Miss Bridgerton (Rokesbys, #3)]]> 36137912
Fiercely independent and adventurous, Poppy Bridgerton will only wed a suitor whose keen intellect and interests match her own. Sadly, none of the fools from her London season qualify. While visiting a friend on the Dorset coast, Poppy is pleasantly surprised to discover a smugglers� hideaway tucked inside a cave. But her delight turns to dismay when two pirates kidnap her and take her aboard a ship, leaving her bound and gagged on the captain’s bed�

He found her at the wrong time�

Known to society as a rascal and reckless privateer, Captain Andrew James Rokesby actually transports essential goods and documents for the British government. Setting sail on a time-sensitive voyage to Portugal, he’s stunned to find a woman waiting for him in his cabin. Surely, his imagination is getting the better of him. But no, she is very real—and his duty to the Crown means he’s stuck with her.

Can two wrongs make the most perfect right?

When Andrew learns that she is a Bridgerton, he knows he will likely have to wed her to avert a scandal—though Poppy has no idea that he is the son of an earl and neighbor to her aristocratic cousins in Kent. On the high seas, their war of words soon gives way to an intoxicating passion. But when Andrew’s secret is revealed, will his declaration of love be enough to capture her heart�?]]> 391 Julia Quinn 0062388207 ellen 3 3.99 2018 The Other Miss Bridgerton (Rokesbys, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Splendid (The Splendid Trilogy, #1)]]> 110382 There are two things everyone knows about Alexander Ridgely. One, he's the Duke of Ashbourne. And two, he has no plans to marry anytime soon...

That is until a redheaded American throws herself in front of a carriage to save his young nephew's life. She's everything Alex never thought a woman could be—smart and funny, principled and brave. But she's a servant, completely unsuitable for a highborn duke—unless, perhaps, she's not quite what she seems...

American heiress Emma Dunster might be surrounded by Englishmen, but that doesn't mean she intends to marry one—even if she has agreed to participate in one London Season. When she slipped out of her cousins' home, dressed as a kitchen maid, all she wanted was one last taste of anonymity before her debut. She never dreamed she'd find herself in the arms of a dangerously handsome duke... or that he'd be quite so upset when he discovered her true identity. But true love tends to blossom just when one least expects it, and passion can melt even the most stubborn of hearts.]]> 396 Julia Quinn 0380780747 ellen 2 3.83 1995 Splendid (The Splendid Trilogy, #1)
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]]> Neon Gods (Dark Olympus, #1) 54659771 He was supposed to be a myth.
But from the moment I crossed the River Styx and fell under his dark spell... he was, quite simply, mine.

Society darling Persephone Dimitriou plans to flee the ultra-modern city of Olympus and start over far from the backstabbing politics of the Thirteen Houses. But all that’s ripped away when her mother ambushes her with an engagement to Zeus, the dangerous power behind their glittering city’s dark facade.

With no options left, Persephone flees to the forbidden undercity and makes a devil’s bargain with a man she once believed a myth... a man who awakens her to a world she never knew existed.

Hades has spent his life in the shadows, and he has no intention of stepping into the light. But when he finds that Persephone can offer a little slice of the revenge he’s spent years craving, it’s all the excuse he needs to help her—for a price. Yet every breathless night spent tangled together has given Hades a taste for Persephone, and he’ll go to war with Olympus itself to keep her close�

A modern retelling of Hades and Persephone that’s as sinful as it is sweet.]]> 380 Katee Robert 1728231736 ellen 3 3.68 2021 Neon Gods (Dark Olympus, #1)
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]]> Nick and Charlie 25793458
NICK: “Things me and Charlie Spring do together include: Watch films. Sit in the same room on different laptops. Text each other from different rooms. Make out. Make food. Make drinks. Get drunk. Talk. Argue. Laugh. Maybe we're kind of boring. But that’s fine with us.�

Everyone knows that Nick and Charlie are the perfect couple � that they’re inseparable. But now Nick is leaving for university, and Charlie will be left behind at Sixth Form. Everyone’s asking if they’re staying together, which is a stupid question � they’re ‘Nick and Charlie�, for God’s sake!

But as the time to say goodbye gets inevitably closer, both Nick and Charlie question whether their love is strong enough to survive being apart. Or are they delaying the inevitable? Because everyone knows that first loves rarely last forever…]]> 120 Alice Oseman 0008147876 ellen 5 4.15 2015 Nick and Charlie
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average rating: 4.15
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]]> <![CDATA[Heartstopper: Volume Five (Heartstopper, #5)]]> 53344030
Nick and Charlie are very much in love. They've finally said those three little words, and Charlie has almost persuaded his mum to let him sleep over at Nick's house ... But with Nick going off to university next year, is everything about to change?

By Alice Oseman, winner of the YA Book Prize, Heartstopper encompasses all the small moments of Nick and Charlie's lives that together make up something larger, which speaks to all of us.

Contains discussions around mental health and eating disorders, and sexual references.]]> 336 Alice Oseman 1444957651 ellen 5 4.47 2023 Heartstopper: Volume Five (Heartstopper, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Heartstopper: Volume Four (Heartstopper, #4)]]> 56060300 Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about life, love, and everything that happens in between: this is the fourth volume of HEARTSTOPPER, for fans of The Art of Being Normal, Holly Bourne and Love, Simon.

Charlie didn't think Nick could ever like him back, but now they're officially boyfriends. Charlie's beginning to feel ready to say those three little words: I love you.

Nick's been feeling the same, but he's got a lot on his mind - not least coming out to his dad, and the fact that Charlie might have an eating disorder.

As summer turns to autumn and a new school year begins, Charlie and Nick are about to learn a lot about what love means.

Heartstopper is about love, 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.

This is the fourth volume of Heartstopper, which has now been optioned for television by See-Saw Films.]]> 384 Alice Oseman 1338617567 ellen 5 4.57 2021 Heartstopper: Volume Four (Heartstopper, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Heartstopper: Volume Three (Heartstopper, #3)]]> 43449920
Meanwhile Tao and Elle will face their feelings for each other, Tara and Darcy share more about their relationship origin story, and the teachers supervising the trip seem� rather close�?]]> 384 Alice Oseman ellen 5 4.55 2020 Heartstopper: Volume Three (Heartstopper, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[Heartstopper: Volume Two (Heartstopper, #2)]]> 43307358
But love works in surprising ways, and Nick is discovering all kinds of things about his friends, his family ... and himself.]]> 320 Alice Oseman 1444951408 ellen 5 4.52 2019 Heartstopper: Volume Two (Heartstopper, #2)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Foxhole Court (All for the Game, #1)]]> 17259690
Signing a contract with the PSU Foxes is the last thing a guy like Neil should do. The team is high profile and he doesn't need sports crews broadcasting pictures of his face around the nation. His lies will hold up only so long under this kind of scrutiny and the truth will get him killed.

But Neil's not the only one with secrets on the team. One of Neil's new teammates is a friend from his old life, and Neil can't walk away from him a second time. Neil has survived the last eight years by running. Maybe he's finally found someone and something worth fighting for.]]> 237 Nora Sakavic 1301529044 ellen 4 4.03 2013 The Foxhole Court (All for the Game, #1)
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average rating: 4.03
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]]> In Deeper Waters 54303971 A young prince must rely on a mysterious stranger to save him when he is kidnapped during his coming-of-age tour in this swoony adventure that is The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue meets Pirates of the Caribbean.

Prince Tal has long awaited his coming-of-age tour. After spending most of his life cloistered behind palace walls as he learns to keep his forbidden magic secret, he can finally see his family’s kingdom for the first time. His first taste of adventure comes just two days into the journey, when their crew discovers a mysterious prisoner on a burning derelict vessel.

Tasked with watching over the prisoner, Tal is surprised to feel an intense connection with the roguish Athlen. So when Athlen leaps overboard and disappears, Tal feels responsible and heartbroken, knowing Athlen could not have survived in the open ocean.

That is, until Tal runs into Athlen days later on dry land, very much alive, and as charming—and secretive—as ever. But before they can pursue anything further, Tal is kidnapped by pirates and held ransom in a plot to reveal his rumored powers and instigate a war. Tal must escape if he hopes to save his family and the kingdom. And Athlen might just be his only hope…]]> 320 F.T. Lukens 1534480501 ellen 4 3.88 2021 In Deeper Waters
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]]> The Girl from the Sea 54776523 From the author of The Witch Boy trilogy comes a graphic novel about family, romance, and first love.

Fifteen-year-old Morgan has a secret: She can't wait to escape the perfect little island where she lives. She's desperate to finish high school and escape her sad divorced mom, her volatile little brother, and worst of all, her great group of friends...who don't understand Morgan at all. Because really, Morgan's biggest secret is that she has a lot of secrets, including the one about wanting to kiss another girl.

Then one night, Morgan is saved from drowning by a mysterious girl named Keltie. The two become friends and suddenly life on the island doesn't seem so stifling anymore.

But Keltie has some secrets of her own. And as the girls start to fall in love, everything they're each trying to hide will find its way to the surface...whether Morgan is ready or not.]]> 256 Molly Knox Ostertag 1338540580 ellen 5 4.13 2021 The Girl from the Sea
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]]> She Drives Me Crazy 52516406 High school nemeses fall in love in this queer YA rom com perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli and Casey McQuiston.

After losing spectacularly to her ex-girlfriend in their first game since their break up, Scottie Zajac gets into a fender bender with the worst possible person: her nemesis, the incredibly beautiful and incredibly mean Irene Abraham. Things only get worse when their nosey, do-gooder moms get involved and the girls are forced to carpool together until Irene’s car gets out of the shop.

Their bumpy start only gets bumpier the more time they spend together. But when an opportunity presents itself for Scottie to get back at her toxic ex (and climb her school’s social ladder at the same time), she bribes Irene into playing along. Hijinks, heartbreak, and gay fake-dating scheme for the ages. From author Kelly Quindlen comes a new laugh-out-loud romp through the ups and downs of teen romance.]]> 288 Kelly Quindlen 1250209161 ellen 4 3.93 2021 She Drives Me Crazy
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]]> <![CDATA[Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)]]> 52339313
When his traditional Latinx family has problems accepting his gender, Yadriel becomes determined to prove himself a real brujo. With the help of his cousin and best friend Maritza, he performs the ritual himself, and then sets out to find the ghost of his murdered cousin and set it free.

However, the ghost he summons is actually Julian Diaz, the school’s resident bad boy, and Julian is not about to go quietly into death. He’s determined to find out what happened and tie up some loose ends before he leaves. Left with no choice, Yadriel agrees to help Julian, so that they can both get what they want. But the longer Yadriel spends with Julian, the less he wants to let him leave.]]> 344 Aiden Thomas 1250250463 ellen 4 4.26 2020 Cemetery Boys (Cemetery Boys, #1)
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]]> Sobre os ossos dos mortos 48506862 256 Olga Tokarczuk 6580309695 ellen 5 3.97 2009 Sobre os ossos dos mortos
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]]> <![CDATA[A caminho do altar (Os Bridgertons, #8)]]> 30524007
O problema é que Hermione Watson está encantada por outro homem e não lhe dá a menor atenção. Para sorte de Gregory, porém, Lucinda Abernathy considera o pretendente da melhor amiga um péssimo partido e se oferece para ajudar o romântico Bridgerton a conquistá-la.

Mas tudo começa a mudar quando quem se apaixona por ele é Lucy, que já foi prometida pelo tio a um homem que mal conhece. Agora, será que Gregory perceberá a tempo que ela, com seu humor inteligente e seu sorriso luminoso, é a mulher ideal para ele?

A caminho do altar, oitavo livro da série Os Bridgertons, é uma história sobre encontros, desencontros e esperança no amor. De forma leve e revigorante, Julia Quinn nos mostra que tudo o que imaginamos sobre paixão à primeira vista é verdade � só precisamos saber onde buscá-la.]]> 320 Julia Quinn 858041573X ellen 4 3.86 2006 A caminho do altar (Os Bridgertons, #8)
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]]> <![CDATA[Um beijo inesquecível (Os Bridgertons, #7)]]> 28585517
Num recital, Hyacinth conhece o belo e atraente Gareth St. Clair, neto de sua amiga Lady Danbury. Para sua surpresa, apesar da fama de libertino, ele é capaz de manter uma conversa adequada com ela e, às vezes, até deixá-la sem fala e com um frio na barriga.

Porém Hyacinth resiste à sedução do famoso conquistador. Para ela, cada palavra pronunciada por Gareth é um desafio que deve ser respondido à altura. Por isso, quando ele aparece na casa de Lady Danbury com um misterioso diário da avó italiana, ela resolve traduzir o texto, que pode conter segredos decisivos para o futuro dele.

Nessa tarefa, primeiro os dois se veem debatendo traduções, depois trocando confidências, até, por fim, quebrarem as regras sociais. E, ao passar o tempo juntos, eles vão descobrir que as respostas que buscam se encontram um no outro... e que não há nada de tão simples � e de tão complicado � quanto um beijo.]]> 272 Julia Quinn 8580414857 ellen 3 4.04 2005 Um beijo inesquecível (Os Bridgertons, #7)
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average rating: 4.04
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]]> <![CDATA[O conde enfeitiçado (Os Bridgertons, #6)]]> 26090059
Depois de anos colecionando conquistas amorosas sem nunca entregar seu coração, o libertino mais famoso de Londres enfim se apaixonou. Infelizmente, conheceu a mulher de seus sonhos no jantar de ensaio do casamento dela. Em 36 horas, Francesca se tornaria esposa do primo dele.

Mas isso foi no passado. Quatro anos depois, Francesca está livre, embora só pense em Michael como amigo e confidente. E ele não ousa falar com ela sobre seus sentimentos � a culpa por amar a viúva de John, praticamente um irmão para ele, não permite.

Em um encontro inesperado, porém, Francesca começa a ver Michael de outro modo. Quando ela cai nos braços dele, a paixão e o desejo provam ser mais fortes do que a culpa. Agora o ex-devasso precisa convencê-la de que nenhum homem além dele a fará mais feliz.

No sexto livro da série Os Bridgertons, Julia Quinn mostra, em sua já consagrada escrita cheia de delicadezas, que a vida sempre nos reserva um final feliz. Basta que estejamos atentos para enxergá-lo.]]> 290 Julia Quinn 8580414407 ellen 4 4.04 2004 O conde enfeitiçado (Os Bridgertons, #6)
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]]> <![CDATA[Para Sir Phillip, com amor (Os Bridgertons, #5)]]> 24551378
Quando uma prima distante morre, ela decide escrever para o viúvo e oferecer as condolências. Ao ser surpreendido por um gesto tão amável vindo de uma desconhecida, Sir Phillip resolve retribuir a atenção e responder.

Assim, os dois começam uma instigante troca de correspondências. Ele logo descobre que Eloise, além de uma solteirona que nunca encontrou o par perfeito, é uma confidente de inteligência rara. E ela fica sabendo que Sir Phillip é um cavalheiro honrado que quer encontrar uma esposa para ajudá-lo na criação de seus dois filhos órfãos.

Após alguns meses, uma das cartas traz uma proposta peculiar: o que Eloise acharia de passar algum tempo com Sir Phillip para os dois se conhecerem melhor e, caso se deem bem, pensarem em se casar? Ela aceita o convite, mas em pouco tempo eles se dão conta de que, ao vivo, não são bem como imaginaram. Ela é voluntariosa e não para de falar, e ele é temperamental e rude, com um comportamento bem diferente dos homens da alta sociedade londrina.

Apesar disso, nos raros momentos em que Eloise fecha a boca, Phillip só pensa em beijá-la. E cada vez que ele sorri, o resto do mundo desaparece e ela só quer se jogar em seus braços. Agora os dois precisam descobrir se, mesmo com todas as suas imperfeições, foram feitos um para o outro.]]> 288 Julia Quinn 8580413621 ellen 1 3.65 2003 Para Sir Phillip, com amor (Os Bridgertons, #5)
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]]> <![CDATA[Os segredos de Colin Bridgerton (Os Bridgertons, #4)]]> 22896498
Quando ele retorna de uma de suas longas viagens ao exterior, Penelope descobre seu maior segredo por acaso e chega à conclusão de que tudo o que pensava sobre seu objeto de desejo talvez não seja verdade.

Ele, por sua vez, também tem uma surpresa: Penelope se transformou, de uma jovem sem graça ignorada por toda a alta sociedade, numa mulher dona de um senso de humor afiado e de uma beleza incomum.

Ao deparar com tamanha mudança, Colin, que sempre a enxergara apenas como uma divertida companhia ocasional, começa a querer passar cada vez mais tempo a seu lado. Quando os dois trocam o primeiro beijo, ele não entende como nunca pôde ver o que sempre esteve bem à sua frente.

No entanto, quando fica sabendo que ela guarda um segredo ainda maior que o seu, precisa decidir se Penelope é sua maior ameaça ou a promessa de um final feliz.

Em Os segredos de Colin Bridgerton, quarto livro da série Os Bridgertons, que já vendeu mais de 3,5 milhões de exemplares, Julia Quinn constrói uma linda história que prova que de uma longa amizade pode nascer o amor mais profundo.]]> 336 Julia Quinn 8580413079 ellen 4 3.92 2002 Os segredos de Colin Bridgerton (Os Bridgertons, #4)
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]]> <![CDATA[Um perfeito cavalheiro (Os Bridgertons, #3)]]> 20707001
Uma noite, ela consegue entrar às escondidas no baile de máscaras de Lady Bridgerton. Lá, conhece o charmoso Benedict, filho da anfitriã, e se sente parte da realeza. No mesmo instante, uma faísca se acende entre eles.

Infelizmente, o encantamento tem hora para acabar. À meia-noite, Sophie tem que sair correndo da festa e não revela sua identidade a Benedict. No dia seguinte, enquanto ele procura sua dama misteriosa por toda a cidade, Sophie é expulsa de casa pela madrasta e precisa deixar Londres.

O destino faz com que os dois só se reencontrem três anos depois, Benedict a salva das garras de um bêbado violento, mas, para decepção de Sophie, não a reconhece nos trajes de criada. No entanto, logo se apaixona por ela de novo. Como é inaceitável que um homem de sua posição se case com uma serviçal, ele lhe propõe que seja sua amante, o que para Sophie é inconcebível.

Agora os dois precisarão lutar contra o que sentem um pelo outro ou reconsiderar as próprias crenças para terem a chance de viver um amor de conto de fadas. Nesta deliciosa releitura de Cinderela, Julia Quinn comprova mais uma vez seu talento como escritora romântica.]]> 304 Julia Quinn 8580412382 ellen 2 4.01 2001 Um perfeito cavalheiro (Os Bridgertons, #3)
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]]> <![CDATA[O visconde que me amava (Os Bridgertons, #2)]]> 18260937
Logo ele decide que Edwina Sheffield, a debutante mais linda da estação, é a candidata ideal. Mas, para levá-la ao altar, primeiro terá que convencer Kate, a irmã mais velha da jovem, de que merece se casar com ela.

Não será uma tarefa fácil, porque Kate não acredita que ex-libertinos possam se transformar em bons maridos e não deixará Edwina cair nas garras dele.

Enquanto faz de tudo para afastá-lo da irmã, Kate descobre que o visconde devasso é também um homem honesto e gentil. Ao mesmo tempo, Anthony começa a sonhar com ela, apesar de achá-la a criatura mais intrometida e irritante que já pisou nos salões de Londres. Aos poucos, os dois percebem que essa centelha de desejo pode ser mais do que uma simples atração.]]> 304 Julia Quinn 8580411971 ellen 3 4.14 2000 O visconde que me amava (Os Bridgertons, #2)
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Simon, porém, tem o firme propósito de nunca se casar. Assim, para se livrar das garras dessas mulheres, precisa de um plano infalível.

É quando entra em cena Daphne Bridgerton, a irmã mais nova de seu melhor amigo. Apesar de espirituosa e dona de uma personalidade marcante, todos os homens que se interessam por ela são velhos demais, pouco inteligentes ou destituídos de qualquer tipo de charme. E os que têm potencial para ser bons maridos só a veem como uma boa amiga.

A ideia de Simon é fingir que a corteja. Dessa forma, de uma tacada só, ele conseguirá afastar as jovens obcecadas por um marido e atrairá vários pretendentes para Daphne. Afinal, se um duque está interessado nela, a jovem deve ter mais atrativos do que aparenta.

Mas, à medida que a farsa dos dois se desenrola, o sorriso malicioso e os olhos cheios de desejo de Simon tornam cada vez mais difícil para Daphne lembrar que tudo não passa de fingimento. Agora, ela precisa fazer o impossível para não se apaixonar por esse conquistador inveterado que tem aversão a tudo o que ela mais quer na vida.]]> 288 Julia Quinn ellen 2 3.46 2000 O duque e eu (Os Bridgertons, #1)
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