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Bibi Blocksberg by Olivia Vieweg (2022)
###German-language description: Endlich Urlaub für Bibi und Miyu?! Wäre das nicht schön? Einfach mal die Füße baumeln lassen und die Sonne am Strand genießen! Wie praktisch, dass die diesjährige Klassenfahrt nach Okinawa geht, das Insel-Paradies im Süden Japans. Doch aus den Urlaubsträumen wird so schnell nichts – denn das Böse lauert auch hier hinter jeder Palme. Nur eine waschechte Junghexe und eine Geisterjägerin können die Reise retten! ---------- ###English-language description: When a new student from Japan shows up at Bibi Blocksberg’s school, she fits in immediately. But Bibi’s suspicious; she knows Miyu’s hiding something, and she’s determined to find out what! Bibi’s journey takes her all the way to Japan, and while learning about all the new rules and magic in this foreign land, she realizes that maybe she and Miyu can be friends after all!
Lover Arisen by J. R. Ward (2022)
Possessed by the demon Devina, Balthazar is once again on the hunt for the Book of Spells -- and fighting an undeniable attraction to a woman. As a thief, he has stolen a lot of things…but he never thought his heart would be taken by another. Especially not a human. As a homicide detective, Erika Saunders knows there is something otherworldly going on in Caldwell, New York. Mutilated bodies that cannot be explained are all over her case list -- and then there are her nightmares in which she's hunted by shadows and captivated by a mysterious man who is both a suspect and a savior. When Devina's wish for true love is finally granted, Balthazar and Erika unwittingly become the gateway for the rebirth of an old enemy of the Brothers. Will the very thing that brings them together lead to the ultimate destruction of the Brotherhood? Or will they have to lose everything in order to save the race's most sacred defenders?
Bone Spindle by Leslie Vedder (2022)
**Sleeping Beauty meets Indiana Jones in this thrilling fairytale retelling for fans of *Sorcery of Thorns* and *The Cruel Prince*.** **Fi** is a bookish treasure hunter with a knack for ruins and riddles, who definitely doesn’t believe in true love. **Shane** is a tough-as-dirt girl warrior from the north who likes cracking skulls, pretty girls, and doing things her own way. **Briar Rose** is a prince under a sleeping curse, who’s been waiting a hundred years for the kiss that will wake him. Cursed princes are nothing but ancient history to Fi—until she pricks her finger on a bone spindle while exploring a long-lost ruin. Now she’s stuck with the spirit of Briar Rose until she and Shane can break the century-old curse on his kingdom. Dark magic, Witch Hunters, and bad exes all stand in her way—not to mention a mysterious witch who might wind up stealing Shane’s heart, along with whatever else she’s after. But nothing scares Fi more than the possibility of falling in love with Briar Rose. Set in a lush world inspired by beloved fairytales, *The Bone Spindle* is a fast-paced young adult fantasy full of adventure, romance, found family, and snark.
Heroic Hearts by Jim Butcher (2022)
An anthology of urban fantasy featuring short stories from bestselling authors Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs, Charlaine Harris, Kelley Armstrong, and more . . .
Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs (2022)
Mercy Thompson, car mechanic and shapeshifter, must face her greatest fears in this chilling entry in the No. 1 New York Times bestselling series. The vampire Wulfe is missing. Since he's deadly, possibly insane, and his current idea of 'fun' is stalking Mercy, some may see it as no great loss. But when he disappears, the Tri-Cities pack is blamed. The mistress of the vampire seethe informs Mercy that the pack must produce Wulfe to prove their innocence, or the loose alliance between the local vampires and werewolves is over. So Mercy goes out to find her stalker - and discovers more than just Wulfe have disappeared. Someone is taking people from locked rooms, from the aisles of stores and even from crowded parties. And these are not just ordinary people but supernatural beings. Until Wulfe vanished, all of them were powerless loners, many of whom quietly moved to the Tri-Cities in the hope that the safety promised by Mercy and Adam's pack would extend to them as well. Who is taking them? As Mercy investigates, she learns of the legend of the Harvester, who travels by less-trodden paths and reaps the souls that are ripe with a great black scythe . . .
The Sinister Booksellers of Bath by Garth Nix (2023)
Sequel to *The Left-Handed Booksellers of London*.
The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray by Christine Calella (2023)
Storms and pirates are nothing compared to the evil within men’s hearts. After a lifetime of abuse at the hands of superstitious townsfolk, Ophelia Young, a bastard child of the notorious pirate queen, is tired of paying for the sins of her mother. Despite playing by the rules her whole life, she’s earned nothing but spite and suspicion. So when a naval officer saves her from the jeering crowd at her mother’s hanging, Ophelia hatches a new hope of enlisting in the navy to escape her mother’s legacy and redeem her own reputation for good. But Ophelia soon discovers that a life at sea isn’t as honorable as she hoped. Betsy Young is as different as she could be from her half-sister Ophelia. She’s a nervous homebody who wants to keep her family safe and longs to be in love. So naturally, she’s devastated when the son of their family’s business partner rejects her hand in marriage and her sister joins the navy. But when her father contracts a life-threatening illness as well, Betsy has to bring Ophelia home to save the family business. Unfortunately for the Young sisters, Betsy trying to get Ophelia recalled reveals that Ophelia enlisted fraudulently under Betsy’s name, a secret which Ophelia struggles to keep from crewmates who would kill her if they knew she was the pirate queen’s daughter. To save Ophelia from the naval authorities, Betsy will have to board a ship during hurricane season and brave all the dangers of the sea to get them both home safe.
A Curse for True Love by Stephanie Garber (2023)
Two villains, one girl, and a deadly battle for happily ever after. Evangeline Fox ventured to the Magnificent North in search of her happy ending, and it seems as if she has it. She’s married to a handsome prince and lives in a legendary castle. But Evangeline has no idea of the devastating price she’s paid for this fairytale. She doesn’t know what she has lost, and her husband is determined to make sure she never finds out . . . but first he must kill Jacks, the Prince of Hearts. Blood will be shed, hearts will be stolen, and true love will be put to the test in A Curse for True Love, the breathlessly anticipated conclusion to the Once Upon A Broken Heart trilogy.
The Truth About Dragons by Julie Leung (2023)
*Lean in close,* *my darling bao bei,* *and I will whisper* *a most precious secret* *about a powerful magic* *that lives inside you.* Brought to life with lavish and ornate illustrations, ***The Truth About Dragons*** follows a young child on a journey guided by his mother's bedtime storytelling. He quests into two very different forests, as his two grandmothers help him discover two different, but equally enchanting, truths about dragons. Eastern and Western mythologies coexist and enrich each other in this warm celebration of mixed cultural identity.
The Fae Princess by Nikki St. Crowe (2023)
**I thought Peter Pan was a myth and Neverland a fairytale. A story spun by my mother who had lost her mind a long time ago.** But there was no denying the overwhelming shadow cast by Peter Pan when he was standing in my house. Pan took me captive to Neverland and I somehow found my place among him and the Lost Boys. I’ve never looked back. Now I’m entangled right alongside him in a war we can’t seem to escape. We thought we had defeated our enemies. We thought we could finally have our happily ever after. But there was one enemy we never saw coming. A fairy who has nothing to lose and everything to gain. The fairy with golden wings and a dark, twisted heart. She wants Neverland and she’ll stop at nothing to have it. Including destroying anyone who stands in her way, even her own flesh and blood.
Lies We Sing to the Sea by Sarah Underwood (2023)
Each spring, Ithaca condemns twelve maidens to the noose. This is the price vengeful Poseidon demands for the lives of Queen Penelope’s twelve maids, hanged and cast into the depths centuries ago. But when that fate comes for Leto, death is not what she thought it would be. Instead, she wakes on a mysterious island and meets a girl with green eyes and the power to command the sea. A girl named Melantho, who says one more death can stop a thousand. The prince of Ithaca must die—or the tides of fate will drown them all.
1408 by Stephen King (2016)
Mike Enslin, bestselling author of "true" ghost stories, decides to spend the night in New York City's most haunted hotel room. But he must live to write about it without the help of his ex best-friends, his trusty smokes. ([source][1]) ---------- Contained in: - [Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales][2] - [Stephen King Goes to the Movies](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14917553W/Stephen_King_Goes_to_the_Movies) [1]: https://stephenking.com/library/short_story/1408.html [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL81584W
Lunch at the Gotham Cafe by Stephen King (2016)
Steve Davis is suffering through intense withdrawal--from both nicotine and his wife. His desperation for a cigarette and for his ex are almost too much to bear, but that's nothing compared to the horrors that await him at a trendy Manhattan restaurant. ([source][1]) ---------- Also contained in: - [Dark Love](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14916874W/Dark_Love) - [Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales][2] - [The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror - Ninth Annual Collection](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17745046W) [1]: https://stephenking.com/library/short_story/lunch_at_the_gotham_cafe.html [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL81584W/Everything's_Eventual
The Moving Finger by Stephen King (2016)
Howard Mitla is stunned at the sudden appearance of a solitary human finger poking out of the drain in his apartment’s bathroom sink. Afraid that the finger may attack him, Howard tries everything imaginable to get rid of it, from heavy-duty drain-cleaner to chopping it off. But what plagues Howard most is the thought of what, or whom, that finger is attached to. ([source][1]) ---------- Also contained in: - [The End of the Whole Mess and other stories][2] - [Nightmares & Dreamscapes][3] - [Nightmares & Dreamscapes: Volume I][4] - [Rêves et cauchemars-1](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16803219W) [1]: https://stephenking.com/library/short_story/moving_finger_the.html [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17524021W/The_End_of_the_Whole_Mess_and_other_stories [3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL81604W/Nightmares_Dreamscapes [4]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL9365928W/