Renée Ahdieh
Author
Series
Flame in the mist volume 1
Language
English
Description
"After an attempt is made on her life, Mariko disguises herself as a boy and infiltrates a gang of bandits known as the Black Clan, determined to hunt down the person responsible"--
The daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has long known her place--she may be an accomplished alchemist, whose cunning rivals that of her brother Kenshin, but because she is not a boy, her future has always been out of her hands. At just seventeen years old, Mariko...
Author
Series
Beautiful volume 3
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
415 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"After Celine disappears, Pippa's resolve to find her takes her into the dangerous world of the fey"--
Following the explosive events of The Damned, Odette faces a vampire's final death. The Court of the Lions have done everything they can to save her but have failed. A healer from the Sylvan Vale could help her, but only Arjun Desai, as a half fey, can cross the boundary between realms. The Sylvan Vale is a world Arjun despises, and in return, it...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Young Readers Group
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
It started as playful, if barbed, banter before rising to a fateful wager with a most notorious rake—the Captain of the Guard, Jalal al-Khoury—who may have finally met his match in a lovely, if haughty, handmaiden, Despina. But she, too, seems to have met her match in the handsome Jalal. What begins as a tempestuous battle of will and wit in short order becomes a passionate affair spurred on by tragedy of the worst kind.
Author
Series
Beautiful volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
425 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 19th century New Orleans, Celine, a dressmaker from Paris, becomes embroiled in a murder mystery that's connected to a glamorous supernatural cohort"--
In 1872, New Orleans is a city ruled by the dead. But to seventeen-year-old Celine Rousseau, New Orleans is a safe haven after she's forced to flee her life as a dressmaker in Paris. Taken in by the sisters of the Ursuline convent in the middle of the carnival season, Celine is quickly enraptured...
8) The damned
Author
Series
Beautiful volume 2
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
401 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 19th century New Orleans, Sébastien Saint Germain, cursed and forever changed, and Celine, recovering from injuries sustained during a night she cannot remember, uncover the danger around them, including their love.
Forces hiding in the shadows have been patiently waiting for this moment for centuries. The treaty between the Fallen and the Brotherhood has been broken, and war between the immortals seems imminent. Sébastien Saint Germain is now...
9) The ruined
Author
Series
Beautiful volume 4
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
389 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Bastien and Celine look for allies and rally friends as war break loose"--
The Sylvan Vale and the Sylvan Wyld are at war. Now that the unsteady truce between them has been broken, lines must be drawn. In an effort to protect the weakened Winter Court, Bastien rallies powerful allies and friends in New Orleans to come to their aid. Meanwhile, under protection alongside her injured mother in the Summer Court, Celine is uncertain of whom to trust....
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
328 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Fifteen authors of Asian descent reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia, in short stories ranging from fantasy to science fiction to contemporary, from romance to tales of revenge.
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 477 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When Star Wars: A New Hope was first released in 1977, part of its appeal was that the world it presented felt alive. Landspeeders and starships were dirty. Droids broke down. And it was filled with cool, weird, and really weird background characters. (Really, just take a look around the Mos Eisley cantina.) Never mind Han, Luke, Leia, Darth Vader, and Obi-Wan. Who were these other guys? What was their story? Just seeing them brought up questions...
