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Mere Joyce

The forest doesn't just take what it's owed—it takes whatever it wants.Dominic was born in Aplin Shade, a remote Canadian town built on the bones of another that vanished without a trace. Bookish and quiet, he never asked to lead his family, but after a carriage crash kills his father and leaves his sister forever changed, he has no choice.The only person who truly sees him is Lex, a logger in the camp near town and the love Dominic must keep secret. Togeth...

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Mere Joyce

Three years ago, sixteen-year-old Maddie Deacon was abducted on her way home from her school's Art Showcase. Five months ago, she escaped the madman she calls The Painter. Before being taken, painting was Maddie's life. Now, it's her nightmare.Maddie wants to forget her years in captivity. She'd rather spend her time getting reacquainted with her parents and her sister, not to mention her cello-playing, beautiful boy next door and childhood best friend Wesley. But paint is everywhe...

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Mere Joyce

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Of Fear and Flowers

Leira Auberon has always been ridiculed for her lack of fear and the blood-colored birthmark that covers much of her face. After being blamed for a village death, Leira's only chance of escape is to join the crew of the catafal—the ship that collects the Kingdom of Agrestis's dead. Most people fear the catafal and what it stands for. But Leira has never felt fear, and she is intrigued by the ship's menacing captain.Leira soon learns to love life at sea. But when a group of immortal...

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Mere Joyce

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Orca Currents

Fourteen-year-old Preston Craft is organizing a film festival for his school's film club when a crime occurs.One of the films goes missing two days before the festival begins, Preston is convinced it was stolen and is determined to get it back. The only indication of the theft is a suspicious shadow that Preston noticed right before he discovered the film was gone—but Preston is legally blind and no one quite believes him. However, not unlike the gritty private eye...

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Mere Joyce

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Orca Currents

Key Selling PointsIn this book, a girl is dismayed when a bully who torments her shows up at a leadership retreat.Jelly Roll deals with bullying and finding the strength to be who you are.The main character has been bullied about her weight, but she is comfortable with her body. She is a budding chef and has a love for cooking.The protagonist models empathy toward the bully, who doesn't have a great family life.

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Mere Joyce

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Of Fear and Flowers

Nineteen-year-old Wilhelm Dortmund is ready to shed his false identity as prince to the Agrestis throne. But after The Rooster's captain is mistakenly abducted in his place, Wilhelm instead finds himself with yet another role to play—that of the Iron Hedgehog.Wilhelm dreams of the day he can leave the iron suit behind to find Agrestis's true prince. But when word reaches the catafal that the Celestial Servants are experimenting on the imprisoned captain, the marquess has no choice ...

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Mere Joyce

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Orca Limelights

Two years ago, sixteen-year-old Sydney Hart was kicked out of the prestigious Burke Academy when her mother could no longer afford the tuition.Sydney lost a promising future in the arts, as well as her best friend, who didn't want to be seen with an art academy reject. But now, without Burke's rigid structure, Sydney has found her true passion in performance painting and is busking on Halifax's boardwalk to earn enough money to go to art camp. After the police shut...

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Mere Joyce

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Steve Quinn, Patrick Zeller

The forest doesn’t just take what it’s owed—it takes whatever it wants.Dominic was born in Aplin Shade, a remote Canadian town built on the bones of another that vanished without a trace. Bookish and quiet, he never asked to lead his family, but after a carriage crash kills his father and leaves his sister forever changed, he has no choice.The only person who truly sees him is Lex, a logger in the camp near town and the love Dominic must keep secret. Togeth...

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Mark Allan Gunnells, Kenneth W. Cain, Kate Jonez, Lily Childs, Dave-Brendon de Burgh, Sergio Pereira, Harper Hull, Amy Grech, Tommy B. Smith, D Morgan Ballmer, Chris Pearce, Sumiko Saulson, Paul Edmonds, Mere Joyce, Natalie Carroll, Steve Jenner, Roxanne Dent, Patrick Bates

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Tales from the Lake

Dive into the deep end of the lake with 18 tales of terror!Tales from the Lake Vol. 3 features ghosts, monsters, assassins, alternate dimensions, creatures from the deepest depths and the darkest parts of the universe.Join "Maybelle" by Mere Joyce in a world where books become real enough to cause both pleasure and pain. Avoid the sounds of "The Cruel" by Harper Hull, lest you want to come to a terrifying end. Travel across the world to see what terrors lur...

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Camilla Bruce

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Daisy Plant, Will Watt, Marisa Calin

**When a sinister spirit invades an isolated community, three lives will be forever altered, in this dark gothic fantasy from “one of the most consistent and insightful authors of psychological thrillers writing today” (CrimeReads).“Richly atmospheric and peopled with exquisitely delineated characters . . . the novel builds to a genuine shocker of an ending. Readers will be hooked.”—Publishers Weekly**A rebellious young woman desperate to escape her predet...

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Heather Davey

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Helen Phillips

Laura Purcell’s The Silent Companions meets Alice Hoffman’s The Museum of Extraordinary Things in this chilling ghost story.mother and daughter move into a crumbling house haunted by the ghost of a girl who performed in Victorian freak shows, through which wind whistles eerily, floorboards creak ominously and things go bump in the night.In the present day,...

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Melissa Anderson Sweazy

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Ann Marie Gideon

For fans of Starling House, Play Nice, and Practical Magic comes a biting, layered, and haunting debut following one woman from a long line of psychics who will do anything to save her family legacy and the haunted house she grew up in from an entity threatening to destroy everything she's built.Every house has its secrets.Charley Bryde is miserable in a house filled with magic. The only woman in a long line of famo...