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Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator
by Jennifer AllisonEver since her father died, quirky Gilda Joyce has been working hard to sharpen her psychic skills. She's determined to communicate with spirits from the Other Side and become a crack investigator of spooky, twisted mysteries. After wrangling an invitation to visit relatives in San Francisco, Gilda discovers that her dreary, tight-lipped uncle and his strange, delicate daughter need her help to uncover the terrible family secret that has a tortured ghost stalking their home. From poignant to hair-raising and hilarious, this is a behind-the-scenes, tell-all account of the very first case in the illustrious career of Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator.
Gilda Joyce: The Bones of the Holy
by Jennifer AllisonWhen Gilda Joyce's mother announces her engagement to a man from St. Augustine, Florida, Gilda is appalled. She hasn't even given him the "Joyce Family Application" yet! But as the wedding preparations get under way, Gilda realizes she has much bigger concerns. Why does her soon-to-be stepdad keep calling Mrs. Joyce by his ex-wife's name? And why is Mrs. Joyce acting like she's possessed? With only a few short days before her mother says "I do," Gilda knows this much for sure: it's going to take every ounce of her sleuthing skill and psychic savvy to solve this one!
Gioco mortale
by Harmon CooperLucian North sarebbe dovuto morire. Affetto da una rara condizione cardiaca che i dottori insistevano avrebbe dovuto ucciderlo oltre un anno fa, Lucian sta giocando con dei videogiochi il giorno in cui la Morte finalmente arriva. Invece di arrendersi, Lucian punta una pistola al Tristo Mietitore. Mentre i due si fissano tesi, orribili demoni conosciuti come feritanime si infiltrano nella stanza, a caccia della Morte. Con un coraggio mai posseduto, Lucian si allea con Morte e come ricompensa, gli viene passata la carica del Tristo Mietitore. Trasportato in un mondo spirituale di cui ignorava l'esistenza, Lucian scopre di essere incredibilmente potente, di poter evocare armi dal nulla e di essere in grado di compiere imprese straordinarie. Decide perciò di integrare meccaniche di gioco nel suo nuovo ruolo, creando un inventario dettagliato e modificando il sistema di visualizzazione delle informazioni, così da poter individuare i suoi obiettivi in modo più efficace. Non è facile essere la Morte e Lucian dovrà fare ricorso a tutte le sue risorse per fronteggiare angeli caduti, pericolosi parassiti, feritanime demoniaci e feroci Cacciatori di Morte. Nonostante la sua incredibile forza, i suoi nuovi nemici e la sua intelligenza, Lucian non può comunicare coi vivi, il che non sarebbe un problema se non avesse scoperto qualcosa di terribile sulla sua famiglia… Suo fratello morirà presto e solo Lucian ha il potere di intervenire.
Girl Gone Missing (A Cash Blackbear Mystery #2)
by Marcie R. RendonNineteen-year-old Cash Blackbear helps solve the mysterious disappearance of a local girl from Minnesota's Red River Valley.1970s, Fargo-Moorhead: it&’s the tail end of the age of peace and love, but Renee &“Cash&” Blackbear isn&’t feeling it. Bored by her freshman classes at Moorhead State College, Cash just wants to play pool, learn judo, chain-smoke, and be left alone. But after one of Cash&’s classmates vanishes without a trace, Cash, whose dreams have revealed dangerous realities in the past, can&’t stop envisioning terrified girls begging for help. Things become even more intense when an unexpected houseguest appears: a brother she didn&’t even know was alive, from whom she was separated when they were taken from the Ojibwe White Earth Reservation as children and forced into foster care.When Sheriff Wheaton, her guardian and friend, asks for Cash&’s help with the case of the missing girl, she must override her apprehension about leaving her hometown—and never getting into somebody else&’s car—in order to discover the truth about the girl&’s whereabouts. Can she get to her before it&’s too late?
Girl Of Nightmares (Anna Dressed In Blood #2)
by Kendare BlakeJust you average boy-meets-girl, girl gets sucked into Hell story ... This is Kendare Blake's follow-up to the thrillingly creepy romance that was Anna Dressed in Blood. <p><p> Cas Lowood is no ordinary ghost hunter - he's in love with a dead girl. <p> Her name is Anna Korlov. Anna Dressed in Blood. The girl who sacrificed herself to save his life. Racked with guilt, Cas sets out to do what he does best - hunt a ghost. But this time his aim is not to kill. He must rescue Anna from the depths of Hell. <p> But Hell is also home to a creature Cas has battled before ...
Girl One: A Novel
by Sara Flannery MurphyOrphan Black meets Margaret Atwood in this twisty supernatural thriller about female power and the bonds of sisterhoodJosephine Morrow is Girl One, the first of nine “Miracle Babies” conceived without male DNA, raised on an experimental commune known as the Homestead. When a suspicious fire destroys the commune and claims the lives of two of the Homesteaders, the remaining Girls and their Mothers scatter across the United States and lose touch.Years later, Margaret Morrow goes missing, and Josie sets off on a desperate road trip, tracking down her estranged sisters who seem to hold the keys to her mother’s disappearance. Tracing the clues Margaret left behind, Josie joins forces with the other Girls, facing down those who seek to eradicate their very existence while uncovering secrets about their origins and unlocking devastating abilities they never knew they had.A spellbinding supernatural thriller, Girl One combines the provocative imagination of Naomi Alderman's The Power with the propulsive, cinematic storytelling of a Marvel movie. In her electrifying new novel, Sara Flannery Murphy digs deep into women’s extraordinary power and reveals an unassailable truth: so much strength lies in numbers.
Girl Overboard
by Sandra BlockThis fast-paced thriller about a girl who investigates her friend's disappearance during their cruise ship vacation is Ruth Ware&’s The Woman in Cabin 10 for teens—and it&’s a paperback original!When Izzy meets Jade on a cruise to Bermuda, her new daredevil friend turns Izzy&’s boring family vacation into the trip of a lifetime. Until Jade goes missing. The investigators claim Jade fell overboard, but Izzy knows better. Her friend had secrets—secrets that might have gotten her killed. As Izzy digs deeper into Jade&’s disappearance, she realizes that someone doesn&’t want her to find the truth. And if she&’s not careful, Izzy might not get off this ship alive.Underlined is a line of totally addictive romance, thriller, and horror paperback original titles coming to you fast and furious each month. Enjoy everything you want to read the way you want to read it.
Girl of Nightmares (Anna Dressed In Blood Ser. #2)
by Kendare BlakeJust you average boy-meets-girl, girl gets sucked into Hell story ... This is Kendare Blake's follow-up to the thrillingly creepy romance that was Anna Dressed in Blood.Cas Lowood is no ordinary ghost hunter - he's in love with a dead girl.Her name is Anna Korlov. Anna Dressed in Blood. The girl who sacrificed herself to save his life. Racked with guilt, Cas sets out to do what he does best - hunt a ghost. But this time his aim is not to kill. He must rescue Anna from the depths of Hell.But Hell is also home to a creature Cas has battled before ...PRAISE FOR ANNA DRESSED IN BLOOD:'Anna Dressed in Blood is a dark and intricate tale, with a hero who kills the dead but is half in love with death himself. By the end of the book, you will be too. Spellbinding and romantic.' Cassandra Clare, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of the Mortal Instruments series'It's the old boy-meets-girl story, if the boy is a wry, self-destructive ghost-hunter bent on avenging his father and the girl is a homicidal ghost trapped in a house full of everyone she's ever murdered. Needless to say, Cas and Anna are my new favorite twosome. When I got to the last page, I flipped back to the first.' Holly Black, New York Times bestselling author of Red Glove
Girl on the Run (Underlined Paperbacks)
by Abigail JohnsonA fast-paced original paperback thriller about a girl who discovers that her mother might not be who she says she is . . . and now someone is hunting them both.Katelyn wants the best for her widowed mom. Surprising her with an online dating profile seems like a good idea.It isn't. Katelyn's mom hasn't just been acting overprotective all these years--she's been hiding something. And now that anyone can find them online , Katelyn is in a desperate race against time to uncover the secrets of the past--not only her mom's, but also her own.As Katelyn's world unravels , she begins to trust the guy who brought this nightmare to her door and to doubt the one person she never thought she would. Because her mom has been hiding for a reason: she's been waiting.Underlined is a line of totally addictive romance, thriller, and horror paperback original titles coming to you fast and furious each month. Enjoy everything you want to read the way you want to read it.
GirlFIEND in Paris: A Bloodthirsty Bedtime Story
by Pander BrothersThe fugitive romance continues between Karina, a day-walking vampire, and Nick, a nocturnal mortal. Living out their storybook fantasy in Paris by day and hunting down criminals by night to feed Karina&’s hunger, Nick's moral line continues to be pushed to the limit.When Karina discovers her latest prey holds a dark criminal secret, it will put their immortal love-pact to the test when they attempt to rescue an innocent girl from a deadly underworld plot. Told by Karina in poetic verse, we are taken on a-day-in-the-life of a forbidden love that goes from romance to horror to pulp-crime thriller—best read at bedtime! This hardcover graphic novella is rendered with crisp line art and lush digital watercolor, and also contains a new GirlFIEND pin-up gallery.
Girls in Contemporary Vampire Fiction (Palgrave Gothic)
by Agnieszka Stasiewicz-BieńkowskaThis book explores the narratives of girlhood in contemporary YA vampire fiction, bringing into the spotlight the genre’s radical, ambivalent, and contradictory visions of young femininity. Agnieszka Stasiewicz-Bieńkowska considers less-explored popular vampire series for girls, particularly those by P.C. and Kristin Cast and Richelle Mead, tracing the ways in which they engage in larger cultural conversations on girlhood in the Western world. Mapping the interactions between girl and vampire corporealities, delving into the unconventional tales of vampire romance and girl sexual expressions, examining the narratives of women and violence, and venturing into the uncanny vampire classroom to unmask its critique of present-day schooling, the volume offers a new perspective on the vampire genre and an engaging insight into the complexities of growing up a girl.
Girls with Long Shadows: A Novel
by Tennessee Hill"A brilliant, engrossing portrait of three sisters and the bonds of love and betrayal. . . . Hill is a gifted talent and I look forward to more."—Jill McCorkle, New York Times bestselling author of Life After Life"Singular, striking, and sly, Girls with Long Shadows seduced me from its first sentence to its last. This book has so much scathing beauty in it I could feel the scrape of a knife on every page. What a delicate, hot-blooded tempest of a debut."—Amy Jo Burns, author of MercuryWith the haunting, romantic voyeurism of The Virgin Suicides and the atmosphere and emotional intensity of Where the Crawdads Sing, an intoxicating Southern Gothic debut novel about identical triplets whose lives are devastated when their burgeoning desires turn deadly.Identical triplets Baby A, Baby B, and Baby C Binderup were welcomed into the world as their mother was ushered out of it, leaving them nameless and in the care of their Gram, Isadora. Nineteen years later, the triplets work at their Gram’s crumbling golf course in Longshadow, Texas, where the ever-watchful eyes of the town observe them serving up glasses of ice-cold lemonade to golfers, swimming in the murky waters of the neighboring bayou, or slipping t-shirts off their sunburnt shoulders in hopes of attracting the kind of attention they are only beginning to understand.Cautious Baby B watches as lustful Baby A and introverted Baby C find matches among the town boys. Even Baby B has noticed that the town’s golden boy seems to be intrigued by her, only her. Just as each girl’s desire to be seen for herself is becoming fulfilled, a seemingly trivial kiss is bestowed on the wrong sister, leading to a moment of unspeakable violence that will upend the triplets’ world forever.Pulsating with menace and narrated with hypnotic lyricism, Girls with Long Shadows is an electrifying literary thriller that captures how female teenage angst can turn lethal when insecurities are weaponized and sibling bonds are severed. Tense, lush, and painfully beautiful, it forces us to consider the lengths to which we will go to claim our own personhood.
Give Me Something Good to Eat
by D. W. GillespiePerfect for fans of Hocus Pocus and Stranger Things, this middle grade debut tells the story of a boy who travels into an alternate version of his Halloween-obsessed town to save his sister from an evil witch and free the town from the witch&’s curse.Fear comes home.Welcome to Pearl, a town obsessed with Halloween: the spooky decorations, the costumes, the candy. No one seems to notice that every October 31st, a kid goes missing. Mason Miller does, though. Somehow he&’s the only one who has any memory the person existed at all.When Mason&’s sister, Meg, vanishes while they&’re trick-or-treating, Mason and his friends are pulled into an underworld where monsters roam the streets. They need to fight the evil taking over Pearl, but none of them know the true danger they're facing.Meg has been stolen by a witch who has no plans to let her go. Shadows of death curl around trees and behind doorways as Mason must use every ounce of bravery he has . . . or be haunted forever with the memory of a sister that only he remembers.
Give Up the Ghost (Haunted Home Renovation Mystery #6)
by Juliet BlackwellFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Keeper of the Castle, San Francisco contractor and ghost whisperer Mel Turner must solve a murder mystery at a haunted mansion in the Pacific Heights...<P><P>San Francisco millionaire Andrew Flynt wants to sell his Victorian mansion, but ghostly music, the squeaking of a long-disappeared weathervane, and an angry ghost keep running off potential buyers. After a famous psychic is called in, she informs the Flynts that their multi-million-dollar renovations to "update" the home have left its resident ghost extremely agitated. So contractor Mel Turner is engaged to track down and replace some of the original features of the house. But when the beautiful psychic is found stabbed, it appears someone had a very human motive for murder. Now Mel must use her ghost whispering gift to uncover the secrets of the haunted house on the hill, and her sleuthing skills to catch a killer.From the Paperback edition.
Give Way to Night (Aven Cycle #2)
by Cass MorrisThe second book of the Aven Cycle explores a magical Rome-inspired empire, where senators, generals, and elemental mages vie for power.Latona of the Vitelliae, mage of Spirit and Fire, is eager to wield her newfound empowerment on behalf of the citizens of Aven--but societal forces conspire to keep her from exercising her gifts, even when the resurgence of a banished cult plots the city's ruin. To combat this threat, Latona must ally with Fracture mage Vibia, the distrustful sister of Sempronius Tarren.While Latona struggles to defend their home, Sempronius leads soldiers through wartorn provinces to lift the siege of Toletum, where Latona's brother Gaius is hemmed in by supernatural forces. Sempronius must contend not only with the war-king Ekialde and his sorcerers, but with the machinations of political rivals and the temptations of his own soul, ever-susceptible to the darker side of ambition.Though separated by many miles soon after their love affair began, Latona and Sempronius are united by passion as they strive to protect Aven and build its glorious future.
Giving Up the Ghost
by Phoebe RiversSara discovers an exciting new paranormal ability--but will it hurt more than it helps?Though the paranormal has become nearly normal for Sara Collins, life has been stranger than usual lately. Accidents and mishaps are happening at home, and Sara's dad and Lady Azura aren't getting along very well. Lady Azura blames the negative energy in the house. Sara's not sure what that means, but she's also a little preoccupied dealing with a new power she's just discovered: the ability to read minds. What starts off as fun insight into people's thoughts quickly leads Sara down a frightening path. Is Sara hearing the true thoughts of her friends and family, or is some sort of negative energy wreaking havoc? Sara confides in Lady Azura and together they discover that Sara's new ability is not a gift like her other abilities. Rather, it's a curse. A curse that Sara needs to overcome before it destroys her most important relationships.
Giving Up the Ghost
by Sheri SinykinDavia is afraid of many things: death, ghosts, unfamiliar places, and the possible return of her mom's cancer. But she can't avoid these fears now. Far from their Michigan home, Davia and her parents are temporarily living in Louisiana to assist with the in-home hospice care of her elderly Great Aunt Mari. Everything about the old woman and her spooky-looking plantation home terrifies Davia. And when she encounters Emilie, the tortured ghost of a well-to-do adolescent girl from the nineteenth century, she is even more frightened. To her surprise, Emilie seems eager to have Davia for a friend, but the ghost is unpredictable and difficult. Gradually, Davia begins to learn secrets about Emilie and her own family's past from Aunt Mari'stories of premature endings and regrets. As Aunt Mari's health deteriorates, she and Davia become closer. Together, they hope to release Emilie's spirit from the mansion and the world of the living.
Giving Up the Ghost
by Sheri Sinykin"That's the first step, you know. Admitting you're afraid. But when there's love, there can be no fear."Davia is afraid of many things, and everything about her elderly great-aunt Mari and her spooky-looking plantation home terrifies her. When she encounters Emilie, the tortured ghost of a well-to-do adolescent girl from the nineteenth century, she is even more frightened. Davia gradually begins to learn from Aunt Mari secrets about Emilie and about her own family's past—stories of premature endings and regrets. As Aunt Mari's health deteriorates, she and Davia become closer. Together, they hope to release Emilie's spirit from the mansion and the world of the living.Author Sheri Sinykin has written a provocative tale of a young girl who learns to accept uncertainty and to come to terms with her fears. Readers will be mesmerized by the intriguing supernatural mystery that lies at the heart of the story.
Giving the Devil His Due: Special Edition
by Kelley Armstrong Nisi Shawl Kaaron Warren Dana Cameron Stephen Graham Jones Leanna Renee Hieber Nicholas Kaufmann Christina Henry Peter Tieryas Hillary Monahan Lee Murray Angela Yuriko Smith Jason Sanford Kenesha Williams Linda D Addison Errick NunnallyWhat if a young girl had the power to stop her tyrannical father from battering her mother ever again?What if a student had a secret weapon to end sexual assault by her predatory professor permanently?What if a housewife had unusual means to get back at her controlling husband and walk away from her marriage alive?In Giving the Devil His Due, the Pixel Project's first charity anthology, sixteen acclaimed fantasy, science fiction, and horror authors take readers on an unforgettable journey to alternative worlds where men who abuse and murder women and girls meet their comeuppance in uncanny ways.Featuring stories from Stephen Graham Jones, Christina Henry, Peter Tieryas, Kelley Armstrong, Linda D. Addison, Hillary Monahan, and more, Giving the Devil His Due presents sixteen stories that will make you think about the importance of justice for the victims of gender-based violence, how rare this justice is in our own world, and why we need to end violence against women once and for all.
Glass Heart
by Amy GarveyFans of Beautiful Creatures will fall head over heels for Glass Heart by Amy Garvey, with its blend of breathless suspense, passionate romance, and magic. In Cold Kiss, Wren Darby learned she had powers strong enough to bring her dead boyfriend back to life. She thought she had to keep these powers a secret from everyone, until she met Gabriel, a mind reader who instantly learned her deepest secret. In the sequel, Glass Heart, Wren is torn between her love for Gabriel and the rush of exploring her powers. When Gabriel warns Wren that her powers are getting out of control, Wren begins spending more time with Bay and Fiona, whose magic is wild, exhilarating—and dangerous. And by the time Wren realizes Gabriel was right, she may already have lost him
Glass Houses (Morganville Vampires #1)
by Rachel CaineWelcome to Morganville. Just don`t stay out after dark. Morganville is a small town filled with unusual characters - when the sun goes down, the bad come out. In Morganville, there is an evil that lurks in the darkest shadows - one that will spill out into the bright light of day. For Claire Danvers, high school was hell, but college may be murder. It was bad enough that she got on the wrong side of Monica, the meanest of the school's mean girls, but now she's got three new roommates, who all have secrets of their own. And the biggest secret of all isn't really a secret, except from Claire: Morganville is run by vampires and they are hungry for fresh blood . . . & 'Thrilling, sexy, and funny! These books are addictive. One of my very favourite vampire series. 'Richelle Mead, author of the international bestselling Vampire Academy series.
Glass Houses: The Morganville Vampires, Book I
by Rachel CaineCollege freshman Claire Danvers has had enough of her nightmarish dorm situation, where the popular girls never let her forget just where she ranks in the school's social scene: somewhere less than zero.When Claire heads off-campus, the imposing old house where she finds a room may not be much better. Her new roommates don't show many signs of life. But they'll have Claire's back when the town's deepest secrets come crawling out, hungry for fresh blood.Watch a Windows Media trailer for this book.
Glassheart (The Secrets of Eden Eld #3)
by Kate Alice MarshallThe terrifying conclusion to Thirteens and Brackenbeast, for fans of Neil Gaiman's Coraline and Stranger Things.First they defeated Mr. January. Next they trapped his sister, Mrs. Prosper. Now Eleanor and her best friends, Pip and Otto, have one last chance to escape the People Who Look Away. The last of the evil siblings is their most formidable opponent yet,with two vicious hounds at her side and the ability to open roads across time and worlds. When Eleanor and her friends flee into another world to escape her clutches, they accidentally disrupt the flow of time itself, plunging Eden Eld into chaos. Worse, the trio has a second curse to contend with: they&’ve been infected by the Prime Stories, malicious fairy tales that take people over and erase their memories. But the power of these Stories may also hold the key to defeating the People Who Look Away, and Eleanor and her friends must decide what they&’re willing to sacrifice to stop the wicked siblings. Eleanor has already lost so much. She&’s not sure if she can stand more heartache. So as the Stories continue to take over, she wonders if forgetting might be better after all. Or can she find a way to be a hero—and still stay Eleanor?
Gleam: With Bonus Content (The Factory Trilogy #1)
by Tom FletcherThe Factory is the law - but Wild Alan is about to discover that law does not mean justice. The gargantuan Factory of Gleam is an ancient, hulking edifice of stone, metal and glass ruled over by chaste alchemists and astronomer priests. As millennia have passed, the population has decreased, and now only the central district is fully inhabited and operational; the outskirts have been left for the wilderness to reclaim. This decaying, lawless zone is the Discard, and Wild Alan's home. Clever, arrogant and perpetually angry, Wild Alan is both loved and loathed by the Discard's misfits. He's convinced that the Gleam authorities were behind the disaster that killed his parents and his ambition is to prove it. But he's about to uncover more than he bargained for.'Anyone looking for a science fiction tale of grim darkness should definitely pick this one up'- Starburst