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81) Pretty: A Novel
Bebe Baker is an ex-everything: ex-stripper, ex-Christian, ex-drug addict, ex-pretty girl.
It's been one year since the car accident that killed her boyfriend left her scarred and shaken. Flanked by an eccentric posse of friends, she is serving out a self-imposed sentence at a halfway house, while trying to finish cosmetology school.
...84) In the After
85) Funny story
90) Yerba Buena
91) Cryer's Cross
This mesmerizing coming-of-age novel, with its sheen of near-magical realism, is a moving tale of family and the power of stories.
After their mother's probable suicide, sisters Olivia and Jazz take steps to move on with their lives. Jazz, logical and forward-thinking, decides to get a new job, but spirited, strong-willed Olivia--who can see sounds, taste words, and smell sights--is determined to travel to the remote setting of their
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99) Dark Magick
Morgan Rowlands loves Cal Blaire. He taught her about Wicca and helped her find out who she is. But now they share a secret. A terrible, dark secret that binds them together, even as it tears them apart.
Evil forces are after Morgan—forces connected with a dark wave of magick. And she knows something is wrong with the way Cal is acting, though she can't put her finger on it. Cal is definitely hiding something, but is he out to hurt
...100) Blood Witch
Every day, Morgan learns more about magick. The more she learns, the more her power grows, and sometimes her own strength frightens her. She's not alone, though. Cal is with her, her soul mate, her partner, her love.
But now she feels a shadow over them. When she casts out her senses, she picks up danger. Is it for real, or is it all in her mind?
Morgan has found her mother's Wiccan tools, and her relationship with Cal is strong. Everything
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