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When Tally's cousin Bree spots her deadbeat ex-husband strolling the Lantana County Fair with a fat wallet and a vixen on his arm, she immediately files for back child support. But when his lawyer is found dead, things get a little sticky. Did Bree serve up a dish of cold, sweet revenge? Or is she another hapless victim of a parfait crime?

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Countess Anice vows to flee the amorous advances of King Henry I, and return to her home in the Highlands, where she hopes to find a laird to wed. Highlander Laird Malcolm MacNeill, seeking an English bride, becomes entangled with the Scottish lass while trying to find out why her staff has vanished.

Im September 1939, wenige Tage nach Kriegsausbruch, startet der legendäre Pan-American-Flying-Clipper, ein gigantisches Flugboot, von Southampton aus zu einem letzten Flug über den Atlantik. An Bord der Maschine befinden sich 40 Menschen. Jeder von ihnen hat seinen Grund, die alte Welt zu verlassen. Und jeder steht vor der wichtigsten Entscheidung seines Lebens. Doch nur einer kennt die drohende Gefahr, die über den Wassern lauert.

A Beautiful, Rapacious Mistress, A Savagely Strong Master--And A Plantation Seething With Fearful Hatred And Forbidden Lust The lush sugar plantation of Green Grove was the envy of every planter on the island of Antigua--just as its breathtakingly lovely mistress, Marguerite Warner, was the object of every hot-blooded man's tropic-fired hunger. But Marguerite had her own idea of the man she wanted. A man with enough iron strength to satisfy her carnal appetites and fulfill her ravenous dreams of power. Kit Hilton was the man she chose and wed and tried to shape to her will with every enticement of the flesh and seduction of the spirit. But no woman could hold his fiercely proud, freebooting adventurer -- and between them a struggle began that would explode in an orgy of violence and lust beyond all laws of God and man....

This lyrical tale of evil, loss, and redemption is a stunning addition to the Southern gothic tradition of Flannery O’Connor and Harry Crews.A Choir of Ill Children is the startling story of Kingdom Come, a decaying, swamp backwater that draws the lost, ill-fated, and damned. Since his mother’s disappearance and his father’s suicide, Thomas has cared for his three brothers—conjoined triplets with separate bodies but one shared brain—and the town’s only industry, the Mill.Because of his family’s prominence, Thomas is feared and respected by the superstitious swamp folk. Granny witches cast hexes while Thomas’s childhood sweetheart drifts through his life like a vengeful ghost and his best friend, a reverend suffering from the power of tongues, is overcome with this curse as he tries to warn of impending menace. All Thomas learns is that “the carnival is coming.”Torn by responsibility and rage, Thomas must face his tormented past as well as the mysterious forces surging toward the town he loves and despises.

From Publishers Weekly

Dealing as it does with dragon-napping and magic-stealing, this sequel to Dealing with Dragons puts a whimsical spin on familiar fairy-tale elements. Ages 12-up.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal

Grade 5-9-- First the good news. The fun continues. The bad news? It continues without the fierce benign presence of Kazul, King of the Dragons, for at least 90 percent of the book. The no-nonsense sisterhood of the Princess Cimorene and her unwilling captor, Kazul, was one of the delights of Dealing with Dragons (HBJ, 1990). In compensation, however, readers are introduced to Mendanbar, King of the Enchanted Forest. Very much still a callow youth, he imposes his preference for the simple, active life on his new role as king, disappointing his steward, the elf Willin, who has anticipated a resumption of pomp and formality. The discovery of a patch in the Enchanted Forest laid waste by wizards starts him on a quest that soon leads him to Cimorene. The two join forces to find the missing Kazul, and begin a series of misadventures that include riding a defective magic carpet decorated with pink bears, melting several wizards with Cimorene's infallible formula of soapy water and lemon juice, and advising a giant who is bored with pillaging to go into the consulting business. Wrede's tongue-in-cheek humor balances well with sweet adolescent discovery, and the result is another winning chapter in a delightful tale. --Sally T. Margolis, Park Ridge Public Library, IL
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Der Eisdämon von Landauer, S.
"Komm, meine schöne Braut", flüstert es leise in dem eisigen Wasser. Val ist durch das Eis gebrochen und möchte schreien! Aber da küsst das grauenhafte Wesen sie schon mit seinen Blutegel-Lippen. Sie ist in die Arme des Eisdämons geraten …

Zurück aus der Finsternis von Plante, Edmund
Jahre war er verschollen. Jetzt ist der Mann zurück, der sich Vater nennt - und plötzlich herrscht nackte Angst in Allies Familie! Die Mutter stirbt, Allie wird zum Spielball böser Mächte, ihre Schwester Brenda gerät in einen unseligen Bann. Vater, Töchter, Tod ...?

Der Seelensammler von Kilbourne, Dana
Teuflische Geschenke haben Alyssas Freundinnen anonym erhalten: Spieluhr, Spiegel, Puppe. Denn sie treiben ein Mädchen nach dem anderen in den Tod! Und dann bekommt auch Alyssa ein Päckchen. Die unheimliche Sanduhr darin scheint ihr Schicksal zu besiegeln …

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Der Eisdämon von Landauer, S.
"Komm, meine schöne Braut", flüstert es leise in dem eisigen Wasser. Val ist durch das Eis gebrochen und möchte schreien! Aber da küsst das grauenhafte Wesen sie schon mit seinen Blutegel-Lippen. Sie ist in die Arme des Eisdämons geraten …

Zurück aus der Finsternis von Plante, Edmund
Jahre war er verschollen. Jetzt ist der Mann zurück, der sich Vater nennt - und plötzlich herrscht nackte Angst in Allies Familie! Die Mutter stirbt, Allie wird zum Spielball böser Mächte, ihre Schwester Brenda gerät in einen unseligen Bann. Vater, Töchter, Tod ...?

Der Seelensammler von Kilbourne, Dana
Teuflische Geschenke haben Alyssas Freundinnen anonym erhalten: Spieluhr, Spiegel, Puppe. Denn sie treiben ein Mädchen nach dem anderen in den Tod! Und dann bekommt auch Alyssa ein Päckchen. Die unheimliche Sanduhr darin scheint ihr Schicksal zu besiegeln …

The funny thing is I never even meant the first one.

Now I bitterly regret visiting the cursed witch's house, deep in the middle of the forest. It's where I made my wishes.

I wished Klara Klein dead.

It came true.

I wished for the most gorgeous boy in town to finally notice me.

It came true.

I wished to be rid of the poisonous busybody who destroyed my family.

It came true.

I didn't mean for this to happen. Not me, Steffi Nett, the shy one who never says anything. But as the body count increases with every wish I make . . .

Who else could it be?