Nancy Holder
1) The rules
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
High school junior Robin Brissett accompanies her best friend, Beth, to the hottest party of the year knowing there will be alcohol, drugs, sex, and a scavenger hunt designed to scare and thrill, but this year the school's elite are not the hunters but the hunted.
Author
Publisher
Titan
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds...and remembers.
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Gaston Leroux's novel The Phantom of the Opera, first published in 1910, remained a perennial favorite throughout the twentieth century and into the early 2000s. It was adapted to several popular motion pictures and into one of the most successful stage musicals of all time. Its main character, Erik, is a romantic figure whose appeal reaches across different cultures and times. He is a sensitive soul, an accomplished composer and musician whose great...
4) Crusade
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
An international team of six teenaged vampire hunters, trained in Salamanca, Spain, goes to New Orleans seeking to rescue team-member Jenn's younger sister as the vampires escalate their efforts to take over the Earth.
5) Damned
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
As the newly appointed Hunter, teenager Jenn leads the fighting teams who defend against the Cursed Ones--the vampires who are taking over Earth--but an even more sinister force now threatens the teams of hunters, with the fate of humanity at stake.
Author
Series
Firefly volume 1
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The first original novel tying into the critically acclaimed and much-missed Firefly series from creator Joss Whedon. The Battle of Serenity Valley was the turning point that led the Independents to their defeat at the hands of the Alliance. Yet the Browncoats had held the valley for weeks against all odds, before being ordered to lay down their arms. Command stated they refused to send in airpower because the ground war was "too hot." But the soldiers...
8) Wonder Woman
Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
After an American pilot crashes on the shores of her island and talks about a war raging in the outside world, Diana, princess of the Amazons, leaves her home to end the threat and fulfill her destiny.
11) Spirited
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
In May of 1756 war was formally declared between he British and the French. During this highly dangerous time Isabella Stevens is traveling with her father to the British stronghold Fort William Henry. In the forest, Wasamequin, the young and handsome medicine man, looks to avenge the death of his wife and child at the hands of British soldiers. When Wasamequin spots Isabella and her father, he alerts his warriors to capture them. But Wasamequin is...
12) Witch & Curse
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
"Holly, Amanda, and Nicole are about to be launched into a dark legacy of witches, secrets, and alliances, where ancient magics yield dangerous results. The girls will assume their roles in an intergenerational feud beyond their wildest imaginations... and in doing so, will attempt to fulfill their shared destiny"--Cover verso.
13) Resurrection
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A threat more powerful and frightening than anything they have faced before looms over the Cahors witches as both the Devereux and Cahors family lines face extinction, and Cahors family secrets are revealed.
14) Wicked
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Collects two novels about witches, Holly Cather and her twin cousins, Amanda and Nicole, who are caught up in an intergenerational feud between rival clans.
16) Vanquished
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
On the brink of the final battle against the Cursed Ones, the Salamancan hunters' internal bickering threatens their cause, and Jenn must try to rally her team while facing her own doubts, especially about her love for Antonio.
20) Some gave all
Author
Series
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When Vincent Keller is approached by the family of a fellow soldier who went missing in Afghanistan, he vows to help them uncover the truth behind her disappearance. Meanwhile, Catherine is working on the case of a young girl traumatized by the brutal murder of her aunt that she is unable to speak. Together, they will risk everything to prove that even in the darkest place, there is hope.