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Book cover for "Don't want you like a best friend"
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3 stars
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"It's 1857, and anxious debutante Beth has just one season to snag a wealthy husband, or she and her mother will be out on the street. But playing the blushing ingenue makes Beth's skin crawl and she'd rather be anywhere but here. Gwen, on the other hand, is on her fourth season and counting, with absolutely no intention of finding a husband, possibly ever. She figures she has plenty of security as the only daughter of a rakish earl, from whom she's...
Book cover for "Last night at the Telegraph Club"
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4.5 stars
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"Seventeen-year-old Lily Hu can't remember exactly when the question took root, but the answer was in full bloom the moment she and Kathleen Miller walked under the flashing neon sign of a lesbian bar called the Telegraph Club. America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. With deportation looming over her father--despite...
Book cover for "Nezahualcóyotl"
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"Tras la muerte de Tezozómoc, la rivalidad entre los señoríos del Valle del Anáhuac aumenta, y nadie escapa a la violencia, la traición y la lucha abierta y encubierta por el poder. En Azcapotzalco, Maxtla gobierna con crueldad absoluta. En Tenochtitlan, a la vez que se unge a Izcóatl como tlatoani después del secuestro y asesinato de Chimalpopoca, el astuto Tlacaélel aguarda tras bambalinas para consolidar su influencia. Y exiliado...
Book cover for "Pride and prejudice and Pittsburgh"
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When disheartened Pittsburgh teen Audrey transports back to 1812 England, she expects to find love as a Regency romance heroine, but surprisingly, sparks fly when she meets Lucy Sinclair.
Book cover for "The song of Achilles"
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4.5 stars
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Patroclus, an awkward young prince, follows Achilles into war, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they have learned, everything they hold dear. And that, before he is ready, he will be forced to surrender his friend to the hands of Fate. Set during the Trojan War.
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In Potosí, a silver mining city in the new Spanish viceroyalty of Peru, two teen vigilantes set out to expose corruption and deliver justice after Kiki's brother is murdered and the prostitute he loved disappears. Includes author's note.