Soneela Nankani
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Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
In this story inspired by Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea," Ana Dakkar, a freshman at Harding-Pencroft Academy, a five-year high school that graduates the best marine scientists, naval warriors, navigators, and underwater explorers in the world, makes astounding discoveries about her heritage and puts her leadership skills to the test against deadly enemies from a rival school.
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English
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AANHPI Heritage Month - Adult Fiction
Barnes & Noble Book Club
Good Housekeeping Book Club
Library Reads 2023
Barnes & Noble Book Club
Good Housekeeping Book Club
Library Reads 2023
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"In the five years since her husband's disappearance, Geeta has become accustomed to a solitary life; you'd be surprised how difficult it is to make friends when your entire village believes you're a witch who murdered your husband. And since she can't convince anyone that she didn't murder him, she figures she might as well use her fearsome reputation to protect herselfas a woman on her own. But when other women in the village decide that they, too,...
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English
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"Introducing an extraordinary female lawyer-sleuth in a new historical series set in 1920s Bombay! Bombay, 1921: Perveen Mistry, the daughter of a respected Zoroastrian family, has just joined her father's law firm, becoming one of the first female lawyers in India. Armed with a law degree from Oxford, Perveen also has a tragic personal history that makes her especially devoted to championing and protecting women's legal rights. Mistry Law has been...
Author
Series
Daevabad trilogy volume 1
Language
English
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Female Led Fantasy Favorites
Nevada Reading Week 2025: High School
Portal Fantasies
Swindlers, Con Artists, and Grifters
Nevada Reading Week 2025: High School
Portal Fantasies
Swindlers, Con Artists, and Grifters
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"Step into The City of Brass, the spellbinding debut from S. A. Chakraborty--an imaginative alchemy of The Golem and the Jinni, The Grace of Kings, and Uprooted, in which the future of a magical Middle Eastern kingdom rests in the hands of a clever and defiant young con artist with miraculous healing gifts. Nahri has never believed in magic. Certainly, she has power; on the streets of eighteenth-century Cairo, she's a con woman of unsurpassed talent....
Author
Series
Pandava volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Twelve-year-old Aru stretches the truth to fit in at her private school, but when she is dared to prove an ancient lamp is cursed, she inadvertently frees an ancient demon.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Description
Seventeen-year-old Julie fell in love with Sam the day she met him, and planned to attend college with him; but Sam died, and getting rid of his things, trying to erase him from her life is not working, so desperate to hear his voice one more time, Julie calls his cellphone expecting to hear his voicemail--but then Sam answers, and suddenly their cellphones become the living connection between them, a connection Julie finds impossible to let go.
7) Lucky
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Elin Hilderbrand Read-alikes
Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine Book Club
Swindlers, Con Artists, and Grifters
Reese Witherspoon's Hello Sunshine Book Club
Swindlers, Con Artists, and Grifters
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When talented grifter Lucky Armstrong discovers that a lottery ticket she bought on a whim is worth millions, she must find a way to cash in the winning ticket without the police arresting her for her past crimes.
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English
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"The premium special edition hardcover will feature an exquisite gold foil jacket, stunning four-color endpapers designed for personal inscription, and beautiful blue sprayed edges. "A feast of a novel, The Stone Witch of Florence is erudite, transportive, and addicting. Magical in every sense of the word." —Katy Hays, New York Times bestselling author of The Cloisters A woman's secret. A deadly Plague. Unleash the hidden magic… 1348. As the Black...
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English
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"She needs a divorce from her husband-but a hurricane threatens to dredge up their stormy, passionate past in this sizzling reimagining of Sweet Home Alabama from the bestselling author of Say You'll Be Mine"-- Provided by publisher.
"It's been years since Meena separated from her husband, Nikhil... years since they first laid eyes on each other in their home state of Texas, years since they spontaneously wed in Las Vegas and she felt true happiness....
Author
Series
Pandava volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Accused of stealing the god of love's bow and arrow, Aru has ten days to find the real thief or risk being kicked out of the Otherworld.
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English
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"My Best Friend's Wedding meets Never Have I Ever in this utterly charming, heart-stealing debut romance about two completely different people who get engaged under false pretenses. "I couldn't put down this page-turner . . . A warm, smart, sexy, and absolutely charming debut." -Colleen Hoover When Seth, Meghna's one-who-got-away writing partner and best friend, asks Meghna Raman to be the "best man" for his last-minute wedding, Meghna is determined...
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Series
Awakening volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"SHE LIVES BY HER INTUITION. HE FEEDS ON HER PLEASURE. From Jennifer L. Armentrout, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of From Blood and Ash, comes the beginning of a searing fantasy romance series for adults, Fall of Ruin and Wrath. Featured in Cosmopolitan! Most Anticipated from HuffPost Books • BookRiot • PopSugar • Paste Magazine • SheReads • The Nerd Daily • Goodreads • r/RomanceBooks and more! Long ago, the world was destroyed...
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Series
Marriage game novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"It's a clash of culture in this romantic comedy about arranged marriages from Sara Desai. Layla Santos is the child of first-generation immigrants from India. Her parents run a Michelin-starred Indian restaurant in San Francisco and are very traditional in their ways, including a firm belief in the benefit of arranged marriages. Her father, thinking he knows best, signs Layla up for IndianGirlMatch.com and sets up a series of dates without telling...
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Series
The Rajes volume 2
Language
English
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When chef Ashan Raje joins the cast of a hit reality television show to save her restaurant, she finds herself paired with her first love, soccer star and celebrity Rico Silva.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"Known for her wonderfully addictive characters, multiple award-winning author Gigi Pandian introduces her newest heroine in this heartfelt series debut. Under Lock & Skeleton Key layers stunning architecture with mouthwatering food in an ode to classic locked-room mysteries that will leave readers enchanted. An impossible crime. A family legacy. The intrigue of hidden rooms and secret staircases. After a disastrous accident derails Tempest Raj's...
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"When new bride Kaveri Murthy reluctantly agrees to investigate a minor crime to please her domineering mother-in-law--during the blood moon eclipse, no less--she doesn't expect, once again, to stumble upon a murder. With anti-British sentiment on the rise, a charismatic religious leader growing in influence, and the fight for women's suffrage gaining steam, Bangalore is turning out to be a far more dangerous and treacherous place than Kaveri ever...
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Series
The Rajes volume 1
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English
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"It is a truth universally acknowledged that only in an overachieving Indian American family can a genius daughter be considered a black sheep. Dr. Trisha Raje is San Franciscos most acclaimed neurosurgeon. But thats not enough for the Rajes, her influential immigrant family whos achieved power by making its own non-negotiable rules: Never trust an outsider. Never do anything to jeopardize your brothers political aspirations. And never, ever, defy...
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Series
The Rajes volume 3
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English
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"Yash Raje, California's first Indian-American gubernatorial candidate, has always known exactly what he wants—and how to use his privileged background to get it. He attributes his success to a simple mantra: control your feelings and you can control the world. But when a hate crime at a rally critically injures his friend, Yash's easy life suddenly feels like a lie, his control an illusion. When he tries to get back on the campaign trail, he blacks...
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Series
The Rajes volume 4
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English
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"Knightlina (Naina) Kohli wants...to have nothing to do with the unfairly blessed Raje family ever again...[and] to bring economic independence to millions of women in South Asia through her microfinance foundation...Just when Naina's dream is about to come to fruition, Vansh Raje shows up with his misguided Emma Project... And suddenly she's fighting him for funding and wondering if a friends-with-benefits arrangement that's as toe-curlingly hot...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"Reena Manji doesn't love her career, her single status, and most of all, her family inserting themselves into every detail of her life. But when caring for her precious sourdough starters, Reena can drown it all out. At least until her father moves his newest employee across the hall--with hopes that Reena will marry him. But Nadim's not like the other Muslim bachelor-du-jours that her parents have dug up. If the Captain America body and the British...