The Duke of Death and His Maid Vol. 2

Author: INOUE
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
ISBN: 168579792X
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 178

Book Description
The Duke loses a billiards bet with Alice, and his punishment is to take her to a little village festival in costume! His massive padded plague doctor costume will keep people safe from his death touch, but unfortunately, the festival isn't so little this year. After he panics and finds himself lost, he runs into a child who can't find his mother. Can he conquer his fear of the crowd long enough to help?

The Duke of Death and His Maid Vol. 2

Author: Inoue
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1638584176
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
DEATH KINDLY STOPS FOR THEE The Duke loses a billiards bet with Alice, and his punishment is to take her to a little village festival in costume! His massive padded plague doctor costume will keep people safe from his death touch, but unfortunately, the festival isn’t so little this year. After he panics and finds himself lost, he runs into a child who can’t find his mother. Can he conquer his fear of the crowd long enough to help?

The Hazards of Hunting a Duke

Author: Julia London
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416524967
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385

Book Description
Fans of Bridgerton will fall in love with Julia London’s New York Times bestselling “witty, spicy, and funny” (Library Journal) Desperate Debutantes trilogy, in which three aristocratic sisters, upon discovering they are destitute, resort to desperate means to keep up appearances...and find the husbands of their dreams. The young ladies of the Fairchild family have just learned that their stepfather has absconded with their late mother’s fortune. Ava, the eldest, decides to take matters into her own hands and hunts down the notoriously wealthy rakehell Jared Broderick, the Marquis of Middleton and heir to a dukedom. Much to her shock and delight, the marquis sweeps her into a whirlwind romance and proposes marriage. But after their passionate wedding night, Ava discovers Jared has ulterior motives of his own. Not only does he expect her to deliver an heir while he continues to enjoy a rogue’s life, but Ava also suspects she is a pawn in her husband’s quest for revenge. Marriages of convenience might work for some, but for Ava, a loveless bond won’t do. So she devises a bold plan to confront her husband’s demons so that he will be free to give her his heart for the right reason: because she is the only woman he will ever truly desire.

Requiem of the Rose King, Vol. 2

Author: Aya Kanno
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1974714497
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
Richard's father, the patriarch of the House of York, seems poised to become king of medieval England during the Wars of the Roses. But just as success appears imminent, he is attacked. Now in the midst of deep despair, Richard acts out in revenge and must face a powerful and beautiful new enemy. -- VIZ Media

Bring Up the Bodies

Author: Hilary Mantel
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
ISBN: 1429947659
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 450

Book Description
Winner of the 2012 Man Booker Prize Winner of the 2012 Costa Book of the Year Award The sequel to Hilary Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize winner and New York Times bestseller, Wolf Hall delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give him a son and her sharp intelligence and audacious will alienate his old friends and the noble families of England. When the discarded Katherine dies in exile from the court, Anne stands starkly exposed, the focus of gossip and malice. At a word from Henry, Thomas Cromwell is ready to bring her down. Over three terrifying weeks, Anne is ensnared in a web of conspiracy, while the demure Jane Seymour stands waiting her turn for the poisoned wedding ring. But Anne and her powerful family will not yield without a ferocious struggle. Hilary Mantel's Bring Up the Bodies follows the dramatic trial of the queen and her suitors for adultery and treason. To defeat the Boleyns, Cromwell must ally with his natural enemies, the papist aristocracy. What price will he pay for Anne's head? Bring Up the Bodies is one of The New York Times' 10 Best Books of 2012, one of Publishers Weekly's Top 10 Best Books of 2012 and one of The Washington Post's 10 Best Books of 2012

The Maid I Hired Recently Is Mysterious, Vol. 1

Author: Wakame Konbu
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
ISBN: 1975324773
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 132

Book Description
There’s something really strange about the maid I just hired! No normal person could be so beautiful, or cook such amazingly delicious food, or know exactly what I want before I even ask. She must be using magic—right, a spell is the only thing that can explain why my chest feels so tight whenever I look at her. I swear, I’m going to get to the bottom of what makes this maid so...mysterious!

Mermaid Saga Collector’s Edition, Vol. 2

Author: Rumiko Takahashi
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1974725669
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 361

Book Description
Immortals Yuta and Mana continue to come across people who are dealing with the consequences of having eaten mermaid flesh. Some are scarred, in excruciating pain or just trying to survive, but they all lead mysterious lives filled with unspeakable horror. Is one’s humanity doomed to be lost in exchange for immortality? -- VIZ Media

I Reincarnated As Evil Alice, So the Only Thing I’m Courting Is Death!

Author: Chii Kurusu
Publisher: Cross Infinite World
ISBN: 1945341513
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236

Book Description
Struck by a car while saving a kitten, I died and reincarnated as the heroine of Evil Alice’s Lover, my absolute favorite otome game. But before I could even enjoy my new life as Alice, I remembered something important. Even though this is a game about dating, there are so many bad endings, it won the award for “Deadliest Game of the Year”! I’m not allowed to fall in love if I want to live?! But the death flags just keep coming! Packed with suspense and romance, this is the story of my gothic romantic comedy!

The Skin I'm in

Author: Sharon Flake
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 1423132513
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176

Book Description
Maleeka suffers every day from the taunts of the other kids in her class. If they're not getting at her about her homemade clothes or her good grades, it's about her dark, black skin. When a new teacher, whose face is blotched with a startling white patch, starts at their school, Maleeka can see there is bound to be trouble for her too. But the new teacher's attitude surprises Maleeka. Miss Saunders loves the skin she's in. Can Maleeka learn to do the same?

Coyote, Vol. 3 (Yaoi Manga)

Author: Ranmaru Zariya
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
ISBN: 1974724859
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 203

Book Description
Coyote, a werewolf who has lived his entire life hiding his true identity, has unknowingly fallen for Marleen, the successor to a werewolf-hunting mafia family. Upon finding out Marleen’s true identity, Coyote rejects him, feeling hopeless and betrayed. But Marleen is intent on seeing him again and enters the werewolves’ territory alone to look for him. Coyote, wavering between his intense feelings for Marleen and his loyalty to the pack that raised him, wants to trust Marleen—but how can he when it could mean the very death of his kind? -- VIZ Media