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Tough Love

Tough Love

Nancy Holder

Young Adult / Science Fiction & Fantasy

A gripping novel packed with heart and heat based on the hit television series "Saving Grace" Life's been tough for Oklahoma police detective GraceHanadarko. She's got the talent it takes to make her a damn fine cop--but a personal life that can make your hair stand on end. Earl is not your average angel, but he is determined to lead Grace down theroad to salvation--if he can handle the hard-as-nails journey. Oklahoma City is caught in the deadly cross fire between white-supremacist vigilantes known as the Sons of Oklahoma and black andHispanic street gangs. Grace feels the pressure, especially when her best friend is targeted for protecting the runaway wife of the Sons' abusive leader. As if arson, vandalism, and bloodshed aren'tenough for Grace to go full throttle, the very sick young friend of her nephew is kidnapped, and his abductors threaten to withhold medical treatment. But Grace has heart--and she won't put down her gununtil there's nothing left to fight for. "From the Paperback edition."
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Saving Grace

Saving Grace

Nancy Holder

Young Adult / Science Fiction & Fantasy

SUMMARY: A gripping novel packed with heart and heat based on the hit television series "Saving Grace" Life's been tough for Oklahoma police detective Grace Hanadarko. She's got the talent it takes to make her a damn fine cop--but a personal life that can make your hair stand on end. Earl is not your average angel, but he is determined to lead Grace down the road to salvation--if he can handle the hard-as-nails journey. Oklahoma City is caught in the deadly cross fire between white-supremacist vigilantes known as the Sons of Oklahoma and black and Hispanic street gangs. Grace feels the pressure, especially when her best friend is targeted for protecting the runaway wife of the Sons' abusive leader. As if arson, vandalism, and bloodshed aren't enough for Grace to go full throttle, the very sick young friend of her nephew is kidnapped, and his abductors threaten to withhold medical treatment. But Grace has heart--and she won't put down her gun until there's nothing left to fight for.
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UNSEEN: THE BURNING

UNSEEN: THE BURNING

Nancy Holder

Young Adult / Science Fiction & Fantasy

Based on the hit television series, "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", this bone-chilling novel promises to deliver more than just a few hours of entertainment. It is summertime in Sunnydale and Salma de la Natividad, a friend of Willow and Buffy, is in desperate need of help. Salma and her family had recently moved to America and suddenly her brother, Nicky, who had been staying in her apartment, was found missing. Meanwhile, Angel is in Los Angeles and is trying hard to rescue the Flores family from the evil snares of a poltergeist. The story takes a turn of events when Buffy is stalked by an unknown, unseen monster in the dark hours of the night. Who is this unseen force? Will Buffy be able to save the day again? Find out in "Unseen , The Burning".
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Beauty & the Beast: Vendetta

Beauty & the Beast: Vendetta

Nancy Holder

Young Adult / Science Fiction & Fantasy

During a mysterious blackout, Angelo DeMarco, the son of New York City’s most powerful family, is kidnapped. NYPD detectives Catherine Chandler and Tess Vargas are on the case when they learn of a second missing person: Cat’s father has disappeared from his prison cell on Rikers Island. Vincent is desperate to help Cat, but as tensions rise, the couple becomes caught in a trap where the only way out is to confront their pasts and prove their epic love.
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Chosen

Chosen

Nancy Holder

Young Adult / Science Fiction & Fantasy

BIGGEST BADDEST BUFFY OF THEM ALL The First has come to Sunnydale and set its sights on taking down the Slayer. On the side of the White Hats: Buffy, Xander, Willow, Anya, Dawn, Giles, Spike, Faith, Angel, and an assortment of young, innocent, untried Potentials. In this season-spanning storyline, Buffy Summers will learn about the primeval origins of her own strength, and have the opportunity to train those would succeed her. And as the forces of evil find their way back to the Hellmouth -- where it all began -- the Slayer will uncover what being the Chosen One is all about: Power. "She's laid down her life -- literally -- to protect the people around her. This girl has died, two times, and she's still standing. You're scared, that's smart. You got questions, you should. But you doubt her motive, you think Buffy is about the kill...then you take the little bus to battle. I've see her heart -- this time not literally -- and I'll tell you right now she cares more about your lives than you will ever know. You gotta trust her. She's earned it." -- Xander, "Dirty Girls"
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Daughter Of The Blood

Daughter Of The Blood

Nancy Holder

Young Adult / Science Fiction & Fantasy

SUMMARY: In her old life, Isabella DeMarco lived in New York with her father and had just started to fall for a handsome police lieutenant. Then she learned the truth--she is Gifted, a powerful magic user. In her new world, Jean-Marc des Ombres is the one person Izzy can trust as she claims her birthright--keeping New Orleans and the House of the Flames safe from supernatural enemies. But those enemies will do anything to destroy her. When Jean-Marc is injured, Izzy is caught between fighting off a powerful vampire and opening her House to a potentially treacherous ally. And now the lives of the people she cares about most may be sacrificed for her own... .
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Son Of The Shadows

Son Of The Shadows

Nancy Holder

Young Adult / Science Fiction & Fantasy

SUMMARY: Jean-Marc de Devereaux, son of the magical House of the Shadows and its most powerful mage, loses a part of himself when a demon ravages his soul. Though an intense union with Isabelle De Bouvard—a powerful mage—enables Jean-Marc to recover his soul, the union costs his forbidden lover her powers. And the powers of darkness still call out to him. If Jean-Marc heeds that call and kills Isabelle, the world will fall to the evil unleashed by their worst enemy—Isabelle's twin sister.Somehow Jean-Marc must learn to control his deadly impulses and restore Isabelle's memories. And the only way to do that might be impossible. For he must open himself to that most treacherous of all human emotions—love.…
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Beauty & the Beast: Some Gave All

Beauty & the Beast: Some Gave All

Nancy Holder

Young Adult / Science Fiction & Fantasy

Detective Catherine Chandler is on a mission to unveil the truth behind her past and discover the secrets surrounding her family. Yet, things become more complicated when she becomes romantically involved with the handsome doctor Vincent Keller, who harbors a dark secret of his own - he turns into a terrifying beast when angered. Together, they struggle to maintain their relationship whilst being pursued by the mysterious organization known as Muirfield.
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Possessions

Possessions

Nancy Holder

Young Adult / Science Fiction & Fantasy

The It Girl meets The Exorcist in this chilling, haunted boarding school tale New-girl Lindsay discovers all is not right at the prestigious Marlwood Academy for Girls. Ethereal, popular Mandy and her clique are plotting something dangerous. Lindsay overhears them performing strange rituals, and sees their eyes turn black. It doesn’t help that the school itself is totally eerie, with ancient, dilapidated buildings tucked into the Northern California woods, a thick white fog swirling through campus. There are hidden passageways, odd reflections in the windows at night, and scariest of all is the vast lake rumored to have captured the ghost of a girl who drowned many years ago. What Lindsay doesn’t yet realize is that Mandy and her cohorts are becoming possessed by spirits who have haunted the school for two hundred years. Spirits who want someone dead... And that someone is Lindsay.
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The Evil That Men Do

The Evil That Men Do

Nancy Holder

Young Adult / Science Fiction & Fantasy

Buffy faces her greatest challenge - human evil, without the supernatural element. When a normal, smart, well-balanced student suddenly shoots his family and then himself, Buffy and her gang figure one of the usual suspects -- vampires, demons, or witches -- must be responsible. But when it seems that everyday stuff like drugs, peer pressure, and thwarted love are to blame, Buffy decides to dig a little deeper just to be sure.
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