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In the third Emily Windsnap adventure, the half-mermaid/half-human discovers an ancient diamond ring during a school treasure hunt. Unbeknownst to Emily, this ring possesses a key to unlocking Neptune's curse, and with the ring firmly planted on her finger, Emily finds herself under a powerful hex that will strip her of either her mermaid or her human identity. With time running out, Emily must break the curse by finding her ring's matching counterpart....

When their late mother's long-lost eleven-carat ring, which looks just like the diamond Richard Burton gifted Liz Taylor, unexpectedly resurfaces decades later, three siblings discover a secret that challenges everything they thought they knew about their parents' epic love story. Brenda Janowitz writes with extraordinary humor and heart. --JANE GREEN, New York Times bestselling author In 1978, Lizzie Morgan and Ritchie Schneider embark on a whirlwind...

While the evil might of the Dark Lord Sauron swarmed out to conquer all Middle-earth, Frodo and Sam struggled deep into Mordor, seat of Sauron's power. To defeat the Dark Lord, the accursed Ring of Power had to be destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom, but the way was impossibly hard and Frodo was weakening. Weighed down by the compulsion of the Ring, he began finally to despair.

"Desperate to salvage her career, Sadie accepts an invitation to hole up at her friend's beach duplex for the summer and devote herself to this confounding genre. After all, where better to witness love than on the beautiful South Carolina shore? But Sadie soon finds many ways to procrastinate the dreaded task--like getting to know the beach regulars and installing a Little Free Library on the property. She even attempts conversation with Sam Ford,...

"Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs return to New York City to confront a killer terrorizing couples at their happiest--and most vulnerable. In the early hours of a quiet, weekend morning in Manhattan's Diamond District, a brutal triple murder shocks the city. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs quickly take the case. Curiously, the killer has left behind a half-million dollars' worth of gems at the murder scene, a jewelry store on 47th street. As more crimes...

Twins Alfie and Alfreeda are charged with getting Molly the West Highland white terrier fully groomed in time for her owner's wedding, where she will wear a collar bearing the wedding rings--the trouble is that Molly hates being groomed and has apparently buried the collar somewhere at the Hound Hotel.

Nobleman sleuth Daidoji Shin returns for a brilliant new investigation deep in the Emerald Empire, in this exciting novel set in the fantastical world of Legend of the Five Rings Daidoji Shin, former louche layabout turned amateur investigator, and his long-suffering bodyguard, Kasami, are called away from the comforts of the City of the Rich Frog and into Unicorn lands to investigate a seemingly open-and-shut case of murder. But it's never that...

In 1937, teenaged Theodora Fox and her crush, Huck, set out through the Carpathian Mountains seeking her missing father and the cursed ring of Vlad the Impaler, which he was seeking. "1937. Theodora has read every book in her father's library, has an impressive knowledge of the world's most sought-after relics, and has all the ambition in the world. What she doesn't have is her father's permission to join him in his treasure hunts. His protégé,...

Meet Judy Moody, the queen of moods! Finally, Judy Moody has a mood ring, and its extra special powers have put her in a predicting mood. Now everyone is wondering -- could "Madame M" (for Moody) truly be psychic?

A young girl's lucky ring helps her be the perfect flower girl in her sister's wedding.