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This Is Not A Romance, But It Is About Love Two Kids Meet In A Hospital Gaming Room In 1987. One Is Visiting Her Sister, The Other Is Recovering From A Car Crash. The Days And Months Are Long There. Their Love Of Video Games Becomes A Shared World -- Of Joy, Escape And Fierce Competition. But All Too Soon That Time Is Over, Fades From View. When The Pair Spot Each Other Eight Years Later In A Crowded Train Station, They Are Catapulted Back To That Moment. The Spark Is Immediate, And Together They Get To Work On What They Love - Making Games To Delight, Challenge And Immerse Players, Finding An Intimacy In Digital Worlds That Eludes Them In Their Real Lives. Their Collaborations Make Them Superstars. This Is The Story Of The Perfect Worlds Sadie And Sam Build, The Imperfect World They Live In, And Of Everything That Comes After Success: Money. Fame. Duplicity. Tragedy. Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow Takes Us On A Dazzling Imaginative Quest As It Examines The Nature Of Identity, Creativity, Disability, Failure, The Redemptive Possibilities In Play And, Above All, Our Need To Connect: To Be Loved And To Love.

“Much like Donna Tartt’s The Secret History, M. L. Rio’s sparkling debut is a richly layered story of love, friendship, and obsession...will keep you riveted through its final, electrifying moments.”―Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, New York Times bestselling author of The Nest"Nerdily (and winningly) in love with Shakespeare…Readable, smart.”―New York Times Book ReviewOn the day Oliver Marks is released from jail, the man who put him there is waiting at the door. Detective Colborne wants to know the truth, and after ten years, Oliver is finally ready to tell it.A decade ago: Oliver is one of seven young Shakespearean actors at Dellecher Classical Conservatory, a place of keen ambition and fierce competition. In this secluded world of firelight and leather-bound books, Oliver and his friends play the same roles onstage and off: hero, villain, tyrant, temptress, ingénue, extras.But in their fourth and final year, good-natured rivalries turn ugly, and on opening night real violence invades the students’ world of make-believe. In the morning, the fourth-years find themselves facing their very own tragedy, and their greatest acting challenge yet: convincing the police, each other, and themselves that they are innocent.If We Were Villains was named one of Bustle's Best Thriller Novels of the Year, and Mystery Scene says, "A well-written and gripping ode to the stage...A fascinating, unorthodox take on rivalry, friendship, and truth."

Now in paperback, the book no one can stop talking about . . .In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games. But Katniss has been close to dead (cont'd)

Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the kingdom of Phthia. Here he is just another unwanted boy living in the shadow of King Peleus and his golden son, Achilles. Yet one day, Achilles takes the shamed prince under his wing. As they grow into young men their bond blossoms into something far deeper – despite the displeasure of Achilles's mother. When word comes that Helen of Sparta has been kidnapped, the men of Greece are called upon to lay siege to Troy in her name. Seduced by the promise of a glorious destiny, Achilles joins their cause. Torn between love and fear for his friend, Patroclus follows Achilles into war, little knowing that the years that follow will test everything they have learned.