A Curse As Dark As Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce

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Publication Date: March 1st, 2008
Publisher: Scholastic Inc
ISBN: 0439895766
Age Group: Young adult
Genre: Fairy tale/adventure/fantasy
Source: Library
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Lootability: ***

Charlotte Miller has always scoffed at talk of a curse on her family's woolen mill, which holds her beloved small town together. But after her father's death, the bad luck piles up: departing workers, impossible debts, an overbearing uncle. Then a stranger named Jack Spinner offers a tempting proposition: He can turn straw into gold thread, for the small price of her mother's ring. As Charlotte is drawn deeper into her bargains with Spinner-and a romance with the local banker-she must unravel the truth of the curse on the mill and save the community she's always called home

Star Crossed by Elizabeth C. Bunce

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Publication Date: October 1st, 2010
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books
ISBN:  0545136059 
Age Group: Young Adult
Genre: Epic Fantasy
Source: Library
Lootability: ****

Digger thrives as a spy and sneak-thief among the feuding religious factions of Gerse, dodging the Greenmen who have banned all magic. But when a routine job goes horribly wrong and her partner and lover Tegen is killed, she has to get out of the city, fast, and hides herself in a merry group of nobles to do so. Accepted as a lady's maid to shy young Merista Nemair, Digger finds new peace and friendship at the Nemair stronghold--as well as plenty of jewels for the taking.But after the devious Lord Daul catches her in the act of thievery, he blackmails her into becoming his personal spy in the castle, and Digger soon realizes that her noble hosts aren't as apolitical as she thought... that indeed, she may be at the heart of a magical rebellion.

In My Mailbox (6)

I'm still moving through my NetGalley books from last week but I spent some time at the library today.

Pegasus by Robin McKinly
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A Brief History of Montmoray by Michelle Cooper
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A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce
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