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Top 5 books with a direction in the title

Hello friends!! Welcome to Top 5 Tuesday!! This week’s# topic is top 5 books with a direction in the title!!

So… I am being very cheeky this week, but I promise it’s for a good reason. See, I have this series called The Four Winds by Alexandria Warwick* on my shelves. And while there will be four book, I only have the first three books (the fourth is not out yet). And these three books cover the compass points of North, West and South. BUT, while they are technically a series, and I would normally just be putting the same synopsis for all three because I’m not about spoilers here, they’re technically all standalone books. So… I’m kind-of, maybe cheating?!

* the series is part fairytale retelling, part Greek mythology retelling and it is *chefs kiss* and everyone should read it!!

Anyway, without any further ado, let’s go see my top 5 books with a direction in the title!!

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top 5 books with a direction in the title

The North Wind β€” Alexandria Warwick

The North Wind by Alexandria Warwick

Wren of Edgewood is no stranger to suffering. With her parents gone, it’s Wren’s responsibility to ensure she and her sister survive the harsh and endless winter, but if the legends are to be believed, their home may not be safe for much longer.

For three hundred years, the land surrounding Edgewood has been encased in ice as the Shade, a magical barrier that protects the townsfolk from the Deadlands beyond, weakens. Only one thing can stop the Shade’s fall: the blood of a mortal woman bound in wedlock to the North Wind, a dangerous immortal whose heart is said to be as frigid as the land he rules. And the time has come to choose his bride.

When the North Wind sets his eyes on Wren’s sister, Wren will do anything to save her β€” even if it means sacrificing herself in the process. But mortal or not, Wren won’t go down without a fight…

The West Wind β€” Alexandria Warwick

Brielle of Thornbrook has dedicated her life to the abbey. She spends her days forging iron and her evenings studying the Text, all in preparation of becoming an acolyte. Twenty-one years on this earth and she has never touched a man. And she never will.

But when she finds an injured stranger in the forest, Brielle can’t resist the urge to help him. The encounter leads her to the realm of Under, where the air breathes rot, and the fair folk dance and whisper. Where she discovers that the man she helped is actually a Zephyrus, the West Wind, Bringer of Spring.

There are few Brielle can trust in Under, least of all Zephyrus. He is charming, dangerously so, and never has a man so thoroughly ensnared her. As she embarks on a journey through the eerie banks and caves of Under, Brielle finds herself in a perilous situation. For here is where faith and heart collide β€” and where she risks not only her future… but her life.

The West Wind by Alexandria Warwick

The South Wind β€” Alexandria Warwick

The South Wind by Alexandria Warwick

Princess Sarai of Ammara has less than three months to live before death claims her. Cursed as a child to die on her twenty-fifth nameday, she will do whatever it takes to secure her realm’s future, including an arranged marriage to Prince Balior, a handsome young noble from a neighboring kingdom. But another man vies for her attention as well: Notus, the South Wind, god of the desert breeze, and Sarai’s ex-lover.

Sarai is determined to stay away from the god who betrayed her and honor her father’s plan. But Prince Balior has an agenda of his own, and as Sarai learns more about her betrothed, she realizes he might be a dangerous threat to her people. So despite her hatred for Notus, she fakes their engagement to escape the arranged marriage and unearth Prince Balior’s true motives surrounding his obsession with the menacing labyrinth that sits in the palace’s grounds.

But darker forces are at work, and time is running out. Together with Notus, Sarai must face the horrors dwelling inside the labyrinth to save herself and her realm β€” but in order to succeed, she must confront her pain and the monsters she carries within herself…

The Left-Handed Booksellers of London β€” Garth Nix

Welcome to Midnight, Texas, a town with many boarded-up windows and few full-time inhabitants, located at the crossing of Witch Light Road and Davy Road. It’s a pretty standard dried-up western town.

There’s a pawnshop (someone lives in the basement and is seen only at night).

There’s a diner (people who are just passing through tend not to linger).

And there’s new resident Manfred Bernardo, who thinks he’s found the perfect place to work in private (and who has secrets of his own).

Stop at the one traffic light in town, and everything looks normal.

Stay awhile, and learn the truth…

The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix

Right Man, Right Time β€”Β Meghan Quinn

Right Man Right Time by Meghan Quinn

Running into your ex is never ideal. Running into your ex who is now dating your nemesis is a literal nightmare.

That’s how I found myself in a sheer panic, reaching for the closest guy at the bar and kissing him. And to my delight he was easily the most attractive man I’ve ever seen.

The only problem is, when I tried to walk away after thanking him for his help, he stopped me with three life-changing words… β€œYou owe me.”

That’s how I found myself, a college girl, in a fake relationship with a professional hockey player ten years older than me.

At first it was easy. He helped me with my internship. I helped keep his ex away from him. We were becoming fast friends.

It wasn’t until he started staying the night at my dorm did the rules of our arrangement become complicated.

Now my feelings are involved and even though I kissed the right man at the right time, I’m worried he’s just waiting for the clock to run out.

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Hi!! I'm Meeghan 😊 I like books (surprise). I also like games (board, video and D&D), baking (mostly cakes) and travel. I live in Canberra, Australia with Husband and 3 black rescue kitties.

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