Young Adult
The Shepherd of the Stars Featured
Swift Kingsley, at merely fourteen, finds himself on the brink of adulthood. The trauma of surviving a boating accident has destroyed his boyhood illusions. No longer can he believe that the people he loves will stay safe from the currents of change. Reaching the shores of recovery won’t be easy. With each day that passes, Swift’s family seems to drift further away. And the accident’s aftermath threatens to divide him from a cherished hope that he might one day practice medicine. The accident has wreaked damage on more than Swift’s body—it has crushed his ability to focus, making studying his ...
Breakfast Buddies Featured
We humans are spectacularly bad at understanding our own emotions. A socially conservative Asian young man makes a life-changing decision—he moves to an international metropolis in the very heart of Europe to start his first year as a student at a prestigious academic institution.
During one of the very first breakfasts at his new residence he meets a senior student, Jürgen B., to whom he takes an instant liking. As their friendship progresses, these small breakfast sessions become more and more meaningful to the young man, who starts to question both his own identity and his values ...
Are you curious about the stock market but you don’t know where to begin? Navigating the financial world can be challenging for all ages, but starting in the teen years is a surefire way to prepare for financial success! The stock market offers investment opportunities to a range of those interested in watching their money grow. This financial roller coaster has many benefits for those willing to invest, but it’s not without downsides, so it’s important to know what you’re doing! Learning the ins and outs of the stock market can help boost confidence when making smart money decisions for teens ...
Zale “the Gale” Murdoch, one of the greatest seafaring merchants in the kingdom of Tuscawny, is at the top of his game. No one has reached the guild’s grandmaster status in generations, and he’s but one job away, with his biggest rival right on his heels. When a mysterious stranger approaches him with information that will seemingly ensure his success, Zale is tempted. The mission: to retrieve the Grimstone, a mythical artifact obscured by the shadows of history and religious folklore…an object of immeasurable value…if it’s real. The journey to find out could cost him more than his reputati ...
Association: A CORE Series Prequel Featured
When 15-year-old Krystin Jakobsdóttir’s uncle is accused of attempted murder, she determines to help him clear his name of something she knows he didn’t do. But soon she realizes she’s not just fighting a false accusation, she’s fighting against a conspiracy to take down the social activist her uncle supports. The situation is eerily similar to what happened two years ago, the devastating loss of her sister. With a relentless police inspector watching her every move, Krystin faces a dilemma—avoid the authorities and hope for the best for her uncle, or align with the very thinking that tore ...
The Jungle Within Featured
19-year-old Pace Howell's life is a history of making mistakes, even flunking out of his freshman year of college. But everything changes when he meets Sage, who shows him that serving others just might turn his screwed-up life around. When they go on a church medical mission to the Amazon, Pace learns about a healing liquid — made from the eggs of a mythical creature — that could save a sick child. But the dangerous beast protects the rare substance deep within the jungle. Now, Pace faces a tough decision: does he brave the dangers of the jungle or miss a chance to truly make a difference?
A Witchy Mistake Featured
A high school nemesis. A misuse of powers. An Unexpected Consequence. Sixteen-year-old Charley Cooper is furious when her cousin Danu uses her powers to get back at a high school nemesis without considering the consequences. When someone attacks the other girl and she ends up in a coma, Danu becomes the prime suspect. As annoyed as she is at her cousin, Charley doesn't want her to go down for something she didn't do. Even though Charley has never had magical abilities of her own, when she has what she believes is a vision about an attack on Danu, she's forced to investigate. Can she find ...
The Thief and the Historian Featured
Aeda, a gifted Thief, is confined to the coastal city of Biersport, where she is a member of the elusive Grey Society. Bound by their commands, Aeda is reluctant to continue her life of crime but knows no other way to survive. One fateful day, Aeda is tasked with stealing from the Historian Gieral, a member of the legendary order responsible for chronicling all of history. But when their paths cross, Aeda's life takes an unexpected turn. She is suddenly torn from the only life she has ever known and thrust into a new world filled with strange creatures and ancient mysteries. As Aeda stru ...
Turning Pointe Featured
Emma is a young ballerina aspiring to Julliard. With her mother too ill to work, her only hope of attending the dance school of her dreams is to win a studio scholarship. But to do that, she'll have to beat out the top two students in her class, and the competition isn't going well so far. Then Emma meets Sofia, a worship dancer, and learns a whole new kind of dance--a supernatural one. But will it be enough to save her mother?
Swiftmain Featured
I only know two things for certain. One, I am hunted. Two, if they catch me, all hope for Andrea is lost. Raina possesses the secrets that could unravel the kingdom's darkest mysteries and unveil the lost prince of Andrea. Yet, the path to salvation is fraught with danger. But, a rogue knight, shadowing her every move, might hold the keys she desperately seeks—or lead her into certain doom. Can she dare to trust him? As Raina's unyielding faith is tested to its limits, she must summon the strength to see beyond her losses. Prepare to be captivated by this gripping tale of resilience and the en ...
Nizana Featured
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When Nizana’s tree is destroyed by the Black Ruin, she loses more than her home. She loses the bond that should have lasted a lifetime. Sunk in despair, she wanders the forest, searching for answers and hope. Then she stumbles across a tree that grew overnight and seems to keep the disease at bay.
She’s not the only one who noticed it. The Seedmasters are also curious about the tree and, more importantly, about who planted it. They will do anything to keep him from gaining too much influen ...
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Sea legends and pirate adventures charm eight-year-old Swift, until an encounter with the deadly power of the ocean shocks him into reality. Swift struggles to hang onto his childhood fantasies, but his new grasp of the fragile nature of life and of friendship threatens to swamp his hope. Under the guidance of his older brother, Swift must learn to brave the rough waters of change without losing himself to their destruction.
Downfall Featured
Lizzy's world was all about winning, not making friends. School seemed irrelevant as she focused solely on securing votes. The new pandemic? Just a minor obstacle in her grand scheme. But when the virus resurfaces, it ravages humanity, extinguishing millions of lives. In the blink of an eye, society crumbles, taking Lizzy's carefully crafted plans down with it. Now, being a lone wolf is no longer a strength—it's her biggest vulnerability. As the apocalypse looms, will Lizzy confront the chaos on her own? Downfall, the captivating prequel to the gripping Collapse Series, invites you into an apo ...
Aqua Paws Featured
Splish! Splash! Meow! Most cats hate water, but not Aqua Paws--he loves it! There's just one problem: he's terrified of crabs! When Aqua Paws finds himself in a sticky situation, and the only one around to help is a crab, will he be able to push his feelings aside before it's too late? Beautifully illustrated by Stella Maris, children will fall in love with the whimsical sea creatures and also learn a valuable lesson about the ever-growing problem of ocean pollution.
Bronze (The Glister Journals Book 1) Featured
Allison has two secrets. The first is what she found behind her new home. This new home means a new school – the first year of high school – where she knows no one. Allie doubts her social prospects and abilities are any better than they’ve ever been, so she’s surprised and wary when she's accepted into a group including the popular Caldera brothers. Revealing her discovery to them opens a world full of horses, equestrian pursuits, and potential friendships. But these in turn open a universe of new challenges, emotions, and fears. The second secret? How she really feels about one of those b ...
Mysterious flashes of color and light capture Princess Tiara's curiousity in this coming of age fantasy adventure. Why do her parents keep insisting she live like a respectable princess when all she wants is to explore the kingdom and discover the source of light and color that seems to be following her through Forest Valley.
Tiara, the youngest princess in the royal family of the Kingdom of Fruitful, is the only child yet to wear a crown. The crowns of her six older siblings sparkle with a special gem they earned by a test of character. Now Tiara must demonstrate ...
Runa, the prophesied Daughter of Five, needs to learn how to master herself, or all of Pendomus will perish. In a world where mythical creatures are either controlled, or on the brink of extinction - a prophecy reveals there's one who can restore balance. The only problem is, she has no idea how to do it. Separated from the only people who've had her back - as well as the love of her life, Traeton - Runa must go on a quest alone to uncover what it means to be human, as well as the Daughter of Five. Dropped in an unknown location, presumably still on the planet, she only has a monolithi ...
Gavin is helping one of his best friends, Dario, navigate through depression with the help of another friend, Rayland. The three did everything together until high school ruined the bond. Something happened to Gavin that puts his friendship with Dario at risk. When it came down to the choice between their friendship and his own feelings, Gavin chose himself. Was it the best choice? Can the damage he did to Dario be undone? Will he ever get a chance to deal with the pain that led to the decision? Will he tell Dario what hurt him so bad he'd risk their frien ...
The first book in a young adult romance series about a small town football team and the girls who win their hearts.
This is it—Tori Lomax’s senior year.
Her last chance to leave Nelson High without a bucketload of regrets.
Number one priority—get Colt Burgess to fall in love with her. So what if he’s the Raider’s number one playmaker? So what if he’s so far out of her league, the idea of them together would rupture the school’s social order?
She has to try, before it’s too late.
She’s come up with ...
In an act of desperation, Maxwell Watt entrusts his son to smuggle the completed steam engine to Nikolas Klaus, a master inventor in another kingdom. When the nefarious secret society, the Fare, learns the game-changing invention’s plans are en route, they accelerate their own scheme to neutralize to reclaim control over the kingdoms. Meanwhile, after a decade of relative tranquility in Mineau, local children have started to go missing—again. Captain Archambault suspects the return of the disturbing and depraved Ginger Lady. With the help of Tee, Elly, and Richy—the Yellow Ho ...
When London comes to a standstill, terror strikes ... Introvert postman Stanley "Mac" McCready spends his days delivering parcels and dreaming of a life together with his alluring neighbour, Maria Alejandro. But when otherworldly lights dominate the skies above Central London and mysterious objects rain death down on the city, Mac and Maria soon find themselves running for their lives ... A must for science fiction fans, Time of Death is the thrilling prelude to the exhilarating Standstill series.
Rachel Blum isn’t beautiful — yet. But she’s got it all figured out. All she has to do is save up enough money as a medical test subject to have her nose fixed, and make sure her friends and family don’t notice that she’s stopped eating. It’ll all be worth it if she can get chosen as a promising new talent by the Public Aesthetics Endowment, giving her access to all the loan money she’ll need to have her body made fully camera-ready, so her acting career can finally begin. When one of the labs she works for begins trials for a miracle beauty supplement called Swan, Rachel’s skeptical of its cl ...
Uncover secrets from the past in this time-travelling adventure centered around history's most notable scientist. From the mind of a Hollywood screenwriter Irving Belateche comes this suspense thriller solving Einstein's final mystery.
Finalist, Best Science Fiction Novel, 2016 American Book Fest
Great for the fans of John Grisham, Dan Brown and James Rollins
It's 1955, and Albert Einstein lies in a hospital bed, deathly ill. He suddenly stirs, asks his assistant for paper and pen, then scribbles something down. Minutes later, he dies.
H ...
No Metal Means No Magic in the magical metal-horned unicorn tribe. Can a unicorn with neither manage to save his tribe from extinction? If you enjoyed reading Lord of the Rings, Alice In Wonderland or even Watership Downs, you might just love this purely fanciful unicorn fantasy about a tribe of unicorns stranded a universe away from their home world of Unimaise. It is full of magic, adventure and sciencey stuff plus a little bit of love and war. Facing extinction, the Metal-Horned Unicorns of MarBryn are desperate for hope. Any hope. . .So when the Oracle reveals the prophecy promising just t ...
Hannah and Tamar are looking forward to spending Thanksgiving break with their grandparents. On the long ride to Vermont, the sisters are quick to offer assistance when a fellow passenger – a girl in her late teens – is hassled by a rough-looking young man. Grateful as she may be for their help, Gwen is in no hurry to make friends, not even as she thrusts a mysterious package into Tamar’s hand and disappears in the Rutland train station. Puzzled by her behavior, Hannah and Tamar set out to locate Gwen and unravel the secret of the mysterious package.
Torn Fox is a new Mage series about young magicians who find mystery and adventure in their everyday world. In a post-apocalyptic world where magic works instead of electricity, teenage twins Craven and Tom try to master new Mage skills even as they struggle to pass school tests, survive werewolf attacks, Esprits, a mysterious new sister, an interfering specter and a missing older brother! It’s is exciting and funny with a touch of the macabre. Fifty years after their world was destroyed in the Dragon Wars, humans have begun to rebuild their society with the very energy source that helpe ...
A golden dragon. A hidden enemy. Blackmail. A secret group of smugglers blackmail Sam and Jake. The two young guardians must find the golden dragon, or Jake dies. Their friend Uncle Biggie and his chimera crocle-lion pledge to help them. Yet everyone wants the golden dragon, including the powerful Evil One, who has been hiding for millennia and has sworn to destroy all of life. No one can be trusted. Enemies surround Sam and Jake. Death Matches and ancient secrets test the guardians as never before as they encounter more mysterious creatures from KiraKu. And the golden dragon is not what they ...
The fate of a kingdom rests on the shoulders of three young wizards who couldn't be more different. Bakari is a brilliant scholar wizard who's more at home in a library than a battlefield. Alli is a beautiful young battle wizard whose grace in battle is both enchanting and deadly. Roland is a counselor wizard with a seemingly limitless depth of untapped power -- and the ego to match it. As the magical barrier protecting the kingdom of Alaris from dangerous outsiders begins to fail, and a fomenting rebellion threatens to divide the country in a civil war, the three wizards are thrust into ...
Incense and Peppermints…
Who cares what games we choose? Little to win, but nothin' to lose.
Peace demonstrations, sit-ins, burning of the U.S. flag, following the escalation of the Vietnam War are leading to a catalyst known as the Sixties. A music revolution, flower power, hippies, and drugs are carrying - young and old - into a new decade. All the while Mary Monroe is caught between being an innocent good girl and an autumn of riotous parties filled with drugs and rock ‘n’ roll.
He wants to rule the world. She was born to stop him. Fale secretly began having visions of things before they happen when she turned 18. But when she uses the vision of a deadly encounter to save the life of her hot, biomechanical crush in a fight, she sets into motion the race of their lives. Henchmen emerge from the shadows, and Fale and Keron battle to stay alive. When Fale’s only remaining family disappears, leaving a kidnapper’s note, they go into hiding. There, they discover a hidden romance that steams up their hideaway. Fale searches for clues to discover why she is being hun ...
Personal trainer Cassidy Novak garners popularity and fame while starring in a hit reality show. She catches the attention of an obsessive stalker that turns her well-ordered life topsy-turvy. As Cassidy's competitors disappear in a string of murders, she teams up with Zach Gallagher, the photographer tasked to record her personal moments for a local newspaper. Is Zach trustworthy? He shadows her as easily as the stalker. Cassidy hates the bizarre rules in this guessing game, but when her stalker forces a showdown, she plays to win.
Choices have consequences, even if you're the famous sea captain Zale "the Gale" Murdoch. Following their quest for the mythical Grimstone, Zale, his daughter Starlina, and the entire crew find their home town of Warvonia in a dire state. Once a major sea hub, the harbor is in ruin, covered in life-threatening darkfrost. High Count Vidimir Tefu, Zale's former client, will stop at nothing to restore the full might of Void, what he views as the kingdom's salvation. Ancient forces and sorcery from the Shadow Age itself are rallied against Zale, his crew, and his home. Meanwhile, as Starlina ...
Dead Calm, Bone Dry is a Directors' Choice Finalist
What if you were forced to sail with pirates?Captured and tried for piracy.
Then sentenced to hang.
Would you trade your body to the crew of the Flying Dutchman to save your soul?
Ricky did.
Some dead men DO tell tales.
And there is stolen treasure in this pirate story.
Last winter Ricky Bradshaw was another gangly freshman hoping to fit in -- or at least not get picked on -- and maybe catch the attention of Becky Nance, a girl in his biology class. Except ...
Rayland has big dreams of broadway superstardom and the spunky determination to get her there. Sometimes feisty and aggressive but that's part of her charm. Her two best friends, Dario and Gavin, have their own opinions about this charm. Chasing her dreams comes naturally. The harder task is dealing with Dario's depression and helping him realise his worth. But when his friendship with Gavin breaks up for the second time and Dario starts to spiral out of control will she be enough? Is it her fault the second split happened? Can she help him without Gavin, or wil ...
Early 1900s, Western America. A lonely, disabled boy with a nasty temper and miraculous healing powers, Moojie is taken by his father to live at his grandfather's wilderness farm. There, Moojie falls for a girl from an otherworldly clan that he wants to join. Following a series of trials—magical and mystical—he is summoned by the call to a great destiny ... if only he can survive one last terrifying trial. Having won 22 awards, The Improbable Wonders of Moojie Littleman is being lauded as a classic. A haunting, visionary tale spun in the magical realist tradition of Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrink ...
Pero Moshe’s mom vanished from their Oregon home, and the prophecy says it will happen to Pero, too. But when it does—and Pero is transported to an older universe, life gets more than a little nuts. Throw in a bodyguard who is almost criminally cute, a corrupt and brilliant doctor who wants to steal Pero’s power and rule all of Moon City, and her mom showing up as a pawn in the whole thing. And all Pero wants is to grab her mom and go home. But, uh, yeah, that’s not happening. In the end, Pero is forced to choose between forgiveness or escaping with those she loves before a shout crumbles M ...
Four kings. One girl. And a magical destiny that binds them. Magic is fading in Charnrosa. The Emperor is killing magicians and hoarding their magic for himself. Kyann doesn’t believe in the stories of the four kings from Charnrosa's golden past. She just wants to keep herself and her sister safe following the failed rebellion that killed their parents. She dreams of a quiet life. But that becomes impossible when the four kings of legend wake and insist that Kyann is Charnrosa's guardian. Kyann has no intention of joining four mythical kings on a wild goose chase. But then Kyann's sister is ab ...
Megan Hollis lives for her saxophone.
Enter Vincent, the mysterious guy with a dangerous reputation.
Will Megan lose herself or dance to her own rhythm?
For fans of Twilight and The Vampire Diaries comes a new addiction impossible to put down. Amy thinks she is the only normal person living on her street since she found out her friend's parents are all supernatural beings. But what about her? Why is she in such deep pain? Is she actually dying like the Internet is telling her or is it something else? Another secret buried in Shadow Hills? What if you can’t trust your own family? Beauty and Beasts is the 4th book in a fun and frightening series of romantic paranormal mysteries. If you like terrifying thrills, flesh and blood characters, and vam ...
A Prophecy. A Powerful Sword. A Reluctant Wizard. Darius San Williams, son of one of King Edward's councilors, cares little for his father's politics and vows to leave the city of Anikari to protect and bring glory to the Realm. When a new-found and ancient magic emerges within him, he and his friends Christine and Kelln are faced with decisions that could shatter or fulfill the prophecy and the lives of all those they know. Wizards and magic have long been looked down upon in the Realm, but Darius learns that no matter where he goes, prophecy and destiny are waiting to find him. ...
Enter a story of revenge, redemption, and friendship. Before the Fire Burns is set in a world of muskets and airships, quiet colonial towns and sprawling steampunk cities, rolling green pastures and rugged dragon-infested mountains.
For fifteen years, Rush and his brother were inseparable—partners in mischief, sharing adventures. But when a party of raiders brings tragedy to Rush’s village, his world is shattered. One obsession rises from the ashes.
Revenge.
He embarks across the kingdom on a quest for justice. No man nor dragon will st ...
Welcome to the thrilling Magical Beasts YA fantasy series. If you love fantasy thrillers with nonstop action, powerful heroines, quirky tough heroes, and a ton of magical beasts, you will love The Guardians.
The winner will be crowned Ambassador’s Bride. The losers will meet certain death. When you’re living inside a dwarf planet in the cold abyss of space, life is only easy if you’re rich. 17-year-old Marishel Vance works as a seamstress – but when she’s selected to compete in a brutal contest for the Ambassador’s hand in marriage, she’s quickly catapulted into a life-threatening struggle. Marishel hates the idea of fighting for some stuck-up rich guy – no matter how handsome he is. But after her attempts to escape are thwarted, she becomes desperate to find a way to end the Blood Match and save ...
Mmm. Shoot an apple off his friend’s head or lose his food, horse and clothes? Some decisions require little thought.
Archer is the sort of boy things happen to. Orphaned as a baby, his gifts make him different to other kids. He doesn't understand why he's so much stronger and faster than other boys; why a sword feels so right in his hand; or how every arrow he looses at a target will hit the centre, even if his eyes are closed.
At the Beltane ritual, he must fight his friends to see who is most worthy. But his real battle is with an enemy whose callous disrespect for th ...
The gnomes aren't out of the woods yet. Just when they think things are going well, the game AIs go and change everything. In a race against time, Yllo and her friends need to find all the races artifacts' to safe guard their Kingdom. The stakes are higher in her real life and her virtual one. They make new friends and enemies, as they narrow in on the person behind the gnomes problems. Can be read without reading the first book, although the first book introduces the characters and the Gnome Land. Is LitRPG and makes light use of game mechanics, stats and items.
When twenty-something Michelle Vermont decided to open Beans Cafe, she'd thought it would be fun, particularly with charming Clive Banks as her business partner. Not only is Clive a professional coffee buyer, he's also drop dead gorgeous. But Clive suddenly vanishes, leaving Michelle with nothing more than a few text messages, debts and a workload she can't handle. Michelle vows to find her errant associate and bring him back to work kicking and screaming if she has to. He can stand by the cappuccino frother until he's made up for all the trouble he's caused. Unfortunately the only person who ...
Ivan Morrow has spent his short life waiting for things to happen. Now something has happened. An unknown ancestor has entrusted him with something of great value and it has gone missing. But who stole it and how to get it back? He's grown extraordinarily over the last year since turning eleven, but his mind is stuck in a kid-sized brain. Now he must match wits with a desperate thief if he is to honour the trust placed in him by his distant relative. "IVAN THE GIANT uses a concrete mystery to spur abstract philosophical musings, resulting in a unique coming-of-age detective story." - IndieRead ...
"Morna's Spell" is the SWEET/CLEAN version of "Love Beyond Time" by USA TODAY Bestselling Author, Bethany Claire. This version is for readers who prefer clean language in their stories and love scenes that stay behind closed doors. An ancient spell. A timeless love. Brielle Montgomery finds comfort in the steadfast routines in her life—until her archaeologist mother whisks her away on an adventure in Scotland. Intent on discovering who or what destroyed the powerful Conall clan four hundred years earlier, Bri and her mother work day and night scouring the castle ruins. Rather than finding the ...
14 year old Esperanza Ignacio could only think of a few words to sum up her life: crap, crap, crap! She was born into a poor Latino family living in a small crummy apartment in the barrio side of town. Her father was a drunken, gambler, and wife-beater who, one cold night, got arrested after a violent intrusion. Her entire circle of relatives consisted of nothing but gangsters and drug-addicts. Yep, her life was nothing but a huge load of crap. After surviving a scorching summer heat, Esperanza enters the unfamiliar world of high-school with a tight knot in her stomach. On the very first day, ...
Gwyn is just getting the hang of her time-travelling skills when her confidence takes her too far. She saves the wrong person and now the whole timeline is off track. Now she has to manipulate one of the most dangerous people in all of Europe, Cesare Borgia, son of the corrupt Pope Alexander VI, as the French threaten to invade Italy. With Machiavelli as a bail lawyer, and Da Vinci hanging out in Milan's gay bars, Gwyn is just trying to fix the history she messed up without getting herself, or her friends, killed.
From Book 1: "A bright fantasy for readers who are tired of exaggerated violence and slippery morals." -- Kirkus Reviews
Lana can draw arcane powers from gemstones. When she started reading the folklore, it sounded farfetched. Maybe she should have closed the books right then and walked away, because special abilities are nothing but trouble. Someone always wants you to do something impossible. Or dangerous. Usually both. Like going through a portal to save an oppressed race in another world. In this case, gnomes, whose ruler happens to be a gem master with unimaginable po ...
Magical mayhem ensues when the Shaw family celebrates two new-to-them Scottish holidays in Poetry and Pyres, a Shrouded Isle novelette featuring Becca’s daughter, Jessie. During Robert Burns Night, An unexpected guest comes to the honored poet’s party. The meal goes awry through no fault of the cook. Can they salvage the disaster-filled evening? At the village fire festival, Girls ignore tradition and join the men’s-only procession. But when a fae is afoot, the flames fizzle. Is their Up Helly Aa doomed to have no blaze? And during it all, Jessie Shaw and her boyfriend, Gavin, f ...
One hundred thousand dollars. A government agency on their trail. Two teens are about to learn their world will never be safe again. In this thrill ride, Angel and Skip go on the run after learning her dad works for a government agency. One of his deadliest enemies is out for blood and Angel could be his next victim. The teens must fight to stay alive as their road trip finds them running from cops and dodging undercover agents. No one is safe from the man with glowing eyes that only Angel can see. Angel has no idea her dad's agency monitors people with special powers or that she's been on the ...
When a young crippled orphan finds himself caught on the wrong side of town by a group of highborn youths, his life is forever changed. Left for dead after a vicious attack, Lyric finds himself in the care of a witch. One who knows more about him than he does. With the old witch's help, Lyric will learn his true place in life, one far more interesting and dangerous than his old life as a street rat. Lyric will meet two young women who play intricate roles in deciding his future, will it be love or destiny? All the while a dark shadow is crossing the land ... Dragons have returned.
Eff wakes up on a strange planet, her memories fractured and missing. After months of solitary exploration, a chance encounter with a group of colonists changes everything, catapulting Eff into far more mysteries, secrets, and bizarre circumstances than she could have ever bargained for. Can she trust these colonists? Why does she get the feeling they are hiding something? And how is she tied to their mysterious circumstances?
As tensions rise and allegiances shift, she must navigate the treacherous landscape of the planet and her own tenuous memories to uncover the truth and, ulti ...
Three teenage girls dare to explore an abandoned mansion, only to confront the ultimate challenge: their own adolescence.
It’s been thirty years since Dr. Van Barren mysteriously vanished, but fifteen-year-old Marcy Mason believes the answers lie hidden within his secret laboratory, lost somewhere in the depths of his long-abandoned estate in the Hudson Valley. Drawn by an insatiable curiosity and the weight of her mother’s cancer diagnosis, Marcy finds herself unable to escape the truths she must face.
On Halloween night, ...
Sam has the perfect life. Take care of the animals, hang out with her quirky crush Jake, enjoy summer. Until a dragon attacks her… The dragon poisons Sam’s father and Jake’s mother and tells the teens to go to the Amazon to get the antidote. Things get even crazier when a supernatural cat and a faerie arrive. They want Sam to fulfill an ancient prophecy. What? Sam just wants to save her father. She is also a klutz, not a superhero. But she has more power than she realizes, and a forgotten past… A powerful beast has the antidote. To get it, Sam and Jake are forced on a mission that could tear t ...
When light shines on something, it casts a shadow. This novel is about the shadow cast on a family and a country when light shines on its past. Lena Larsson, a young American student and aspiring writer, at the Sorbonne in Paris, was raised by her domineering Swedish immigrant Grandmother, Helga, and her stoic mother, Sofia, in the small Pacific Northwest coastal town of Astoria, Oregon. Most of their neighbors were Scandinavian immigrants. As a child, Lena, shy and withdrawn, spent much of her time with her writing journal and her cat at her side while following orders from her dominant grand ...
FIVE STARS *****: A swirling mix of political intrigue, vivid action sequences, and lighthearted romance makes Forbidden Ties a delight for medieval fiction lovers. Author Kyrie Wang's tale of two people from opposing factions finding themselves forced to work together under extraordinary circumstances is captivating from start to finish. - Pikasho Deka for Readers’ Favorite Reviews
FIVE STARS *****: The characters are well developed, the scenes are described with attention to detail, and the history is well researched. Interspersed between the battles and the g ...
Family. Yuletide. And, a missing Santa. Charley is ready for a break from high school with nothing planned but to have holiday fun with friends and family. But when the town's Santa goes missing along with his bag of toys her agenda changes. Santa's disappearance isn't the only thing threatening the cheerful holiday mood. There's a sinister presence in town that makes Charley concerned for the citizens of Whispering Pines. Charley doesn't want the town's children to be disappointed at the annual Christmas Festival, but can she figure out what's going on before Santa goes missing for g ...
A dangerous faerie lurks behind an empty throne. Still living as a faerie outcast in the human world, Kelty is summoned by the Court of Outcasts, where another faerie—one with a dark past, a skewed sense of reality, and a penchant for influencing minds—offers her the throne. Accepting would force her to forfeit her dreams by remaining in the human world for the rest of her days. But refusing could spell disaster for the humans she now hopes to protect. Meanwhile, Nola struggles with fainting spells as her human body rejects the faerie magic now within her. She tries to stay away from the outca ...
Chained to a rock and tossed off a cliff by her boyfriend, Aranya is executed for high treason against the Sylakian Empire. Falling a league into the deadly Cloudlands is not a fate she ever envisaged. But what if she did not die? What if she could spread her wings and fly? Long ago, Dragons ruled the Island-World above the Cloudlands. But their Human slaves cast off the chains of Dragonish tyranny. Humans spread across the Islands in their flying Dragonships, colonising, building and warring. Now, the all-conquering Sylakians have defeated the last bastion of freedom–the Island-Kingdom ...
Logan West and Emma James grew up together but are now high school seniors going in totally opposite directions after graduation. When they are assigned to work together on one last history project, they hardly expect the monotony of high school life to change. Instead, as they decode a series of unexplained clues hidden within their history project itself, Logan and Emma manage to unfold an ancient mystery that has baffled scientists and archeologists, one with powerful implications for the present day. As they embrace the adventure they’ve stumbled upon, and a growing romantic attraction to ...
Sixteen-year-old Rachel's psychic world is shaken when Billy introduces her to telepathy and astral travel, awakening her desire for more spiritual adventure. She can't get enough. Together with a teenage shaman, a healer, a psychic, and a witch, they form "The Psychic Circle" to secretly explore the paranormal. Romance blossoms between Rachel and Billy as they realize they have a very strong connection. Could Rachel possibly have found her soul mate? But when Rachel's best friend becomes jealous and causes issues using black magic, it can sabotage Rachel's chance at having the true love sh ...
When all hope appears to be lost and life is not going according to the plan, it's important to look for the silver linings and to know your own happiness. Penelope and Caitlin Hall are going to have to learn to live very different lives since their parents broke up - Penny must leave college behind and find herself a job, while Caiti has no choice but to give up her private prep school in exchange for Austen High. In their new lives, the girls will meet Gabriel, a friendly new neighbour, Brett, Austen High's most attractive bad boy, and Noah, who might just be the most complicated of them all ...
Kiss him. Don't fall in love. Break a spell with a kiss. Karina has heard and seen enough weird stuff for this request to sound legit. At 16, Karina has a shot at adventure—and an odd first kiss—when she's called to Whyland, a kingdom in another dimension, to save a guy she barely knows. Why her? No clue, but she's happy to help, and kissing Sian isn't torture, even if he isn't to be trusted. Karina's smart enough not to fall in love—or at least to tell herself not to. Once in Whyland, she realizes that risking a broken heart is the smallest of her problems. Karina will need to stand between a ...
Waking up in a desolate cell, Gaia realizes she has been kidnapped by a human trafficking organization, doomed to be sold to the highest bidder and unable to remember anything before her capture. An opportune rescue by Raoul, the Prince of Kayamato, saves her from a gruesome future, and throws her into a world of luxury and privilege. As she struggles to regain her memory, Gaia learns that her rescue was no accident and finds herself in even more danger. Fighting for sanity and survival, she works to unravel the truth behind her capture, each revelation more shocking than the last. The ...
In a world where the steam engine is about to be invented, our fairy tales and rhymes are their real world events and people. Meet the secret societies the Tub, lead by a butcher, baker and candle-stick maker, and the Fare, lead by the Piemans. Book 1 - Along Came a Wolf Nikolas Klaus, brilliant inventor and loving grandfather, is the target of someone seeking to steal the first ever steam engine plans. His daughter, Tee, and her two best friends, are caught in the middle and come together as the Yellow Hoods. While their lives be lost because of secrets Klaus was hoping to keep buried? A hit ...
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John and Lena are hoping for some downtime after their exciting adventure to save the alien disk, named KAD. As they plan their well-deserved holiday, a group of hostile aliens bursts in on the two, imprisoning them and transporting them to a totally different planet. KAD is nowhere to be seen, and they are left to deal with these threatening and seemingly unpredictable captors on their own.
Stuck in this barren and strange place, separated from home and from KAD, who is their only hope for rescue, John and Lena’s fortunes turn when they manage to win the hearts o ...
They hunted her mother. They abducted her father. If Grace can’t uncover the secret of her family’s alien past, will she be next?
“New favorite series for YA readers!” —San Francisco Book Review
Grace is unique. She tries not to draw attention, but most teens don’t have naturally green hair, live in a van, and change schools every couple of months. When people around her start dying and the federal government turns up asking about national secrets, she knows she is in over her head.
Grace has to find the truth. With her brave new friends rallying behind ...
A magical heritage. A threat in the forest. An explosion of powers. Charley Cooper is tired of being the lone non-magical person in a family of witches. At the ripe old age of sixteen, she believes the witchy gene has skipped her. But when something dark in the forest threatens her best friend and her little sister, Charley's powers appear out of nowhere. Now Charley's best friend is angry about the secrecy. Her crush is dating someone else. And, her out-of-control powers threaten to expose her family's secret. When a dangerous enemy tries to silence them forever, Charley knows she must fig ...
Her story began when she willingly took the position of Zakisktan's queen. Despite her knowing that her era was completely male dominating. She took the risk of becoming the first female monarch to change the laws of her country that has been established for centuries. Her big dream was to help her country to prosper and her people to live a better life. On her journey to realize her dream, she encountered multiple challenges – love, friendship, trust, etc.. and balance between the kingdoms she rules. The question is, will she be able to make it happen?
Universes don't build themselves, you know. We have staff for that. We call them gods...
When a young god named Bernie finally gets a job building universes, it starts a series of mishaps that spark numerous revelations. Challenged by his supervisor to prove his worth, Bernie sets out to build a fully stable world but hits roadblocks every step of the way. At first, he thinks there’s some inherent problem in his design but soon learns that his universe is being sabotaged by another.
Competition is tough in the universe building business. Ri ...
For God School's latest graduate, the adventure continues...
Bernie is a young god who fixes broken universes for a living. Unfortunately, the universe he's working on is in the middle of a civil war caused by Ashok, a murderous wizard determined to control the lucrative pepper trade.Bernie's boss urges him to solve the problem by destroying the evil Ashok and his people, but Bernie wants no part of such a massacre. Struggling to find another solution, Bernie tries to get Ashok to give up his plans f ...
A Contemporary Retelling of 'Pride & Prejudice' (The Austen High Collection)
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a young woman of brains and beauty, surrounded by charming young men, must fall in love eventually, whether she wants to or not! Samantha Carter is about to start her Senior year at Austen High, and she can't help but wonder if this will be the year when she falls in love for the first time. Enter not just one, but three handsome young men from 'across the pond', set to turn Sam's world upside-down! Troy seems proud and disagreeable, whilst Ja ...
Dario has had a rough year full of angst, anxiety, and depression. After years of trying to be the son he thought his parents wanted he is finally free to be himself, but he doesn't know who he is. Dario is used to the structure his false yet perfect life brought, and his new freedom puts him far out of his element.
Still, he has more things to worry about. Funny, confident, and chocolate, Kevin is the friend Dario would never have before and seems to effortlessly break through all his defences.
Seventeen-year-old Téa Lane has dodged abusive foster homes and is surviving on the streets of Houston, all in order to achieve her STEM dream to become the first Latino female astronaut to spacewalk. One day, she discovers an anomalous Native American artifact that's a powerful seed not of this world and her life is forever changed. It chooses Téa, an unlikely hero, and endows her with superhuman abilities surprisingly around the same time that a numerous amount of young girls start showing up missing or murdered. After being chosen, a new and mysterious guy, Ben, shows up at her job and scho ...
For over a century, the town of Green Beach has frightened its children with the tragic legend of Joshua Thorne. He’s the reason it not only locks its doors at night but nails its windows shut. Steeped in romance and revenge, his is the kind of story Angela Ironwright lives for. When the specter of Joshua appears to her, insisting she’s the only one who can help him piece together the fragments of his own murder, she follows him without a second thought into a place he calls the Pocket, a beautiful hidden world of jumbled memory and imagination. But the Pocket holds more than magic and mystery ...
This tense tale will keep readers on edge until its surprising finale. - Kirkus Reviews "A gripping suspense novel with unexpected twists." "Teen fans of Gone Girl will enjoy this smart dark and unpredictable novel." "Natasha Preston and Karen M. McManus readers will enjoy." ♥ SHE THOUGHT FAKING HER DEATH WAS THE ANSWER TO A NEW DESTINY SHE WAS WRONG PLAYING DEAD ISN'T EASY Sunday Foster had THE PLAN. Make it through the rest of high school, graduate and THE PLAN will begin. Only, fate chose a different path; one decision, one second changed everything, THE PLAN is ruined.And then a ne ...
First Place Winner of the Firebird Book Award: Young Adult Science Fiction (2024) The AI promised harmony. A glitch whispers rebellion. A young coder unearths a digital anomaly poised to tear apart her reality. Driven by a horrifying discovery—society's trusted AI is on the verge of a deadly upgrade—Rayne, a seventeen-year-old prodigy Game Designer, is thrust into a desperate race against time to save the only home she's ever known and the people she cherishes most. She must delve deeper into the virtual realms she crafts, not just to create, but to expose a hidden menace that could shatter ...
Nora has visions of horrific things. Things that lurk in the shadows and feast on bones. After moving with her mother into an old farmhouse, Nora discovers a blank journal that fills itself with an ominous warning. A cursed beast is coming for her, and time is running out. When the lunar blood moon rises, so shall the beast. Local teen, Rebel, has his own trepidations about the house. His parents, both paranormal scientists, were investigating it when they died under mysterious circumstances. His growing feelings for Nora motivate him to battle the ghosts of his past, if it means keeping her s ...
Orion City has been on lockdown for ten years. Courtney Spencer, a disillusioned barista doomed to live a “normal” life in a quarantined fishbowl, is certain she’ll never see over the Wall again. Until one rainy evening, Courtney unintentionally befriends W, an eccentric customer who leaves a switchblade in the tip jar. The unexpected acquaintance soon opens the door to a frightening string of questions that flips everything she knows upside down. Stumbling into a world of secrets, lies, and disturbing truths, Courtney grapples with a burning temptation to look again at the Wall. Surrounded by ...
In the face of defeat lies true strength. Kelty now lives as an outcast faerie in the human world. But before she was cast out, an encounter with a deceiving faerie resulted in a devastating trick—one that changed Kelty's life forever in this enthralling untold story. For fans of YA fantasy, Outcast is a riveting prequel to the Tales of an Outcast Faerie series, beginning with The Nameless.
Hundreds of years ago, the Great Death desolated the planet, killing most humans and animals. The world that was reborn is filled with human-animal hybrids. The descendants of humans rule over the others using segregation and subjugation to enslaved and command. Trinity, a sixteen year old Producer, knows she won’t be chosen to stay in the encampment and breed. Instead, she’ll be taken from camp, never to be seen or heard from again. She has one week to discover where they’ll take her and that means she needs to sneak into the woods – again. But this time sh ...
Kevin's life was fairly standard and hectic. The fifth out of nine children there was never a shortage of excitement in the house. But his real joy came from building things. If he could describe heaven, it would be a place with unlimited access to power tools filled with the smell of sawdust and metal. Confident in his sexuality and sometimes a bit aggressive his journey into adulthood was running as smoothly as it could. That is, until highschool.
His first day of school Kevin witnesses an incident with another student. Som ...
Under a paralyzing spell, things are looking grim for Rachel as she finds herself in quite a predicament. Her ex-best friend Melody has claimed retribution using black magic. Luckily, Rachel’s strong telepathic connection with her boyfriend Billy saves the day when he brings the Psychic Circle group to help. Dealing with Melody is not going to be as easy as they thought. She’s breaking all the rules that could be cause for banishment. Rachel’s visions have been intensifying and permeating her dreams with signs to help resolve the “Melody situation”. Past Life Regression verifies her visions as ...
A contemporary YA romance with a dark edge. Ava has everything planned to finish senior year at the top of her class and help put on the greatest prom ever. But her best friend, Cade, convinces her to abandon the rigid schedule and enjoy her last year of high school. After letting her hair down for one amazing night and exchanging a steamy kiss with Cade, she's ready to explore this carefree side of herself... Until someone plays a cruel joke on her. Humiliated and hurt, Ava retreats into her carefully constructed box, hoping everything will return to normal. But it only gets worse. What she t ...
In Little White Lies, Book # 1 of the Girlfriends Series –Eighth grader Rachel Scott finally has the perfect boyfriend. He’s good looking, athletic and wealthy. The only problem is he doesn’t actually exist. Rachel’s escape into her fantasy world worries her parents and they insist she meet with the school counsellor. Frustrated with her life and without her best friend’s approval, Rachel heads down a dangerous path, looking for love in all the wrong places.
The wilderness shows no mercy. A story of love, the lost, and the hunted. In this dystopian journey, survival is key. Behind them, certain death. Ahead, a mystery called Home. The trail isn’t what it seems. And Lucy is sick. Some say nobody comes back from Home. And others say they can’t
It's a neighborhood like any other. Except it is not. Under the surface lurks so many secrets that the teenagers of Shadow Hills fear for their lives. Jazmine knows her friends’ parents are strange, supernatural beings, but what about hers? Who can she trust? Fire and Beauty is the third book in a fun and frightening series of romantic paranormal mysteries. If you like terrifying thrills, flesh and blood characters, and vampires without the sparkle, then you’ll love Willow Rose’s tale of suburban terror. Buy Fire and Beauty to discover a dynamic series that everybody is talking about today.
Should we dig for the truth when Pandora's Box is a coffin of buried secrets? For twenty-five years, Diana Ferguson's killer has gotten away with murder. When rookie obit writer and newsroom editorial assistant Kris Langley investigates the cold case of the artistic young cocktail waitress who was obsessed with Greek and Roman mythology, not only does she fall in love with Diana's sexy nephew, but she must also fight to stay off the obituary page herself. A unique blend of literary mystery, cozy mystery, and romantic suspense. Get in on the secret - join thousands of readers in discovering who ...
One of US is Lying meets Cruel Intentions in this pulse-pounding YA thriller about the mysterious disappearance of a brilliant but troubled tech prodigy from an elite New England boarding school.
Welcome to Branson Academy, where the deadliest lessons aren't part of the curriculum.
When his friend, tech prodigy Mackenzie Fleming, vanishes without a trace, honors student and star athlete Lucas Rambally is determined to find her. Though the Bra ...
The Lady in Red’s revenge against the Piemans is nearly complete, and soon there will be no one to stop her. She’s ready for anything, except for the return of her long dead son. But is it really him? Tee watches as the airships rain down fiery destruction. She adjusts the rocket-pack’s leather straps and glances over her shoulder. Her friends might never forgive her, but she can’t stand idly by any longer. In a blink, she’s thrown into the air. Then, the unthinkable happens—the rocket-pack comes off. Who’s the new Yellow Hood? Who dies? And are the Pi ...
For fans of Maze Runner, Hunger Games and Percy Jackson comes an award-winning story of friendship, courage and a battle for humanity. MOVIE RIGHTS OPTIONED.
The second wave is unleashed. The world is forced to its knees.
Two strains of a devastating pathogen infect population centers around the globe. From mega-cities to remote villages, the descent into chaos is swift as the disease spreads like wildfire.
When Jag is injured from an accident, Tegan reluctantly assumes leadership of the group as they are tasked wi ...
Emma isn’t a typical teenager.
Who in their right mind would spend hours studying the Holy Text? Who has the audacity to presume they can connect with the Sovereign?
Yet she must try.
She will implore the Almighty to send them the High Priest her people so desperately need, the one who will restore balance to an out-of-control world.
And if she died trying?
Then so be it.
Yet Emma has ...
There are traps you can't escape.
When Ryan Jacobs asks to join the Faction, he finds himself trapped in a situation which keeps getting worse. He needs to escape fast, or they will own him forever. But how can he fight an invisible enemy?
You shouldn't have to solve problems like these when you're only twelve. But you shouldn't have to solve problems like these at all.
Dark Web is the prequel to the Ryan Jacobs series, fast-paced, action-packed thrillers for a rebellious and digital generation that want to fight the system.
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Diagnosed with a rare form of meningitis, a teenage boy is paralyzed from head to toe—trapped in his own mind. To cope with his imprisonment, he retreats to an imaginary world called his Mind Palace, but the lines between reality and time start to blur when he receives a new roommate—an old, outspoken, Jewish jazz musician with dementia.
Having been raised in the system, Louis never envisioned he’d have the life he had: A loving partner, his dream job bringing music into the world and three children, four if you counted Dario; a shy, anxious and extremely talented student who didn’t recognise his worth. Louis stepped in to be his father when Dario’s own had failed him.
Still, as the years went on and Dario sunk deeper into depression, Louis began to question if his efforts were working. Would Dario ever get better? Would he stop trying to earn the love his pa ...
BROKEN PENCILS by J.R Rice is a dark coming-of-age work of fiction written for a new adult audience. The work explores themes of existentialism, alienation, and grief from the perspective of Jonah Tarver, a troubled Oakland Black teenager. Jonah Tarver grapples with his parents’ failing marriage, his own mental health, and the death of his best friend. On the eve of his 18th birthday and Senior prom, Jonah embarks on a quest for meaning amidst the chaos of his life. With his girlfriend Taniesha and best friend Trevon by his side, Jonah explores the wild world of San Francisco’s nightlife. But ...
Why does General Sorgos seek to destroy and desecrate strategic sites in the Kingdom of Fruitful? Is his motive revenge, or is he just plain evil? And is there really a hidden treasure in the Cave of Stones?
As enemy soldiers approach the castle, Tiara and her siblings must confront the approaching militia. Carriage driver, Klaus, has betrayed them, while former castle servant, Orcanta, seeks revenge against King Jonathan.
Tiara must ride up an arduous trail seeking help from the Kingdom of My ...
