After facing a vicious drug cartel in Mexico's Monarch Butterfly sanctuary, Juan Pablo and his best friend Rocio risk everything and try to escape the cartel's henchmen—determined to pursue them at all costs—by following the butterflies' migration all the way to California.Juan Pablo lives in El Rosario, Mexico's butterfly sanctuary, where millions of winged creatures gather together in one magical place. It is his home, his life. He loves his music, the butterflies, and his grandmother, who has fallen fatally ill—which is why he can't leave, even when a nefarious drug cartel overtakes the town. But the threat of the cartel becomes ever more menacing, finally endangering the life of his best friend Rocio, the girl he loves. In a heroic act of desperation to save her, Juan Pablo poisons eight members of the cartel. Together, Juan Pablo and Rocio flee, following the instructions his grandmother gave before she took her last breath: Follow the... Views: 35
With mysterious letters, cattle rustlers, a spunky woman, Halloween, and young love, there is always something happening. She has wonderful qualities but never gives a man a second chance because her expectations are so high. However, all that changes when a mysterious stranger starts writing to her. Whoever he is, this man is a mystery and the best thing that has ever happened to her. Views: 35
Hugo is much the same as any other 16 year old in Miami Beach. He lives with his single mother, has a best friend who is a girl and is working to save money for college. Except he is working as a go-go boy at a local gay club and is having an affair with an older man, who happens to be his mother's boyfriend. Strange things happen for Hugo in the year ahead. Views: 35
A gripping adventure story from Bear Grylls, packed with real survival details and dangers at every turn!When Beck Granger is ship-wrecked in the open seas, he needs all of his survival skills to save a small group of passengers.But the sinking was no accident. In order to stay alive, he'll have to work out who wants him dead, and why.That is, if the sharks don't get him first . . . Views: 35
Kate White rises to the pinnacle of modern suspense with The Sixes , a page-turning stand-alone thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Hush , and the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine. With taught prose evocative of Laura Lippman's Life Sentences and Dennis Lehane's Moonlight Mile , White paints the sinister picture of a quiet Pennsylvania college town left shaken after a mysterious death precipitates a cascade of evil events on campus. When new teacher Phoebe Hall undertakes the dangerous quest of uncovering the truth behind the ghastly recent happenings, her investigation will send her into the clutches of a deadly secret society—the Sixes—and unearth the dark relics of her own long-buried past. Views: 35
When three friends cast a spell to obtain eternal youth and beauty, their wish is granted. But there's a cost. They must indulge in their deepest desires or starve to death no matter how dark those desires might be. Views: 35
The first thing I notice is her face. It is so perfect it seems unlikely that it could ever exist in the real world. Her white skin is flawless, her features perfectly symmetrical, her lips red and wet and full, parting with every gasp. It is her eyes that hold me, though. They are a shade of blue I have never seen, with flecks of gold and crystal, and they are so penetrating it feels as though they are reaching out straight through his eyes into mine, begging me for . . . something I can't quite make out. It's like those eyes have captured the dialectic of every human emotion that ever mattered - love and hate; ecstasy and terror; comfort and jealousy - and rolled them into a single glance that could level entire cities. I am slaughtered. Imagine being able to create and experience your deepest dreams and your darkest fantasies . . . Boston entrepreneur and techno whizz-kid, Nick Caldwell with the help of his long-time friend and... Views: 35
Since his wife's accidental death, Michael Ashton has struggled with his many responsibilities as a single parent to twin daughters who, though they clearly love him, refuse to speak to him. Then he meets Rose and Lily's new teacher, and his emotions spin out of control. For Joanna Wingate is the mirror image of his late wife.MARIAH'S MAGIC -- Bizarre coincidence, a strange destiny... or something althogether different has joined these four lives. The twins believe Mariah -- a magical fortune-teller in a crystal ball -- has the answers. But only Joanna and Michael's willingness to confront long-buried secrets can guide their families back to wholeness ... and unite them in a love that seems meant to be.Reviews..."A warm and wonderful book about love, family and everything that's important in life. Irresistible!... Views: 35
This title follows a what if path of the British Empire pitted against her American colonies. The second title in the trilogy, only a brilliant plan by General Robert E. Lee enables the USA to attack the British forces where they least expect it and broaden the war for independence. Views: 35
Allie's life has just taken a turn for the worse. Not only do her parents fight all the time, but now she thinks she might be pregnant. She hooks up with her old friend Razz, a professional skateboarder, and goes on the road. Razz is ranked number one but his rivalry with Slammer is heating up, and Razz and Allie head for home—right into the path of a fierce tornado. To survive in the horror and destruction that follow the storm, Allie has to call on an inner strength she didn't know she had. Views: 35
