Looking forward to summer camp and its fun-filled days of reading books, writing plays, and having singalongs, Audrey is saddened knowing that her best friend, Sara, will not be with her. Views: 522
Shelley Vincent has been missing for over a year. Her fiancé, Albert Romaine, is desperate to find out what happened to her. With Christmas less than a week away and no plans to speak of, PI Anna Sweet is happy to take the case. But as Anna digs deeper into Shelley's past, she uncovers more questions than answers. Why would a woman with everything to live for simply disappear? Was Shelley murdered? And if so, why didn't the police find her body? Anna begins to have a bad feeling. She learns that her every move is being tracked...and she fears a killer is closing in. Whoever holds the key to Shelley Vincent's disappearance isn't talking--and Anna Sweet is running out of time. A perfect book choice for people who want a quick and easy read. Views: 522
Ananna of the Tanarau abandons ship when her parents try to marry her off to an allying pirate clan: she wants to captain her own boat, not serve as second-in-command to her handsome yet clueless fiance. But her escape has dire consequences when she learns the scorned clan has sent an assassin after her.
And when the assassin, Naji, finally catches up with her, things get even worse. Ananna inadvertently triggers a nasty curse — with a life-altering result. Now Ananna and Naji are forced to become uneasy allies as they work together to break the curse and return their lives back to normal. Or at least as normal as the lives of a pirate and an assassin can be.
From the Trade Paperback edition. Views: 522
Its matchmaking mayhem when a school project goes awry in this entertaining and enjoyable read (School Library Journal) from the author of Four Truths and a Lie. Avery LaDuke is bummed when her (former) BFF, Sophie Burns, dumps her for the popular crowd. But now that her mom is getting remarried, Averys hoping her new stepsister, Blake, will fill the role of best pal. So imagine her shock when Blake befriends Sophie instead! At least Avery can focus on leading the eighth-grade charity projectwhich turns out to involve an online matchmaking service. Shes skeptical about online love, but Avery sees an opportunity to get Blake back on her side: Shell tamper with the program and have Blake matched with Sam, the most popular boy in school! Except something goes seriously wrong, and its Avery who ends up being matched with Sam. Not only is the class adviser suspicious, but Avery discovers that she kinda sorta likes Samand he likes her back. Torn... Views: 522
It’s been over six months since the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano. Alex and Darla have been staying with Alex’s relatives, trying to cope with the new reality of the primitive world so vividly portrayed in Ashfall, the first book in this series. It’s also been six months of waiting for Alex’s parents to return from Iowa. Alex and Darla decide they can wait no longer and must retrace their journey into Iowa to find and bring back Alex’s parents to the tenuous safety of Illinois. But the landscape they cross is even more perilous than before, with life-and-death battles for food and power between the remaining communities. When the unthinkable happens, Alex must find new reserves of strength and determination to survive. Views: 522
It’s Whatever After meets Grimmtastic Girls meets Harry Potter in this new YA Action-Adventure, Fantasy, Paranormal series by MG Camacho. Meet Helena, an average, twelve-year-old girl — well, at least until she turned thirteen where she discovers a whole new magical world where witches, vampires, fairies and mermaids exist.It’s Whatever After meets Grimmtastic Girls meets Harry Potter in this new YA Action-Adventure, Fantasy, Paranormal series by MG Camacho. Meet Helena, an average, twelve-year-old girl — well, at least until she turned thirteen where she discovers a whole new magical world where witches, vampires, fairies and mermaids exist.In this origins story collection, Helena learns about her magical powers, keep her BFF Grace alive and safe from an evil blood-sucking vampire, help a fairy clan defeat their wicked wizard nemesis once and for all, help a mermaid’s family regain their oceanic throne and discovers that her destiny was to fulfill a very old prophecy of saving the world from utter destruction.With Helena being a new witch and all, does she truly have the magic and guts to save everyone? And if she can’t, then would all of her love ones and friends — not to mention the world — die as foretold? Download it now to learn more! Views: 522
From the New York Times bestselling author of Five Total Strangers and "master of suspense" (BCCB), Natalie D. Richards, comes a pulse-pounding YA thriller about a girl who goes on a mysterious scavenger hunt, only to discover that someone knows her worst secret...and is out for blood.I know seven dirty secrets:One caused the fall. One did nothing. One saw it all.One didn't care. One used their head. One played the hero.One was left for dead. Views: 522
A young prehistoric man regrets his relationship with a beautiful girl.In a Kingdom of old, a young Prince Cosmo wants nothing more than to follow his heart's desire of becoming a dancer, but his masculine father absolutely forbids it. Cosmo's only source of comfort is the cleaning lady Yalena, who he has very strong feelings for. Suddenly, an evil witch flies in and steals away Cosmo for revenge for when the King made her swamp the kingdom's septic tank dump. The King and Queen are at a loss as for what to do, but the blind prophet Euno declares he will only be saved by the lady Yalena. It is up to her to save her lover and the kindgom. Will she do it or will she succumb to the terrors of a mystical world filled with mushroom eating goblins, invincible knights, and lonely trolls? Only time will tell! Views: 522
Devastated by the loss of her friend and under constant threat from an unknown spy at Cimmeria Academy, Allie Sheridan is finding it hard to cope.
In Fracture, the third book in the Night School series, she’s not the only one losing it – everything is falling apart. And when Nathaniel begins to reveal his game plan, Isabelle starts to lose control.
As the school slides into a deadly morass of paranoia and suspicion, everyone is guilty until proved innocent. Anyone can be held without proof, and convicted without a trial. No one is safe.
This time Nathaniel doesn’t need to hurt them. This time they’re hurting themselves. Views: 522
The only thing scarier than living on the edge is stepping off it.Maggie Montgomery lives a life of adventure. Her job as a cinematographer takes her from one exotic locale to the next. When Maggie's not working, she loves to rappel off cliffs or go skydiving. Nothing frightens her.Nothing, that is, except Ivy, Texas, where a family emergency pulls her back home to a town full of bad memories, painful secrets, and people Maggie left far behind . . . for a reason.Forced to stay longer than she intended, Maggie finds her family a complete mess, including the niece her sister has abandoned. Ten-year-old Riley is struggling in school and out of control at home. The only person who can really handle the pint-sized troublemaker is Conner, the local vet and Ivy's most eligible bachelor. But Conner and Maggie keep butting heads—he's suspicious of her and, well, she doesn't rely on anyone but herself.As Maggie humorously fumbles her way from one... Views: 522
The Lightning Tree is a novella and one of the companion tales in the The Kingkiller Chronicle series. It was published in the anthology called Rogues published by Bantam Spectra. Views: 522
Down in New Orleans, there is a dangerous, deadly and unpredictable war brewing. Arelia LaRue quickly realizes that both the physical and spiritual worlds are at risk along with countless unsuspecting souls. From the chaos, romance and brutality of revolutionary Haiti, Arelia chases after the past only to find that its implications are now fully manifesting in a horrifying manner.In the midst of discovering shocking secrets, experiencing devastating heartache, and fighting spiritual wickedness in high and low places, Arelia must act like a true Queen. She must push her own emotions aside, even if that means giving up the one person whose soul she loves above all else.Arelia's haunting world filled with the beautiful and gruesome will spirit you away... Views: 522
