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Social worker Lucie Kellerman is five days away from the wedding of her dreams. Well, the wedding of her mother’s dreams. Lucie’s just happy she’s finally doing something her parents approve of, and she’s thrilled that her relationship with her mother has never been better. There’s only one problem. Ever since she met bartender Daniel Martinez, she’s started questioning whether or not the life - and the man - she’s about to commit to are the ones she really wants.

Brooke’s treetop city is a charred husk of its former glory. Her people demand revenge against the Emberhawk tribe, blind to the larger threat: the ravenous Malaano Empire. Determined to subvert a bloody war, Brooke accepts a marriage alliance she knows she’ll soon regret. Meanwhile, an Emberhawk prince is seeding a rebellion, and if Brooke’s secret support can reforge the Tribal Alliance, they might stand a chance against the Imperial threat. Lysander is a former slave who feels he has nothing to live for…unless he can convince Brooke to teach him the magic of thought-speak.

When computer scientist Amelia Steele meets the charismatic and mysterious Holden Grayson at a highly classified meeting where she presents the secret technology she's been working on, instant fireworks explode between them. He's a man unlike any she's ever known. Despite her ex-boyfriend stalking them, Holden takes her on a whirlwind romance, showering her with wealth and connections of unimaginable proportions—including a love she never thought possible.

This novella will take the listener to a dystopian future - a world of adults where birthmothers are a privileged class and every child is a celebrity. Death has been conquered, but overcrowding has led to a government-enforced zero population growth. When Janice learns she is pregnant without authorization, she must find a life donor or forfeit her own. For every child born, someone must die. The math is simple, but the politics are complicated. Janice soon finds herself diving into a deep conspiracy.

As the city falls into anarchy, the living turn against each other for scraps of supplies. Held in captivity by an evil group, Heather must find a way to save her sister. She'll learn the hard way that the group doesn't let people leave without heavy consequences. After narrowly escaping death, James and Angela find refuge in Krista's house. They think they're safe for the night. They're dead wrong, and they realize it too late when they hear scratching inside the closet.

In a city ravaged by disease, one mistake could mean the difference between life and death. James and his group come up with a plan to reach the military checkpoint, but they realize too late that danger comes not just from outside the safety of the town hall, but within it, too. Heather needs to decide whether she can trust a group of strangers to help her and her sister. Pierce's team has been left stranded in the city, and they can no longer count on extraction.

Emma's move to New Valley quickly takes a turn toward the mysterious when she's greeted by her neighbors, Nick and Christine, a picture-perfect couple from across the street. Despite the undeniable attraction to Nick, Emma is wary, sensing deeper undercurrents in their seemingly perfect life. But the real enigma lies closer to home—in a locked door in her own basement. Driven by a mix of fear and fascination, Emma is determined to uncover what lies beyond it.

The clock is ticking. This is their last chance to escape the city. Who will make it out, and who will become just another corpse on the street? More importantly, what kind of a world will they find on the other side of those walls? Witness the conclusion of the series in this nerve-shredding finale of Infected City.

Rachel Clarke is a single mom with three boys, and she needs help. Now. Unfortunately, her only option is John MacDonald-her high school sweetheart and the disgraced hometown hero who's just returned to Lake Bliss. He's perfect for the job. He cooks, he cleans, and he's amazing with kids. He's also still far too sinfully hot for Rachel's comfort . . .

Every member of Seconds to Juliet has a girlfriend—except for Nathan Strong. Now the band's manager is leaning hard on "The Cute One" to play the role of the band's heartthrob. With the band's sales in decline, it's up to Nathan to keep the fans' fantasy alive. The plan is to stage a fake relationship and a fake breakup, and then let the fans fight to be the one to mend Nathan's broken heart. Just one problem. There's another girl in the picture—one Nathan can't stay away from. In private, Nathan's stealing kisses with the band's new opening act, Abby Curtis.

Anya Anderson doesn't just need a big break, she needs any break. Living on the streets doesn't leave a girl many options, so when she scores a gig reporting on the Seconds to Juliet tour, she jumps at the chance to earn enough money to sleep somewhere safe. And the paycheck will get bigger—and keep her off the streets for good—if she can dig up dirt on Will Fray, the irritatingly hot "shy guy" of the band.

When Daisy Morris finds out she's spending the summer with her dad, bodyguard for Seconds to Juliet—the hottest boy band around—she knows it couldn't be more perfect. But not because she's a fan. Oh, no. Because ever since front man Trevin Jacobs completely humiliated her by standing her up for homecoming, Daisy is out for a little revenge. Yup, Trevin Jacobs is goin' down . . .

Faerie and the human world may have survived near-annihilation, but that doesn’t mean everything is flowers and singalongs for the residents of the now-combined lands. Humans are coming to terms with finding chunks of a realm they didn’t know existed dumped into their neighborhoods, plus the Fae Court is a bloody battleground for wannabe ruling families. Dropped in the middle of the chaos is Spellmeet, a Wild-West border town where refugees and opportunists try to make a living despite unstable magic and technology.

For over fifteen years, researchers have described a crisis in our nations' early learning classrooms. Hundreds of children are expelled from childcare and preschool every day; a rate nearly three times that of kindergarten-twelfth grade students. Each child's expulsion is symptomatic of a larger crisis—an overburdened, underfunded, undervalued, and fragmented early education system. No Longer Welcome starts a critical conversation between and across sectors of the early childhood field.

As if it wasn't bad enough to be deemed the "most single person" at her magazine's office, budding reporter Penny has now been tapped to write a series of features called "The Dating Itinerary." From speed dating to Tinder, old-fashioned matchmakers to up-and-coming "dark dating," Penny has to go on a lot of dates. Silver lining: meeting new people should be fun, right? But running into her old rival, George, at her first dating event is decidedly not. Not only does the arrogant know-it-all have zero trouble attracting women, wherever Penny goes, somehow he just. Keeps. Showing. Up.

Seventeen-year-old Teagan McNeel falls for captivating Garreth Adams and soon discovers that her crush has an eight-point star etched into the palm of his right hand-the mark of an angel. But where there is light, dark follows, and she and Garreth suddenly find themselves vulnerable to a dark angel's malicious plan that could threaten not only her life, but the lives of everyone she knows.

It’s 2130. The air is full of choking smog and radiation, and former solider Cynthia spends her days (and nights) in a lonely office slaving away as a corporate lawyer for the Alliance, a combination government and business organization that runs most of the world. When she stumbles into a secret meeting that offers a new life in a hidden undersea colony governed by the principles of science and equality, she jumps at the chance to start over.

Creations have become the new enemy in the America. With the Vojin manipulating the Guidance, no Creation is safe, and the America will be defenseless against the Zombies that now roam freely. Unless Kylie can find the light within her that has laid dormant for so long. Is there any hope for the people of the America? Can Kylie find it within herself to rise up into the person she truly is? There is one possibility for saving everyone and restoring freedom and safety to the land. But it will force Kylie to choose between who she is and who she wants to be.

The walking dead besiege the twins forces, turning even Creations wrong. With the help of an unexpected pact, the twins begin discovering who they really are. But now their former masters threaten to destroy their soul and their world. Every good commander knows to negotiate first. Can Kylie and Luke convince the Vojin to roll back the virus and let humanity live? Or will they be forced to go to war with an enemy that will do anything to wipe out humanity?

“No matter how hard it gets, there’s always a version of you who can fight a little longer.” Laney’s world collapsed when she caught her dad cheating. He begged her not to tell, but she did. Her family fell apart and regret consumes her, especially when she learns every decision she makes spawns a new universe for the opposite choice. If only she could skip sideways to the Laney who didn’t tell. But her only escape is through her imagination, until a news story blurs the lines between worlds.