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It’s the night of senior prom, and eighteen-year-old Julia has made a pact with her friends. (Yes, that kind of pact.) They have secured a secluded cabin in the woods, one night without parental supervision, and plenty of condoms. But as soon as they leave the dance, the pact begins to unravel. Alex’s grandmother is undergoing emergency surgery, and he and his date rush to the hospital. Zoe’s trying to figure out how she feels about getting off the waitlist at Yale―and how to tell her girlfriend.

In 2009, Juliet Patterson was recovering from a serious car accident when she learned her father had died by suicide. His death was part of a disturbing pattern in her family. Her father’s father had taken his own life; so had her mother’s. Over the weeks and months that followed, grieving and in physical pain, Patterson kept returning to one question: Why? Why had her family lost so many men, so many fathers, and what lay beneath the silence that had taken hold?

Vincent slipped between worlds once again, saving us all in the process. He's a Walker, it's what he does. Sure, he tried to kill me once, but that was in the past. The last thing I wanted was for him to go away, especially since our rocky past has authorities questioning his disappearance. A string of thefts is the perfect excuse to go to the city. Dodging the office is a little easier while helping MyTH on a case, but if Vincent doesn't surface soon, I don't need Gran to predict that my future contains bars.

Working with my arm in a sling isn’t easy, but if it keeps the military from having access to the team, I’m all for it. Besides, the body count is rising, and magic is in the air - there’s a lot of work to go around. Being injured isn’t the only hardship. My partners aren’t inclined to ask me to read, even to help with a case. Not that I blame them. The last time I read the path, I died. The time before that, I killed someone. Now, I can’t even seem to reach the path. With the damaged I caused, it’s for the best.

It’s one thing to have bad dreams, it’s another to hunt them. Boone needed backup, so the team is going into a steaming rain forest. Searching out the lost in remote places was par for the course, but the lurking monster and forbidding terrain were not the only complications we faced.

Breaker did the one thing he swore he’d never do - leave his little brother Brody behind. All for a chance to save the planet he hates from a mad queen. But the Queen Mother is determined to find the galaxy’s biggest payload of dark matter, which means Scarlatti is still in danger. And the clock is ticking. With the fate of his friends, his family, and the entire planet of Scarlatti in his hands, Breaker must decide how far he is willing to go to try to save them all. Because this time, he has nothing left to give save himself.

Gwyneth knows her family is different than the others in her village in the northern reaches of the Tireoghain. The old ways are slowly fading, but she still believes in the Tuathe De, the Sidhe, even though many scoff at the ancient legends as children's stories. When she finds a wounded man in the forest just before Beltane, Gwyneth must choose between an ordinary life in her village or a chance to train as a daughter of the Blood as the veil thins between the mortal world and the fae world.

Breaker sacrificed everything - his home, his hand, even his relationship with his little brother - for the chance to escape Scarlatti’s war and find peace in their ancestral home. But time is running out. Supplies are low, Brody hasn’t recovered from his concussion, and Breaker’s right to lead is looking rather grim. When a stranger arrives, Breaker realizes the world outside Scarlatti is so much bigger than even he could ever dream.

Eleven women confront dramas both everyday and outlandish in Caitlin Horrocks' This Is Not Your City. In stories as darkly comic as they are unflinching, people isolated by geography, emotion, or circumstance cut imperfect paths to peace - they have no other choice. Horrocks' women find no simple escapes, and their acts of faith and acts of imagination in making do are as shrewd as they are surprising.

Breaker's home is cleaved by blood. The three tribes on the planet Scarlatti, whose only difference is their blood color, each want to exploit Breaker's valley for themselves. The feudal tension has already claimed red-blood Breaker's leg and his older brother. Now all this 18-year-old wants is to maintain the tenuous peace in order to keep his little 'stroid of a brother alive.

Wild Monsters Dance About is a collection of 21 short stories that will take into author M.J. Sewall’s unruly mind. These finely tuned tales jump through genres, concepts and characters, predicaments, adventures, and conundrums. Whether about everyday-science going terribly wrong in "Unintended Science" to animal evolution suddenly speeding up in "It Finally happened" or the prickly family politics of road trips in "Sibling Warfare", these stories will thrill, delight, and discombobulate your imagination.

Princess the cat discovers that the new neighbor may be her worst enemy yet - and the most powerful. She receives a secret message from a spy, a friend goes missing, and she uncovers a traitor in her own domain. Can Princess defeat an enemy with unheard of powers and strength?

Princess the cat rules over her domain with a firm paw. But everything changes when her humans commit the worst insult imaginable: they bring home a kitten. The clueless, untrained housemate comes at exactly the wrong time. Snarl the coyote is hungry, and he's making a move on Princess' territory…Princess must not only protect her turf, but she also needs to show the new kid the ropes. It's the only way she can prevent her subjects from becoming Snarl's snacks. Can she train the kitten, control her kingdom, and save the neighborhood all at the same time?

Princess the Cat meets farm animals while on vacation in the country. Enemies threaten the farm. When Princess encounters a long-lost friend, she learns that more is at stake than just the farm. Entangled in a knotted yarn of lies, can Princess win the trust of the farm animals to save the farm, and even the world?

Ariel Swimworthy thought her life was perfect. She was the new captain of her school's swim team, she had a new best friend, and even a shiny new crush to dream about. And then her father pulled her off the team to join a boring business academy. Now, the only way to swim again is to accept the help of her ex-boyfriend, Eric Shipman. Eric shredded Ariel's heart when he lied to her, and she's determined not to get back with him. But its hard to be around someone who knows your deepest, darkest secrets. Even harder when that someone will do anything to win you back.

Adopted by a loving owner of a children's home, Gloria still had a lot to overcome. She had a terrible secret she didn't want anyone to know that explained why her face was droopy on one side. She was kept out of school to protect her from bullies, but she wanted to learn to read more than anything in the world. She felt she had no one to turn to until a magical unicorn named Sir Louie befriends her. Can he help her learn to love and accept herself?

Haroun became infamous throughout 12th century Europe for his skill at combat, only rivaled by his notoriety as the land's favorite killer-for-hire. Haroun's actions have gained him everything he's ever desired. But after years of killing without question, he begins to follow his conscience after meeting Gabriella. Gabriella of Mordo, daughter to a powerful ruler, was to be married to a stranger, but has shunned the life of a lady, instead studying warfare and combat with the goal to fight in the Crusades.

In a mixed-up trip where Wonderland meets hell, it’s survival of the fittest, and having a shattered soul means it’s even harder to stay alive. In this alien landscape full of monsters, there’s no rest, and the chance of death is high. Not only are we hunted, but the threat of the void is always present.

The Château du Ciel was once the destination for the rich and famous to play, drink and ski—complete with a private railway to shuttle those desiring extra privacy—now, however, the guests are few and far between. The New Year’s Eve party was supposed to hoist the rundown hotel back to its former status, until a massive blizzard hits, trapping the guests who’ve come to celebrate the grand hotel’s last hurrah. The circumstances might even be romantic, if the hotel wasn't reputed to be haunted.

Ever since the hitman’s daughter, Mave Michael Francis, learned she is the owner of a crumbling grand hotel, life has been upside-down. Not only is she struggling to fit into her new role and to reconcile with her incarcerated father, but a string of bizarre burglaries is plaguing the nearby village. Meanwhile, the hotel director is running ghost tours to drum up desperately needed revenue, and Mave’s staff is scrambling to host an over-the-top goth wedding. Mave needs to ensure the event is a success to rescue the hotel from bankruptcy.