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Born in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Greer, Joya Mia, and Kiki are seventh graders and the best of friends. After an accident leaves Greer's little sister paralyzed, Greer is forever changed by the experience and blames herself. Kiki and Joya Mia will do anything to help Greer let go of this emotional burden, and a plan is hatched to compete in a triathlon. Each girl will participate: Kiki will swim, Joya Mia will cycle, and Greer, if they can persuade her, will run—something she once loved to do.

The year is 1995 and Marley Gallagher is obsessed with her new computer…and the guys she meets in AOL chat rooms—they’re the perfect escape from her introverted nature and strict upbringing. A townie, and a shy one at that, Marley is finally embracing a little independence as she moves into her first dorm.

A newlywed couple purchase a much desired haunted house with disastrous results, a young woman may lose her job and mind on the way to Alaska, and a group of high school girls attempt immortality in a last resort to save a friend. Connell takes on patriarchy and culture with a singular voice that will make you think, laugh, and shiver long after you finish listening.

From the day my tribe was cursed by a rival shaman 200 years ago, my life has been nothing but a dreary, loveless existence. The one day I can shed my raven form, I'm reminded all over of the pain and loss of those I had to leave behind. I will never subject myself to that kind of agony again—even if it swaggers in with a ridiculous Stetson hat and talks with a cute, southern drawl. Besides, what man would want to be with me when they learn of my past?

What I thought was just another after work coffee stop turned into the start of a series of events that threw me on a new path. Enter Rune, the most attractive man I’d ever seen. Somehow he found my awkward, shy self endearing. And something about him filled in the emptiness I’d felt my entire life even while surrounded by my friends and family.

The story begins in darkness—literally—as Ari wakes up to realize that staying locked in her room won’t pay her electricity bills. So when she’s offered a job with the National Drug Enforcement Bureau, she’s forced to accept or starve. This is her last chance for a new start. Except, the next day, one of her teammates is dead. The police call it a suicide, but Ari knows better. The night of her teammate’s death, she found a cryptic riddle taped to her door that poses five possible killers.

Ancient Greece, a country filled with rulers vying to keep their power as democracy grows. With a thirst for domination, King Aeneas sends his two best assassins, Adonis and Selene, to the neighboring region of Arcadia in the hope of expanding his reign. They must kill King Argus. Adonis, a well-respected captain in the assassin company, is loyal to only three things: King Aeneas, his land, and Selene. His fellow captain, Selene is as cunning as she is beautiful. Her passion for Adonis is only matched by her pursuit of Greek justice. Will they remain loyal to the maleficent ruler?

After years of pulling heist, the Great Bandit is caught. The judge discovers something different about her and gives her an opportunity that most criminals would only dream of. The Great Bandit has the ability to remember everything—she has an eidetic memory. After realizing the great potential that she could have for his country, the judge orders her to serve out eight years in the US Army and become part of the CIA. She doesn't want to go, but it was either this or 30 years in prison for all the robberies she committed.

Elle and Colin find themselves ripped apart without warning. As Colin desperately tries to find Elle, she's desperately trying not to lose her mind. Joe, Colin, Jenna, and Ben work hard to rescue Elle, but even if they get her to safety, will she ever really be safe? Will her life ever really be her own? She and Colin may forever be looking over their shoulders, wondering, waiting.

Abused by her husband. Dealing with the loss of her only sister. A suicide attempt that doesn’t end in death, and a husband who wants her inheritance. Elle’s life is a catastrophe. But she has a list, and 30 things she’s determined to accomplish. Love isn't on that list, but it comes crashing unexpectedly into her life.

It’s a sick world down there, and it keeps getting darker and more wicked every year! Friends become enemies. Families are ruined. Marriages collapse. Pride, anger, bitterness, and jealousy dwell in human hearts like a perpetual disease. People now live in fear, ready to attack out of defense or pounce on the weak, and are able to stomp on anyone who gets in their way! And that’s where I come in. Alfred Deston. Case worker #296752. I’m one of the managers who work in heaven, and I definitely have my work cut out for me!

Queen Sati rules her city with wisdom and grace. She has the respect of her people, knowledge of the gods, and faith that her plans to lead them into a brighter tomorrow are ready to take place. Ahm is a teen coming into her own. Living near the market square of the city with her mother, the girl’s insight, compassion, and beauty has everyone she comes in contact with seeing her as a jewel of Egypt. When a chance encounter between the two turns into a friendship, both will be tested beyond what they could have imagined, or wanted.

Not even Death can keep us apart. Dying was supposed to be permanent, but Death had a different plan for me. I was told to awaken and take back my power. But since I came back to life with only a few faint scars to show for it, I didn’t feel so powerful. Though everyone around me believed I was.

To the annual game where teenage competitors search Sky Manor for the key to open a vault hidden behind the deceptive walls. The winner will have the wealth of a lifetime, but there is one catch.

Flora has spent her entire life hiding in the trees and ignoring the cursed, poisonous larkspur growing from her ankle and eating away at her life. She lets her anxiety and fear control her, but fate forces her hand when her adopted mother is kidnapped by a cruel witch. The only way to save her is to find the magic shards of her family’s amulet scattered throughout her land. With no time to waste, Flora sets out with her best friend, and along the way they meet a darkly intriguing stranger. But Flora is running out of time and can’t succumb to distractions.

Darcy Miller spends her days working at her best friend’s veterinary clinic and her nights cozied up with a romance novel and her pet hedgehog, Bernie. Darcy prefers a quiet life, avoiding change like a plague, and feeling a strong loyalty to her family, friends, and Aveline-- the small, quirky town she was born in. Aveline transported you back to a time when things were simple, slower, and where everyone knew everyone.

Most runes are forbidden within Aitera. Those who create them are executed, or bound for fear they’d be the one prophesized to destroy the crown. Cybele cherished and adored the magic within her father’s stories of love and adventure until a curse stilled his beating heart, provoking fear within hers.

Jade is skeptical when Kat suggests she visit Doctor Luci Veda. She only grows more skeptical when she visits the eerie shop on Lotus Lane and finds that Dr. Veda is not your conventional doctor. Luci Veda gives Jade a vial of lavender pills, secured with a cork. Unconvinced but desperate, Jade takes the pills before bed as recommended.

As a high priestess of the goddess Callandra, Elya lived a life of devotion and service. Targeted, seduced, and then betrayed by Callandra's enemy, she is finally free of the spell that left her responsible for endless pain and suffering. Unable to forgive herself or forget her actions, she sees only one solution: she must travel to the Temple of Atonement and petition for the ritual that will erase all memories of her life before. But travel to the temple is a dangerous journey; one she cannot complete on her own.

Josephine ("Jo") Hayes is in her final year at Westgate University, a prestigious school tucked within the mountains of New England. As a journalism major and lead media liaison for the Westgate District Attorney, she remains on track to finish school and start her career. Everything spirals when a fellow Westgate student goes missing, and the search brings to light the university’s troubling history. As Jo finds herself at the center of a massive investigation, she is haunted by the secrets around her, a cult-like fraternity, and the unsolved murder of her mother.