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I am seizing the patriarchy by the balls, and I’m going to give it a vasectomy. I may have been crowned Queen, but it rapidly becomes clear that the title doesn’t come with an iota of respect: in fact, it’s a death sentence. My enemies have handed me a crown and now they’re sitting back to see how long I can keep it. Challenges will be coming thick and fast, and I need to be prepared. Luckily, Esme was born ready and I’m a fast learner.

With his 15th birthday just around the corner, Arnold Ethon's feeling the pressure. He still doesn't have a Spirit Beast, that special creature deeply connected to a person's soul. It's like a mirror of their inner self. Some lucky ones get unique powers that match their Spirit Beast, while others can even make these mystical beings appear in the real world. But Arnold? He's still waiting for his to show up.

Sixteen-year-old Sunshine is reluctantly gaining control over her powers as a Luiseach. But while she explores her mystical lineage, she discovers a dangerous discordance - one only she can heal.

After Aunt Avril comes to Star Valley in pursuit of a supernatural killer, people begin disappearing, and the lives of those McKayla holds most dear are threatened. When the janitor reveals that an ancient curse, known as a geis, has awakened deadly powers that defy explanation, McKayla is forced to come to terms with what is real and what is fantasy.

College was supposed to be all about booze and boys. For Zoe Lake, though, it's all about monsters and mayhem. An incoming freshman at Covenant College, Zoe is excited to meet her roommates and attend classes. There's only one problem: Covenant College isn't all it's purported to be.

“Devon” the voice whispered in the darkness, sounding neither near nor far. Devon Alante wishes she could feel as excited about her junior year of high school as her friends do. But while they’re going to parties, planning for college, and falling in love, Devon struggles with crippling dreams that have plagued her as far back as she can remember. It isn’t until she hears a voice calling her name though, that she realizes the dreams are becoming reality.

Just days after her mothers sudden death in a freak accident, Calla is sent to spend the rest of the summer with her grandmother in Lily Dale, a mysterious town of psychics where nothing is really as it seems. But to unlock the secrets behind her mothers death, Calla must first accept her newfound gift. The longer Calla stays, the stranger things become and as her own senses begin to awaken, she wonders if her mothers hidden past could explain her death.

Raised by parents who work deep within the US intelligence agency, Zoe Dixon has picked up a few skills along the way. When her family moves to a new town, Zoe thinks it’s business as usual. But that all changes when a student turns up dead at her new school.

While Siena sleeps, she dreams of a child … a child who is being hunted … a child she is convinced is her future daughter—her’s and Luca’s. Siena prays her dreams of this beautiful little girl are nothing more than horrible nightmares, but when this child begins haunting her in her waking hours Siena realizes she cannot ignore this dream child or the secrets she holds.

Kai Takashi thought his biggest problem was surviving high school. That was before the visions—dark glimpses of apocalyptic events—began to tear apart his ordinary life. Now, the weight of a prophecy hangs over him, thrusting him into a world where shadows whisper, and reality bends. With an ancient power awakening and the fate of his town—and maybe the world—in his hands.

Since her father disappeared while in Afghanistan, Rylee Everley has been taking things one day at a time. After burying their friend over the summer, she and her friends returned to school for their junior year. While her friends are worried about career choices and the future, she hangs on to a secret. Witches exist, and they live here among us. She has been asked to help vanquish a half witch who has caused some problems with only a wisp trapped in a necklace to help her, her own manifesting gifts, and cryptic dreams to guide her.

From the time college co-ed Arielle Lloyd had been young, she had been able to hear the thoughts and feel the pain of certain others, and those she comes to think of as her special group. One friend’s dabbling with spells and magic showed her the power of love that can endure beyond the grave. But another friend’s terrifying encounter with a warlock left Arielle wary of those who claim otherworldly powers. On holiday in the south of France, a chance encounter could change her mind. Or could cost her life.