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Evie doesn’t have a choice. One day she’s an ordinary 17-year-old, grieving for her mother. The next, she’s a Shield, the result of a decades-old experiment gone wrong, bound by DNA to defend her best friend from an unknown killer. The threat could come at home, at school, anywhere. All Evie knows is that it will be a fight to the death. And then there’s Jamie. Irresistible. Off-limits.

Meet Beatrix Plumb. Sixteen. Smart. Budding idealist, full-fledged romantic, chronic self-doubter and divinely equipped to have a regular junior year. But Bee’s on the outs, wavering between invisible and miserable because her best friend Kate (sixteen, budding Jungian analyst) now has a serious boyfriend and Bee realizes she has nothing. Hopeful dreamer that she is, Bee takes control of her life with a personal Junior Year Manifesto: 1) Be awesome enough to like herself and her life; and 2) Get Owen to notice her. Owen's the high school quarterback she's been in love with since kindergarten.

Isadora Stilton and Quinn Avery have known each other since before they were ten. They continued being friends through puberty and into high school. Alas, first love withers under the long, icy axe of college acceptance letters. The two young lovers decide to say goodbye to each other and hello to successful careers, his as an actor and hers as a writer. Years later, the dance of life brings them both around to see each other again, and an unexpected health crisis brings them closer than ever before.

Life was complicated enough for Sivia before Keeley came into her life. Her parents' divorce leaves her with a self-centered Dad, resentful Mom, and a brother who overeats to try to deal with it all. But when the new student, obnoxious and legless Keeley, becomes her project partner, her life becomes even more complicated.

Two months, six countries, one chance to fall in love . . . travel the world in this swoony enemies-to-lovers romance for fans of Love and Gelato, The Summer of Broken Rules and Jenny Han. Margot is That Girl – she's built her online audience from scratch and though her posts may seem shallow...

Schon seit vielen Jahren rechnet Orion Pagan damit, dass er wegen seiner ernsten Herzerkrankung bald sterben wird. Um nicht länger jeden Tag in Angst zu leben und sich von geliebten Menschen verabschieden zu können, meldet er sich beim Todesboten an. Orion und Valentino begegnen sich, mitten im Herzen New Yorks, und ihre Verbundenheit ist sofort unumstößlich. Doch als die ersten Todesboten-Anrufe die Runde machen, ändert sich alles.

Wat gebeurt er wanneer de paden van een Engelse spion en een fae elkaar kruisen? Samson Calthorpe heeft er alles voor over om zijn vader te helpen, dus als hij gevraagd wordt om een spion te worden aan het Engelse hof, hapt hij meteen toe. Alyth Graham is een bastaard van een faeprins en een menselijke moeder. Ze houdt de man van de Schotse koningin, lord Darnley, al jaren in de gaten. Het enige dat Alyth en Samson met elkaar delen is hun haat voor lord Darnley.

When the spoiled Anusha Singh turns 25, her father forces her to marry the son of his friend. Siddharth Khanna is a successful steel industrialist who falls in love with the displeased Anusha on sight, but unfortunately for him, she doesn’t feel the same way. Will he be able to win her heart in the end?

17-year-old Sahar has been in love with her best friend, Nasrin, since they were six. They've shared stolen kisses and romantic promises. But Iran is a dangerous place for two girls in love - Sahar and Nasrin could be beaten, imprisoned, even executed if their relationship came to light. So they carry on in secret - until Nasrin's parents announce that they've arranged for her marriage.

Namaku Asyara Dwista. Keluargaku sering memanggilku Syasya, sedangkan yang lain biasa memanggilku Asya. Aku baru menginjak kelas 11 SMA. Aku termasuk gadis pendiam yang tidak terlalu menyukai keramaian atau bahkan obrolan, hobi yang pantas untukku hanyalah membaca buku. Aku anak pertama dari tiga bersaudara, bisa dibilang aku yang berbeda dari adik-adikku. Bukan karena aku cacat fisik atau mempunyai kekurangan, melainkan aku diperlakukan berbeda dari adik-adikku.

Kurt et Kenna se sont tout promis. Jusqu'où les mèneront leurs promesses ? Il y a des amitiés qui semblent écrites dans les étoiles. Celle de Kenna et Kurt en fait partie. Fusionnels depuis leur plus jeune âge, ils comprennent d'un regard ce que personne d'autre ne peut voir. Mais l'université les sépare pour la première fois… Dans la solitude de leurs nuits d'étudiants, chacun se bat avec ses propres démons. Kurt s'enfonce dans une spirale d'alcool et de coups d'un soir, incapable d'accepter qu'il ne ressente pas le désir comme les autres.

It’s just that telling the truth is so . . . tricky. She knows she shouldn’t be making out with a drama club hottie behind her football-player boyfriend’s back. She should probably admit that she can’t stand eating quahogs (clams), especially since she’s running for Quahog Princess in...

A Stella Grant le gusta tener el control, a pesar de no poder dominar sus propios pulmones, que la han tenido en el hospital la mayor parte de su vida. Por encima de todo, Stella necesita controlar su espacio para mantenerse alejada de cualquier persona o cosa que pueda transmitirle una infección y poner en peligro su trasplante de pulmón. Dos metros de distancia. Sin excepciones. En cuanto a Will Newman, lo único que quiere controlar es cómo salir de este hospital. No le importan sus tratamientos, o si hay una nueva medicación en ensayo clínico.

The first book in Anna Carey’s chilling Eve trilogy, Eve is perfect for fans of The Handmaiden’s Tale. After a deadly virus wiped out most of Earth's population, the world is a terrifying place. Eighteen-year-old Eve has grown up isolated from the rest of the destroyed world in an all-girls...

A fresh and funny contemporary YA rom-com about teens working as costumed characters in a local amusement park. Elouise (Lou) Parker is determined to have the absolute best, most impossibly epic summer of her life. There are just a few things standing in her way: She's landed a job at Magic...

There are two sides to every story. The surface reality that’s presented to the world. And then, there’s the other side. The real one. The one that matters. Seventeen-year-old self-proclaimed asshole Toby Page is alone. No friends. No family. He trades maintenance work in exchange for room and board. Every day, he fights demons no one else can see. Every day, he wants to give up. But he can’t. Not yet. When Alice Eliot moves in downstairs, she offers Toby some light in his dark world.

In a timely update of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi skillfully balances cultural identity, class, and gentrification against the heady magic of first love in her vibrant reimagining of this beloved classic. A smart, funny, gorgeous retelling starring...

Andie has a plan. And she always sticks to her plan. Future? A top-tier medical school. Dad? Avoid him as much as possible (which isn't that hard considering he's a congressman and he's never around). Friends? Palmer, Bri, and Toby - pretty much the most awesome people on the planet. Who needs anyone else? Relationships? No one's worth more than three weeks. So it's no surprise that Andie's got her summer all planned out, too.

Mom’s sick. Desperate to get some sunshine and relaxation, my parents packed up my brother and I and moved us to a small ranch in Montana. I’m not really interested in making friends. Not when my time with my mother might be cut short.

My enemy had seen me naked. He was holding the proof right before my eyes, and my stomach lurched sickeningly. "Seems like you had too much to drink last night," he remarked in that condescending tone he always used with me. I looked up at him as he stood watching me from the doorway with his attitude of superiority. In that moment of weakness, I actually tried to plead with him. "Please. I've never done anything to you." "Begging me on your knees. That's a good start."