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Blood is thicker than water. I didn't understand that expression when I was a kid. I only knew that I was closer to my brother Seth than to anyone else in the world. He was the calm to my storm, the light to my dark. We were tied to the rest of our complicated family by bonds beyond blood - love, loyalty, convenience - but as it turns out, the pull of blood is strong. Maybe even strong enough to tear me away from the person with whom I shared my very first breath.

Sadie Carter's life is a mess, as wavy and tangled as her unruly hair. At 15, she is barely surviving the chaos of her large Catholic family. When one sister becomes pregnant and another is thrown out, her unemployed dad hides his depression, and her mom hides a secret. Sadie, the peacekeeper and rule-follower, has had enough. The empty refrigerator, years of hand-me-downs, and all the secrets have to stop. She longs for something more and plans her escape. However, getting arrested was not her plan. Falling in love was not her plan.

Alixia Cavelier had a normal southern upbringing with adoring parents, friends and a beautiful country home outside of Baton Rouge. But, that all changed after her father death. Lies and deception from her mother, Lucida, altered her idyllic existence, propelling her into a life with no end and no choices. Author Noreen Harrison weaves a tale of hidden societies, family bonds, broken promises, immortality, and ultimately revenge, all set against the intriguing backdrop of New Orleans.

The residents of Swan Mirror Tower live in the lap of luxury. Along with fortune and fame, the residents have their fair share of affairs, lies, and deceit. The haunted lake behind the tower is legendary but often times underestimated. The legend of the lake has often been dismissed as a story to frighten children, but older people know better. They remember the devastation. The lives of the residents in the tower are forever changed when a woman is found floating in the mysterious Shadow Lake behind the tower.

In the zombie apocalypse, no one is safe. Not even children. That’s what twelve-year-old Josh and his friends in the Zombie Hunters Club discovered when the undead invaded their school in The Living Dead Boy. Now, Josh and the remaining Zombie Hunters are stuck on a city bus traveling across zombie-infested Texas. With fires burning on the horizon, mass evacuations underway, zombies roaming the countryside, and in-fighting among the adults on the bus creating tension, Josh has never felt so helpless. Despite his father’s insistence that the adults can handle the situation, Josh knows far too well from watching zombie movies that one person can put everyone else at risk.

The question is always asked, if you could go back in time and kill Hitler before the Holocaust, would you? But what if there was someone even worse climbing the political ladder? On the night he is elected President, Mr. Sinclair gets an unexpected visitor who claims to be from the future. She tells him the atrocities he is going to commit and gives him the choice to kill himself instead.

When Emmie receives a desperate plea for help from an old friend in Las Vegas, she doesn’t hesitate—even if it means leaving her team behind. With Jason by her side, she steps into a city that never sleeps… and neither do its ghosts. Determined to protect her friend, Nova, from the violent spirits plaguing the historic Amber House Theater, Emmie quickly hits the limits of her psychic skills. The hauntings are relentless, the illusions too convincing, and a trail of blood leads straight to a magician who has come out of retirement to perform alongside Nova.

Emmie's spring break just started. Her idyllic getaway by the ocean is everything she dreamed of. Solitude. Friends. Sunshine. A chance to get away from her psychic past. But things take a chilling turn when she’s confronted by the ghost of a murdered girl. As the restless spirit haunts her every step, Emmie soon realizes that delving into the past is attracting unwelcome attention. A mysterious presence stalks her, their intentions sinister and unknown. The darkness within Shine House is suffocating, and Emmie is holding the last candle for the family that was brutally slain there.

A bond strong enough to unite the continent is one she’ll cross realms for. Their temporary solution to a god-sized problem leaves the Compass Points with only one option–to journey beyond the veil. Carter and Juliette’s secrets, now surfaced, make the path clear. But the realm’s ruler has secrets of her own, and the machinations of the Lost God are more far-reaching than anyone expects. If they’re to restore balance and rid the continent of the mist that plagues it, Rose must trust the connection that’s been building deep in the heart of her magic since she first met the Suden Point.

Evergreen Pendre wasn't planning on going home for Yule. Graduating soon, she's desperately looking for a job. But when her Mom tells her the old coven is coming for a visit, she wants to see everyone. Well, everyone except the love she wasn't brave enough to pursue. After four and a half years, Sawyer Collins finally has a chance to reconnect with his first love, Eeva Pendre. He might have been too shy to tell her how he felt before, but he's changed. He's not the same boy mooning after his childhood friend; he's determined not to let her slip away again.

In the heart of this captivating adventure, we meet Zylo Moon, a character whose struggles mirror the anxiety and stress familiar to many. Zylo escapes into the enchanting world of Serenity, a place where robots exude warmth, and animals speak with human eloquence. This refuge of wonder and peace is suddenly threatened by the ominous Mr. Puppeteer, a villain bent on shattering the delicate balance between Zylo's fantasy and reality. Will Zylo's courage be enough to overcome this menacing force?

I'LL FIND YOU WHEN IT'S SAFE. Those were the last words Holly whispered to her six year old foster sister before the little girl fled into the trees and disappeared from existence. Fifteen years later, Cassandra Ward is still missing. Holly is haunted by the possibility that she sent her foster sister running from one monster and into the clutches of another. How else could a child vanish without a trace?

Finn is devastated. Struggling to reconcile with his mother at his father’s funeral in Southern California, Emmie and the gang do their best to support him. But after his father’s ghost warns them of a legendary curse, the truth is undeniable and heartbreaking: his death was anything but natural. Still reeling from his brother’s suicide two years earlier, Finn seeks answers at his Godfather’s historic Raven House Vineyard and home to his childhood playground—a decaying Spanish mission called “the ruins.”