Maddie Martin’s first weekend at college is nothing like she’s used to. It’s wild, like the wilderness on which the University of Bellam Springs sits. Roped into going to a fraternity party, she literally runs into Kyle Hadley. The boy she’s loved since she was nine. The boy she promised all of her firsts to. But that was before his father killed her parents. Determined […]
Are you ever really innocent until proven guilty? Sophia Naziri is wanted for questioning in the murder of a U.S. senator. She’s worried the police will show up on her doorstep any moment, but when Detective Colby Black appears, it’s to help her put out a kitchen fire, not take her in. Yet. His easy smile and persistence in getting to know her pushes all […]
To all appearances, Miss Omega Chartley is a schoolteacher on holiday. In fact she is a gentlewoman fallen on hard times, left at the altar eight years earlier and forced to make her own way in the world after the loss of her family fortune. Omega’s modest tour of England is cut short when she comes to the aid of a runaway. Jamie Clevenden has […]
A tale of two princesses—one with magic, one with none—who dare seek love in a world where real choice can never be theirs. Ailsbet loves nothing more than music; tall and red-haired, she’s impatient with the artifice and ceremony of her father’s court. Marissa adores the world of her island home and feels she has much to offer when she finally inherits the throne from […]
More than anything, Joel wants to be a Rithmatist. Chosen by the Master in a mysterious inception ceremony, Rithmatists have the power to infuse life into two-dimensional figures known as Chalklings. Rithmatists are humanity’s only defense against the Wild Chalklings—merciless creatures that leave mangled corpses in their wake. Having nearly overrun the territory of Nebrask, the Wild Chalklings now threaten all of the American Isles. As the […]
When twelve-year-old Sara Bogus finds an emerald ring that once belonged to Cleopatra, she couldn’t have anticipated where it would take her. With the help of BFF, Heidi Hitchins, and the super-cute foreign-exchange student, Kainu, Sara discovers an unsettling connection between the recent burglaries in her neighborhood and her new piece of jewelry. Strange things happen when Sara wears the ring, and she must discover […]
Congratulations the winners on a job well done! And a ginormous THANK YOU to all those behind-the-scenes people who make the Whitney Awards and Gala possible. EVERNEATH By Brodi Ashton Best Young Adult Speculative Novel AFTER HELLO By Lisa Mangum Best Young Adult General Novel THE FALSE PRINCE By Jennifer A. Nielsen Best Middle Grade Novel THE RENT COLLECTOR By Camron Wright Best General Novel […]
Brooke Clayton is in trouble. Deep in the shadowy woods outside Nashville, the young activist stumbled on something she was never meant to see—something she can never reveal if she values her life. Now, as an unknown enemy closes in, she must take drastic measures to disappear. Brooke’s only hope for survival is to accept help from her uncle, Major Christopher Dane, and his team […]
As targets of the failed hit-job in Utah’s Dixie, Brody Conway and Floyd Barker, having become a pair of major liabilities to the drug-trafficking industry, are now languishing in the Washington County Jail. After the first attempt on their lives by a couple of his old army buddies, proved fruitless, the Chicago drug lord, “Rube” Rubinski decided to dispatch a highly skilled professional to finish […]
When Avery Shaw’s heart is shattered by her life-long best friend, she chooses to deal with it the only way she knows how—scientifically. The state science fair is coming up and Avery decides to use her broken heart as the topic of her experiment. She’s going to find the cure. By forcing herself to experience the seven stages of grief through a series of social […]