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Kiss Kill Vanish by Jessica Martinez

Kiss Kill Vanish by Jessica Martinez

Young Adult Suspense. 432 pages. Print, e-Book. Valentina Cruz no longer exists. One moment, she was wrapped in Emilio’s arms, melting into his kiss. The next, she was witnessing the unthinkable: a murder in cold blood, ordered by her father and carried out by her boyfriend. When Emilio pulled the trigger, Valentina disappeared. She made a split-second decision to shed her identity and flee her […]

October 15, 2014 / 0 Comments
Remake by Ilima Todd

Remake by Ilima Todd

A World Where Freedom Isn’t a Choice Nine is the ninth female born in her batch of ten females and ten males. By design, her life in Freedom Province is without complications or consequences. However, such freedom comes with a price. the Prime Maker is determined to keep that price a secret from the new batches of citizens that are born, nurture, and raised androgynously. […]

October 14, 2014 / 0 Comments
Not In the Script by Amy Finnegan

Not In the Script by Amy Finnegan

Millions of people witnessed Emma Taylor’s first kiss—a kiss that needed twelve takes and four camera angles to get right. After spending years performing on cue, Emma can’t help but wonder if any part of her life is real anymore… particularly her romances. She’s been burned by heartthrobs (and the press) one too many times, but there’s something about Emma’s co-star on her new TV […]

October 13, 2014 / 2 Comments
Death Coming Up the Hill by Chris Crowe

Death Coming Up the Hill by Chris Crowe

YA Historical. 208 pages. Print, e-Book. It’s 1968, and war is not foreign to seventeen-year-old Ashe. His dogmatic, racist father married his passionate peace-activist mother when she became pregnant with him, and ever since, the couple, like the situation in Vietnam, has been engaged in a “senseless war that could have been prevented.” When his high school history teacher dares to teach the political realities […]

October 8, 2014 / 0 Comments
Painting Kisses by Melanie Jacobson

Painting Kisses by Melanie Jacobson

Lia Carswell is good at what she does, even if it isn’t as glamorous as her old artist life in Manhattan. The popular waitress works hard in a small Salt Lake City diner, with the goal of easing her sister’s financial strain. And with her witty personality and good looks, she’s something of an enigma to the male customers who vie for her attention. Ever […]

October 3, 2014 / 5 Comments
The Accidental Apprentice by Anika Arrington

The Accidental Apprentice by Anika Arrington

Brilliant and ambitious, Rezdin the Wizard has one goal: impress the king, but he answers to Baron von Dappenshien who refuses him access to Court. Before Rezdin can maneuver himself into the limelight, the king charges von Dappenshien for treason, and Rezdin goes to ground. The wizard finds himself dependent upon the wits and good will of a starving street urchin. But what can he […]

October 2, 2014 / 0 Comments
Pretty Little Dead Girls by Mercedes M. Yardley

Pretty Little Dead Girls by Mercedes M. Yardley

“Run, Star Girl.” Bryony Adams is destined to be murdered, but fortunately Fate has terrible marksmanship. In order to survive, she must run as far and as fast as she can. After arriving in Seattle, Bryony befriends a tortured musician, a market fish-thrower, and a starry-eyed hero who is secretly a serial killer bent on fulfilling Bryony’s dark destiny. A dark and lovely fairy tale […]

September 29, 2014 / 0 Comments
The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place by Julie Berry

The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place by Julie Berry

There’s a murderer on the loose—but that doesn’t stop the girls of St. Etheldreda’s from attempting to hide the death of their headmistress in this rollicking farce. Set in 1890 England, the students of St. Etheldreda’s School for Girls face a bothersome dilemma. Their irascible headmistress, Mrs. Plackett, and her surly brother, Mr. Godding, have been most inconveniently poisoned at Sunday dinner. Pocked Louise suspects […]

September 25, 2014 / 2 Comments
Sky Jumpers: The Forbidden Flats by Peggy Eddleman

Sky Jumpers: The Forbidden Flats by Peggy Eddleman

Escape one danger. Jump into another… Twelve-year-old Hope has always felt a little different from everyone else who lives in White Rock. She tries hard, but she doesn’t always think before she acts. She takes big risks. Sometimes her risks pay off, but sometimes they fail. Sometimes she fails. Hope knows that the most dangerous thing about living in White Rock is that it’s so […]

September 24, 2014 / 2 Comments
My Name is Bryan by Stacy Lynn Carroll

My Name is Bryan by Stacy Lynn Carroll

If your friends jumped off a cliff, would you jump too? Bryan chose to dive. Moments later, as he lay on the beach, unable to move his arms or legs, two questions ran through his mind: Would he walk again? And would he ever have kids? Based on the incredible true story of life, love, and never giving up. Read excerpt  Title: My Name is […]

September 19, 2014 / 0 Comments