Absolution, Henry Hack
A teenager, Joey “Noonz” Mastronunzio, is forced to participate in a home invasion in Queens leaving a young couple dead and their infant son an orphan. Although he did not pull the trigger, he is determined to atone for his actions that night by joining the Marines Corps and then joining the seminary after his
Healers, Brooke Reynolds
Dr. Scott Weaver, a snarky middle-aged dead man with a gift, hates his job. After committing suicide when one of his patients dies on the table, Scott wakes to find himself stuck in his own personal purgatory where he can only leave if he works as a “Healer” to save all the poor citizens of
Clover, Nicole Kilpatrick
So much for the luck of the Irish. When a handsome leprechaun reveals himself to Clover O’Leary on her eighteenth birthday, she is faced with three hard facts. One: he is the reason for her remarkably charmed life. Two: her luck has now taken a turn for the worse. Three: her name is a curse;
The Munchkins, Candice Zee
Thirteen extraordinary children with mysterious powers. Their loving and protective father. And a sociopathic neighbor who knows them better than they know themselves. When Capricorn Munch and her twelve siblings appear outside a children’s home, no one, including themselves, knows who they are or where they came from. At ten years old they stop aging,
Badgerblood: Awakening, S.C. Monson
Few dare venture into the Borwood Timberland—a vast forest steeped in sky-piercing trees, demon creatures, and legend. Few, except Kor. An ancient gift pulses in his veins. The blood of shifting kings and queens flows through him. But he has forgotten his past and his lineage. Oblivious to his power, blind to his gift, his
The Rain: The Beginning, Marietta Standlee
A highly advanced alien race discovers that Earth is the perfect greenhouse for their plants. The only problem is, they need to change our climate and get rid of the pesky humans. Vivian has no idea that her world is about to change forever when she and her friends enjoy a trip to an amusement
Grace, Grit & Gratitude, Tara Coyote
To the outside eye, it looked like Tara Coyote was living the perfect life in the suburbs with her musician husband, successful Pilates studio and Brady Bunch type family. What the outside world didn’t see was the pivotal event that turned her life upside down. Grace, Grit and Gratitude is one woman’s story of a
An Invitation: My Bloody Valentine, Jasmine Hill
Accept it if you dare… Twenty-four-year-old personal trainer Bree Lewis has no time for love, so a mysterious invitation to a Valentine’s Weekend Gala has her intrigued. It seems crazy to accept, but perhaps she’ll meet a hot guy there who’ll be the distraction she desperately needs…even if the gala is taking place at a
Cold Snap, Codi Schneider
Tucked in the cold Colorado mountains lies the remote village of Gray Birch, a place where outsiders are frowned upon. In this village lives a cat named Bijou. But she’s no ordinary house cat; her ancestors were mousers on Viking longships, and their blood runs through her veins. Since her battle skills are hardly needed
The Other Hamlet Brother, Luke Swanson
Meet Tim Hamlet, the identical twin brother of the famously melancholy Danish prince. Tim has abandoned royal life and is trying (and failing) to make it as a playwright in London. But then, tragedy rears its ugly head–King Hamlet dies, Claudius takes the throne, and young Hamlet dons an “antic disposition.” Tim charts a course
The Crossing Gate, Asiel R. Lavie
She can’t grow up. Literally. In the kingdom of Elpax, juveniles must walk through the mysterious Crossing Gate to become adults—and seventeen-year-old Lenora is determined that her third attempt at crossing to adulthood will be successful. Even though adulthood means facing horrible realities, such as sin-spots appearing on her body whenever she commits a sin,
Appaloosa Sky, K. Blanton Brenner
At only eleven years old, Ginny Spangler is left orphaned after a horse theft gone bad. As Ginny grows from a self-reliant young girl to the fiery matriarch of a sprawling Texas ranch family, she passes on her resiliency and bold spirit to her nieces, Scottie, Rory, and Georgie O’Brien – sisters that are growing
If I Could Live Again, C. Ingrid Deringer
Sometimes dreams do come true—but not in the way we expect. Spanning three generations and nearly one hundred years, this is a heart-wrenching story about love, loss, family—both blood and the people you choose, spiritual connection, and a dream coming true in an unexpected way. In 1925, Margaret, born with a gift for music, is
Shadow Shinjuku, Ryu Takeshi
The streets of Tokyo are different at night. There is darkness behind the glitter and the neon lights, and people who prefer to stay in the shadows, to dwell in the underworld – whores, gangsters, the homeless, the lost. People like Sato. He’s part of this world, he always has been, but a feeling of
Pink Elephants, Christy Texeira
When her five-year-old daughter came home from school with bodily bruises, it was assumed to be innocent schoolyard play. But when she woke in the middle of the night to an unstoppable bloody nose, it became the beginning of a heart wrenching journey through doctor’s visits and a family’s struggle to make life-and-death decisions in
The Three Kingdoms: The Sown Seed, Mark J Musser
Fantasy collides with history in this rousing coming of age story filled with vengeful rulers, violent warriors, unimaginable weapons, and hellish beasts! The bastion city of Karastian defiantly withstood the aggression of the militant Surxii for over eleven hundred years. This impenetrable fortress, surrounded by twenty square miles of forty-foot walls, valiantly repelled twenty-two previous
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson
Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder – and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced financial journalist
The Emerald of Viridian, Claire Norsworthy
When she’s awake, nobody sees her. When she sleeps, they all come out to kill her. Katie Edwards has always been a loner and an outsider, but after an epic humiliation at school, her life is about to change. That night, a heartbroken Katie falls asleep in her bed but awakens on an island paradise
Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn
On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick’s clever and beautiful wife disappears from their rented McMansion on the Mississippi River. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn’t doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams about the slope and shape of
City of Bones, Cassandra Clare
When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder― much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It’s hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible