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1) Hardwired
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When Lucas tested positive for the warrior gene—a genetic abnormality believed to predispose humans to violence—he was shipped off to the Bake Shop, an impregnable government facility. There, he underwent a battery of psychological tests aimed at making him crack. Now, labeled safe to return to normal life, he’s ready to put the horrific experience behind him. Then the van transporting him home is forced off the road by a group of rebels who...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Praise for Riptide: "I will scream it from the rooftops how much I love this series." "I can only say that Riptide is one of the best modern vampire stories I have ever read, and I read them all from Stephen King to Ann Rice to Stephenie Meyer." "Riptide was action packed and the fight scenes were well written but more than that it was the story of family and love, of taking responsibility, and dealing with hate when all sane avenues fail." "The...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
As her fingers move across the strings of her family’s heirloom harp, sixteen-year-old Clarion can forget. She doesn’t dwell on the recent passing of her beloved father or the fact that her mother has just sold everything they owned, including that very same instrument that gives Clarion life. She doesn’t think about how her friends treat her like a feeble, brittle thing to be protected. She doesn’t worry about how to tell the elegant Elena,...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In a time when hardship and famine rule the country, one boy finds an oasis of magic and the strength to fight for it. The Dust Bowl uprooted a lot of families and orphaned even more children. No one knows this better than Nat, a teenager who rides the rails from town to town looking for work. After helping a girl accused of witchcraft, Nat stumbles upon a home for wayward children run by a vibrant woman named Camille. She takes in children who have...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Praise for Undertow: "This series offers so much: the heartwarming family moments, the comedic back and forth banter between characters, life lessons tragically instilled." "I actually cried during a few parts of the story." "The story is well written and gripping until the very end." "If it’s written by Claudette Melanson, you’re guaranteed to have an amazing piece of literature that anyone can enjoy." 2015 Readers' Favorite Honorable Mention...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Nate is a GEM—a Genetically Engineered Medi-tissue—created by Gathos City scientists as a cure for the elite from the fatal lung rot ravaging the population. As a child, Nate was smuggled out of the laboratory where he was held captive and taken into the Withers—a quarantined, lawless region. He manages to survive by becoming a Tinkerer, fixing broken tech in exchange for food or a safe place to sleep. When he meets Reed, a...
7) Hollyweird
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Aly King is about to fall for the fallen My best friend, Des, and I totally freaked when we won the contest to meet THE Dakota Danvers in Hollywood. But now we’re finding out he’s SO not the angel everyone believes him to be. In fact, Dakota is the son of Satan, wreaking havoc on Hollywood and creating an evil army hellbent on world domination. Lucky for us, Dakota’s super-cute personal assistant, Jameson, is a fallen angel trying to get his...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
When you are a member of Britain’s first team of wizard spies, every mission might be your last. But as the dawning of the 20th century draws ever nearer, magic grows weak. Violectric Dampening, the clash of man-made electricity with the Gifts of magekind, threatens M.I.’s existence. And if that isn’t enough, they’ve now been discharged from their own government. Obsolete. Distrusted. And now hunted by one of their own. Myra Wetherby has...
9) Tiger Lily
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Lily isn't supposed to hunt game in the Daimyo's woods. She's just the cook's daughter. It isn't her place to talk to nobility. And she definitely isn't supposed to sing the forbidden old, Jindo religion songs. But Lily was born in the year of the Tiger, and can't ever be like other village girls. In the woods snaring rabbits one day, she finds instead the Daimyo's son, Ashikaga, wounded, in the gooseberry brush. When the Pretender Emperor's men...
Author
Series
Faerie revolutions duology volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
After risking her life in the mortal world, the faerie princess Elora returns home to incite a revolution. Allied with the Bright Queen, Elora rallies her people for a battle against her mother, the corrupt Dark Queen. While some question their ability to win, Elora senses victory, knowing she has a secret weapon: Taylor, the human boy she loves, along with a motley crew of his school friends, each armed with a skill that can turn the tide of the...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Gabe has always identified as a boy, but he was born with a girl's body. With his new public access radio show gaining in popularity, Gabe struggles with romance, friendships, and parents--all while trying to come out as transgendered. An audition for astation in Minneapolis looks like his ticket to a better life in the big city. But his entire future is threatened when several violent guys find out Gabe, the popular DJ, is also Elizabeth from school"--...
12) Elixir Bound
Author
Series
Elixir chronicles volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Katora Kase isn’t the firstborn son nor does she possess the type of magic that can conjure spells or bewitch others. In the land of the Great Peninsula—an epic fantasy world ruled by the Great Mother Nature and her offspring—those things aren’t a measure of one’s worth. And what Katora does possess is the subtle magic running through her blood that marks her as the next guardian of a secret healing Elixir that is her family’s legacy....
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When fate brings the young Prince Ryzyn and the rover girl Gem together, not only do their lives become forever entwined, their meeting also ignites the power within an ancient object—the Heart of Cyan. With the mystical Heart discovered, the wielder must prepare for an epic battle against a vicious, pervasive darkness that threatens all of Parlethis. Magical forces unite for the good of the land, but will that be enough to stop the Shadowland...
14) The Devil's Tree
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Kaitlyn didn't believe in ghosts—not until one killed her boyfriend and her best friend. Now she must stop the spirit haunting the Devil's Tree, or she could be next. Seventeen-year-old Kaitlyn wants to escape her drunk mama and her trailer park home life to enjoy a Saturday night off work. Instead, her boyfriend, Hunter, convinces her to go with him and their best friends, Dylan and Keisha, to photograph a desolate tree with an evil past. A terrifying...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Tera knows a secret... Someone is going to die on election day. But that's not what worries her. She learned it from a dying spark, one of the fairy-like companions people in her world use to communicate, and she found the spark in her father's office. A radical leader is on the rise, and the old factions are determined to stop him at any cost. If anyone finds out her father's involved, it might be the end of him. If anyone finds out what she knows,...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Welcome to the strange mountain foothills town of Hawthorn, where sixteen-year-old Harper Spurling finds herself increasingly obsessed with the diary of a local 1860s pioneer girl while a serial killer runs unchecked through the area, dumping his victims into the town’s dark river. As Harper’s curiosity leads her closer and closer to the killer, she’ll have to think fast or join the killer’s growing list of victims. Because in Hawthorn, a...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Three sisters. A magical castle. And a legend as old as Ireland. The day the Doyle sisters are attacked by a monster on the foggy shores of the Atlantic, they’re saved by a mysterious boy who stumbles out of the waves. That’s the first sign that nothing in their small world will ever be the same again. Striking, vain Bríd, caring but brusque Moira, and sweet, silent Ríona invite their injured savior into the crumbling castle they call home,...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Nearly two years have passed since the events which took place in the first set of books, The Maura DeLuca Trilogy… Maura has finally made peace with her transformation into a creature she never imagined could be real… much less one she might become. With her newfound existence comes the benefit of family, friends and allies who fill her life and heart with a love like she has never experienced during all the years she has lived with her melancholy,...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Praise for Rising Tide: "This captivating and commendable work had me immersed from the beginning. The story flows from scene to scene with ease, and the author shows exceptional skill when it comes to storytelling." "Mrs. Melanson’s writing is so descriptive and talented. Throughout the entire story, I felt like I was watching a movie." "Melanson grabs you from page 1 and doesn't let you go until the very bitter end, only bitter because the book...
20) Friended
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Compared to life on tour with her wannabe rock star mother, finishing high school in the dull town of Rye is a snooze. At least Roxy has her best friend, Zoë, her doting dad, and her music. When her standoffish Civics class partner, Jagger, breaks ranks and randomly friends her on Instagram, Roxy’s sure that it must be a joke. Jag Monroe is Roxy's total opposite: stinking rich, conceited, and hot in that obvious kind of way. Resolved to avoid...
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