The YA Author Club has an extensive
bookshelf (when including past and current members) as evidenced by the body of works below. Take a peek. We are
convinced you will want to buy, read, and recommend a few (if not all) to
friends, colleagues, and strangers.
Bryna Butler's Books:
Of Sun &
Moon (Midnight Guardian #1) (YA
Paranormal Romance)
Teens are disappearing in a small river town in
southern Ohio as Keira Ryan begins her freshman year. Kidnappings aside, her
worries mount as she crushes on an older guy, her best friend starts dating a
spoiled cheerleader, and the parents that abandoned her at birth arrive at her
doorstep. And, oh yeah, she’s a tooth fairy destined to kick some butt and
bring about the end of a royal line of vicious, blood-sucking tyrants. Over the
years, humans have pieced together sightings and assumptions to create the myth
of the tooth fairy. As it turns out, they were pretty much wrong.
Teens are disappearing in a small river town in
southern Ohio as Keira Ryan begins her freshman year. Kidnappings aside, her
worries mount as she crushes on an older guy, her best friend starts dating a
spoiled cheerleader, and the parents that abandoned her at birth arrive at her
doorstep. And, oh yeah, she’s a tooth fairy destined to kick some butt and
bring about the end of a royal line of vicious, blood-sucking tyrants. Over the
years, humans have pieced together sightings and assumptions to create the myth
of the tooth fairy. As it turns out, they were pretty much wrong.
Whispering Evil
(Midnight Guardian #2) (YA
Paranormal Romance)
Keira Ryan has moved on. It’s the start of her sophomore year at Valley View High School. This means big changes like a new guardian mentor, taking (and passing) her driver’s test, dating her best friend, and figuring out how to stop the new Empress Gammen and her reign of terror. Will she survive it all or will she fall victim to the whispering evil that surrounds her?
Keira Ryan has moved on. It’s the start of her sophomore year at Valley View High School. This means big changes like a new guardian mentor, taking (and passing) her driver’s test, dating her best friend, and figuring out how to stop the new Empress Gammen and her reign of terror. Will she survive it all or will she fall victim to the whispering evil that surrounds her?
Midnight Child (Midnight Guardian #3) (YA Paranormal Romance)
Ready for a new kind of teen paranormal romance?
Join Keira Ryan as she chases her destiny in this exciting third installment in
the Midnight Guardian Series. While Keira searches, her enemies draw closer. A
history of trust is tested. A promise of passion turns deadly. A surviving evil
creates doubt, and there’s only one way to stop it…Find the Gift. Just what do
you get the spoiled gremlin queen that has everything?✦✦✦✦✦
T.R. Graves's
Books:
Warriors
of the Cross (The Warrior Series, #1) (YA
Paranormal Romance)
Allison La Crosse, beginning a challenging family
medicine residency, leaves the protection of her family. With the transfer, her
worst nightmares come true. Her closely guarded mystical talents – those that
seldom appeared before the move – unleash themselves from her confinement and
reveal their presence with very little provocation. Allison’s most terrifying power is her compulsion to cure the dying with her touch. Given her career, this gift would be valuable if she were not drawn like a magnet to the ailing person's every symptom. Some of which are fatal.
At the hospital and surrounded by life-and-death emergencies, Allison’s inability to manage her impulse turns deadly. When it does, her mentor, Brody, rescues her from her own demise. His resuscitation ignites an exciting and tempestuous bond between them.
Desperate for a cure, they join forces and embark upon a journey to uncover the origins of Allison’s lethal curse. In the midst of their adventure, Allison exposes a secret pursued by many…known by few.
Guardians
of the Cross (The Warrior Series, #2) (YA Paranormal Romance)
Allison La Crosse's world is in a tailspin. After
learning she has the power to cure the dying with her touch (a lethal curse
when wielded), she is viciously attacked. More unsettling than the violence is
the identity of her assailant. Devin turns out to be the first person she ever
saved and her mother's killer. When her soul met Devin's, an unbreakable bond
was formed. Now, Allison must save Devin - again - from his twin brother's
control or kill them both. If she fails, she'll lose those closest to
her...including the love of her life, Brody, and her best friend forever, Clark.
Enemies of the Cross (The Warrior Series, #3) (YA Paranormal Romance)
Allison La Crosse's picture perfect world quickly
becomes more of a nightmare than the fairytale she'd been expecting when she
married Brody.
With enemies leading and destiny in control, she embarks upon a journey of the soul where she unearths an underwater realm that is beyond believable...beyond fantastical...beyond comprehension.
Deep within this undiscovered world, Allison is forced to battle a new breed of adversaries. Ones willing to do whatever necessary to capture her -- dead or alive. While fighting for her life, she joins forces with an exceptional team of protectors. Because they are unconditionally loyal, she sees firsthand that they are prepared to sacrifice their lives in order to guard her existence and defend the purity of their world.
Love, friendships, and unforgivable actions have Allison wondering if going home will ever be an option even if home is the only place where she can have a life with Brody.
Dark Angels of the Cross (The Warrior Series, #4) (YA Paranormal Romance) Spring 2013
In Dark Angels of the Cross (The Warrior Series, #4),
Allison La Crosse's journey continues at full speed. With barely enough time to
process her heartbreak, she learns danger has followed her from the Underwater
Realm, and with it, she sees firsthand how potent the fury of a scorned woman
can be. When Sheza orders Crux, the latest Dark Fallen Angel, to hunt and kill
Allison, the fight for her life begins anew.
Making the adventure all the more interesting and dangerous, Allison learns that promises, pledges, blood bonds, and commitments made in the heat of the moment cannot be ignored or denied...no matter how much she would like to do just that.
Allison's most-recent Disciple, Hestia, is Crux's soul mate. For her sake, Allison, Brody, Clark, Daryl, and Neptune join forces and journey into Demesne's Inferno, a land comparable to Hell. It's the only place where Crux's soul can be rescued from the darkest angel of all.
Worth Dying For (Underwater, #1) (YA Paranormal Romance) Fall 2013
The
brooding Coeus, twin brother to Set, hates the life he is forced to live. Making
him even more rebellious is the fact that Apollo, his ruler and father, is intolerant
of anyone who questions his antiquated customs... especially when that person
is his very own son.
In defiance of his father and their Piscean traditions, Coeus' refuses to marry his betrothed. Furious, Apollo sends him to the frontlines of the Underwater War. Coeus, who has a death wish, welcomes the chance to die for his kingdom because he knows that death would at least be honorable.
The last thing Coeus expects to find in the middle of the battle zone is Isis, but she is there, leading by example and fighting hard to protect the Coral City and its customs. After spending time with her and falling even deeper in love, Coeus decides to make her see what he sees... a life where they are together is the only one worth living for.
After the
inexplicable disappearance of Lilly Taylor's parents, she has no choice but to
move to Canada where she unravels some frightening yet intriguing family
secrets... Her whole life had been based on a lie. Lilly had grown up in a
loveless home with a father who she had barely ever seen and a mother who
was... well, not very motherly. After they mysteriously disappear without a
trace, Lilly is sent to Canada where she finds a whole new way of life. A life
filled with love and people who care for her. But that's not all she discovers,
Lilly also finds out that she isn't who, or what, she thinks she is. Lilly has
a very special ability and it's just a matter of time before her true self
starts to shine. And when it does, her life will never be the same again. Raven
is a fantasy novel for children and young adults set in the beautiful province
of British Columbia.
December Moon (YA Urban Fantasy)
On her 15th
birthday, December Moon discovers she is the descendant of a family of witches,
kept in the dark her entire life in an effort to protect her. But when Lilly,
her best friend, finds herself in danger from one of the world's most evil
vampires, December will do everything in her power to stop him. December Moon
is a fantasy novel for children and young adults set in BC, Canada.
December and Lilly
have got their work cut out for them. Not only are they desperately trying to
figure out the identity of the Lost Soul, and track him down, they've also got
to investigate why Powell River's newest resident has got all of their men
falling at her feet.
The Ghost of Josiah Grimshaw A Morgan Sisters novel (YA Urban Fantasy) November 13th 2012
Adopted sisters Lana
Beth and Emma Jane are polar opposites, but when the same strange 'tattoo'
suddenly appears and winds its way up their bodies within days of each other,
they soon realise there's more to their relationship than they could ever have
imagined.
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Rachel Coles's Books:
Pazuzu's Girl (Young Adult Urban Fantasy/Horror)
Morpho Wilson thought her life was difficult
enough. Her father is Pazuzu, the Mesopotamian demon of plague and the
Southwest wind. As a teenager Morpho struggles against her father, while trying
to adjust to high school in a new neighborhood. The family is constantly moving
in an attempt to elude Pazuzu’s murderous ex-wife, a demoness known for killing
children.
Then something interesting happens. A socially-impaired classmate becomes so intrigued by Morpho that he pursues her, despite the mystery surrounding her family and the danger that accompanies it.
But before their romance can grow, the demoness tracks Morpho down, and now only needs an ancient artifact called the Tablet of Destiny to complete the destruction of the world. The tablet confers on its owner the ability to control the fate of everything and everyone on earth.
Once the tablet is discovered in the Middle East, the oldest and most powerful gods begin a battle for its possession, with the human population caught in the middle. Morpho, her family, and her new friend must decide, do they escape from the horrifying demoness or fight for their own destiny? How far will Pazuzu go to save his daughter from a hellish fate? Will his banishment from Heaven so many millennia ago end up being a curse...or a blessing?
K.C. Blake Books:
Vampires Rule (YA Urban Fantasy)
They don't call him Jackpot for nothing.
Jack has always beat the odds... until now. When a werewolf tried to kill him, vampires saved him. When he got tired of life as a vampire, another attack gave him back his mortality. Now Jack just wants to live a normal life, but what's normal about having a hunter for a girlfriend, a brother who wants to stake him to be on the safe side, and a werewolf building an army to rule the world?
Werewolves Rule (YA Urban Fantasy)
This is the second of the Rule series. Vampires Rule
was the first. This book begins a few months after the first one ended and
continues to follow Jack and Silver as they prepare for their battle with head
werewolf Jersey Clifford. Jack’s world is falling apart. Silver has told him
she needs space, he might not graduate from high school, and he feels
incredibly alone. Enter a new threat, a new and beautiful enemy. Now Jack has
to figure out if she wants him dead or just wants him.
The Noah sisters rule Titan High with their beauty,
brains, and magical powers.
Each year they play a secret game: Crushed. The girls pick their targets carefully and blow enchanted dust into the boy’s faces, charming them, but this year Kristen makes a grave mistake. She chooses the wrong boy and almost dies that same day. Coincidence? Maybe.
But something isn’t quite right about Zach Bevian. He doesn’t behave like a boy who’s been Crushed. He goes from hot to cold, from looking at her with contempt to asking her out on a date. She doesn’t know what to think. Does he hate her or is he truly falling for her? Is he trying to kill her, or is he trying to save her?
Witch Hunt (YA Paranormal Romance)
The Noah sisters rule Titan High with their beauty,
brains, and magical powers.
Each year they play a secret game: Crushed. The girls pick their targets carefully and blow enchanted dust into the boy’s faces, charming them, but this year Kristen makes a grave mistake. She chooses the wrong boy and almost dies that same day. Coincidence? Maybe.
But something isn’t quite right about Zach Bevian. He doesn’t behave like a boy who’s been Crushed. He goes from hot to cold, from looking at her with contempt to asking her out on a date. She doesn’t know what to think. Does he hate her or is he truly falling for her? Is he trying to kill her, or is he trying to save her?
Melissa Pearl's Books:
Golden Blood (YA Paranormal Romance)
Gemma Hart never knows when her father is going to
whisk her back in time. Her toes start tingling and she has a few minutes to
find a secret haven where she can disintegrate and appear in another time and
place. While “across the line,” her training and skills are put to the test as
she completes a mission that will change history for the lucky few her father
has selected.
Gemma's parents are adamant that secrecy is paramount to her family’s safety. If people knew what they were capable of, they could be "used and abused", as her mother always says. Afraid she might accidentally utter the truth and break the ancient oath of her people, Gemma spends her school days as a loner. Only one thing can throw her sheltered life askew... Harrison Granger.
Harrison never expected to talk to the strange Hart girl, but after a brief encounter he can't stop thinking about her. He begins a campaign to chisel away her icy veneer and is met with unexpected consequences. As he slowly wins this girl over, he enters a surreal world that has him fighting to keep his newfound love and his life.
Black Blood (YA Paranormal Romance)
Gemma's parents have put enough rules around her relationship with Harrison that she feels like she's living on parole. But she wins one battle—a summer job working for Harrison's step-father. It is the perfect chance to spend the steamy, hot Florida days with her boyfriend. It's also a great distraction from the cellphone hiding in her underwear drawer—her only contact with Gabe, the mystery man who's stalking her.
When she confronts Gabe, he tells her that her parents are not who she thinks they are, and Harrison has the gall to believe him. Surrounded by conflict, Gemma doesn't know what to believe, and it takes a trip back in time for her to glimpse the sickening truth.
Thanks to her parents, she returns to the present to find the love of her life no longer exists. His family line was broken and now, so is she.
This betrayal forces her to seek out Gabe. Setting aside her fear of the truth, she must trust this man and learn what he can teach her... otherwise, she'll never get her boyfriend back.
Pure Blood (YA Paranormal Romance)
It is
only a matter of time before Gemma's parents find out she traveled through time
to bring Harrison back into existence. The fear of being found out is a heavy
weight on her shoulders, but she refuses to give up on everything she's fought
for. Harrison is worth the risk.
The couple draws closer together as they battle opposing forces from all sides. They stay strong until Gemma's parents welcome an exchange student into their home. Simeon, a gorgeous Californian, is as smooth as coffee and, supposedly, a fellow time spirit. Gemma's parents expect her to take him everywhere and, of course, fall in love with him. After all, he is the boy they have chosen for her.
No longer able to sneak off alone, Gemma must watch every step as she waits for the inevitable nightmare to catch up to her. Her parents ultimate goal is to get that last necklace and open the box hidden in their safe. If they do, Gemma knows her entire world will unravel.
As the danger mounts, Gemma must decide if she has the courage to make the ultimate sacrifice to save the ones she loves and stop to her parents' destructive plans.
Betwixt (YA Paranormal Romance)
Things take a turn for the weird when Nicole soon discovers she is actually hovering between life and death. Her body is lying in the forest while her spirit is searching for anyone who can hear her. Unfortunately the only person who can is Dale Finnigan, the guy she publicly humiliated with a sharp-tongued insult that has left him branded.
Desperate, Nicole has no choice but to haunt Dale and convince the freaked-out senior to help her. Will he find her body before it's too late? Or will the guy who tried to kill her with his car, beat him there and finish her off before anyone finds out?
Forbidden Territory (Bk 1 - Mica & Lexy Series) (YA Action/Thriller Romance)
Mica and Lexy have been best friends and next door
neighbours since they were eight years old. They share everything and have no
secrets from each other until... Tom arrives on Mica's doorstep - a gorgeous
exchange student from England. And Lexy is smitten.
Suddenly both girls are keeping secrets. Mica is hiding news about Tom's English girlfriend and Lexy hasn't got the heart to tell her best friend that her brother Eli, the guy Mica is mad on, thinks of her as only a friend.
After a massive fight, the girls decide the best way to mend their friendship is to spend some quality time together. And what better way than to go camping away from their parents and why not invite along the guys they are crushing on.
So the four teenagers embark on a geo-caching expedition into New Zealand's native bush expecting a long weekend filled with flirtatious fun; instead secrets are exposed as they stumble across a hidden marijuana crop and its gun-wielding watchmen. Forced apart they spend the next forty-eight hours racing blindly in opposite directions as they fight to find each other before the hunters do.
Laura A. H. Elliott's books
When fear’s as blind as love, how far would you go to find your own happily ever after? One mistake will change Ginny’s life forever. One answer will set her free. Once upon a time Ginny’s road blood ripened, the day she got wise to love. Engaged to the high school quarterback, his quarter-carat ring and enchanting smile should have been enough for her. But, she stands him up and takes a walk where every step questions her happily ever after gone-bad and the fate of the mother she never knew. The mother her father refuses to talk about. Ginny fights to untangle her big, fat, lie-of-a-life on an enchanted road trip to Winnemucca, where she believes all her answers lie. To solve the riddle of her past, she must outrun everyone who wants a piece of her future–including a man determined to see she never has one.
Roxie has the best night of her life until the popular kids decide they want to celebrate her birthday in a way Roxie never expects––in her attic, with a gift that’s out of this world, and a pact to never tell a living soul what happens next.
Shadows will do anything to become human. You see their influence everyday. You say things you don’t mean or do things that aren’t like you. You look, different. Friends you’ve known forever suddenly never call.
Allison La Crosse's world is in a tailspin. After
learning she has the power to cure the dying with her touch (a lethal curse
when wielded), she is viciously attacked. More unsettling than the violence is
the identity of her assailant. Devin turns out to be the first person she ever
saved and her mother's killer. When her soul met Devin's, an unbreakable bond
was formed. Now, Allison must save Devin - again - from his twin brother's
control or kill them both. If she fails, she'll lose those closest to
her...including the love of her life, Brody, and her best friend forever, Clark.Enemies of the Cross (The Warrior Series, #3) (YA Paranormal Romance)
Allison La Crosse's picture perfect world quickly
becomes more of a nightmare than the fairytale she'd been expecting when she
married Brody. With enemies leading and destiny in control, she embarks upon a journey of the soul where she unearths an underwater realm that is beyond believable...beyond fantastical...beyond comprehension.
Deep within this undiscovered world, Allison is forced to battle a new breed of adversaries. Ones willing to do whatever necessary to capture her -- dead or alive. While fighting for her life, she joins forces with an exceptional team of protectors. Because they are unconditionally loyal, she sees firsthand that they are prepared to sacrifice their lives in order to guard her existence and defend the purity of their world.
Love, friendships, and unforgivable actions have Allison wondering if going home will ever be an option even if home is the only place where she can have a life with Brody.
Dark Angels of the Cross (The Warrior Series, #4) (YA Paranormal Romance) Spring 2013
In Dark Angels of the Cross (The Warrior Series, #4),
Allison La Crosse's journey continues at full speed. With barely enough time to
process her heartbreak, she learns danger has followed her from the Underwater
Realm, and with it, she sees firsthand how potent the fury of a scorned woman
can be. When Sheza orders Crux, the latest Dark Fallen Angel, to hunt and kill
Allison, the fight for her life begins anew.Making the adventure all the more interesting and dangerous, Allison learns that promises, pledges, blood bonds, and commitments made in the heat of the moment cannot be ignored or denied...no matter how much she would like to do just that.
Allison's most-recent Disciple, Hestia, is Crux's soul mate. For her sake, Allison, Brody, Clark, Daryl, and Neptune join forces and journey into Demesne's Inferno, a land comparable to Hell. It's the only place where Crux's soul can be rescued from the darkest angel of all.
When
the flaws deeply embedded within her enchanted world begin to surface and war
threatens her kingdom, Isis realizes her dreams may never come true... that
there may not be a world to rule if her enemies have anything to say about it. Determined
to fulfill her destiny, protect her family, and preserve her city's peaceful
state, Isis petitions to become a frontline soldier in the Underwater War.
General
Coeus—Set's twin brother and a man who hates everything Isis
is fighting to protect—reluctantly
agrees to train and prepare her for the battle. Early on, she wonders whether his
training methods will kill her before she ever steps the first foot onto the battleground.
As war
grows closer and the preparation sessions between her and Coeus become more intense,
Isis' visions for her picture-perfect life turns upside down, and she begins doubting
everything she has ever been told. With Coeus' declaration of undying love, she
understands that a life filled with love and happiness—rather than friendship
and duty—is the only one worth dying for.
The
brooding Coeus, twin brother to Set, hates the life he is forced to live. Making
him even more rebellious is the fact that Apollo, his ruler and father, is intolerant
of anyone who questions his antiquated customs... especially when that person
is his very own son.
As the
youngest twin, Coeus missed the honor of becoming the future ruler by seconds. He does not begrudge his
brother's destiny. He does however resent the fact that Set's status as the
oldest automatically makes him the man who will marry Isis, the most beautiful
women in The Coral City and the only woman Coeus has ever loved.
In defiance of his father and their Piscean traditions, Coeus' refuses to marry his betrothed. Furious, Apollo sends him to the frontlines of the Underwater War. Coeus, who has a death wish, welcomes the chance to die for his kingdom because he knows that death would at least be honorable.
The last thing Coeus expects to find in the middle of the battle zone is Isis, but she is there, leading by example and fighting hard to protect the Coral City and its customs. After spending time with her and falling even deeper in love, Coeus decides to make her see what he sees... a life where they are together is the only one worth living for.
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Suzy Turner's Books:
After the
inexplicable disappearance of Lilly Taylor's parents, she has no choice but to
move to Canada where she unravels some frightening yet intriguing family
secrets... Her whole life had been based on a lie. Lilly had grown up in a
loveless home with a father who she had barely ever seen and a mother who
was... well, not very motherly. After they mysteriously disappear without a
trace, Lilly is sent to Canada where she finds a whole new way of life. A life
filled with love and people who care for her. But that's not all she discovers,
Lilly also finds out that she isn't who, or what, she thinks she is. Lilly has
a very special ability and it's just a matter of time before her true self
starts to shine. And when it does, her life will never be the same again. Raven
is a fantasy novel for children and young adults set in the beautiful province
of British Columbia.December Moon (YA Urban Fantasy)
On her 15th
birthday, December Moon discovers she is the descendant of a family of witches,
kept in the dark her entire life in an effort to protect her. But when Lilly,
her best friend, finds herself in danger from one of the world's most evil
vampires, December will do everything in her power to stop him. December Moon
is a fantasy novel for children and young adults set in BC, Canada.
December and Lilly
have got their work cut out for them. Not only are they desperately trying to
figure out the identity of the Lost Soul, and track him down, they've also got
to investigate why Powell River's newest resident has got all of their men
falling at her feet.
But when they learn
that the Nephilim might be involved, it becomes clear that they're all in
extreme danger...
The Ghost of Josiah Grimshaw A Morgan Sisters novel (YA Urban Fantasy) November 13th 2012
Adopted sisters Lana
Beth and Emma Jane are polar opposites, but when the same strange 'tattoo'
suddenly appears and winds its way up their bodies within days of each other,
they soon realise there's more to their relationship than they could ever have
imagined.
At the same time,
Lana Beth and Emma Jane must also investigate why the sweet but sometimes pesky
ghost of Josiah Grimshaw just won't leave them alone.
✦✦✦✦✦
Rachel Coles's Books:
Pazuzu's Girl (Young Adult Urban Fantasy/Horror)
Morpho Wilson thought her life was difficult
enough. Her father is Pazuzu, the Mesopotamian demon of plague and the
Southwest wind. As a teenager Morpho struggles against her father, while trying
to adjust to high school in a new neighborhood. The family is constantly moving
in an attempt to elude Pazuzu’s murderous ex-wife, a demoness known for killing
children. Then something interesting happens. A socially-impaired classmate becomes so intrigued by Morpho that he pursues her, despite the mystery surrounding her family and the danger that accompanies it.
But before their romance can grow, the demoness tracks Morpho down, and now only needs an ancient artifact called the Tablet of Destiny to complete the destruction of the world. The tablet confers on its owner the ability to control the fate of everything and everyone on earth.
Once the tablet is discovered in the Middle East, the oldest and most powerful gods begin a battle for its possession, with the human population caught in the middle. Morpho, her family, and her new friend must decide, do they escape from the horrifying demoness or fight for their own destiny? How far will Pazuzu go to save his daughter from a hellish fate? Will his banishment from Heaven so many millennia ago end up being a curse...or a blessing?
✦✦✦✦✦
K.C. Blake Books:
Vampires Rule (YA Urban Fantasy)
They don't call him Jackpot for nothing.Jack has always beat the odds... until now. When a werewolf tried to kill him, vampires saved him. When he got tired of life as a vampire, another attack gave him back his mortality. Now Jack just wants to live a normal life, but what's normal about having a hunter for a girlfriend, a brother who wants to stake him to be on the safe side, and a werewolf building an army to rule the world?
Werewolves Rule (YA Urban Fantasy)
This is the second of the Rule series. Vampires Rule
was the first. This book begins a few months after the first one ended and
continues to follow Jack and Silver as they prepare for their battle with head
werewolf Jersey Clifford. Jack’s world is falling apart. Silver has told him
she needs space, he might not graduate from high school, and he feels
incredibly alone. Enter a new threat, a new and beautiful enemy. Now Jack has
to figure out if she wants him dead or just wants him.
Crushed (YA
Paranormal Romance)
The Noah sisters rule Titan High with their beauty,
brains, and magical powers.Each year they play a secret game: Crushed. The girls pick their targets carefully and blow enchanted dust into the boy’s faces, charming them, but this year Kristen makes a grave mistake. She chooses the wrong boy and almost dies that same day. Coincidence? Maybe.
But something isn’t quite right about Zach Bevian. He doesn’t behave like a boy who’s been Crushed. He goes from hot to cold, from looking at her with contempt to asking her out on a date. She doesn’t know what to think. Does he hate her or is he truly falling for her? Is he trying to kill her, or is he trying to save her?
Witch Hunt (YA Paranormal Romance)
The Noah sisters rule Titan High with their beauty,
brains, and magical powers.Each year they play a secret game: Crushed. The girls pick their targets carefully and blow enchanted dust into the boy’s faces, charming them, but this year Kristen makes a grave mistake. She chooses the wrong boy and almost dies that same day. Coincidence? Maybe.
But something isn’t quite right about Zach Bevian. He doesn’t behave like a boy who’s been Crushed. He goes from hot to cold, from looking at her with contempt to asking her out on a date. She doesn’t know what to think. Does he hate her or is he truly falling for her? Is he trying to kill her, or is he trying to save her?
✦✦✦✦✦
Melissa Pearl's Books:
Golden Blood (YA Paranormal Romance)
Gemma's parents are adamant that secrecy is paramount to her family’s safety. If people knew what they were capable of, they could be "used and abused", as her mother always says. Afraid she might accidentally utter the truth and break the ancient oath of her people, Gemma spends her school days as a loner. Only one thing can throw her sheltered life askew... Harrison Granger.
Harrison never expected to talk to the strange Hart girl, but after a brief encounter he can't stop thinking about her. He begins a campaign to chisel away her icy veneer and is met with unexpected consequences. As he slowly wins this girl over, he enters a surreal world that has him fighting to keep his newfound love and his life.
Black Blood (YA Paranormal Romance)
Gemma's parents have put enough rules around her relationship with Harrison that she feels like she's living on parole. But she wins one battle—a summer job working for Harrison's step-father. It is the perfect chance to spend the steamy, hot Florida days with her boyfriend. It's also a great distraction from the cellphone hiding in her underwear drawer—her only contact with Gabe, the mystery man who's stalking her.
When she confronts Gabe, he tells her that her parents are not who she thinks they are, and Harrison has the gall to believe him. Surrounded by conflict, Gemma doesn't know what to believe, and it takes a trip back in time for her to glimpse the sickening truth.
Thanks to her parents, she returns to the present to find the love of her life no longer exists. His family line was broken and now, so is she.
This betrayal forces her to seek out Gabe. Setting aside her fear of the truth, she must trust this man and learn what he can teach her... otherwise, she'll never get her boyfriend back.
Pure Blood (YA Paranormal Romance)
It is
only a matter of time before Gemma's parents find out she traveled through time
to bring Harrison back into existence. The fear of being found out is a heavy
weight on her shoulders, but she refuses to give up on everything she's fought
for. Harrison is worth the risk.The couple draws closer together as they battle opposing forces from all sides. They stay strong until Gemma's parents welcome an exchange student into their home. Simeon, a gorgeous Californian, is as smooth as coffee and, supposedly, a fellow time spirit. Gemma's parents expect her to take him everywhere and, of course, fall in love with him. After all, he is the boy they have chosen for her.
No longer able to sneak off alone, Gemma must watch every step as she waits for the inevitable nightmare to catch up to her. Her parents ultimate goal is to get that last necklace and open the box hidden in their safe. If they do, Gemma knows her entire world will unravel.
As the danger mounts, Gemma must decide if she has the courage to make the ultimate sacrifice to save the ones she loves and stop to her parents' destructive plans.
Betwixt (YA Paranormal Romance)
Things take a turn for the weird when Nicole soon discovers she is actually hovering between life and death. Her body is lying in the forest while her spirit is searching for anyone who can hear her. Unfortunately the only person who can is Dale Finnigan, the guy she publicly humiliated with a sharp-tongued insult that has left him branded.
Desperate, Nicole has no choice but to haunt Dale and convince the freaked-out senior to help her. Will he find her body before it's too late? Or will the guy who tried to kill her with his car, beat him there and finish her off before anyone finds out?
Forbidden Territory (Bk 1 - Mica & Lexy Series) (YA Action/Thriller Romance)
Mica and Lexy have been best friends and next door
neighbours since they were eight years old. They share everything and have no
secrets from each other until... Tom arrives on Mica's doorstep - a gorgeous
exchange student from England. And Lexy is smitten. Suddenly both girls are keeping secrets. Mica is hiding news about Tom's English girlfriend and Lexy hasn't got the heart to tell her best friend that her brother Eli, the guy Mica is mad on, thinks of her as only a friend.
After a massive fight, the girls decide the best way to mend their friendship is to spend some quality time together. And what better way than to go camping away from their parents and why not invite along the guys they are crushing on.
So the four teenagers embark on a geo-caching expedition into New Zealand's native bush expecting a long weekend filled with flirtatious fun; instead secrets are exposed as they stumble across a hidden marijuana crop and its gun-wielding watchmen. Forced apart they spend the next forty-eight hours racing blindly in opposite directions as they fight to find each other before the hunters do.
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Two Worlds--Two Teens--One Wish
Rhoe and Ashley would never be friends.
Even if they lived on the same planet.
But, they'll become so much more.
They'll transfer.
Earthling Ashley's world revolves around winning daily popularity contests at Beverly Hills High School and surfing competitions with sweet scholarship prizes that will finally help her break free of her control-freak mother. Meanwhile on planet Retha, Rhoe misses his dad, loves his mom's home-cooked Glechy crag with a side of ory sauce, is desperate to heal his sick brother and wants more than anything to win The Retha New Invention Competition. But Rhoe's invention teleports him across the universe with an unintended side effect, Ashley and Rhoe transfer. They swap lives when they make the same wish at the same time.
Popular-surfer-turned-boy-geek alien Ashley must handle life on Retha as Rhoe complete with webbed feet, low-gravity, and an obsession with Yuke, all the while being hunted by Rethan spies and resenting her hairy, flat chest. Boy-geek-turned-popular-surfer Rhoe must fit in at Beverly Hills High School as Ashley, compete in The Laguna Beach Invitational without becoming shark food, dodge boys' affections, cool his preoccupation with Tiffany and his new body, and find the healing rocks he believes will save his brother's life.
If only it were that simple. Some wishes can't come true. Some have to.
(THIS ENHANCED EBOOK CONTAINS LINKS TO THE MUSIC, STORIES, PHOTOS & VIDEOS THAT INSPIRED THE STORY.)
13 on Halloween (Shadow Series #1) FREE (YA paranormal romance)
Roxie has the best night of her life until the popular kids decide they want to celebrate her birthday in a way Roxie never expects––in her attic, with a gift that’s out of this world, and a pact to never tell a living soul what happens next.
Twelve-year-old Roxie wants to be like Adrianne, the popular girl who gets everything she wants––a flock to prowl around the mall with; invitations to parties; and for Hayden, the cutest guy in the eighth grade to, you know, notice her. When Roxie invites all the eighth grade peacocks (code word : popular kids) to her first ever thirteenth birthday party on Halloween, they all come and give her a gift that’s literally out of this world. Roxie astral projects to Planet Popular where she becomes seventeen instantly and gets everything she’s always wanted, but nothing is as it seems. Being a high school peacock is complicated and Roxie will risk everything to be who she thinks she wants to be. Oh yeah, there’s Prom, doppelgangers, a mysterious map, and lots of bad peacocks too.
BONUS EXCERPT! Two Chapters of Shadow Slayer, Book 2 in The Shadow Series
Shadow Slayer (Shadow Series #2) (YA paranormal romance)
Shadows will do anything to become human. You see their influence everyday. You say things you don’t mean or do things that aren’t like you. You look, different. Friends you’ve known forever suddenly never call.
As a freshman, Roxie just wants to fit in which is impossible because she barely runs into her friends at her huge high school. Adrianne’s disappearance and Hayden’s attention rock Roxie’s world. But nothing rocks it like the most gorgeous guy at school, Drew. And nothing is more important to Roxie than astral projecting back to Planet Popular to solve the mystery of the map. But that changes when Drew invites Roxie to homecoming. Hayden warns her that something’s wrong. Why would a guy like Drew like Roxie anyway? Drew must want something. Hayden’s right. Drew is…different. Planet Popular was just the beginning. Part of a bigger world, the Shadow World. There’s a war brewing between the world of humans and the world of shadows. When the shadow invasion begins at Roxie’s high school, she’ll not only fight for her life but the lives of her family and friends, when she discovers she’s the Shadow Slayer, the one human who can save Earth from the shadow onslaught. But, Roxie can’t even kill a spider. Oh yeah, there’s an evil English teacher, an enchanted play, a sword of Sandonian steel, a homecoming of horrors, and seven magic words too. Audible (Audiobook) |iTunes
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Heather Sutherlin's books:
A Light In The Darkness (YA Fantasy)
Merrilyn’s life is quiet and predictable. An apprentice to
the royal healer, she spends her days helping in the village or up to mischief
with her best friend who happens to be the handsome younger son of the king.
But when a mysterious archer shows up in the forest and shoots their escort,
Merrilyn’s life is forever changed. Caught in a battle between two forgotten
gods, she must embrace her destiny and fight the very powers of darkness before
it’s too late.
Merrilyn’s life is quiet and predictable. An apprentice to
the royal healer, she spends her days helping in the village or up to mischief
with her best friend who happens to be the handsome younger son of the king.
But when a mysterious archer shows up in the forest and shoots their escort,
Merrilyn’s life is forever changed. Caught in a battle between two forgotten
gods, she must embrace her destiny and fight the very powers of darkness before
it’s too late.
To Light The Path (YA Fantasy)
Prince Jarrod and his men have been missing for months and
still Merrilyn has no idea where they are hidden. Now the king of Zinder is
missing, too, and his children seem to think Merrilyn’s the key to finding him.
Along with Aiden and Prince Justan, she travels to Zinder looking for clues in
the king’s journals. When a mysterious man begins whispering in her dreams,
tempting her to reconsider all that she believes, she must face both her fears
and her desires. Merrilyn may be a light in the darkness, but she’ll have to
trust Loian to light their path as they travel through foreign lands and face
new enemies in their search for the missing men.
Prince Jarrod and his men have been missing for months and
still Merrilyn has no idea where they are hidden. Now the king of Zinder is
missing, too, and his children seem to think Merrilyn’s the key to finding him.
Along with Aiden and Prince Justan, she travels to Zinder looking for clues in
the king’s journals. When a mysterious man begins whispering in her dreams,
tempting her to reconsider all that she believes, she must face both her fears
and her desires. Merrilyn may be a light in the darkness, but she’ll have to
trust Loian to light their path as they travel through foreign lands and face
new enemies in their search for the missing men.
Seen (YA Fantasy)
Rory has no idea what’s going on in the woods behind her
house, but it’s driving her crazy. On the last day of her senior year she finds
herself caught up once again in the curious happenings of the forest and walks
away without any of the answers she was hoping to find. To make matters worse,
she is sent to visit a sick neighbor and instead finds the hottest guy she’s
ever seen. When she discovers his brother’s incredible secret she falls further
into her own chaos and into a fate she never could have imagined.
Rory has no idea what’s going on in the woods behind her
house, but it’s driving her crazy. On the last day of her senior year she finds
herself caught up once again in the curious happenings of the forest and walks
away without any of the answers she was hoping to find. To make matters worse,
she is sent to visit a sick neighbor and instead finds the hottest guy she’s
ever seen. When she discovers his brother’s incredible secret she falls further
into her own chaos and into a fate she never could have imagined.
Jaron is just counting the days until the summer is over and
he can get back to his real life. Stuck with his little brother on a tiny farm
in rural Oklahoma is not exactly his idea of fun. But when Rory shows up on his
doorstep with an armload of pie, he knows his summer has just taken a sharp
turn into new territory. He never expected the adventure they would discover
next or the quest that would change their lives forever.
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Terah Edun's books:
Red Madrassa (Algardis #1) (YA Fantasy)
A magical accident threw them together. But when Fate holds all the cards, it can be impossible to tell the difference between pure chance and Destiny...
The Madrassa, a magical school for mage practitioners, is the stuff of legend. With selective entrance exams and quotas for only the most advanced of mage children, it's almost impossible to attend.
When Allorna, a guardian trainee for the royal family, ends up on the doorstep of the citadel on the eve of the final day of a recruitment ceremony, she decides it must be fate.
She was sure she knew the path her life would take before she enrolled. But sometimes life has a way of throwing in magical curveballs and strange friends, just to see if you’ll trip up.
Oh, and one of those friends is a mage accused of murder, another is a slightly psychotic dragon, the third a healer facing an existential crisis, and the last is a female storm-caller with more hidden secrets than a thief lord.
Do they all belong at the new school they call home?
This book is suitable for ages 12 and over. It is free of nudity, sexuality and only light cursing. The book is inclusive of LBGT and racial diversity.
A magical accident threw them together. But when Fate holds all the cards, it can be impossible to tell the difference between pure chance and Destiny... The Madrassa, a magical school for mage practitioners, is the stuff of legend. With selective entrance exams and quotas for only the most advanced of mage children, it's almost impossible to attend.
When Allorna, a guardian trainee for the royal family, ends up on the doorstep of the citadel on the eve of the final day of a recruitment ceremony, she decides it must be fate.
She was sure she knew the path her life would take before she enrolled. But sometimes life has a way of throwing in magical curveballs and strange friends, just to see if you’ll trip up.
Oh, and one of those friends is a mage accused of murder, another is a slightly psychotic dragon, the third a healer facing an existential crisis, and the last is a female storm-caller with more hidden secrets than a thief lord.
Do they all belong at the new school they call home?
This book is suitable for ages 12 and over. It is free of nudity, sexuality and only light cursing. The book is inclusive of LBGT and racial diversity.
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