Jenn Bennett

Classic movie buff Bailey “Mink” Rydell has spent months crushing on a witty film geek she only knows online by “Alex.” Two coasts separate the teens until Bailey moves in with her dad, who lives in the same California surfing town as her online crush. Faced with doubts (what if he’s a creep in real life—or worse?), Bailey doesn’t tell Alex she’s moved to his hometown. Or that she’s landed a job at the local tourist-trap museum. Or that she’s being heckled daily by the irritatingly hot museum security guard, Porter Roth—a.k.a. her new arch-nemesis. But life is whole lot messier than the movies, especially when Bailey discovers that tricky fine line between hate, love, and whatever-it-is she’s starting to feel for Porter. And as the summer months go by, Bailey must choose whether to cling to a dreamy online fantasy in Alex or take a risk on an imperfect reality with Porter. The choice is both simpler and more complicated than she realizes, because Porter Roth is hiding a secret of his own: Porter is Alex…Approximately. In this delightfully charming teen spin on You’ve Got Mail, the one guy Bailey Rydell can’t stand is actually the boy of her dreams—she just doesn’t know it yet.

Bailey "Mink" Rydel cree haber conocido al chico de sus sueños. Los dos comparten su amor por el cine, pero si vínculo es sólo online . Basicamente, Alex es el chico perfecto, aunque ninguno de los dos reveló aún su verdadera identidad. Ahora Bailey se muda con su padre, tendrá la oportunidad de conocer a Alex. Es el momento de decifrar quién es él realmente, así que Bailey usará todas sus habilidades detectivescas para descubrirlo antes de atreverse a una cita.. pero en el camino conocerá a Porter Roth, un joven carismático y guapísimo. ¿Bailey llegará a conocer a Alex u optará por un joven real, que la seduce y la desafía todo el tiempo?

A veces, para encontrar lo bueno, hay que aceptar lo malo. La aspirante a fotógrafa Josie Saint-Martin se ha pasado la mitad de la vida con su madre soltera, mudándose de una ciudad a otra. Cuando, años después, vuelven a su histórico pueblo natal en Nueva Inglaterra para hacerse cargo de la librería familiar, Josie sabe que no será algo permanente. Sus sueños están en la costa opuesta y tiene pensado mudarse allí. Lo que no tiene planeado es encontrarse con el gamberro del pueblo: Lucky Karras. Es raro, rebelde. y antes era su mejor amigo. Lucky deja claro que no quiere tener nada que ver con la recién llegada Josie. Sin embargo, todo cambia tras una desastrosa fiesta en una piscina. Un acto de venganza mal ejecutado puede meter a Josie en graves problemas y Lucky asume la culpa de manera inesperada. Decidida a comprender por qué Lucky se ha apresurado a cubrirla, Josie descubre que ambos han cambiado, y que el niño bueno que una vez fue su amigo tiene ahora un sentido del humor oscuro y una sonrisa que le pone el corazón a mil. Y quizás, solo quizás, no sea tan malo como todos piensan.

Eighteen-year-old chauffeur’s daughter Jane Marlow grew up among the domestic staff of a wealthy LA rock producer, within reach of bands she idolizes, but never a VIP. Every summer, Jane and her father head to the Sierras to work at the producer’s luxury lodge at Lake Condor—a resort town and the site of a major musical festival. The legendary family who runs the festival are the Sarafians, and Jane’s had a longtime crush on their oldest son, Eddie—doltish but sweet. So when a long-distance romance finally sparks between them, she doesn’t hesitate to cross class lines. But Jane’s feelings about Eddie are thrown into question after she returns to the lake and reconnects with his alluringly intense brother, the dark horse of her placid summer plans. A fellow lover of music—and hater of the game—Fen Sarafian has been ousted from the family and is slumming it at a vinyl record shop. He burns for Jane like a house on fire and will do anything to sabotage his older brother, even if it means taking a wrecking ball to a multi-million-dollar music festival. Or Jane’s heart. A chauffer’s daughter finds herself in the middle of a love triangle with the sons of her boss’s wealthy next-door neighbors in this delightfully romantic story from the author of Alex, Approximately, Jenn Bennett.

La aventura más dulce y divertida está a punto de empezar. Zorie y Lennon solían ser inseparables, pero desde hace un tiempo se han vuelto expertos en ignorarse. Cuando sus amigos los llevan engañados a acampar, la estratagema sale mal y de pronto los dos se encuentran atrapados en lo salvaje. Solos, lejos y sin hablarse. Sentimientos ocultos, secretos y heridas del pasado saldrán a la luz durante el peligroso viaje de regreso a la civilización, y los viejos amigos deberán volver a confiar el uno en el otro para salir ilesos y recomponer su corazón.

The fourth and final installment of a "riveting" (RT Book reviews) urban fantasy series about a renegade mage and the demons who love her. Complicated does not begin to describe Arcadia Bell's life right now: unnatural magical power, another brush with death, and a murderous mother who's not only overbearing but determined to take permanent possession of Cady's body. Forced to delve deep into the mystery surrounding her own birth, Cady must uncover which evil spell her parents cast during her conception…and how to reverse it. Fast. As she and her lover Lon embark on a dangerous journey through her magical past, Lon's teenage son Jupe sneaks off for his own investigation. Each family secret they uncover is darker than the last, and Cady, who has worn many identities—Moonchild, mage, fugitive—is about to add one more to the list.

In the third book in this beloved and “riveting” (Romantic Times) urban fantasy series, demon-friendly tiki bar owner Arcadia Bell discovers more about her own evolving, and possibly destructive, magical abilities when her bar is the target of a demonic crime wave. Renegade mage and bartender Arcadia Bell has had a rough year, but now the door to her already unstable world is unhinging. When a citywide crime wave erupts, Cady's demon-friendly tiki bar is robbed by Earthbounds wielding surreal demonic abilities that just flat-out shouldn't exist. With the help of her devilishly delicious boyfriend, Lon Butler, Cady sets out to find the people who wronged her—but her targets aren't the only ones experiencing unnatural metamorphoses. Can Cady track down the monsters responsible before the monster inside her destroys everything—and everyone—she loves? If she survives this adventure, one thing is certain: it's last call for life as she knows it.

It’s the roaring twenties, and San Francisco is a hotbed of illegal boozing, raw lust, and black magic. The fog-covered Bay Area can be an intoxicating scene, particularly when you specialize in spirits… Aida Palmer performs a spirit medium show onstage at Chinatown’s illustrious Gris-Gris speakeasy. However, her ability to summon (and expel) the dead is more than just an act. Winter Magnusson is a notorious bootlegger who’s more comfortable with guns than ghosts—unfortunately for him, he’s the recent target of a malevolent hex that renders him a magnet for hauntings. After Aida’s supernatural assistance is enlisted to banish the ghosts, her spirit-chilled aura heats up as the charming bootlegger casts a different sort of spell on her. On the hunt for the curseworker responsible for the hex, Aida and Winter become drunk on passion. And the closer they become, the more they realize they have ghosts of their own to exorcise…

*This is not a book. It's a UK-only free e-promo that was issued before NIGHT OWLS was published. To whet your appetite for Jenn's unputdownable debut novel Night Owls, here is the first of 3 eBook samplers featuring some exclusive content PLUS an early extract. Cooler than John Green. More romantic than Rainbow Rowell. 'Earth to Beatrix: This was the night bus, not a Journey song. Two strangers were not on a midnight train going anywhere. I was going home, and he was probably going to knock over a liquor store.' Meeting Jack on the Owl - San Francisco's night bus - turns Beatrix's world upside down. Jack is charming, wildly attractive . . . and possibly one of San Francisco's most notorious graffiti artists. On midnight rides and city rooftops, Beatrix begins to see who this enigmatic boy really is. But Jack is hiding much more - and can she uncover the truth that leaves him so wounded? *The full eBook edition of Night Owls will be published on the 13th August.*

*This is not a book. It's a UK-only free e-promo that was issued before NIGHT OWLS was published. To whet your appetite for Jenn's unputdownable debut novel Night Owls, here is the second of 3 eBook samplers featuring some exclusive content PLUS an early extract. Cooler than John Green. More romantic than Rainbow Rowell. 'Earth to Beatrix: This was the night bus, not a Journey song. Two strangers were not on a midnight train going anywhere. I was going home, and he was probably going to knock over a liquor store.' Meeting Jack on the Owl - San Francisco's night bus - turns Beatrix's world upside down. Jack is charming, wildly attractive . . . and possibly one of San Francisco's most notorious graffiti artists. On midnight rides and city rooftops, Beatrix begins to see who this enigmatic boy really is. But Jack is hiding much more - and can she uncover the truth that leaves him so wounded? *The full eBook edition of Night Owls will be published on the 13th August.*

Budding photographer Josie Saint-Martin has spent half her life with her single mother, moving from city to city. When they return to her historical New England hometown years later to run the family bookstore, Josie knows it’s not forever. Her dreams are on the opposite coast, and she has a plan to get there. What she doesn’t plan for is a run-in with the town bad boy, Lucky Karras. Outsider, rebel…and her former childhood best friend. Lucky makes it clear he wants nothing to do with the newly returned Josie. But everything changes after a disastrous pool party, and a poorly executed act of revenge lands Josie in some big-time trouble—with Lucky unexpectedly taking the blame. Determined to understand why Lucky was so quick to cover for her, Josie discovers that both of them have changed, and that the good boy she once knew now has a dark sense of humor and a smile that makes her heart race. And maybe, just maybe, he’s not quite the brooding bad boy everyone thinks he is…

Birdie Lindberg, aficionada a los libros de misterio, tiene una imaginación desbordante. Sus abuelos la criaron en soledad y la educaron en su casa, por lo que ha cultivado una inusual vida de fantasía en la que ella adopta el papel de una detective heroica y cada extraño se convierte en un sospechoso. Pero su mundo solitario se expande cuando consigue un trabajo de verano antes de ir a la universidad, el turno noche en un histórico hotel de Seattle. En su nuevo trabajo, Birdie espera pasar de ser una soñadora introvertida a una pionera valiente, y el gregario Daniel Aoki se ofrece como voluntario para convertirse en su guía. El carismático chofer de la furgoneta del hotel comparte el mismo turno con Birdie y frecuenta la misma cafetería costera: Moonlight, donde Birdie espera el primer ferri de la mañana luego del trabajo. Daniel también comparte su gusto por la intriga, y él se ha topado con un misterio en la vida real: un famoso escritor huraño —que nunca aparece en público— quizás esté encontrándose en secreto con alguien en el hotel. Para descubrir la identidad enigmática del escritor, Birdie debe salir de su cascarón. y descubrir que el misterio más complejo de todos quizás sean los sentimientos que Daniel, un acertijo en sí mismo, esté despertando en su vida.

Birdie Lindberg, aficionada a los libros de misterio, tiene una imaginación desbordante. Sus abuelos la criaron en soledad y la educaron en su casa, por lo que ha cultivado una inusual vida de fantasía en la que ella adopta el papel de una detective heroica y cada extraño se convierte en un sospechoso. Pero su mundo solitario se expande cuando consigue un trabajo de verano, en el turno de noche de un histórico hotel de Seattle. En su nuevo trabajo, Birdie espera dejar de ser una soñadora introvertida y transformarse en una emprendedora valiente, y el amistoso Daniel Aoki se ofrece como voluntario para convertirse en su guía. El carismático chófer del hotel comparte el mismo turno con Birdie y frecuenta la misma cafetería costera: Moonlight, donde Birdie espera el primer ferri de la mañana después del trabajo. Daniel también comparte su gusto por la intriga, y él se ha topado con un misterio en la vida real: un famoso escritor huraño —que nunca aparece en público— quizás esté quedando en secreto con alguien en el hotel. Para descubrir la identidad enigmática del escritor, Birdie deberá salir de su cascarón… y descubrir que el misterio más complejo de todos quizás sean los sentimientos que Daniel, un acertijo en sí mismo, está despertando en su vida.

From the author of Grim Shadows and Bitter Spirits comes the new Roaring Twenties novel in the series hailed as “Boardwalk Empire meets Ghost Hunters, but so much better” (Molly Harper, national bestselling author of the Jane Jameson series). Feisty flapper Astrid Magnusson is home from college and yearning for the one thing that’s always been off limits: Bo Yeung, her notorious bootlegging brother’s second-in-command. Unfortunately her dream of an easy reunion proves difficult after a violent storm sends a mysterious yacht crashing into the Magnussons’ docks. What’s worse, the boat disappeared a year ago, and the survivors are acting strangely… Bo has worked with the Magnusson family for years, doing whatever is needed, including keeping his boss’s younger sister out of trouble—and his hands to himself. Of course, that isn’t so easy after Astrid has a haunting vision about the yacht’s disappearance, plunging them into an underground world of old money and dark magic. Danger will drive them closer together, but surviving their own forbidden feelings could be the bigger risk.

It’s the Roaring Twenties in foggy San Francisco. Prohibition is on, inhibitions are low, and dark magic is rolling into town… Archaeologist Lowe Magnusson is packing something everyone wants. The djed amulet, a priceless Egyptian artifact, will fetch Lowe a hefty paycheck from one of San Francisco’s wealthiest. But when the handsome Swede runs into his patron’s uptight daughter, what he once considered easy money becomes maddeningly complicated… Cursed with deadly spirits as her constant companions, curator Hadley Bacall must keep calm to hold her dangerous specters at bay and prevent them from lashing out at anything—or anyone. Trouble is, Lowe is driving her crazy, but her father needs the artifact he’s transporting. While Hadley can feel the amulet’s power, she can’t fathom the destruction—or the desire—it’s about to stir up.

Pixar’s Coco meets Neil Gaiman in this “terrifically eerie and atmospheric…a skillful mix of scary, sweet, and silly” (Booklist) middle grade novel about a girl whose quest to ensure her deceased grandmother is resting peacefully leads her to the magical and perilous kingdoms of the underworld.Everyone in Whispering Pines knows their town is full of ghosts, but Helena Novak hasn’t seen a trace of her late grandmother, Babi. Helena and her best friend, Ben, spend most of their free time in the cemetery, yet no amount of gifts on Babi’s grave has lured her spirit out. But someone else has been paying attention. Helena feels she’s being followed, and one day, all Babi’s grave gifts disappear. When Helena and Ben investigate, they find a secret door in a crypt that leads to the underworld itself. The sprawling subterranean world is a maze of eerie kingdoms, piercing castles, creepy forests, swirling seas, and crowded marketplaces full of unsavory characters. While the living can visit, if they get lost—or taken by the mysterious Nightmare—they won’t be able to leave. Despite the danger, Helena is set on finding her grandmother and seeing for herself that Babi is doing well in this strange place. So when eccentric underworld guide Grumbones offers to help Helena and Ben find their way, they think it’s their lucky break. Sure, he looks like Santa’s skinny evil brother and some of the memento mori spilling out of his pockets look awfully familiar, but better a slightly suspicious helper than none at all…right?

Hate-to-love romance takes center stage in Jenn Bennett’s contemporary novels, Alex Approximately and Starry Eyes, now together in one incredible package that’s perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Morgan Matson.When the guy you’re meant to be with is your worst enemy, things can get a little…complicated. Especially for Bailey in Alex, Approximately after she falls for a sensitive film geek she only knows online as “Alex.” It also just so happens that Bailey is moving to California—to the same coastal town as her online crush—and yet she is too afraid to tell Alex she’s moved to his hometown. Or that she’s landed a job where she’s being tormented daily by her coworker: smart-alecky yet irritatingly hot surfer boy Porter Roth. But what Bailey doesn’t know is that Porter isn’t just any local surfer dude. Porter Roth is Alex…approximately. Trapped in the wilderness with the boy who broke your heart isn’t an ideal situation for anyone. And in Starry Eyes, it was definitely not what Zorie had planned for a camping trip. Abandoned by her friends with only her ex-boyfriend Lennon for company, the two have no choice but to hash out their issues via witty jabs and insults as they try to make their way to safety. But as the duo travels deeper into California’s rugged backcountry, secrets and hidden feelings surface. Turns out the magic of the twinkling stars might be the key to getting Zorie and Lennon back together—or the last straw to tear them apart for good. Jenn Bennett’s popular hate-to-love romances are here to prove that sometimes the one person you can’t stand is actually the person of your dreams—you just might not know it yet.

Meet Arcadia Bell: bartender, renegade magician, fugitive from the law. . . . Being the spawn of two infamous occultists (and alleged murderers) isn’t easy, but freewheeling magician Arcadia “Cady” Bell knows how to make the best of a crummy situation. After hiding out for seven years, she’s carved an incognito niche for herself slinging drinks at the demon-friendly Tambuku Tiki Lounge. But she receives an ultimatum when unexpected surveillance footage of her notorious parents surfaces: either prove their innocence or surrender herself. Unfortunately, the only witness to the crimes was an elusive Æthyric demon, and Cady has no idea how to find it. She teams up with Lon Butler, an enigmatic demonologist with a special talent for sexual spells and an arcane library of priceless stolen grimoires. Their research soon escalates into a storm of conflict involving missing police evidence, the decadent Hellfire Club, a ruthless bounty hunter, and a powerful occult society that operates way outside the law. If Cady can’t clear her family name soon, she’ll be forced to sacrifice her own life . . . and no amount of running will save her this time.

Algunas leyendas nunca mueren ... El gran sueño de Theodora es poder viajar con su padre, un cazatesores. Ella ha leído hasta el último libro de su biblioteca; tiene un conocimiento impresionante de las reliquias más buscadas del mundo y, cómo no, es una joven ambiciosa. Lo único que no posee es el permiso de su padre. Ese "honor" es para el protegido de 19 años de su padre, y una vez amor de la vida de Theodora, Huck Gallagher. Hasta que, un día, Huck llega de una expedición sin su mentor y le pide ayuda a Theodora para rescatarlo. Con un viejo diario de viaje, los jóvenes se enteran de que el padre de Theodora había estado recavando información sobre un anillo legendario y mágico que una vez perteneció a Vlad el Empalador, más conocido como Drácula, y que podría ser la clave para encontrarlo... En un viaje a Rumania, Theodora y Huck se embarcan en una cautivadora aventura a través de pueblos góticos y castillos oscuros en las brumosas montañas de los Cárpatos para recuperar el famoso anillo. Pero no son los únicos que lo están buscando. Una sociedad secreta y peligrosa con un poderoso vínculo con Vlad el Empalador también lo está buscando. Y harán todo lo posible, incluido matar a quien se cruce en su camino, para hacerse con él.

Dating a demon, defeating evil, running a tiki bar: Arcadia Bell is a great occult mage in many respects. But then there’s the challenge of her boyfriend’s precocious teenage son… Arcadia "Cady" Bell may have saved the Hellfire Club’s children from a local bogeyman, but she and her Earthbound demon boyfriend, Lon Butler, now face a more disturbing problem: his teenage son’s new demonic abilities. Jupe Butler can persuade you to do anything—or so he thinks. To test the limits of his newfound power, Cady invites the co-owner of Tambuku Tiki Lounge to be the teen’s guinea pig during an afternoon boat cruise. But when an angry storm whips the Pacific into a frenzy and Jupe puts them all in serious danger, will Cady's magick trump a teenager’s excess confidence?

Feeling alive is always worth the risk. Meeting Jack on the Owl—San Francisco's night bus—turns Beatrix's world upside down. Jack is charming, wildly attractive...and possibly one of San Francisco's most notorious graffiti artists. But Jack is hiding a piece of himself. On midnight rides and city rooftops, Beatrix begins to see who this enigmatic boy really is.

E se você tivesse que atravessar o país para descobrir um grande amor? A cinéfila Bailey “Zibelina” Rydell troca mensagens com um nerd carismático igualmente apaixonado por filmes – Alex, seu crush virtual. Eles viviam separados por mais de mil quilômetros, até Bailey se mudar para a casa do pai na Califórnia – mais precisamente, para a mesma cidade de Alex. Insegura e temendo que o Alex da vida real seja muito diferente de suas idealizações, Bailey não conta a ele que estão na mesma cidade. Ou que conseguiu um trabalho num museu “caça-turistas” local. Ou que ela está, pouco a pouco, sendo fisgada por um rapaz irritantemente atraente que trabalha no lugar – Porter Roth, cujo berço é uma lendária família de surfistas. Só que a vida é muito mais complicada que qualquer filme, principalmente quando Bailey percebe a estreita fronteira entre ódio, amor ou seja lá o que estiver sentindo por Porter. Além disso, descobrir a verdadeira identidade de Alex mostra-se uma tarefa mais difícil do que ela imaginava. Assim, conforme o verão passa, Bailey precisa decidir se permanece apegada a suas projeções de um Alex que ela nem sabe se existe ou se arrisca uma relação com Porter. Afinal, o cara dos seus sonhos não pode ficar só no mundo virtual. Mas o que Bailey não sabe é que Porter também guarda um segredo.

To whet your appetite for Jenn's unputdownable debut novel Night Owls, here is the final of 3 eBook samplers featuring some exclusive content PLUS an early extract. Cooler than John Green. More romantic than Rainbow Rowell. 'Earth to Beatrix: This was the night bus, not a Journey song. Two strangers were not on a midnight train going anywhere. I was going home, and he was probably going to knock over a liquor store.' Meeting Jack on the Owl - San Francisco's night bus - turns Beatrix's world upside down. Jack is charming, wildly attractive . . . and possibly one of San Francisco's most notorious graffiti artists. On midnight rides and city rooftops, Beatrix begins to see who this enigmatic boy really is. But Jack is hiding much more - and can she uncover the truth that leaves him so wounded? *The full eBook edition of Night Owls will be published on the 13th August.*

After an awkward first encounter, Birdie and Daniel are forced to work together in a Seattle hotel where a famous author leads a mysterious and secluded life in this romantic contemporary novel from the author of Alex, Approximately. Mystery-book aficionado Birdie Lindberg has an overactive imagination. Raised in isolation and homeschooled by strict grandparents, she’s cultivated a whimsical fantasy life in which she plays the heroic detective and every stranger is a suspect. But her solitary world expands when she takes a job the summer before college, working the graveyard shift at a historic Seattle hotel. In her new job, Birdie hopes to blossom from introverted dreamer to brave pioneer, and gregarious Daniel Aoki volunteers to be her guide. The hotel’s charismatic young van driver shares the same nocturnal shift and patronizes the waterfront Moonlight Diner where she waits for the early morning ferry after work. Daniel also shares her appetite for intrigue, and he’s stumbled upon a real-life mystery: a famous reclusive writer—never before seen in public—might be secretly meeting someone at the hotel. To uncover the writer’s puzzling identity, Birdie must come out of her shell…discovering that the most confounding mystery of all may be her growing feelings for the elusive riddle that is Daniel.

Ever since last year’s homecoming dance, best friends-turned-best enemies Zorie and Lennon have made an art of avoiding each other. It doesn’t hurt that their families are the modern-day Californian version of the Montagues and Capulets. But when a group camping trip goes south, Zorie and Lennon find themselves stranded in the wilderness. Alone. Together. What could go wrong? With no one but each other for company, Zorie and Lennon have no choice but to hash out their issues via witty jabs and insults as they try to make their way to safety. But fighting each other while also fighting off the forces of nature makes getting out of the woods in one piece less and less likely. And as the two travel deeper into Northern California’s rugged backcountry, secrets and hidden feelings surface. But can Zorie and Lennon’s rekindled connection survive out in the real world? Or was it just a result of the fresh forest air and the magic of the twinkling stars?

MAGICAL TRICKS. DEMONIC TREATS. After narrowly escaping her fate as a sacrificial scapegoat, Arcadia Bell is back to normal. Or at least as ordinary as life can be for a renegade magician and owner of a tiki bar that caters to Earthbound demons. She's gearing up for the busiest day of the year—Halloween—when a vengeful kidnapper paralyzes the community. The influential head of the local Hellfire Club taps Cady to track down the fiendish bogeyman, and now that she's dating red-hot Lon Butler, the Club's wayward son, she can hardly say no. Cady and Lon untangle a gruesome thirty-year trail of clues that points to danger for the club members' children. But locating the person behind the terror will require some metaphysical help from Cady's loyal bar patrons as well as her potent new Moonchild powers—and she'd better figure it out before the final victim disappears and her own darkest secret becomes her biggest enemy.

Beatrix Adams knows exactly how she’s spending the summer before her senior year. Determined to follow in Da Vinci’s footsteps, she’s ready to tackle the one thing that will give her an advantage in a museum-sponsored scholarship contest: drawing actual cadavers. But when she tries to sneak her way into the hospital’s Willed Body program and misses the last metro train home, she meets a boy who turns her summer plans upside down. Jack is charming, wildly attractive, and possibly one of San Francisco’s most notorious graffiti artists. On midnight buses and city rooftops, Beatrix begins to see who Jack really is—and tries to uncover what he’s hiding that leaves him so wounded. But will these secrets come back to haunt him? Or will the skeletons in her family’s closet tear them apart?

Puss in The Last Wish meets Gail Carson Levine in this charming middle grade fractured fairy tale about an outlaw who teams up with a cursed prince to save the kingdom. Former fair maiden Rosebud is dread bandit Ruthless Rose, leader of the small but mighty Blackhearts outlaw gang. Ever since the evil Firebrand army torched half their village, the thirteen-year-old daughter of a fallen knight has been living by her own code, picking off evil Firebrand caravans to avenge her village—and her father. But Rosebud’s honor is put to the test when the Blackhearts mistakenly ambush a carriage smuggling a mysterious young Prince Fenrik. The shy prince is on the run from the Firebrands…and wearing a hexed wolf mask that can only be removed along with his head. Even worse, the magical object that can free the prince is hidden inside the darkly enchanted Nowhere Wood, where people go in, but they don’t come back out. Helping people isn’t easy. Can a “bad” girl put aside her own need for revenge to save a good prince…and the entire kingdom?

Some legends never die… Traveling with her treasure-hunting father has always been a dream for Theodora. She’s read every book in his library, has an impressive knowledge of the world’s most sought-after relics, and has all the ambition in the world. What she doesn’t have is her father’s permission. That honor goes to her father’s nineteen-year-old protégé—and once-upon-a-time love of Theodora’s life—Huck Gallagher, while Theodora is left to sit alone in her hotel in Istanbul. Until Huck returns from an expedition without her father and enlists Theodora’s help in rescuing him. Armed with her father’s travel journal, the reluctant duo learns that her father had been digging up information on a legendary and magical ring that once belonged to Vlad the Impaler—more widely known as Dracula—and that it just might be the key to finding him. Journeying into Romania, Theodora and Huck embark on a captivating adventure through Gothic villages and dark castles in the misty Carpathian Mountains to recover the notorious ring. But they aren’t the only ones who are searching for it. A secretive and dangerous occult society with a powerful link to Vlad the Impaler himself is hunting for it, too. And they will go to any lengths—including murder—to possess it.

Belladonna by Adalyn Grace meets A Study in Drowning in this sizzling gothic romantasy that follows the forbidden romance between a young nurse and a mysterious young man imprisoned by a dangerous occultist.After receiving a strange summons, eighteen-year-old nursing student Molly O’Rinn finds herself the private live-in nurse for a wealthy young man in his haunting Hudson Valley mansion. But after arriving at his secluded estate, Molly discovers that her handsome employer is not what he seems, and most surprising of all is what rests deep inside the mansion’s walls. Perhaps not what, but who… A young man about Molly’s age—at least in appearance—is a prisoner of the estate, locked behind magical barriers. Nin is royalty, the son of a legend. He is not human, not of this world…and not like anyone Molly has ever met. Molly should stay away from him. But Nin is a terrifying yet strangely attractive being, and soon both Molly and Nin find themselves drawn to each other, sparked by a connection neither of them can deny. But as the two become entangled in a forbidden affair, outside forces start to press in. Because Nin’s legendary father is looking for his son, and he’s not the only one. To keep Molly safe, Nin must find a way back to his realm or suffer the consequences. Even if it means choosing his princely duty over love.

Früher waren Zorie und Lennon beste Freunde – und kurze Zeit sogar mehr als das. Doch seit dem Homecoming-Ball letztes Jahr herrscht zwischen ihnen Funkstille, und auch ihre Familien haben sich nichts mehr zu sagen. Dann wird ein Campingtrip mit Freunden zum Desaster und Zorie strandet in der Wildnis. Zusammen mit dem Jungen, der ihr das Herz gebrochen hat: Lennon. Auf sich allein gestellt und ohne die Möglichkeit, einander aus dem Weg zu gehen, kommen endlich all ihre Gefühle zum Vorschein. Aber haben Zorie und Lennon den Mut, einen Neuanfang zu wagen?

Sonne, Meer und jede Menge Romantik - das neue Buch von Jenn Bennett, der Autorin des Bestsellers »Unter dem Zelt der Sterne« Josie (17) hat einen Plan, als sie mit ihrer Mutter an den Ort ihrer Kindheit zurückkehrt: Während Mom die Buchhandlung der Familie führt, wird sie ihren Abschluss machen, mit der Kamera die Stadt erkunden und am Ende des Sommers zu ihrem Vater, einem berühmten Fotografen, an die Westküste ziehen. Und dann steht plötzlich Lucky Karras vor ihr – groß, gut aussehend und verdammt wütend. Ganz anders als der Junge, der 5 Jahre zuvor ihr bester Freund war. Alle warnen Josie, doch als Lucky ihr aus einer Notlage hilft, ist es um sie geschehen. Könnte er der eine gute Grund sein, um doch zu bleiben?