Darkness blooms in bestselling author Kalynn Bayron's new contemporary fantasy about a girl with a unique and deadly power. Briseis has a gift: she can grow plants from tiny seeds to rich blooms with a single touch. When Briseis's aunt dies and wills her a dilapidated estate in rural New York, Bri and her parents decide to leave Brooklyn behind for the summer. Hopefully there, surrounded by plants and flowers, Bri will finally learn to control her gift. But their new home is sinister in ways they could never have imagined--it comes with a specific set of instructions, an old-school apothecary, and a walled garden filled with the deadliest botanicals in the world that can only be entered by those who share Bri's unique family lineage. When strangers begin to arrive on their doorstep, asking for tinctures and elixirs, Bri learns she has a surprising talent for creating them. One of the visitors is Marie, a mysterious young woman who Bri befriends, only to find that Marie is keeping dark secrets about the history of the estate and its surrounding community. There is more to Bri's sudden inheritance than she could have imagined, and she is determined to uncover it . . . until a nefarious group comes after her in search of a rare and dangerous immortality elixir. Up against a centuries-old curse and the deadliest plant on earth, Bri must harness her gift to protect herself and her family. From the bestselling author of Cinderella Is Dead comes another inspiring and deeply compelling story about a young woman with the power to conquer the dark forces descending around her.

2021 LODESTAR AWARD for BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK Fourteen-year-old Mona isn’t like the wizards charged with defending the city. She can’t control lightning or speak to water. Her familiar is a sourdough starter and her magic only works on bread. She has a comfortable life in her aunt’s bakery making gingerbread men dance. But Mona’s life is turned upside down when she finds a dead body on the bakery floor. An assassin is stalking the streets of Mona’s city, preying on magic folk, and it appears that Mona is his next target. And in an embattled city suddenly bereft of wizards, the assassin may be the least of Mona’s worries…

Only a fool would try and hunt the beast. A fool, or a witch all out of options. Esmae’s days are numbered. With her ex-lover’s curse hanging around her neck, she has two succumb to the curse as her body turns to the same ice her heart is supposedly encased in (as her ex would prefer), or spill the blood of the beast that haunts the Condemned Cliffs and set herself free.Since the last thing she plans to do is meet her end on her ex’s terms, hunting down the dangerous beast it is.Unfortunately, despite her best efforts, her attempt to kill the beast fails. Worse, the beast isn’t some great, scaled creature.No, he’s a vampire with red eyes and fangs… fangs he plans to sink into her neck in retribution for her attempt on his life.Because the vampire isn’t going to simply kill Esmae for her hubris…He’s going to claim her as his mate. Now, she’s matched in a game against time and stay with the vampire and let her heart turn to ice, or kill him—and break it.Stolen by the Vampire is a standalone fantasy romance Beauty and the Beast retelling, perfect for readers who love their love interests obsessed and fanged and their heroines who know how to fight back and bring the beast to his knees.

(Brother's best friend, forbidden love, small-town, military second-chance romance.) A promise written on a coaster. A lost night in a dark room. Grayson Cole was my brother’s best friend. He was all of my firsts. Then he went away... Drew Harris was just a kid, a senior in high school, my best friend’s little sister. They said she was too young to know her feelings. I was too old to have them, so I left to join the military. Four years passed. Loss, injury, angry words I can never take back… I’m home, but I’m not the same. Neither is she. Now she’s a woman with flashing blue eyes, long blonde hair, and gorgeous curves. Still, she’s the same sweet smile, the same sassy mouth… I could never say No to her before. I should for her sake. She deserves better than what I’ve become, scarred and damaged. “They told me to stay away from you. I went away to try… God, I tried. Now everything has changed. I’m back, and I’ll do whatever it takes to make you mine…”

The first part of an enthralling new series leads readers on a fantastic journey filled with quirky characters, clever charms, potions and spells. Ages 9+. The 7th son of the 7th son, aptly named Septimus Heap, is stolen the night he is born by a midwife who pronounces him dead. That same night, the baby's father, Silas Heap, comes across a bundle in the snow containing a newborn girl with violet eyes. The Heaps take this helpless newborn into their home, name her Jenna, and raise her as their own. But who is this mysterious baby girl, and what really happened to their beloved son, Septimus? The first part of this enthralling new series leads readers on a fantastic journey filled with quirky characters, clever charms, potions and spells, and a yearning to uncover the mystery at the heart of this story...who is Septimus Heap? Angie Sage writes in the tradition of great British storytellers. Her inventive fantasy is filled with humor and heart: Magyk will have readers laughing and begging for more.

He moved in next door. Handsome as sin, older in a way that meant forbidden. He had tattoos on his hands and wickedness tucked in his grin. I was a goner as girl to a man they called Casanova for a reason. He would never love me, at least not the way I needed him to. I tried to move on. But I couldn’t turn my back on him or The Fallen MC. So when they needed me most, I offered the only thing of value I could use to help them. My body. And when helping them meant putting my life on the line, Nova had to decide just how much he was willing to do to get me out alive. A standalone romance in The Fallen Men series.

The Manth people are at last free to seek their promised land, led by Bowman and Kestrel's mother, a prophetess. But the journey is long and hard, filled with many dangers, enemies, distractions, and temptations. And each of the travelers is preoccupied with his or her own worries. Bowman is torn between his attraction to Sisi, a former princess, and what he believes is his destiny-to sacrifice himself for the good of the people. Kestrel also feels a pull toward a mission, toward something-but for some reason, she cannot envision her life beyond the journey.

I was hellbent on making them pay. Instead, they bent and twisted me. I am the golden child, the one who’s supposed to be perfect. During the day I attend Spine Ridge University as my father wishes, but when darkness falls I put on my mask to hunt criminals and destroy them. Until one night when I come face to face with three evil boys … Kai, Nathan, and Milo from the Phantom Society. Secretive, violent, dirty guys who promise to expose my vigilante justice and put my dangerous side-job in the limelight. They’ll show the world how savage I truly am … unless I let them have their way with me. My body bartered for their silence … And I say yes. They’re shameless in claiming me, not even my dignity is spared. With their devious games they make me question my sanity. Worst of all … I’m beginning to love every inch of their corruption. Until it’s no longer just bodies against bodies, but four hearts beating in sync. But if I’m really going to go down this path to hell … I’m taking those devils with me. A new riveting Dark Bully Romance by New York Times & USA Today Bestselling author Clarissa Wild. This book includes scenes that may be disturbing to some readers. Book contains scenes with multiple men falling for one girl.

Rule #1: Don’t fall in love with the coach. Gabriel Theriault’s been skating on thin ice for the past two seasons with Toronto but his arrest following an off-ice fight is the final straw. His only shot at redemption is to start over in Evanston and prove that he still has what it takes to be a pro player. No more fights. No more drinking. No more random hookups. Rule #2: The team always comes first. Years ago, Lance Tate’s on-ice injury ended his career and marriage. His long road to recovery led to a job he loves as assistant coach with the Evanston Otters, and he wouldn’t dream of giving that up. Until he meets Gabriel. The French-Canadian is fifteen years younger, burdened by too much responsibility, and the most intriguing man Lance has ever met. He’s also the absolute last man Lance should get involved with. The draw between them is impossible to resist—even if it could cost them the game they love. Their only chance at winning it all is to change the rules.

I wove a deadly web, but it became my trap.Rosalind I’m a cold-blooded killer, a femme fatale with a long list of victims. My latest target being Cesare Montesano. I must kill him and his brothers to protect my innocent young daughter. He catches me in the middle of the mission, but I’m not scared. I might be his prisoner yet I’m not without weapons.And I will use every trick in the book to disarm him and escape.CesareShe tried to inject me with a poisonous syringe.Now, she’s my captive with a head full of secrets.Secrets that threaten my brother’s lives and rob our family’s power. She’s a betrayer, just like all the others, but I won’t fall for her manipulation. I will break this pretty little assassin through pleasure of pain.But the more of her layers I uncover, the more I’m drawn into her web. Breaking Rosalind is a dark romance containing themes some may find disturbing. Please check the warnings inside the book.

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They were never meant for happily-ever-after. They fell in love anyway.She thought he was dead.Four years after the disappearance of her beloved prince, Lady Allette Rittey returns to the fae realm to find Prince Senan very much alive—and on the verge of marrying a bloody princess.Desperate for answers, Allette poses as a servant to gain access to his castle. But the wedding bells are ringing, and she’s running out of time before she loses him forever.Prince Senan Vale has problems.A lot of them.Most pressing, an arranged marriage not to the woman he was meant for, but the princess of a neighboring kingdom.When the king refuses to call off the engagement, Senan loses all hope.Then his long-lost love returns from the grave.Senan and Allette learn the truth of what kept them apart, discovering they have been betrayed by those closest to them.The only way to be together is to flee the kingdom.But first they must escape a castle full of traitors. (Bound by Gravity is the first in a series of fantasy romance duets that features fated mates and forbidden love.)

<Summer. The annual end of semester college party at the lake. Everything was good, until I stepped onto the boat with Grayson, the hockey team captain, and Micah, the team photographer. We saw something we shouldn’t have. Did something we shouldn’t have. And Cruz Martinez, the bad boy of Blackwell Lake, was there to witness it all. Now, someone is after us. Someone who knows our secret. We need to find out what’s beneath the surface…before it’s too late. 1…2…3…4… Whose body is lying on the lake floor? ***** Beneath the Surface is a why-choose MMMF college suspense romance from Becca Steele and C. Lymari. This book cannot be read as a standalone.