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When twelve-year-old Charity Bullock's parents die in Galveston's yellow fever epidemic in 1853, she and her fifteen year-old sister, Hope, must travel across the Texas frontier by ox wagon to live with their great-uncle, Richard Bullock, whom they have never met. Their only living relative, Great-Uncle Bullock owns a large hotel in Austin, the new capitol of the Republic of Texas, where his incessant swigging from a jug of corn liquor threate...

In a dark future, follow seventeen year old Rayn Mirago as she leaves everything she knows behind, and embarks on a journey that will either prove her worth, or take her life. Sojourn - The Wildlands, is the first book in the Rayn Mirago saga where she must leave on her Sojourn across the former United States to prove her worth. She will face many struggles and dangers that will challenge her, make her doubt herself, and force her to realize t...

Domino Blanken was supposed to be stupid. That was the first lie her parents told. Then again, Kay Ross is no stranger to dishonesty. Seventeen, notoriously standoffish, and belonging to one of EnglandÕs most powerful Ñand hatedÑ families, Kay has been surrounded by liars from the beginning. But when Domino is found dead, Kay realizes the secrets of her world run much deeper than the surface. Queens, ghosts, rivals, and friends . . . everyone ...

Shape shifters died out in Teladorn long ago. With the making of the Stone - a reservoir of magical power - those who protect the land became lesser magicians. Lana, a young village woman, finds herself unexpectedly chosen as apprentice to the most powerful present-day mage. She follows him to the Forest of Welkan far to the north where she discovers that Teladorn is under threat and will soon realize the depth of its loss in no longer having ...

Sometimes people vanish for a reason... The Foxwoode Riding Academy brochure hadn't mentioned anything about the girl who vanished four years earlier. While the other girls mock the rumor that a dead girl haunts Foxwoode, Brynlei senses that the girl-or her ghost-lurks in the shadows. Someone soon discovers Brynlei's search for answers and will go to any length to stop her. When Brynlei finally uncovers the truth, she must choose whether to pr...

High school freshman T.J. Jackson thinks his summer will be a drag when his widowed dad dumps him off for a vacation with his Uncle Mike, a Park Ranger at the Gettysburg National Battlefield, Aunt Terri, and his geeky adopted cousin LouAnne. But T.J. is in for a few surprises. For starters, Gettysburg isn't the boring Civil War town he expected. A ghostly Confederate cavalier has been terrorizing nightly visitors to the battlefield. And LouAnn...

Not your average ghost story... One wintry night, a horrible accident changes seventeen-year-old Carson Walsh's life forever, granting him the inexplicable power to witness future events before they occur. Yet his premonitions dredge up terrifying memories and ostracize him from his friends, family, and teammates, making his return to school and sports more challenging than he ever anticipated. He doesn't know who he can trust with the dreadfu...

Twell's life is complicated. Her world has been attacked for precious water resources, and loved ones have died. Thrown into the Army Of Powers, Twell is forced to continue training her telekinetic gifts for the looming war. As if that wasn't stressful enough, she's in love with a boy who was not chosen for her, and her genetic match believes in obeying the Governing Body's laws, and fighting for Twell, whether she likes it or not. When Twell ...

Following the death of her father four years ago, Ruby Dawson feels that life can't get any harder. Living in a care home for girls, struggling with the last two years of school and working part time at an employment agency seem almost too much at times. And then she sees the man with the crescent scar. He's a memory from her past and one that she knows will have answers. He's the last link to her dad. Ruby goes looking for answers but only en...

Thirteen-year-old Anna's passionate dream is to go to high school, the first girl from her tiny farm community back in 1910 to do so. She is determined not to stay at home like her older sister, Mary Ellen, helping their mother and waiting to marry a local farmer. But there is no money to send her to River Heights, seven miles away, and anyway, her mother needs her. When sixteen-year-old Mary Ellen is sexually assaulted by a local boy, the sit...

When the bad boy son of the United States president sets his sights on Eden Warren, she is not impressed. The first son is dubbed "First Disaster" by the public for his questionable antics and Eden has no intention of becoming his latest conquest. What could this former playboy do to convince Eden that he has truly changed his ways, especially when she discovers he's hiding a government-protected secret that could permanently alter the course ...

Hidden in the trees is a boy with a mysterious past and powerful ability- will the team that found him have to watch him die? 15-year-old Joaquin can sharpen his senses to an amazing degree, but then he needs to heal from the pain. His ability harms him but can help everyone else. He joins a mission team that works for the king and they travel south into danger. But entwining his life with his team moves Joaquin towards the inevitable choice h...

Something's Wrong in the Birthplace of Baseball... In life, he was one of the all-time greats, a trailblazing icon who played the game with unmatched passion and style. In death, his mystique only grew, the circumstances of his demise shrouded in controversy and myth. When he passed into legend it was believed his like would never be seen again. But now he's come back. And it's up to T.J., LouAnne and Bortnicker to solve the riddle of Roberto'...

The Sea Side Strangler is on the loose in Beach Point, where fifteen-year-old Cathy Banks is spending the summer with her aunt (who happens to be mystery writer Roberta McCabe.) Although thrilled to be away from her psychotic, divorcing parents, with no cell phone or internet access, Cathy is positive that her summer is going to be wretched. Just when she begins to make friends, and even finds a crush to drool over, her new friend Lauren vanis...

Parallel universes, an invasion of Earth, and eternally youthful sentinels. Nothing is as it seems at University School. It's hard enough to always be the new girl, but when Hailey Schick angers the dominant clique her dreams of a normal school year are dashed. Preston and Chelsea rule the school with an iron fist, but is there more going on than the usual cutthroat high school games?

Valka the Wolf Slayer helps an Atlantean king regain his throne. The great master, Kukulcan, asks Valka to accompany him to Mesoamerica. While Kukulcan travels to Tiahuanaco, Valka leads the Toltecs in a defensive war against invading Nahuas. In an exciting climax, Valka descends to Xibalba, the Land of the Dead, with the Toltec prince in a dramatic rescue. Valka faces a series of hair-raising challenges that require all of his skills in order...

Though their planet is dying, Cricket Sminth is still furious at her parents for having tricked her into leaving home. What's more, in the form of a sixteen-year-old girl, she is now forced to enroll in high school in the little desert community of Prickly Pear, California. Cricket's disdainful behavior makes enemies of everyone in town including Claudia, the mayor's daughter, and Tom, the one-armed boy she's strangely attracted to. To make ma...

The picturesque town of Santillana Del Mar, Spain is legendary for its mysterious caves, but few know deep in those caves lurks a hidden secret. As seventeen-year-old-Keith stumbles onto a gateway deep within the heart of the mountain leading into a parallel universe known as Nevrhada-filled with Assassin-Vines, undead dragons, vampires, blood-thirsty Crocotta and other lethal creatures-he desperately clutches to his will to remain on earth. D...

Juniper Sawfeather seems to have a talent for finding mythological creatures. Or maybe the creatures are finding her. The mermaids she saved from the oil spill are long gone. There's no evidence of them, and she's been branded as a liar and a fake in the media and at school. Her environmental activist parents have moved on to a protest to save Old Growth trees from being chopped down. June isn't particularly concerned with this cause, but that...

Rove, Roam and Rune Gustavo are back with their girls at their sides in the third and final book of the Dark as Night Trilogy, A Day Yet to Come. Powers surge, enemies switch sides and one is sworn to secrecy to save another. Can the brothers unite with the destined Sisters of the Realm and beat back the worst evil imaginable and restore magic, or will evil take over and rule the Enchanted Realm?