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Jackie does not like surprises. Chaos is the enemy! The best way to get her successful, busy parents to notice her is to be perfect. The perfect look, the perfect grades—the perfect daughter. And then Jackie's family dies in a freak car accident and she has to move cross-country to live with the Walters—her new guardians. Now Jackie must trade in her Type A personality and New York City apartment for a Colorado ranch and all the wild Walter boys who come with it. How can she fit in and move on when she needs to keep her parents' memory alive by living up to the promise of perfect?

Jackie Howard returns to the Walter ranch after a summer in New York. She needed space—and got it. But she doesn't know where things stand with her and Cole Walter after that goodbye kiss. Over the summer, she stopped texting him. She never stopped thinking about him. Still, with Cole living off in town to work at Tony's garage before he heads off to college, Jackie thinks it'll be easy to avoid him—only to find that when she sees him face to face at last, it's, well . . . impossible to resist him.

The Garretts are everything the Reeds are not. Loud, numerous, messy, affectionate. And every day from her balcony perch, seventeen-year-old Samantha Reed wishes she was one of them…until one summer evening, Jase Garrett climbs the trellis to sit by her and changes everything.

One spring afternoon after school, Amber arrives home on her bike. It's just another perfectly normal day. But when Amber's mom sees her, she screams. Because Amber died seven years ago, hit by a car while on the very same bicycle she's inexplicably riding now. This return doesn't only impact Amber. Her sister, Melissa, now seven years older, must be a new kind of sibling to Amber. Amber's estranged parents are battling over her. And the changes ripple farther and farther out: Amber's friends, boyfriend, and even people she met only once have been deeply affected by her life and death.

It's GCSE results day. Frankie's best friend, Jojo, is missing. A baby has been stolen. And more than one person has been lying. Frankie's determined to find out the truth and her ex-boyfriend Ram is the only person who can help her. But they're both in for a shock...everything is about to change.

Perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli, this charming, chaotic romance follows two teens who agree to fake-date when stuck together one summer in a quirky, scenic lake town. This is definitely not how Maya wanted to spend the summer—depressed at her once-beloved cabin in Spruce Lake, and unable...

From Dancing with the Stars runner-up and Duck Dynasty star Sadie Robertson comes a fun novel about two teenage girls from different backgrounds and opposite lifestyles who discover there is more to friendship than meets the eye. When things go wrong, it’s reality TV’s right…...

New York Times bestseller David Arnold returns with a poignant love story about two teens whose souls come together time and again through the ages—for fans of Nina LaCour and Matt Haig. Evan Taft has plans. Take a gap year in Alaska, make sure his little brother and single mother are taken...

Romeo & Juliet meets cozy Christmas rom-com in this delectable new novel from beloved author Kasie West. What happens when the son and daughter of two rival families—both competing for the best decorated house this holiday—fall in love? Perfect for fans of Fake Skating and Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice!

‘I am so glad I read this book. It’s like an old friend who will cheer you up and make you feel a bit better about all those times you’ve made a twit of yourself.’ Alex Bell, author of Frozen Charlotte ‘Great for fans of Holly Bourne’ Katy Birchall, author of The It Girl ‘According...

Going head-to-head with your best friend is never easy, on or off the court. Told in a dual point of view, best friends Josie and Cami have to navigate friendship, rivalry, and first love in this fun female athlete 2000’s nostalgic YA from USA Today bestselling author Janette Rallison. Josie...

Shelby Black has a secret. For the past six months, her uncle Roy has been training her to be an exorcist. But high school is hard enough without having to explain that you fight demons for a living, so Shelby keeps her extracurricular activity to herself. The last thing she wants is for her crush, Spencer, to find out what she does in her off time. And Shelby knows how to keep a secret―even a big one. Like the fact that her mom left under mysterious circumstances and it's all her fault.

Chloe was three years old when she became Chloe Holden, but her adoption didn’t scar her, and she’s had a great life. Now, 14 years later, her loving parents’ marriage has fallen apart, and her mom has moved them to Joyful, Texas. Starting 12th grade as the new kid at school, everything Chloe loved about her life is gone. And feelings of déjà vu from her early childhood start haunting her.    

An emotional, small-town, first-love romance between a spirited athlete and her football hero neighbor.

Anna Valairy is an ordinary young woman trying to make her own place in life, when one night she meets a man who changes everything. Seeming larger than life she is pulled more and more into his world. But will their love save them or will it be their undoing? Or will Uriel, leader of the Grigori, have his way? After all he is here to serve the will of heaven and not just one woman, or is he?

Summers in the country used to be Brynn’s favorite. Hanging by the swimming hole and navigating acres of property with the Marsh brothers across the road. Until the summer she’s 15 and everything changes.

Presidenta de la clase, estudiante ejemplar y psicóloga honoraria; o al menos ese es el título con el que conocen a Tabatha Johnson. En el sótano de la secundaría Lander, los grupos y categorías sociales dejan de importar, pues solo hay un objetivo: una consulta con Taby. Sin embargo, esto no es tan sencillo, no cuando todos necesitan una.

En el sótano Lander, los grupos y categorías sociales dejan de importar, pues solo hay un objetivo: una consulta con Taby, la psicóloga honoraria de la escuela y quizá la única estudiante que no podría faltar a clases sin que lo notaran. La vida de Tabatha se simplifica en solucionar los problemas de los demás y mantener sus calificaciones y su lugar en la junta estudiantil. Solo debe seguir unas cuantas reglas y “No relacionarse con los clientes” es una de ellas. Fácil, o al menos así lo fue, hasta que Robert Tyson solicitó su ayuda para encontrar a la misteriosa chica de sus sueños.

Eros Williams, the child of Wesley and Oliver Williams, has a lot to live up to - The Love Project, for one. With a name like Eros, it’s hard not to wonder if you’ll ever find your perfect match. But with an incredible boyfriend and a happy life, she’s pretty sure things will work out just fine - until they don’t. When her parents decide it’s time for a family-filled holiday, her perfect life starts to unravel, primarily because her archnemesis, Logan Harrison, is part of that family.

Elizabeth Margaret’s future has already been decided—Harvard, law school, and a prestigious career waiting at her father’s firm. She’s the perfect daughter, the overachiever, the girl who never disappoints. But when a mysterious aunt she’s never heard of invites her to spend the summer at a secluded bed-and-breakfast off the coast of North Carolina, Elizabeth takes a risk she’s never taken before—and steps into a world nothing like the one she knows.