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Plain-spoken, headstrong Ophelia cares little about appearances. Her ability to read the past of objects is unmatched in all of Anima, and, what’s more, she possesses the ability to travel through mirrors, a skill passed down to her from previous generations. Her idyllic life is disrupted, however, when she is promised in marriage to Thorn, a taciturn and influential member of a distant clan. She must leave all she knows behind and follow her fiancé to Citaceleste, the capital of a cold, icy ark known as the Pole, where danger lurks around every corner and nobody can be trusted.

The recent Strigoi attack at St. Vladimir’s Academy was the deadliest ever in the school’s history, claiming the lives of Moroi students, teachers, and guardians alike. Even worse, the Strigoi took some of their victims with them . . . including Dimitri. He’d rather die than be one of them...

When Bethany Anne makes a promise, heavens and planets will be moved to keep it. She swore to protect the Federation before taking the fight to the Kurtherians. Nine months into the tour, and the Federation is still vulnerable when Gödel strikes. Renewed alliances bring the Federation together to fight the anti-Empire movement threatening its stability. Some distance away, a world is being built for the Collectives. Gödel’s agent has other plans. Can the Rangers protect this new domain - Waterworld - until the Collectives arrive and can make the planet their home?

Christy is going to Europe! It’s a three-week outreach trip with Doug, Katie, and Tracy. First stop is London for some sightseeing, and then on to a castle in the English countryside for group training. Christy is so excited to be headed for Belfast with her friends. Their roommate, Sierra Jensen, adds lots of energy to their late night conversations along with Katie. Why is it that Tracy seems to be avoiding the merriment? If Christy can go the distance and trust God more than ever before, Christy will discover that a promise really can last forever.

Before Kelsey there was a girl, raised by a villain, whose love for a hero changed the course of history. Trapped under the thumb of her abusive and powerful father Lokesh, Yesubai struggles to keep her own magical abilities secret while evading his dark powers. When Lokesh promises Yesubai to the prince of a neighboring kingdom, she becomes the central pawn in his plot to destroy the ruling family and take power for himself. Yesubai is trapped by her father's threats and desperate to protect the man she comes to love, but she knows that any decision she makes will have dire consequences. As dark forces gather around her, Yesubai must decide if she's willing to reveal that somewhere deep within her she has the power to change everything.

The week before her birthday, her father mysteriously disappears. Then, by accident, Ellyce discovers a secret room in his closet. The truth of her discovery will change her life forever. But she must keep her secrets to herself because her best friend, Benson Monroe, is now her ex, and he’s dating her nemesis, Sydney Parker. As if her personal crisis wasn’t enough, a solar flare erupts, plunging the entire world into darkness and turmoil.

Jorja thought she understood the dangers of her family’s dark legacy, but the secrets buried in Grove Hills are deadlier than she ever imagined. Her grandfather’s empire is closing in, and her every move is shadowed by betrayal, power, and manipulation. A mysterious key and a risky alliance with Bentley may hold the answers she needs, but trusting the wrong person could cost her everything.

As 14-year-old Christy leaves her family's Wisconsin farm to spend the summer at her wealthy aunt and uncle's home in Newport Beach, she hopes this will be the best summer of her life. When she meets surfer Todd with his screaming silver blue eyes, she's certain it will be. But when the summer doesn't unfold as Christy had hoped, she wonders if she'll keep her promise to her parents not to do anything she'll regret. Will she do anything to get Todd's attention, to be accepted, to force her summer to give her everything it promised?

Sometimes following your heart can end up destroying the ones you love. When 17-year-old Eviana Dumahl is faced with the responsibility of an arranged marriage and clan leadership, she is forced to choose between the life required of a mermaid and one of a teenage girl simply infatuated with the wrong guy. Kain, her devoted fiance, would make a wonderful husband - except that she's been in love with Brendan, a shape-shifting selkie, ever since they were kids.

Now that she’s fully accepted her role, Hope takes up the mantle of Healer to lead a new team of untrained Soulkeepers. Repurposing Revelations to be a training ground won’t be easy, not when the source of its power has been disrupted, and the only woman who knows the island’s secrets is on her deathbed.

Just when everything is starting to come together in life and love, fate throws a curveball at wannabe cowgirl Devon Brooke. She has some tough decisions to make regarding cowboy McKennon Kelly, her future plans, and her beloved horse Faith. Devon is devastated when a simple mistake causes serious consequences for her horse, and she falls hard back to square one losing hope she can ever amount to the equestrian she wants to be. No longer running from his past, McKennon is desperate to bring Devon back to the saddle and honor his show pen promise.

After years of bullying, Joshua Harper’s life has completely turned around, thanks in no small part to his girlfriend, Eve Devereaux. With the holidays approaching, he’s started to realize that as tough as being in a relationship is, finding her the perfect gift may be even tougher. Christmas is the season for giving. But what do you give the girl to whom you owe everything? Listen to find out.

My name is Rory Forseti, and I attend the Colorado branch of Mythos Academy, a school of warrior kids, powerful artifacts, and mythological monsters. I'm a student, a fierce Spartan warrior, and a member of Team Midgard, a group of kids and adults tasked with stopping the evil Reapers of Chaos. There is one Reaper I'm determined to hunt down above all others: Covington, the man who murdered my parents. So when the Midgard gets a tip that Covington is going to try to steal a dangerous artifact, I'm ready to fight. But the situation is far more complicated than it seems.

Cadence just wants to help Airlie. Instead she’s trapped in a double life at the Guild. And with nomad delegations arriving for a royal tour, everything is only growing more complicated. As the threat from both the raiders and the fallen kingdom grows, Cadence and Zeke’s charade is stretched to a breaking point as they fight for their friends. But how can Cadence keep everyone safe when she’s growing less sure of who she can trust? Desperately searching for a way to help Cadence from afar, Airlie must find a way to unleash her own power before it’s too late for both of them.

After Promise’s mother dies in a tragic car accident, it leaves a void in Promise’s life that she is yearning to fill. This titular novel finds Promise spiraling into a life of crime and drug affiliation by the company she chooses to keep. Also coping with abandonment and a lifelong broken commitment from her biological father, Promise ultimately has two goals: to graduate from high school and to be loved.

Fae enemies are gathering on all sides, forced to bend the knee to the newly crowned Alder King. Now, only Aster stands between Faolan's wrath and the humans he intends to slaughter and enslave. From the fiery depths of the Metal Court to the darkest reaches of the sinister Shadow Court, Aster and Thorne must travel the length of Faerie to seek possible allies and hunt down the objects of power they desperately need to challenge Faolan's rule.

For sixteen-year-old Amanda Scott, the real competition isn't on the mat. It’s in the space between heartbeats, in the silence before the music starts, in the whisper of doubt that threatens to shatter her focus. The gym may be her sanctuary, but it is also her proving ground, where every move is judged not just by her discerning coach but by the relentless inner critic who asks if she’s perfect enough.

Barely escaping the black flames that took her mother, Ayana is forced to keep secrets that, if learned, will cause her to share her mother’s fate. In the face of grief, a curse is cast that ignites a king’s rage, and Ayana’s father’s war on magic begins. Hoping to break the curse by spilling magical blood, Ayana’s father leaves the kingdom to find his next target.

“A ship in the harbor is safe…but this is not what ships are built for.” At its foundation, this is a romantic fantasy, action-adventure, 17th-century tale of good versus evil and soul-deep love. Promises Made, Promises Kept is captivating from beginning to end. This story contains heroic battles against darkness on the high seas. Good will rise. Evil will fall. Faith will be tested. Angels, the animal kingdom, and mankind will clash as epic fantasy meets swashbuckling adventure.

In Promises, 13-year-old Lizzie and her nine-year-old brother Colin are on their way from England to Canada in 1940. Nightly German bombings convinced their mum to enroll them in a government evacuation program. They're told this short holiday will be filled with trips to the Rocky Mountains, the chance to meet cowboys and Indians, and a promise to return them to England when the war is over.