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Victor Vollmer isn't a paperboy anymore. He's a copyboy now, but his duties at the newspaper get interrupted by a last request from Mr. Spiro, the old man who became Victor's mentor and helped him take on his stutter in the beloved novel Paperboy, a Newbery Honor Book. Victor takes off on a journey that sends him hundreds of miles from home toward the teeth of a gathering storm. Confronted by an unfamiliar and threatening world, he meets a girl who is strong, smart, and bold like no one he's known before, and together they venture to the place where river meets sea.

I agreed to marry a woman I’d never met for one reason only—to become part of the Larone family, the most powerful mafia name in this city. My bride was never important to me. Sure, I’d treat her fine and keep her at arm’s length, but this was never going to be a love match. Until I heard her smart mouth. Until I saw her. Until I lifted her veil and looked into her eyes. That was it for me. I went from being a made man to a man who would do anything for Angelica Larone.

When Mary's husband Brent returns from a month-long wellness retreat, he seems like a totally different person. Before he went away, Brent was anxious, depressed, and in danger of losing his job. Now, he’s decisive, optimistic, and full of energy. He also has big plans to start his own business… big plans which require a lot of capital.

Stranded in the Badlands after fleeing for their lives from Mount Hua Outpost, Jace and his friends find themselves with unexpected gifts from the gods—the opportunity to train and get stronger at an unprecedented pace and the chance to secure their freedom from Lords Ouyang and Ngai. But in the middle of their efforts, an ancient evil surfaces that threatens to destroy them and the empire with its otherworldly power. Their newfound strength is put to the test as they battle for survival.

Jace and his friends find themselves battling Ouyang and Ngai, blindsided by a powerful threat that’s set its sights on the destruction of the empire, and racing to find a cure for one of their own before it’s too late. Through it all, Jace knows there’s only one way they’ll succeed in saving themselves and those they care about: by getting stronger.

Russell Palmer is known for taking on unusual and high-risk cases alongside his private detective associate, Robbie Whyte. When the wealthy and alluring Christina Franco approaches him to represent her during divorce proceedings, he finds her story impossible to resist.

After a harrowing journey to Canada, Elsa and her friends are safe, but the need to free their homeland from GreenCorps domination forces them back into danger. With renewed hope, they return to join the rebels. Some sneak into SoCal to free Elsa's family, others lead teams to collect seeds from the bunkers, and others bring hope to the populace and free the downtrodden. Like Elsa, Janna grew up in SoCal, but instead of escaping, her brother sold her as a prostitute.

Spies Don’t Fall for Their Neighbor is a closed-door romantic comedy brimming with chemistry and witty banter. In a world where the family business is the spy business, prepare to laugh, swoon, and fall head over heels in love.

With Sami’s life on the line, Jace and his friends race to find a cure for the soul spore. Coming up short again and again, they turn to the last being who might be able to help them: Zurvan, god of infinite time and space. Yet his price is steep: represent him at an out-of-time tournament against Divine and Ascended cultivators—and not only that, but win. As Sami’s condition worsens and the Polypheme approaches the empire, Jace has no choice but to accept.

In Denver, Ginger, the sheltered daughter of the GreenCorps leader, hops a train, escaping her lonely existence imprisoned in her father's mansion. Encountering hardship and devastating thirst, Ginger experiences the disparity between the starving, oppressed populace, and her life of privilege. Rescued by Elsa's group, she vows to help break the corporation's stranglehold. As the GreenCorps henchmen close in, the race with the key becomes desperate. If caught, Elsa and her found family face life imprisonment, or worse, execution—their one chance to change their world, lost forever.

There is one person on this earth I cannot stand: Ethan Taylor. Sure, he looks like he belongs on the cover of a magazine, but don't let his looks fool you. He is pretentious, arrogant, and self-absorbed. Unfortunately, he is also the son of a reality TV star, and designers who won't even glance at my portfolio are on his speed dial. But now he has a proposition for me: If I join him in New York City and pose as his date to his grandmother’s swanky benefit, he’ll take me to Fashion Week and introduce me to the hottest names in fashion.

I didn’t mean to kill my husband. All I wanted was to escape his abuse and start a new life with my daughter as far away from him as possible. But in one life-altering second, I had to decide—run or stay and face his family and a possible murder conviction. I ran. What else could I do? I’m all my daughter has in this world. I’ll do anything to make sure she’s safe.

In the wake of a violent rebellion, Cecilia and Xander are trapped behind enemy lines under the thumb of a cruel tyrant. It’s impossible to know who to trust with the culture of fear Vincent has instilled in the Argarian court. Clawing back the power he stole requires slow and careful progress. The vicious king needs them both alive for now, but one wrong move will land them in tower jails or worse.

Xander Savero is reeling from the loss of his family and the love of his life. But there’s no time for his broken heart when his kingdom is in peril. His cruel cousin is chipping away at Argaria’s borders, leaving a trail of violence in his wake, and that’s just the beginning. The fiercest opposition comes from within Xander’s own court, where nobles speculate about his parentage, commoners think he’s an outsider, and assassins wait poised for the moment he drops his guard. Xander strives to put an end to the upheaval by marrying a princess from a stronger, more established kingdom.