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What does it mean to be a monster? Is it dangerous? Is it fun? Do people hate you? Do they like you? I’ve got the answers on speed dial, and I’ve got to admit, I couldn’t care less about anyone’s two cents on the matter. I’m your not-so-average eight-year-old on a mission to carve out a life that’s entirely my own. Will I choose to become an unstoppable force of magical marvels? You bet your enchanted socks I will! Does this journey make a whole bunch of folks around me more than a little uneasy? You bet your bottom gold piece! Do I occasionally find myself in a spot of trouble over it?

As 17-year-old Babs and her sister-wife drove the family herd down from the high pasture, she would never have dreamed the stars winking out were her destiny. Both evil and fantastic adventures lay just beyond the rising sun of New Mexico.

Recent college graduate Dolly Jones has spent the last year stubbornly trying to atone for a mistake that cost her everything. She doesn’t go out, she doesn’t make new friends, and she sure as hell doesn’t treat herself to things she hasn’t earned. But when her latest thrift store purchase turns out to be home to a hot, magical genie determined to draw out her darkest desires in exchange for a taste of her soul, Dolly’s restraint and patience will be put to the test.

Addie wanted a gosh-darn pizza. Lass wanted to avoid being cooked over a spit. Neither figured they’d end up with a one-way ticket to the end of days.

Seventeen-year-old Samantha wakes months after a car accident, throttled with grief and unanswered questions. The universe has a habit of crapping over her desires so, answers are doubtful. The one person able to wrench her from the throes of depression lost his life in the accident: her boyfriend, Ryan.

You think you are different? Check out Josiah's journey! It’s time for a talent show at Josiah’s school, and he is very excited to do a few magic tricks for his friends and family. It’s bound to be magnificent, but Josiah and his brother Malik run into a snag when they realize that their talent, and their family, look a bit different from everyone else’s. Come along on a truly magical adventure as Josiah and Malik learn just how special “different” is, and how truly magnificent they both are.

Twyla’s been living in hiding on Earth, hoping to leave her past behind. But when her mother, Madam Cassiopeia DeConnett finds her and kidnaps her back to the Paraxous Star Cluster, she expects her daughter to take her rightful place within the family business. The DeConnetts are Dashia—a group of genetically- engineered telepaths who use their powers to control some and ruin others. Their criminal organization is rich, powerful, and spans The Cluster.

Vivian Carmine never asked to be a hero, and she definitely didn’t mean to make the war between gods and mortals worse! Now Poseidon, a ruthless ocean god, is on the hunt for the one thing that could defeat RISE. If he finds it first, he’ll flood the earth and wipe out humanity as we know it. With time running out and the academy watching her every move, Vivian must act fast. Joined by her two best friends and a rogue team of rebel mermaids, she sets off on a dangerous mission from the neon-lit streets of Tokyo to the deepest trenches of the sea.

Vivian Carmine didn’t ask to be a hero—and, worse, she never wanted to be a rebel. But, when the leaders she trusted at RISE launch a plan to force magical creatures back to their homelands by any means necessary, Vivian knows it’s time to take a stand. From the frozen Russia's frozen tundra to the shadowy streets of Seattle, Vivian and her loyal friends embark on a daring mission to stop a war that could tear the magical world apart.

When Vivian Carmine accidentally sets her school gym on fire, she learns the truth her parents have been hiding: she’s a phoenix. And fire? It runs in the family. Before she can ask questions, her parents vanish leaving Vivian alone to uncover a world of myth, magic, and mayhem hiding in plain sight.