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Some secrets can be dangerous. If I don't find a way to escape mine, I'll be dead soon. The day I fall for flirtatious Brian is the day my life starts to unravel. My friends think I am doing fine, but my smile masks a dark secret, hidden beside other burdens that are tearing me apart inside. No one knows how lonely I am. How the pain is swiftly making me numb to everything. How it's becoming harder to hold onto my faith in God. I've been pretending for so long that the lie protects me from the truth. It's easy to pretend you're happy when you lose someone or when the bullies torment you, or...

When a pastor's daughter is pursued by a stalker, she must hold tightly to her faith as the menacing presence closes in. Raylee, a pastor's daughter, just wants to get through the last two years of high school. But it's not easy when you're an outsider. Or when the most popular girl in school's goal is to make your life miserable. Or when someone starts to STALK you. . . When classmate Paul befriends Raylee, she is determined to ignore Crystal's ploys. And when new student Billy arrives, Raylee finds herself drawn to his mysterious side. But Crystal is determined too, and she will do ...

Hawaiian Shapeshifters, or Kupua, were demigods that lived among the Hawaiians. They had families and children who carried the shapeshifting abilities in their genes. Some of these traits have disappeared over the generations, but a new Kupua is occasionally born. Our story is of a Kupua born to a family unprepared to receive him. Abandoned at birth, a family of shapeshifters adopts him. Can love and patience teach the young Kupua to overcome his craving for human flesh?

Le huitième tome de la série évènement Assoiffés ! Après la Katmere Academy, rien ne devrait plus me surprendre. Pas même l'existence d'un monde parallèle au mien : le Royaume des Ombres. Me voilà prisonnière d'un endroit aussi dangereux qu'étranger, en compagnie du pire être surnaturel de tous les temps, monstre parmi les monstres : Hudson Vega. Il a beau être le frère de Jaxon, cela ne l'empêche pas d'être une vraie plaie. Reste à savoir si nous parviendrons à nous enfuir avant que je le tue... ou qu'il soit trop tard.

gruesome cold case murder of best friends, Bailey and Celeste, twenty years ago. Tru has always lived in the shadow of Bailey’s and Celeste's murders; they cast a permanent darkness over sunny Mount Orange. But now those unsolved murders invade her every thought. It’s only when she’s deep underwater that she feels free. Then a stranger called Rio rolls into town. And as the summer heat ignites, so does the spark between Tru and Rio…along with their other-worldy connection to Bailey and Celeste.

Cuando Helena Weston regresa a Nueva York, tiene un único objetivo: limpiar el nombre de su hermana, cueste lo que cueste. Han pasado dos años y medio desde que encontraron a Valerie y Adam, el amor de su vida, muertos en la suite del hotel en la que habían estado de fiesta.

This is a collection of five young adult short suspense stories. Each story centers on a dangerous situation, deals with crime, and contains elements of mystery and dark intrigue. "They are well written and full of action. I'm sure you are going to really enjoy them."--Goodreads Review "These short stories are just suspenseful enough that one needn't worry about reading them on a stormy day or late at night."--Amazon Review --- An investigator must interview a group of teens to uncover the suspect responsible for the death of their friend. --- When high school student Jimmy is kidnapped, he...

Christmas time should be a season of joy. But for Bliss High, 'tis the season to fear Denise and her friends are looking forward to enjoying their junior year, but when they discover an anonymously written book that points to the school's deadly past, they realize a copycat is stalking the halls of Bliss High. Threatening notes promise death and the mounting clues point to a psycho who is closer than they think. Someone who dresses in a Santa suit, someone who anticipates their every move, someone who seems to know them well. Bliss High turns into a terrifying nightmare when students start ...

After her foster father’s sudden death, Audrey flees a dangerous gang of vampires. She finds refuge in a traveling circus, where she discovers that not all of its members are human. Gil left his gang to find freedom and safety and is now in search of the Ouroboros ring, which will claim the next vampire queen and right his kind’s wrongdoings. When he discovers that Audrey has the ring, he’s instantly intrigued and finds his hope for a better future renewed. While Audrey is thrust into a world of immortal beings and magic she must fight to evade the vampires after her and deal with her...

Tarus und Rios Geschichte geht prickelnd weiter! Können sie ihre Geschichte neu schreiben? Nach den Enthüllungen von Pandora weiß Rio nicht mehr, wo ihr der Kopf steht. Sie soll eine Schicksalsgöttin sein? Trost erhofft sie sich von Taru, der jedoch in seiner eigenen Finsternis zu versinken droht und nicht in der Lage zu sein scheint, sie aufzufangen. Bitterlich enttäuscht von ihm, begibt Rio sich schließlich auf den Olymp – das Epizentrum der Götterwelt. Hier findet sie eine zweite Familie und endlich erste Antworten.

Everyone thought that 19-year-old Mathias, the Codeman, was just an ordinary nerd teen. But very few knew of the prophecy that would make his life take an extraordinary turn. Codeman discovers that he is destined to save the three realms: the technological empire of Techtopia, the mystical land of Netherheim, and the haven of EQ Haven. As Codeman steps into the whirlwind of discoveries of his past and future, unbelievable powers are unlocked within him.

That's what my life has been about. Abandoned by my parents and raised by the pack, I've learned their ways. Now, as a human, I'm fated to the Alpha. But he doesn't want me. In fact, he can't stand me. I can't bear the thought of not having him. But I can't watch him with her. It tortures my soul. I must leave the safety of the pack, but danger is everywhere. When malicious forces attack, it turns my world upside down and threatens everyone. But there is a spark of hope. Fate works in mysterious ways, and perhaps this conflict is just what I need to fulfill my destiny.

Dans ce monde où coexistent humains, elfes et inferniths – êtres hybrides mi-humains, mi-démons comme des muses et des vampires –, un danger ancien s'éveille. À l'aube de ses 19 ans, JudyAnn découvre sa véritable identité : elle est une géminie, héritière d'une lignée magique presque éteinte. Elle et trois autres géminis, les derniers de leur espèce, sont réunis et conduits à la grande cité de Godwynn pour y apprendre les bases de la magie et découvrir leurs pouvoirs uniques avec Vincent, un énigmatique sorcier-vampire.

In the months after Cam and Blair broke their small hometown’s legendary missing-girl story and catapulted to accidental fame, they vowed never to do it again. No more mysteries, no more podcasts, and no more sticking their heads where they don’t belong.

The Illusion of a Boy Award Winner - BookFest First Place Award, Young Adult > Thrillers & Suspense#1 Amazon Best Seller A few months ago, Jessie Taylor’s father was found dead in the woods, and as far as she’s concerned, good riddance. With his absence, she and her brother Brian can unwind and take a much-needed emotional break. Sadly, the reprieve is short-lived due to their mother’s destructive behavior. Now Jessie is afraid the very thing that allowed them to survive her father’s cruelty threatens her life and the lives of everyone she loves. Can Jessie pull together the pieces ...

A BLUEPRINT FOR HORROR! Trade-school student Ford Grayson is building a happy future, but someone is determined to tear down everything he’s worked for. Ford, an apprentice at Bradley Construction Company, is working on a routine punch list when he makes a series of shocking discoveries, each more terrifying and gruesome than the last. Soon, dead bodies start piling up in Crow County, and Ford is dropped headfirst into a deadly game of cat and mouse. Anyone could be next on the killer’s list. With a winter storm moving in, it’s a race against time as Ford tries to unravel the mystery ...

Superstar high school quarterback Brian Hollingsworth might have it all, but he wants none of it. Best friend Dylan is a badass who believes he runs the world - and for the most part - he pretty much does. Randy is a bad boy looking to establish his reputation. Stewart is just a loser turned about by the breeze. A lonely, manipulative boy accidentally brings these four disparate teens together in the woods. Fists fly. Revenge escalates. Twenty-four hours later, one is clinging to life. Another has stolen a gun.

Michael Howard and Emily Morgan have never been so sure that they belong together—only, they're struggling to reconnect after all they've gone through. Each struggling with personal demons and figuring out how they fit into each other's lives and futures. Michael finds himself living in constant fear of pushing Emily away again, while she's consumed with guilt over words she said and cannot take back. But when Michael gets a call from Mack who needs a death reading on someone recently deceased from both of their pasts, it'll lead them back to when they first met and first fell in love. ...

The lives of the Howard Witches are on a sudden collision course for history to repeat itself, returning them to the most dangerous and dark days of their past. A time of war between two families, once allies, now enemies. A time when dark magic nearly consumed The Demon Isle and threatened to wipe out the Howard bloodline. Unfortunately, starting a new war with these traitors will have to wait as other supernatural trouble is brewing. This time, of the mermaid variety. The Howard’s underwater friends are under attack! The Sea Hag might be dead but her bloodsuckers are back, and they’re...

Doing the right thing sucked in a way that in this moment, Charlie Howard saw clearly why good men went bad. How someone, even a witch, who'd spent his life fighting on the side of good, could suddenly swerve and venture down the dark side. Lizzy Deane is stuck inside another living nightmare… Which means she's not only living out her worst fear of being stuck in another prison, but she's unable to break the curse on the vampire, Grayson Moone. Who is locked up in the basement of the Howard Witches, but for how much longer? He's getting stronger with every day that passes. The only ...