When 16-year-old Lucy McGowen goes under sedation for a routine dental procedure, she hopes to come out of it free of pain. Instead, she wakes up in an alternate version of her life―a reality in which her secret hobby is out in the open, her own parents feel like strangers, and her boyfriend doesn’t even know her name. Navigating her new world is hard enough, but then Lucy begins getting cryptic messages from a mysterious sender with unfinished business. She has also acquired a new … [Read more...] about OtherLife by Lynette DeVries
The Dissension Process by Markus James
Jamie is a lonely teen with an extraordinary ability, a trait shared by a small number of the city's population. Hoping to escape her mundane life, she uses her powers to seek out and combat any malevolent empowered individual she can find, to little avail. Then she encounters Jesse, a mysterious boy bearing a similar ability who promptly flees. Fascinated and obsessed, Jamie tries to track him down once more. However, she soon learns of the dangers that come with using her powers out in the … [Read more...] about The Dissension Process by Markus James
Gems of Fire by Diane E. Samson
Gems of Fire by Diane E. Samson Palace of Sunderland. Paradise to the peasants. Prison to sixteen-year-old Anna, daughter of the king. She can never escape the castle’s cold walls and scorning disapproval of her father and his brute royal counsel, Seamus. She’ll always live in the shadow of her late mother the queen. Will they ever see her for who she really is? A riding accident lands Anna in the hands of traders who sell her as a slave in distant Kasdod to none-other than her father’s … [Read more...] about Gems of Fire by Diane E. Samson
Savage Cinderella by PJ Sharon
Eighteen-year-old Brinn Hathaway has survived alone in an abandoned cabin in the High Country of North Georgia since she was a child. If her life is lonely and less than complete, at least she is safe from the man who kidnapped her, held her captive, and left her for dead in a shallow grave in the mountains. She believes that her parents are dead, the police are her enemy, and that if she returns to the world, her tormentor will find her. With the help of some unlikely friends, she has what she … [Read more...] about Savage Cinderella by PJ Sharon
Descendant by Nichole Giles
Descendant by Nichole Giles Seventeen-year-old Abigail Johnson is Gifted. Blessed—or cursed—with Sight and Healing, Abby lives an unsettled life, moving from place to place and staying one step ahead of the darkness that hunts her. When she arrives in Jackson, Wyoming, she is desperate to maintain the illusion of normalcy, but she is plagued with visions of past lives mixed with frightening glimpses of her future. Then she meets Kye, a mysterious boy who seems so achingly familiar that Abby … [Read more...] about Descendant by Nichole Giles
Interview with Author – Paulette Benjamin
About Paulette Benjamin: I've loved writing since I was eight years old. I knew that I wanted to write when my forth grade teacher instructed us to write a sentence using the word "Fireplace". I ended up writing over a half of a page. I believe that it was my love of writing that brought my first sister into being, (I think.) I had an older brother already, but by the time I was around seven, I started wishing, and then writing about having a sister and about all of the fun things we would … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Paulette Benjamin
Student Bodyguard for Hire by Callie James
When her younger brother becomes victim to Ridgeview High’s worst group of bullies, Peyton Greene sets out to hire the most feared student in school to protect him. It never occurs to her that the antisocial, two-time senior won’t agree to do it, even for the large sum she’s willing to pay. Sam Guerra can’t afford to pick a fight at school and risk another expulsion, but after witnessing the beginning of a humiliating locker room beat down, he gets involved anyway. Soon more students approach … [Read more...] about Student Bodyguard for Hire by Callie James
INNOCENT by Callie James
Will Moore has been Missy Jamison’s best friend for years, and until recently, she hadn’t considered going "there" with him for fear of losing the only relationship she trusts. But senior year is almost over and dating other people hasn’t worked out, not with Missy’s crazy home life constantly pushing her further into Will’s safer world, making her attraction to her BFF more difficult to ignore. When a forgery incident at school lands Missy under house arrest and banned from spending time with … [Read more...] about INNOCENT by Callie James
Interview with Author – Candace Jane Kringle
About Candace Jane Kringle: Candace Jane Kringle is a junior at North Pole High. She likes candy canes, unicorn races, and making snow angels. Her father is the most well-known and beloved toymaker and distributor in the world. Her memoir, North Pole High: A Rebel Without a Claus, is her first book. After high school, she plans to enroll at North Pole University and write more books. What inspires you to write? Sometimes I peek at the letters people send my dad. A girl from Muskegon, … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Candace Jane Kringle
The War Inside by M. Kircher @MKircher83
The end of the world is only just the beginning. So eighteen-year-old Thea discovers when her solitary life on a dying Earth is shattered by a mysterious dream, a devastating choice, and a strange gift that propels her on a journey towards the restoration of all mankind. Thea is bitter and alone; a perfect embodiment of the sunless, cloud-covered Earth she inhabits. A terrifying dream convinces her to save the life of an injured girl, and despite her misgivings, Thea decides to rescue … [Read more...] about The War Inside by M. Kircher @MKircher83
The Girl Who Remained Elusive (Pt. 1 of a YA Dystopian Serialized Novel) by Whitney Pagano @WhitOPag
The world was in a state of shambles. ‘Going to hell in a handbasket’, that’s what my father used to say. It started when rumors spread about a mysterious incurable virus in some country overseas. Pretty soon, it was on all the television and radio stations. Everybody thought it was a rumor. Until people started dying. Left and right. Just dropping like flies. Or so the rumor goes. No one ever saw any pictures or proof of the dying, but apparently that wasn’t needed. Once reports hit that the … [Read more...] about The Girl Who Remained Elusive (Pt. 1 of a YA Dystopian Serialized Novel) by Whitney Pagano @WhitOPag
Love’s Prey by Meg Xuemei X
Deemed a thief, a brute, and a slut by one's own family and schoolmates might have its toll on your average fifteen-year-old, but Xirena is making no apologies. Then she meets seventeen-year-old Kai, smoking hot and hell-bent on seducing her. Quite the ladies’ man. But Xirena isn’t having it. Kai must prove to her that his attraction is something more than arm candy. Targeted Age Group:: 14-50 female … [Read more...] about Love’s Prey by Meg Xuemei X
