| Sisters in the Wind by Angeline BoulleyEver since Lucy Smith’s father died five years ago, “home” has been more of an idea than a place. She knows being on the run is better than anything waiting for her as a “ward of the state.” But when the sharp-eyed and kind Mr. Jameson with an interest in her case comes looking for her, Lucy wonders if hiding from her past will ever truly keep her safe.
Five years in the foster system has taught her to be cautious and smart. |
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Try Your Worst
by Chatham Greenfield
Seniors Sadie Katz and Cleo Chapman, who have been rivals since birth, are neck-and-neck for valedictorian, but when increasingly serious pranks take over their high school and all signs point to Sadie and Cleo as the perpetrators, they must team up to clear their names and find out who is framing them.
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Thorn Season #1
by Kiera Azar
Teen heiress Alissa Paine possesses an illegal magic, and when she is summoned to her kingdom's harsh and glittering royal court, she finds herself caught between two dangerous men in a web of hidden intentions.
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Lemons and Lies
by Alexis Castellanos
Valeria's final year isn't beginning on a high note. Her twin brother is giving her the silent treatment, and she's coming to terms with the fact that all her friends were really his friends. Then there's Gage, who isn't keen on picking up any tutoring jobs since his valedictorian status is in jeopardy after a breakup has thrown him off track. His parents are pushing him to collaborate with his unfaithful ex, so Valeria proposes a deal: she'll help him out if he helps her pass.
As their study sessions move to deep conversations, is it possible the lemons they've been dealt will turn into lemonade? Or will this arrangement only sting?
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Illusions of Fire
by Nisha Sharma
Laila Bansal leads a peaceful life with her aunts, immortal demons sworn to protect her mythological bloodline, until Karan, a mysterious archer, tries to cut off her head, in a story about a powerful female protagonist with big responsibilities.
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| The Bad Ones by Melissa AlbertIn the course of a single winter’s night, four people vanish without a trace across a small town. Nora’s estranged best friend, Becca, is one of the lost. As Nora tries to untangle the truth of Becca’s disappearance, she discovers a darkness in her town’s past, as well as a string of coded messages Becca left for her to unravel. These clues lead Nora to a piece of local folklore: a legendary goddess of forgotten origins who played a role in Nora and Becca’s own childhood games. |
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The Trespassers
by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez
Finley, Mya, River, and Eli were inseparable as kids, running wild on Alaska’s vast wide-open spaces. Then tragedy struck, and Finley moved to the lower 48. But now it’s Senior year, and Finley’s back in Anchorage. When Mya throws a house party on a snowy Valentine’s Day night, it’s supposed to be a chance for the friends to heal old wounds. But an encounter with a mysterious stranger quickly turns the evening into a nightmare.
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| Immortal Dark #1 by Tigest GirmaHoping to locate her kidnapped sister, Kidan enrolls in Uxlay Academy, where she can get close to the suspect, a vampire named Susenyos. She’s supposed to hate Susenyos, but she finds herself fascinated with him instead. |
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The Library of Lost Girls
by Kristen Pipps
Gwen Donovan adores her beautiful and rebellious older sister, Izzy. But the Izzy who returns from the Delphi School for Girls is not the sister who left for the finishing school. Now she is Isolde: dull and complacent and—most shocking—eager to marry. Gwen is determined to discover what happened to Izzy at Delphi, and the only solution she can conceive of is to cheat her way into the mysterious school. If she can see for herself what they did, maybe she can get her Izzy back.
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| Flawless Girls by Anna-Marie McLemoreUnsettled by the elite finishing school Alarie House, Isla left immediately. When her sister Renata graduates and returns home raging and unrecognizable, Isla must return to Alarie House to find out what happens there.
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