Adult Action Romance

Sol Le Coeur is a Smudge - a night dweller in an America rigidly divided between people who wake, live, and work during the hours of darkness and those known as Rays, who live and work during daylight. Impulsive, passionate, and brave, Sol concocts a plan to kidnap her newborn niece - a Ray - in order to bring the baby to visit her dying grandfather. Sol's violation of the day/night curfew is already a serious crime, but when her kidnap attempt goes awry, she stumbles on a government conspiracy to manipulate the Smudge population.

With a Book Sense Pick to her credit, author Bonnie Dobkin offers a suspenseful adventure story for young adult readers. In Neptune's Children, the world is suddenly thrown into turmoil by a biological attack that leaves no adult alive. The children who were enjoying a day at the Isles of Wonder amusement park, however, are prepared to build a new life for themselves.

A lush and thrilling story of sacrifice, secrets, and star-crossed love set in a Parisian-inspired world where the sun never sets in this remarkable YA fantasy debut. Sylvie has always known she deserves more. Out in the permanent twilight of the Dusklands, her guardians called her power to create illusions a curse. But Sylvie knows it gives her a place in Coeur d'Or, the palais of the Amber Empress and her highborn legacies. So Sylvie sets off toward the Amber City, a glittering jewel under a sun that never sets, to take what is hers.

Rebellious seventeen-year-old Air Force brat, Ruth "Piper" Pfeiffer, dreams of seeing the world. When she wins a contest to spend eight weeks on the mysterious Caribbean island of Carabajel studying Spanish, she jumps at the chance.

In the aftermath of her first adventure, Livvy struggles to go back to her normal life. She's changed, and not only from the new and unstable powers running rampant inside her. Even her relationship with Dean is complicated by what their abilities mean to each other - now she literally cannot live without him. Livvy's overwhelmed emotions are making her paranoid. Empaths seem to be everywhere. She feels like she's being followed. Watched. When she learns there is a shadowy villain picking empaths off one by one, who can she trust?

It's no one’s fault that Hallie Jacob is alone. That her grandpa got sick half a world away and so her parents yanked her to Colorado the last semester of her senior year. That career-wise, she’s specialized in fighting fire, and now she’s surrounded by ice, snow, and a thousand cousins she’s half-banned from hanging around with. But that’s what's happened. That's what her December looks like.

Cuando tu vida se convierte en un espectáculo, tus secretos ya no te pertenecen. Desde que se descubrió la verdad sobre Play Serafin, las vidas de Aarón y Leo no han vuelto a ser las mismas. Leo, de regreso en España, se presenta a todos los castings que surgen, sin demasiado éxito, mientras que su hermano pequeño, ahora solo en Nueva York, intenta hacerse con las riendas de una vida que ni quiere ni considera que le pertenezca.

Falsely accused of being the notorious Magic Thief, the non-magic Marcel Ellsworth, Baron of Carrington, wants nothing more than to stay away from enchanters and sorcerers. Unfortunately, he soon discovers his mentor, the Duke of Henly, is head of a family of proud enchanters - and that they’re the next target of the Magic Thief, a servant of the sorcerers.

Brynn Hilder has conned a lot of people. From the spoiled rich kids of Sikawa City to her mom's loser ex-boyfriend, from a motorcycle gang to a senator's son. If there was money to be gained, or a secret to uncover, she figured out how to get it done. And thanks to Vale Hall and its director, Dr. David Odin, she's found a family of hustlers just like her. Together, Brynn and her friends have overcome doubt, deceit, and betrayal to unearth the truth - a truth even a group of professional scammers couldn't have predicted.

Jazzline Chicand has summer plans before her senior year to play video games with her brother Alex. All of that changes when her best friend Tucker finds the love of his life and she is appointed their official chaperone. They coerce Jazzline into starring in a retelling of The Phantom of St. James, but she finds more than her singing voice on stage. She is caught up in the middle of love, secrets, ghosts, and gifts. Will it cost her everything, or will she gain the world?

Cast into the underworld after an act of shattering betrayal, Mayana and Ahkin must overcome unimaginable odds if they are to return home and reclaim the throne of the Chicome. A river of blood and demons disguised as children are only two of the challenges standing in their way. Fortunately, they are not unequipped. Mayana’s royal blood controls the power of water, and Prince Ahkin wields the power of the sun itself. Ometeotl, the Mother goddess, provides them with other gifts - and an ominous warning that one of them may not survive. But can the goddess be trusted?

Hardiguards are two-legged creatures, covered by layers of scales to protect them against severe conditions on the planet. To obey the Holy Mountain, they need to make the region green and grow their population. Ace is a young Hardiguard bound to his own vices causing a tragic accident and fails to gain his community’s trust. He is the first person who receives the most severe punishment for his fault, leading him to leave his people and seek refuge near the Holy Mountain.

Brynn Hilder is living a life she never dreamed possible: She lives in a mansion, getting a top-rate education at Vale Hall. She has friends and an almost-boyfriend. Anything she wants, she can have. The only catch? To stay in this life, she has to help the director of Vale Hall take down the bad guys of Sikawa City by collecting secrets and running cons. Getting everything she wants and fighting evil doesn’t seem like such a bad deal.

Endlich beginnt Jay ihre Ausbildung zur Agentin der Anderswelt. Noch nie hat sie etwas so sehr gewollt, geschweige denn sich derart für etwas ins Zeug gelegt. Doch die Zeit drängt und sie muss noch so viel lernen, bevor sie den Kampf gegen die Dunkelheit antritt. Dass ausgerechnet Lee einer ihrer Ausbilder ist, begeistert Jay aber wenig, denn der scheint sie trotz allem, was sie gemeinsam erlebt haben, nicht einmal wahrzunehmen. Das verletzt sie mehr, als sie zugeben würde - und es macht sie so wütend! Eine Wut, die Gefahr bedeuten kann, schließlich ist es ihr Herz, das die Magie der Elemente leitet.

Die 17-jährige Jay hält sich nur an ihre eigenen Regeln. Sie gilt als aufmüpfig und unkontrollierbar, versteckt ihr feuerrotes Haar und ihre blasse Haut unter schwarzen Klamotten und schlägt sich als Barkeeperin heimlich die Nächte um die Ohren. Bis ihr eine fremde Frau ein antikes Amulett überreicht, das kostbarste Geschenk, das sie je bekommen hat. Fatalerweise kann sie es, einmal angelegt, nicht mehr ablegen und befindet sich plötzlich in einem Geflecht aus übermenschlichen Agenten und magischen Bestimmungen. Dabei soll sie ausgerechnet der arrogante Lee, der Menschen grundsätzlich für schwach hält, beschützen.

Ten years ago, King Lorcan of the Dark Kingdom Dorjhalon defeated Queen Evelayn and cut her conduit stone from her. Since then, he has kept her trapped in her swan form. With the loss of balance between Dark and Light, winter has descended and the Draíolon of Éadrolan lose more power every day. But once a year, Lorcan transforms her back to her Draíolon form and offers a truce. And every year Evelayn refuses - for he requires her to bind herself to him for life. But now, with an Ancient power bearing down upon them, everything may change.

After saving King Aodren with her newfound Channeler powers, Britta only wants to live a peaceful life in her childhood home. Unfortunately, saving the king has created a tether between them she cannot sever - no matter how much she'd like to - and now he's insisting on making her a noble lady. On top of that, there are those who want to use Britta's power for evil designs. If she cannot find a way to harness her new magical ability, her life - as well as her country - may be lost.

When Reece Murphy is forcibly dragged into the Rose Riders gang because of a mysterious gold coin in his possession, he vows to find the man who gave him the piece and turn him over to the gang in exchange for freedom. Never does he expect a lead to come from an aspiring female journalist. But when Reece's path crosses with Charlotte Vaughn after a botched train robbery and she mentions a promising rumor about a gunslinger from Prescott, it becomes apparent that she will be his ticket to freedom - or a noose.

Afghanistan. In the heat and dust, young British army medic Elinor Nielson watches an Afghan girl walk into a hail of bullets. But when she runs to help, Ellie finds her gone. Who is she? And what's happened to her? What Ellie discovers makes her question everything she believes in - even her feelings for the American lieutenant who takes her side.

Fleeing dark forces and unfounded accusations across Europe in the dark years between World Wars, a young man named Vango has been in danger for as long as he can remember. He has spent his life jumping across rooftops, fleeing to isolated islands, and evading capture across Russia, Paris, New York, and Italy. Narrow escapes, near misses, and a dash of romantic intrigue will rivet adventurous teens to their seats as Vango continues to unravel the mysteries of his past.