Urban Young Adult

Alien invaders plunge earth into a post-apocalyptic world of shapeshifters and alternate realities. Below the surface of everyday life, humans are being used in dramas that help the alien civilization find a new god for their society. Strange new gods appear on earth. Young college student Kristen-Kate McCutchan and biomedical engineer Stephen D. Spiros are on separate quests to expose the alien threat. Both are subverted by strange controlling forces and find themselves merging minds with a mysterious other. They team up and try to put a face on this other, the fate of the human race in ...

After the success of the first edition of Learn by Reading, we decided to bring you the second volume. This book uses the second volume in the Mind Dimensions series as the underlying text. If you haven't listened to volume one, we recommend you start there. Though you could still get the educational benefits by starting from this volume, you will be missing critical information required for enjoyment of the story - and in our opinion, enjoyment is critical to the learning process.

What if magic helped Elizabeth I defeat her enemies? Josh Winter is a tech savvy modern day teenager. Molly Watson is a nineteenth-century mill worker with plenty of common sense. When they travel back in time to Tudor England, they face an apparently insurmountable challenge: theft of a magic object from Queen Elizabeth 1. But there are unexpected allies on the streets of London – Balthazar, a Fae cat with attitude, and Lady Catherine, an inconvenient girl who wants the freedom of a boy. Yet the sixteenth century is dangerous and bloody. As the friends scheme their way into Elizabeth’s...

Perfect for those who love the Lux series, Twilight and anything fae. Seventeen-year-old Mia Avery can’t help feeling like her mother his hiding something from her, especially when she up and moves the two of them to the small town of St. Croix Falls without an explanation. Planning to stick under the radar in this strange new town, she’s surprised by the pull of attraction she feels toward the jerkish and attractive boy next door, Rhett Alder. Mia soon discovers not everything is what it seems in St. Croix Falls. The Fae are real and they’re trapped in this little town. She has to ...

They said love could save her. No one warned her what it could destroy. Knight is learning that love doesn’t always mean safety, and loyalty doesn’t always mean truth. With her world tilting on uncertain ground, she begins to question everything. Clarissa’s cruelty escalates behind closed doors, and the only person who’s ever truly seen her—Blake—can do nothing but watch as she unravels. Through Knight’s eyes, Stix is beautiful in a broken kind of way. She sees pieces of herself in the pain he hides. But the closer they get, the harder it becomes to tell where her heart ends ...

Euphoria meets Fifty Shades of Grey or The Story of 0 In "Tethered," the second installment of "The Education of Eden Series,” Eden struggles to reconcile her identity as a strong young woman with her yearning for sexual submission. At her summer job in an upscale restaurant, Eden navigates complex workplace dynamics, facing advances from her manager, a rivalry with a vindictive waitress, and forging an unexpected friendship with Alex, a transgender bartender. Simultaneously, her BDSM training sessions with Master Dante delve deeper into obedience, focusing on Gorean poses like nadu, ...

When Ali moves across the country to join Travis, she expects her life to finally settle down. She finds a great job testing magical items at a law firm, but not all is as it seems. When an evil entity takes up residence at work, Ali is in a fight for her life Also available (Bundled) Books 1 - 5: When Were & Howl Collection Book 1: Moon Struck (sometimes free) Book 2: Vampires Bite Book 3: Tryst of Fate Book 4: A Grave Awakening Book 5: Werewolf Wedding.

Hank Mossberg has a bad feeling about his latest job, and it’s not just the fact that he’s working for the dark fae known as Siva. Something’s brewing in the undercity; something dark and intangible, like an evil spell simmering in the shadows. Crime and violence are at an all-time high. Street gangs are growing more powerful, and drug abuse is rampant. There’s something different about Siva, too. She claims to have lost her powers. Hank’s not sure he can believe her, but the amount of money she’s offering is too much to resist. All he has to do is track down one of her clients ...

The year is 2000 BC. Siberia's Wrangel Island more than 4,000 years ago. For many days, Narama has been lost at sea, alone, surviving on a shipwreck that can barely keep her afloat over the freezing waters of the Arctic Ocean. When life seems bleak, and about to end for the Huntress of Men, hope comes in the form of a distant island inhabited by a prehistoric civilization that has been apart from the rest of the world for many generations. Saved by a young boy from a clan of mammoth hunters, Narama finds herself stranded with an ancient people whose survival depends entirely on a species ...

Chelby must prove her innocence, determine who destroyed her enemy, and face off against the raging armed forces. The Paranormal Mercenary Corp is in peril and Chelby's life is threatened. She finds herself pitted against forces on both sides with only one option. Surrender to the humans. Her decision leads to the revelation of far darker secrets. The identity of the shadowy forces threatening to tear apart the human and supernatural worlds becomes clear. Chelby is forced to act or lose everyone she loves, but she can't do it alone.

The man was taken by the royal guards. His wife did not know that. What did his wife do? A man was ill at stomach. He was in search of a remedy. The royal guards picked him up. But he was not thrown into the prison. Rather, he was treated like a true guest. The princess was cursed. Nobody wanted to marry her. Yet she was too willing to get married. The king found a match for her. But the month of death delayed the wedding. For making the wedding legal, some laws needed to be amended. The amendment stirred the royal court to dust bowl. If you like rolling in laughter with tales of entangled ...

It’s the beginning of the end. The other Drow princess and queen just don’t know it...yet. It’s business as usual for Brownstone Security. Drow threats or not, they still have work to do. Agent Latherby requests Alison’s help on an off the books assignment that is more personal in nature. The government has basically said to leave it be, but after Alison and the team find out what it is, they can’t refuse. It’s time to find a ghost ship and any survivors left from more than 100 years ago.

Rimly discovered that she had turned into a wallaby. Could she ever be back to her human life? Rimly was the Beauty of Universe and Riban was the Man of Coastahilla in the kingdom of Coastahilla. They fell for each other. They married. But there were jealous brothers of Riban. They always envied Riban’s success and they always tried to drag him down to misfortune. Riban always had his mother on his side, though. Yet, through the convoluted paths of ambition and conspiracies of Riban’s brothers, some thieves and a magician, and some very useful creatures, Rimly turned into a wallaby. If ...

When Ember learns of a stone that will help them better blend in at school, a journey to the legendary Phoenix Forest is the only solution to their problem. Though the trip starts off exciting, Ember and their companions swifty discover their path isn’t as easy as they thought it would be. Will the prize be worth the cost they may need to pay? Those fighting to show witches are superior to non-magic users find it easy to manipulate the masses.

After one unforgettable night, nothing can tear me away from my best friend’s damaged billionaire brother. He’s my new boss. From the start, we clashed. He looked at me as a general would a deserter. Yet, secretly, I have wanted him since our eyes first met. His toned, sculpted form is a breathtaking sight all women want. Our jet crashes on a desolate beach during a business trip. In my sundress and sandals, I’m unsure how to survive. His arms, sturdy and protective, become my haven. Each of his tender touches ignites a fire within me. His electric gaze reveals unspoken yearning ...

The Fae are in Trouble Rumors of a dragon have rattled Edge City along with mangled bodies that throw a light of distrust on Dr. Wolf. Protestors warn against the werewolf doctor while Dr. Wolf pushes himself to the limits to save more fae that have fallen through the rift into a scared city. Desperate to save Lilian, Aleric goes back to Blays. But when he finds the city of his youth under attack from terrifying creatures, Dr. Wolf realizes he might be the only one who can save it. Torn between protecting his home or saving the woman he loves, Dr. Wolf faces a fight that might destroy them ...

Nightworld Academy: Die letzte Schlacht. Seit meinem ersten Tag an der Nightworld-Akademie wusste ich, dass diese Mauern Geheimnisse bergen. Jetzt habe ich entdeckt, dass ich selbst das größte Geheimnis bin. Ich bin eine Winterfall. Die letzte Überlebende der mächtigsten Magierfamilie aller Zeiten – und die Einzige, die die Blackwoods aufhalten kann. Doch mehr als das: Tobias, der Mann, den ich liebe, hat meine Familie getötet.Ich kann ihn kaum ansehen, und doch soll ich mit ihm zusammenarbeiten, um die Akademie zu retten? Denn die Bedrohung für unsere Schule wächst unaufhaltsam.

I thought I was an ordinary girl living an ordinary life. I was wrong. When her mother drags sixteen-year-old Clara out to the Amagansett summerhouse she recently inherited, Clara is plunged into a secret world of romance and danger in which Selkies—mythical mer creatures of unsurpassable beauty—rule the sea. Thus begins an adventure beyond her wildest imaginings, which will force her to choose between the safety of home and a magical love that cannot be denied. Bored and missing her friends, Clara stumbles upon a hidden realm where surfers, even the handsome Jack, are not who, or what,...

From the streets of Melbourne to the bowels of Westminster, the delicate balance between life and death that is so painstakingly maintained by the reapers of The Order of Dark and Light is being tested by the return of an ancient threat. Tensions are rising within the hidden world of The Shadowlands and if this threat is not contained, war will be inevitable. And the destruction of the human world is bound to follow in its wake.

Kun Dumbledore saapuu eräänä kesäiltana hakemaan Harrya Likusteritieltä, hänen sauvakätensä on mustunut ja käpristynyt, mutta hän ei kerro, miksi. Salaisuudet ja epäilykset leviävät velhomaailman läpi, eikä itse Tylypahkakaan ole turvassa. Harry uskoo vakaasti, että Malfoy kantaa kehossaan pimeän piirtoa: heidän joukossaan piilee kuolonsyöjä. Harry tarvitsee voimakasta magiaa ja aitoja ystäviä kun hän tutkii Voldemortin synkimpiä salaisuuksia Dumbledoren valmistaessa häntä kohtaamaan kohtalonsa....