Category: Young Adult (Age 12+)

Personal Demons by Ali Cross

The Desolation Diaries #1

A Desolation Novella

What happened after the story ended?

What do you do when your past comes back to bite you—with very sharp, pointy teeth?

James thought life was good—living in Paris with Miri, not a single bad guy in sight.

Until the goddess Hel came to reclaim him.

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Title: Personal Demons (Desolation Diaries #1)

Author: Ali Cross

Publisher: Novel Ninjutsu

Release Date: February 19, 2013

ASIN: B00BI7ZHNO

Size: 59 pages, ebook

Genre: YA Paranormal

Desolation Series: Become (bk 1), Desolate (bk 2), Destined (bk 3)


Star Cursed by Ashley Lavering

Seventeen-year-old Tayla will never forget Beast’s fiery-venom spreading through her body like an infection.

Now, with her best friend Chel’s help, she must find a human true love before the last petal falls from her enchanted rose or the full moon will transform her into a wolf forever. But Tayla never expected that her biggest obstacle would come from inside—a wolf presence threatening to take her very soul.

At every turn, the she-wolf exploits Tayla’s weaknesses and gains enough control to sabotage her dates. Tayla struggles to control her unruly wolf and her forbidden attraction to Beast. But can she resist his southern charm, the she-wolf’s attraction to his alluring scent, and still fall in love with a human?

Tangled in a web of wills, Tayla must risk everything to break the Curse of the Beast. With failure and possible death looming overhead, Tayla will do anything to find true love. But will one moon cycle be long enough to conquer her wolf and remain human? Or will she become a permanent member of Beast’s pack?

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Title: Star Cursed (book 2)

Author: Ashley Lavering

Publisher: Silvermist Publishing

Release Date: February 19, 2013

ISBN: 978-0985570330

Size: 276 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Young Adult Paranormal

Series: Curse of the Beast (bk 1)


Mind Games by Kiersten White

James’s frozen face melts into a smile. “Do you want to know the trick to getting in trouble under the watchful eye of a psychic?”I think of the nailed-shut windows. I think of Clarice. I think of the two, the two, the two who are now zero. Tap tap. “Yes, I absolutely do.”

“Don’t plan it. Don’t even think about it. The second you get an inkling of what you could do, do it then. Never plan anything ahead of time. Always go on pure instinct.”

I smile. “I think I can do that.”

Fia was born with flawless instincts. Her first impulse, her gut feeling, is always exactly right. Her sister, Annie, is blind to the world around her—except when her mind is gripped by strange visions of the future.

Trapped in a school that uses girls with extraordinary powers as tools for corporate espionage, Annie and Fia are forced to choose over and over between using their abilities in twisted, unthinkable ways…or risking each other’s lives by refusing to obey.

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Title: Mind Games

Author: Kiersten White

Publisher: HarperTeen

Release Date: February 19, 2013

ISBN: 978-0062135315

Size: 256 pages, 5.5 x 8.3, hardcover

Genre: Young Adult Fantasy


Champion: In the Darkness by Tyrean Martinson

Clara is younger than most trainees, but she is ready to hold a Sword Master’s blade. While visions and ancient prophecies stand in her way, they also offer a destiny unlike any other.

Clara is aided by a haunted mentor, Stelia, whose knowledge of their enemy Kalidess is both a bane and a blessing.

As evil threatens their land, Clara and Stelia must find the strength to overcome the darkness.

Champion in the Darkness is YA Christian Fantasy, and is the first book in the Champion Trilogy.

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Title: Champion: In the Darkness

Author: Tyrean Martinson

Publisher: Wings of Light Publishing (Self)

Release Date: February 18, 2013

ISBN: 978-1481982740

Size: 228 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: YA Christian Fantasy


Fractured Soul by Rachel McClellan

I’m dying, I thought. This was unexpected and not at all how I envisioned my death. I was supposed to die gardening in a flowerbed as a hundred-year-old woman, not as a seventeen-year-old trapped in a lake beneath inches of ice.

Llona Reese is used to living on the run. After the Vykens killed her parents, she knew they would eventually come for her too. She can’t take any chances. But when she starts to make friends for the first time in her life, she gets careless and lets her guard down. Big mistake.

As an Aura, Llona can manipulate light and harness its energy. But if she wants to survive, Llona will have to defy the Auran Council and learn to use her power as a weapon against the Vyken whose sole desire is to take her light. Now she’s caught in something even bigger than she can understand, with a power she can’t wield, and no one she can trust, except, just maybe, a mysterious stranger.

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Title: Fractured Soul (Book 2)

Author: Rachel McClellan

Publisher: Sweetwater (CFI)

Release Date: February 12, 2013

ISBN: 978-1462111800

Size: 336 pages, 6×8, hardcover

Genre: Young Adult Paranormal

Series: Fractured Light (bk 1)


Pieces by Michelle Davidson Argyle

Two years after watching her kidnappers go to prison, Naomi Jensen is still in love with one of them. Jesse will be released in a few years, and Naomi knows college is the perfect distraction while she waits. But when her new friend Finn makes her question what is right and what is wrong, she begins to wonder if Jesse is the one for her … until she discovers he’s out on parole. Naomi must sort through her confusion to figure out where love and freedom truly lie-in Finn, who has no connections to her past, or Jesse, who has just asked her to run away with him.

Pieces is a companion to The Breakaway and can be read independently, if desired.

Stockholm Syndrome is an emotional attachment to a captor formed by a hostage as a result of continuous stress, dependence, and a need to cooperate for survival. The Breakaway and its sequel, Pieces takes readers on a suspenseful roller coaster through this psychological phenomenon.

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Title: Pieces

Author: Michelle Davidson Argyle

Publisher: Rhemalda Publishing

Release Date: February 15, 2013

ISBN: 978-1936850853

Size: 300 pages, 5×8, softcover

Genre: YA Contemporary

Series: The Breakaway (bk 1)


Manipulation by Jolene Perry

Three girls…Three talents…And a 300 year old tragedy that follows them in the shadows.

Addison Prince has almost always gotten what she wants.

Dean Courser only wants to find his brother, but it’s the one thing he’s failed at—even with his unusual ability.

Dean and Addison share the gift of Manipulation—a brief touch that forces others to do what they wish. But when they meet and realize their connection, they find more questions than answers.

Suddenly Dean is seeing moving shadows, and Addison is learning her father’s mysterious group may know more about her abilities than he’s ever let on. As Dean and Addison second-guess every decision about who they are and why they’re wanted, time is running out.

With shadows following their every move, they’re losing hope they’ll ever get to safety—if such a thing exists.

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Title: Manipulation (Shadows, Book 2)

Author: Jolene Perry

Publisher: Self

Release Date: February 14, 2013

ISBN: 978-1481851404

Size: 376 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: YA Paranormal

Shadows Series: Insight (bk 1)


Rapunzel Untangled by Cindy C. Bennett

Rapunzel is not your average teenager.

For one thing, she has a serious illness that keeps her inside the mysterious Gothel Mansion.

And for another, her hair is 15 feet long.

Not to mention that she’s also the key to ultimately saving the world from certain destruction.

But then she meets a boy named Fane, who changes all she has ever known, and she decides to risk everything familiar to find out who she really is.

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Title: Rapunzel Untangled

Author: Cindy C. Bennett

Publisher: Sweetwater Books (CFI)

Release Date: February 12, 2013

ISBN: 978-1462111565

Size: 304 pages, 5.7 x 8.3, softcover

Genre: Young Adult Fantasy


Rumplestiltskin by Jenni James

A young prince crippled by a witch—

When Fredrico watches his cruel family mourn his false death and announce to the kingdom their cursed prince has died, is the day he truly embraces his new life and new name Rumplestiltskin. How could he be known by anything else? —His skin is completely rumpled and stilted now. He hides away from the king and queen and grows up as a crippled servant in the castle.

Years later, his younger brother, Marcus, becomes king and humors Aubrynn’s father when he boasts that his daughter can turn straw into gold. Intrigued Marcus locks the distraught maiden in a tower and declares to the kingdom that if she can transform the straw, he will marry her, but if she cannot he will kill her father.

Rumplestiltskin is determined to help Aubrynn save her father and marry the king. Now, if only he can remember to keep his real identity a secret and not fall in love with her himself…

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Title: Rumplestiltskin

Author: Jenni James

Publisher: StoneHouse Ink

Release Date: January 31, 2013

ASIN: B00B923V9U

Size: 230 pages, ebook

Genre: Fantasy

Faerie Tale Collection: Beauty and the Beast, Sleeping Beauty


Sividious Stark and the Stadium Between Worlds by Greg Park

Sividious Stark is your average, run-of-the-mill fourteen-year-old: smart, mischievous, and above all, logical. Nothing especially interesting happens to him—until the day he’s thrown into an adventure beyond his wildest imagination.

Pursued by a gang of bullies out for revenge, Sividious escapes to the woods where he comes face-to-face with Aya, a winged, blue, mythical creature in grave danger. She entrusts him with an All Access Pass to a place between worlds and pleads with him to save her from “The Games.” Moments later, mysterious Agents drag her into an abandoned mine, where they disappear in a flash of light.

Resolved to find a rational explanation, Sividious enlists the help of his best friend, Jackie, to test the power of the pass. When they find themselves transported across time and space, they’re thrown into a realm that defies all logic. It doesn’t take long to realize that the beings they’re dealing with aren’t the things of fairy tales: unbeknownst to human kind, an intergalactic battle has been raging in which creatures are enslaved and forced to compete in a battle to the death.

Determined to save Aya from this fate and stripped of the logic he’s clung to, Sividious has only one hope—the one thing he’s resisted—magic. Armed with a power he never knew he had, will one young man have the courage to follow his heart and challenge the dark forces of the galaxy?

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Title: Sividious Stark and the Stadium Between Worlds

Author: Greg Park

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: February, 2013

ISBN:

Size: 236 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Young Adult Speculative


The Princess and the Wolf by Mette Ivie Harrison

King George and Queen Marit have lived sixteen years after the mysterious disappearance of their daughter Princess Ina. While they continue to look for her, they have adopted Dagmar as their heir and she is betrothed to Lord Morlieb, from a neighboring kingdom.

But the king’s horse and other animals have become wild and feral, attacking villagers, and there is a strange wolf in the forest near the castle who looks like he has lived for a thousand years.

Soon, the tolerance for animal magickers that King George has spent his whole reign to protect is gone and only Princess Dagmar can save it.

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Title: The Princess and the Wolf (Book 5)

Author: Mette Ivie Harrison

Publisher: Self

Release Date: January 31, 2013

ASIN: B00B9FXEDA

Size: 211 pages, ebook

Genre: YA Speculative Romance

Series: The Princess and the Hound (bk 1), The Princess and the Bear (bk 2), The Princess and the Snowbird (bk 3), The Princess and the Horse (bk 4)


Liberty by Annie Laurie Cechini

A STOLEN VIAL

Eternigen is the miracle drug that allows humans to travel in deep space. Seventeen-year-old space captain Tabitha “Dix” Dixon has the only vial of Eternigen in existence.

A RELENTLESS ENEMY

Eira Ninge always gets what she wants. She wants the Eternigen, and she’ll do anything-and kill anyone-to get it.

A DEADLY CURSE

Since Dix stole the vial, everyone she loves seems fated to die. When young resistance messenger Jordan Berrett steals her heart, she has to decide if it’s worth risking his life to let him get close. When Dix is involved, even falling in love can turn deadly.

A CHANCE FOR FREEDOM

If Dix can get her hands on more Eternigen, she and her crew can escape the solar system, leaving her dark past behind. But getting the Eternigen won’t be easy, and the bodies keep piling up. In the end, the cost of freedom may be too high.

Caution: Author gives this book a PG-13 rating due to mild violence and fictional swear words.

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Title: Liberty

Author: Annie Laurie Cechini

Publisher: Rhemelda Publishing

Release Date: February 1, 2013

ISBN: 978-1936850570

Size: 306 pages, 5.5 x 8.5, softcover

Genre: Young Adult Science Fiction


Everbound by Brodi Ashton

Nikki Beckett could only watch as her boyfriend, Jack, sacrificed himself to save her, taking her place in the Tunnels of the Everneath for eternity—a debt that should’ve been hers. Now she is living a borrowed life, and she doesn’t know what to do with the guilt. And every night, Jack appears in her dreams, lost and confused and wasting away. No matter how she tries to reach for his hand, she can never find it.

Desperate for answers, Nikki turns to Cole, the immortal bad boy who wants to make her his queen—and the one person least likely to help. But his heart has been touched by everything about Nikki, and he agrees to help in the only way he can: by taking her to the Everneath himself.

Nikki and Cole, along with Cole’s bandmate Max, descend into the Everneath, only to discover that their journey will be more difficult than they’d anticipated—and more deadly. From a Lake of Blood and Guilt to Sirens’ alluring tricks to insurmountable walls of rock and flame, the trio is given every reason to turn back and give up. But Nikki vows to stop at nothing to save Jack—even if it means making an incredible sacrifice of her own.

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Title: Everbound (bk 2)

Author: Brodi Ashton

Publisher: Balzer + Bray

Release Date: January 22, 2013

ISBN: 978-0062071163

Size: 368 pages, 6×9, hardcover

Genre: YA Paranormal

Series: Everneath (bk 1)


A Blind Eye by Julie Daines

Some people are born blind. For some, tragedy leaves them blind. And then there are those who simply refuse to see. This is a story about all three.

Seventeen-year-old Christian Morris decides the only way to save himself from his father’s neglect is to run away from home. On his way out of town, he finds a stowaway hiding in his car—Scarlett, who has been kidnapped from London. Blind since birth, Scarlett has developed a sixth sense: she dreams about someone’s death before it happens. And now, she has dreamed about her own.

Christian’s attempt to leave home turns into a race to save Scarlett from death by scientific experimentation. His growing relationship with the girl helps him to look past his own blindness and confront the truth about his father. But first, he must find the kidnappers before they can get to Scarlett.

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Title: A Blind Eye

Author: Julie Daines

Publisher: Covenant

Release Date: January 28, 2013

ISBN: 978-1621082521

Size: 176 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Young Adult Romantic Suspense with a splash of paranormal (psychic ability)

 



Hunter by Cheree Alsop

Hunter, the sixth book of the Silver Series, is about Dray, a werewolf who feels trapped and alone in his small farming town. Dray’s world is shaken when a cute girl shows up the same time as a vengeful wild werewolf pack. With Jaze’s help, Dray fights to protect his town, but when Jaze is in trouble, Dray puts everything on the line to help the werewolves who changed his life.

Hunter is about finding the courage to step into the unknown. It is a story of risking life for love, and discovering the truth about one’s self in the heart of adversity.

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Title: Hunter (Silver Series #6)

Author: Cheree Alsop

Publisher: CreateSpace (Self)

Release Date: January 17, 2013

ISBN: 978-1482009361

Size: 204 pages, 5×8, softcover

Genre: YA Paranormal

Silver Series: Silver (bk 1), Black (bk 2), Crimson (bk 3), Violet (bk 4), Azure (bk 5)


Blud and Magick by Preston Norton

Fourteen-year-old Darla has always been a little odd, from her love of horror movies to her obsession with mirrors. But she has no idea how different she really is until the day she finds herself wielding a power she never knew she had.

But having extraordinary ability is only the beginning. As Darla uncovers the secrets of her past, her world goes from dangerous to deadly.

Now she must decide which part of her she will allow to rule her heart—the evil from which she was born or the good by which she was raised.

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Title: Blud and Magick

Author: Preston Norton

Publisher: Sweetwater (CFI)

Release Date: January 8, 2013

ISBN: 978-1462110889

Size: 264 pages, 5.5 x 8, softcover

Genre: Young Adult Paranormal


Raggleroot by Erik Olsen

“Help me, help me, Flin.” Parcell’s arm slowly reached toward Flin in despair, and then it dropped to the ground, lifeless.

Flin darted over and snatched up Parcell’s hand.

Parcell’s eyes suddenly popped open. “If I’m going to die, then you will too!”

Flin has always known to stay away from the doors with five clover leaves. His grandmother made sure he knew that whatever was behind those doors meant death. But when he finds out what’s really behind one of them, his discovery isn’t just deadly—it’s devastating.

And that’s not the only mystery rocking Flin’s underground world. There’s the puzzle of why his best friend, Flowell, was caught kissing Triston, and the fact that an obscure stranger wants to kill him. Join Flin as he learns the true meaning of friendship in this fast-paced adventure.

 

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Title: Raggleroot (Flin’s Destiny #3)

Author: Erik Olsen

Publisher: Sweetwater (CFI)

Release Date: January 8, 2013

ISBN: 978-1462110117

Size: 304 pages, 5.5 x 8.3, hardcover

Genre: Middle Grade/YA Fantasy

Flin’s Destiny Series: Cobble Cavern (bk 1), Garden of the Lost Souls (bk 3)


The Rising Winds of Silver Falls by Rebecca Woods

Step back into the world of Silver Falls in this third volume as “progress” grips the rural district, tossing it into a furor. It seems everyone is in feverish aniticpation of electricity coming to Silver Falls…

Everyone, that is, except Nathan Layne, who loves the simplicity of the way they live.

Join Nathan and Hannah through their rolling adventures trying to train the triplets on the path of honor. Discover what happens to Janette as she becomes sole proprietor of The Falls. Enter another world of long ago and be welcomed into the life and times of Nathan and Hannah Layne as you journey through the chronicles of their lives.

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Title: The Rising Winds of Silver Falls (book 3)

Author: Rebecca Woods

Publisher: Sweetwater (CFI)

Release Date: July 10, 2012

ISBN: 978-1599559988

Size: 200 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Young Adult

Series: Hannah of Silver Falls (bk 1), Angels and Promises of Silver Falls (bk 2)


Garden of the Lost Souls by Erik Olsen

Flin had climbed to the top of the cathedral and was now pinned against the anemone’s ceiling while dozens of enraged snazzards scaled up after him.

I can’t climb any higher! he thought, desperately looking around for any lost options. There’s no place left to go! They’re going to get me! Panicked, he jumped and fell hundreds of feet through the air as the ground raced toward him.

“NO!” he screamed.

After all he’s been through, it seems Flin’s life is finally getting back to normal—well, as normal as you can get when you’re stuck hundreds of miles under the earth’s surface. But in Cobble Cavern, nothing stays normal for long.

And when Flin and the rest of his classmates are sucked into another adventure, they’ll need more than a little magic to make it out alive. Especially since this time Flin will have to choose between saving an entire village from destruction or rescuing his own best friend!

Packed with action, humor, and tons of twists, this second installment in the Flin’s Destiny series will keep your kids up with a flashlight long past bedtime. Delve deeper into the mysterious underworld in this heart-pounding story that’s bound to become a family favorite.

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Title: Garden of The Lost Souls (Flin’s Destiny, #2)

Author: Erik Olsen

Publisher: Sweetwater/CFI

Release Date: July 10, 2012

ISBN: 978-1462110100

Size: 304 pages, 5.5 x 8.25, hardcover

Genre: Middle Grade/Young Adult Fantasy

Series: Cobble Cavern (bk 1)


The Lost Curse by T. Lynn Adams

Easing his pace, Jonathon advanced only inches at a time. Instinct heightened beneath unseen eyes, and he knew he moved in the presence of a creature that could kill him. As he progressed forward, his light caught a presence to his left…a human presence.

Jonathon has had more than enough adventure for one lifetime. That’s why he’s planning to spend this summer camping in quiet central Utah with his Peruvian friend, Severino. But when the two of them accidentally discover an ancient artifact, they wind up in more danger than ever!

Now Jonathon, Severino, and their new friend, Tallie, will have to choose between protecting a secret that’s been hidden for centuries and saving their own lives!

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Title: The Lost Curse (Tombs of Terror, #2)

Author: T. Lynn Adams

Publisher: Sweetwater/CFI

Release Date: July 10, 2012

ISBN: 978-1599559551

Size: 304 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: YA Mystery/Speculative

Series: Tombs of Terror (bk 1)


Spill Over by Jolene Perry

“I’m not in New York.

I’m friends with a girl.

I’m living on a boat… with my dad…

At this point, I figure anything’s possible.”

Antony loves his life in New York. He loves living with his mother and wearing designer clothes. He loves his private tutors for home school. It’s practically necessary since his mom travels the world as a reporter for NBC.

When an assignment overseas gives her the opportunity of a lifetime, she sees it as a chance for Antony to get to know his dad – a guy strange enough to live on a boat. Near dreary Seattle. Antony’s sure that the next few months will feel like a lifetime. He and his dad can’t even fill up a five minute conversation on his birthday call.

When he meets Amber, the girl from five boats down, his prospects perk up, but when it becomes very clear, very fast, that all she’s after is friendship, Antony wonders if he’ll survive the next three months.

He is absolutely. Completely. Totally. Displaced.

And then tragedy hits.

Spill Over is a novel about love, loss, and figuring out what’s actually important.

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Title: Spill Over

Author: Jolene B Perry

Publisher: Self

Release Date: July 7, 2012

ASIN: B008IM4UR6

Size: 198 pages, ebook

Genre: Young Adult

 


Slippers of Pearl by Danyelle Leafty

Shoes, unlike magic, are predictable. They don’t change shape, bite, or alter a person’s destiny.

And that’s just how Faryn likes it.

But his Uncle Harvey has a bad habit of dying. While inconvenient, this hasn’t ever been a problem until now. Thanks to an evil witch and a poisoned apple turnover, Harvey is dead again—permanently this time.

As his uncle’s heir, Faryn has to give up shoemaking in order to accept and refine his magic.

Magic he never wanted.

Unwilling to let go of his dream, but unable to escape his destiny, Faryn combines the two and discovers a knack for making magical shoes. He also learns that turning a person into a goose is a lot easier than turning her back, and that he severely underestimated how much trouble magic can be.

The witch who killed his uncle is trying to control all the magic of the land, and it’s up to Faryn to stop her. If only he can get his magic to cooperate in time.

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Title: Slippers of Pearl

Author: Danyelle Leafty

Publisher: Danyelle Leafty

Release Date: July 6, 2012

ASIN: B008IHKBNI

Size: 223 pages, ebook

Genre: YA Fantasy


Desolate by Ali Cross

Where darkness lives, all will become desolate.

It’s been two months since sixteen-year-old Desolation Black chose Earth over Hell and her friend Miri over her eternal love, Michael.

Desi goes through the motions of life: school, training, remaining vigilant against the forces of darkness, but her dreams are full of the choices she wishes she could change. When she’s injured by a strange demon, old temptations arise, and the lines between good and evil blur. Desi discovers those choices aren’t so final after all.

And this time, the power of love—for a friend, for a lover—may not be enough to save her from the darkness that lurks within.

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Title: Desolate (Book 2 of Desolation)

Author: Ali Cross

Publisher: Self

Release Date: July 3, 2012

ASIN: B008HJ2Z8Q

Size: 235 pages, ebook

Genre: YA Paranormal

Desolation Series: Become (bk 1)


A Farewell to Charms by Lindsey Leavitt

Desi Bascomb is a princess substitute prodigy—she’s the fastest employee ever to advance to level three in the Facade Agency, and the youngest to ever be a full-time sub. But now with all eyes on Desi, the only thing she wants is a moment alone to talk to Reed, who’s a Façade legacy and secretly a sub for princes!

As Desi trains for her new role, she spies more than a few cracks in Façade’s perfect appearance. But uncovering the agency’s dark past might require more than a princess sub can handle by herself.

Desi is no damsel in distress, but sometimes a girl needs a knight in shining armor.

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Title: A Farewell to Charms (Princess for Hire, book 3)

Author: Lindsey Leavitt

Publisher: Hyperion Book

Release Date: June 26, 2012

ISBN: 978-1423121947

Size: 288 pages, hardcover

Genre: Young Adult

Princess for Hire Series: Princess for Hire (book 1), The Royal Treatment (book 2)