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)


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)


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)


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)


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)


Beauty and the Beast by Jenni James

A prince by day and a wolf by night—

Prince Alexander has been turned into a werewolf and has one year to find someone to love the beast and break the spell, or he will be a wolf forever. He has nearly given up achieving the impossible, knowing no girl would ever fall in love with such a monster.

Just when he is about to abdicate the throne to his cousin, he meets Cecelia Hammerstein-Smythe, while a wolf, and begins to hope for the first time in months. Can he balance both worlds as a human and beast, gaining the love and trust of a girl who has every reason to despise him?

Cecelia detests the prince. She only knows Alexander as the arrogant monarch—the tyrant who has made her life miserable—though perhaps he’s changed right before her eyes. He’s not as full of himself as he once was. The prince is gentle now… but then again, so is the beast.

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Title: Beauty and the Beast (Faerie Tale Collection)

Author: Jenni James

Publisher: StoneHouse Ink

Release Date: June 4, 2012

ASIN: B008940W3Y

Size: 142 pages, ebook

Genre: Fantasy


Adventures of Lilli and Zane: The Golden Flute by Catherine Lanigan

She held up the flashlight and this time a very odd symbol caught her eye. It was a round ring and inside the ring was a pyramid and superimposed over it was a cross, like the cross hairs on a gun site.

Instinctively, she reached out to touch the symbol.

Just before impact, an electrical spark from the symbol on the wall to her fingers shot through her.

Teen treasure hunters Lilli and Zane have grown up in a world of ancient artifacts, coded messages, and long-buried mysteries. But there’s no telling what they’ll unearth when they face off against the infamous Zorav and his even-more-menacing advisor.

With the fate of the world in their hands, Lilli and Zane will have to stay one step ahead of danger, find the treasured artifacts, and keep them far away from their enemies or face death—and maybe even worse.

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Title: Adventures of Lilli and Zane: The Golden Flute

Author: Catherine Lanigan*

Publisher: Sweetwater/CFI

Release Date: June 12, 2012

ISBN: 978-1462110230

Size: 304 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: YA Fantasy

 

*I think she’s LDS. Anyone know for sure?


August Fortress by Andrea Pearson

Jacob Clark’s most dangerous quest yet is just beginning. He and his friends must rescue the powerful Shiengols from August Fortress, where they’ve been held captive for nearly fifteen years. But deadly Lorkon traps are everywhere and affect all involved—even Jacob. To succeed, he’ll have to master more of his powers and put aside distractions from his ordinary life.

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Title: August Fortress (Kilenya #3)

Author: Andrea Pearson

Publisher: Self

Release Date: June 11, 2012

ASIN: B008AYUYB8

Size: 237 pages, ebook

Genre: YA Fantasy

Kilenya Series: The Key of Kilenya (bk 1), The Ember Gods (bk 2)


Broken by C.K. Bryant

With Kira injured and dying, Octavion’s last hope is to plead with the king of Panthera for a cure. But King Ramla’s magic isn’t free. The price he asks Octavion to pay goes against everything he’s fought so hard to protect and could destroy his bond with Kira.

Will Octavion trade his crown and swear allegiance to a kingdom feared by all, or will he sacrifice the woman he loves to remain faithful to his father and Xantara?

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Title: Broken (The Crystor, book 2)

Author: C.K. Bryant

Publisher: CreateSpace/Self

Release Date: June 7, 2012

ISBN: 978-1477603000

Size: 362 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: YA Paranormal Romance

The Crystor Series: Bound (bk 1)


The Shapeshifter’s Secret by Heather Ostler

She tried telling herself to stop, but it was useless. Something had fully claimed her mind and body. A sound began to erupt from inside her chest, a deep sort of growl that seized her entire being. She felt as if a grizzly bear were inside her, trying to escape. And then a deafening roar echoed from her mouth, only inches away from Lancer’s face.

It took everything inside of her not to attack him.

Like any sixteen-year-old, Julia’s used to dealing with problems. From her overprotective father to her absent mother to a teacher who definitely has it in for her. But everything changes when Julia’s reactions become oddly vicious and angry—more animal than human.

Julia is finally discovering what—not who—she is.

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Title: The Shapeshifter’s Secret

Author: Heather Ostler

Publisher: Sweetwater/CFI

Release Date: June 12, 2012

ISBN: 978-1462110339

Size: 328 pages, 6×9, hardcover

Genre: YA Paranormal


Rogue Wave by Christie Anderson

After five months of blissful pretending, Sadie and Rayne are practically the couple of the year. At least, according to Sadie’s friends at school they are.

But she knows the truth. Their feelings are just an illusion. Now, with graduation and college right around the corner, Sadie realizes she can’t put off the inevitable any longer. She has to make a choice. Take the easy way out and run away from her problems, as usual, or move forward with courage and discover her own destiny.

But when Ash Hastings, the son of the black-eyed man who almost drove Sadie to her death last November and Rayne’s supposed best friend, makes an unnerving appearance in Sadie’s life again, the path to her future takes an unexpected turn.

And this time, Sadie’s life isn’t the only one in danger.

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Title: Rogue Wave (The Water Keepers, book 2)

Author: Christie Anderson

Publisher: Self

Release Date: June 1, 2012

ISBN: X

Size: ebook (Print version coming soon)

Genre: YA Paranormal

The Water Keepers Series:  Deep Blue Secret (Book 1)


Surrender by Elana Johnson

Forbidden love, intoxicating power, and the terror of control…

Raine has always been a good girl. She lives by the rules in Freedom. After all, they are her father’s rules: He’s the Director. It’s because of him that Raine is willing to use her talent—a power so dangerous, no one else is allowed to know about it. Not even her roommate, Vi.

All of that changes when Raine falls for Gunner. Raine’s got every reason in the world to stay away from Gunn, but she just can’t. Especially when she discovers his connection to Vi’s boyfriend, Zenn.

Raine has never known anyone as heavily brainwashed as Vi. Raine’s father expects her to spy on Vi and report back to him. But Raine is beginning to wonder what Vi knows that her father is so anxious to keep hidden, and what might happen if she helps Vi remember it. She’s even starting to suspect Vi’s secrets might involve Freedom’s newest prisoner, the rebel Jag Barque….

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Title: Surrender

Author: Elana Johnson

Publisher: Simon Pulse

Release Date: June 5, 2012

ISBN: 978-1442445680

Size: 480 pages, 6×9, softcover

Genre: Young Adult Dystopian

Series: Possession (bk 1)