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Cameron Post feels a mix of guilt and relief when her parents die in a car accident. Their deaths mean they will never learn the truth she eventually comes to - that she's gay. Orphaned, Cameron comes to live with her old-fashioned grandmother and ultraconservative aunt Ruth. When she’s eventually outed, her aunt sends her to God’s Promise, a religious conversion camp that is supposed to “cure” her homosexuality. At the camp, Cameron comes face to face with the cost of denying her true identity.

As 14-year-old Christy leaves her family's Wisconsin farm to spend the summer at her wealthy aunt and uncle's home in Newport Beach, she hopes this will be the best summer of her life. When she meets surfer Todd with his screaming silver blue eyes, she's certain it will be. But when the summer doesn't unfold as Christy had hoped, she wonders if she'll keep her promise to her parents not to do anything she'll regret. Will she do anything to get Todd's attention, to be accepted, to force her summer to give her everything it promised?

What happens when the girl who always wins finally lets go? Breeleigh Sloan has always been the fastest, the smartest, the one with all the answers. On the court, in the classroom, even at home—she runs the race of life like every second is a competition. But behind the comebacks and the victories hides a soul carrying more weight than anyone can see. When her carefully controlled world begins to crack, Breeleigh faces a truth she can’t outrun: strength isn’t found in perfection—it’s found in surrender.

Seven square miles of paradise, surrounded by an eight-foot chain-link fence: this is Nodd, the land of the Grace. It is all seventeen-year-old Jacob knows. Beyond the fence lies the World, a wicked, terrible place, doomed to destruction. When the Archangel Zerachiel descends from Heaven, only the Grace will be spared the horrors of the apocalypse.

Anna Valairy is an ordinary young woman trying to make her own place in life, when one night she meets a man who changes everything. Seeming larger than life she is pulled more and more into his world. But will their love save them or will it be their undoing? Or will Uriel, leader of the Grigori, have his way? After all he is here to serve the will of heaven and not just one woman, or is he?

Jade Alvarez never meant to start a movement. She was just a 17-year-old girl from Spring, Texas—quiet, faithful, and searching. But when she pinned a note to a school bulletin board, asking if her state had forgotten who it was, everything changed. From quiet prayers in classrooms to underground gatherings in barns, Jade’s words ignite a grassroots revival—one built not on politics but on faith, truth, and the courage to kneel when the world demands silence.

There are a lot of things Jamie hates about her life: her dark hair, her dad's Stone Age Charter of Curfew Rights, her real name – Jamilah Towfeek. For the past three years Jamie has hidden her Lebanese background from everyone at school. It's only with her email friend John that she can really be herself. But now things are getting complicated: the most popular boy in school is interested in her, but there's no way he would be if he knew the truth.

Lila porta con sé un bagaglio fatto soltanto di ricordi e delusioni quando raggiunge la cittadina di Gilead. Ma, varcando per la prima volta la soglia di una chiesa in cerca di un riparo, incontra la voce calda e sicura del reverendo John Ames e finalmente può smettere di combattere. Non importa che lui sia colto e lei ignorante, non importa da quale inferno venga lei o quanta vita abbia davanti lui. Non importa che lei abbia fatto la prostituta né che lui abbia visto morire la moglie e il figlio che stava mettendo al mondo.

The search for a missing parishioner continues as The Watcher scours the city’s sewer system, only to discover The Wolf’s cabal has widened. Meanwhile, the city’s evangelicals are being targeted for assassination by an enigmatic terror group known as The Sons of Cain.

"A few days ago, I was walking home from school. The sun had left, the rain had come, and my Spider-Man backpack was getting soaked. But I danced in the puddles and sang to the sky because that's what you do when the clouds grow dark." Royce is a ten-year-old boy trying to make sense of the world around him. Why are people afraid? What makes people cry? Why does hatred exist? How should you love others? Through a series of journal entries, Royce chronicles his school year of pain, racial injustice, and what it is like to see the world through the eyes of a child.

Freshly freed from an earth-dwelling monster, Juniper Conway is stuck with a promise she never intended to make. But if rescuing Plex City from a deadly nano drug is what she vowed, it’s what she’ll do. Miles of wasteland stretch between Juniper and the domed city. In the Texas Outer Grid, following a tribe of whalers seems to be her best bet at surviving the chaotic storms. But when the nomadic tribes prove just as dangerous as the Grid itself, Juniper realizes her streak of bad luck is far from over.

It’s the beginning of the school year—and Briar’s newest resident, D.J. Rosenblum, is not here for it. Ever since her cousin Rachel died, D.J.’s family has been a mess: Her aunt and uncle are catatonic. Her mom is even more scatterbrained than usual. She had to postpone her bat mitzvah a whole year. Worst of all, she and her mom had to move—leaving her best friend, Eva, behind.

An ambitious archer. An anxious healer. A desperate thief. Isaac is Bestowed, chosen by Nature as a leader and protector, only he lives in Talen, far away from anyone to lead or protect. He yearns to join the heroic group of fighters who protect the world from untold dangers, the Paladins of Valoria. Forget sky-high qualifications and a will of iron—the biggest hurdle for Isaac’s dream is his protective father. Until Isaac finds himself rescuing a giant bear from an onslaught of enchanted arrows.

Tired of her life back home, Carlin decides to go out on a limb and leave her small town behind for the green hills of Ireland hoping for a bit of adventure. Once she meets the mysterious Maddox and his outcast group of friends it's quickly apparent that this sleepy town, and some of its residents, are more than meets the eye. Carlin must look past facades to find the truth hidden there, uncovering love, friendship, and more than a little danger along the way.

Billy and Bonnie’s journey continues as new mysteries and dangers arise . . . Where is the magnificent sword used against the evil Devin? What was the strange book used by the dragon slayers to summon a dragon? What happened to the candlestone, a strange gem that has a dangerous effect on dragons? When their exploration leads Bonnie into captivity and even more danger, what can Billy do to save her?

Mara never intended to set foot in Ilya again. But when the king makes a life-altering decision, her interest is piqued, and Death is determined to understand Kitt Azer's mind if he is destined to join her in the Mors. Spending time with the king while observing the castle’s inhabitants reminds Mara that there is more to life than just death. There is love. But even the purest of intentions spurs revenge and the pursuit of power. And fate will have its way with all of them – to live, to rule, to love, and most certainly, to die…

While Siena sleeps, she dreams of a child … a child who is being hunted … a child she is convinced is her future daughter—her’s and Luca’s. Siena prays her dreams of this beautiful little girl are nothing more than horrible nightmares, but when this child begins haunting her in her waking hours Siena realizes she cannot ignore this dream child or the secrets she holds.

The Curses and the Covenants: A History Weaver Mystery. Beaver Row has a new-old resident. Angie Lyons, failed romance writer, has returned to her roots. When romance writing stops paying the bills, Angie returns to Beaver Row to take up a new career in guidance counselling at the local high school where she finds herself in way over her head. Why is Julia Fairchild so troubled? Angie is told she can't believe a word Julia tells her. But what is the truth about Julia?

After his mom suffers a brain injury and his dad walks away, Peter Stafford, his big sister Star, and their broken mother move to a small town to live with Pete’s grandmother. While Star fights the changes every step of the way, Peter wants to make this work, but what do you do when your mom thinks like a ten-year-old? Wendy Pickens knows she mothers people. Smothers people. Her younger sister and everyone else point that out all the time. But how can she stop being who she is?

Retter's Fountain, the opening installment of the Listeners of Libertas series by Alan Cherney (© 2025), is an illustrated science fiction novelette that delves into the ethical and emotional intricacies of artificial intelligence. Set in a future where AI has advanced dramatically, the story follows a computer programmer who crafts two lifelike virtual realms called Primum and Libertas to experiment with the bounds of machine learning. Through introspective journal entries, the narrative intertwines technical ingenuity with deep philosophical inquiries into purpose, autonomy, and redemption.