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When Willa's upside-down magic rains, it pours. Clouds form under ceilings. Classrooms get flooded. Umbrellas must always be nearby, just in case Willa has an outburst. Willa hates being the source of such sogginess. Even worse, the more she rains, the worse she feels.... and the worse she feels, the more she rains. All the storminess is threatening to drown her good grades and flood all her friendships. Is there any way to use magic to make the clouds disappear? Or is the storm of the century on its way?

A relation of cruel optimism exists when something you desire is actually an obstacle to your flourishing. Offering bold new ways of conceiving the present, Lauren Berlant describes the cruel optimism that has prevailed since the 1980s, as the social-democratic promise of the postwar period in the United States and Europe has retracted.

What drives someone to keep reaching for all that glitters, no matter the price? It’s easy to believe that more is better: more acclaim, more control, more wealth. But when dreams are fueled by greed, they can quickly twist into nightmares. These six propulsive short stories explore what...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The worldwide sensation that’s both dangerously exciting and darkly romantic—now a streaming series from the director of The Handmaid’s Tale! A USA Today bestseller One of NPR’s 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels More than 3 million series copies in print!...

Lauren Robertson is a medium with a difference.Since training as a psychic medium at the age of 14, Lauren has helped tens of thousands of people to connect with their loved ones in Spirit, and is known for her highly accurate readings and her ability to provide super-specific details from those...

In my defense, I was left alone with a bottle of single-malt and a lifelong penchant for protecting my baby sister. Still, that's no excuse to send 10 drunk-texts on why her hasty marriage would be a mistake. If only I had just texted my sister. But nope. I accidentally sent the message to her, her groom, and his super hot wingman. I also used the phrase “super hot wingman”, so I’d like to die now.

Cat should be afraid of Brigan—the devastatingly gorgeous stranger at a Halloween party whose very presence makes everyone else fall at his feet. But while his supernatural allure drives others to mindless obsession, Cat somehow keeps her wits…even as she surrenders to temptation. When this cursed being realizes she alone can see his true nature, one night of searing passion could break a centuries-old spell—or doom them both.

My to-do list for my last day of my Paris vacation... 1. Walk along the river 2. Visit all the chocolate shops in the city 3. Wander along the cobblestoned streets. Things I don't expect to happen... 1. Meet a charming Englishman while strolling along the Seine 2. Spend the afternoon with him exploring Paris, and kissing. So many French kisses... 3. Board a plane that night wishing I'd gotten his last name. Besides, you can't fall for someone in one day, especially when you live a world apart. Your French Kisses is a short novella set in Paris about Reid and Marley.

Some people in school are afraid of the kids in the Upside-Down Magic class. Others just call them flops. But Nory and her friends in Upside-down Magic won't let that stop them. Not with a school-wide talent show coming up! Except... Nory's afraid her fluxing magic will go wonky and upset her father. Pepper is worried that her abilities as a Fierce will make all the animals in the show run wild. Bax has some extreme new magic skills, but they can also be extremely embarrassing.

From New York Times best-selling authors Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, and Emily Jenkins comes more upside-down fun in the fourth book of this hilarious series. It's time for the Upside-Down Magic class to go on a field trip - a sleepover field trip! But things go wonky from the start, and soon there's a dragon to deal with.

Love isn't on my mind when I sign up for the yearly Sinners Retreat, but a chance meeting at the airport changes everything. We click right away, and my bond with Kindra only deepens when we discover our mutual love for the most macabre hobbies. But then she brings up her brother's unsolved murder and her real reason for being here—to find his killer. That's when my past finally catches up with me, and I'm faced with an impossible choice.

I'm in the business of creating fairy tales. Theme parks. Production companies. Five-star hotels. Everything could be all mine if I renovated Dreamland. My initial idea of hiring Zahra was good in theory, but then I kissed her. Things spiraled out of control once I texted her using an alias. By the time I realized where I went wrong, it was too late. People like me don't get happy endings. Not when we're destined to ruin them.

Skyler’s breakup survival plan is simple: Swear off men for a year and celebrate her man cleanse with a solo tropical vacation to Hawaii. Snorkeling, sightseeing, zip lining, and leisurely dinners by the sea are just what the doctor ordered to mend her broken heart. That is, until she meets a hunky adventure tour guide who makes her want to break all her own rules. Handsome, funny, and exciting, Caleb is by far the hottest local attraction. Will a romantic island fling lead to more heartbreak - or a new beginning?

When playboy businessman Jonas Faraday receives a private note from the anonymous intake agent assigned to process his online application to an exclusive club, he becomes obsessed with finding her and giving her the satisfaction she claims has always eluded her, in order to fulfill his own desperate need for redemption.

Todo bartender deveria seguir uma simples regra: não se envolver com clientes. Para mim isso nunca foi problema, até um jogador de hóquei arrogante, confiante e muito charmoso entrar no meu bar. É difícil resistir a um atleta gostoso, principalmente quando ele deixa bem claro o quanto me quer: o cara “sarcástico, divertido e gostoso atrás do bar” – palavras dele, não minhas.

We all have wild sexual fantasies that we wish could come to life. Some are taboo, though, so we know they can’t happen in our real world, but we still think about them if presented with the opportunity to fantasize about them! That’s what this book aims to achieve. This book pushes the boundaries of what’s possible in your world so that you get a peek of the taboo wild sex fantasies that are deeply embedded in your mind!

A smart, sexy business book for the readers who made Trading Up a best seller: the tale of a London society girl who built one of the most talked-about shoe brands in the world. The Towering World of Jimmy Choo examines the worlds seemingly insatiable appetite for luxury goods by telling the behind-the-scenes tale of one of the most talked-about brands of our age.

In a world of elite magic academies, weird and wonderful things happen when you're sent off to public school...and put in the Upside-Down Magic class. Nory, Elliott, Andres, and Bax are back to prove that life on the other side of ordinary has its charms.

It's the end of August 2005, and a big hurricane is blowing in to New Orleans, Louisiana. Barry's family plans to evacuate the Ninth Ward with everyone else, but when Barry's little sister gets violently ill, they must return to their home and stick out the storm. At first, everything seems fine. But then the levees break, the water rises, Barry is swept out of his home, and everything changes. Stranded in the floodwaters with no idea where he is and only a stranded dog by his side, Barry must find the courage to survive the storm of the century.

BY THE AUTHOR WHO BROUGHT YOU THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA AND THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2! “The Devil Wears Prada’s Emily Charlton gets the spin-off she deserves” (Cosmopolitan) in the New York Times bestseller from Lauren Weisberger in which three women team up to bring a bad man down in the tony...