Kisses from Hell
by Kristin Cast, Alyson Noël, Kelley Armstrong, Richelle Mead, and Francesca Lia Block
Five stories of teen vampire romance.
"This collection of beautifully crafted tales will find a warm welcome from fans of either author, as well as from fantasy readers in general." - School Library Journal This collection tells five tales of creatures who live and die by fire, tales of the present day and the prehistoric past. There is a confrontation in a haunted graveyard, of the Firespace where only dragons can survive, of a boy who is claimed by Fire, of a young man who chases the fireworm through dark tunnels of dream,...
Three novellas explore the effects of death on young lives.
Memento (Illuminae Files, #0.5)
by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman
A rare never-before-sold prequel novella to The Illuminae Files to celebrate Illuminae's fifth anniversaryDecember, 2574. Forty-three days before the BeiTech attack on Kerenza IV.This is the story of my first friendship.This is the tale of my first murder?Some monsters are born.But I?< ERROR >I was made.
Finding Faith - When a Good Girl Goes To War (Book 1) Coming Of Age Romance (Finding Faith YA Romance, #1)
by Third Cousins
A royal wedding, a mysterious assassin, a new threat to all of Faery… Friends and family gather to celebrate the wedding of the Iron Queen Meghan Chase’s brother. But one wedding guest feels more melancholic than the rest. The King of the Forgotten can’t forget his own lost love and slips away from the festivities, only to be attacked by a strange faery who calls him a fraud and a false king. Now the two must form a wary alliance to track a strange new threat, a creature of r...
The Land I Lost (Ghosts of the Shadow Market)
by Sarah Rees Brennan
This collection of fictional short stories by Polly Devlin, are based on her own childhood in Ardboe, in Northern Ireland. The narrator is a little girl whose mother has died and who is being looked after by a strong, plain-speaking country woman called Mary Ellen Martin. Mary-Ellen's father was a fisherman on the Lough and their lives were simple. She tells her small charge about the characters who made up the little community: Old Forbie, Jem the Bridge, Barney Dugh, Mickel Heron. Hers are the...
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Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies (Pottermore Presents, #1)
by J.K. Rowling
'Minerva was the Roman goddess of warriors and wisdom. William McGonagall is celebrated as the worst poet in British history. There was something irresistible to me about his name, and the idea that such a brilliant woman might be a distant relative of the buffoonish McGonagall.' - J.K. RowlingPottermore Presents is a collection of J.K. Rowling's writing from the Pottermore archives: short reads originally featured on pottermore.com with some exclusive new additions. These eBooks, with writing c...
Simon Says: Tips for the Intrepid Time Traveler (The Chronos Files, #3.5)
by Rysa Walker
A CHRONOS Files NovellaSimon Rand's life isn't exactly linear, but he's okay with that. He was older than his mother when they first met, and he's traveled pretty much everywhere and everywhen the CHRONOS key can take him. Much of his childhood was spent in the 1890s on the Cyrist Farm with his friend, Kiernan Dunne, but summer vacations meant hanging out with his grandfather in the 2020s, training to be Saul Rand's right-hand man and fixing bits of history to help build Cyrist International.But...
The Little Android is a retelling of The Little Mermaid, set in the world of The Lunar Chronicles by New York Times-bestselling author Marissa Meyer. When android Mech6.0 saves the life of a handsome hardware engineer, her body is destroyed and her mechanics discover a glitch in her programming. Androids aren't not meant to develop unpractical reasoning or near-emotional responses…let alone fall in love.
Double Crossed (Gallagher Girls, #5.5) (Heist Society, #2.5)
by Ally Carter
Macey McHenry—Glamorous society girl or spy-in-training?W.W. Hale V—Heir to an American dynasty or master thief?There are two sides to every coin. Whether these two can work together is a tossup.Born into privilege, Macey and Hale are experts at mingling with the upper class. But even if they’ve never raised an eyebrow at the glitz, neither teenager has ever felt at home with the glamour. When Macey and Hale meet at a society gala, the party takes a dangerous turn. Suddenly they’re at the center...