A devastating and pulse-pounding tale that will feel all-too-relevant in today's world, based on a true story from Korean history.Hope is dangerous. Love is deadly.1506, Joseon. The people suffer under the cruel reign of the tyrant King Yeonsan, powerless to stop him from commandeering their land for his recreational use, banning and burning books, and kidnapping and horrifically abusing women and girls as his personal playthings...

Funny You Should Ask meets Almost Famous in this second chance, fake NOT dating, spicy, rockstar rom-com, from the author of the celebrated Unromance!'When I tell you this man YEARNS. He's giving Conrad Fisher a run for his money' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Sloane and Dax are the perfect harmony of playful, heartfelt and always so, so hot' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'What a freaking masterp...

THE KING OF YUSAN MAY BE THE GREATEST LIAR OF THEM ALL.His sister’s ring is in his sights, and he will do anything to get what he wants. Evenmanipulating the five blades to steal it …Bonded by deceit, the blades must rely on their skills to pull off King Joon’s pursuitor risk his legendary wrath.A foreign rule of law stands between them and Quilimar, the Queen of Khitan.Now they have one month to steal the powerful Golden Ring of the Dragon Lord.

This story is, in short, about a monster meeting another monster.One of the monsters is me.Yunjae was born with a brain condition called Alexithymia that makes it hard for him to feel emotions like fear or anger. He does not have friends—the two almond-shaped neurons located deep in his brain have seen to that—but his devoted mother and grandmother aren’t fazed by his condition. Their little home above his mother’s used bookstore is decorated with colorful...

It's the season for treason …The king of Yusan must die.The five most dangerous liars in the land have been mysteriously summoned to work together for a single objective: to kill the god king Joon.He has it coming. Under his merciless immortal hand, the nobles flourish, while the poor and innocent are imprisoned, ruined … or sold.And now each of the five blades will come for him. Each has tasted bitterness—from the hired hit man seeking atonement, a lovely as...

Some betrayals cut deeper than blades.The Blades were never supposed to survive this long. But after the battle in Quu Harbor, escaping is no longer enough. The most dangerous liars in the four realms have one last mission—return to Yusan and finish what they started.But now a usurper sits on the serpent throne. And he may be more dangerous than the god-king.With three relics of the Dragon Lord in their possession, the Blades will face the might of ...

Fifty-thousand troops led by Gabriel Miller, aka Emperor Vecta, the God of Darkness prepare to invade the human lands defended by Bercouli and his army of five thousand. Kirito, still out of commission, is left in the care of Ronie and Tiese. Chancellor of the dark mages guild Dee Eye Ell also threatens to vanquish the army by launching a large-scale magical attack of her own. And in the midst of chaos, the one who appears to turn the tide of battle is none other than... Asuna?!

Read the novel that ignited the phenomenon!The second day of the final stress test rages on. Lisbeth, Silica, and Asuna push through the pain as they hold out against the Dark Army. But their efforts fall short as Kirito is captured by PoH, the former leader of Laughing Coffin! With PoH’s twisted heart set on subjecting Kirito to the culmination of several years’ vengeance, he prepares to end him once and for all. But when hope seems lost, a voice cries out in Kirito’s heart. The voice of ...

Read the novel that ignited the phenomenon!The final stress test bleeds into its second day. Driven to desperation by the Integrity Knights’ coordinated assault, the Dark Army reveals the ace up their sleeve! Critter, who has been observing the battle from the Ocean Turtle, has successfully created a gateway into the Underworld and masked it as an invitation to “an open beta test for a new, unannounced VRMMO." This digital invite bolsters the ranks of the Dark Army by the tens of thousands...

A locked room mystery about a group of classmates reunited to mark the tenth anniversary of a tragic accident, only to have one of the survivors disappear, from the bestselling author of The Last House Guest and All the Missing Girls.Ten years ago, a tragic accident tore through a community.Ever since, the nine survivors - just teenagers at the time - have met on the anniversary to remember those they lost. They made a pro...

For fans of The Librarian Of Auschwitz, This Light Between Us is a powerfully affecting story of World War II about the unlikeliest of pen pals—a Japanese American boy and a French Jewish girl—as they fight to maintain hope in a time of war.**“I remember visiting Manzanar and standing in the windswept plains where over ten thousand internees were once imprisoned, their voices cut off. I remember how much I wanted to write a story that...

Written by the author of the Caldecott and Newbery Honor–winning book Watercress, here is the true story of a man of indomitable spirit. In the mid-nineteenth century, an impoverished father from Canton, China, sold his young son to an American sea captain, Amos Peck. The boy, dubbed “Joe,” worked on the ship for months, not knowing if his fate was to do so forever. Or would he be sold again? When the ship returned to America, Captain Peck brought the young boy to his family, who ...