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Zale is a cry baby. He can't help it. He just gets so mad that the tears start flowing, which makes him even madder. It also doesn't help that the world is sinking.Unpredictably, the land shifts and entire cities can disappear under the water. Zale and his family thought they were safe, until the water started to rise. They raced to higher ground and lost everything in the process. With no money, they find themselves in a world congested with flood survivors. They can't find work o...

Everything grows from the soil up, but Terrin is stuck in the mud.The other earth shifters create beautiful things, like exotic flowers, trees taller than mountains, while Terrin sits in the manure pit making sure the soil isn't too acidic for cherry blossoms.He hates it. He truly hates his life. After nearly three centuries of doing the exact same thing every day, he's willing to do anything just to escape it.So when the goddess's kingdom is shaken by an earthquake, a...

Get in, get out.Do his job and live another day.No attachments.Those are the rules Gavin runs his life by. He spends every night with a different man, so he doesn't have time to be concerned about anything else. It's either be Adam's whore or survive the street. With Adam, Gavin has a place to sleep and occasionally food to eat. The streets are never that nice.After buying a night with Gavin on a whim, Luke decides to challenge the rules. One night isn't eno...

Pain is all Alex has ever known.Taken from his people as a child, he was trained to be a hunter for the humans. Alex's mixed blood makes him an asset for tracking, so he spends his days gathering Kiya to work in the factories with the other Haydeans owned by the company. His only knowledge of the world outside The White City comes from their stories. None of which are very pleasant, as Haydeans attack hybrids for sport. His mixed blood is viewed as an insult to the proud humanoid r...

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all timeA book about romantic love, Eros the Bittersweet is Anne Carson's exploration of the concept of "eros" in both classical philosophy and literature. Beginning with, "It was Sappho who first called eros 'bittersweet.' No one who has been in love disputes her," Carson examines her subject from numerous points of view, creating a lyrical meditation in the tradition of William Car...

“Rae Carson has proved she’s a master and has shaken up the YA genre.”—USAToday.comThe first book in Rae Carson’s award-winning and New York Times–bestselling trilogy! The Girl of Fire and Thorns is a sweeping journey full of adventure, sorcery, heartbreak, and power. Fans of Shadow & Bone and Game of Thrones, will devour this fantasy series.Once a century, one person is chosen for greatness.Elisa is the chosen one. But she has always felt powerless, useless. Now, o...

Fin has a secret; one that can not be shared.He has an undying love for fire. He craves the heat and only feels at peace when he's engulfed in flames. His skin never blisters or shows the slightest sign of discomfort when he sneaks into the woods to feed his addiction.It's only when the cold sets in that he feels an aching pain in his chest. Fin can't let anyone find out. Others, who were different like himself, have been burned alive when they were discovered.A sma...

“Action, adventure, betrayal, and poison add up to a winner." —Booklist***New York Times–***bestsellingauthor Rae Carson makes a triumphant return to the world of her award-winningGirl of Fire and Thorns trilogy in this extraordinary stand-alone novel. Fans ofLeigh Bardugo, Kendare Blake, and Tomi Adeyemi won’t want to put this bookdown.Red SparkleStone is a found...

It's cold, and Fin can't fight it.Even after he escapes the frost, only ice lives inside the firebird. The inferno he wants is gone. It was stolen from the middle realm by the man whose flame he craves the most: Zoran, the third god of fire. After the loss of his kingdom, the god took back his gift to the mortals: fire.They're all prisoners to the cold, and Fin can't take it. He wants to feel the blistering heat and once again be engulfed in flames.Only then will th...

River has been on his own since he was thirteen. His coat is seen as too dark for a sub, but too light to be given any other rank than omega, so he suffers rejection after rejection from potential suitors.As he grows older, River fears he'll never find a mate. He wants to give back to his pack, but for someone of his status that can only happen through attracting a high-profile werewolf. River doubts that is even possible for a lowly omega like himself.A new pack member thi...

Aden Perri has problems.The last day of school his girlfriend calls it quits. His friends disappear, leaving him to spend the summer alone. His mother buys a dog. Aden hates dogs. The scar on his leg confirms it. And his new job titles are garbage collector and toilet scrubber.Aden is ready to barricade himself in his room, until school starts back up in the fall. His mother won't allow it, and his father is ready to do some character building.They drag him out and ...

A mysterious private investigator embodies the darkness hidden within a small town in this spellbinding thriller that will “make you a Scott Carson fan for life” (Joe Hill, #1 New York Times bestselling author).Marshall Miller would’ve remembered her face even if he hadn’t seen it on a MISSING poster.When a young woman disappears in his small town, the investigation hinges on Marshall’s haunted sighting of her, crying in the back seat of a police c...