First Prize in Gothic Horror at The BookFest Spring 2025"From the flames, I rise. The flesh rejuvenated from the charred, brittle bones of a weaker creature. I am alive.""Hands like claws and mouths like jagged caverns, howling for their next meal. It cannot be stopped until it is suppressed into a place of abundance."From the award-winning author of The By-Blow Promise Land, comes a new t...

"She needed fire to sprout.""I will always love her; in whatever way she prefers.""That thing was only masquerading as my sister. It was wearing her energy like camouflage in my home. A demon possessing her soft spirit."Next of Kin are connected vignettes of relationships, family, grieving, and death. The stories flow through the process of decomposition and seasons of acceptance. Nothing disappears. Some o...

Truett Fox has never felt at home with any family-adopted, found, or birth. After his birth father's unexpected passing, Truett and his adoptive brother Felix go to New Orleans, Louisiana, to attend the service. While paying their respects, a storm rolls in that causes them to cut their trip short. As the two leave town, they are detoured off the main roads, going further into the bayou. As tensions flare on the dark, flooded roads, they find a woman, Leticia, stranded in the storm. Letici...

Phobias is a gothic horror collection of 13 short stories that are meant to explore the unique nature of fear. Fear is personalized in these stories, as it explores the depths of madness it can cause. Monsters lurk everywhere, friends cannot be trusted, and there is nowhere safe to hide.These stories run the gamut from horrifying to tender-hearted to scarring.

“Perfect for Emily Henry fans. [This] is the love story that proves you can go home again…It’s so rich and wonderful.” – Julia Quinn on The TODAY Show“A sweet novel that reminds you going back is sometimes the best path forward . . . and that planning is never as rewarding as doing.” —Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author“Magnetic, witty, and expansive. The world is going to fall hard for this deliciously whimsica...

“Brilliant, hilarious, and oh-so-romantic.” —BuzzFeed“Swoony, steamy.” —Entertainment WeeklyThe Hating Game meets Booksmart in this swoony YA romantic comedy about two academic rivals whose relationship changes forever over the course of one unforgettable night.Today, she hates him.It’s the last day of senior year. Rowan Roth and Neil McNair have been bitter rivals...

In this thrilling one-hundred-page prequel companion novella to the New York Times bestselling I Am Number Four series, discover what happened in the aftermath of the Mogadorians' attack on Paradise, Ohio, from Mark James—Number Four's bully-turned-ally.After Four leaves town to find the rest of the Garde, Mark is left behind to pick up the pieces. His school has been destroyed, his home burned down, and, worst yet, Mark now knows the horrifying truth: aliens live among us and some...

Six fun facts about PENNY and TATE:They've known each other their whole livesTheir moms are best friendsThey are DEFINITELY NOT friendsThey keep almost kissingThey don't talk about itThanks to their moms, they're moving in together ...But when an almost-kiss goes from almost to I am now wearing your lip gloss, Penny and Tate have no choice but to finally face the music ... right?

From New York Times Bestselling Author, Nicole Williams:When a seventeen-year-old girl vanishes,A community is shaken.Parents turn desperate.Friends hold vigils.And the boy who loves her searches.When a year goes by,The community is recovering.Parents feel hopeless.Friends feel helpless.And the boy who loves her continues his search.When ten years go by,The community has forgotten.Parent...

A teen takes a bottle of pills and lands in the psych ward with the bully who drove him to attempt suicide in this gripping novel.Victor hates his life. He has no friends, gets beaten up at school, and his parents are always criticizing him. Tired of feeling miserable, Victor takes a bottle of his mother’s sleeping pills—only to wake up in the hospital.Bull is angry, and takes all of his rage out on Victor. That makes him feel better, at least a little. But ...

He’s not looking for salvation. She’s not looking for love.Dragon Locke is a haunted man. Every day is a relentless battle against the demons of his past. A recovering addict, he wears the scars of a history so brutal, he’s convinced it will destroy anyone who dares to get too close.Diana Steel is everything Dragon doesn’t deserve. She’s strong and beautiful, and the harder he falls for her, the more he fights to push her away. She deserves a life ...

I knew from the moment I first saw him he was the one. The only boy I could ever want.The only boy I could ever love.They say he’s bad for me.But I know he’s not.Until the day he rejects me.And breaks my heart.Completely.Everything changes in the blink of an eye. My entire life as I’ve known it is…gone. Secrets are revealed. Promises once made are irrevocably broken. There’s no way my family can get back to what we once were.So when...