This modern classic celebrates the tradition of tamales and family bonding at Christmas.Christmas Eve started out so perfectly for Maria. Snow had fallen and the streets glittered. Maria's favorite cousins were coming over and she got to help make the tamales for Christmas dinner. It was almost too good to be true when her mother left the kitchen for a moment and Maria got to try on her beautiful diamond ring . . .This is the story of a treasure thought to ...

Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult LiteratureEddie's father, two uncles, and best friend are all dead, and it's a struggle for him not to end up the same way. Violence makes Fresno wallow in tears, as if a huge onion were buried beneath the city. Making an effort to walk a straight line despite constant temptations and frustrations, Eddie searches for answers—and discovers that his closest friends may actually be his worst enemies.Includes a ...

A wedding planner and her grumpy ex must work together to plan a celebrity event in this deliciously spicy and funny novel that's perfect for fans of Ali Hazelwood and Sally Thorne.Ama Torres is an optimistic wedding planner who doesn’t believe in marriage. But weddings? They’re amazing.Elliot Bloom is a brooding florist who hates owning a flower shop…until a certain bright-eyed, donut-loving workaholic shows up at his door.Once upon a time, they co...

SOON TO BE A MAJOR TV SERIESA GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD NOMINEE * One of School Library Journal's Best YA Books of the YearINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER!AN INDIE NEXT PICKEither you're in or you're out.Welcome to the Thrashers, the elite friend group at New Helvetia High.They’re everything everyone wants to be.Jodi Dillon was n...

Lin Mei and her younger brother Bio Mei fled to the western deserts of China to escape the people who seized their home and killed the rest of their family. When the caravan they were hiding in took shelter in an abandoned temple, they found two kittens and adopted them. Then their lives got really interesting...This is a collection of eight stories first published in SWORD & SORCERESS 21-29. The individual titles are: Step by Step; Night Watches; Hope for the Dawn; Sages and Demon...

Either you're in or you're out.Welcome to the Thrashers, the elite friend group at New Helvetia High.They’re everything everyone wants to be.Jodi Dillon was never meant to be one of them. Julian, Lucy, Paige, and the infamous Zack Thrasher are rich, sophisticated, and love attention. Jodi feels out of place, but Zack’s her childhood best friend, so she’s in.Then Emily Mills, who desperately wanted to be a Thrasher, dies—and the whis...

**#1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Soto crafts a lush, dark romantic fantasy filled with intrigue, magic, and an irresistible enemies-to-lovers romance.“A dark fever dream of a fairytale. Rose in Chains is a heart pounding, spellbinding, forbidden love story that kept breaking my heart and putting it back together again.” ―Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Alchemy of Secrets**The war is over, the dark for...

**#1 New York Times bestselling author Julie Soto crafts a lush, dark romantic fantasy filled with intrigue, magic, and an irresistible enemies-to-lovers romance.“A dark fever dream of a fairytale. Rose in Chains is a heart pounding, spellbinding, forbidden love story that kept breaking my heart and putting it back together again.” ―Stephanie Garber, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Alchemy of Secrets**The war is over, the dark for...

**"It's precisely Soto's refusal to be 'weighted' down by decades of genre tradition, to instead turn the trope on its head and in doing so remind us that no-one but ourselves is coming to save us, that makes This Weightless World such an exciting and radical novel." —Ian Monde, Locus"Set in Silicon Valley and Chicago, This Weightless World considers questions of morality in a world where people feel powerless in the face of formidable systemic forces." —...

**From a #1 New York Times bestselling author, a competition between a classical violinist and a rockstar cellist sparks a sizzling chemistry in this book that’s perfect for fans of Ali Hazelwood and Abby Jimenez.“100% pure magic.” —Christina Lauren, bestselling author of The Unhoneymooners**Gwen Jackson is a self-taught professional violinist. Xander Thorne is the exact opposite—a rock star cellist with a bad attitude. They both play in the Manhattan Pops...

A wedding planner and her grumpy ex must work together to plan a celebrity event in this deliciously spicy and funny novel that's perfect for fans of Ali Hazelwood and Sally Thorne.Ama Torres is an optimistic wedding planner who doesn’t believe in marriage. But weddings? They’re amazing.Elliot Bloom is a brooding florist who hates owning a flower shop…until a certain bright-eyed, donut-loving workaholic shows up at his door.Once upon a time, they co...

She was a Cartel Princess. I was a soldier. A helping hand. A life that didn’t matter. None of that stopped me from falling in love with her the first time I laid eyes on her. This Cartel Princess was everything to me. And I was able to show her, but only in secret.After years of hiding I had finally found the courage to tell her father, but he announced he’d arranged a marriage for her. One that will bound families. One that is all about power and money.The man that she is set to marry is...