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Fumi Oono, second-year high-school student. Stuck with the debts of her father, she needs a job—fast. While she did indeed manage to find one as a housekeeper for THE Akatsuki Kibikino, it leaves much to be desired. After all, the novelist has a mean glare and an even worse attitude...And on top of that, she has to live with him?!

What if there was more to Romeo and Juliet than a couple of infatuated teenagers?Smitten. Lovestruck. Romeo Montgomery thinks he's been in love more times than he can count, but nothing has ever compared to the instantaneous pull of the angel across the room. They share one almost-kiss, and he knows his life will never be the same.Juliet Caplan has spent her life sheltered from the world, only finding freedom in her beloved books. When a handsome devil tempts her out from the shadows, one brush of his lips is enough to set her world on fire.With the world against them, will Romeo and Juliet be able to rewrite their fate? Or will what's written in the stars doom them to tragedy they can't escape?Crossed Stars is the first book in the Oak Hills series, a contemporary young adult series by Penelope Freed. In Oak Hills you'll find heart-shattering love and tragedy, where things are always darkest just before dawn.Author's note: Crossed Stars is a retelling of the classic Romeo and Juliet, including scenes of suicidal ideation and off-page drug abuse.

A Stonewall Honor BookFrom the author of the critically acclaimed novel For Black Girls Like Me, Mariama J. Lockington, comes a coming-of-age story surrounding the losses that threaten to break us and the friendships that make us whole again. Thirteen-year-old Andi feels stranded after the loss of her mother, the artist who swept color onto Andi's blank canvas. When she is accepted to a music camp, Andi finds herself struggling to play her trumpet like she used to before her whole world changed. Meanwhile, Zora, a returning camper, is exhausted trying to please her parents, who are determined to make her a flute prodigy, even though she secretly has a dancer's heart.At Harmony Music Camp, Zora and Andi are the only two Black girls in a sea of mostly white faces. In kayaks and creaky cabins, the two begin to connect, unraveling their loss, insecurities, and hopes for the future. And as they struggle to figure out who they really are, they may just come to realize who they really need: each other.In the Key of Us is a lyrical ode to music camp, the rush of first love, and the power of one life-changing summer.

Chance Jordan's life seems perfect. As the son of a wealthy businessman, he attends an elite college prep high school and wants for nothing. Yet, in the final months of his senior year, he begins to feel as though something is missing -- something that echoes from a hole deep inside himself. So, when the Fates push him together with a mysterious girl named Marina, his life is forever altered. A love that feels as though it has burned for an eternity lights anew, and she becomes his world.But Chance and Marina were never supposed to meet, and their reignited love threatens a well-laid plan in the battle for control of the source of celestial power. As their love grows, they discover who and what they are and find themselves entangled in a war between forces not so easily divided into good and evil. Now they must choose: save the universe, or save their love. Unless they can find another way.

Dylan Saunders has got it all. He's got a great job as a Diesel Mechanic, a killer Harley Davidson Motorbike, his local Football club has just won the Premiership cup and he's sure the girl he wants feels the same about him. Life is good.Only, at home it isn't.His troubled younger brother, and his mum's depression since his dad's death, take a lot out of his time and the only break he gets is at youth group, work or playing football. Reluctant to accept the captain's role at his local Football club because of the extra strain it would place on him, Dylan finds however he cannot say no when out of the blue, the Australian Football League come knocking!Thrust into celebrity status with a booming ALF club, Dylan finds his grasp on things that once grounded him begin to slip. Tension increases in his friendships; his younger brother is caught up with bad company; his mum's behaviour is odd; but he's playing football at the highest level. He can support his family and he's set up for life now. God is blessing him! Right?

Young adult fiction enjoyed by fans of Canterwood Crest, Heartland & The Thoroughbred Series. Winnie Winner at 2019 Equus Film & Arts Fest. Featured in Western Life Magazine.Lucy always dreamed of competing in a horse show- but she'd never thought it'd become reality. When a big competition comes to Three Rivers, the whole town's talking about who will win the title. Lucy is happy to stay on the sidelines to watch- until a tragedy causes her to step up and participate with her horse, Chance.With frenemy Taylor as her coach and a bitter new rival to challenge, Lucy isn't sure she can handle the pressure. Plus her relationship with Casey is growing, and she needs to know where she stands. Lucy doesn't want to be "just friends" with the cute cowboy.Can Lucy get over her stage fright and make all her dreams come true- in the arena and with Casey?Saddle-up with a sweet, wholesome young adult equestrian series full of first loves, friendship, and horses. Get ready for a summer packed with trail rides, horse shows, rodeo, campfires, and kisses.BOOKS IN THE RED ROCK RANCH SERIES:Lucy's Chance (book 1)Showdown (book 2)Rodeo Daze (book 3)

Celebrate kindness, friendship and love with Tod, a lonely frog who lives all by himself on a lonely mountainside.

The breathtaking finale in the MILA trilogy... Return to sun-soaked Tennessee for one last summer of romance.Mila's back in Nashville, two years since the fallout with Blake and on a mission to put the past behind her before heading to college. Goodbye family drama, Hollywood crises...and Blake.Enter reality - Blake is home too, with his troubled father and a brand-new girlfriend in tow. Luckily Mila's family ranch serves as a distraction, but even there, tensions are sparked when she and her best girlfriends meet a hot new stablehand.In true Mila fashion, it's impossible to forget what happened between her and Blake, and buried feelings erupt to the surface. Has enough time passed that they can try one last time, or has it been too long since they were on the same path? Will this be the making of Mila and Blake... or their undoing?

A novel in two acts - told eighteen years apart - gives voice toboth mother (Ayesha) and daughter (Mira) after an unplanned teenpregnancy led Ayesha to place Mira up for adoption.