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Sometimes life doesn''t go according to plan. My summer was planned from packing lists to trip itineraries. Or so I''d thought.It''s the night before my trip abroad, and my boyfriend Matt showed up to a party with another girl. The boyfriend I''m supposed to spend seven weeks with in Brazil.No way can I board that plane.With my trip tickets ripped up and the money down the drain, I owe my parents big-time. The only job hiring is Teed Off!, the driving range that just-so-happens to employ Matt''s trio of best friends.Matt''s friends don''t like my presence on their artificial turf, so pranking me becomes their second part-time job. They definitely don''t want me winning the bonus money our boss is offering for an idea to improve the business.By chance on a summer night, Matt''s head crony best friend Aidan is there for me when no one else is around. Turns out, he and Matt haven''t been close for a while. Aidan begins to see through to the real me-the me I''d kept from Matt to be the person I''ve always longed to be-popular with a boyfriend, all according to plan.Now I have a new problem. I''m falling for the enemy.

Fans of John Hughes, Back to the Future and YA romance will fall in love with the Santolsa Saga.Janet Bates doesn't hold a lot of hope for her future.Living with her Gran in the Santolsa trailer park, Janet's just trying to keep her head down, work hard in school and maybe one day live in a house with real foundations.But when Gran is suddenly taken ill, Janet has more to worry about than how to get David, the bad boy next door to notice her.A plan to make rent money goes horribly wrong and Janet and David seek safety in the walls of St. Christopher's high school.Finding herself magically transported back in time to 1966, Janet embarks on a mission to find the parents she never knew, while falling for a mysterious boy on the midnight bus from Santolsa to San Francisco.But if time continues to take its natural course, Janet may just end up losing everyone she's ever loved all over again.Can Janet re-write the past? Or is she destined to be forever alone?Back to the Future Part III meets Forest Gump with a slice of St Elmo's Fire on the side, The final book in the Santolsa Saga is a journey through time, space and the loves of a lifetime which will leave Santolsa Saga Fans wanting to start reading the series all over again.Part 3 of the Santolsa Saga - best read in order.

He's in love with me. The only problem? He thinks I'm someone else.I've spent my whole life trying not to get bullied. For my frizzy hair. My freckles. The white patches on my black skin or the gap in my teeth. Not to mention the extra hundred pounds I have on most of my classmates.So when my soldier pen pal wants to see a picture of me, I freak. I send him a picture of one of the it girls at school and move on. The odds of us meeting in person are less than zero, and for once in my life, I want to know what it feels like to be one of the beautiful girls. Someone a guy like him would be into.And it is amazing... Until I start to feel more about him than just a pen pal should. He says he feels the same way, but when he wants to meet me, I have a huge problem.How can I put my heart on the line when I can't even show my face?This curvy military romance is going to have you shaking your head one moment and wiping your eyes the next. Get ready to see what it means to face your biggest fears when your biggest fear is yourself.

The strongest bodybuilder in Emerson isn't a match for my focus.Emerson Dance is one of the most prestigious dance companies in the country. And I got kicked off the team right before nationals because my curves don't "fit." Not their idea of a perfect dancer's body and definitely not their costume.I'm going to enter the competition on my own and show them that every body is a dancer's body. It will mean practicing in the gym with the bodybuilders, but I can shove my nerves - and my attraction to Carter McCormac - aside long enough to win.My reputation, and my future, depend on it.If you love girls who buck the rules and guys strong enough to lift them up, you'll love Curvy Girls Can't Dance, a standalone romance in The Curvy Girl Club! Grab your copy and fall in love today!

Betrayed by those she trusted, banished to a small town. Can a childhood friend help her find hope in a burning world?Madeleine''s climate change activism has her at loggerheads with her widowed Grandpa. The world''s weather is extreme, and she fears we may be past the tipping point. Maddy''s petrolhead boyfriend, Liam, doesn''t see things her way, and her best friend, Mia, has a secret crush on him.After an act of defiance, Maddy''s parents send her to spend the holidays apart from Liam, with Grandpa, in small-town New Zealand. He lives in an isolated villa on MacTaggart Hill. She begins to understand Grandpa''s generation when she reads his manuscript, but their relationship is erratic. On a lonely horse ride, she meets a childhood friend, Christopher, who is on a mission to save the local wetland from development. He may be the friend she needs when the village experiences a series of devastating climate-related events and her relationships are falling apart. But can she depend on him?A Young Adult, Cli-Fi (climate change fiction) with family drama and a romantic subplot, by the author of Trainsurfer, Saving Thandi and Nikau''s Escape. The story is threaded through with Christian themes.

Injured competitive swimmer Reece never wanted to be Vice Prez of West Hill High. It was her brother Jamie's idea, just something to do until she could get back into the pool. She knew that Jamie-who led his campaign with a striptease "election speech"-would be a complete "President Dumbass." But Reece didn't foresee that she'd fall hard for Jamie's Student Council rival, Zain. Zain is hot and intense, plus an amputee and a basketball star. Between Zain's disability and Reece's surgery, they have their challenges, but that deepens their connection-until he drops a bombshell about his accident. Suddenly, everything important to Reece starts to implode. Struggling with issues of family loyalty, secrets, and scars, Reece must decide if real relationships are worth the heartache.

Solo un altro Natale per ritrovare la speranza, la felicità. Sullo sfondo della cittadina dorata di Bath un tenero amore appena sbocciato, una fiamma ancora viva nonostante lo scorrere del tempo. Come d'incanto, presente e passato si intrecciano mentre la passione riemerge e si riaccende, più intensa e travolgente che mai. Bonnie Meisel, dopo un'estate trascorsa a Bournemouth, torna nella cittadina di Bath dove trascorrerà il suo primo Natale con Adam Comte, l'amico d'infanzia che è diventato il suo primo amore. La sua felicità è però oscurata dal pensiero che Adam sia intenzionato ad arruolarsi in marina appena ottenuto il diploma, abbandonando lei e il Luna Park che gestisce insieme al padre.Il timore di Bonnie di perdere il ragazzo che ama si intreccia con l'appassionante storia d'amore della sua insegnante di letteratura inglese Margaret Canfield che rimpiange la separazione dal giovane e affascinante pittore Robert Prichard, poi diventato un celebre e ricercato artista a Parigi. L'essere stata persuasa a lasciarlo molti anni prima a causa del nome oscuro e delle scarse possibilità l'ha resa arida, distaccata, quasi cinica, portandola a negare la sua nascente vocazione letteraria e poetica.>Inevitabilmente la giovane Bonnie, come Margaret, come Jane attraverso la sua protagonista, si pone una domanda: l'amore di un uomo può essere profondo, duraturo e costante quanto quello di una donna? La storia è autoconclusiva ma, per una migliore comprensione, si consiglia la precedente lettura di "Almost over You - Una ragazza fuori moda".

When your kiss is good luck, the wrong kiss could change everything...During the kissing season, one kiss from Remy or her older sister Maggie will give the boy-or girl-good luck. Or so it has been for all the Holloway girls before. But this year, Remy's first season, she doesn't follow the rules, dooming the boy she kisses to bad luck that almost kills him and leaving Remy with a cursed kissing season. Now Remy is adamant about keeping her lips to herself. But the new boy in town is making it hard to keep her promise. Especially because he seems to really want to get to know her, and isn't just using her for the Holloway luck. But before she can even think about kissing someone else, she'll have to find a way to fix the curse, or else her family's legacy will be tainted forever.

The new queer YA rom-com from Sophie Gonzales, bestselling author of Only Mostly Devastated.

Ever since the sudden deaths of his parents, seventeen-year-old Hugh has developed a serious preoccupation with endings. And when he discovers that high-school outcast Olivia Moon can't die, things start to get a little complicated ...

Everywhere they turn, Ashley and Bryce find mysteries. Ashley seems to have a secret admirer. Bryce notices a suspicious vehicle near their home and school. When Bryce investigates, he comes face-to-face with a person he never expected to meet!Can Bryce and Ashley solve the mystery before someone in town gets killed?Watch out! The Timberline twins are on the loose. Bryce and Ashley are ATV-riding tweens from Colorado who unearth action-packed mystery and adventure wherever they go. From clearing the name of a local miscreant to thwarting a gold-stealing heist, the twins' growing faith and the strong example of their parents guide them through even the most life-threatening situations. With the trademark page-turner style used by Jerry Jenkins and Chris Fabry in the Left Behind: The Kids series, these fast-paced books will keep even reluctant readers on the edge of their seats. Readers will definitely be hooked! Perfect for ages 8-12.

Sometimes summer is one wild ride.I''d set my heart and summer plans on working my dream job at Midwest Wild Adventure theme park with my friend Chelsea and my long-time crush KJ Keene. Only a day-one prank results in total humiliation, punchline: Me.Worse, Chelsea and KJ are in on the prank.Not only that, but after my big, loud mouth gets me in trouble with my new boss, I''m sent to work at the "loser" side of the park.My new coworkers, the Midwest Midfits, offer a chilly welcome to their desolate go kart zone. Especially Jonah, the big scary dude who won''t talk to anyone. He''s the "beast" park employees fear because of his part in some mysterious ride malfunction that injured a kid last summer.I can''t quit my job since I need to prove to Mom and my stepdad that I can follow through on something. Plus, I''m not ready to give up on my summer with KJ. Only KJ might be keeping secrets about what happened last summer.When the big boss issues a challenge to draw crowds to underused areas of the park, I round up our band of outcasts aiming to win the prize money. We can all use each other to get what we want.It turns out, the Midfits aren''t so bad. Even Jonah, who seems more misunderstood than anything. Somehow, Jonah becomes a person I confide in, and the person I grow to trust most.

Sometimes being the good girl means everyone loses. When my parents sentenced me to geriatric exile in a sleepy beach town for the summer with my grandparents, I tried everything to stop it. I''m the good girl. The straight-A student and the newly elected co-captain of my high school track team. Only my sister Grace ruined everything. Grace, a rebel with a party girl reputation, insisted I join her at a party on her graduation night. All to be her designated driver. Too bad I only had a learner''s permit-and crashed her car. Oops. Now, I''m in deep trouble with my parents and the court. My punishment means I''m trading team runs for scrubbing toilets at my grandparents'' Lake Michigan coastal inn. Any free time is used up working service hours at the local community center to show the court I deserve a driver''s license. Then I meet Will. He''s cooler than I could ever hope to be with dyed black hair and piercings. He finds me on the beach and we talk through sunset. I need a friend right now and Will is here, listening. Only he''s a bad boy and that spells trouble. But Will isn''t as he seems. His bad boy image hides deep hurts I''m only beginning to uncover. Time with Will feels like an escape. I might actually make it through this summer. The trouble is, I''m falling for Will, and I have secrets of my own. If Will finds out what really happened the night of the party, we''ll lose everything we''ve built.

The saga continues with heart-pounding intensity in the second installment of the Vampire Pirate series - The Vampire Pirate's Daughter.As Susie's sixteenth birthday approaches, a dormant vampire virus within her awakens, entwining with her human cells. The struggle between life and undeath becomes a relentless battle, threatening to consume her very essence. In a race against time, Amanda and Shayne, the enigmatic figures from Susie's past, arrive on the scene, offering salvation or a fate worse than death.The pivotal moment arrives as Susie stands at the crossroads of humanity and vampirism. The weight of a decision hangs in the air - to embrace the immortal allure of the vampire or succumb to the relentless virus coursing through her veins. The stakes have never been higher, and the consequences are eternally binding.In a moment of seduction and desperation, Amanda presents her wrist, dripping with the elixir of eternal life. The intoxicating scent, the allure of power, and the undeniable pull of forbidden desires collide. Susie, teetering on the edge of existence, must make a choice that will irrevocably alter her fate and the destiny of those around her.The Vampire Pirate's Daughter is a tale of passion, sacrifice, and the uncharted territories of the supernatural. Dive deep into a world where blood is both a lifeline and a curse, and where the choices made in the darkness echo through the corridors of eternity.

Chloe uses work to hide from the world, but she can't escape her thoughts. Since the death of her track-star boyfriend, her panic attacks are sneaking up on her. A lot. And while others may think her odd behavior is because of his loss, the truth is she's always been just this side of "crazy." Until now, her compulsive daily rituals kept them at bay. At least in public. When Derrick walks into her life, she's distracted enough to back away from the edge of her mental precipice. Convinced he's her safe haven, she falls blindly into a relationship. With him, she dreams of being like every other seventeen-year-old. It seems so easy, but it's not. How do you face the future when the past won't let you go?

Get swept up as this holiday romance series comes to an end by exploring the hope and magic of unforgettable love.

During a time when legends were born . . .ENTWINEDA princess cursed from birth, a loyal knight worthy of being king, and a sword that can determine their destiny.After growing up on a remote farm, Lis learns she is the rightful heir to the throne of Norvegia. Even as she does her part to thwart a dangerous plot against the king, she resists pursuing her new identity and resigns herself to a simple life helping her elderly father with their farm.With the king losing his mind, Sir Ansgar, the highest knight in the land, is desperate to save the sovereign he's sworn to protect. But before Ansgar can uncover what is causing the king's demise, he finds himself falsely accused of treason and dismissed from court.In danger of losing his life, Ansgar takes refuge on Lis's farm. Love soon blossoms between Ansgar and Lis, even as they realize a future together is impossible. Yet they must unite to save the kingdom from ever-growing forces of evil. Are their destinies entwined? Or will they be ripped apart forever?The real story of Excalibur continues . . .