Best of
Boarding-School

2019

Outrun


Annabel Chase - 2019
    It's finally my fourth year at Spellslingers Academy of Magic and I've been so good at lurking in my roommates' shadows that I've been tapped to participate in a special training assignment with the Agency of Magical Forces. When vampires start dropping dead from an unknown cause, it's time to flex my magical muscles and help crack the case. With a sexy and mysterious supernatural by my side, we must figure out who's behind the murders and stop the plague upon the vampires' houses before it spreads beyond our control. Can I lead the charge to prevent an epidemic from destroying civilization as we know it or am I destined to remain as invisible as the air I command? Outrun : Spellslingers Academy of Magic, Keeper of the North (Book 1) is a paranormal/urban fantasy mystery with humor, action and adventure, a powerful heroine, and an otherworldly hero. Other books in the Spellslingers Academy of Magic world include: Bryn’s trilogy— Outcast, Warden of the West, Book 1 Outclassed, Warden of the West, Book 2 Outlast, Warden of the West, Book 3 Dani's trilogy-- Outlier, Sentry of the South, Book 1 Outfox, Sentry of the South, Book 2 Outbreak, Sentry of the South, Book 3 Cerys's duology-- Outwit, Enforcer of the East, Book 1 Outlaw, Enforcer of the East, Book 2

Killing November


Adriana Mather - 2019
    There’s no electricity, no internet, and an eye-for-an-eye punishment system. Classes include everything from Knife-Throwing and Poisons to the Art of Deception and Historical Analysis. And all of the students are children of the world’s most elite strategists—training to become assassins, counselors, spies, and master impersonators. Into this world walks November Adley, who quickly discovers that friends are few in a school where personal revelations are discouraged and competition is everything. When another student is murdered, all eyes turn to November, who must figure out exactly how she fits into the school’s bizarre strategy games before she is found guilty of the crime…or becomes the killer’s next victim.

When the Ground Is Hard


Malla Nunn - 2019
    She knows the upcoming semester at school is going to be great with her best friend Delia at her side. Then Delia dumps her for a new girl with more money, and Adele is forced to share a room with Lottie, the school pariah, who doesn't pray and defies teachers' orders. But as they share a copy of Jane Eyre, Lottie's gruff exterior and honesty grow on Adele, and Lottie learns to be a little sweeter. Together, they take on bullies and protect each other from the vindictive and prejudiced teachers. Then a boy goes missing on campus and Adele and Lottie must rely on each other to solve the mystery and maybe learn the true meaning of friendship.

The Year After You


Nina de Pass - 2019
    New Year's Eve. A tragic accident after the party of the year. Cara survives. Her best friend, G, doesn't.Nine months later, Cara is still struggling, consumed by guilt and grief. In the hopes of giving Cara a fresh start, her mother sends her to boarding school in Switzerland, a place where no one knows what happened--and where they never will, if Cara can help it.But her new classmates Ren and Hector won't let her close herself off. They are determined to break down the walls she has so carefully built up. And maybe Cara wants them to . . . especially Hector, who seems to understand her like no one else does.The problem is that the closer Cara gets to Hector, the more G slips away. If moving on means letting go of the past--and admitting what she did that night--Cara's not sure she can.She's not sure she deserves a second chance.

Marked


Sloane Murphy - 2019
    The school where all supes in the territory come to learn and master their skills as they come into their power. Eden DeMonford is just like every other teen starting at Black Water, or is she? With truths unravelling and suspicious people waiting in the wings, Eden must learn who she can trust and quickly… Before the secrets of her past catch up to her.

A Girl Called Justice


Elly Griffiths - 2019
    For a fearless girl called Justice Jones, super-smart super-sleuth, it's just the start of a spine-tingling first term at Highbury House Boarding School for the Daughters of Gentlefolk. For fans of Robin Stevens, Katherine Woodfine and Enid Blyton. When Justice's mother dies, her father packs her off to Highbury House Boarding School for the Daughters of Gentlefolk. He's a barrister - specialising in murder trials - and he's just too busy to look after her alone. Having previously been home-schooled, the transition is a shock. Can it really be the case that blondes rule the corridors? Are all uniforms such a charming shade of brown? And do schools normally hide dangerous secrets about the murder of a chamber maid? Justice takes it upon herself to uncover the truth. (Mainly about the murder, but perhaps she can figure out her new nemesis - the angelic Rose - at the same time.) But when a storm cuts the school off from the real world, the body count starts to rise and Justice realises she'll need help from her new friends if she's going to find the killer before it's too late ...

Trial One


Annabel Chase - 2019
    At the academy, these offspring are protected and their talents nurtured. It's the one place they're safe. Until now.

Alfheim Academy


S.T. Bende - 2019
    Bende. Aura Nilssen has spent most of her sixteen years in hiding. As crown princess of Alfheim, her life depends on avoiding the assassins who killed her parents and want to destroy her realm. When hunters corner Aura on Midgard (Earth), she’s immediately evacuated and enrolled at Alfheim Academy—a training ground where telepathic teenagers, daily combat lessons, and communication from beyond is the norm. She attends classes that enhance her energetic abilities, labs that fine tune her mental acuity, and workouts with a supernaturally good looking—and suspiciously evasive—training partner. But it’s what she learns outside the classroom that proves most difficult: as Queen of Alfheim, Aura’s grandmother played a heartbreaking role in the death of Aura’s parents . . . and her iron fisted monarchy is pushing the realm to the brink of extinction. If Aura doesn’t take her grandmother’s crown, the home she’s only just begun to love may be lost forever. When an unprecedented attack threatens the very heart of Alfheim, Aura has to decide what she’s willing to sacrifice to protect her new home. Her choice may mean the difference between survival and annihilation—not only for Aura, but for the world she’s always been destined to rule.

Nikki Tesla and the Ferret-Proof Death Ray


Jess Keating - 2019
    So when Nikki's death ray accidentally blows up her bedroom (if you can call a pet ferret with an itchy trigger finger an accident), she's sent to the only place that can handle her. Genius Academy is a school for history's greatest brains. Leo da Vinci? Charlotte Darwin? Bert Einstein? All extraordinary. Yet even among her fellow prodigies, Nikki feels like an outsider thanks to a terrible secret she can't let anyone discover. Ever.But when her death ray is stolen, Nikki must stop worrying about fitting in and learn to play nice with her new classmates. Because it doesn't take a genius to track a thief around the world, outwit the authorities, and keep a French fry fanatic ferret happy. It takes all of them.

Their Shifter Academy


May Dawson - 2019
    Determined to forge her own future and attend the Shifter Academy, Maddie visits the all-male school that trains shifters to fight together against the covens that threaten them. And all Hell breaks loose. As the academy faces an attack from the covens, Maddie will find new friends--and new enemies. From her first real fight to her first real kiss, it should be a day she will never forget. But strange magic is in the air at the shifter academy... Their Shifter Academy is a prequel novel to Their Shifter Academy. This series follows ten years after the Their Shifter Princess trilogy, which introduced Piper and Maddie.

Delicate Heart


Alexandra Marie - 2019
    She leaves behind all that she's ever known to take a chance at life in an entirely new place. But America is nothing like England, and its inhabitants even more so. Trusting her brother to help her adapt, Aurora accepts his offer to stay with him and some of his teammates. Seven of them to be exact. She quickly comes to realize that her comfort zone doesn't exist here, and everything is big, scary, and intimidating.Just like her brother's best friend.Maddox is Aurora's polar opposite, which explains the magnetic pull that he seems to feel for her. He knows that he's bad for her, that the bad in his life will only taint her purity, like a drop of ink in water. Maddox doesn't know what to think about the new girl, but he does know that he thinks about her way too much.He knows that he can't sit by while she struggles, and life in Greenville is sink or swim. Aurora's been thrown into the deep-end without a life preserver and the only thing keeping her from drowning is a tattooed hand reaching out to help her.

The Legends of Eve: A Warrior's Past (A Warrior's Past, #1)


Anonymous . - 2019
    But Destrou is the anomaly. And this is his first chance at life—maybe his last, if everything works out.S’rae is a lonely girl born millennia after Destrou. Before she could achieve her dream to graduate top of her class at the School of Wind, the professor tells her she is one of the twelve destined students from the three elemential schools chosen to visit the Valley of Gaia. Fun, right? Except this destiny was written by the blood of Gods and no one has seen the Valley in over three thousand years.How are they linked?Destrou has a book written about his life, which has been bound away since the beginning of time.And S’rae is destined to read it.At first, reading a book to uncover a secret seems foolish until S’rae finds herself with the ability to affect its world, watching the words of his life change before her eyes. The journey for the book's secrets leads her down a path that rekindles a torn relationship with her estranged brother and uncovers the hidden dangers about why they were really sent there. Once S'rae finally accepts her destiny with this book, it warns her of this unstoppable doom on its way to destroy all who are being taught its secret. Shadows do not want its secret told, and time is running out. She must decide what is more important to her, family or destiny?

Surviving Magic


Chloe Garner - 2019
    In high school, she was popular, smart, happy.But all that changes when her mother's former life - a life kept hidden from Valerie - collides into Valerie's reality.Forced to walk away from everything she's always known, Valerie finds herself in a magic school where she may be protected, but she certainly isn't liked.Facing classmates who resent her for being there and a faculty who are caught up in the same secret war that threatened her mother, Valerie is going to have to flourish or perish in her new reality.

The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane


Julia Nobel - 2019
    But right before she leaves, a mysterious box arrives full of medallions and a note reading: These belonged to your father. Just as she's settling into life at Wellsworth, Emmy begins to find the strange symbols from the medallions etched into the walls and stumbles upon the school's super-secret society, The Order of Black Hollow Lane. As Emmy and her friends delve deeper into the mysteries of The Order, she can't help but wonder—did this secret society have something to do with her dad's disappearance?

Crème de la Crème


NOT A BOOK - 2019
    When your parents fall into disgrace, the rest of high society rejects them. It's up to you to enroll at Gallatin, to secure your future and restore the family's good name.At Gallatin, you'll dance with royalty, impress decorated officers, and perfect your etiquette. What will you prioritize: a spotless reputation, a prestigious social network, or a pristine report card–and who will you backstab to achieve it? Your year in this sparkling, brittle world is about to begin. But are you a rake soaked in scandal, or a perfectly proper socialite? Sneaking out of class or polishing your ballroom dancing, either way: the road to high society starts here!

The Islanders


F.J. Campbell - 2019
    Her loyal friend Milo and the intense head boy Edward both try to change her mind, but it’s only when she meets gorgeous, charming Zack that she finally twigs what all the fuss is about. She’s in so deep with Zack, she can’t see until it’s too late that her careless choices affect everyone around her, wrecking the lives of her friends and propelling them all towards tragedy.