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You Were Never Here


Kathleen Peacock - 2020
    Since the summer she discovered she could do things that no normal twelve-year-old could do. Since she had her first kiss with Riley Fraser. Since she destroyed their friendship.Now, five years later, she’s back and Riley has disappeared.For the last three months no one has heard from or seen Riley. And while there are all sorts of conspiracy theories about where he went, neither the police nor his parents are any closer to finding him. When Noah, Riley’s brother, asks for help in discovering what happened, Cat is torn between wanting to learn the truth and protecting the secret that she’s been guarding ever since that summer she and Riley stopped speaking.But then a girl is discovered floating in the river, barely alive with no knowledge of who attacked her or why. With the possibility that someone out there is hunting teens, Cat must make a choice: Use her unusual ability to discover the truth and find Riley or keep running away from a power she can’t control. Only one choice will put her in a killer’s sights…

Cloaked


Alex Flinn - 2011
    I actually wasn’t your average anything. Just a poor guy working an after-school job at a South Beach shoe repair shop to help his mom make ends meet. But a little magic changed it all.It all started with the curse. And the frognapping. And one hot-looking princess, who asked me to lead a rescue mission.There wasn’t a fairy godmother or any of that. And even though I fell in love along the way, what happened to me is unlike any fairy tale I’ve ever heard. Before I knew it, I was spying with a flock of enchanted swans, talking (yes, talking!) to a fox named Todd, and nearly trampled by giants in the Keys. Don’t believe me? I didn’t believe it either. But you’ll see. Because I knew it all was true, the second I got CLOAKED.

Summer In Paris


Michele Ashman Bell - 2010
    But when her father tells her that he has declared bankruptcy, her whole world in New York City turns upside down. Her parents' solution while they sort through their financial and marital problems is to send Kenzie to live with her relatives in Paris...Idaho!Feeling like she's been sentenced to three months in Hickville Prison, Kenzie arrives in Idaho feeling like a square peg with name brand clothes, in a round, horribly podunk, hole. Leaving everything she loves behind, Kenzie is forced to get up at the crack of dawn, do chores, and hang out with her cousin's loser friends. She feels like she's about to die until she meets Adam White, the town outcast, who's been accused of killing his best friend and is being blamed for some trouble that's been happening around town.Not only is Adam the best-looking guy she's ever seen, but he's also the most fascinating guy she's ever met and Kenzie is determined to get to know him and find out his secret. But, the longer she stays in Paris, the more she realizes, Adam isn't the only one keeping secrets.

Lord Rokkan’s Private Toy


Hollie Hutchins - 2019
    And you shall serve him well…” And what is a poor girl from District 1 to do? Spill hot-boiling soup on the Prince’s face. Jerk. He had it coming. Of course, he sent me off to the dungeons.  I’ve never cried so hard in my entire life.  He shows up the next morning, his skin still red. “I could have you hanged for this.” “You’re disgusting,” - I yelled at him. “You may have everyone else fooled with your charismatic, laid-back attitude, but I know you’re full of it.” “You’re just a scared, confused boy trying to walk around in your dad’s shoes which are way too big for you.”  Before I knew it, he grabbed me by the shoulders and pinned me against the wall.  “You should be grateful for what I’ve done for your people.” I look him in the eye. “Tell me, your highness, is this how you conduct yourself?“ “Throwing an innocent, exhausted woman in the dungeons simply because she refused to serve you?” Truth is, If he wanted me killed, I would be dead by now. But what could possibly be worse than death itself? Becoming the Prince’s toy. That is. (…) Lord Rokkan’s Private Toy is a full-length novel with a HEA. Adults only!

In Deeper Waters


F.T. Lukens - 2021
    After spending most of his life cloistered behind palace walls as he learns to keep his forbidden magic secret, he can finally see his family’s kingdom for the first time. His first taste of adventure comes just two days into the journey, when their crew discovers a mysterious prisoner on a burning derelict vessel.Tasked with watching over the prisoner, Tal is surprised to feel an intense connection with the roguish Athlen. So when Athlen leaps overboard and disappears, Tal feels responsible and heartbroken, knowing Athlen could not have survived in the open ocean.That is, until Tal runs into Athlen days later on dry land, very much alive, and as charming—and secretive—as ever. But before they can pursue anything further, Tal is kidnapped by pirates and held ransom in a plot to reveal his rumored powers and instigate a war. Tal must escape if he hopes to save his family and the kingdom. And Athlen might just be his only hope…