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Once a Witch
Carolyn MacCullough - 2009
She will be a beacon for us all."Tamsin Greene comes from a long line of witches, and on the day she was born, her grandmother proclaimed she would be one of the most Talented among them.But Tamsin's magic never showed up.Now, seventeen years later, she spends most of her time at boarding school in Manhattan, where she can at least pretend to be normal. But during the summers, she's forced to return home and work at her family's bookstore/magic shop.One night a handsome young professor from New York University arrives in the shop and mistakes Tamsin for her extremely Talented older sister. For once, it's Tamsin who's being looked at with awe and admiration, and before she can stop herself, she agrees to find a family heirloom for him that was lost more than a century ago. But the search - and the stranger - prove to be more sinister than they first appeared, ultimately sending Tamsin on a treasure hunt through time that will unlock the secret of her true identity, unearth the past sins of her family, and unleash a power so strong and so vengeful that it could destroy them all.In a spellbinding display of storytelling, Carolyn MacCullough interweaves witchcraft, romance, and time travel in a fantasy that will exhilarate, enthrall, and thoroughly enchant.
Thrill Ride
Rachel Hawthorne - 2006
. . Cons: Periodic homesicknessDressing like Gretel for job in fairyland gift shopSuper-hot coworker . . . and boyfriend back home. Too thrilling!
Sam Cruz's Infallible Guide to Getting Girls
Tellulah Darling - 2012
Sam is perfectly happy being a player. He just wishes girls wouldn’t change the game from sex to relationships. It makes him look like an asshole.But when Sam’s best friend, Ally Klinger, gets dumped, she begs him to transform her into someone who can screw around then screw off. No risk of heartbreak that way. It’s Sam’s chance to create the perfect female AND cheer up his best friend. Armed with Sam’s Three Step Guide to Backseat Success, Ally gets the game better than Sam thought she would and before long, Sam has his wish: the female version of himself. Too bad it’s driving him nuts. Told from Sam’s and Ally's alternating POVs, Sam Cruz’s Infallible Guide to Getting Girls is a fast-paced romantic comedy that follows these teens as they navigate the minefield of sex, love, and friendship. This contemporary teen romance contains strong language, drinking, euphemisms, and lots of “bow chicka wow wow.”
The Book of Luke
Jenny O'Connell - 2007
Her parents have decided to move the family from Chicago back to their hometown of Boston in the middle of Emily's senior year. Only Emily's first real boyfriend, Sean, is in Chicago, and so is her shot at class valedictorian and early admission to the Ivy League. What's a nice girl to do? Then Sean dumps Emily on moving day and her father announces he's staying behind in Chicago "to tie up loose ends," and Emily decides that what a nice girl needs to do is to stop being nice. She reconnects with her best friends in Boston, Josie and Lucy, only to discover that they too have been on the receiving end of some glaring Guy Don'ts. So when the girls have to come up with something to put in the senior class time capsule, they know exactly what to do. They'll create a not-so-nice reference guide for future generations of guys -- an instruction book that teaches them the right way to treat girls. But when her friends draft Emily to test out their tips on Luke Preston -- the hottest, most popular guy in school, who just broke up with Josie by email -- Emily soon finds that Luke is the trickiest of test subjects . . . and that even a nice girl like Emily has a few things to learn about love.
The Substitute Bride
SweetBlunch - 2014
The gorgeous Greek billionaire was notoriously known for having torrid but short affairs. Now his father had just announced that his bride will arrive soon to honor their wedding! His father had arranged his marriage without him knowing it. All Nikos wants to do is to send packing whoever his father had chosen to be his wife the moment she steps in New York soil.And she’d just walked in his office…Laila Fiorenza doesn't want to pretend to be her twin sister. The beautiful Sicilian heiress grew up in their palatial home and groomed to be the perfect daughter. Now her rebel twin sister had runway and her father had just announce to her that she will step onto the role of her sister to meet the powerful Greek tycoon! Could she leave her sheltered life in the old town in Sicily for a once in life time adventure in New York?
Guitar Notes
Mary Amato - 2012
Tripp, who plays guitar only for himself, and Lyla, a cellist whose talent has already made her famous but not happy, form an unlikely friendship when they are forced to share a practice room at their high school.
The Bad Boy is Possessive
Brittany Hensley - 2012
After she finds out her boyfriend of six months has been cheating on her, who do you think was there to help her through it all and most importantly get revenge? That's right. The notorious school bad boy Brody Bauer. Just that name alone was enough to send people into hiding. However, for Farrah she couldn't have been happier to have him on her side. Especially when it comes to destroying her ex Blake Coleman. Although nothing comes without a price and, Farrah is just about to figure that out when the school bad boy starts making some demands of his own. What could be the reason for this bad boy's sudden interest in helping her? And what is it with his hot possessiveness?There is only one way to find out!
Divergent
Veronica Roth - 2011
On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.
Life as Told by Nerdy
tsubame - 2012
What's the big deal you say? Nothing except for the fact that he's some insanely beautiful Greek God under those nerdy glasses. And now, he lives next door. I'm Sarah and this is my story.http://www.wattpad.com/story/384625-l...
Ferragost
Melina Marchetta - 2012
Cut off from the rest of Belegonia by poor weather, she is confined to the island with four others, including the mysterious castellan of the castle. When the body of one of the guests is discovered on the rocks outside the east tower, Celie is not only considered a suspect, but finds herself embroiled in events that are entwined with her own kingdom's cursed history, as well as the future of the entire land of Skuldenore.
Aftershocks of Kiss Cam
mikaelanay - 2014
Yes, you heard it.Their families are rivals.Their friends are rivals.Their soccer teams are rivals.Everything is going smoothly hateful until...One game night.One Kiss Cam massacre changes all of that and they find themselves stealing looks at each other, dreaming about each other's lips and hiding from each other's presence.But they're still in control.What happens when that control snaps? You get lots of sly looks, make out sessions and late night talks away from the eyes of sworn rivalry around them
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Benjamin Alire Sáenz - 2012
Ari can't. Dante is articulate and self-assured. Ari has a hard time with words and suffers from self-doubt. Dante gets lost in poetry and art. Ari gets lost in thoughts of his older brother who is in prison. Dante is fair skinned. Ari's features are much darker. It seems that a boy like Dante, with his open and unique perspective on life, would be the last person to break down the walls that Ari has built around himself.But against all odds, when Ari and Dante meet, they develop a special bond that will teach them the most important truths of their lives, and help define the people they want to be. But there are big hurdles in their way, and only by believing in each other―and the power of their friendship―can Ari and Dante emerge stronger on the other side.
Dorm Room 210
Nicole Kaps - 2012
“Why were people telling me how lucky I was to share a dorm with you?”Noah smirked, leaning his arm on the wall beside him like he had the cards on the table. “I am the son of the man in charge of this school. I’m a bad boy, rich, and incredibly handsome. Who wouldn’t want to share a repeat of history with me?”“A repeat of history?” Noah shook his head and tsked before getting off the wall and making his way towards me. “Dorm Room 210 has been abandoned for a decade now. Haven’t you been informed about the last boy and girl who stepped into this dorm? They hated each other’s guts, doing pranks and whatnot on each other, creating a fuss wherever they go. They resembled animals.” He took his steps deliberately slow, creating tension in the air. “But he was still a boy and she was still a girl. So naturally, they fell in love.” After having her parents killed in an accident, Lillian Camel is about to embark on a one-girl mission—to survive College. When friendship, love, and hatred collide, Lillian is going to need every willpower she has in facing the arrogant player, Noah Sky. Just how well will she do without giving up? Will she allow him to dig her a grave ten feet underground, be the one standing tall? Or perhaps share the ghost story of the past roommates from Dorm Room 210.
My Life with the Walter Boys
Ali Novak - 2012
When her world is turned upside down by tragedy, Jackie must learn to cut loose and be part of a family again.Jackie does not like surprises. Chaos is the enemy! The best way to get her successful, busy parents to notice her is to be perfect. The perfect look, the perfect grades-the perfect daughter. And then...Surprise #1: Jackie's family dies in a freak car accident.Surprise #2: Jackie has to move cross-country to live with the Walters-her new guardians.Surprise #3: The Walters have twelve sons. (Well, eleven, but Parker acts like a boy anyway)Now Jackie must trade in her Type A personality and New York City apartment for a Colorado ranch and all the wild Walter boys who come with it. Jackie is surrounded by the enemy-loud, dirty, annoying boys who have no concept of personal space. Okay, several of the oldest guys are flat-out gorgeous. But still annoying. She's not stuck-up or boring-no matter what they say. But proving it is another matter. How can she fit in and move on when she needs to keep her parents' memory alive by living up to the promise of perfect?
Pretty Bad Things
Yoly Marquez - 2015
If it weren’t for the secret list of crazy things she’d like to do, she’d be less interesting than a piece of stale bread. Harvey Lockwell is a God. An unattainable God.Livvie’s content with staring Harvey down from afar and wiping the drool from her chin, until everything changes when she’s forced to have actual contact with him during their after-school tutoring seasons. In a cringe-worthy chain of events, Livvie’s boring life turns into a catastrophic mess when Harvey ends up finding her secret list.Things take another turn for the worse when Livvie accidentally runs away from home while on a high-speed chase straddled to the back of Harvey’s motorcycle. Not only does she have to endure the embarrassment from being caught with a bucket list at the ripe age of seventeen that includes losing her virginity, but she also has to figure out exactly what Harvey ended up doing that caused them to be chased out of town by a band of criminals and how to fix it. Crazy house parties, grungy motel rooms, unexpected make-out sessions, bad dancing, and a scandalous twist are just the beginning. For a girl who’s never done anything remotely exciting, Livvie Jefferson is in for some pretty bad things.