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Three women. A single, sweltering day that will leave no one unchanged.

Born into warring realms divided by gold and silver blood, Kyra and Sebastian are destined to be enemies?but when an outlawed magic that hasn¿t been seen in centuries surfaces, they are forced to work together to master it. As they uncover the secrets of their realms, they also discover secrets within their own pasts . . . pasts that are far more intertwined than they ever imagined.

When war ravages the Seven Heavens, Evangeline, daughter of the rebel angel leader Lucifer, learns how far her father will go to claim power—and has a crisis of faith. With the fate of the Heavens hanging in the balance, she must decide who she¿s going to be: her father¿s daughter, or her own person.

Explosive volcanic eruptions are cool, really, cool. They inject ash into the stratosphere and deflect the sun's rays. When eighth grader Jamie Fulton learns that snow fell in June in his hometown because of an eruption on the other side of the world, he's psyched! He could have snowboarded if he'd lived back in 1815 during the year without a summer. Clara Montalvo, who recently arrived at Jamie's school after surviving Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, has a different take all this. She is astounded--and disturbed--by Jamie's frenzied enthusiasm for what she considers an obvious disaster. The teens' battling arguments cause science class disruption and create academic trouble: Jamie's headed for a failing grade in science, and may not even graduate from eighth grade; Clara's scholarship hopes are dashed. And school isn't the only place where Jamie and Clara are facing hardship: as they quarrel whether natural disasters can be beneficial, their home lives are also unraveling. Uncertainty about Jamie's wounded brother returning from Afghanistan and Clara's unreachable father back in Puerto Rico forces the two vulnerable teens to share their worries and sadness. As their focus shifts from natural disasters to personal calamities to man-made climate changes, the teens take surprising steps that astonish them. Ultimately, through hard work and growing empathy for each other, as well as for their classmates' distress over the climate change affecting their lives, Jamie and Clara empower themselves and the people they touch.

A charming and heartfelt novel about a girl helping her grandmother unravel an old family secret that leads to adventure and love over one unforgettable summer.

Brilliant, fearless, and ambitious Julia Morgan dares to aspire to a male-dominated profession as a girl growing up in Oakland, California-but first, she must break free from the tight grip of Victorian expectations that threaten her dreams.

Abigail's third year at the Tarkana Academy is off to a rocky start: a deadly curse has been placed on the coven's leader, Madame Hestera, making room for Anarae, a cruel and powerful High Witch to take over. Can Abigail and Hugo uncover the mystery behind Anarae's past and stop her before the coven is destroyed?

When Tessäs husband¿s obsession resurrects a trauma from her childhood, he insists to her that their livelihood depends on her silence. Everyone thinks she¿s living the perfect life—but she's really living the perfect lie.

When Shelley, who has always believed that her husband is a mild-mannered management consultant, discovers that he is actually a deep-cover CIA officer, the news sends her reeling-and that's just the first of many shocking surprises, and unexpected adventures, to follow.

In this collection of imaginative short stories that depict poignant moments in the life of a woman on a journey of self-discovery, the heroine, Grace, garners insight and spiritual wisdom from mythical characters—guidance that ultimately helps her to make an independent, authentic life for herself.

In this collection of imaginative short stories that depict poignant moments in the life of a woman on a journey of self-discovery, the heroine, Grace, garners insight and spiritual wisdom from mythical characters—guidance that ultimately helps her to make an independent, authentic life for herself.

When migrant worker Maria Puente stumbles across a human trafficking ring on her way to a new job in North Carolina and ends up kidnapped, sheriff Will Moser sets off on a race to find her before she disappears forever-and has to enlist some unlikely allies along the way.

When Bruce Duncan, a surgeon who is part of the “greatest generation,” returns home after WWII, he strives to hide his internal wounds by building a quiet life of running a small-town medical practice and fly-fishing in the area’s treasured waters. But when the idyllic peace of this new existence is shattered, Bruce finds himself fighting again for his life and for a new purpose—a battle that requires him to confront his deepest fears and find a stream to follow.

Come back to the Texas Hill Country for the second installment in the Enchanted Rock series, where Sissie Klein meets her destiny-on the other side of tragedy.

In 1862, thirty-eight Dakota-Sioux men were hanged in the largest mass execution in US history. This is the story of two young women-one settler, one Dakota-Sioux-connected by the fate of the thirty-ninth man.

Get ready to meet everyone's favorite alien in the attic. Ever since Dexter and Dougal's mom passed away, life has been different-but things take a whole new turn when a shooting star turns out to be a creature from outer space!

Orkney is on the brink of war now that the witches have destroyed Odin's Stone-the powerful talisman that kept the balance. With the evil he-witch Vertulious returned to his full form (thanks to Abigail's help), nothing will stop the witches from taking over Orkney-unless Abigail and Hugo can find a way to balance the power. Can Mjolnir, the hammer of Thor, do the trick?

A guilt-ridden young wife and mother struggles to keep a long-ago sexual assault and pregnancy a secret from her ambitious husband whose career aspirations depend upon her silence and unswerving loyalty to him.

Rachel Wilde-sent from another dimension to bring defective daemons in for repair-needs to locate two people: a woman whose ancestors held a destructive daemon at bay and a criminal trying to break dimensional barriers. Helped by a homeless man with unusual powers, she uncovers a rising shadow organization that's changing her world forever.

When thirteen-year-old Caley Cross, an orphan with a dark power, is guided by a jumpsuit-wearing mole into another world-Erinath-she finds a place deeply rooted in nature where the people have animal-like powers and she is a Crown Princess-but she soon learns that the most powerful evil being in any world is waiting for her there.