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When detective Jack Ryder is going skiing with his family in the mountains of North Carolina, he hopes for a week of fun in the snow with the ones he loves. But then the body of a teenage boy turns up in the cold waters of the creek behind the cabin they have rented.

Nathan was my first love. I’ve lived a tough life since we broke up. Men have used me, and I’ve fallen into dangerous company. Nathan is cocky, arrogant, but hot as hell. He’s the one that got away. And he’s the one that I should stay away from. But my rebellious heart pulls me toward him. Being with him means embracing danger. And something tells me that every bit of that danger would be worth it.

You might have noticed weird things happening in your house. Unexplainable messes. Food all over the kitchen floor. Who could the culprits be? Dinosaurs!

He’s willing to trade his daughter. Good. She’s exactly what I want in my life. The bastard shouldn’t have stolen from me. It’s not an unreasonable request, but at this point, I’m glad he did. I come from old money and lots of it. And my business is in need of some numbers help. The thief’s beautiful daughter fits the bill beautifully. But the innocent girl does far more than help me get the business in line. She wakes me up at night and drowns me in the desire to focus on so much more than work. Whether I want her to or not, she’s causing my blood to burn.

Leo remembers the first time he met Sophie. When Leo first approached her, she was so focused on the book in front of her that she didn’t even notice him. Now, as Leo grows closer to Sophie, he begins to appreciate this aspect of his friend’s personality. Sophie possesses a sense of pride and determination that can take her far in life, but the actions of a conniving adult may ruin everything. Sophie is hiding a secret. She and her mother are illegal immigrants from Syria....

When Rory meets his friend Sheldon's pet crab, he realizes he wants a pet of his own. He searches high and low - from tree tops to sand pits - for a creature to love. At the end of the day, when Rory least expects it, he meets George. Liz Climo celebrates the bond between child and pet with her adorable, deceptively simple illustrations in this timeless story of a child's quest for companionship.

Named Guardian of the Elemental Spheres, Lavinia seeks the lost gates to the spirit realm and their ancient guardians. But some of the guardians have left their duties, and those that have stayed may prove as dangerous as her enemy, whose wrath threatens the world. To end an ancient punishment inflicted on them by the Goddess for their role in a forgotten war, the Ashanti will conquer this world and that of spirit to gain power over death.

Thirteen-year-old werewolf Henry and his sister, Sarah, have finally been given a chance to babysit their little brother, Benji. It isn’t an easy job to babysit a werewolf pup, especially when it keeps changing form. When Henry discovers Benji has escaped, they must find their brother before something terrible happens to him or, worse, before their parents come home. Will they find Benji in time?

A modern take on our favorite Christmas traditions, The Naughty List will take you on a worldwide adventure to save the most popular holiday in the world. When Santa Claus does not show up for the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, the North Pole is thrown into chaos. The elves were not made for this type of treachery, so they turn to the Naughty List. Starting with number one, a team of children is recruited to devise a plan to rescue Santa and save Christmas.

Ben lost his father some months back and is doing his best at being a boy amidst the new tragedies in town when he is confronted by an unseen threat. With nowhere to hide, no one to help, and his mother worried that she is losing him to mental illness, Ben teams up with an unlikely ally who has a horrible secret. Dan Leeds takes the boy under his wing. Each having their own demons to battle, they are confronted by an ageless power unlike anything they could have imagined. Prophecy, the past, and a boy's need become entwined with Leeds, his secret, and saving the world.

Dozeratops wants to meet new Dinotrux. But they are on the other side of the river. Can the mighty monsters work together to build a bridge? Find out in this friendship adventure, where you will learn about 10 of these part-dinosaur, part-truck beasts!

A 15-year-old boy who calls himself Adam Smith is alone and poor, struggling to survive. Adam must work to eat and stay warm and clothed. During his difficult journey toward adulthood, he deceives his way back to school, makes friends and enemies, contemplates the mysterious world of relationships, and discovers a secret that might just save his life and the lives of many others in the dangerous city.

I was naive to think that I could have a perfect family with him. Haiden and I are complete opposites. But we’re both connected to the mob. I need to run as far away from this life as I can. But the past has a way of catching up. I’m pregnant with Haiden’s baby. And my ex-boyfriend is threatening to harm us. Our lives are on the line. Can Haiden save our baby...or will our future end before it even begins?

The year is 1967, and Tim Halladay has graduated William & Mary, looking forward to studying drama at Yale, when he finds himself drafted into the United States Army. His college education makes him an object of ridicule and suspicion among the other members of C Company - Charlie Company. Of course, he has to hide his homosexuality. Tom Baker's newest novel is an honest portrayal of a young man fearful of his secret being discovered, at a time when seeking out the comfort of another man's touch could mean arrest, imprisonment, and a disgraceful court martial.

Born in a coal camp in Southview, Pennsylvania, to a German immigrant father who was a coal miner for 37 years, my future looked preordained. I was headed to the coal mines or the steel mills in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was just a way of life in Appalachia, and the measurement of success was just getting a job, eventually getting married, and raising a family--a good life by everyone's standards who worked and lived there.

A talented pilot. A determined reporter. A crash of wills and a spark of flame. Saving the lives of all the passengers on that plane was just doing my job. I don’t need or want to be thrust into the limelight as some hero. Yet, when tenacious reporter Penny Green starts hounding me for the story, instead of finding it annoying, our verbal sparring feels more like foreplay. My offer to help her isn’t completely selfless - it’s a chance to get her alone and act on the simmering tension between us.

When 10-year-old Hollis Whittaker picks up a strange medallion he stumbled upon at the edge of a stream, he suddenly begins exhibiting signs of brilliance, even discovering the solar system's Planet X and astounding the astronomical community. The awkward, overweight fifth-grader with heart problems is an instant media sensation, but all is not well. The genius-making medallion bonds to only one person for life, and the US government has been searching for it since World War II, which means they're prepared to kill Hollis to acquire it so they can exploit the medallion's immense power.

Dario suffers from anxiety and depression mixed with a toxic desire to please his parents. Although an overachiever in all things, he can't get the approval he craves; never believing he could be good enough for them. His friends try to help him realise he's okay as is, but nothing they do works. Eventually, something beyond his control forces Dario to the conclusion that all he'd worked for no longer mattered. Will the damage of Dario's past stop him from full acceptance or will he push through to find the man he buried?

My father is a mob boss. I desperately need to escape him. And Damien is the man who can help me start a new life. He’s a former SEAL, and I’m a nurse. On the surface, our lives are completely different. Except that he’s also involved with the mob. Damien is a man of his word. He’ll quit this life to be with me. My soul belongs to him. So does my future. With my life in danger, he has a decision to make. Start afresh...or lose me forever. What is he going to do?

Nate and Zelda Malone have come into a sudden windfall which allows them to leave the big city and purchase a large farm adjacent to the vast Hoosier National Forest in central Indiana. But the nightmare they discover haunting the wilds of their land threatens to tear them apart - literally. Together, they become the only hope to overcome an ancient plot so fiendish it promises to destroy not only themselves but mankind itself. Will they be able to stop a horror as old as time? What will they be forced to sacrifice if they are to survive an ordeal beyond imagination?