Some days, all you need is a message from a stranger. Ruby Santos knew exactly what she was getting herself into when she signed up to write a soldier overseas. The guidelines were simple: one letter or email a week for the length of his or her deplo... More details on Dear Aaron
From: RubyMars@mail.com Date: September 12, 2008 12:05a.m. To: Aaron.Tanner.Hall.mil@mail.mil Subject: Movies and Stuff Dear Aaron, Before you, one of the soldiers finished his tour and went home. We ...
He was my boss, my brother's friend, a Widow, an ex-felon, and a man I'd seen casually with a handful of women. But he was everything that gripped me, both the good and the bad. Worst case scenario if things turned awkward between us, I could go some... More details on Under Locke
And if that wasn’t bad enough, immediately after throwing up all over the dashboard of my twelve-year-old Ford Focus, I was going to burst into tears. And exactly like my puking, it was going to be na...
Ann Aguirre's thrilling young adult novel Enclave is the story of two young people in an apocalyptic world-facing dangers, and feelings, unlike any they've ever known.
New York City has been decimated by war and plague, and most of civilization has ... More details on Enclave
Today was my birthday. Each one added a layer of fear, and this year, it was worse. I lived in an enclave in which our oldest had seen twenty-five years. His face was withered, and his fingers shook w...
WINNER OF THE 2011 ARTHUR C CLARKE AWARD
Lauren Beukes' tale of a young woman trapped in a brutal city but looking for a way out . . .
'A major, major talent' George R. R. Martin
Shielding my eyes – morning has broken and there's no picking up the pieces – I yank back the sheet and peel out of bed. Benoît doesn't so much as stir, with only his calloused feet sticking out from ...
Twenty-six-year-old Gaby Barreto might be a lot of things (loyal, sarcastic, one of the guys and a pain in the butt depending on which family member you ask), but dumb isn't one of them. When her twin brother invites her to go on tour as his band's m... More details on Rhythm, Chord & Malykhin
Exactly four minutes and fifty-five seconds later, I was apparently A) not in a relationship anymore, B) homeless and C) pathetic. Although the whole being “pathetic” part was only known by me… and my...
Jodi Taylor, author of the internationally bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series, brings all her comic writing skills to this heart-warming tale of self-discovery.
Getting a life isn't always easy. And hanging on to it is even harder…
As it turned out, I didn’t kill myself after all. I don’t mean I didn’t try. In fact, I made all my preparations with the thoroughness of a thirteen-year-old girl whose teachers always commented on he...
It was supposed to be simple. All Navy SEAL Nathan Malone had to do was rescue three young girls from a Colombia drug cartel, then allow himself to be captured just long enough to draw out a government spy. That was before his mission went disastrous... More details on Wild Card
Nathan Malone stood in the clinical white office he had been brought to. He was six months past the most horrific nightmare he could have imagined enduring. Six months. He knew how many days, how many...
Parker,
I never meant for any of this to happen, to fall for you. It doesn't matter that we're both adults, or how much we want this to work. The college policy is clear.
I can't see a way around this without one of us getting hurt. If I would've kn... More details on Dear Mr. Brody
A nervous excitement coursed through me, my hands shaking as I packed my laptop into my bag. Glancing at the clock, I had about an hour before my class started. My class. I smiled and all the nervous ...
From NYT bestselling author Brent Weeks comes the first novel in his breakout fantasy trilogy in which a young boy trains under the city's most legendary and feared assassin, Durzo Blint.
For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art - and he is the city'... More details on The Way of Shadows
Azoth squatted in the alley, cold mud squishing through his bare toes. He stared at the narrow space beneath the wall, trying to get his nerve up. The sun wouldn’t come up for hours, and the tavern wa...
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, the Mistborn series is a heist story of political intrigue and magical, martial-arts action.
For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand years the Skaa slaved i... More details on The Final Empire
Vin watched the downy flakes drift through the air. Leisurely. Careless. Free. The puffs of soot fell like black snowflakes, descending upon the dark city of Luthadel. They drifted in corners, blowing...