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An “exceptional” dystopian tale with “scathing commentaries on police brutality, crime prevention, population control, classism, and state-sponsored murder.”—Publishers Weekly Living the ideal life is a human right—unless you’re unregistered… Bristol lives under the watchful eye of the Metrics as an unlucky second child. The government grants its citizens the ideal life. Perfect spouse. Perfect job. Perfect home. But dare to have more than one child, and you’ll become an outcast—the unregistered. Now, he’ll protest the abusive system in the only way he knows how, painting controversial murals in the hidden parts of town. But the government doesn’t condone dissent. And the frustrated unregistered citizens need to be handled. The relocation plan goes into effect and all unregistered must be sent to far-off desert states. The question is whether Bristol and his friends will be able to escape the government’s clutches—and survive long enough to discover an unknown world…
Four young friends band together in a frightening new world in this conclusion to the thrilling dystopian trilogy… The liberation of their homeland depends on Bristol, Samara, Denver, and Jude. Each has a unique role to play—but they all share the same mission. Yet, when the first phase of their plan is botched, the political climate of their new country turns on the little assembly of American refugees and forces them back into the shadows. Now, in a race against the clock, they must come together to save those they love back home and find their place in a new world. Will they be able to find justice for the people and save their homes, their freedom—and their lives?
One woman battles her own dark secrets—and the pull of her heart—in an award-winning supernatural thriller set in a mystical Russian village. Posing as a folklore tour guide, Valya Svetlova takes a group of American college students and their professor, Chris Waller, to her summer home in the Russian village of Vishenky for a few nights of supernatural phenomena. She plays the perfect hostess, for Valya doesn’t want anyone to discover she harbors selfish motives when it comes to one participant—the only person who can refute a tale declaring her a stillborn resurrected by a paranormal entity. Her nascent feelings toward the handsome professor inhibit her ability to control the supernatural manifestations and her inquisitive guests. When her unforeseen affection turns Chris into a target, Valya faces an excruciating reality. It’s no longer in her human power to ensure her guests’ safety. Yet to keep them alive, Valya must brush off her humanity and become the thing she fights so desperately to prove she is not—a soulless monster. First Place in Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror in the Paul Gillette Writing Contest Best Speculative Fiction in American Icon 4 Contest
A group of friends in hiding try to stay alive—and learn that freedom has a price—in the follow-up to the “exceptional” dystopian thriller Unregistered (Publishers Weekly). The Metrics government has claimed success in relocating millions of Unregistered citizens out west. But those who escaped their insidious plan knows the truth—the government had their fellow outsiders murdered. As winter approaches the hidden monastery in the hills, Bristol, Samara, Denver, and Jude realize that the responsibilities of keeping their community safe and plotting their next escape have fallen upon them. But even when they make it outside, the political turmoil in their new country makes them question if life there is any better than under the Metrics. As trust fractures between the four friends and each tries to find a way to function in this strange new world, will they be able to continue working together to find the future they thought they wanted?
In this romantic comedy, the reunion between a teacher and her army veteran ex-love might make for the hottest summer this small town has ever seen. Eat a stick of butter or return to her hometown? School teacher Kinsley Bailey would rather risk the caloric overload. Staunton, Virginia, is laced in bad memories of a mentally ill mother, an estranged father, and the first boy who broke her heart. Yet the news of her father’s death has forced her return to the nightmare. Now in the heat of summer, Kinsley’s left unraveling the mysteries surrounding a house, an antique gun collection, a flabby basset hound, and a safety deposit box that no one in the family wants to discuss. After a series ...
A young woman must risk everything to protect the legacy of her ancient Irish clan in this paranormal adventure by the USA Today bestselling author. Haunted by visions of the notorious pirate queen, Maeve O’Malley first came to Galway to end an ancient family curse. But those tormented waking dreams also led her to the secrets of her clan, and its ancestral lands filled with hidden treasures. Now she must return to Ireland with the medieval relics that prove her claim. But with an ancient pact about to expire, she must act fast before Brehon Law hands everything over to her family’s enemies. To complete her mission, Maeve must find the elusive final resting place of the pirate queen. With murderous rival clans out to stop her at any cost, Maeve is grateful for the appearance of her passionate, destiny-bound protector. But is she willing to make the sacrifice necessary to become a true warrior?
Joshua is haunted by the memories of all he lost. He doesn’t know who took his wife, crashed her car, killed her, and what their lives could have been. Determined to unbind time to get a second chance, he designs a portal to return to the past. ————— A grieving and haunted artist. An exhausted time traveler about to give up on love. Both intend on breaching time and reality itself in pursuit of the women they love. Joshua’s life with Vivica is perfect. Her lovely eyes hold the possibility of everything he wants. They marry, and Joshua is thrilled she is finally ready to be a mother. Then tragedy strikes. Joshua is haunted by the memories of all he lost and what he doesn’t kno...
Once you check into the Night Hotel, you might never check out . . . A supernatural thriller of otherworldly action and adventure. A stranger on earth and a refugee from a twisted Sideways world, Damon slowly builds a life in Brooklyn with his only friends, Thom and Sarah. Learning how to live as a human does not come easy to the being from the Sideways. Memories of the Night Hotel where he grew up—and his guardians, Aunt and Uncle—still haunt him. Despite his bitter childhood, Damon is determined to forget and become worthy of Sarah’s love and Thom’s friendship. When his new life is threatened by an Inquisition of human wizards who are convinced Damon is the same Mad God once responsible for the Dark Ages, he is forced to use the sorcery of the Sideways to protect it and his friends. But each time he uses the addictive magic of his home, he loses a little more of his hard-won humanity. And he must figure out a way to save them all before he turns into the monster the wizards believe him to be . . .
In spite of changes that threatened her goal, Tori Baylor has at last become a trainee with her ballet company in Orlando, Florida. The year ahead looks golden as she anticipates performing with the Company’s corps de ballet in major productions as well as with its outreach group, Ballet II. I’m so lucky, she tells herself. I’ve made it to trainee, and I have two best friends, a wonderful boyfriend (YESSS!), and a great family. Please, no changes to any of these. But changes continue to make life uncertain for Tori. Some are surprising, some are worrying, and some bring loss and her first tastes of sorrow. In a cold and lonely place, she thinks sadly, I used to talk about the future perfect, the time when all I’ve dreamed of and worked for will have come to be. Now my life is looking more like a future imperfect. In this strange year of highs and lows, promises and problems, Tori struggles to keep her spirits up. Where is all of this leading? One thing is sure: she’ll need to be strong to face the year’s final challenge.
The stakes were clear after the Change— survive together, or die. Calay and Tess's love has kept them alive four years after the aliens decimated Earth. But when Calay finds herself fighting for her life and Tess missing, she hears death knocking. Banging, really. She has nothing. Scraps for food, the clothes on her back, no safe place for respite. And yet, she is determined to risk it all to reunite with the one woman she has ever loved. She only has one choice: she must find Tess. Reluctantly, Calay braves the new nightmares of a ravaged Pacific Northwest, alone. Thrust into the darkness, she is haunted by horrors beyond her imagination—alien executioners, a mysterious man, the rise of...