Things I need to do this year:Keep writing in this diary (don't quit after one week like Aunt Lee and her yoga classes).Research how to control hair growth.Install a lock on my bedroom door Convince Dad I'm old enough to get a second piercing.Make new friends at high school.Gracie Sparks has just turned twelve, which means she's practically a woman. So why does her family still treat her like she's five years old and allergic to independence? At least she'll be starting at Middleton Grammar soon, where she's sure to continue her streak of being cool, popular and top of her year. Only Gracie is about to discover that becoming popular in high school isn't that simple, especially when the only people she knows are her she-devil sister, Imogen, and the painfully boring Margot Pederson. And it turns out that Middleton cool girls definitely don't shave their toes. Who knew?Told through hilariously relatable diary entries,...

I’ve made many poor decisions in my life. My journals can show the impact they’ve had on me. I’ve been riddled with anxiety and avoidance for a long, long time. Then three men chipped away at my walls and gave me the push I needed to find myself again. Except my mistakes have spread further than I thought. We’re reeling from the consequences of my actions, but not all of this damage has come from me. I didn’t hurt anyone this time. Instead I’m the one crying out in pain and shock. All my hard work and personal growth is being tested in the wake of betrayal and lies. The uncertainty is debilitating and popping the bubbles I’ve created again. Running is my only plan, and I already know it’s a bad one. But sometimes a girl just needs her mom. The Wilted Duet world continues with Violet’s story.This duet can be read as a standalone, but if you want to avoid spoilers, reading The Wilted Duet before The Bubbly Duet is recommended.Join Violet on her heartbreaking search for happiness and self-love. Can three men convince her to let them love her too? Angst, heat, grovel ing , betrayal, trauma, high emotions, and revenge await. Dive between Violet’s…pages…and fall in love and maybe a little hate. Author's This is book2 of the Bubbly Duet. You’ll find MPOV, MM content, and dark themes in this contemporary MMMF why-choose. Trigger Each book is recommended for those 18+ due to sexual content and trauma. A further detailed list will be included in the foreword.

From New York Times bestselling author Harper L. Woods comes The Heir & the Spare, a never-before-published novella in the Of Flesh & Bone series!SPOILER WARNING: This book is overflowing with spoilers and should only be read after devouring What Sleeps Within the Cove.Once, I'd spent my life in the tunnels beneath the mountains. Now, I'm bound to a husband I didn't want.My mother waited centuries to find me on the other side of the Veil of Flesh and Bone where the Lunar Witches hid me. She sent her greatest weapon, the God of the Dead, when the Veil finally fell.But I never expected to love his human mate, Estrella, the way I did–to feel the sisterly bond between us as if it had never been interrupted in our lifetimes spent apart since a rogue witch took her away.But Mab sees love as a weakness, and she uses my bond with Estrella to manipulate me into a betrothal I never desired.This marriage is a cage, a...

For fans of S.A. Chakraborty, Robin Hobb, and Martha Wells's Witch King, a page-turning standalone fantasy of necromancy and magical mayhem from Jenn Lyons, the acclaimed author of The Ruin of Kings.Centuries ago, necromancy almost destroyed the world. That's how history remembers it.History remembers it wrong.Mathaiik has trained all his life to join the sacred order of the Idallik Knights, charged with defending their world from the forces of necromancy. Only vestiges of that cursed magic remain, nothing like the fabled days of the Grim Lords, the undead wizards who once nearly destroyed the world.But when an even stranger kind of monster begins to wake, the Knights quickly prove powerless to stop them. Whole forests are coming alive and devouring anyone so foolish as to trespass, as if the land itself has turned upon humanity.It's a good thing, then, that the Grim Lords were never truly destroyed. One of their...

This thrilling and enchanting adventure takes best friends Thomasina and Anne deeper into magic. Perfect for fans of Tamzin Merchant, Abi Elphinstone and Anna James.When best friends Thomasina and Anne hear the same mysterious voice calling to them in the dead of night, they know that Guaire magic must be the source.Obsessed by the legend passed down through generations of the Guaire family, Thomasina's Aunt Morven believes it is her destiny to become the Storm Prince. But to complete her transformation, she must seize control of wild magic and gain power over all magical beings.But it's not just the balance of the magical world that is at stake. Wild magic is unpredictable, and its strong enchantments take hold of Thomasina, threatening to destroy the very friendship that binds the girls together.

Rowan never asked to be chosen. Marked by a power she doesn't fully understand, Rowan finds herself hunted by forces determined to control—or destroy—what she's becoming. As shadows close in, the line between protection and temptation begins to blur. When dangerous magic awakens and desire intertwines with fate, Rowan must decide who to trust and how far she's willing to go to claim her own destiny. Because the darkness watching her isn't just a threat—it's listening. Flirting With the Dark is a slow-burn dark fantasy romance filled with sharp dialogue, dangerous magic, and a heroine discovering her strength in a world that demands everything from her.

In a novel of bilious wit and unexpected tenderness, a jaded young woman ceases to speak.Cristina Martino is twenty-eight and adrift. Underemployed at a university library in Turin, Italy, she still lives at home with her parents, in the shadow of her successful, married elder sister, Elena. One night, listlessly scrolling through Instagram, Cristina decides to delete her social media profiles.What is at first a digital detox becomes an act of self-effacement: Cristina deprives herself of words, then gestures, then disappears altogether, sparking a growing "silent revolution." When Elena tries to find her, she discovers a world much quieter and stranger than anyone ever imagined. A slender novel of big ideas, The Silent Period probes at solitude—whether chosen or suffered, salvific or fatal—and our need for genuine connection.

Acclaimed authors Dawn Ross and Frasier Armitage come together to create a spaghetti western that takes the spirit of Sergio Leone to the Moon. JUSTICE RIDES WITHOUT A NAMEWhen a stranger arrives at a lunar mining town, they find it ransomed by a corrupt colony captain. Fast enough on the draw, the nameless newcomer sets the tyrant in their crosshairs. But to shift the balance of power, they'll need to enlist help.Can they inspire a weary mechanic, a disillusioned lackey, and a widowed botanist to turn the tide? Or will their wild scheme end in death for them all?Ridding the Moon of its most cutthroat despot will mean creating a legend worth its weight in silver. Yet, who can put a price on the Moon's most precious commodity--hope?