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As far as Haven is concerned, there's just too much going on. Everything is changing, and she's not sure where she fits in. Haven's sister's old boyfriend shows up, sparking memories of the summer when they were all happy and everything was perfect. But along the way, Haven realizes that sometimes change is a good thing.

Scarlett was always the strong one. Halley was always content to follow in her wake. Then Scarlett's boyfriend died, and she learned that she was pregnant. Now Halley has to find the strength to take the lead and help Scarlett get through it. Because true friendship is a promise you keep forever. When a girl's world turns upside down, will she be able to find the resolve to make it through?

After opening her own advertising agency, Alexis relied on her husband, Tommy, for the household duties and supervision of their teenage daughter, CeCe. When Tommy receives a terminal cancer diagnosis, Alexis puts her career on hold. But CeCe too is forced to confront her feelings about losing the one person who has always been there for her. When the magic of first love brings a bright spot to her summer, CeCe is determined not to let her mother ruin that for her, too.

When Becca Hart is teased for not having a boyfriend, she impulsively pretends she's been secretly seeing someone. Overhearing the lie, Brett steps in. It's the perfect solution: until the line between real and pretend begins to blur.

Not far from Luella and Effie Tildon's large family mansion looms the House of Mercy, a workhouse for wayward girls. When the sisters accidentally learn a secret about their father, the brazen older sister, Luella, becomes emboldened to do as she pleases. But then one morning she is mysteriously gone. Effie suspects her father has sent Luella to the House of Mercy, and the only way to free Luella is to get herself committed as well.

Teenager Tegan Rossi finds herself on Hawaii's Big Island, with no idea how she got there. Her best friend there, Kai, promises to help figure out what's going on, but answers lead to more questions.

Six royal daughters vie to become empress of the Chicome people in a competition only one will survive.

How do you live your life if your past is based on a lie? A new novel in both verse and prose from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Ellen Hopkins.

Ne York Times Best Seller. “Bittersweet, sexy, morally fraught.” –The New York Times Book Review. "Fantastic… a book that feels alive on the page." –The Washington Post. From the New York-Times bestselling author of The Vanishing Half, the beloved novel about young love and a big secret in a small community. 

In spare, understated prose heightened by a keen lyricism, a debut author will take your breath away.