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There's only one thing Übergirl loves-almost-as much as helping people: Star Prince comics.Before the Nolmek accidentally made superheroes real, Kelly Donovan often escaped into the pages of her favorite comic series to forget about bullies and her parents always complaining about their jobs. Star Prince and Ms. Omni might be fictional, but they saved her as much as any living hero could.When Dad surprises her with a copy of the latest and greatest...
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Saving the world isn't easy. It's even harder when you're only nine. Kelly Donovan used to be a nobody. Well, a smart nobody. Skipping ahead a year in school made her the smallest kid in fifth grade and a target for bullies in search of an easy mark. She tried to follow her father's advice and ignore them, but it didn't do any good. Escaping into her favorite comic books at least helped her through the day. Who needs friends anyway? Sometimes, dreams...
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Princess Oona Talomir enjoys the little things that come with her station: a handmaiden, her lavish bedchamber, and scores of fancy dresses―the duty to win a decades' long war, not so much.
Oh, did I mention assassins?
Seers foretold the conflict would end by her hand. From the moment she drew her first breath, the neighboring kingdom has been trying to kill her so she could not grow powerful enough to destroy them. Fearing for his daughter's...
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God's will be done.
After eleven years as a priest living by these words, Father Antonio Molinari never imagined who would teach his strongest lesson of faith-a vampire.
As a member of a secret order within the Vatican, he investigates and debunks supernatural events. A case of possession brings him to the French countryside, where two local clergy offer him the chance of a lifetime. They claim to have captured a vampire, and beg his expertise in...
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In the wake of a twenty-year war, the people of Lucernia struggle to believe their former enemies aren't demon-loving savages. However, that's easy compared to the more alarming change: accepting their nation now has two queens.
Many citizens in a land devoted to the God of Purity view the love between Kitlyn and Oona as unnatural, but the young women have earned guarded acceptance in the wake of their heroic deeds. Alas, unrest stirs in the shadows....
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Once again safe at home, Emma clings to the comfort of family and tries to put the fright of the Banderwigh behind her-but deeds, even good ones, often have consequences.
With a new reality of spirits and magic open to her, Emma feels a strong connection to Widowswood. She means to make good on her promise to the Spider Queen, bringing a monthly supply of silk in trade so humans cease their trespass upon the forest.
A guild of thieves infiltrates...
7) Araphel
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Sometimes, the best thing a girl has to look forward to is killing someone.When she learned the truth behind her father's death, Risa Black thought she'd given up on revenge. After an unknown enemy takes the life of someone dear to her, revenge is all that keeps her going. While hunting for the assassins, she uncovers a web of espionage and deceit that destroys her sense of everything she knew. Her idealism tarnished, her drive to free Mars from Earth...
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Ten-year-old Emma has battled dark creatures and protected her home from errant magic, but an unexpected letter brings her scariest trial yet―attending a wedding in Calebrin.
Da's younger sister has invited them for her ceremony, but Emma dreads the huge city, its strange people, uncomfortable fancy clothes, and worst of all: shoes. Her anxiety builds when Nan refuses to go, filling her head with worries about what could be wrong with her father's...
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Twelve year old Piper Bailey wouldn't trade her friends for any amount of money―unfortunately, when her dad inherits a fortune, she doesn't have a choice.
She's happy with her little house in Syracuse and hand-me-down clothes twenty years out of style. The unexpected windfall is a blessing for her family, but it comes with a giant house hours away in the woods. Heartbroken at being so far from her tiny social circle, she tries to talk her parents...
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The Far Side of Promise is an anthology of short stories encompassing multiple genres.
Eric lives in two worlds, one real, one virtual... and the line between them blurs in Ouroboros.
In The Tower, Alex Grant is a man who gets what he wants-until he gets what he deserves.
Many people have skeletons in their closets, but in The Roommate, Roy talks to his.
When Kirsten Wren from the Division Zero series was ten years old, her mother almost killed her....
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Nine-year-old Kelly Donovan helped save the world from aliens, but now she has an even bigger problem-someone's trying to ruin Halloween. Life is difficult for the world's tiniest superhero. Her genius plan to save her parents from supervillainy in one easy step proved impossible… at least not without destroying the Earth. Superpowers, good or bad, aren't going away any time soon. Mom's as likely to hug her as trick her into a ridiculous trap, but...
12) Caller 107
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Natalie Rausch said she'd die for a chance to meet DJ Crazy Todd, but she didn't mean to be literal.
A bitter divorce shattered her family and turned her into a thirteen-year-old weapon in the hands of two people who want nothing more than to destroy each other. Once an accelerated student looking at early college, Natalie let anger at her parents lead her down a desperate path of self-destruction. No amount of rebellion gets her mom or dad's attention-or...
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A druid's work is never done… even if she's ten years old.
With the Silk Thieves no longer a threat to Widowswood, Emma enjoys the solace of home and the peaceful routine of her chores. She is happy to be with her family, but still hasn't quite forgiven herself for making them worry about her.
One afternoon, Neema, the Faerie she freed from the wizard's lantern, returns seeking her help. Her people are dying, and she's convinced Emma can save...
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Althea struggles to adapt to an unexpected twist in her life-not being kidnapped in six whole months. The strange police from the faraway city claim the abilities she thought of as magic are really 'psionics,' and say she is far stronger than anyone they have ever seen. Despite their curiosity, they let her remain in the Badlands to protect her from an evil they call corporations.Of course, Althea knows all too well how powerful her healing gift is....
15) The Cursed Codex
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Fantasy roleplayers often get deep into their games, but thirteen-year-old Keith Croft is about to take it to a new level.
He's been invisible for seven years, smart but not working hard, athletic enough, but too lazy to excel. His parents are sorta cool, but only two weeks into his eighth-grade year, his friends are all busy with sports or projects and can't hang out. On the way home one day, he stops at a neighbor's yard sale and discovers a book...
16) Ghost Black
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Everything Risa Black believes is a lie.
Her angel is dead, the cause she's killed for is as false as her metal eyes, and the one man she thought she could trust has deceived her for sixteen years. Smothered by deepening layers of conspiracy, she decides to embark upon the most frightening mission of her life: leaving the Martian Liberation Front.
After eight years of trying to free Mars with high explosives, and a reputation as a less-than-sane...
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Kelly Donovan wants to save the Earth from aliens, but her plan has a serious snag - she needs to do it before bedtime.
It's been a few weeks since the Nolmek scattered giant crystals around the world that unintentionally gave some people superpowers. They also nearly eliminated war and shared technology to solve famine, drought, and pollution, so pretty much everyone loves them.
Alas, the aliens didn't visit Earth purely out of kindness. They...
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Ten-year-old Emma doesn't believe in faerie tales or monsters that secret children away in the night-until she meets one.
She lives in a quiet village at the edge of Widowswood with her parents, her Nan, and her little brother, Tam. Ready to abandon the whimsy of childhood, she finds the boredom of chores comforting and Nan's fanciful bedtime stories silly.
One morning, a wan and weary older girl staggers out of the woods and sets the entire town...
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In the realm of imagination, characters live out a thousand different lifetimes in hundreds of worlds, offering an escape from the mundane.This book contains a selection of twenty-seven chapter ones from my standalone novels and first-in-series books.Spend a while with agent Kirsten Wren chasing ghosts across the cyberpunk future or Althea as she searches the Badlands for a place to belong. Follow Risa Black into the deepest tunnels of Mars, then...
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Emma tries to balance her newfound abilities as a druid with only being ten years old. Chores and having to go inside before dark leaves only a few hours a day to save the forest―or at least her home town.
Strange magic plagues the people of Widowswood Village. None of the adults take it seriously, as the effects are short-lived and whimsical. Emma suspects something darker is going on, having listened to Nan's tales of night pixies who aren't...