Shortly after 17-year-old Maren Hamilton is orphaned and sent to live
with grandparents she's never met in Scotland, she receives an encrypted
journal from her dead mother that makes her and everyone around her a
target. It confirms that her parents were employed by a secret,
international organization that's now intent on recruiting her. As Maren
works to unravel the clues left behind by her mother, a murderous
madness sweeps through the local population, terrorizing her small town.
Maren must decide if she'll continue her parents' fight or stay behind
to save her friends.With the help of Gavin, an otherworldly mercenary she's not supposed to fall in love with, and Graham, a charming aristocrat who is entranced with her, Maren races against the clock and around the country from palatial estates with twisted labyrinths to famous cathedrals with booby-trapped subterranean crypts to stay ahead of the enemy and find a cure. Along the way, she discovers the great truth of love: that laying down your life for another isn't as hard as watching them sacrifice everything for you.
Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who's ever been chosen.
That's what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he's probably right.
Half the time, Simon can't even make his wand work,
and the other half, he starts something on fire. His mentor's avoiding
him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there's a magic-eating
monster running around, wearing Simon's face. Baz would be having a
field day with all this, if he were here -- it's their last year at the
Watford School of Magicks, and Simon's infuriating nemesis didn't even
bother to show up.
Carry On - The Rise and Fall of Simon
Snow is a ghost story, a love story and a mystery. It has just as much
kissing and talking as you'd expect from a Rainbow Rowell story - but
far, far more monsters.
The list of reasons why Lexus Wren is the last girl any guy would be interested in is mercilessly long:Her dad’s in prison for murder, her mom drowns her sorrows every night at Dave’s Dive, and Lexus is just trying to survive the cruelties of high school as a painfully shy bookworm with a bad wardrobe and a collection of nervous habits. Never in a million years did Lexus expect to draw the eyes of two hunky transfer students, Phoenix and Griffin Easton.
The troubled brothers are haunted by their own demons and don’t seem bothered by Lexus’ tarnished reputation. They’re too busy trying to figure out why touching her makes them feel like electricity is frying their insides and why they're compelled to obey her every command.
You’d think having two hot guys vying for her would improve her reputation, but the bullying at home and school only gets worse. When Lexus’ problems reach a critical tipping point, the boys are drawn to protect her, and the truth about their powerful connection is revealed in an explosive confrontation that will astound them all.
