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When Ava Goddard sees toga-clad people that no one else can, she knows her life is about to change.After first seeing these strange people, Ava quickly jumps to the conclusion that she is A) going crazy or B) she''s always been crazy but is only now realizing it. That is until she actually meets one of these hallucinations and learns that she''s a demigoddess. Not only that, but she''s the daughter of Jupiter himself.Ava soon learns that being a demigoddess isn''t as fabulous as she first thought it would be. Her life is invaded by gods and goddesses who want to befriend her, including a frightening but ironically protective God of Death, a vengeful Queen of the Gods and a snarky dryad in Ava''s tree. And on top of it all, she has to deal with her mother, an overdramatic best friend and a soccer playing potential boyfriend as well.Worse still, there''s a goddess who is lurking in the dark and has been biding her time for the past several millennia, waiting for her chance to take over-and she''s just found Jupiter''s one weakness.Ava.

When destiny gets it wrong, a lifetime of true love hangs in the balance.Gabriel Black doesn''t want to believe he''s been dumped, but when the texts, calls and sweetly scented letters from his long-distance girlfriend, Elle Cassidy, suddenly stop, what else can he think?Just as well his family is starting a new life away from the rat race, which means he can find out what''s going on face to face. But when things don''t go to plan, he finds it hard to keep his cool. And when life gets downright creepy, Gabe''s hot temper quickly burns through his veins as he struggles to comprehend his situation.When the dust settles, he learns that a twist of fate means he''ll have to navigate a new, never-before-trodden path if he''s to have Elle at his side. It''s not easy, danger lurks in the shadows and he has to fight to protect what''s his. But Gabriel and Elle have allies, the ghostly glow of the moonlight is their friend, family love provides breathtaking strength, and together they can face the future no matter how many soul-takers try to tear them apart.

Taking care of a pet is one thing, but when orphaned teenager Karen Fox is kidnapped to service an interstellar zoo, she gets more than she bargained for.We do this for they bring us happiness.We do this because they have no defense, nowhere else to go and no one to care for them.We do this in order so that they may teach us what it means to be different, and for us to embrace that difference.Karen Fox, sixteen and recovering from a terrible car crash that claimed the lives of her parents, dreams only of becoming physically able once more. Hearing a strange voice that comes from somewhere near her hospital, she investigates and is kidnapped by an automated ship transporting interstellar animals to a safe haven. Knowing nothing about how to take care of them and disliking animals to begin with, Karen learns the value of caring for interstellar life. And when a marauding band of poachers attacks the vessel, intending to seize all the animals, Karen is forced to fight for her own life as well as the animals she has come to care for.

Three years ago, CarsonΓÇÖs sister ran away. Now heΓÇÖs found herΓÇöon a porn site.High-school senior Carson Banks is trying to find out what he wants to do with his life, wanting to move forward, though a part of him is firmly rooted in the day his life changed forever. The day his older sister Caitlin ran away, and disappeared without a trace. Then, he finds herΓÇöon an Internet porn site.Deciding that finding Caitlin and bringing her home is the only thing he can do, Carson embarks on a quest that ends up changing him as much as Caitlin seems to have changed herself. Coping with the knowledge that he canΓÇÖt share with the rest of his familyΓÇöyetΓÇöCarson writes thinly veiled autobiographical stories to help himself better understand Caitlin and why she left home.And, while using every opportunity he has to find Caitlin and talk to her, CarsonΓÇÖs typical teenage life goes on. Girlfriend. Family. School. Friends. Things he did in the past that heΓÇÖs not too proud of. ItΓÇÖs a busy senior year, but heΓÇÖll count it a winΓÇöif he can locate her, learn exactly what happened on the day she left and convince Caitlin to come home.

Be careful who you keep secrets with, especially in picture-perfect Cherry Grove, a place where average isn''t good enough, and nothing is what it seems.Lexi Welks wants two things-respect and a college acceptance letter that''ll get her out of too-good-to-be-true Cherry Grove. The problem is that the nasty, life-ruining secret she shares with Monica Sanders is about to go public. If their ugly truth comes out, her plans for college-not happening. And that''s only the beginning of her end.Monica is the kind of student teachers adore-well-behaved, hard-working and always following the rules. She''s the kind of friend other girls follow-well-dressed, popular and always knowing the right thing to do. If only they knew the truth about her. The truth Lexi found out the hard way, after spending the past summer letting Monica talk her into doing things she knew could come back to ruin her.Now it''s the first week of school and one of the seniors is missing. Lexi knows a thing or two about the circumstances of his disappearance, but she''s not talking. Neither is Monica. But wicked truths have a way of crawling to the surface and tearing through the most careful plans.