Grades 9-12
Vivi has just arrived in Verona Cove for the summer, and she has already fallen in love with it. She is working at the local crafting store when Jonah and his little sister Leah come to paint. Jonah is only sixteen but has taken on the role of main caregiver for his siblings after his mother has fallen ill. Neither Vivi nor Jonah expected to become as close as they did so quickly, but meeting each other that summer changes their lives forever.
Grades 9-12
Kate and Mark have been sitting next to each other in class all year, yet have never spoken to each other. Mark is in love with his best friend Ryan, but Ryan might not feel the same way. Kate has been admiring a girl from afar, but hasn’t acted on her feelings. Then Kate and Mark meet up outside of class for the first time, and instantly click. Their friendship is fast and unexpected, but they become more important to each other than the people who supposedly know them best.
Grades 9-12
Emme and Sophie are best friends who make music together; Emme writes the songs, and Sophie sings them. The two girls are classmates at a performing arts school along with Carter, who is a former child star, and Ethan who has managed to wreck every relationship he’s ever been in. Will the four students be able to achieve their ultimate goal of becoming famous? Or will all of their hard work have been for naught?
Ages 18+
Natasha was living on the streets of Moscow before Vladimir Stanislas, a Russian billionaire, discovers her and takes her in. Her role is to keep him happy and blend in while he is off gallivanting and taking care of shady business.
Theo Luca’s mother Maylis was widowed when her husband Lorenzo died and left her and Theo with artwork worth a fortune that they can’t part with. Maylis transformed their home into a restaurant and decorated it with the paintings. Then Theo sees Natasha at the restaurant and can’t take his eyes off her. That same night, Vladimir discovers Lorenzo’s artwork and is immediately obsessed.
Theo can’t stop thinking about Natasha and begins to paint her from memory night after night. Vladimir becomes angry when he realizes that the paintings of her aren’t for sale, and insists that he will purchase them for any price. Theo and Natasha long to be together, but Natasha doesn’t want to risk her safety as Vladimir’s mistress.
Grades 9-12
Hannah and Nick have been best friends for the last four years, but their friendship is anything but ordinary. Sure, they talk for hours on the phone and tell each other everything. The one thing that’s different about their friendship is that they’ve never actually met in person. When Hannah’s spring break plans fall through, she decides to surprise Nick by taking a road trip with her sister and best friend to Vegas and confess her romantic feelings for him. When she gets there, though, disaster strikes and she realizes that Nick has been less than honest with her, and she is crushed. The two of them have to decide whether to stay friends or let this ruin their relationship forever.
Ages 18+
Beulah Land’s life hasn’t been easy: the daughter of a Baptist deacon, she was estranged from her family after her teenage pregnancy. Luckily, she was taken in by a lovely woman named Ginger. Now Beulah spends her nights playing piano at The Fountain, a local bar. When Ginger finds out she’s dying of cancer, it is her final wish that Beulah take over playing piano for the County Line Church. She doesn’t hit it off with the church’s pastor, Luke Daniels, and on top of that the choir members aren’t too keen on the non-traditional music she chooses for them to perform. Beulah begins to think things won’t ever go right when she starts to fall for Luke, and he shows her that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
Grades 9-12
It’s 16-year-old Will Porter’s first day at a mainstream high school. He tries his hardest to fit in, and meets a great new group of friends who accept him for who he is perceived to be: the blind kid. He has been blind since birth, and attended a school for the blind up until that point. Will begins to develop a crush on Cecily, one of the girls in his new group of friends. Then Will learns of a rare opportunity for him to have surgery so that he will be able to see, one that he knows will change his life forever, Does he take the chance or decide against it?
Thanks to NetGalley.com for a review copy of this book.
Grades 9-12
Henry Denton is going through a lot. His brother is a college dropout whose girlfriend is pregnant, his grandmother is slowly succumbing to Alzheimer’s, his boyfriend committed suicide last year, and his mother is struggling to keep everything together. in addition, Henry was abducted by aliens when he was thirteen and he has to choose whether or not the world is worth saving. He is having trouble making a decision when he meets Diego who makes Henry question who he is becoming. Can Henry save his own life along with everyone else’s?
Ages 18+
Pashmina is an author who left her family long ago in order to make a fresh start for herself. Amelia, Pashmina’s young editor is ecstatic to be working for her on her successful mystery series. She and her boyfriend Tim become a big part of Pashmina’s life, and soon all three of their lives become intertwined and secrets are revealed that they never thought would surface.
Grades 9-12
Jules McCallister-Morgan is your quintessential over-achiever. She is a senior in high school who dreams about becoming editor of the school newspaper and getting accepted into her first-choice Ivy-league college. She already has the all-important job of being on the welcoming committee and is responsible for showing new students around the school. Jules is stopped in her tracks, however, when the new kid just so happens to be Alex Powell, a super-cute former teen heartthrob. Does she let on that she knows who he is? Does she pretend he wasn’t famous for being in the boy band Chaos 4 All? And, worst of all, does she ignore the fact that she can totally tell he’s into her?
Michelle’s Bookish Life 