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Fragile Eternity
Melissa Marr
Synopsis:

In the third mesmerizing tale in Melissa Marr’s #1 New York Times bestselling Wicked Lovely series, old friends become new enemies—and one wrong move could plunge the Earth into chaos.

Seth never expected he would want to settle down with anyone, but that was before Aislinn. She is everything he'd ever dreamed of, and he wants to be with her forever. Forever takes on new meaning, though, when your girlfriend is an immortal faery queen.

Aislinn never expected to rule the very creatures who'd always terrified her, but that was before Keenan. He stole her mortality to make her a monarch, and now she faces challenges and enticements beyond any she'd ever imagined.

Seth and Aislinn struggle to stay true to themselves and each other—all while navigating the shadowy rules and shifting allegiances of the Faery Courts.

Publication Date: 04/21/09
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Romance
Heartbreak River
Tricia Mills
Synopsis: Spending the summer working their family's rafting business and trying to come to terms with the death of her father, Alex's life is thrown for a loop when Sean comes back into town and rekindles their romance that she thought was long over.
Publication Date: 04/16/09
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Romance
The Diamonds
Ted Michael
Synopsis: At Long Islands’s private Bennington School, the Diamonds rule supreme. They’re the girls all the boys want to date and all the girls want to be. And fortunately for Marni, she’s right in the middle of them. Best friends with the ringleader, Clarissa, Marni enjoys all the spoils of the ultrapopular: boys, power, and respect. But then Marni gets a little too close to Clarissa’s ex-boyfriend, Anderson.

Wrong move. The Diamonds don’t touch each other’s exes.

And just like that, Marni is jettisoned from Diamond to lower than Cubic Zirconia.

But Marni isn’t about to take her ouster lying down. She has dirt on the Diamonds, and she’s not about to go down without a fight. Everyone knows, the only thing strong enough to cut a Diamond is another Diamond.

Ted Michael is a literary agent and first time novelist. He lives in New York, New York.
Publication Date: 04/14/09
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Romance
Looking For J J
Anne Cassidy
Synopsis: Three children walked away from the cottages on the edge of town toward Berwick Waters. Later that day, only two of them came back. . . . Alice Tully knows exactly what happened that spring day six years ago, though it's still hard for her to believe it. She'll never be able to forget, even though she's trying to lead a normal life--she has a job, friends, and a boyfriend whom she adores. But Alice's past is dangerous, and violent, and sad . . . and it's about to rip her new life apart. Includes a reader's guide.
Publication Date: 04/06/09
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Romance
Hottie
Jonathan Bernstein
Synopsis: After being struck by lightning and then developing the power to set fire with the point of her finger, pretty and popular Alison Cole's life drastically changes, especially when she is shunned by old friends, ends up with a geek as her crime-fighting sidekick, and finds out the only boy she likes is pursuing a career in fire fighting. Original.
Publication Date: 04/02/09
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Romance
The Girls
Tucker Shaw
Synopsis: Meet Mary: She’s beautiful, and her ski-star boyfriend is cheating on her.
 
Meet Crystal: She’s a townie, and she’s cheating with Mary’s boyfriend.
 
Meet Sylvia: She’s nasty, and she’s got something up her Prada-designed sleeve.
 
Meet Amber: She’s a flake, she’s the barista at the hottest coffee shop in Aspen, and she serves up gossip even hotter than grande skim lattes.
 
Meet Peggy: She’s Mary’s best friend, and she has no idea how to cope with all these girls.
 
A modern retelling of the classic play The Women (which featured not one male in the cast), The Girls is a quick-witted, stylish comedy about friendship, love, and most important, gossip! An elite Aspen prep school sets the stage for jealousy and intrigue as the lives of many girls tangle into a wickedly fun mess (in which no boys ever appear).

F&P level: Z+
Publication Date: 04/01/09
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Romance
Darling Jim
Christian Moerk
Synopsis:

A modern gothic novel of suspense that reveals, through their diaries, the story of sisters who fall in love with a beguiling stranger, and of the town that turns a blind eye to his murderous ways

When two sisters and their aunt are found dead in their suburban Dublin home, it seems that the secret behind their untimely demise will never be known. But then Niall, a young mailman, finds a mysterious diary in the post office’s dead-letter bin. From beyond the grave, Fiona Walsh shares the most tragic love story he’s ever heard—and her tale has only just begun.

Niall soon becomes enveloped by the mystery surrounding itinerant storyteller Jim, who traveled through Ireland enrapturing audiences and wooing women with his macabre mythic narratives. Captivated by Jim, townspeople across Ireland thought it must be a sad coincidence that horrific murders trailed him wherever he went—and they failed to connect that the young female victims, who were smitten by the newest bad boy in town, bore an all too frightening similarity to the victims in Jim’s own fictional plots.

The Walsh sisters, fiercely loyal to one another, were not immune to “darling” Jim’s powers of seduction, but found themselves in harm’s way when they began to uncover his treacherous past. Niall must now continue his dangerous hunt for the truth—and for the vanished third sister—while there’s still time. And in the woods, the wolves from Jim’s stories begin to gather.

Publication Date: 03/31/09
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Romance
Gakuen Prince 1
Jun Yuzuki
Synopsis: Boy craxy

Joshi High is an elite school that most girls in Japan only dream of attending. Then one day everything changes–the all-girl school goes coed. There’s just one catch: The girls outnumber the boys. So begins a wild, no-holds-barred competition for the boys of the school. Which smart and independent-minded girl will rise above the fray?

Includes special extras after the story!
Publication Date: 03/24/09
Age Level: Mature Young Adult
Genre: Romance
The Masters
Alicia Alex
Synopsis: Welcome to the world of a whole new race of Vampires, The Master Vampires! Join Amadio, Aura and their Master Seti and many others as they live out their lives together through the passing ages. Fall in love with Amadio and Aura who prove that true love for Vampire kind is more than just a fairytale. Laugh along with the playfulness of these lovable Vampires. Shake in fear as they are forced into circumstances to end their eternal love and sometimes even their lives. It's Vampires as you've never seen them before. Welcome the Master Vampires, Masters of the Vampire race.
Publication Date: 03/21/09
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Romance
Moonlight
Rachel Hawthorne
Synopsis:

From the moment Lucas first saw Rheena, he knew she was the one...his destined mate. But all he can do is watch her, waiting until she realizes that she is just like him—that she has the power to turn into a wolf.

Lucas is the leader of the Dark Guardians, a pack of werewolves that meet deep in the heart of a state park whose existence is threatened by a sinister bio-tech company. Rheena is a normal seventeen-year-old who loves camping and the outdoors; but she’s adopted and has no idea that she’s inherited the gene that will turn her into a wolf.

Rheena can’t understand why she’s so drawn to distant, aloof Lucas—until it’s almost too late to save him.

Publication Date: 03/03/09
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Romance
Waiting to Score
J.E. MacLeod
Synopsis: Quirky, smart, and good looking, Zack Chase is a book-loving, talented hockey player.But he doesn't want to turn pro like his late dad, despite his mom's hopes. New in town, Zack's pitted against obnoxious Mac, the hockey team captain with something against Jane, the alluring Goth-girl who's caught Zack's eye. As incidents on the ice and off force Zack to decide what he really wants, he copes with sore losers, other people's drinking problems, and the consequences of making out with too many girls. As Zack focuses even less on hockey, he discovers other ways he wants to score in life, especially as a 15-year-old guy with spiking hormones. He's being chased by hot little Mona; his best friend Sheila has curves that make him sweat; and he'd like to show Jane that he's not another typical hockey player. Soon Zack finds out the hard way that people have secrets and burdens all their own, and that some actions have tragic, far-reaching consequences.
Publication Date: 02/26/09
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Romance
Evermore
Alyson Noël
Synopsis:

Don't miss Evermore, the first book in Alyson Noël's #1 New York Times bestselling The Immortals series. Enter an enchanting new world where true love never dies. . .

After a horrible accident claimed the lives of her family, sixteen-year-old Ever Bloom can see people's auras, hear their thoughts, and know someone's entire life story by touching them. Going out of her way to avoid human contact and suppress her abilities, she has been branded a freak at her new high school―but everything changes when she meets Damen Auguste.

Damen is gorgeous, exotic and wealthy. He's the only one who can silence the noise and random energy in her head―wielding a magic so intense, it's as though he can peer straight into her soul. As Ever is drawn deeper into his enticing world of secrets and mystery, she's left with more questions than answers. And she has no idea just who he really is―or what he is. The only thing she knows to be true is that she's falling deeply and helplessly in love with him.

Publication Date: 02/03/09
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Romance
North of Beautiful
Justina Chen Headley
Synopsis: As he continued to stare, I wanted to point to my cheek and remind him, But you were the one who wanted this, remember? You're the one who asked-and I repeat-Why not fix your face?

It's hard not to notice Terra Cooper.

She's tall, blond, and has an enviable body. But with one turn of her cheek, all people notice is her unmistakably "flawed" face. Terra secretly plans to leave her stifling small town in the Northwest and escape to an East Coast college, but gets pushed off-course by her controlling father. When an unexpected collision puts Terra directly in Jacob's path, the handsome but quirky Goth boy immediately challenges her assumptions about herself and her life, and she is forced in yet another direction. With her carefully laid plans disrupted, will Terra be able to find her true path?

Written in lively, artful prose, award-winning author Justina Chen Headley has woven together a powerful novel about a fractured family, falling in love, travel, and the meaning of true beauty.
Publication Date: 02/01/09
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Romance
Triple Shot Bettys In Love
Synopsis: Geena is freaking out. She?s been going out with Ben for five months, their relationship is comfortable and perfect, and then Bam! he?s suddenly putting the pressure on to be way more physical. She?s not sure she?s ready.

Enter Mr. Rex Sands, Geena?s delectably hot and brilliant English substitute teacher (he speaks to her soul!), on whom her best friend Amber develops an immediate crush when he stops by the Triple Shot Betty coffee shack. Amber needs Geena?s help talking to him because he is such an intellectual, so Geena finds herself writing love notes, MySpace messages, and texts to Mr. Sands under Amber?s name. And he writes back! Geena is just doing it all for Amber (sort of), so it?s not technically cheating on Ben . . . right? In this romantic and playful update of Cyrano de Bergerac, Jody Gehrman reintroduces readers to Geena, Amber, and the Sonoma gang as they walk the rocky and confusing path toward true love.

Publication Date: 01/22/09
Age Level: Mature Young Adult
Genre: Romance
The ABC'S of Kissing Boys
Synopsis: Parker Stanhope has played soccer practically since she could walk. And now that she’s a high school junior, everything she’s worked for is finally coming together. She’s paid her dues on the field, and as an upperclassman, she’s a shoo-in for the varsity team. But that’s not what happens.

This year, Coach Hartley moved up every JV player but two—and one of those two was Parker. Now, she’s stuck with the freshmen, her friends are cutting her loose, and her love of the game is seriously beginning to fail. But Parker is determined to get her life back. She has to get on the varsity team, and she has the perfect plan. All she needs now is the right kind of coach.

Tina Ferraro lives in southern California. You can visit her online at www.tinaferraro.com.
Publication Date: 01/13/09
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Romance
Beautiful Americans
Lucy Silag
Synopsis: While studying abroad during their junior year of high school, friends Alex, Zack, and PJ take full advantage of all the glamorous events and parties taking place in their host families' apartments and on the city streets, but when their personal secrets are revealed, the revelers face challenging predicaments as the lies start to fade away.
Publication Date: 01/08/09
Age Level: 12 and up
Genre: Romance

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