Melania Noble, an African American embryo fashion designer, is aiming for a deal with the retailer Ramaras Rags. Having faced violence in the past, Mel is focused on chasing her dream without any distractions from overbearing men. On the hand, Caucasian architect Edge Ryan, haunted by his parents’ mistakes, channels his desires into work to avoid pitfalls. A random meeting in a New York taxicab, ignites something between Mel and Edge which takes them beyond their ambitions and work.
Ever since Tipani's father went into a coma, her perfect family life has turned into a nightmare. She has started having terrible nighmares, and her mom slowly has started to pull further away, leaving Tipani to raise herself. Plus, the Spoon Man from her nightmares seems to be crawling into her real life and trapping her own mother with his spell. Just as things seem to be getting worse for Tipani, she meets Piper. Piper is magical fairy, and he tells her that she is a "weaver", a person with the power to fight nightmares.
Peeps in Bloom is a story about Meg and Issac, two students who attend Garrett Grove Elementary School. Issac has just moved to town, and he is once again the new student. Lately, though, he has been having "spells" where he zones out and isn't sure what is wrong with him. His teacher thinks that he is having seizures, but his mom doesn't want to take him to get the help that he needs. When Meg gets to school, she meets the new kid, Issac.
This book is about Dara, who is very confused after her friend Korina is "touched" by a shadow. After her father is mysteriously able to heal Korina, Dara starts to wonder what is going on with him. She realizes that her father is using a secret alchemy to harness unlimited power. But as disaster starts to strike in her quiet, rural community, Dara knows that something is wrong. It's up to Dara, Korina, and her new friend William to figure out what is happening... and see if they can stop it before it is too late.
The story plays out following a young Neeth Nymph that goes by the name of Echoe Sweetcharm. Echoe, with a passion for acting and writing, is hindered by her grandpatch. She has telekinetic abilities while she continues to pursue her dreams, though her efforts come up short. After her grandpatch Allonzo’s passing, she tries once more auditioning for a role. More unfortunate events come following her after that, and as each second follows, greater accidents hover over her. She sets on her journey with the question: “why is this happening?”
Steampunk meets Sherlock in this delightful novel set in London. When Quillian Watson, apprentice to Dr. M, nears the achievement of her dreams to be a surgeon, the winds change.
When a boy needing a mechanical arm dies on their operating table, it heralds the first of many clues that not everything is as it seems: prostitutes disappearing, shadows from her past, and a dashing Greyson Holmes enter her previously peaceful life.
The book 926 Raindrops - Gift of the Wild starts off talking about the author's childhood and shows her growth through narrating various events and milestones in her life. Gloria always knew she was different from other kids, having grown up in a household with very nontrinitarian beliefs. While other kids her age played with cats and dogs, Gloria was attracted to tadpoles and kept them in jars around her house.
Peeps in Bloom by J. D. Suhre is a sequel to Bullies and Peeps. Peeps in Bloom continues Meg’s story with the school’s courtyard. The courtyard holds a special place in Meg’s and many others' hearts, being the center of the school and the place where Meg first found Garret, a goose who Meg helped raise. Now, the school is being redone, and the courtyard isn’t part of it. Meg is devastated and tries everything she can to get the school to include the courtyard in the redesign. Will Meg succeed or end up having to go with the flow?
When a man is murdered in the middle of Lord and Lady Faversham's banquet, everyone is shocked. The man is identified as Winston Smythe, and the guests assume that it was the work of a professional, especially since the death was covered up with the sound of a strangled parrot. Archibald Boathouse is considered the main suspect due to his bad luck and nervous mumbling during the questioning. When pressure builds up from the public to solve the case, Captain Parker-Jones joins Inspector Graham, which causes Inspector Graham to want to solve the case before Captain Parker-Jones can.
Fractured is a story about Dara (or Reult, as her cousin Ciomach and her father call her), who is confused and disturbed about the recent experiments of her father. When her friend, Korina, is touched by a mysterious shadow and healed by her father, she realizes there might be more to her father and her family than what she is told. Earthquakes and shadows plague the world, and it is all up to Dara, Korina, and their new friend William to find out what is happening: what her father is doing, what the consequences are, and unearth the secrets behind her inhuman ancestry.
