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Is it really living when you spend your life in a cage.... The wait is over, the dust has settled, and the captives have finally been claimed. Elise thought the deadly game was finished, but the more time she spends in the palace, the more she begins to fear the real game has only just begun. In the aftermath of the ceremony, each of the friends try to adjust to their new life. But some are having more trouble than others.

When an escape attempt goes desperately awry, Elise and Will find themselves at the mercy of the very people who have imprisoned them all this time. Tensions sharpen, punishments are severe, and they soon discover what terrible things are required if they wish to survive. But such wild spirits were never meant to be tamed. While appearing to submit, the future princess still dreams of freedom.

They say it is not the fall that kills you. Maybe for humans this is true. Perhaps one could go on falling forever, and yet live on. I have heard them say you can get used to anything. Among my people, though, it is the fall itself that is the end. It is not, as you might imagine, a literal casting out. God does not throw us down from on high. It is, like many things, a process: One decision on top of another until you realize suddenly that you are too far gone to turn back. It is too late to do anything but go on falling. Or so, at least, it went for me.

She will fight for what is hers. When Katerina’s brother exiled her from the kingdom in a murderous plot to take the throne, the last thing he ever imagined was that she’d come back. Much less...with an army of her own. As the two sides prepare for battle, the princess finds herself at a crossroads. New alliances are made as old friendships are thrown into question. The dark wizard is moving ever closer, and a heartbreaking betrayal leaves everything up for grabs. The supernatural community has rallied behind her, but will it be enough?

When 16-year-old Elise is ripped from her home and taken to the royal palace as a permanent "guest", she thinks her life is over. Little does she know it has only just begun! After befriending a group of other captives, including the headstrong Will, Elise finds herself swept away to a world she never knew existed - polished, sculpted, and refined until she can hardly recognize her own reflection.

Eight months ago, six friends took shelter from a storm in a uranium mine, and walked out with super senses. Now, one of them is dead. The other is working off a prison sentence as a CI. With the woman who killed Rylee safely locked away and graduation rapidly approaching, Zoe dares to hope that she might have a chance at a normal life. Then Kieran shows up in her living room, wounded after a fight with an unknown assailant. With him comes the military, a team of top-secret scientists studying the secrets of the Radium Halos, and the revelation that Zoe's dad has been lying to her.

Be prepared. There are werewolves in this story, and they are not friendly. Peace has always come at a price...A line has been drawn. When Rebekah and Jamie choose friends over their family, they know things will never be the same. But what they don’t know, is that they’ll be taking their very lives into their own hands. A dark secret leads to an even greater betrayal, one that could threaten to destroy them once and for all. The hunters become the hunted, and the twins find themselves running from not one, but both sides of the law.

What if courage was your only option? When the three of them had slowly climbed out of the cave, Kalie knew Caleb and Liam would protect her forever. Not because they had to, but because they wanted to. She'd gotten away then. Maybe someday she would find Petra again. Or Petra would find her. Kallie pressed her lips into a tight line. Whatever happened next, she was ready for it. Fall in love with immortal vampires and werewolves in this paranormal fantasy series.

She will fight for what is hers. When Katerina unlocks her secret power and sets the entire royal army ablaze, the stakes to an already dangerous game soar even higher. As her brother gathers his banner men to destroy her once and for all, the princess must appeal to the people themselves. And not just the people. If she wants to take back the throne, she’ll need the entire supernatural community by her side.

When the crown prince puts a bounty on her head, Katerina and the gang find themselves facing trouble at every turn. It's a race to get to the safe house in time, but will they pull together to work as a team, or will their differences pull them apart? Strengths and weaknesses are put to the test, as Katerina is plunged headfirst into a magical world she never knew existed. Fiction becomes reality, as the characters from her childhood fairy tales come to life, bringing with them secrets she could never have imagined.

USA Today best-selling author, W.J. May, brings you to a new level of fantasy. Fans of Underworld and paranormal worlds will love this story!

The wise learn many things from their enemies.

The city of Calen has fallen. The forces that once held the city as one are scattered and drained of power. Adelaide, one of the witches who’s haunted and threatened the peace once made by the elders in the territory, has regained her power by releasing the hybrids she’s created. She’s determined to destroy Calen and all those who stand in her way.Atlanta, the Druid huntress, responsible for unlocking the hybrids and the murder of her uncle, tries to come to terms with what’s happened. Determined to try and set the wrong right, she enlists the help of her kind, willing to risk everything, including her life, to stop Adelaide.

"The wise learn many things from their enemies." My name's Atlanta Skolar, and I'm a huntress. No, not the vampire-slaying type, or the ever-brooding Winchester brothers from Supernatural. I live a relatively normal life - during the day at least. I go to school, have friends, and try my best to survive Uncle James' horrendous cooking. However, the nights in the city of Calen are not always calm. There's a thin veil between our world and the world of monsters, the good and the bad. I'm one of the few who stands between the two.

What if courage was your only option? Some days are good days. On other days, your pureblood protector gets captured, your father is going to get drained nearly dry by rogue vampires, and you've been turned into some sort of weird vampire hybrid no one's ever seen before. Oh, and no one knows just which of your supposed allies are actually trying to kill you. You know, normal Tuesday stuff.

Rebekah and Jamie are happy but discontent. Sometimes it feels like everything important has already happened, that the peace their parents fought so hard to bring them is just a strange limbo they can't break out of. They want adventure, they want to make memories of their own. When a pair of new kids show up at their school, it looks like they might finally have their chance. It isn't long before the twins open up to the mysterious new strangers. Sharing secrets they thought they'd never tell. Asking questions they never could have imagined.

Kaiden is finding it hard as the leader of the Shifters. He is called to a more simpler life, but cannot give up his duties. He has to try to bring peace to all the different Shifter Tribes if there is any chance at making peace between the different races. He is almost at the end of his tether, when a mysterious stranger confides in him that there is a way to unite the tribes - but it is very dangerous and nearly impossible.

Learn how it all began...before Rae Kerrigan. The sins of the father are the sins of the son. What did Rae's father do that put fear in people's eyes at the name Kerrigan? After a mysterious attempt is made on his life, Simon Kerrigan has more questions than ever, and this time, he's not the only one. The beginnings of a secret society are formed at Guilder. A society of other like-minded students all unsatisfied with the status quo. All searching for the truth.

When Kallie lands a college interview with the city's new hot-shot police officer, she has no idea everything in her life is about to change. The detective is young, handsome, and seems to have an unnatural ability to stop the increasing local crime rate. Detective Liam's particular interest in Kallie sends her heart and head stumbling over each other.

Everyone needs to be a hero at one point in their life. The small town of Elliot Lake will never be the same again after Zoe, a high school senior from Elliot Lake, and five of her friends take shelter in an abandoned uranium mine during a violent thunderstorm. Over the next few days, Zoe's hearing sharpens drastically - to supernatural levels. She tells her friends, only to learn that four others have an increased sense as well.

Fleeing the Archon Jeremiah's rage and his purge of Brooklyn, the vampire Tay Maslov has sought aid from neighboring Archon Bethania of Manhattan; decadent, nihilistic Bethania. The forever-young makes a deal with the young Feral; be her spy and all will be well. Perhaps she will even regain her place at an Archon's unholy side. But with the Shadow War between the Shifters and the Elders heating up, Kaiden and Tay find themselves dragged into a twisting game of play and counter-play.

Seventeen-year-old Whitney Monroe is a child of untapped potential whose only outlet into the world is through her computer and the cybernetic wilderness that she has limitless access to. Better than most hackers, Whiney engages in cybervigilantism but also knows that she's more than a little drawn to uncovering secrets. Eventually she's going to get caught, but how many dark and mysterious sites can she stop before someone stops her?