Young Adult Dystopian Romance

After events that threw Ryker's motives and Bren's well-being into question, a devastated Lune struggles to keep fighting. Imprisoned once more, her only way of escape is to play by her captor's rules - or face gut-wrenching consequences. As the race to stop the Supreme Elite unfolds, old friends and new join forces, risking everything for a better tomorrow. But the Elite Trials aren't over. And when their purpose is revealed, no one is prepared for the horrifying truth.

After failing to escape the Roman metropolis of Londinium with Devyn, her lover, and Marcus, her betrothed, Cassandra wakes in inky darkness to find the ground giving way to sand beneath her feet. All three of them have been carted back to the notorious arena at the heart of the city to stand trial by public vote. Cass knows they must escape at any cost: to warn the Celts of the mysterious blood curse ravaging their kin, to foil the schemes of the imperial council....

Best Friends, Best Forgotten is a young adult fiction novel set in the American Midwest within a civilization billed as a new utopia, and follows the growing love of two high school students, Eden and Ashlynn, as they navigate this new and changing world. In Eden and Ashlynn’s world, tech is a part of life from the earliest age. Tech is life. But when their new friendship evolved into a great love, they could not be prepared for the price that technology would demand of them. They would come to realize sometimes even the best of friends are best forgotten.

Myla’s only ever known the stratified life inside the dome. As the secret child of a forbidden Decemite relationship, she has abilities like no one else, abilities she’s had to keep hidden her entire life. But when her Decemite sister goes missing on a mission, Myla’s search to bring her home will uncover the truth about the Outside and the secrets the leader of Echelon has been keeping. No normal human is supposed to be able to survive outside the dome, but rebel Outsiders prove that wrong.

Released from hospital following a suicide attempt, heartbroken 16-year-old Ingrid finds herself forced to self-isolate due to the coronavirus pandemic - but when she starts developing feelings for a mysterious female friend, will she take another chance on love before it's too late? Flunk: Social Distancing explores first loves, friendships and mental health during the coronavirus pandemic. Has there ever been a worse time to get your heart broken?

Beyond the walls, we are hunted and imprisoned. If our blood is silk to these monsters, then we are the silkworms, trapped in our gilded cage, crushed beneath their imperial boot, easily replaced. We survive one day at a time, knowing it may be our last.

When Senna Rhys turns eighteen, she must go through the Tithe, a rite of passage to adulthood and a selection process that claims ten souls for the treaty with the wall. The unpaired are chosen first—securing the next generation to supply the Tithe is the foundation of Ironcross's survival.

After seven months as a captive of Minerva, the insane Alpha queen, Lyric Walker has escaped to the surface. Her only goal is to warn the world about the Great Abyss. When she finally arrives back in Coney Island, she discovers a world she never expected, one where humans and Alpha are finally working hand in hand to rebuild the country. But she soon discovers that an old enemy allied with an old friend may kill them all before the monsters get their turn.

Ravaged by a plague known as Red Death, the planet Gabriel - a former colony of Earth - is a barren wasteland. Since being abandoned by Earth 500 years ago, resources are scarce and life is cheap. To stay alive, the survivors, the Citizens, scavenge the remains of a now dead city, trading for food with the resource-rich Curadores, the only other survivors on Gabriel. Every old computer, every piece of wire, every scrap of metal counts. To steal is the ultimate sin. So when tough-as-nails 17-year-old Leica is caught doing just that, she's exiled.

Avie Reveare has the normal life of a privileged teen growing up in LA, at least as normal as any girl's life is these days. After a synthetic hormone in beef killed 50 million American women 10 years ago, only young girls, old women, men, and boys are left to pick up the pieces. The death threat is past, but fathers still fear for their daughters' safety, and the Paternalist Movement, begun to "protect" young women, is taking over the choices they make.

A fast-paced, nerve-fraying contemporary thriller that questions loyalties and twists truths. Appearances can be deceiving. Lyla Hamilton is a loyal member of the Community. Her family was happy to be chosen by Pioneer to join such an lovely gated neighborhood. Here, life seems perfect. But after meeting Cody, an outsider boy, Lyla starts questioning Pioneer, her friends, her family - everything. And if there's one thing not allowed in the Community, it's doubt.

This - a sequel to Gated - is a nerve-fraying contemporary young adult thriller that will make listeners question loyalties as it twists truths. Her life was based on a lie. Lyla Hamilton almost died escaping the Community. In her new life, the outsiders call the Community a cult. They don’t understand how easy it was to believe. How good it felt to belong. “Normal” life - high school and dating - is harder than Lyla expected. Who should she love? Who should she hate? The Community is willing to do terrible things to bring her back to the fold.

Wenige Wochen nur trennen die übriggebliebenen Kandidatinnen von der Enthüllung des echten Prinzen und seiner Wahl der Prinzessin. Alle vier jungen Männer scheinen sich bereits für ihre zukünftige Frau entschieden zu haben, nur wer Anspruch auf Tatyana erheben wird, liegt immer noch im Dunkeln. Dass sie selbst zwiegespalten ist, macht die Situation nicht unbedingt leichter. Erst eine gemeinsame Reise durch das gesamte Königreich öffnet ihr die Augen.

Nur zwölf Mädchen sind in der prunkvollen Fernsehshow zur Wahl der Prinzessin übriggeblieben und immer noch weiß niemand, wer von den vier jungen Männern der wahre Anwärter auf den Thron ist. Tatyana ist das aber mittlerweile egal. Ihr Herz schlägt bereits für einen von ihnen und was sie auch versucht, sie kann nichts dagegen tun. Erst als ihre Erinnerung an das zurückkehrt, was wirklich in der Nacht des Meteoritenschauers passiert ist, beginnen ihre Gefühle wieder zu schwanken.

Die entscheidenden Tage des Wettbewerbs um die Gunst des unbekannten Prinzen haben begonnen. Tatyana und den anderen Mädchen wird die erste Aufgabe zugewiesen und sie erfordert nicht wenig Einfallsreichtum und Geschick. Gleichzeitig beginnen sich die vier möglichen Prinzen Abend für Abend mit jedem der Mädchen zu treffen. Die Spannung steigt. Mit wem wird wohl Tatyana ausgehen müssen? Und was, wenn er sie nicht mag?

Einst hatte es sich nur um eine idealistische Idee gehandelt: Viterra, das Königreich unter einer Glaskuppel, abgeschirmt von jeglichen Giftstoffen der Welt. Nun ist es der einzige Ort auf Erden, an dem die Menschen überlebt haben. Um die Bevölkerung bei Laune zu halten, findet dort alle zwei Jahrzehnte die große Fernsehshow zur Königinnenwahl statt. Aber diesmal ist alles anders. Diesmal will der Prinz ein Mädchen finden, das ihn um seiner selbst liebt.

In The Island of Excess Love, Pen has lost her parents. She’s lost her eye. But she has fought Kronen; she has won back her fragile friends and her beloved brother. Now Pen, Hex, Ash, Ez, and Venice are living in the pink house by the sea, getting by on hard work, companionship, and dreams. Until the day a foreboding ship appears in the harbor across from their home. As soon as the ship arrives, they all start having strange visions of destruction and violence. Trance - like, they head for the ship and their new battles begin.

Helper12 works as a Baby Helper in Pre Ward, the place where babies spend their first six months of life before they're tracked for vocations and sent to training. One day, the Sloanes, Society members who enjoy all the privileges - a private dwelling, access to good food and good schools - come to "adopt" one of the Pre Ward babies. The Director makes a deal and the Sloanes walk out with a brand new child. They also walk out owning Helper12 - the Director sells her to them, and there's nothing she can do but go.

Ever since rebellion broke out in Mystic City, pitting the ruling elite against the magic-wielding mystics, Aria has barely seen her boyfriend. Not surprising, since Hunter is the leader of the mystic uprising, and he'll do whatever it takes to win freedom for his people - even if that means using Aria. But Aria is no one's pawn. She believes she can bring the two warring sides together, save the city, and win back the Hunter she fell in love with.

Talia is a mysterious woman with a complicated past. She is a fighter who keeps her thoughts and feelings well guarded. While fulfilling her destiny, she meets Hark - a man she is inexplicably drawn to. Little does she know that her life will play out before his eyes during the very moment he intends to destroy her. Hark develops a deeper understanding of Talia's past as her secrets are revealed to him. Will Hark choose his feelings over the fate of the world, or is it much too late?