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Stella Shaw has lived in the city with her sweet, timid mother for as long as she could remember. But she always knew there was something different about them both. There was something calling to them. Or maybe chasing them. When Stella finds herself in trouble over a stolen shirt, her mom drags her away to an island in the middle of the ocean. It was there that Stella finally learns the truth about herself. The truth changes everything but she's still the same inside, isn't she?

Book One in the new futuristic series: The Girl From Ortec: Meet Rani, servant of Ortec. Sixty years have passed since the great wave came, destroying the world as human kind knew it. The people living on the island-city of Ortec have their own way of life, their own way of surviving the endless water. Rani, a young earth walker who has never dared to dream of a different life, knows what is expected of her as the wife of the lawman. But then, one night changes everything. The night the pirates come. Without any warning, Rani is faced with a decision that no one on Ortec has ever had to ...

In the depths of truth, a new destiny awaits… Sixteen-year-old Stella has finally come to terms with the impossible—she’s a mermaid. But her journey is far from over. Desperate for answers, she travels to the Red City in search her mother. What she finds instead is a secret so shocking, it shatters everything she believed about herself, her family, and her place in the world. As ancient forces awaken and dangerous enemies close in, Stella must decide who she truly is—and who she’s willing to become. Will she embrace her newfound identity, or will the weight of the past pull her ...

Some words are scarier than others. Murder is one of them. Criminally and insane are even worse. When she's faced with two horrific realities, Melody Parker has to figure out which voices are telling her the truth and which ones are only out to make her... crazy.

After escaping from a mental hospital, Ren never thought she would go looking for the ghost-people that haunt her. But then she's separated from Toby for the first time in her life and she has no choice except to go find him. Ren's world is turned upside down and the only thing she has left to hold onto is Tristan. Can she really trust him though? The only reason he even followed her around was so she would join him and become one of the Cursed.

Willow has the worst luck. First she has to deal with her narcissistic foster mother, Bella. Then, of course, there's her horrid little sister Ivy; not to mention the pack of werewolves that belong to Bella. Now, they have to move and start a new school - again.

Avery Lewis is dead. Avery is destined to be the queen of senior year at Clearview Academy...at least, until she's murdered over the summer. When she wakes up behind a dumpster in an alley, she knows something is wrong. Things go from really bad to worse for Avery after she's visited by a Reaper and realizes that she's dead. Now, she needs to find her vessel - a boy who shares her birthday. A boy she wouldn't be caught dead with. Clark Daniels.

Starting senior year at Clearview Academy was supposed to be an exciting time, but for Avery Lewis things are a bit more complicated than your average senior. Being dead and using someone else's body to go to school wasn't exactly how she imagined this year to go. Going from the most popular to invisible new girl was enough to make anyone irritated. At least she has Laney - her Vessel, and Clark - her almost boyfriend, sometimes, and Lindsey - her sister. The four of them have one mission: To find her killer. Step one, make her popular again. That should be easy, right?

The exciting conclusion of Clearview Academy. As Avery comes to grips with her death and what that means for her family and friends, the Reaper shows up to shake things up one last time. What will happen to Avery and Clark? Is love enough to save them?

The truth. It’s the thing Avery has been searching for, since she woke up dead behind the dumpster. She had been searching for who killed her and why for so long. The answers she got weren’t the ones she expected. And now that she knew, her fragile world was crashing in on her. Exposing the truth meant hurting the one she loved, but she was running out of time and out of options.

With Lindsey as an official suspect in her murder and Clark still mad at her for getting Laney arrested, Avery is forced to make friends in the most unlikely of places. While closing in on the killer is exactly what they want, it has some serious consequences that even Avery Lewis might not be able to escape.

Things are starting to really heat up between Avery - posed as Laney - and Cassie Andrews. The pranks are getting out of hand. The battle between the two is reaching a peak, and one of them will win. Who gets to be on top? For Avery, it's more important than ever to beat Cassie at her own game. As her search for her killer continues and her fight with Cassie escalates to a dangerous level, Avery starts to wonder how anyone makes it out of high school alive. Oh my word.

Willow and her pack had barely settled into their new town when the council showed up again. Only this time its to ask for their help - to save Gage. How can Willow refuse? Suddenly, Willow is thrust into a world of childhood nightmares. The Ancient City. But it isn't at all what she thought it would be. In fact, Willow soon realizes that not many things are what she thought they would be and she has to figure out for herself which things are worth fighting for.

Who killed Avery? All the clues point to one person; Avery is sure of it. Of course, she's been wrong about almost everything so far. As she searches for clues with her Vessel and Clark Daniels, she realizes that some things aren't adding up. Will Avery and her friends be able to find out who the killer is, or are they headed for another dead end? And how exactly do you accuse someone of murder?

It looks like Ren isn't going to have much choice. In order to save Toby, she has to do the unthinkable. Things quickly take an unexpected turn when Nona shows back up along with a bunch of ghost-people Ren has never seen. These new ghost-people aren't content with just scaring her, though; they're out for blood. Has fate finally caught up to Ren just as she's found her voice again?

Ren Collins knows better than most where being different will land a person. A bed in a crazy hospital with only an angry ghost for company. But there are things about Toby that Ren doesn't know, old secrets that are brought into the light only with the appearance of Tristan. Tristan is different from Toby. Sure, they're both only real to Ren, but Tristan does something Toby never does. He smiles. Ren soon finds herself trusting this new curly haired ghost-person more than she should. At least, that's what Toby says.

Stella Shaw would rather face a sandstorm barefoot than be stuck with Prince Zander—her arrogant, would-be fiancé who she’s sworn never to like, let alone marry. But when the two are trapped inside a mysterious bubble world made entirely of scorching desert, dislike becomes a luxury neither of them can afford. Their only hope of escape? A crumbling castle in the distance, ruled by King Has—a ruler so unstable, he makes the heat seem sane. With every step across the sand, Stella’s patience wears thinner... and Zander’s surprising flashes of courage and cleverness make her second-...

A mermaid, a prince, and a whole lot of family drama—what could possibly go wrong? Sixteen-year-old Stella has already had her fair share of "what in the ocean is happening" moments. First, she discovers she’s a mermaid. Then, her mother drops the bombshell that she kidnapped her from her real family. Now, Stella’s stuck in Red City, trying to figure out how to befriend a birth mother she doesn't remember and navigating a world full of underwater politics, which are way more complicated than they sound. Things only get weirder when she’s whisked off to Central City, where she’s ...

Sixteen-year-old Stella’s world is turned upside down when she discovers mermaids are real—and she might be one. With no one to turn to and only a cryptic message from her missing mother, Stella embarks on an underwater journey like no other. She’s guided by Draven, a mysterious and enigmatic mermaid who promises to help her find the truth. Together, they dive deeper into the ocean’s secrets, heading toward the Red City—a place where danger and revelations await at every turn. But the deeper Stella goes, the more she questions: What if the truth about her identity is darker than ...

Book Three in the series: The Girl From Ortec Cyrus is dead. The love Rani had thought she found is ripped away before it can fully begin and even after a year, she is still mourning that love in a heart that can't seem to let go. But now the survivors of Ortec have to move on again; this time to the island that Cyrus had once promised them. It's not the paradise they had hoped for. Can they get it ready by the time the freezing season hits? And what will happen when Rani's strength is once again put to the test?