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Swamp Jesus is a story about a young man coming of age. Dillon is raised in a single parents household in rural Louisiana surrounded by social economic inequality and the dark side of substance abuse. He dreams of breaking free and moves to Nashville, when invited by a friend. In this new city, he uses his love for music to establish new roots, find, love and maybe success in the home of country music. It isn’t as easy as it sounds.

She can bend the weather to her will... but will that help her forge her destiny? Glorya, fresh from weatherworking school and armed only with determination, is ready to make her mark. But when her dreams land her on a ship battling the treacherous coastal storms, she faces a tempest unlike any she's ever known. Navigating fierce weather and uncharted cultures, Glorya must prove her worth amidst deadly foes and nature's raw power. Will her ingenuity be enough to rise above the crashing waves, or will she be swept away before she can claim her place in the world?

Death imitates Art. Digger can draw. Man! can he draw. He’d be a shoo-in to go to Design Center, the prestigious art school for rich kids, but he hasn’t any money. Design Center is notorious for being tight with scholarships and Digger’s parents are less than willing to co-sign the necessary loans. He lives with his abusive mother and his apathetic sister. His father left them years ago, leaving him with a case of PTSD. It's 1985 and Digger meets two women who will change his life. How will he change theirs?

In this unforgettable and raw collection, It Ended By Beginning unearths the buried emotions we try to forget and confronts the truths we often run from. Across 32 hauntingly honest stories, readers are invited into intimate, visceral worlds shaped by grief, betrayal, envy, pride, justice, and silence. Told through the voice of a lone journalist, a man who prints not just the news but the souls of the people he meets, this collection becomes more than fiction. It becomes memory. A printed hell. A closing door. A mirror.

Twelve-year-old Seraphina has a secret she can't explain: flashes of memory from past lives, "reflections" that grant her the ancient knowledge of a healer. When her aunt falls gravely ill, a reflection offers a cure, and Seraphina is drawn into a hidden world of mending what is broken. Her secret acts of healing—a life saved, a mind calmed—begin to create ripples. Whispers of "miracles" spread from her quiet village to the digital world, where they appear as anomalies on the screens of Aegis Pharmaceuticals, a powerful corporation that believes every cure can be owned.

Como un mismo tema musical (el del erotismo, los recuerdos y el cuerpo) tocado en sus diversas variaciones, así son los vínculos de Paul con las diferentes personas que han ido dando forma a lo que él entiende por amor. Hombres y mujeres con los que se ha encontrado desde su adolescencia en Italia hasta su madurez en Estados Unidos.

Das Buch der verborgenen Magie ist ein fesselnder Fantasy-Roman, der die Reise einer jungen Frau erzählt, die sich zwischen Licht und Dunkelheit entscheiden muss. Als Livia nach dem Tod ihrer Großmutter ein geheimnisvolles, magisches Buch findet, wird sie in eine Welt hineingezogen, von der sie nie geahnt hat, dass sie Teil davon ist. Sie entdeckt, dass sie aus einer alten Hexenlinie stammt, deren Geheimnisse tief mit der Geschichte ihrer Familie verwoben sind. Doch je mehr sie über ihre Kräfte erfährt, desto mehr wird sie mit den dunklen Seiten ihrer Magie konfrontiert.

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Childhood’s Eternal Light follows a quiet soul returning to a hometown that no longer fits its old map. In the attic’s dust and a river that remembers every skipped stone, the narrator pieces together a mosaic of first friendships, small betrayals, and the one luminous summer that seemed to last forever. As past and present braid together, ordinary objects—an enamel cup, a scratched vinyl, a kite snagged in a tree—turn into lanterns that guide the way through grief, love, and the long echo of choices we didn’t know we were making.

Brandon Marks just moved into the Driver household. Fitting into a place like Foxtail Falls when you’re a seventeen-year-old foster kid is harder than it seems. Fixated on a local urban legend, Brandon and his newfound friend, Stone, hatch a plan to uncover the mystery of the baby on Strawberry Hill. Their obsession with the property only gets more intense when Stone’s father purchases it for resale. Stone’s reluctance to break the rules quickly turns into fascination when another foster kid enters the mix. His name is Carter Phillips, and he has a story to tell.

Лёне по прозвищу Леннон девятнадцать лет — идеальное время, чтобы отправиться в безумное путешествие с любимой девушкой. Приключения Леннона начинаются с провала экзамена на инязе и новости о смерти отца. Считая себя неудачником, Леннон решает свести счеты с жизнью. Но случайно найденные детские рисунки, на которых изображены киты, и странная записка меняют его планы. А еще Леннон влюбился. Дерзкая Лана зовет его поучаствовать в запрещенных мотогонках на мифическом острове: она будет фотографировать, а Леннон — писать репортаж.

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Imagine for a moment that there is one other person in the entire world, regardless of distance, with whom you can communicate telepathically at will. In the world of Irilitia, a land plagued with warring states and political strife, and blessed with magical power, this is a reality reserved for a few choice individuals with destinies greater than that of the common man. Men with this gift become Spellswords, skillful wielders of both blade and Phyrim, while women become Magicians, powerful wielders of the elements of magic itself. Together they stand as protectors of the realm.

Before the dawn of this world, Almira and her siblings agree to take a “mortality test”—a rite of passage meant to shape them into worthy heirs of their parents’ kingdom. But there’s a catch: once the test begins, they’ll remember nothing—not who they are, nor why they came. When Emily Starp awakens in a bustling city with no memory, she’s told her life has just begun and there’s nothing to remember. But as she stumbles through the etiquette and culture of this new world, she discovers The Book of Panosyn—the writings of an ancient philosopher who speaks of other worlds and forgotten gods.

Marianna e Chiara crescono a pochi passi, nella Bari popolare degli anni Novanta, in due famiglie che sembrano agli antipodi - una ruvida e irrequieta, l'altra ordinata e colta, apparentemente perfetta - ma che si rivelano uguali nel modo in cui tradiscono, soffocano, feriscono. Tra le due ragazze nasce subito un legame assoluto, fatto di intesa e di coraggio, di un bisogno vitale di raccogliersi a vicenda.

Mei’s life isn’t what she thought it would be. She's still entangled in a love triangle with Jacques and Kath that began when they were teens; her parents are drowning in debt; and she’s stuck pulling off identity fraud jobs for her cruel auntie and her auntie’s nauseating son, who won’t leave Mei alone. But Mei’s world begins to truly unravel when she hears her childhood best friend Soey’s voice for the first time in years, being interviewed on the radio about her new memoir, chronicling the childhood attack that left Soey with brain damage and killed her younger sister.

In this “vivid and immersive” (Liz Moore) debut, Eli Raphael conjures the windswept coast of Washington State and a boarding school steeped in privilege and deadly secrets—a remarkable story of grief, power, and the dangerous price of belonging. It is true that I wished him dead dozens of...

Ten-year-old Luz sets out on an overnight camping trip, accompanied by her spiritual mentor. Peering through a canopy of California redwoods, Luz witnesses a council of animals confronting the menace of climate change. Led by a lustrous—and talkative—American Crow named Koro, the animals weigh their options. Some, like Koro, want to collaborate with humans. Others doubt humanity’s good intentions. The conversation compels young Luz, innately in tune with the natural world, to fight passionately in its defense.

Some loves never fade. Some break you open. Some build you into something that cannot be erased. Before she was a war hero. Before the Artemis War. Before the Terran Federation. Kendra Foster-Briggs was a sensie star, a survivor, and a woman falling in love with someone she wasn’t supposed to keep. Rose Emmons was everything Kendra didn’t know she needed—brilliant, brave, and burning with a fire that refused to be controlled. Their connection was electric, dangerous, and real in a way nothing else ever had been.

The story takes place in Fairview, Alaska. A boy named Blake meets his most challenging situation yet, another boy named Zaven. He realizes his feelings for the boy, however unsure if the boy feels the same way and along the way finds his family is struggling. Blake tries to conquer these life problems while only being 16 years old. Good news is he isn't alone. He has his best friend Grayden to help him through the struggles of teenage life. However, Grayden seems to have his own issues between him and his brother.