romance fiction

Princesses Mare and Denna are finally together, but with Denna's gift of forbidden and dangerous fire magic, Mare knows settling down together will be difficult. Now, Denna must travel to the secret kingdom of Zumorda, where she can train with her fire without fear of persecution. Mare goes along with her in secret, disguised as an ambassador. When they arrive in Zumorda, though, the two princesses learn there has been an attack on a border town in Mynaria. Mare must make an alliance with the Zumordan queen to save her homeland, but the queen is only interested in Denna's powerful magic. Denna may have to choose between her fire and Mare.

When seventeen-year-old orphan Twain finds a strand of starlight on the cliffs outside of his town of Severon, it puts him in contact with another orphaned teen, Quinta, who is searching for a mysterious curiosity shop called the Vermilion Emporium to find her destiny. The two find the magical shop that appears in town and inside they find a book that teaches them how to weave the newly found starlight into magical lace. They are commissioned to make a starlight dress for the town's ruler, but the dress puts them into danger from others who want the starlight lace's power.

As the whispers of revolution in Paris swirl around the port city of Marseille, Gilles Etienne, a clerk at the local soap factory, finds himself caught up in the furor for freedom. He and his friends soon plan to march to Paris to dethrone the monarchy, but everything changes when he meets Marie-Caroline Daubin, the beautiful daughter of the owner of the factory where he works. Marie-Caroline is a royalist, but the two begin to fall for one another even as they are on opposing sides. When Gilles catches Marie-Caroline in a dangerous secret that could cost her and her family their lives, and he starts to question the methods of his friends, the two soon find themselves in grave danger.

Addie Cowherd dreams of becoming a novelist, but the Great Depression forces her to take the only job available to her: delivering books to the impoverished Kentucky hill country of Boone's Hollow. There, the community is deeply suspicious of her and tries to sabotage the library program. She teams up with a college graduate named Emmett Tharp, who has returned home, to keep the library system going and win over the hearts of the community.

Zara Patel is a entertainment lawyer recovering from a devastating breakup. She's determined to protect her heart at all costs and help her friends find their own happily ever afters, but that means going solo during wedding season. Everything changes when she meets grumpy ex-military security specialist Jay Dayal who has no interest in finding love. But with his mother putting pressure on him to get married, Zara agrees to help him find a girl if he introduces her to his celebrity clients. As the couple spend more and more time together, they soon find themselves falling for one another.

Seventeen-year-old soccer star Christian Powell enlists the help of his best friend and ex-girlfriend Sam Dickson to help him reach out to smart, intellectual Rosalyn Shew whom he's developed a crush on. Sam agrees and begins texting Rosalyn on behalf of Christian and coaching him from the sidelines, but when her interactions with Rosalyn lead to attraction, Sam begins to question her ruse.

"High-school senior and notorious wallflower Hawkins finally works up the courage to remove her mascot mask and ask out her longtime crush: Regina Moreno, head cheerleader, academic overachiever, and all-around popular girl. There's only one teensy little problem: Regina is already dating Chloe Kitagawa, athletic all-star... and middling English student. Regina sees a perfectly self-serving opportunity here, and asks the smitten Hawkins to tutor Chloe free of charge, knowing Hawkins will do anything to get closer to her"--Provided by publisher.

"They say L?on Delafosse will be France's next great pianist. But despite his being the youngest student ever accepted into the prestigious Paris Conservatory, there's no way an impoverished musician can make his way in 1890s Paris without an outside patron. Young gossip columnist Marcel Proust takes L?on under his wing, and the boys game their way through an extravagant new world. When the larger-than-life Count Robert de Montesquiou-F?zensac offers his patronage, L?on's dreams are made real. But the closer he gets to becoming France's next great thing, the further he strays from his old country life he shared with his family and his best friend F?lix . . . a boy he might love. With each choice L?on makes, he must navigate a fine line between two worlds--or risk losing them both"--Provided by publisher.

Teenager June must figure out how to exist in a world where she is the only one left with a heart--and whether she wants to keep hers at all.

In the aftermath of 9/11, high school sophomore Omid grapples with finding the right words to connect with his grandfather, embrace his Iranian heritage, and express his feelings towards a girl, until he immerses himself in the rhymes and rhythms of rap music and finds his voice.