first loves

"It's Tessa and Weston's first Christmas together, and Tessa is determined to make it the best holiday ever. But when her estranged mother shows up with a suitcase and plans to stay for two weeks, Tessa's hopes are shattered. Bitter from the past and still holding a grudge, Tessa is in no mood to give her mother a second chance. The holiday season may be a time of reconciliation with family, but Tessa believes her mother will never change. Why get close when she's just going to leave again? Tessa realizes there is only one way to save this Christmas: avoid her mother as much as possible. With the best intentions in mind, Tessa chooses to not tell her mother about Weston's disability. But when they meet face-to-face, Tessa is mortified and ashamed by her mother's insensitive remarks. Weston begins to think he is the real cause of Tessa's shame. His old demons resurrect to haunt him with doubts: What if, one day, Tessa stops loving him because of his disability? Determined to prove his love for her, Weston makes it his mission to be the best boyfriend ever and works to reunite Tessa with her mother. Meanwhile, Tessa plots elaborate ways to avoid 'mother-daughter time' at all costs. One scheme leads to another, until Tessa finds herself tangled in a web of deceit--and, worst of all, lying to Weston. When the secrets between them force Tessa and Weston to face their greatest fears, they must confront the inescapable question: Is true love worth the risk of heartbreak? Is it ever too late to forgive and start over?"--Back cover.

Thirteen-year-old Phoebe is surprised and excited when she's asked to join the debating team. She'll get to see a lot more of Jagath, her fellow teammate and secret crush. Then Phoebe discovers that her dad doesn't like her hanging out with Jagath, prompting her to stand up for herself and her beliefs.

Moth, who lost her family in an accident, and Sani, who is battling ongoing depression, take a road trip that has them chasing ghosts and searching for ancestors, which helps them move forward in surprising, powerful and unforgettable ways.

"Sent away at sixteen to live with an aunt she barely knew in Ocracoke, a remote village on North Carolina's Outer Banks, she could think only of the friends and family she left behind . . . until she meets Bryce Trickett, one of the few teenagers on the island. By 2019, She is a renowned travel photographer.But this year she is unexpectedly grounded over Christmas, struggling to come to terms with a sobering medical diagnosis. Increasingly dependent on a young assistant, she finds herself becoming close to him. As they count down the last days of the season together, she begins to tell him the story of another Christmas, decades earlier-and the love that set her on a course she never could have imagined"--.

"Summer, 1518. A strange sickness sweeps through Strasbourg: women dance in the streets, some until they fall down dead. As rumors of witchcraft spread, suspicion turns toward Lavinia and her family, and Lavinia may have to do the unimaginable to save herself and everyone she loves. Five centuries later, a pair of red shoes seal to Rosella Oliva's feet, making her dance uncontrollably. They draw her toward a boy who knows the dancing fever's history better than anyone: Emil, whose family was blamed for the fever five hundred years ago. But there's more to what happened in 1518 than even Emil knows, and discovering the truth may decide whether Rosella survives the red shoes"--Amazon.com.

College-bound romantic Daniel Bae and Jamaica-born pragmatist Natasha Kingsley meet, and fall for each other, over one magical day amidst the fervor and flurry of New York City. Sparks immediately fly between these two strangers, who might never have met had fate not given them a little push. But will fate be enough to take these teens from star-crossed to lucky in love?.

Sixteen-year-old Poppy Patterson moves across the country to find a new start after getting pregnant. She carves a life for herself and is happy working at a night club while raising her kid. Meanwhile, TK Moore dreams of becoming an NFL player, but memories of the girl he thought would be at his side through the fame playing professional football are still painful. TK and Poppy meet again in unlikely circumstance and the two rekindle emotions long-held at bay, and secrets between them are revealed.

In the present, Rosella Olivia makes shoes for her town's magical festival every October. This year, the Olivia family crafts shoes that impart a sense of impulsive love and desire, but over the course of the family's five-generation history, this wasn't always the case. In the summer of 1518, a dancing sickness struck more than 400 people, some of whom died, and authorities blamed and banished a Romani family. Rosella puts on a pair of her shoes and is inexplicably drawn to Emil, whose family was blamed for the 1518 outbreak. Together they learn a shocking truth about their shared history and Rosella's fate.

"The first year they are eligible to vote, Marva and Duke meet at their polling place and, over the course of one crazy day, fall in love"--Provided by publisher.