teenagers

"Armed with ancient magic and all the authority of the holy church, Laus Barn led his ruthless Templar Knights to try and subjugate the free pirates of Andika. Faced with their overwhelming power, pirate captain Meiru decides to cut a deal. In exchange for a payout, the church will look the other way and allow her to rule Andika. . .but there's one big catch. The thing the church wants most of all is possession of Meiru's little sister, and the magic she commands. With the Liberators, pirates, and church all converging on Andika, the stage is set for a dangerous confrontation!"--Back cover.

"An apostle of the false god Ehit descends upon the Liberators, prepared to inflict death and destruction without mercy. The Liberators came to the desert to recruit Naiz, the wielder of ancient spacial magics, but his refusal leaves them alone against an overwhelming foe. Do Oscar and Miledi have what it takes to survive the ruthless onslaught of a divine emissary?"--Amazon.

"Spurred on by the dark secrets of her past, the bubbly Miledi Reisen invited Oscar Orcus to join her quest to upend the order of the entire world. Hoping to protect his beloved family, Oscar refused -- but when dark forces answering to the Holy Church threaten the livelihood of his younger siblings, his decision quickly changes. Confronted with the atrocities of the Holy Knights, it's time for Oscar to reveal his true power! Spellfire and brimstone erupt as zealots battle heretics. The strongest synergist emerges from obscurity!"--Back cover.

"Long before any child of Earth came to the world of Tortus, the Liberators fought their own war: a struggle against the gods themselves. Oscar Orcus was never the type to seek out that kind of conflict. He lives a simple life as a magical craftsman. But when the powerful magician Miledi Reisen barges into his life, he's swept up into the tides of history. When the two of them meet, sparks fly that will set the whole world ablaze!"--Back cover.

Jason who is tired of living in the shadow of his rock star brother heads to Sea Breeze, Alabama, to get away from it all, but once he arrives he finds himself falling for a tall, blond, resident wild child named Jess.

When a prominent local adult is killed at a teen house party, the whole school seems to know who is to blame, but no one will go to the police.

"Mei Lee is a confident, dorky thirteen-year-old torn between staying her mother's dutiful daughter and the chaos of adolescence. And as if changes to her interests, relationships, and body weren't enough, whenever she gets too excited (which for a teenager is practically ALWAYS), she 'poofs' into a giant red panda"--Provided by publisher.

Imaginative thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis, misinterpreting a scene between her older sister Cecilia and Robbie Turner, the housekeeper's son, later accuses Robbie of a crime she has no proof he committed and spends years trying to atone for her actions.

Seventeen-year-olds Stella and Will, both suffering from cystic fibrosis, realize the only way to stay alive is to stay apart, but their love for each other is slowly pushing the boundaries of physical and emotional safety.

"My whole world changed when I stepped inside the academy. Nothing is right about this place or the other students in it. Here I am, a mere mortal among gods...or monsters. I still can't decide which of these warring factions I belong to, if I belong at all. I only know the one thing that unites them is their hatred of me. Then there's Jaxon Vega. A vampire with deadly secrets who hasn't felt anything for a hundred years. But there's something about him that calls to me, something broken in him that somehow fits with what's broken in me"--Amazon.