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  • Deadly Little Voices by Laurie Faria Stolarz

    Deadly Little Voices by Laurie Faria Stolarz

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 32 ratings
    High school junior Camelia thought her powers of psychometry only gave her the ability to sense the future through touch. But now she’s started to hear voices. Mean voices. Berating her, telling her how ugly she is, and that she’d be better off dead...
  • Blessed Child (The Caleb Books Series Book 1) by Ted Dekker, Bill Bright

    Blessed Child (The Caleb Books Series Book 1) by Ted Dekker, Bill Bright

    Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    A young orphaned boy was abandoned and raised in an Ethiopian monastery. He has never seen outside its walls—at least, not the way most people see. Now he must flee or die.But the world beyond is hardly ready for a boy like Caleb...
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  • The Farseekers by Isobelle Carmody

    The Farseekers by Isobelle Carmody

    Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars
    · 34 ratings
    A Children's Book Council of Australia Honor Book In this powerful sequel to Obernewtyn , young Elspeth Gordie-possessed of extraordinary mental powers-has united with others Misfits for refuge on the remote mountain keep of Obernewtyn. Yet the threat from the totalitarian Council to their safety is ever present...
  • Dark Secrets 1 by Elizabeth Chandler

    Dark Secrets 1 by Elizabeth Chandler

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    Two girls haunted by the past... and destined to relive it In Legacy of Lies , Megan has to stay with the uptight grandmother she wants nothing to do with. She's determined to get through the visit without any drama, but when she falls into a twisted love triangle with potentially fatal consequences, Megan may be caught up in her family's legacy in more ways than she realizes...
  • The List by Robert Whitlow

    The List by Robert Whitlow

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 27 ratings
    In a world of secrets, where evil has reigned for over a hundred years, the power of an ancient covenant will change the life of one man forever. As a struggling young attorney fresh out of law school, Renny Jacobson pines for the day he can afford the luxuries of the partners in his Charlotte firm...
  • Blue is for Nightmares Collections by Laurie Faria Stolarz

    Blue is for Nightmares Collections by Laurie Faria Stolarz

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    With over 500,000 in print, this best-selling series about a teen witch has cast a spell upon young adults across the world! In commemoration of this remarkable success, each volume—Blue is for Nightmares, White is for Magic, Silver is for Secrets, and Red is for Remembrance—has been updated with a new cover...
  • The Sending by Isobelle Carmody

    The Sending by Isobelle Carmody

    Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    It came to me then, like a chilly draught from an unseen gap, that I had always known in my deepest heart that it would be like this, a slipping away from a life full of people I had come to love, in a place I had helped to shape, in a land I had helped to free...
  • Dark Premonitions by Heather Topham Wood

    Dark Premonitions by Heather Topham Wood

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Psychic Kate Edwards had her first premonition—a vision of her own murder by a faceless attacker. With very few clues to go on, she has to use her psychic gifts to uncover who wants her dead. Paranoia sets in and Kate wonders if there’s anybody she can trust. As Kate fears her impending death, she’s desperate to seek comfort with her ex-boyfriend Jared Corbett...
  • 'Til Death by Carol J. Perry

    'Til Death by Carol J. Perry

    Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    The staff at Salem, Massachusetts’s local station, WICH-TV, is looking forward to the wedding of their program director, Lee Barrett. But when Lee heads off on her Maine honeymoon, she’ll be haunted by the ghosts of her own past . . . Lee and Detective Sergeant Pete Mondello are finally tying the knot—and Lee is tying up loose ends before the big day...
  • Forevermore by Cindy Miles

    Forevermore by Cindy Miles

    Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars
    · 18 ratings
    On a misty cliffside, mystery and romance await. . . . Ivy Calhoun's life has been turned upside down. Her new stepdad has uprooted Ivy and her mom, bringing them to live in an actual castle in the misty Scottish countryside. There are stone-faced servants and shadowy corridors, and the ancient walls seem full of secrets. Ivy is at once frightened and intrigued...
  • The Oceanography of the Moon by Glendy Vanderah

    The Oceanography of the Moon by Glendy Vanderah

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    A heartfelt novel of shedding secrets, facing the past, and embracing the magic of love and family by the Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Where the Forest Meets the Stars.After the untimely deaths of her aunt and mother, young Riley Mays moved from Chicago to her cousins’ Wisconsin farm...
  • Echoes by Melinda Metz

    Echoes by Melinda Metz

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Can't believe she did that . . . . . . at four-thirty I have to . . . . . . I hate this place . . . Rae Voight is losing her mind. When she walks down the halls of Sanderson Prep, she hears voices . . . even when no one is talking. Other people's thoughts crowd her head, a confusing tangle of insecurities and dark secrets...
  • The Reason by Marley Gibson

    The Reason by Marley Gibson

    Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    It's not everyday you have a premonition of your own demise. But two months after Kendall had a vision of her own death, all is well in her world. Maybe some cosmic wires got crossed. Then Kendall gets a request by the mayor of Radisson to investigate the mayoral manor. Emily and Loreen warn her against it: This spirit is dangerous. But not even they can see just how dangerous...
  • The Lighthouse by Christopher Parker

    The Lighthouse by Christopher Parker

    Rated: 4.09 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    Enchanting, mysterious, and deeply romantic, The Lighthouse follows a young woman's breathtaking journey far from home to discover where she truly belongs.Something strange is happening in Seabrook. The town's lighthouse–dormant for over thirty years and famously haunted–has inexplicably started shining, and its mysterious glow is sparking feverish gossip throughout the spooked community...
  • Genesis Academy: The Seer's Legacy by Barbara Hartzler

    Genesis Academy: The Seer's Legacy by Barbara Hartzler

    Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars
    · 9 ratings
    One day I’m the darling of the Guardians and the next our whole family is running for their lives.All because I saw my first premonition ever …Now they want me to go undercover at Genesis Academy, the Guardian’s school for rebels and rejects. Me—the goody-goody science nerd with the brand new powers. Oh, and I have to keep my budding Seer powers a secret. Too bad they manifest at the worst times...
  • Moment of Truth by Michael Pryor

    Moment of Truth by Michael Pryor

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Aubrey has a difficult choice to make to save his friends when Albion erupts into war—and it could cost him his life   The war that has been looming for so long finally erupts, sending Albion and the continent into chaos. Aubrey, George, and Caroline are brought into a top-secret espionage unit and sent on a mission to investigate a mysterious magical facility on the Gallia–Holmland border...
  • The Guidance by Marley Gibson

    The Guidance by Marley Gibson

    Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings
    Kendall and her ghost hunting team is the talk of Radisson, Georgia, but one person isn’t so pleased. Courtney Langdon doesn’t appreciate Kendall’s new popularity or her relationship with Jason, Courtney’s ex.So Courtney begins dabbling in the paranormal world. At first it’s all a game to draw attention away from Kendall. But Courtney doesn’t know what she’s getting into—or what wants in her...
  • My Date From Hell by Tellulah Darling

    My Date From Hell by Tellulah Darling

    Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    Sophie Bloom’s junior year has been a bit of a train wreck. After the world’s greatest kiss re-awakened Sophie’s true identity as Persephone (Goddess of Spring and Savior of Humanity), she fought her dragon-lady guidance counselor to the death, navigated mean girl Bethany’s bitchy troublemaking, and dealt with the betrayal of her backstabbing ex, Kai (sexy Prince of Darkness)...
  • Blink Once by Cylin Busby

    Blink Once by Cylin Busby

    Rated: 4.02 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    West is a high school senior who has everything going for him until an accident leaves him paralyzed. Strapped down in his hospital bed, slipping in and out of consciousness, West is terrified and alone. Until he meets Olivia. She's the girl next door-sort of...
  • Ominous by Kate Brian

    Ominous by Kate Brian

    Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    After the shocking revelations made in the Private prequel, The Book of Spells , Noelle and Reed know they are descendants of the original Billings Girls, and their legacy includes a mysterious coven of witches...
  • Uncovering Cobbogoth by Hannah L. Clark

    Uncovering Cobbogoth by Hannah L. Clark

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Norah Lukens needs to uncover the truth about the fabled lost city of Cobbogoth. After her archaeologist uncle’s murder, Norah is asked to translate his old research journal for evidence and discovers that his murder was a cover-up for something far more sinister...
  • The Deep by Helen Dunmore

    The Deep by Helen Dunmore

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 31 ratings
    The third spellbinding story about Sapphy and Conor's adventures in the powerful and dangerous underwater world of Ingo. A devastating flood has torn through the worlds of Air and Ingo, and now, deep in the ocean, a monster is stirring. Mer legend says that only those with dual blood -- half Mer, half human -- can overcome the Kraken...
  • Vengeance by Kate Brian

    Vengeance by Kate Brian

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    After the devastating events at Reed's birthday party, Noelle is determined to put the past to rest, but Reed is adament about rebuilding Billings. Coming up against endless roadblocks from the headmaster, not to mention Billings alumni, Reed will not let her legacy end with a pile of rubble. As if that weren't enough, old ghosts come back to haunt to the Billings Girls...
  • The Silver Prince by Lyndsey Hall

    The Silver Prince by Lyndsey Hall

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    *See all of the books in the Once Upon a Prince Series HERE.*A soldier who conjures shadows.A princess cursed to dance.A mystery none can solve.The people of the Silver Isle are brutes. Savages who live in darkness for half the year. They are not to be trusted, or so Princess Isadora has been raised to believe. As Crown Princess of the Golden Isle, she is the shining light of her kingdom...
  • The Lightning Tree by Lene Fogelberg

    The Lightning Tree by Lene Fogelberg

    Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Nature finally rises against humanity. Flora Reed discovers a lifeless body in her front yard the morning after the last day of her junior year of high school. Matters get worse when more people from her small town are found dead under mysterious circumstances and police take an interest in the boy next door, Carl...
  • State of Sorrow by Melinda Salisbury

    State of Sorrow by Melinda Salisbury

    Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Sorrow - for that is all she brings us.A people laid low by grief and darkness.A cut-throat race for power and victory.A girl with everything and nothing to lose…By day, Sorrow governs the Court of Tears, covering for her grief-maddened father, who has turned their once celebrated land into a living monument for the brother who died before she was born...
  • The Dead and Buried by Kim Harrington

    The Dead and Buried by Kim Harrington

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings
    A haunted house, a buried mystery, and a very angry ghost make this one unforgettable thriller. Jade loves the house she's just moved into with her family. She doesn't even mind being the new girl at the high school: It's a fresh start, and there's that one guy with the dreamy blue eyes. . . . But then things begin happening. Strange, otherworldly things...
  • Vanished by Kate Brian

    Vanished by Kate Brian

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Against all odds, Reed Brennan re-established Billings as an underground literary society. She and the new initiates created a glamorous secret headquarters and were ready to show Easton Academy that even though Billings House is gone, the Billings Girls are stronger than ever. But before Reed had a chance to revel in her success, something horrible happened: Noelle disappeared...
  • Undone by Elizabeth Norris

    Undone by Elizabeth Norris

    Rated: 3.96 of 5 stars
    · 21 ratings
    Before the accident. Before their universes collided. Before they fell in love. Riveting and romantic, Undone: An Unraveling Novella contains three short stories set in the world of Unraveling, the first book in the gripping sci-fi duology by Elizabeth Norris...
  • It Waits in the Forest by Sarah Dass

    It Waits in the Forest by Sarah Dass

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Unlike the other residents of the small Caribbean Island of St. Virgil, Selina DaSilva does not believe in magic. With a logical mind and a knack for botany, Selina used to dream of leaving the island to study Pharmacology—until a vicious, unsolved attack left her father dead and her mother in a coma...
  • The Weight of a Thousand Oceans by Jillian Webster

    The Weight of a Thousand Oceans by Jillian Webster

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    In a world where cities sprawl like half-submerged skeletons, Maia has spent her entire life hidden within the mountains of New Zealand. Her only companions being her ailing grandfather and a nomadic dog named Huck, Maia resents being alone...
  • Never Apart by Romily Bernard

    Never Apart by Romily Bernard

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 7 ratings
    How many times would you die for love?What if you had to relive the same five days over and over?And what if at the end of it, your boyfriend is killed…And you have to watch. Every time.You don’t know why you’re stuck in this nightmare.But you do know that these are the rules you now live by:Wake Up.Run.Die.Repeat.Now, the only way to escape this loop is to attempt something crazy...
  • Secrets of the Time Society by Alexandra Monir

    Secrets of the Time Society by Alexandra Monir

    Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings
    There exists a secret society where one's ability to travel through time is "gifted" to members only by blood. Those who try to enter the society quickly come to realize that time is a force not to be reckoned with...
  • Dreamquake by Elizabeth Knox

    Dreamquake by Elizabeth Knox

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings
    The dreamhunting began as a beautiful thing, when Tziga Hame discovered that he could enter the Place and share the dreams he found there with other people. But Tziga Hame has disappeared and Laura, his daughter, knows that the art of projecting dreams has turned sour. On St...
  • Pantomime by Laura Lam

    Pantomime by Laura Lam

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings
    R. H. Ragona’s Circus of Magic is the greatest circus of Ellada. Nestled among the glowing blue Penglass—remnants of a mysterious civilization long gone—are wonders beyond the wildest imagination. It’s a place where anything seems possible, where if you close your eyes you can believe that the magic and knowledge of the vanished Chimaera is still there. It’s a place where anyone can hide...
  • Amber House by Kelly Moore, Larkin Reed

    Amber House by Kelly Moore, Larkin Reed

    Rated: 3.91 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    "I was sixteen the first time my grandmother died . . ." Sarah Parsons has never seen Amber House, the grand Maryland estate that's been in her family for three centuries. She's never walked its hedge maze nor found its secret chambers; she's never glimpsed the shades that haunt it, nor hunted for lost diamonds in its walls. But all of that is about to change...
  • Obernewtyn by Isobelle Carmody

    Obernewtyn by Isobelle Carmody

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 41 ratings
    The Obernewtyn Chronicles - Book OneFor Elspeth Gordie freedom is-like so much else after the Great White-a memory. It was a time known as the Age of Chaos. In a final explosive flash everything was destroyed. The few who survived banded together and formed a Council for protection...
  • The Girl With No Soul by Morgan Owen

    The Girl With No Soul by Morgan Owen

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings
    How can you find your soul mate, when you don't have a soul? Iris lives in a world ruled by The Order. Inspectors police the population by keeping careful watch over people's souls. If they shine their lanterns on you, your soul is projected for the world to see... and judge. But Iris has a deadly secret ... she is a hollow, a person with no soul...
  • Thin Space by Jody Casella

    Thin Space by Jody Casella

    Rated: 3.89 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    Ever since the car accident that killed his twin brother, Marshall Windsor has been consumed with guilt and crippled by secrets of that fateful night. He has only one chance to make amends, to right his wrongs and set things right. He must find a Thin Space—a mythical point where the barrier between this world and the next is thin enough for a person to step through to the other side...
  • Buried by Linda Joy Singleton

    Buried by Linda Joy Singleton

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    A new, darker paranormal mystery series from award-winning author Linda Joy Singleton—featuring popular goth girl Thorn from The Seer series Thorn Matthews is a Finder, a person with the psychic ability to find things just by touching an object. The visions she gets from objects—events and memories—are what guide her to the things that need to be found...
  • Deadly Cool by Gemma Halliday

    Deadly Cool by Gemma Halliday

    Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars
    · 35 ratings
    Hartley Grace Featherstone is having a very bad day. First she finds out that her boyfriend is cheating on her with the president of the Herbert Hoover High School Chastity Club. Then he’s pegged as the #1 suspect in a murder. And if that weren’t enough, now he’s depending on Hartley to clear his name...
  • Neverwas by Kelly Moore, Tucker Reed

    Neverwas by Kelly Moore, Tucker Reed

    Rated: 3.87 of 5 stars
    · 13 ratings
    "I was sixteen the second time I had my first kiss...." At the end of AMBER HOUSE, Sarah made a choice that transformed everything--and now she must choose it all again. Things are very different--better--for Sarah and her family: her Aunt Maggie grew up; her parents are happily married; her grandmother died after a long, productive and respected life...
  • The Vessel Games by E.J. Eden

    The Vessel Games by E.J. Eden

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Welcome to the Vessel Games—where men fight to the death to claim a Vessel wife.After the Great War devastated the lands, birth rates sharply declined, and the world descended into anarchy. The Monarchy seized control, creating a stranglehold over the land and the few women left who can bear children...
  • Where She Fell by Kaitlin Ward

    Where She Fell by Kaitlin Ward

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 25 ratings
    Watch your step.Eliza knows the legends about the swamp near her house—that people have fallen into sinkholes, never to be seen again, maybe even falling to the center of the earth. As an aspiring geologist, she knows the last part is impossible. But when her best friends drag her onto the uneven ground anyway, Eliza knows to be worried...
  • Far Far Away by Tom McNeal

    Far Far Away by Tom McNeal

    Rated: 3.86 of 5 stars
    · 30 ratings
    It says quite a lot about Jeremy Johnson Johnson that the strangest thing about him isn't even the fact his mother and father both had the same last name. Jeremy once admitted he's able to hear voices, and the townspeople of Never Better have treated him like an outsider since. After his mother left, his father became a recluse, and it's been up to Jeremy to support the family...
  • Asunder by Jodi Meadows

    Asunder by Jodi Meadows

    Rated: 3.82 of 5 stars
    · 39 ratings
    DARKSOULS Ana has always been the only one. Asunder. Apart. But after Templedark, when many residents of Heart were lost forever, some hold Ana responsible for the darksouls–and the newsouls who may be born in their place. SHADOWS Many are afraid of Ana’s presence, a constant reminder of unstoppable changes and the unknown...
  • Til Death by Kate Evangelista

    Til Death by Kate Evangelista

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings
    Sixteen-year old Selena Fallon is a dreamer. Not a day-dreamer, but an I-see-the-future kind of dreamer. Normally this is not a problem as she has gotten pretty good at keeping her weird card hidden from everyone in her small town. Except from her best friend Kyle and her grandparents, of course. But when Selena dreams of her own rather bloody death, things get a little too freaky even for her...
  • Unbroken by Paula Morris

    Unbroken by Paula Morris

    Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
    · 26 ratings
    Welcome back to New Orleans. Where the streets swirl with jazz and beauty. Where the houses breathe with ghosts. A year ago, Rebecca Brown escaped death in a New Orleans cemetery. Now she has returned to this haunting city. She is looking forward to seeing Anton Grey, the boy who may or may not have her heart. But she also meets a ghost: a troubled boy who insists only she can help him...
  • Bad Hair Day by Carrie Harris

    Bad Hair Day by Carrie Harris

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings
    Senior year is positively hair-raising. Kate Grable is geeked out to shadow the county medical examiner as part of her school’s pre-med program. Except when he’s arrested for murder, she’s left with the bodies. And when Kate’s brother Jonah stumbles upon a dead gamer girl, she realizes that the zombie epidemic she cured last fall was only the beginning of the weirdness taking over her town...
  • Into the Fire by Ashelyn Drake

    Into the Fire by Ashelyn Drake

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings
    Seventeen-year-old Cara Tillman’s life is a perfectly normal one until Logan Schmidt moves to Ashlan Falls. Cara is inexplicably drawn to him, but she’s not exactly complaining. Logan’s like no boy she’s ever met, and he brings out a side of Cara that she isn’t used to. As the two get closer, everything is nearly perfect, and Cara looks forward to the future. But Cara isn’t a normal girl...
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