Lorendian, a small country north of Russia, is under attack by Radeskian, a neighboring country with which Lorendian coexists peacefully only by immense effort. Radeskian is mad with thirst for power, perhaps even going so far as to plant a spy within the royal circle. But none of that matters to Celeste Edulici, the eldest daughter of Lorendian's single most influential family. Aside from not having seen her father in a decade, Celeste is something of a mystery, even to those closest to her. A dark cloak hides her face from view all the time, whether hiding beauty or abnormality nobody knows. Her face hasn't been seen in public since her dad disappeared. Not once. So when the tables turn and a royal starts taking interest in Celeste, she's at a loss. Between the loss of a father, an oncoming war, and a prince fighting for her affection, will Celeste finally shed her cloak?

Meet Willow Celeste. After caring for her mother for so long, and losing her so tragically, Willow is haunted by a deep, and seemingly impenetrable sadness. Her eyes scream out in desperation and pain at anybody who can bare to look into them. When her mother dies, Willow's guardianship is left to a family friend - so Willow is forced to pack her belongings and move to a quiet, old town. However, the darkness and inner turmoil continues to follow her. Here, in this small town, she begins to learn why.

Rose's life can't get much worse. Her parents just died from a mystery murderer. Unfortunately, her life does get worse when she looks into an alley to find the most beautiful and dangerous man of her dreams. His name is Bane. Rose has tons of decisions she must face; Which brother, Bane or Ray, is her one true love, if she should join them and become a vampire, and whether or not to trust them after she learns the terrible truth about what they did to her in the past.

After Reagan found out that she was a product of her mother's teenage indiscretion and her so-called father's reason for her abuse, she went to her boyfriend's house for comfort only to find him sleeping with another girl. With that she ran and ended up at the bus stop where she met a man named Derek. She was enthralled with his beauty and she ended up opening to the stranger's serene face. Derek, however, after hearing her story, decided to help by letting her stay with him. She doesn't want to impose but what else does she have to lose? She had nowhere to go and sure as hell didn't want to go back. She accepted his offer and stayed with him. After two years, she came back. To where the pain started. Reagan will soon find out that Derek was no ordinary man. And when she finds out, she will be thrown into a world that shouldn't exist in real life. Can she take it or should she ran away? More secrets will pop out and her ex boyfriend, has a secret of his own.

Arianna's life as Poison Tester was never one of choice - but ever since That Night, her life has been haunted by deadly assassins, two handsome Princes, her fight for survival, games of deception and the Court intrigue she's been forced to play. Losing means her life and the King's, as well as the downfall of the kingdom she loves. Arianna is certain of only one thing - there can be no happily ever afters for the Poisoned... but could there be? **INSPIRED BY "POISON STUDY," BY THE AMAZING MARIA V. SNYDER**

Amy is a focused student and just wants to enjoy a care free senior year. Her family is fiercely over protective and she accepted years ago that boys just wasn't worth all the trouble. She would find her mate someday but until then she would just live happily independent. That is until new student, Steven arrives on the first day of school. Fireworks immediately sparked between the two, how hard and long will they both fight the burning attraction?

My breath came in short pants and my heart took off at a staccato pace. I felt my skin warm and my blood tingle and this was all just from seeing him again. At first he looked shocked, and then his face turned to a mask of longing. I could hardly believe that I was standing here staring into the eyes of Zach, my Zachary. And then just as quickly a wave of anger washed over his face. I was taken aback by the intensity. He winked at me and then he did the unthinkable. He reached for the girl beside him and laid a kiss on her that would make the Madame of a whore house blush. I quickly turned away and ran off in the other direction. How could I have been so stupid to think that Zach would want plain old me after what I did to him three years ago? He was way to gorgeous to sit around and long for me the same way that I craved him. It was nothing more that just a stupid little girls fantasy, but dammit, why did seeing the truth of it have to hurt so much?

Giselle isn't your average teenage girl. Besides the fact that she's hot headed and argumentative she also can control fire. When she's captured and taken to a special school by the name of Gifted Academy, Giselle Riley doesn't know what to expect. All she knows is that the last thing she wants is to be among people with special gifts such as speed, earth bending and telepathy. That is until the moment she realizes shes one of them. Through challenging struggles and suspense Giselle tries to figure out who she really is and who shes destined to be. Through falling in love, making new friends and destroying dark forces will Giselle finally find out who she really is or is there something more shes been needing to find out all along?

Isabella, mysterious,delicate and distant, transfers to a new school and amongst the rabble of normal student life, she manages to find Alec. He is everything she is not, outgoing,popular and sunny, and soon she finds herself unable to separate from him and the sunshine that his existence casts over everything. But despite all that she knows that he's hiding something important, something that could destroy her.

its hard being the secret best friend of the next king, for Tess and James their friendship spanning twelve years changes when Tess comes back from the boarding school she attended for three years, to see James as no longer a boy but a man. Causing her to ask herself is it possible to be best friends with a future king, and an even more impossible question is it possible to love him too.