The Zodiac curse returns to the next young Sohmas with a vengeance, and Akito descends once again into the old order. New challenges are made and met, romance blossoms, and new bonds are forged. But, can they find a way to at last alter their fate? Is it even possible? While the heart beats, hope lingers. **WARNING** If you haven't read the whole manga, there are many spoilers in the first chapter!

Eryn's ultimate goal was to look good for prom. When she didn't have the money to buy the dress she wanted, she was forced to take up a part time job at a cafe. That was when she met Dillan, a self-centered, rich brat, who's only working there for his father's sake. When Eryn and Dillan's personalities collide, all they wanted was to stay as far away from each other as possible. Little did they know, over time, they would start to feel otherwise.

13-year-old Morgan has stumbled upon something strange: a passage to a secret world. Myths, monsters, and all the creatures she had ever dreamed of existed in an alternate dimension known as the Crystal Realm. But living a life of fantasy is definitely not for the faint of heart. Morgan and four of her friends gain the ability to control the elements, and are pulled into a quest of good vs. evil to overthrow the Enforcers. As if that isn't enough, they must also save the entire realm of Dimensia from the clutches of the Fallonine - a super-race that was the product of a freak accident and has since spread like a virus. One mistake could cost them not only their own lives, but the lives of millions across the globe. An ancient prophecy. A destiny of epic proportions. The ultimate sacrifice. When the fate of the entire world is resting on the shoulders of five kids, nothing is as it seems...

High school is hard for most people and for Chloe Miller, this is no exception. She is forced to learn the perils of her choices the hard way and the result leads her to building a steel wall around herself that is impossible to crack. Eventually, her mother loses her job and Chloe is then forced to move in with her cousin and their family. This means a new school and on the first day she arrives with a dynamite mission in mind. A mission to reclaim everything that she had once lost at the hands of others. She quickly finds herself fighting a past that she struggles to forget and creating a future that she can live with. It becomes a constant battle for her, centered around peer pressure, character stereo types, cliques and consequences. Couple that with the plight of falling in love and she finds herself playing a starring role in the game of life where everyone is playing for keeps. Will she win... or will she lose? Excerpt: Sauntering forwards, she slid onto his lap with all the grace of a prima ballerina and wrapped her long arms around his neck. Leaning in to his ear, she blew out a little puff of hot air so that it fanned lightly over all the right places. She felt a sense of utter satisfaction when he shuddered. Now that Chloe was certain that she had his attention, she whispered in his ear. “You may have been the best bucko, but guess what…..I’m going to be better.” She lifted up so that she could look him in the face and smiled confidently back at him. His previous cocky demeanor had seemed to have lost some of its earlier steam, “Who are you?” he asked so low that only Chloe could hear him. His forehead was creased as he searched her face, watching her as if she was some type of strange puzzle that needed to be solved. Chloe lifted her hand patted his cheek. The boy didn’t have a clue. “I, my friend, am your biggest adversary. So what do you say Mr. Player, won’t you play with me?”