Legend has it, there's a breathtaking island hidden off the coast of Vietnam. But not just any kind of island, one so beautiful it will change your entire perspective on life. For Jane and her three companions, these rumours are just too enticing to overlook. After employing a local, who agrees to take them there by boat, the group finds themselves lost in paradise. This is all Jane could ever ask for. But what happens when bizarre things start to occur on the island, and the group is left to fend for one another? Or at least try...

Cara’s mother has disappeared. Her father isn’t talking about it. Her big brother Max is hiding behind his iPod, and her genius little brother Jackson is busy studying the creatures he collects from the beach. But when a watery specter begins to haunt the family’s Cape Cod home, Cara and her brothers realize that their scientist mother may not be who they thought she was—and that the world has much stranger, much older inhabitants than they had imagined. With help from Cara’s best friend Hayley, the three embark on a quest that will lead them from the Cape’s hidden, ancient places to a shipwreck at the bottom of the sea. They’re soon on the front lines of an ancient battle between good and evil, with the terrifying “pouring man” close on their heels. One chapter will be posted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays until all 10 chapters are up. These will be followed by the second book in the series, The Shimmers in the Night. A Junior Library Guild Pick; Kirkus Reviews Best of 2011; Selected for the ABC Best Books for Children Catalog; Locus Notable Books.

Dark Path - Van City The world is smaller and far more connected than you think it is. After hunting Lana's killer throughout the world, Jimmy returned home a hunted man as well. The man he help send to prison had his sentence commuted and returned to the city looking for one man to equal the score. As Jimmy and the Fortune family faced off, life would become more complicated for the bachelor. Little did he know his ex-girlfriend, Dana, had been searching for him with news he never expected.

George, a transgender man, begins writing in a journal to stave off loneliness as he tries to survive in the zombie apocalypse. After he finds a stash of food, his paranoia only makes his loneliness more intense. When he runs into strangers he taunts them, "Run, run, as fast as you can! You can't catch me, I'm the ginger beard man!" What will happen when he runs into a foxy lady that he can't run away from?

Life is quite methodical for Alice Park - from each item in her house to the job she does, and even her nonexistent social life. She likes life the meticulous and lonely way, she even revels in it. But her paradise is shattered to pieces when an unruly young man barges in through the front door, and threatens to strip her of her last drop of sanity. Because Daniel Müller is just that guy. Who gets off of other's annoyance. An unstoppable force to be reckoned with. A rebellious spirit who believes life is supposed to be shared with as many people as possible. They both become roommates and somehow don't kill each other on the first day itself. But how long will Daniel tolerate Alice's prudish ways? And how many mistakes will it take on Daniel's part for Alice to draw the line? And what if somewhere in the middle, the forbidden, unimaginable happens? Can you hate the fundamental nature of a person, but still fall in love with their personality? Not sure about anyone, but Alice certainly can't. At least, that's what she believes. ••• Started - 2/11/2022 Ended - Ongoing Cover by - Me