Just how far can a mothers love go!? Mother knows best.

An elderly collector of second-hand books wrestles with his unusual ability to "read" the lives of his books' previous owners... and with one unique book he can't seem to read.

Sixteen-year-old Opal might be everything you hate in a person. She's snobby, conceited, and has more popularity than she knows what to do with in her sunny and densely populated Florida city. In contrast, Jack, nicknamed "Alaska" by Opal in regards to the quiet Alaskan town where he resides, is sweet, caring, and compassionate. The two are complete opposites in almost every way. When Opal is whisked away to some unheard of town in Alaska to spend spring break with her older brother and brand new and annoying stepsister, she is not happy. After all, spring break is a time to tan and lay by the pool, not freeze in the snow as you only get paler. But things get even more complicated when an accident leaves Opal and Jack lost in the middle of nowhere with nothing more than a survival backpack and each other. Though the two were brought together by chance and they disagree on practically everything, they now must rely on each other if they want to get back in one piece. With constant battles being thrown their way that seem nearly impossible to overcome, confessions that are bound to be unleashed, and the blossoming promise of second chances, there is no telling what lies ahead for these two. They only have one mission: find their way back to civilization in time before it's too late.

Cassidy and Drex are strangers. They've never met, they don't know the other's last names, and they don't know the other's age. But they share one thing in common. They converse through the pages of an English classic at the town library. The pair's words are read by Flora, the main librarian with a soft spot in her heart, as well as a secret of her own. She tells the story she reads of the two meeting in the margins.

Lila Yadhavar and Nikhil Shah are Indian-Americans from dominantly Caucasian schools located in Virginia and San Francisco, respectively. The only thing that's different between them is that Lila struggles to fit in with this society, and for Nikhil, a.k.a. Nick, it was a piece of naan. When they both enroll into Stanford University, they find themselves introduced to a large, robust, non-assimilated South Asian student community. The two meet and discover the world of fusing two contrasting cultures while learning more about themselves. COVER BY guardedsoul BUY YOUR COPY TODAY http://a.co/48RBvVX

Reid has been homeless on the streets of New York for years now, fighting for cash in clubs and sleeping in empty buildings. With his special ability, Reid could have whatever life he wanted, but chooses not to. When Sam meets Reid on the subway, she has a hard time forgetting about him, and not only because he keeps showing up in the least likely of places. Sam doesn't know it at first, but the boy she just met is about to show her a whole other world.