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A 2019 NEWBERY HONOR BOOK
*A Walter Dean Myers Honor Winner
*An ALA Notable Book
*A Malka Penn Award Recipient
*A New York Times Editor’s Choice Pick
*A Junior Library Guild Selection
*Named a Best Book of the Year by Amazon, Kirkus Reviews, The New York Times, NPR, School Library Journal, and The Washington Post.

“A gripping, nuanced story of the human cost of conflict appropriate for both children and adults.”
–Kirkus, starred review

In the vein of Inside Out and Back Again and The War That Saved My Life comes a poignant, personal, and hopeful tale of India’s partition, and of one girl’s journey to find a new home in a divided country

It’s 1947, and India, newly independent of British rule, has been separated into two countries: Pakistan and India. The divide has created much tension between Hindus and Muslims, and hundreds of thousands are killed crossing borders.

Half-Muslim, half-Hindu twelve-year-old Nisha doesn’t know where she belongs, or what her country is anymore. When Papa decides it’s too dangerous to stay in what is now Pakistan, Nisha and her family become refugees and embark first by train but later on foot to reach her new home. The journey is long, difficult, and dangerous, and after losing her mother as a baby, Nisha can’t imagine losing her homeland, too. But even if her country has been ripped apart, Nisha still believes in the possibility of putting herself back together.

Told through Nisha’s letters to her mother, The Night Diary is a heartfelt story of one girl’s search for home, for her own identity…and for a hopeful future.

I’m in your house. I’m your friend. You can trust me.

A voice-driven, read-in-one-night suspense thriller coming to you in 2025.

“The very definition of a page-turner! This smart, original, twisty story had me gripped from the first to the last page.” —Liane Moriarty, New York Times bestselling author

A read-in-one-night suspense thriller narrated by a compulsive liar whose little white lies allow her to enter into the life and comfort of a wealthy married couple who are harboring much darker secrets themselves. For the millions of us still chasing those gone girls, this is perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Lucy Foley, and Laura Dave.

Sloane Caraway is a liar.

Harmless lies, mostly, to make her self-proclaimed sad, little life a bit more interesting.

So when Sloane sees a young girl in tears at a park one afternoon, she can’t help herself—she tells the girl’s (very attractive) dad she’s a nurse and helps him pull a bee stinger from the girl’s foot.

With this lie, and chance encounter, Sloane becomes the nanny for the wealthy, and privileged Jay and Violet Lockhart. The perfect New York couple, with a brownstone, a daughter in private school, and summers on Block Island.

But maybe Sloane isn’t the only one lying, and all that’s picture-perfect harbors a much more dangerous truth. To say anything more is to spoil the most exciting, twisty, and bitingly smart suspense novel to come out in years.

The thing about lies is that they add up, form their own truth and a twisted prison of a world. And in Count My Lies, Sophie Stava spins a breakneck, unputdownable thriller about the secrets we keep, and the terrifying dangers that lurk just under the images we spend so much time trying to maintain.

Careful what you lie for.

Prepare for action and adrenaline at every turn in this explosive and bestselling series by award-winning author, Anthony Horowitz.

Meet Alex Rider: fourteen-year-old star athlete and top spy for MI6, bringing evil villains to justice all over the world.
When MI6 recognizes his potential, Alex Rider is armed with gadgets and sent on a secret mission. But little does the teen spy know that this is just the beginning of his adventures.Whether he’s snowboarding down a mountain on an ironing board or walking a tightrope between two high-rises, there’s never a dull moment in the life of this talented teen!

This 13 Books Boxset Includes:

Stormbreaker:
The fourteen-year-old Alex is forcibly recruited into MI6. Armed with secret gadgets, he is sent to investigate Herod Sayle, a man who is offering state-of-the-art Stormbreaker computers to every school in the country.

Point Blanc:
The teenage spy Alex is sent by MI6 to infiltrate the exclusive Point Blanc Academy. But the academy hides a deadly secret.

Skeleton Key:
Teaming up with the CIA, Alex must go to a remote Caribbean island called Skeleton Key, where the insane general Sarov is hatching explosive plans to re-write history.

Eagle Strike:
Alex is in the South of France, hoping to sever his links with MI6. Scorpia: Alex travels to Venice to discover the truth about his past.

Ark Angel:
Alex has a chance encounter with the son of multi-billionaire Nikolei Drevin. Snakehead: Alex is forced into the Australian secret service.

Crocodile Tears:
Alex meets international do-gooder Desmond McCain. Scorpia Rising: Alex is trying to get his life back on track.

Russian Roulette:
A contract killer Yassen Gregorovich is given orders to kill Alex.

Never Say Die:
Alex Rider is trying to get his life back on track after the traumatic events of his last mission.

Secret Weapon:
Ever since MI6 recognized his potential, Alex Rider has constantly been thrust into the line of danger.

Nightshade:
Alex Rider is sent by MI6 Special Operations to infiltrate a new and sinister organization known only as Nightshade.

Get ready for action, adrenaline and adventure in these explosive Alex Rider missions!

From the author of The Wrong Bride and The Temporary Wife comes an angsty and steamy billionaire arranged marriage romance.

Dion and Faye have been engaged since they were kids, but their 10-year age gap led Dion to stay away from her for years, going as far as going to boarding school overseas, and college in the UK. Unbeknownst to anyone, part of his reluctance is fueled by guilt – he’s convinced he was the reason his parents and Faye’s mother were on the plane that took their life, and he’s unable to face Faye.

When he’s forced back home for the wedding he can no longer escape, he learns that his timid fiancée now has a boyfriend. After intercepting the two on their way up to a hotel room in a hotel his family owns, he becomes increasingly intrigued by the parts of Faye she hides from the world. The more he learns about her, the harder he falls.

Except, it soon becomes clear that all Faye has ever wanted was true freedom; something she never had in her abusive household. She soothes his soul and heals his wounds, so how could he keep her captive in a marriage she never wanted, when she’s meant to fly high?

Our sweet hero learns that sometimes, letting someone go is the best way to love them. What he doesn’t expect is that sometimes, love is worth coming back home for too.

Tropes
Arranged Marriage
Age Gap
Billionaire Romance
Spicy Romance

The Windsors Series:
The Wrong Bride
The Temporary Wife
The Unwanted Marriage
The Broken Vows
The Secret Fiancée
The Devious Husband

From the author of The Wrong Bride and Forever After All comes an angsty and steamy marriage of convenience romance featuring a billionaire boss and his secretary.

Luca Windsor is convinced he hates the secretary his grandmother assigned him, but he knows he can’t function without her either. Valentina is highly professional, and always a step ahead of him. Despite his insistence that he’d never want her, he loses his composure the second his grandmother mentions pairing her up with another man. A dance leads to a kiss, and the lines are blurred.

Except…Luca has always known he’d end up in an arranged marriage, and he knows Valentina isn’t on his grandmother’s list (or so our silly hero thinks). He attempts to distance himself from her again, but is unable to, going as far as reinforcing a companywide anti-dating policy to keep her from seeing anyone else.

When Valentina experiences a personal crisis, he demands the ultimate price for help he’d, unbeknownst to her, already given her: her hand in marriage.

The rules are simple:
– Don’t fall in love
– Keep their marriage a secret at work
– Share a bed every night

The two start a marriage of convenience, and along the way, they learn they’re better suited than they ever thought possible, leading them to rethink the 3-year timeline they put on their marriage.

Tropes
Arranged Marriage
Billionaire Romance
Spicy Romance

The Windsors Series:
The Wrong Bride
The Temporary Wife
The Unwanted Marriage
The Broken Vows
The Secret Fiancée
The Devious Husband

Catharina Maura’s bestselling Windsors series begins with The Wrong Bride: an angsty, fast-paced contemporary romance full of emotional twists and turns.

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She’s his fiancée’s younger sister. He’s the man she’s always loved.

When her sister doesn’t show up on her wedding day, Raven has no choice but to take her place – but marriage to Ares Windsor is nothing short of torture.

The elusive billionaire media mogul is the man she’s always loved… yet he’s only ever had eyes for her sister.

Married to him at last, Raven is determined to win him over.

After all, everything is fair in love and war.

And this?

This is war.

The riveting first book in the fan-favourite Windsors series is an intoxicating arranged marriage romance, full of rich drama and irresistible charm perfect for lovers of contemporary romance stories.

Tropes
Arranged Marriage
Billionaire Romance
Sister’s Fiancée
Spicy Romance

The Windsors Series:
The Wrong Bride
The Temporary Wife
The Unwanted Marriage
The Broken Vows
The Secret Fiancée
The Devious Husband