A teenage girl is given a difficult task. If she can train and ride Dark Ryder, she gets to keep the horse as her own. If she fails, the horse will be put to death. Interest level: Grades 6 – 10 Reading level: Grade 4.0 (Lexile 710) HIP SR novels feature exciting, action-based stories with teenage characters in realistic situations. Geared to readers in Grades 6-12 reading at Grade 3-4 level.

Carrie is preoccupied with worry when her brother fails to show up for work. Then Nikos Spirakis, the king of the transport industry, appears before her. He informs her that her brother has run off after getting Nikos’s sister pregnant, and in revenge Nikos wants Carrie to have his baby. She’s repulsed by his arrogance…but unexpectedly drawn to him at the same time!

Best known today as the author of "The Red Badge of Courage."

Darkness is spreading across mystic Azdia. Soon, all of life will stop glowing with light. Soon, the trees will no longer spring to life. Even the mighty feldroes will cease to roam the forests. Already, many lumens, the shape-shifting caretakers of Azdia, have lost faith in their provider and protector, the mysterious Mr. Thicket. The only hope for the creatures of Azdia are the awaited chosen ones sent from another world called Earth. Del Ryder leads the Company of Light on a quest across the sea to the most ancient parts of Azdia, hoping their mission will bring them closer to discovering how to defeat the darkness. The Heir of Mordlum, bent on finding the powerful Crystal Seeds, has assembled an army larger than anyone’s imagining. Can Del and her friends trust Mr. Thicket enough to stand against such a vast and terrible fighting force? Find out in Book 3 of the Del Ryder Series: Del Ryder and the Emerald Sceptre.

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Books five to eight in the Werewolf Sentinels series. Ice Claimed Finding his mate is something Durlach has longed for, but being in his dire wolf form at the time throws things off—including his mate, who just happened to be on the back of the horse Durlach spooked. Meadow is surprised with how tame the wolf is, and realizes he must be a domesticated pet. When his hunky master comes looking for him, she has sexy visions of taming him too. Burning Ice Riya is a bit of a klutz. And how. Not only does she head-butt the most gorgeous man she’s ever seen, but she manages to put them in the path of a charging bear. Capac is more than thrilled to find his mate, even if she’ll forever keep him on his toes. With the change in leadership of the dark wolves, Riya will be in greater danger than his wolf brothers’ mates ever were. Love on the Ice Carson lost the love of his life four years ago. As a mortal, he’d given Laci his heart, but he’d screwed it all up. Now she’s back in Juneau—and he’s a Werewolf Sentinel. Laci decided her ex wasn’t going to keep her from the city where she’d been born and raised. She was over him, after all. At least she thought so until he touched her. Ice Surrender Ryder finds the process of coming into his full shaman powers harder than he’d expected. It doesn’t help that he’s being relentlessly pursued by a female werewolf who doesn’t step down from a challenge. Wren has set her sights on Ryder, and that is that. The shaman might have turned her down time and time again, but he’s the one meant for her.

***This is the COMPLETE serial, parts 1 & 2.*** From NY Times and USA Today bestselling author Cali MacKay... The last thing I expected was for Sadie to show up unexpectedly at my front door. A human on a mountain filled with lethal shifters—and she doesn’t have a clue that all the things that go bump in the night are actually real. Yet as I hold her tight in my arms, there’s no turning back for me as I realize that she’s not just the woman I’ve spent every night talking to for the last two months—she’s also my fated mate, even if Thayer, alpha of a nearby pack, wants her all to himself. Yet Sadie has secrets of her own, and she hasn’t simply come for a visit, but is on the run, hoping that if she just leaves Phoenix, she’ll also leave her problems behind. Except that her problem has a name, and he isn’t going to give up that easily. ***This 2-part serial is Ryder’s complete story, and ends with no cliffhanger and a HEA. ***