JENN BENNETT

Dating a demon, defeating evil, running a tiki bar: Arcadia Bell is a great occult mage in many respects. But then theres the challenge of her boyfriends precocious teenage sonArcadia "Cady" Bell may have saved the Hellfire Clubs children from a local bogeyman, but she and her Earthbound demon boyfriend, Lon Butler, now face a more disturbing problem: his teenage sons new demonic abilities. Jupe Butler can persuade you to do anythingor so he thinks. To test the limits of his newfound power, Cady invites the co-owner of Tambuku Tiki Lounge to be the teens guinea pig during an afternoon boat cruise. But when an angry storm whips the Pacific into a frenzy and Jupe puts them all in serious danger, will Cadys magic trump a teenagers excess confidence?

A chauffers daughter finds herself in the middle of a love triangle with the sons of her bosss wealthy next-door neighbors in this delightfully romantic story from the author of Alex, Approximately, Jenn Bennett.Loveand Fen Sarafiando not care about your summer plans.Eighteen-year-old chauffeurs daughter Jane Marlow grew up among the domestic staff of a wealthy LA rock producer, within reach of bands she idolizes, but never a VIP. Every summer, Jane and her father head to the Sierras to work at the producers luxury lodge at Lake Condora resort town and the site of a major musical festival.The legendary family who runs the festival are the Sarafians, and Janes had a longtime crush on their oldest son, Eddiedoltish but sweet. So, when a long-distance romance finally sparks between them, she doesnt hesitate to cross class lines.But Janes feelings for Eddie are thrown into question after she returns to the lake and reconnects with his alluringly intense brother, the dark horse of her placid summer plans. A fellow lover of musicand hater of the gameFen Sarafian has been ousted from the family and is slumming it at a vinyl record shop. He burns for Jane like a house on fire and will do anything to sabotage his older brother, even if it means taking a wrecking ball to a multi-million-dollar music festival. Or Janes heart.

In this coming-of-age romance perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Sarah Dessen, scandal and romance collide when an ambitious teen returns to her hometown only to have her plans interrupted after falling for the towns bad boya.k.a. her childhood best friend.Sometimes to find the good, you have to embrace the bad. Budding photographer Josie Saint-Martin has spent half her life with her single mother, moving from city to city. When they return to her historical New England hometown years later to run the family bookstore, Josie knows its not forever. Her dreams are on the opposite coast, and she has a plan to get there.What she doesnt plan for is a run-in with the town bad boy, Lucky Karras. Outsider, rebeland her former childhood best friend. Lucky makes it clear he wants nothing to do with the newly returned Josie. But everything changes after a disastrous pool party, and a poorly executed act of revenge lands Josie in some big-time troublewith Lucky unexpectedly taking the blame.Determined to understand why Lucky was so quick to cover for her, Josie discovers that both of them have changed, and that the good boy she once knew now has a dark sense of humor and a smile that makes her heart race. And maybe, just maybe, hes not quite the brooding bad boy everyone thinks he is

In this romantic dramedy from the author of Alex, Approximately, a teen girls way-too-ordinary life is driven off the beaten path when shes abandoned in the wilderness with her worst adversarythe boy who broke her heart.Ever since last years homecoming dance, best friends-turned-best enemies Zorie and Lennon have made an art of avoiding each other. It doesnt hurt that their families are the modern day, Californian version of the Montagues and Capulets.But when a group camping trip goes south, Zorie and Lennon find themselves stranded in the wilderness. Alone. Together.What could go wrong?With no one but each other for company, Zorie and Lennon have no choice but to hash out their issues via witty jabs and insults as they try to make their way to safety. But fighting each other while also fighting off the forces of nature makes getting out of the woods in one piece less and less likely.And as the two travel deeper into Northern Californias rugged backcountry, secrets and hidden feelings surface. But can Zorie and Lennons rekindled connection survive out in the real world? Or was it just a result of the fresh forest air and the magic of the twinkling stars?

An atmospheric, multilayered, sex-positive romance. Kirkus Reviews (starred review)After an awkward first encounter, Birdie and Daniel are forced to work together in a Seattle hotel where a famous author leads a mysterious and secluded life in this romantic contemporary novel from the author of Alex, Approximately.Mystery-book aficionado Birdie Lindberg has an overactive imagination. Raised in isolation and homeschooled by strict grandparents, shes cultivated a whimsical fantasy life in which she plays the heroic detective and every stranger is a suspect. But her solitary world expands when she takes a job the summer before college, working the graveyard shift at a historic Seattle hotel.In her new job, Birdie hopes to blossom from introverted dreamer to brave pioneer, and gregarious Daniel Aoki volunteers to be her guide. The hotels charismatic young van driver shares the same nocturnal shift and patronizes the waterfront Moonlight Diner where Birdie waits for the early morning ferry after work. Daniel also shares her appetite for intrigue, and hes stumbled upon a real-life mystery: a famous reclusive writernever before seen in publicmight be secretly meeting someone at the hotel.To uncover the writers puzzling identity, Birdie must come out of her shelldiscovering that the most confounding mystery of all may be her growing feelings for the elusive riddle that is Daniel.

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish meets Gail Carson Levine in this cleverly crafted (Kirkus Reviews) middle grade fractured fairy tale about an outlaw who teams up with a cursed prince to save the kingdom.Former fair maiden Rosebud is dread bandit Ruthless Rose, leader of the small but mighty Blackhearts outlaw gang. Ever since the evil Firebrand army torched half their village, the thirteen-year-old daughter of a fallen knight has been living by her own code, picking off evil Firebrand caravans to avenge her villageand her father.But Rosebuds honor is put to the test when the Blackhearts mistakenly ambush a carriage smuggling a mysterious passenger: young Prince Timo. The prince is on the run from the Firebrandsand wearing a hexed wolf mask that can only be removed along with his head. Even worse, the magical object that can free the prince is hidden inside the darkly enchanted Nowhere Wood, where people go in, but they dont come back out.Helping people isnt easy. Can a bad girl put aside her own need for revenge to save a good princeand the entire kingdom?

Meet Arcadia Bell: bartender, renegade magician, fugitive from the law. . . .Being the spawn of two infamous occultists (and alleged murderers) isnt easy, but freewheeling magician Arcadia Cady Bell knows how to make the best of a crummy situation. After hiding out for seven years, shes carved an incognito niche for herself slinging drinks at the demon-friendly Tambuku Tiki Lounge. But she receives an ultimatum when unexpected surveillance footage of her notorious parents surfaces: either prove their innocence or surrender herself. Unfortunately, the only witness to the crimes was an elusive thyric demon, and Cady has no idea how to find it. She teams up with Lon Butler, an enigmatic demonologist with a special talent for sexual spells and an arcane library of priceless stolen grimoires. Their research soon escalates into a storm of conflict involving missing police evidence, the decadent Hellfire Club, a ruthless bounty hunter, and a powerful occult society that operates way outside the law. If Cady cant clear her family name soon, shell be forced to sacrifice her own life . . . and no amount of running will save her this time.

A swashbuckling adventure. BooklistA rollicking Indiana Jones flick with a female lead. BCCBThe Last Magician meets A Gentlemans Guide to Vice and Virtue in this thrilling, breathless (Kirkus Reviews) tale filled with magic and set in the mysterious Carpathian Mountains where a girl must hunt down Vlad the Impalers cursed ring in order to save her father.Some legends never dieTraveling with her treasure-hunting father has always been a dream for Theodora. Shes read every book in his library, has an impressive knowledge of the worlds most sought-after relics, and has all the ambition in the world. What she doesnt have is her fathers permission. That honor goes to her fathers nineteen-year-old protegeand once-upon-a-time love of Theodoras lifeHuck Gallagher, while Theodora is left to sit alone in her hotel in Istanbul.Until Huck returns from an expedition without her father and enlists Theodoras help in rescuing him. Armed with her fathers travel journal, the reluctant duo learns that her father had been digging up information on a legendary and magical ring that once belonged to Vlad the Impalermore widely known as Draculaand that it just might be the key to finding him.Journeying into Romania, Theodora and Huck embark on a captivating adventure through Gothic villages and dark castles in the misty Carpathian Mountains to recover the notorious ring. But they arent the only ones who are searching for it. A secretive and dangerous occult society with a powerful link to Vlad the Impaler himself is hunting for it, too. And they will go to any lengthsincluding murderto possess it.

The second in a not-to-be-missed urban fantasy series about a freewheeling magician who slings drinks at a demon-friendly tiki bar. MAGICAL TRICKS. DEMONIC TREATS.After narrowly escaping her fate as a sacrificial scapegoat, Arcadia Bell is back to normal. Or at least as ordinary as life can be for a renegade magician and owner of a tiki bar that caters to Earthbound demons. Shes gearing up for the busiest day of the yearHalloweenwhen a vengeful kidnapper paralyzes the community. The influential head of the local Hellfire Club taps Cady to track down the fiendish bogeyman, and now that shes dating red-hot Lon Butler, the Clubs wayward son, she can hardly say no. Cady and Lon untangle a gruesome thirty-year trail of clues that points to danger for the club members children. But locating the person behind the terror will require some metaphysical help from Cadys loyal bar patrons as well as her potent new Moonchild powersand shed better figure it out before the final victim disappears and her own darkest secret becomes her biggest enemy.

Pixars Coco meets Neil Gaiman in this terrifically eerie and atmospherica skillful mix of scary, sweet, and silly (Booklist) middle grade novel about a girl whose quest to ensure her deceased grandmother is resting peacefully leads her to the magical and perilous kingdoms of the underworld.Everyone in Whispering Pines knows their town is full of ghosts, but Helena Novak hasnt seen a trace of her late grandmother, Babi. Helena and her best friend, Ben, spend most of their free time in the cemetery, yet no amount of gifts on Babis grave has lured her spirit out. But someone else has been paying attention. Helena feels shes being followed, and one day, all Babis grave gifts disappear. When Helena and Ben investigate, they find a secret door in a crypt that leads to the underworld itself. The sprawling subterranean world is a maze of eerie kingdoms, piercing castles, creepy forests, swirling seas, and crowded marketplaces full of unsavory characters. While the living can visit, if they get lostor taken by the mysterious Nightmarethey wont be able to leave. Despite the danger, Helena is set on finding her grandmother and seeing for herself that Babi is doing well in this strange place.So when eccentric underworld guide Grumbones offers to help Helena and Ben find their way, they think its their lucky break. Sure, he looks like Santas skinny evil brother and some of the memento mori spilling out of his pockets look awfully familiar, but better a slightly suspicious helper than none at allright?

From award-winning Jenn Bennett comes a swoon-worthy story with a compelling mystery at its heart Raised in isolation and home-schooled by her strict grandparents, the only experience Birdie has had of the outside world is through her favourite crime books. But everything changes when she takes a summer job working the night shift at a historic Seattle hotel. There she meets Daniel Aoki, the hotel's charismatic driver, and together they stumble upon a real-life mystery: a famous reclusive writer-never before seen in public-is secretly meeting someone at the hotel. To uncover the writer's puzzling identity, Birdie must come out of her shell, and in doing so, realize that the most confounding mystery of all may just be her growing feelings for Daniel.

In Book Four of the beloved urban fantasy series Romantic Times calls one for your keeper shelf, the ultimate mother-daughter fight is about to go down.Complicated does not begin to describe Arcadia Bells life right now: unnatural magical power, another brush with death, and a murderous mother whos not only overbearing but determined to take permanent possession of Cadys body. Forced to delve deep into the mystery surrounding her own birth, she must uncover which evil spell her parents cast during her conceptionand how to reverse it. Fast. As Cady and her lover Lon embark on a dangerous journey through her magical past, Lons teenage son Jupe sneaks off for his own investigation. Each family secret they uncover is darker than the last, and Cady, who has worn many identitiesMoonchild, mage, fugitiveis about to add one more to the list.

Demons sure know how to kill a girls buzz.Renegade mage and bartender Arcadia Bell has had a rough year, but now the door to her already unstable world is becoming completely unhinged. When a citywide crime wave erupts, Cadys demon-friendly tiki bar is robbed by Earthbounds wielding surreal demonic abilities that just flat-out shouldnt exist. With the help of her devilishly delicious boyfriend, Lon Butler, Cady sets out to find the people who wronged herbut her targets arent the only ones experiencing unnatural metamorphoses. Can Cady track down the monsters responsible before the monster inside her destroys everythingand everyoneshe loves? If she survives this adventure, one thing is certain: its last call for life as she knows it.

In this delightfully charming teen spin on Youve Got Mail, the one guy Bailey Rydell cant stand is actually the boy of her dreamsshe just doesnt know it yet.Classic movie buff Bailey Mink Rydell has spent months crushing on a witty film geek she only knows online by Alex. Two coasts separate the teens until Bailey moves in with her dad, who lives in the same California surfing town as her online crush.Faced with doubts (what if hes a creep in real lifeor worse?), Bailey doesnt tell Alex shes moved to his hometown. Or that shes landed a job at the local tourist-trap museum. Or that shes being heckled daily by the irritatingly hot museum security guard, Porter Rotha.k.a. her new arch-nemesis. But life is whole lot messier than the movies, especially when Bailey discovers that tricky fine line between hate, love, and whatever-it-is shes starting to feel for Porter.And as the summer months go by, Bailey must choose whether to cling to a dreamy online fantasy in Alex or take a risk on an imperfect reality with Porter. The choice is both simpler and more complicated than she realizes, because Porter Roth is hiding a secret of his own: Porter is AlexApproximately.

Belladonnaby Adalyn Grace meetsA Study in Drowningin this serpentine occult mystery with a gothic atmosphere that delivers steamy romance and propulsive adventure (Publishers Weekly) and follows a young nurse and a mysterious young man imprisoned by a dangerous occultist.In 1873 New York City, working in a hospital is no easy task, but eighteen-year-old nursing student Molly ORinn hasnt had an easy life. After being orphaned at a young age, Mollys most constant companions have been the ghosts only she can see. One in particular who has been showing up for yearsand whose deep, sad eyes haunt Molly more than any ghost ever has.Mollys routine gets disrupted when a wealthy young man suffering from tuberculosis hires her as his private live-in nurse. His haunting Hudson Valley mansion is grand but secluded, and Molly spends more of her time exploring than with her bedridden employer. When she stumbles upon a family crypt in the basement, Molly discovers a young man about her age imprisoned therea man who bears a striking resemblance to the ghost with the sad eyes.But how could this living, flesh and blood person be the ghost Molly first saw when she was seven years old? With no one else to talk to, Molly manages to convince him to reveal his true nature, which is more fantastical than she could have guessed. It would be safer for them both to stay apart, but neither is able to resist the pull between them.Their relationship is threatened when outside forces start to press in. Dangerous people are looking for this mysterious young man, and she is standing squarely in the crossfire.

Fan absolue de cinéma, Bailey Ridell a passé son année de lycée à discuter en ligne ave Alex, un geek également passionné des salles obscures. Et peut-être aussi à craquer un peu pour lui... Mais alo

Sexy new adult romance meets swashbuckling adventure when ex childhood friends Paige and Seb reconnect to finally track down the treasure that has been a legend in their small Michigan beach town for decades. Perfect for fans of The Goonies and Netflixs Outer Banks who are craving more romance!Star pupil Paige Malone just finished her first year at Harvard. Dropout Seb Jansen spent that time pumping gas for wealthy yacht owners at a Lake Michigan marina. They havent seen each other since high school. A shame, considering that they were once inseparable childhood friends who combed their coastal hometowns sun-kissed beaches along with a couple of other middle-school palshunting the Golden Venus, a legendary local treasure thats distantly connected to Paiges family.A treasure rumored to be worth millions of dollars. If it even exists.These days, however, the former BFFs have traded adventure for reality. Paige is home for the summer and is spiraling after losing her college financial aid. While across town, Seb fell in with a bad crowd and now regrets his life choices, big time. Both feel colossally stuck. And alone.But when Paige stumbles upon a hidden secret in her grandmothers beach cottage, she must get their old treasure-hunting gang back together to finally unravel the mystery that has eluded her family for generations. Who knows: the thrill of the hunt might help Paige and Seb find a path back to their lost friendshipor something more.The Summer of Lost Things brings the summer heat with its combination of a high stakes treasure hunt and a swoony love story.Tropes Childhood friends to lovers Second-chance romance Treasure hunt Family secrets Partners in crime Summer love Small beach town setting Overachiever x bad boy Loveable rogue

Its the roaring twenties, and San Francisco is a hotbed of illegal boozing, raw lust, and black magic. The fog-covered Bay Area can be an intoxicating scene, particularly when you specialize in spiritsAida Palmer performs a spirit medium show onstage at Chinatowns illustrious Gris-Gris speakeasy. However, her ability to summon (and expel) the dead is more than just an act.Winter Magnusson is a notorious bootlegger whos more comfortable with guns than ghostsunfortunately for him, hes the recent target of a malevolent hex that renders him a magnet for hauntings. After Aidas supernatural assistance is enlisted to banish the ghosts, her spirit-chilled aura heats up as the charming bootlegger casts a different sort of spell on her...On the hunt for the curseworker responsible for the hex, Aida and Winter become drunk on passion. And the closer they become, the more they realize they have ghosts of their own to exorcise

Its the Roaring Twenties in foggy San Francisco. Prohibition is on, inhibitions are low, and dark magic is rolling into town Archaeologist Lowe Magnusson is packing something everyone wants. The djed amulet, a priceless Egyptian artifact, will fetch Lowe a hefty paycheck from one of San Franciscos wealthiest. But when the handsome Swede runs into his patrons uptight daughter, what he once considered easy money becomes maddeningly complicated Cursed with deadly spirits as her constant companions, curator Hadley Bacall must keep calm to hold her dangerous specters at bay and prevent them from lashing out at anythingor anyone. Trouble is, Lowe is driving her crazy, but her father needs the artifact hes transporting. While Hadley can feel the amulets power, she cant fathom the destructionor the desireits about to stir up.

From the author of Grim Shadows and Bitter Spirits comes the new Roaring Twenties novel in the series hailed as Boardwalk Empire meets Ghost Hunters, but so much better (Molly Harper, national bestselling author of the Jane Jameson series).Feisty flapper Astrid Magnusson is home from college and yearning for the one thing thats always been off limits: Bo Yeung, her notorious bootlegging brothers second-in-command. Unfortunately her dream of an easy reunion proves difficult after a violent storm sends a mysterious yacht crashing into the Magnussons docks. Whats worse, the boat disappeared a year ago, and the survivors are acting strangelyBo has worked with the Magnusson family for years, doing whatever is needed, including keeping his bosss younger sister out of troubleand his hands to himself. Of course, that isnt so easy after Astrid has a haunting vision about the yachts disappearance, plunging them into an underground world of old money and dark magic. Danger will drive them closer together, but surviving their own forbidden feelings could be the bigger risk.