epub |eng | 2022-05-14 | Author:Holly Hook [Hook, Holly]

CHAPTER ELEVEN I whirled as the tension exploded and I blinked. Stupid! Despite my new senses, I’d allowed someone to sneak up on me. I didn’t notice him at first, ...

epub |eng | 2022-06-14 | Author:Holly Hook [Hook, Holly]

CHAPTER TEN I hated soap operas, and the remote taped to my chair was very tempting with its OFF button. The TV only got a couple of channels, so I ...

epub |eng | 2023-09-22 | Author:Scarlett Hathaway [Hathaway, Scarlett]

Chapter eighteen Happy Birthday Erica often had the same dream. She was at a party, glittering dresses and blaring music surrounding her. At the top of the estate’s staircase, a ...

epub |eng | 2023-08-21 | Author:Rebecca Schaeffer

19 The Nightmare Phantom and I are supposed to meet in Victoria Park, the largest park in Newham, midafternoon. It wasn’t always the largest park, but most of the others ...

epub |eng | 2020-02-24 | Author:Bella Crane [Crane, Bella]

The Tuesday crowd at Shuckers was thin, consisting of old people who came in every weekday during the summer. They always tipped well, and most ordered the grilled catch of ...

epub |eng | 2023-06-08 | Author:Mara Rutherford

* * * Seraphina woke early to weak sunlight filtering through her window. She lay there for a moment, not wanting the day to begin yet. Maybe if she waited ...

epub |eng | 2020-06-20 | Author:Mark Rosendorf [Rosendorf, Mark]

Chapter Seventeen Zack woke facedown with a mouth full of sand. He spit it out. As he opened his eyes, he realized that the sand was everywhere. It covered his ...

epub |eng | 2017-08-12 | Author:Bram Stoker [STOKER, BRAM]

CHAPTER 14 A BANQUET ON OLYMPUS On this occasion Athlyne did not continue to sit out on the lawn. Now that he wished to overtake Joy unawares he was as ...

epub |eng | 2023-05-15 | Author:Terry Spear [Spear, Terry]

Jasmine grabbed Stasio’s arm before he joined Levka and the rest of his friends to have an ale and talk about their plans for the revolt. “If anybody was asking ...

epub |eng | 2011-07-01 | Author:K. M. Shea [Shea, K. M.]

“Fran, it’s cool to be nerdy, but not geeky, right? Or is it the other way around?” I asked, staring at my notebook with frustration. “What, are you working on ...

epub |eng | 2022-01-26 | Author:Zan Safra [Safra, Zan]

7 AYANDA The wheel of the automatical gondola churns, carving a foamy wake as it carries us south. I keep my eyes on the gondola’s prow, determined not to look ...

epub |eng | 2014-10-01 | Author:K.M. Shea [Shea, K.M.]

10 I Receive More Bling Saturday evening heralded the return of my fairy swat team. One of them actually knocked out Michael—my older brother who was home from college for ...

epub |eng | 2023-07-25 | Author:Angel Luis Colón

CHAPTER 18 “YOU ARE FIGHTING?” MR. MUELLER SAID. “Seems to be a worthless endeavor.” “That wasn’t really a fight,” I said. “The other boy did not seem to share your ...

epub |eng | 2023-03-28 | Author:Suzanne Young [Young, Suzanne]

CHAPTER TWENTY Parrish and I eat, and when I’m finished, I lean back in my chair and watch him drink his coffee. “So,” I say, breaking the silence. “How was ...

epub |eng | | Author:Ellen Schreiber

Acknowledgments A million thanks to my editor, Katherine Brown Tegen, for your experienced advice, talent, and friendship. Many thanks to Julie Hittman, for your hard work and communication, and the ...