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Dangerous Deception (The Bad Boy Billionaires #4) Author: Judy Angelo CHAPTER ONE “But Dani…” “No ‘buts’. Just tuck it away for a rainy day.” Dani stuffed the bank notes into her brother’s pocket. “But where’d you get-” “What did I tell you, Brian?” She shoved him toward the door. “Now go. I’ll be right down. I just want to make sure we didn’t forget anything.” As Brian exited the door, pulling the large suitcase behind him, Dani turned to look at the boxes still standing in the hallway. She shook her head. She had no idea how all that was going to fit into her Chevy Blazer. She'd warned her brother not to pack too many things but he was taking so much stuff that she almost felt like he was moving out for good and not just leaving Chicago to head out for his first semester at the University of Notre Dame. She went into the living room and then into the kitchen, looking around to see if he had left anything lying about. Finally, she went to his bedroom. As she opened the doo...

Vanishing Girls(6) Author: Lauren Oliver Anger itches its way up through my skin. “You’re not serious.” At the start of the summer, I landed a job behind the concessions kiosk at the Palladium, the movie theater at Bethel Mall just outside of Main Heights: the world’s easiest, stupidest job. Most days the whole mall is empty except for moms in spandex pushing baby strollers, and even when they come to the Palladium they never order anything but Diet Coke. All I have to do is show up and I get $10.50 an hour. “I’m dead serious.” Mom folds her hands on the table, her knuckles gripped so tightly I can see every bone. “Your father and I think you need a little more structure this summer,” she says. Amazing that my parents can only find time to stop hating each other to team up against me. “Something to keep you busy.” Busy. Like stimulated, that word is parent-speak for: supervised at all times and bored out of your mind. “I’m busy at the Palladium,” I say, which is a complete lie. “...

Crushed (Pretty Little Liars #13)(23) Author: Sara Shepard She dropped the painting to the floor. As it bounced on the hardwood, a small slip of paper dislodged from somewhere inside. It landed faceup, so Aria could read exactly what it said without laying a finger on it. Dear Aria, Isn’t seeing good art truly liberating? —A 9 Spencer Was Never One for Rules. . . . Spencer peeked through the bay window of the model home at Crestview Estates. A stone McMansion loomed over the trees across the street. A mallard waddled in the direction of the water. A car swished past on the road, but it didn’t slow at the house. She hadn’t wanted to come here again—it was unnerving enough stealing Mr. Pennythistle’s spare key once. Besides, she had a history paper to write, calculus homework to decipher, and potential prom dates to call and feel out—there was Jeff Grove from yearbook, though she didn’t feel too excited about him, and, of course, Andrew, but she could just picture his I-knew-you...

Crushed (Pretty Little Liars #13)(24) Author: Sara Shepard “This had better be good,” Emily grumbled as she peeled off her jacket. “I had to leave Iris at my house for this. Who knows what sort of insane things she’s going to tell my folks?” “Iris is at your house?” Hanna repeated, staring at her. Emily nodded, then explained how Iris would only give her Ali intel if Emily signed her out for a while. “I told my parents she’s a low-income student from inner-city Philadelphia who’s going through some tough times at home right now, and I’m doing this as an outreach program through Rosewood Day. Amazingly, they bought it.” Spencer looked at Aria. “So what’s going on?” Aria whipped out two things from her yak-fur bag. One looked like a newspaper article. The second was a handwritten note. Spencer recognized the scrawl immediately. Aria showed the article to Hanna. “Recognize this guy?” Hanna shook her head, but then her face paled. “Wait. Is that . . . O-Olaf?” she stammered. Her ey...

Crushed (Pretty Little Liars #13)(27) Author: Sara Shepard Hanna clasped her hands together, trying to look earnest. “I’ve changed. Volunteering means a lot to me. I have a friend in here right now, actually, someone I met on the cruise. Graham Pratt?” Sean sat back in his chair. “Yeah, Graham came in a few days ago.” He shook his head solemnly. “That cruise sounded like a nightmare. I heard about what happened to you guys, too—about that life raft. Some people were saying it was a suicide pact.” Hanna didn’t dignify that with a response. “It was scary to have to evacuate . . . and then get stranded at sea. I sort of had an epiphany when I almost drowned—life’s too short, I’d better make it count. So . . . please, can I help out?” Sean bounced a pencil, eraser down, on the desk. “Well, my dad said you could volunteer again as long as you work hard.” “I can do that!” “Okay,” Sean said. He extended his hand to Hanna, and she shook it. Then, his expression suddenly became almost mo...

Chasing Forever (Chasing #4)(20) Author: Pamela Ann She smiled, warm and welcoming. “As did I. Toby endlessly speaks of you.” My, I wondered what else she knew… Brushing Toby a quick glance, he politely addressed me with a warm but distant kind of smile. “Good to see you again, Lucy.” “Toby.” I made an effort to smile, yet it somehow turned out to look pained. Chad with all his mighty brilliance as well as his other, less brilliant qualities—like pushing my buttons—knew when to dive in and save me from what might have been an awkward moment of epic proportions. Animated, he directed all attention on him as he made a joke, including everyone around him. An hour passed and Ava turned out to be such a nice woman. A rarity at best. She also seemed eager to be friends, so when she requested my number before leaving, I didn’t even hesitate to give it to her. Everyone seemed to be in such good spirits that most of them decided to stay awhile and opted out of heading over to a new club...

The Raven Prince (Princes #1) Author: Elizabeth Hoyt Chapter One Once upon a time, in a land far away, there lived an impoverished duke and his three daughters…. —from The Raven Prince LITTLE BATTLEFORD, ENGLAND MARCH, 1760 The combination of a horse galloping far too fast, a muddy lane with a curve, and a lady pedestrian is never a good one. Even in the best of circumstances, the odds of a positive outcome are depressingly low. But add a dog—a very big dog—and, Anna Wren reflected, disaster becomes inescapable. The horse in question made a sudden sideways jump at the sight of Anna in its path. The mastiff, jogging beside the horse, responded by running under its nose, which, in turn, made the horse rear. Saucer-sized hooves flailed the air. And inevitably, the enormous rider on the horse’s back came unseated. The man went down at her feet like a hawk shot from the sky, if less gracefully. His long limbs sprawled as he fell, he lost his crop and tricorn, and he landed with a sp...