coming of age

  • RIOT: A 1960s Love Story by Charles S. Isaacs

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    A fast-paced journey on an emotional roller coaster, bursting with political and sexual passions.

    It’s the late 1960s. The Vietnam War, the Antiwar Movement and the Black Power Movement are rushing toward their explosive peaks. In the midst of this charged environment, an inter-racial pair of young activists fall madly in love. Awaiting them are excitement, danger, heartache and redemption.

    RIOT: A 1960s Love Story chronicles these lovers’ challenging journey: their coming of age amidst an unpopular war, a racially polarized city, a hostile mayor and ever-mounting threats, all while working through their own deep psychological issues.

    1968 is marked by campus unrest, urban rebellions and assassinations, as well as political violence that thrusts the duo into clashes with Chicago’s police and the National Guard. The suspense builds breathlessly to a heartrending climax during the street protests surrounding that summer’s Democratic National Convention.

  • Before by J. Kilburn

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    THINK YOU KNOW THE KIDS NEXT DOOR?
    Think again! BEFORE both celebrates and indicts the sweet and sordid in small-town, everyday life. This Crime Fiction and Coming-of-Age mashup by J. Kilburn will leave you howling… while the questions and answers posed by this New Adult novel will have you re-examining the sunny streets and wildflower-filled lanes of your own neighborhood. BEFORE is a fun and edgy novel that follows the adventures and misadventures of Just Regular Kids as they come of age in a pastoral and peaceful college town. Buckle your seatbelts – all may not be as it seems. Events in a far-away Organized Crime empire lurk in the background as these teenagers take their first steps into adulthood. Adventurous readers will discover that two Sweet Sixteens have a lot more in common with hardened criminals than you – or they – might realize. Surprises are in store for everyone! 500 pages of Coming-of-Age and Crime Fiction set in New England.

  • The Crossing Gate (A Waltz of Sin and Fire Series: Book 1) by Asiel R. Lavie

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    She can’t grow up. Literally.

    In the kingdom of Elpax, juveniles must walk through the mysterious Crossing Gate to become adults—and seventeen-year-old Lenora is determined that her third attempt at crossing to adulthood will be successful. Even though adulthood means facing horrible realities, such as sin-spots appearing on her body whenever she commits a sin, it also means being able to have a job. And Lenora needs to work to support her struggling family.
    But Lenora’s Crossing Day goes horribly wrong.

    Accused of trying to start a revolution, Lenora must obey the kingdom’s laws to the letter if she wants to take suspicion off herself. But following the rules isn’t as easy as it sounds. Especially when she meets a mysterious and handsome stranger who makes her feel emotions she’s never experienced before—even though juveniles in Elpax aren’t supposed to be capable of falling in love.

    With the long arm of the law looming over her and her family, Lenora must walk a tightrope between following the rules and investigating why she’s unable to cross. Not to mention discovering where her new adult emotions are coming from. But as Lenora uncovers more of Elpax’s terrible secrets, she realizes that fighting the system might be the only way to save her family, her country, and her first love.

    The first in an epic series perfect for fans of Victoria Aveyard’s Red Queen and Lauren Oliver’s Delirium, The Crossing Gate combines the tropes of classic YA dystopia with a Greek-inspired setting and fantasy elements that will whisk readers away on a journey like no other.

  • Soraia, Child of the Sea by Leen Lefebre

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    On an island in the Atlantic Sea lives Soraia, Princess of the Azores. Father cleaves through the waves with his war fleet but she is never allowed to go along. From her balcony, she dreams of one day sailing those waters herself. Out of sheer necessity, she now finds joy in a book with hero stories.

    Soraia soon falls ill with a desire for adventure. The lady-in-waiting and jester agree that she may go explore. A chance to be free presents itself. In the dale, she meets a shepherd boy. After a day together in the mountains, they are in love. But then, totally unexpectedly, King Netuno returns home.

  • April’s Heart by Shilah Ferr

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    Autumn 1977. Thirteen year old cheerleader April Schweiter falls hard for Mitch Hudgins, putting an end to childhood and changing her life forever. April embarks on a coming of age journey full of angst and unanswered questions. And her dysfunctional family is only one of the problems in her way.

    Classmate and wrestler Mitch Hudgins can’t get enough of April either. She stirs in him surprising passion that is new, unfamiliar and needs to be explored.

    But they say goodbye when they attend schools in different towns, far away from each other. Surely staying together wouldn’t have a chance of working out. But they were crazy for each other! Would breaking up have a chance of working out?

    This romance novel is the story of young love, hot and heavy, with all the drama of high school in the eighties. The ebook contains almost 40 Spotify music links on all the songs in the story, taking you there.

    Find out what happens to the star crossed lovers with the on again, off again romance riddled with breakups.

  • Always You by Lizzie Morton

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    What do you do when that annoying ex keeps popping up?

    That’s what Abby West would like to know.

    Six years after leaving Brooklyn and her entire life behind, she’s back for one summer.

    Two jobs, wild friends and a crazy family who all think she should stay away from the one who broke her heart and ran her out of the city.

    It should be easy, but the heart wants what it wants. Everyone deserves a second chance, right?

  • Romeo & Antoinette by Rob Ziser

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    One fine summer day, food loving Antoinette meets soulful painter Romeo, and it’s instant fireworks and infatuation. Turns out though, their families own rival restaurants. Their parents hate each other. Their fledgling careers are headed in the wrong directions. Their friends are involved in the stupidest, ongoing, most juvenile, tit-for-tat series of altercations the likes of which usually isn’t seen outside the confines of kindergarten. And the universe seems to be conspiring against them at every turn. Despite all that, love blossoms and boots start knockin’ as Romeo and Ant fall desperately for each other.

    But when Ant’s family’s restaurant suddenly gets vandalized, her brother ends up in the hospital and a mysterious blonde appears out of nowhere to challenge her for Romeo’s affections she’s left with one big question.
    Can she trust him?

    Sure of her answer she attends the summer’s biggest social event determined to say goodbye and move on. But as the guests mix and mingle, fate intervenes. Romeo’s greatest rival crashes the party, setting off a sequence of events that places Ant in mortal danger. Romeo rushes to save her. A desperate rescue that leaves him fighting for his life and forces her to face her true feelings for him. Giving Ant an even bigger question to consider. The only question that really matters. Does she love him?

    A surprisingly romantic, irreverently funny, deliciously entertaining, debut novel.

  • Broomstick by A.L. Hawke

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    I used to not believe in witches.

    Until I enrolled in Dr. Alondra Johansen’s metaphysical history class. Bryce, Alondra’s super cute teaching assistant, told me my element sign is Earth. I am, in fact, a pragmatic sort of girl. My name is Cadence Hawthorne, but you can call me Katie.

    Darkness fell over me and my family during my sophomore year. I thought maybe Alondra could help me with my grief and visions of ghosts. But there was this guy working with her, with a goatee and sardonic smile, who looked more like the devil than a professor. He did terrible things to my best friend, threatening my growing love for Bryce.

    Do you believe in ghosts? How ‘bout witches? I do. See, it was at Hawthorne University that I learned all about them. Come take a look in my grimoire. I wrote it all down here in Broomstick.

  • The Ascended Angels Complete Collection (A Dark Paranormal Romance) by Kim Petersen

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    Be Careful Who You Trust. Even the Devil Was Once an Angel…
    Dark. Thrilling. Romantic.
    A darkness broods within a family’s bloodlines evil enough to destroy anything in its path. No one is safe. Twisted secrets and shocking truths reveal a deadly entity powerful enough to possess souls. Once unleashed, nobody can escape its destructive wrath.
    Grab it now and jump straight into this action-driven dark paranormal romance, The Ascended Angels Complete Collection!

  • Becoming by k.cooper

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    It’s Thea Jameson’s seventeenth birthday. A day that should be the same as any other, that is until she finds out her whole life has been a lie. She wakes in the morning a normal girl, by evening she is thrust into a world full of magic, with people threatening everything she loves. Learning how to control all her new found power is one thing, but falling in love at the same time is something else altogether. Ryder, the tall gorgeous boy with amnesia, plants himself firmly in Thea’s way; making her new life so much more exciting. Even if it does put her in the path of more dangerous things! Can Thea master her new responsibilities and her love life without everything crashing down around her?