What would make the perfect man? That's the deliciously racy topic that Jaine Bright and her three girlfriends are pondering one night at their favorite after-hours hot spot: Mr. Perfect.

Would he be tall, dark, and handsome? Caring and warmhearted -- or will just muscular do? As their conversation heats up, they concoct a tongue-in-cheek checklist that becomes an overnight sensation, spreading like wildfire at work and sizzling along e-mail lines.

But what began as a joke among friends turns deadly serious when one of the four women is murdered.... Turning to her neighbor, an unpredictable police detective, for help, Jaine must unmask a killer to save her friends -- and herself. Now, knowing whom to trust and whom to love is a matter of survival -- as the dream of Mr. Perfect becomes a chilling nightmare.

Halsey Rookmaaker is on vacation with her new boyfriend, Lennox, when disaster strikes. Her best friend, Ballard, has not been in contact with her for over a month. He and his family have been getting Rome ready for something called THE GATHERING, an event which has not taken place in a quarter-century. Thirteen magical Initiates have been summoned from all over Europe to attend, including Halsey herself. But she will not be going alone...

Lia, Ballard's sister, has also been showing signs of the Craft. Now, Wiccans and other Supernaturals are flooding into Rome, including the Lenoir, vampires Rome has vowed to defend itself against. Because, while she may not be a Neophyte yet, Halsey has been chosen, for an inheritance it may be her destiny to wield.

Nothing Can Come Between Us is a gripping drama that delves into the dark sides of lust and hate, weaving a tale of sex, drugs, money, and betrayal.

After experiencing a devastating heartbreak, the beautiful and alluring McKeisha undergoes a transformation, revealing an evil persona. Her unstable nature leads her to develop an unhealthy obsession with her naive best friend's boyfriend. When a crisis hits, McKeisha seizes the opportunity to commit the ultimate betrayal, embarking on a journey of backstabbing and deceit, stopping at nothing to achieve her desires.

As McKeisha's childhood friends, Sha'Lena and Dominique, reach their dreams of musical stardom, her jealousy intensifies. The story escalates to a tragic climax where one girl's life is cut short. Will they find the courage to end this deadly friendship, or will McKeisha become ensnared in her own web of deception?

Thirteen-year-old Queen-of-mean Amanda Beeson wakes up one morning in the wrong body. She's become lonely, unfashionable Tracey Devon - one of Amanda's targets for bullying.

Amanda discovers that Tracey, ignored at home and at school, has the ability to turn invisible. Amanda sets out to rescue her one-time victim from obscurity - as well as rescuing herself from Tracey's life.

Life was completely ordinary for Max Martin. He was a normal kid who just moved to the mundane, rural town of Hazeltine after being uprooted from a warm and exciting life in California. He was soon accompanied by three neighbors who quickly became his best friends.

Their journey in life would be intertwined by the discovery of four stones. These hidden gems not only unlocked the magical realm of Monolitho, but granted them sacred powers that they could only dream of on earth.

However, Max and his friends had no clue they would be pulled into a conflict that has been brewing for centuries and it would alter their paths forever.

A year has passed since Max Martin’s life went from normal to extraordinary after he and his three best friends discovered magical stones that granted them access to Monolitho. After a long summer, Max is anxious to return for his second year at the Academy for stone holders.

Little did he know, returning to the secret world would plunge him into the middle of the Mausoleum of Sacred Stones investigation as a key suspect. Max must find the true culprit to restore his bloodied name before it is too late. However, the biggest challenge of all is solving the crime while still living his life back on Earth as a seventh grader.

Max Martin receives his fourth year orientation letter from the Monolitho Academy for Stone Holders with hopes of finally having a normal year. Anxious to continue his Axial training and begin another season of GIMM Ball, Max heads into the school year with his sights set on becoming the starting Maulers Invader.

However, early in the first term, a simple class assignment on Earth reveals an unexpected turn. Not only is Max in the spotlight once again, but he’s also been given a mysterious heirloom that pulls him and his friends into a deadly adventure that was set in motion over a half-century ago.

Step into the world of Darren Shan with this exhilarating box set, which includes the first six books of the Cirque du Freak series. Join Darren as he navigates a life turned upside down by a chance encounter with a vampire, leading him into a world filled with dark secrets and supernatural challenges.

From the eerie halls of the Cirque du Freak to the sinister Vampire Mountain, each book is a journey of friendship, bravery, and self-discovery. Thrilling and darkly humorous, this series is perfect for readers who love a mix of adventure, horror, and heartfelt moments.

If she’d waited less than two weeks, she’d be June who died in June. But I guess my sister didn’t consider that.

Harper Scott’s older sister has always been the perfect one — so when June takes her own life a week before her high school graduation, sixteen-year-old Harper is devastated. Everyone’s sorry, but no one can explain why.

When her divorcing parents decide to split her sister’s ashes into his-and-her urns, Harper takes matters into her own hands. She’ll steal the ashes and drive cross-country with her best friend, Laney, to the one place June always dreamed of going — California.

Enter Jake Tolan. He’s a boy with a bad attitude, a classic-rock obsession and nothing in common with Harper’s sister. But Jake had a connection with June, and when he insists on joining them, Harper’s just desperate enough to let him. With his alternately charming and infuriating demeanor and his belief that music can see you through anything, he might be exactly what she needs.

Except June wasn’t the only one hiding something. Jake’s keeping a secret that has the power to turn Harper’s life upside down — again.

Stellaluna is the tender story of a lost young bat who finally finds her way safely home to her mother and friends. This delightful tale illustrates the adventures of a young fruit bat named Stellaluna who becomes separated from her mother and finds herself in a nest of birds. Adopted by the birds, she learns their ways, but ultimately reunites with her mother, discovering her true identity as a bat.

Along the way, Stellaluna introduces her bird friends to her bat family, and they all learn that despite their many differences, friendship transcends those barriers.

Stellaluna is a heartwarming story celebrating the uniqueness of individuals and the power of friendship.

Jeremy is a devastatingly attractive 21-year-old guy with a secret, who just has to walk into a room and flash his winning smile to melt a girl's heart. Isabelle, "Izzy", is a barely noticeable artist, whose home life is less than to be desired. She feels completely alone in the world, that is until the fateful day when Jeremy saves her from school tormentors and changes both their lives forever.

Isabelle cannot believe her good fortune when Jeremy forms a friendship with her because nothing goes her way. After all, she is blatantly tormented by her peers, ignored by her school crush, has never been kissed, and her mother is an alcoholic. How could she ever have a relationship, even a friendship, with anyone, let alone someone so good-looking and altruistic?

Though, it's not all good looks, good deeds and fast cars for Jeremy, whose past still haunts him. Can a horrific event that forces Isabelle out of her home and into Jeremy's spare bedroom teach these two how to live and love?

Find Sunday comic favorites in this classic Calvin and Hobbes collection.

This is a collection of the classic comic strip that features Calvin, a rambunctious 6-year-old boy, and his stuffed tiger, Hobbes, who comes charmingly to life. Filled with Watterson’s full-page Sunday strips, this collection is sure to please fans and newcomers alike.

The magical friendship shared by Calvin and his stuffed tiger Hobbes endeared them to millions of fans. In The Calvin and Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book their friendship endures in a full-color collection of Sunday cartoons and original art done for the book, all fit for a lazy Sunday afternoon. Whether visiting other planets as Spaceman Spiff, transmogrifying into a dangerous dinosaur, or just hanging around with Hobbes, Calvin's adventures are a showcase for the masterful art of Bill Watterson.

The enlarged format of full-color Sunday illustrations provides more room for all the action and imagination inherent in each Calvin and Hobbes cartoon. Readers will delight in pages enlivened with the bright color images of this precocious pair embroiled in all kinds of predicaments. Watterson engaged readers of all ages with the seemingly endless imagination of Calvin, tempered by the more thoughtful Hobbes. The Calvin and Hobbes Lazy Sunday Book provides many lazy Sunday afternoons of smiles and laughter.

The Gossip Girl series is a complete collection of 12 books. All are softcover except for the prequel to the series, "It Had To Be You," which is only available in hardcover.

Titles included are:

• Gossip Girl #1
• You Know You Love Me
• All I Want Is Everything
• Because I'm Worth It
• I Like It Like That
• You're The One That I Want
• Nobody Does It Better
• Nothing Can Keep Us Together
• Only In Your Dreams
• Would I Lie to You
• Don't You Forget About Me
• It Had to Be You

The Raven Heiress is a captivating tale set in the enchanting land of the Singing Isles. In this world, friendship and loyalty are tested as two students arrive early at the Evlon House. One is a Singing Elf, and the other, a Saphian. Their mission is to gain the favor of the mysterious student known as the Raven Heiress.

As the Singing Elf and Saphian vie for her favor, something sinister lurks in the shadows, haunting the corridors of Evlon and seemingly intent on revenge. But who is the target?

This story is filled with magic, mystery, and the complexities of rivalry and prejudice. It challenges the characters to confront their deepest fears and biases while forging unexpected alliances.

Two thieves want answers. Riyria is born.

For more than a year, Royce Melborn has tried to forget Gwen DeLancy, the woman who saved him and his partner Hadrian Blackwater from certain death. Unable to get her out of his mind, the two thieves return to Medford but receive a very different reception — Gwen refuses to see them. The victim of abuse by a powerful noble, she suspects that Royce will ignore any danger in his desire for revenge. By turning the thieves away, Gwen hopes to once more protect them. What she doesn't realize is what the two are capable of — but she's about to find out.

Under Wildwood is the second book in the New York Times bestselling adventure series, the Wildwood Chronicles, from Colin Meloy, lead singer of the Decemberists, and Carson Ellis, the acclaimed illustrator of The Mysterious Benedict Society.

Ever since Prue McKeel returned home from the Impassable Wilderness after rescuing her brother from the malevolent Dowager Governess, life has been pretty dull. School holds no interest for her, and her new science teacher keeps getting on her case about her dismal test scores and daydreaming in class. Her mind is constantly returning to the verdant groves and sky-tall trees of Wildwood, where her friend Curtis still remains as a bandit-in-training.

But all is not well in that world. Dark assassins with mysterious motives conspire to settle the scores of an unknown client. A titan of industry employs inmates from his orphanage to work his machine shop, all the while obsessing over the exploitation of the Impassable Wilderness. And, in what will be their greatest challenge yet, Prue and Curtis are thrown together again to save themselves and the lives of their friends, and to bring unity to a divided country. But in order to do that, they must go under Wildwood.

In Under Wildwood, Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis reveal new dimensions of the epic fantasy-adventure series begun with the critically acclaimed, bestselling Wildwood.

A masterful tale of ambition, jealousy, desire, and superpowers.

Victor and Eli started out as college roommates—brilliant, arrogant, lonely boys who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly wrong.

Ten years later, Victor breaks out of prison, determined to catch up to his old friend (now foe), aided by a young girl whose reserved nature obscures a stunning ability. Meanwhile, Eli is on a mission to eradicate every other super-powered person that he can find—aside from his sidekick, an enigmatic woman with an unbreakable will. Armed with terrible power on both sides, driven by the memory of betrayal and loss, the archnemeses have set a course for revenge—but who will be left alive at the end?

In Vicious, V. E. Schwab brings to life a gritty comic-book-style world in vivid prose: a world where gaining superpowers doesn't automatically lead to heroism, and a time when allegiances are called into question.

Ox was twelve when his daddy taught him a very valuable lesson. He said that Ox wasn’t worth anything and people would never understand him. Then he left.

Ox was sixteen when he met the boy on the road, the boy who talked and talked and talked. Ox found out later the boy hadn’t spoken in almost two years before that day, and that the boy belonged to a family who had moved into the house at the end of the lane.

Ox was seventeen when he found out the boy’s secret, and it painted the world around him in colors of red and orange and violet, of Alpha and Beta and Omega.

Ox was twenty-three when murder came to town and tore a hole in his head and heart. The boy chased after the monster with revenge in his blood-red eyes, leaving Ox behind to pick up the pieces.

It’s been three years since that fateful day—and the boy is back. Except now he’s a man, and Ox can no longer ignore the song that howls between them.