When his father is killed by a coven of witches, Rafe Erickson claims his destiny by becoming the Alpha of Black Paw Pack. Or so he thought… An ancient prophecy tells the tale that all Black Paw Alphas will find their mates during Yule. The attraction will be instant. The craving will be unlike any other. Everyone knows you can’t fight Fate. Or can you? To Hell with that! Rafe has no desire to find a mate and tells the Fates to take their prophecy and shove it! Witnessing the devastation caused by his father’s death was enough for him to know that he’d never purposely put someone through that kind of pain. As far as he’s concerned, his pack is his destiny. All he has to do is stay away from the newcomer who crossed into his lands looking for help.

Aspiring writer Booker Jones isn't happy. His parents have left Booker's older sister, Libba, in charge while they're on vacation, Booker's best friend, Germ, has suddenly become the most popular writer in school, and now Booker's got writer's block! Life is going from bad to worse, and there's nothing Booker can do to stop it-or is there? Author-to-be Booker Jones is back in this hilarious sequel to Utterly Yours, Booker Jones. "Booker is a thoughtful, creative and sympathetic character. . . . This funny, entertaining novel will appeal especially to boys." (School Library Journal)

Where women are created for the pleasure of men, beauty is the first duty of every girl. In Louise O'Neill's world of Only Every Yours women are no longer born naturally, girls (called "eves") are raised in Schools and trained in the arts of pleasing men until they come of age. Freida and Isabel are best friends. Now, aged sixteen and in their final year, they expect to be selected as companions--wives to powerful men. All they have to do is ensure they stay in the top ten beautiful girls in their year. The alternatives--life as a concubine, or a chastity (teaching endless generations of girls)--are too horrible to contemplate. But as the intensity of final year takes hold, the pressure to be perfect mounts. Isabel starts to self-destruct, putting her beauty--her only asset--in peril. And then into this sealed female environment, the boys arrive, eager to choose a bride. Freida must fight for her future--even if it means betraying the only friend, the only love, she has ever known.

Wade Parker had longed for nothing more than a quiet life with a loving mate by his side for all of eternity, but that wasn’t the hand he’d been dealt. He’d been created for a special purpose and according to his creator, that was to be his only purpose. Any hope for his own happily ever after was forbidden. Not that it mattered, The Fates hadn’t deemed him worthy of a mate. When a mysterious visitor arrives at Black Paw, all hell breaks loose. Family ties and pack loyalties are put to the test when a decades-old secret is exposed. An ancient prophecy comes back to haunt everyone and with it a powerful enemy so wicked, she leaves the pack reeling. Wade finds himself in unfamiliar territory when The Fates finally step in, putting him in direct conflict with the one who made him. Will he defy his creator and his Alpha by choosing the one person sent to destroy the pack?

Erin was tired of hiding her true nature. Bound by the secrets of her heritage, she found herself stuck between a rock and a hard wolf. When her secrets are unveiled all hell breaks loose. Lucas Jansen’s plan for life was simple: Serve his pack, find a mate, and start a family. Now that Lucas has found his mate, the next step was claiming her. Or so he thought. Everything he believed was about to be turned upside down as ancient legends and a forbidden love pushed him toward a path of self-destruction. His mate was everything he had ever wanted, and everything he had vowed to destroy. Will Erin be his curse or salvation?

In this entertaining spin on "Beauty and the Beast, " soon-to-be-bride Ivy St. Clair must deliver a package and a letter to the reclusive Earl of Tamberlake in order to collect an inheritance. But she never imagines that the brooding stranger may be her last chance at love. Original.

Can some cute four-legged friends help opposites attract?