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Six years ago, Eden witnessed Delphine fall into the narrow, a small but deadly stream behind her boarding school. Most people don’t survive a dip in the Narrow, but Delphine did…although she came back different. Now with Eden about to lose her place at school, she agrees to becoming Delphine’s paid companion for tuition money. Eden is drawn to her in more ways than one, but something strange and haunting is coming for her the longer she spends time with Delphine.

Tana’s island coven has long been feared by mainlanders, and there’s much that they do to appease them — including releasing their magic into the sea at midnight and offering Tana up in a betrothal to secure an alliance. But when Tana misses the important midnight ritual, there are devastating consequences. When she meets a mysterious boy who offers to show her another way, she finds power like she’s never known…but it could be her coven’s downfall, too.

Francine’s A Gung is dying, and she’d do anything to make him happy in his final days, including going to great lengths to ensure that A Gung’s dream of seeing his male line is carried on. Considering that Francine is his only grandchild, she enlists Ollie to pretend he’s ceremonially adopted into the family and strike up a relationship with her A Gung. Even though Ollie is opposed to the deception, he finds himself pulled along and soon Francine and Ollie find a connection they never saw coming.

Zhara has long been concealing the magic within her, all while trying to survive and take care of her beloved younger sister. Magic is feared in her world, as monsters destroyed their lands 20 years earlier and it’s believed to be the fault of magicians. But when rumors of a monster emerging nearby reach her, Zhara wishes to ignore them…until she meets a young man who introduces her to the Guardians of Dawn, a society that is trying to advocate for magic users and protect people from the monsters that still lurk, which are the result of a demon. It’s up to Zhara to learn to harness her own power if she’s to save her family and her home.

When Hylee disappeared, she found herself caught up in a dark, twisted version of the most terrible night of her life: the night her brother disappeared. Then just as quickly, she’d deposited back in her own world and time. As she struggles to go about her day, certain that this must be a clue to her brother’s disappearance, she meets Eilam, drawn to him for more than just his good looks. But when she disappears again right in front of him, he’s roped into her investigation about what really happened, and why she keeps disappearing.

When Violetta decided to drive drunk one night, it had devastating consequences for her and her family; she was in an accident that caused her little sister’s death. Now she’s in the juvenile justice system, separated from her family who refuse to forgive her. She must take part in The Trials if she has any hope of getting out, but doing so forces her to confront not only her own grief, but her guilt as she figures out whose forgiveness matters more: her family’s, or her own.

Romeo has little interest in becoming the Montague heir and giving up his artistic pursuits, but his family won’t be giving him much choice in the matter. Eager to escape their expectations, he sneaks into a Capulet party and meets Valentine, a kind and gentle-hearted Capulet boy. Their attraction is as instant as it is dangerous, but the two soon risk everything for the chance to be with each other, despite their families’ horrific feud.