New Releases by Lauren Baratz-Logsted

Lacey, confronting jealous classmates at school when she develops before anyone else, finds that she is torn between acting older when a high schooler flirts with her at the mall, and being herself when a guy friend from her past reappears.

In this second book in a series starring octuplet girls, Durinda, the second in line, discovers her power and gift--and boy, is her power a doozy. Illustrations.

Durinda''s dangers: One month after their parents'' disappearance, the third-grade Huit octuplets deal with a malfunctioning refrigerator and try to win the love of the only boy in their class at Valentine''s Day, while Dorinda discovers her special power and gift.

Lauren''s father moves her out of New York City to a Connecticut suburb after her mother dies in a freak accident. She unsuccessfully tries to befriend the popular Farrin, but only discovers that Farrin has been corresponding online with an older man. While trying to prevent their meeting, Lauren is shocked to discover the man''s identity.

In turn-of-the-century London, an exemplary Victorian wife begins a noble-minded project: writing letters to a lonely local prisoner. What happens next in this brilliantly crafted novel of literary suspense will change Emma Smith’s life forever—and ignite a dark, erotic drama of suspicion, loss, and awakening. In the year 1898, Emma makes a New Year’s resolution: to become a better person. So, under the tutelage of her novelist husband, she begins an innocent correspondence with Chance Wood, a man serving his sentence for the murder of his wife. But from the beginning, in words that shock and intrigue her, Chance dares Emma to unveil her unspoken thoughts and desires. And when Chance receives a pardon, Emma is set dangerously free. She will use her freedom—and Chance’s—to pursue the fantasies that have been swirling dizzily around her. Slowly, recklessly, Emma exchanges all that was familiar and safe for her new, dangerous double life. As the risks mount and a friend turns blackmailer, Emma cannot stop her fall. For once she has given in to her truest, basest desires, she cannot avoid the ones that come next.…