New Releases by Mari Mancusi

When young Arthur of Camelot accidentally time-travels to the 21st century and Googles himself, he discovers the not-so-happily ever after in store for him once he pulls the sword from the stone. Yes, he''ll go from squire to sovereign basically overnight, but he''ll also lose the love of his life to his best friend and eventually die in battle. What''s a once-and-future king to do? Easy: stay in the future, where he''ll actually have a future-and join the football team instead. Now, with the help of the great wizard Merlin, modern-day gamer-geeks Sophie and Stu find themselves in a race against time to get that sword pulled from the stone and the stubborn soon-to-be-king Arthur back to the past where he belongs. Complicating the plan? Lady Morgana-Arthur''s sister and greatest enemy-has traveled to the future as well, determined to take Arthur out and seize the throne. Can Sophie and Stu use their gaming abilities to defeat the evil Morgana and set the timeline right? With the very existence of their friendship, their families, and the world as they know it (including pepperoni pizza!) at stake, they''ll use every skill, power-up, and cheat code they know in their quest to save the day.

Bestselling author Hannah Miller knows how to steam up the pages and make her fans swoon over her vampire heroes. But in real life, things are a lot less dramatic. Haunted by a terrible night in her past, she''s become almost a recluse, holed up in her apartment, exploring the world through fiction. Keeping real life locked outside. Until one night-when Logan Valcourt walks into her book signing-accusing Hannah of being a fraud. Telling her it''s obvious she knows nothing of real vampires...or real men for that matter. He''s dark, brooding and looks disturbingly like the vampire hero of her books. And when he makes a bet with her-to prove vampires are real-she finds herself unable to say no. Now she''s thrust into a world straight off the pages of a bestselling book. Of blood and vampires. Betrayal and murder. It''s completely terrifying-yet completely intoxicating, all at the same time. Especially when she sees the look growing in Logan''s eyes. A look of dark desire, that''s becoming all too real. Will Hannah ever be able to return to the pages of her old life? Or will she begin a brand new chapter...once upon a vampire? This is the first book in a brand new Blood Coven Vampires crossover series and will feature familiar faces joining brand new characters.

In order to afford tickets to a local convention where their favorite YouTube star will be appearing, Hailey and her friends devise a babysitting service in which they dress up to entertain their charges, but they find themselves wholly unprepared for the venture.

After a disastrous fall stalls Lexi''s plans for the Olympics, she attempts a comeback, arriving at Mountain Academy only to find everyone against her, except Logan who sets out to show her a different side of snowboarding.

In the fiery conclusion to Mari Mancusi''s Scorched trilogy, Team Dragon ignites the spark that starts the dragon apocalypse… When Team Dragon finally rescues Emmy—now a full-grown dragon—they think the future is safe. Until Emmy reveals a secret: she''s laid two dragon eggs, and her offspring may bring about the fiery apocalypse they''ve all fought so hard to prevent. Either way, Connor''s not taking chances. But after a rash and brutal act, he discovers he may have just single-handedly started the apocalypse himself. Chaos breaks out. Towns are scorched. And time is running out. Will the team figure out a way to work together before the world goes up in flames?

Can true love survive the zombie apocalypse? Nineteen-year-old Peyton Anderson will never forget the day she was forced to make a choice--between her family--and Chris Parker, the boy she''d given her heart. Now four years later, as she steps out from the fallout shelter and into a zombie-infested world, he''s the only thing on her mind. Thanks to her father Peyton is now built to survive: with razor tipped nails, ocular implants and cybernetics that make her stronger, faster, and able to protect herself in a world filled with monsters. Yet all the weapons in the world can''t protect her heart when she runs into Chris again. The once sweet boy of her childhood has now grown into a tortured man--still furious at her for breaking his heart and never telling him why. Now the two of them find themselves on the run, forced to fight their way down the monster strewn east coast to reach the last human outpost on Earth: Walt Disney World. Can they find a way to let go of old hurts and regain the love they lost--all while attempting to save what''s left of the human race?

Trinity, Connor, and Caleb are holed up in Texas when Emmy, the baby dragon, is caught on tape and the video goes viral, sending them on the road again, following an old map leading to a man who has come from the future to help.

When Maddy graduated from Columbia University, she was ready to change the world. She''d get a job at Newsline, meet a nice guy, and live happily ever after with a real designer handbag on her arm. Two years later, she''s stuck producing puff pieces for News 9 San Diego -- where "if it bleeds, it leads." She''s still single, her family''s falling apart, and so is her knock-off Kate Spade. Then Jamie Hayes walks through her newsroom door. The former filmmaker is now her cameraman and everything Maddy has ever dreamed of. Creative, smart, and sweet -- with eyes the could make a girl melt. The perfect guy... but perfectly unavailable. And the more Maddy tries to stay away -- the further she starts to fall.Now a secret scoop from her favorite knock-off purse guy has Maddy chasing a lead that could make her career. Or destroy it forever. How far is she willing to go to broadcast the truth? And will this breaking news lead to more broken dreams... or an exclusive on Jamie''s heart? Stay tuned...it''s the story of a lifetime.Formerly published as "News Blues."

Dawn Miller is sick of being good. Her parents have scheduled her to within an inch of her life and her popular friends can only think of hooking up and shopping. She''s ready for a serious boyfriend, and it''s definitely not the obnoxious rich boy everyone wants her to date. Then she meets Starr, the headmaster''s rebellious daughter who refuses to play by the rules. The differences between them are night and day but Dawn is fascinated. Starr introduces her to a world she didn''t even know existed: hip indy record stores, all night raves, and cute skateboarders who hang out underneath a parking deck downtown. Skateboarders like the gorgeous Sean, who''s sweet, smart, and curiously serious --everything Dawn''s always wanted in a boyfriend. Soon she finds herself head over heels and doing the unthinkable, lying to her parents and friends. Deep down she knows her parents will never approve of this boy from the wrong side of town...and her secret life is finally catching up to her. Will Dawn be forced to choose between the girl she was and the girl she is meant to be? And if she chooses, will she lose her skater boy forever?

As told by some of today''s most admired young adult authors—and a few newbies—this charity anthology boasts stories that will make readers scream, laugh, and tremble with fear, and all for a good cause! Proceeds from the sale of the first 5,000 copies will be donated to the SPCA International. Based on stories long-told by the campfire, superstitions passed down through the generations, creatures who exist in legend, literature, and film, and those myths that raise the hairs on the back of our necks, these tales are sure keep readers up late at night with lamps lit and covers over their heads.

Game of Thrones meets The Terminator in this powerful new series from award-winning author Mari Mancusi Sixteen-year-old Trinity Foxx is used to her grandfather''s crazy stories, so she doesn''t believe that the latest treasure he brought home is a real dragon''s egg. Not until their home is invaded by soldiers trying to steal it and a strange boy telling her the world as she knows it will be wiped out in a fiery dragon war—unless they work together to stop it. Meanwhile, there''s a different voice whispering to Trinity, calling to her, telling her what to do...because the dragon in her egg is not ready to give up without a fight.

Ahora que es oficialmente una vampira y miembro de pleno derecho del Círculo de Sangre, Rayne supone que sus días como cazavampiros han terminado. No tiene poderes vampíricos debido a una mutación de un virus sanguíneo, sin embargo tanto ella como su novio Jareth pueden permanecer bajo el sol, por lo que el cambio tampoco está mal. Cuando empieza a disfrutar de su inmortalidad, Cazadoras, S. A. contacta con Rayne de nuevo. Parece que un jugador del equipo de fútbol americano de su instituto ha desaparecido, y las autoridades creen que las animadoras están implicadas. Ahora Rayne deberá infiltrarse en el grupo antes de que las chicas más populares le hinquen el diente a alguien más…

Es-tu une brave fille ? Est-ce que tu... permets à tes parents de gérer toute ton existence ? t''inscris à un million d''activités parascolaires ? fréquentes des filles populaires obsédées par la mode et qui rejettent quiconque ne porte pas de rose ? sors avec des sportifs riches et odieux ? Ou es-tu une vilaine fille ? Est-ce que tu... te lies d''amitié avec de nouvelles connaissances telles que Starr, la fille punk rock du directeur de l''école ? te fais faire un perçage au nombril en espérant que tes parents ne s''en rendent pas compte ? sors avec un planchiste qui habite les mauvais quartiers ? tombes amoureuse du planchiste à la manière sombre et tragique de Roméo et Juliette ? La brave Dawn Miller s''apprête à découvrir combien il est bon d''être vilaine !

Rayne McDonald lo tenía todo calculado: convertirse en vampiro, ser la compañera del líder del Círculo de Sangre y vivir la buena vida para toda la eternidad... pero el destino tenía otros planes para ella. De hecho, Rayne no solo sigue siendo humana, sino que se ha enterado de que es una cazavampiros. Tras ser reclutada por una organización secreta, a Rayne le asignan su primera misión: infiltrarse en un bar de mala reputación y desenmascarar a su propietario vampiro, un tal Maverick, por propagar a propósito un virus en la sangre. Por suerte, el Círculo de Sangre envía ayuda, personificada en un sensual vampiro llamado Jareth. ¿Serán capaces el vampiro y la cazadora de resolver sus diferencias y trabajar juntos para detener a Maverick?

Sunny McDonald and her vampire boyfriend, Magnus, are on the run-accused of treason and wanted alive...or undead. And her twin is the slayer sent to track them down. Rayne would do anything to save her twin sister, Sunny, from the Vampire Consortium dictator who wants her dead. Instead, she''s been commissioned by Slayer Inc. to find Sunny and Magnus and deliver them to the Consortium...which Rayne knows means certain death. She also knows that if she and her boyfriend, Jareth, disobey orders, they are signing not only their own death warrants, but also those of every vampire in the Blood Coven. As a rival slayer with a personal vendetta moves in, Rayne and Jareth must do something to stop her. So they embark on their most dangerous journey yet, deep beneath the streets of New York City and through the Gates of the Underworld. But when a greedy god demands the ultimate sacrifice, will Rayne be forced to choose between her sister...and the vampire she loves?

Cuando Sunny McDonnald se ve arrastrada al Club Colmillo por su hermana gemela, Rayne, no espera encontrar nada más aparte de un puñado de niños góticos que juegan a ser vampiros. Pero cuando un tío confunde a Sunny con su hermana, amante del lado oscuro, y la muerde en el cuello, averigua que sus colmillos son reales… y mortales. Ahora Sunny tiene menos de una semana para descubrir cómo invertir los efectos del mordisco, o de lo contrario acabará igual que los no muertos. Y no solo se convertirá en vampiro, sino que también estará atada a Magnus, el chupasangre que la mordió, para siempre. Y para siempre es mucho tiempo...

The first two Blood Coven Vampire novels-now in one volume. Boys That Bite When Sunny McDonald''s sister drags her to Club Fang, all she expects is a bunch of Goth kids playing at being vampires. But when a tall, handsome stranger mistakes Sunny for her dark-side-loving twin and bites her on the neck, she realizes his fangs are real-and deadly... Stake That Rayne McDonald had it all figured out: become the vampire mate of the Blood Coven master and live the high life for all eternity. But now, not only is Rayne fangless, but she discovers she''s destined to be a vampire slayer instead...and sexy vampire bad boy Jareth keeps getting in her way.

"Dark, delicious and full of surprises, the Blood Coven series is like vampire candy." -New York Times bestselling author Heather Brewer. Officially back in the arms of her vampire boyfriend Magnus, Sunny finds she still can''t forget the gentle mortal Jayden who once saved her life. When darkness threatens to steal his humanity, Sunny must make a choice: stay true to her love, or defy him in a desperate attempt to save Jayden''s soul. Meanwhile, the Blood Coven is gearing up for a showdown with a splinter group of Slayer Inc. It''s Vampires vs. Slayers in a showdown that could cost Sunny not only her heart...but also her life.

After their parents'' shocking revelation about their fae heritage and an attack on their lives, the McDonald twins are forced to hide out deep in the Swiss Alps at Riverdale Academy, a secret vampire slayer training facility. And with no way to contact their vampire boyfriends for rescue, they''re going to have to play nice with the locals. But when Sunny starts acting strange, Rayne realizes that there''s more to fear at Riverdale than getting staked by the student body-leading to a showdown in Fairyland that may cost the twins their lives.

Mistaken for her Goth twin sister, Rayne, sixteen-year-old Sunny is bitten by a vampire and races against time to avoid becoming a vampire permanently. Rayne learns she is destined to be the new Vampire Slayer just as a maniacal member of the undead is trying to spread a fatal blood disease.

Maddy''s life couldn''t get much worse. Her parents split and now she''s stuck in a small town and at a new school. Most of the time, she retreats into her manga art, but when she gets into the Fields of Fantasy online computer game, she knows she''s found the one place she can be herself. In the game world, Maddy can be the beautiful and magical Allora and have a virtually perfect life. And she even finds a little romance. But can Maddy escape her real-life problems altogether, or will she have to find a way to make her real world just as amazing as her virtual one?

The newest Blood Coven novel-accompanied by edgy repackages of the rest of the series Sunny McDonald is in the ultimate forbidden relationship. Her boyfriend Magnus is a vampire, and the leader of the Blood Coven. And when the Coven decides that Magnus needs a mate to be his co-ruler, Sunny''s humanity puts her out of the running. The Coven''s chosen candidate is Jane Johnson, a magna cum laude graduate of Oxford University who just happens to look like a vampiric supermodel. Sunny is suspicious of a Rhodes Scholar who can''t answer the most basic poli-sci questions, but Magnus brushes it off as petty jealousy. Still, when the Blood Coven goes to Las Vegas for a vampire convention, Sunny and her twin sister Rayne secretly tag along. And Sunny''s not going home before she learns the truth about Jane. Because not everything stays in Vegas-especially bad blood.

Rayne, inzwischen selbst ein Vampir und glücklich mit Jareth, soll im Auftrag der Vampirjäger von Slayer Inc. dem Cheerleader-Team der Schule beitreten, um merkwürdigen Ereignissen nachzuspüren. Doch wie schafft man als bekennender Gothic-Fan die Aufnahme bei den Cheerleadern? Ab 13.

Roman.

Gothic Fan Rayne, die in einen Vampir verwandelt werden möchte, kann es nicht fassen, dass sie zur Vampirjägerin ernannt wird. Muss sie jetzt Magnus, den Fürsten der Finsternis und Freund ihrer Zwillingsschwester Sunny, bekämpfen? Ab 13.

Rayne McDonald, a goth vampire and vampire slayer, must go undercover as a cheerleader at her high school to find out what happened to the captain of the football team, who has disappeared, and to see if the peppy cheerleaders are really werewolves.

When she''s thrown back in time, a present-day photographer must convince Robin Hood (and his not-so-Merry Men) to become as history remembers--without allowing Robin to steal her heart. Original.