Happy St. Patrick’s Day Weekend!
Whether you’re Irish (like me) or not, St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated in many countries as a day to embrace Irish culture and heritage. Growing up, I remember my mom making corned beef and cabbage for dinner with a side of green-dyed mashed potatoes. I loved reading Irish-themed kids books like Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato and Jamie O’Rourke and the Pooka (there weren’t a lot of St. Patrick’s Day themed titles in the early 2000s). In college, St. Patrick’s Day was celebrated by wearing shamrock temporary tattoos that said “kiss me I’m Irish” and drinking green beer with friends at one of the bars in downtown Wilmington. Now, I’m back to cooking corned beef and cabbage in the slow cooker and green beer has turned into a Guinness—poured correctly, of course—at the restaurant/bar down the road. But one thing remains the same: you always, always wear green on St. Patrick’s Day.
These titles all have the green vibe going on and are available now and are on sale for St. Patrick’s Day!
Joined at the Joints—$17.99
Chronically ill seventeen-year-old Ivy has spent the summer baking--pies are better than people, and they don't trigger her social anxiety. So when her (also) chronically ill mom and sister cook up a plan to get Ivy out of the house and into a support group, she certainly doesn't expect Grant.
Grant is CUTE: class-clown cute, messy-hair cute, will-always-text-you-back-cute. The fact that they share the same diagnosis--juvenile rheumatoid arthritis--is only one part of their instant connection.
But just because Grant understands Ivy's pain doesn't mean he can take it away. And she wishes he could--because it's getting worse. Ivy has always tried to appear pain-free, but between treatment plans, symptom management, and struggling with medical self-advocacy, being sick feels increasingly difficult. Will Ivy's delicious new romance pan out? Can she keep up a façade of "normality," whatever that is, for him and for the world...or should she be brave and let it go?
Rise of the Ash Kingdom—$22.99
After enduring a traumatic childhood, twenty-two-year-old Briar Clarke has learned two things: never get close enough for anyone to disappoint her again, and the fire living inside her must never reach the surface. But it’s these two things that prevent Briar from finding the one thing she craves deeply—a home. When Briar is involved in a tragic accident that should have killed her, she wakes in a different world entirely. Elysian, she is told, is a land where the magic powered by the High Queen keeps its creatures living. But the rightful heir is missing, a Dark Queen falsely sits in her place, and the land is slowly dying in response.
Briar must journey through the realms in search of a way back to her world. But when word spreads of this strange human’s impossible arrival, the Dark Queen takes interest, and soon Briar is fleeing more than just the crumpling realms. Forced further into Elysian, she encounters kingdoms plagued by political strife, danger lurking in every shadow, and untrustworthy allies with dark intentions. But with each step closer to her destination, Briar can’t help but feel like she’s moving in the wrong direction. There is something about Elysian soil that has awakened the fire beneath her skin. The very fire she has told herself must be kept buried at all costs. A fiery rage that could aid Elysian in the downfall of its false queen.
Briar has never fought a day in her life, and if she doesn’t do so now, any chance of saving Elysian—or finding home—will crumple to ash.
The Calling—$14.99
For thirty years, the people of Landore have been segregated by the five callings, living in disunity and isolation.
But for 18-year-old Talia Caffrey choosing one of the five is her hope at finding a place in a society that has rejected her. When her best friend, Jules, is kidnapped on the eve of her calling ceremony, everything changes. She walks away from her chance at belonging, becoming a fugitive who must hide her true self.
Talia's life becomes even more complicated when she encounters seven strangers who challenge everything she has ever known. Making her realize that there are more secrets in her kingdom than the ones she carries. And when one hostile but attractive member of the group becomes determined to uncover her secrets, she must hide more of herself to stay safe.
Will Talia be able to find Jules? Will she be able to return home after becoming a fugitive? Will she ever find her place to belong?
