Student Fiction

Nicholas always strived for perfection, but he never could measure up to his mother’s unreasonable demands. His hopes of passing the prerequisites for the pre-med program at the prestigious Plankton University are dashed when he fails out. Until he encounters Professor Jackson. For an introductory class, her standards are way too high. Maybe Nicholas can reason with Professor Jackson. Maybe he can make her see his point of view. Maybe they can come to an agreement about his grades? Because the only other alternative is to kill her.

8 MAGICAL FEMINIZATION books that have never been published in any other collection! The men in these stories never knew that magic was real. And they certainly never imagined how it could change their lives forever. This collection includes: Wrong Cabin Her New Daughter Homecoming Mother of the Revolution Candy A Respectable Lady The Girlfriend Ring Almost Perfect

Back to School with Sherlock Holmes Four New Sherlock Holmes Mysteries — One Unforgettable Collection Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson return in four riveting new adventures from Craig Stephen Copland, the world's best-selling author of new Sherlock Holmes stories. In The Adventure of the Darjeeling Diamonds, the murder of one of Holmes's own young Irregulars during a Hatton Garden jewel heist plunges the detective into guilt, international espionage, and a decades-old blood feud between two rival tea dynasties—forcing Holmes toward the most unconventional solution of his career. The ...

From marriage, infidelity, and the mayhem of motherhood to scandal, tragedy, and illness—three women seek peace and comfort in Nantucket as they cope with life's challenges. Three women—burdened with small children, unwieldy straw hats, and some obvious emotional issues—tumble onto the...

Cam and Terrence have been friends, but they were never able to get beyond some fundamental incompatibility between them that would let them take their relationship to the next level. That is, until Cam tries a girl pill.

Two fake-dating mathematicians create all kinds of chemistry in this forced proximity STEMinist romance for fans of Ali Hazelwood and Abby Jimenez. Mathematician Daisy Zhang-Wainwright’s fiancé Ethan unceremoniously dumps her 29 days before she’s due to move cross-country to be with him and start a new university job. But Daisy’s always been stubborn, and she’s not about to turn down a postdoc at MIT over a failed relationship, so here she is, in a last-minute apartment with minimal furniture, no friends, and a dumpster fire of a bank account.

A little too smart, a little too fat, Bobby Goodspeed has always been a go-along-to-get-along kind of guy. But when his friend Addie decides to tackle the student council elections, Bobby finds himself changing in ways he never could have imagined in this tender, touching, utterly hilarious novel of life as a middle school misfit.

• Modern-reader adaptation with clearer, more direct language • Preserves the family drama, murder plot, and moral intensity • Clean chapter-by-chapter navigation for focused reading Enter a turbulent provincial Russia where a corrupt father, three very different sons, and one shocking crime expose questions of faith, freedom, guilt, and redemption. This Adapted for Modern Readers edition brings the dense psychological power of Dostoevsky’s novel into clearer contemporary language while keeping the plot, characters, conflicts, and distinctive dramatic voice intact. Readers meet ...

Patrick Taylor's devoted readers know Doctor Fingal Flahertie O'Reilly as a pugnacious general practitioner in the quaint Irish village of Ballybucklebo. Now Taylor turns back the clock to give us a portrait of the young Fingal—and show us the pivotal events that shaped the man he would become...

Perennial bestseller Anne Rice fuses her two uniquely seductive strains of narrative—her Vampire legend and her lore of the Mayfair witches—to give us a world of classic deep-south luxury and ancestral secrets. Welcome to Blackwood Farm: soaring white columns, spacious drawing rooms, bright...

From bestselling and award-winning author and professor Elizabeth McCracken comes an irresistible look at the art of writing. Writing can feel like an endless series of decisions. How does one face the blank page? Move a character around a room? Deal with time? Undertake revision? The good and...

Jessie Carter has always been the perfect student. Top of her pre-med class and completely focused on her career. Romance has never fit into the plan. Then she meets Professor August Holt. Brilliant and intense, the former heart surgeon sees straight through her carefully controlled exterior. What begins as extra help after class quickly turns into stolen evenings in his office, undeniable chemistry, and a connection Jessie never expected. But when rumors begin spreading through the department and a colleague with a personal grudge threatens August’s career, Jessie must decide if ...

In the realm of Isodoro, just two things stand between Alliance lands and the spears and muskets of the orcish hordes: the wizards of the Order and constant infighting amongst the orcs themselves. In the Alliance capital, young Wit has just been promoted from apprentice to full wizard - and saddled with the very unglamorous task of traveling to a distant iron mine to inspect it for fraud. Worse yet, he's partnered with Wa'llach, a drunken dwarven prisoner who's killed more people than most plagues. Yet those skills are about to become very handy.

"Superbly crafted and astonishingly powerful. . . . It will thrill readers who cherish their worn copies of To Kill A Mockingbird." --People With a suspense, lyricism, and moral complexity that recall To Kill a Mockingbird and Presumed Innocent, this compulsively readable novel explores what...

A clear, reader-friendly edition of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald for modern readers. This Lumos Books edition gently clarifies difficult wording and formatting while preserving the plot, voice, character relationships, and literary force of the original classic. Best for readers who want an accessible path into a classic work while still staying close to the original.

From New York Times bestselling author Elle Cosimano, comes Veronica Ruiz Breaks the Bank—a hilarious short story diving into Finlay Donovan's partner-in-crime Vero's past. Anyone can spot a window of opportunity, but not everyone can manage to fall straight through one. Veronica Ruiz is on...

The blockbuster bestseller that kickstarted a new genre--the medical thriller--is now available in trade paperback for the first time. They called it "minor surgery," but Nancy Greenly, Sean Berman and a dozen others--all admitted to Boston Memorial Hospital for routine procedures--were victims...

Abe Cooper is a triple threat. He's my best friend's father. He's the football coach at my high school. And he's a married man. His marriage is on the rocks and he could lose his job for the way he looks at me. I could lose my only friend in the world. I know I should stay away instead of flirt with him. But all the cons don't outweigh how I feel when I'm with him.

“One of the great reporters of our time and probably the greatest biographer.” —The Sunday Times (London) From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Power Broker and The Years of Lyndon Johnson: an unprecedented gathering of vivid, candid, deeply moving recollections about his...

With ravishing beauty and unsettling intelligence, Michael Ondaatje's Booker Prize-winning novel traces the intersection of four damaged lives in an Italian villa at the end of World War II. Hana, the exhausted nurse; the maimed thief, Caravaggio; the wary sapper, Kip: each is haunted by the...