After the Ink Dries

After the Ink Dries
Author: Cassie Gustafson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2022-08-02
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 153447370X

Told in alternating viewpoints, new couple Erica and Thomas face the devastating aftermath of a drunken party.

The Secrets We Keep

The Secrets We Keep
Author: Cassie Gustafson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2023-11-14
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1665906952

Told in flashbacks, dark fairytales, and present-day prose, fourteen-year-old Emma, whose best friend has accused her father of heinous crimes, must testify against her friend's word, and her carefully constructed "truths" about what she may or may not have witnessed between father and friend start to crumble.

A Bad Character

A Bad Character
Author: Deepti Kapoor
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 153
Release: 2015-01-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0385352751

The highly acclaimed story of a young woman in New Dehli, and the love that both shatters and forever changes her—offering an intimate and raw exploration of female transformation in contemporary India, and an unforgettable hymn to a dangerous, exhilarating city. “Searing.... Intoxicating.” —The New York Times Book Review Our narrator is “twenty and untouched” when her mother dies. Sent by her absentee father to live with a relative in a modest New Delhi apartment, she is ill-equipped to resist the allure of the rich and rebellious young man who approaches her one day at a cafe. He is a few years older, and from a different social class, but they both yearn to break free of tradition. As they drive around Delhi—eating, making love, falling apart—he introduces her to an India that she never knew existed, and will never be able to forget. Told in a voice at once gritty and lyrical, A Bad Character is an astounding book.

Ep.#1 - Aurora

Ep.#1 - Aurora
Author: Ryk Brown
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2012-12-31
Genre: Interplanetary voyages
ISBN: 9781480121027

In the first book of the Frontiers Saga, the crew members of the "UES Aurora" discover that what destiny has in store for them is far greater than anyone could have ever imagined.

A Brief Theology of Periods (Yes, really)

A Brief Theology of Periods (Yes, really)
Author: Rachel Jones
Publisher: The Good Book Company
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2021-05-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1784986224

What does the Bible say about periods? The average woman has 500 periods in her lifetime. And whether yours are mildly annoying, utterly debilitating or emotionally complicated, most of us have at one time or another asked: Why?! This warm, light-hearted, real, honest and at times surprising book gives a biblical perspective on menstruation, as well as a whole lot more. Beginning with periods, Rachel Jones takes readers on an adventure in theology, weaving together wide-ranging reflections on the nature of our bodies, the passing of time, the purpose of pain, and the meaning of life. One thing is for sure: you’ve never read a Christian book quite like this one. Whether you’re in need of hope and help, or are just downright curious, you’ll be refreshed and encouraged by this book. As Rachel puts it, “Whoever you are, my aim is that you reach the end of this book celebrating who God has made you, how God has saved you, and the fact that he speaks liberating and positive truth into all of life’s experiences (even periods)”.

Witchbody

Witchbody
Author: Sabrina Scott
Publisher: Weiser Books
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2019-03-01
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1633411257

"Cerebral, passionate, and beautifully drawn. A highly distinctive and engaging book." --Joe Sacco, author of Palestine Witchbody is an invitation to experience what lies hidden beneath the surface of our everyday lives—to see the magic in all things. A plant, a tree, a coffee cup, garbage bins, you, me—they're all magic. Witchcraft is simply the power we’re all born with to awaken our senses to this magic, to awaken our “witchbody.” And that awakening is essential if we are to reframe our experience with Nature and with our precious planet.

Filthy Vows

Filthy Vows
Author: Alessandra Torre
Publisher:
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2019-07-18
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780999784181

A marriage turns uber sexual when a husband starts indulging his wife's secret fantasies.

After the Ink Dries

After the Ink Dries
Author: Cassie Gustafson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2021-07-20
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1534473718

Courtney Summers meets Deb Caletti in this “all too believable” (Publishers Weekly) page-turning suspense story about a teen girl—reeling in the wake of betrayed trust—who learns what it is to face hard truths about yourself and others, and how to find strength when you need it most. Sixteen-year-old Erica Walker is a webcomic artist who wants to fit in at her affluent new high school. Seventeen-year-old Thomas VanBrackel is an aspiring songwriter and reluctant lacrosse goalie who wants out from under his father’s thumb. After their electric first kiss at Saturday’s lacrosse match, Erica and Thomas both want to see where their new relationship could take them. The next morning, however, following a drunken house party, Erica wakes up half-clothed, and discovers words and names drawn in Sharpie in intimate places on her body—names belonging to Thomas’s lacrosse friends, including the boyfriend of Erica’s best friend. Devastated, Erica convinces herself Thomas wasn’t involved in this horrific so-called prank…until she discovers Thomas’s name on her skin, too. Told in alternating viewpoints, Erica seeks to uncover what happened while battling to keep evidence of her humiliation from leaking out, as Thomas grapples with his actions and who he thought he was. Woven throughout, illustrated graphic novel interstitials depict Erica’s alter ego superhero, Erica Strange, whose courage just might help Erica come through to the other side.