While at Zoe's house for a sleepover, half-fairy, half-vampire Isadora adds a little magic to the cake she and her friend are baking for the school competition.

Isadora knows what it's like to be different. When she and her class go on a field trip to an old castle, Isadora's friends are spooked. What if they see a ghost? Only Isadora knows ghosts aren't scary -- they're just different.

"Vhalla Yarl marches to war as property of the Solaris Empire. The Emperor counts on her to bring victory, the Senate counts on her death, and the only thing Vhalla can count on is the fight of her life. As she grapples with the ghosts of her past, new challenges in the present threaten to shatter the remnants of her fragile sanity. Will she maintain her humanity? Or will she truly become the Empire's monster?"--

"A woman awoken in air, a soldier forged by fire, a weapon risen from blood. Vhalla Yarl has made it to the warfront in the North. Forged by blood and fire, she has steeled her heart for the final battle of the Solaris Empire's conquest. The choices before Vhalla are no longer servitude or freedom, they are servitude or death. The stakes have never been higher as the Emperor maintains his iron grip on her fate, holding everything Vhalla still has...

Eleven-year-old Nicholas Vargas already thinks his life has been turned upside down after his developer father remarries and moves his new wife and daughter into the soon-to-be completed Mangrove Hollow. But when an "expedition" to a nearby lake turns up a little nixie with a giant problem-- the huge lumbering, fire breathing variety -- it's suddenly up to Nick: his stepsister Laurie; and his big brother, Julian, to figure out how to stop all of Florida...

The Sylvan Vale and the Sylvan Wyld are at war. Now that the unsteady truce between them has been broken, lines must be drawn. In an effort to protect the weakened Winter Court, Bastien rallies powerful allies and friends in New Orleans to come to their aid. Meanwhile, under protection alongside her injured mother in the Summer Court, Celine is uncertain of whom to trust. She cannot get word to Bastien, and does not understand why he has not returned....

"Laios nears the bottom of the dungeon and his inevitable confrontation with Sissel, the lunatic lord of its labyrinthine halls. In a succubus-induced slumber, Laios comes face-to-face with the winged lion, the source of Sissel's power. Laios knows only that the lion is held captive by Sissel in the dungeon's depths, but it could be the Canaries know a great deal more. With their centuries of experience, the elves' knowledge could shed some light...

"Led to Sissel's threshold by the winged lion imprisoned within it, Laios and friends steel themselves for--some heavy-duty cleaning? Sissel's seemingly innocuous cottage is piled with clutter, hindering both their search for the lion and their meal prep. Once satiated, the party hastily lays plans for Falin's rescue. However, here in the depths of the dungeon, even the cutest residents have a vicious streak a mile wide"--Back cover.

Drizzt Do'Urden, the honorable prince of a royal house in Menzoberranzan, must choose whether or not he can continue to live in his immoral homeland.

"The Pied Piper's little sister Clare is determined to uncover the truth behind her brother's seemingly cruel actions."--