Coming Of Age category: 7169 books

Excerpt:"'You're the most beautiful girl I've ever seen, Fiorella. And the nicest one. I think I might be in love with you,' Sogna confessed, making Fiorella redder than before.'And you're the nicest princess I've ever met. Which doesn't really say much since you're the only princess I've ever met,'...

Thirteen year old Danny Tompkins must deal with his mother's death, but on the day of the funeral people keep coming to his house, and seem to be partying. As he retreated to his bedroom—the closest thing to a safe haven available—he couldn't understand why those adults behaved as they did, or...

Viola’s only a few drinks away from her next mistake. Even her sober life is a trainwreck. When she’s not writing an entire album about her ex who’s probably never coming back (an album that shattered her image as a pop star), she’s sending him texts he’ll probably never reply to. But...

She wasn't supposed to fall in love with him. Her family, her age, her religion and her race were stacked against her having anything to do with a man who would never be accepted into her life by others. But she couldn't prevent it – even when she knew it was wrong and even when it went against...

Shortlisted, 2010 Commonwealth Writers' Prize (South East Asia and Pacific) for Best First Book. A brilliant new take on the road novel from an exciting Australian debut author. A teenage girl hitches a ride with an older man travelling through middle America. Their relationship is not...

Since a young age, Tesla Isenhour has been in a battle. A battle for her independence. A battle for her sanity. A battle for her spirit. Tesla writes her heartbreaking story from her 6 by 8 foot cell in the Black Mountain Women's Correctional Facility nestled in the mountains of Western North Carolina....

This is a romance short story (word count 4,055). When Diana reconnects with her old friend Sam after eleven years of being parted, she does not quite know what to do or say to him. Which is not helped at all when she notes the attractive and charismatic man he has become since they last set...

"If all you can do is crawl, start crawling. Soon, you’ll be able to stand." S’renaty James lives a privileged life most her age only dream of living. She is beautiful and popular with her entire life ahead of her. Life could not get any better. Until her entire life shifts,...

In Maliki & Me, a sun has risen. Tali Raymond, the son of Maliki Raymond, was born on December 22, 1998 in Westlowe Hopsital located in the City of Dustingfold, New Jersey. As Tali grows from an infant to a young child, the people and the world around him will change dramatically. His father,...

'Trust is the hardest thing to find And the easiest thing to lose' Pearl Dunway is an aspiring painter and comes from wealth, but you'd never know it by looking at her. She lives in her yoga pants, tank tops, tennis shoes and loves to wear her long dark hair up in a high ponytail. Her career...

At age 9, Troy Evanson lost his father in an accident. Ever since then, he’s been steadily losing confidence in himself and his ability to make his way in the world. It certainly doesn’t help that his mother has had her own difficulties coping with his father’s death, and Troy has been...

Seduction. Temptation. Passion. Under the cover of darkness Ella and Darnley’s love continues to grow, especially when she moves in to his home. But his dangerous past is coming back to haunt them both as by day Darnley must face his demons. Giving her a gift of costly bracelets and Ella knows that...

A new adult title from Entangled's Embrace imprint… Book Two of the Mortal Machine series. Her soul remembers his touch, even if she doesn't. With only three days until the wraith king turns the earth into an all-you-can-eat buffet, Addison Beckett is forced to enlist brooding sentinel Asher...

It is 1964 and at the age of eleven, The Spotter finds himself in a school he doesn’t like and a target for bullying. He doesn’t like sport and he doesn’t fit in - plus his hair is too long!He lives for the weekends and his one escape – trainspotting – riding the rails behind the steam locomotives...