Books published by Melange Books - Fire and Ice YA

What would you give up to be with your idol? Your reputation? Your best friend? Your sanity? Addie is a small-town high school senior with a best friend to take care of and college plans to figure out. Jude is a drop-dead-gorgeous British rock star turned actor and one-half of Hollywood's favorite "it" couple alongside his co-star, Lana Thatcher. When the two cross paths at a music festival in Addie's hometown and begin an undercover whirlwind romance, the press becomes vicious, his faux fiancé flames rumors, and Addie must decide if her "dream come true" is worth the nightmare it's becoming. Fans of GEEKERELLA and IDOL will love this Young Adult Rockstar Romance.

Parallel universes, an invasion of Earth, and eternally youthful sentinels. Nothing is as it seems at University School. Hailey Schick is used to being the new girl, but when she angers the dominant clique, her dreams of a normal school year are dashed. To make matters worse, Trevor, the boy she's falling for is a social pariah. When eternally young sentinels from a parallel universe infiltrate the school, it's up to Hailey and Trevor to stop them. But how are a pair of teens who can barely handle high school drama supposed to save Earth?

Emma Qualyes survived a tragic event that no one should endure. She's become a hermit living with her older brother, talented at a craft few young people do, quilting. Now her brother, Ben, a world-famous epidemiologist, and his fellow doctor, Wayne Meeks, are leaving for a long trip and Emma's getting a baby-sitter, even though she's seventeen. Dylan Meeks survived not only the death of his mother and disabling injuries, but estrangement from his father. He's gone through post-traumatic stress disorder to post-traumatic growth, established a new normal. He lives his life to the fullest without being careless of the gift he's been given. Yet now he is spending the summer in Arizona with a stranger-a girl no less, who is his babysitter. No sooner do Emma and Dylan meet than danger looms in the form of a phone call that threatens Ben, Wayne and even Emma's life. Who's after them? Why? Can the desert save them when man and nature attempt to kill them?

Desperate to escape her squalid life on the streets of New York City, sixteen year-old Fiona Finn seeks help at the magnificent Church of the Ascension where Charles Loring Brace, a social reformer horrified by the plight of New York City's street children, arranges for her to go west aboard an Orphan Train. Fiona's homeless, alcoholic father has other plans, however. He wants Fiona to "work" the streets to support his drinking and pursues her across the midwest until she is forced to abandon the train in Houston to avoid a sheriff bent on returning her to her father. Alone in the dark on the Texas prairie, Fiona's terrifying experience with a circus elephant, Bolivar, sets the stage for a future she could never have imagined.

Captured in Texarkana, Jennifer finds herself in the hands of a ruthless examiner that will stop at nothing to find the cure to the SA8 virus. Coerced into a sinister game of her willfully complying to resistance testing in exchange for knowledge about her past, Jennifer confronts the dark truths about the exploitative history of human existence and begins to blame herself for the death of her friends. Can she find the strength and determination to carry on as she is faced with a new virus created by her captors or has she given up on society and its continual efforts to destroy itself? Reluctant is the second post-apocalyptic novel to the Resistant Series, questioning how much one will sacrifice in order to do what is right.

The picturesque town of Santillana Del Mar, Spain is legendary for its mysterious caves, but few know deep in those caves lurks a hidden secret. As seventeen-year-old-Keith stumbles onto a gateway deep within the heart of the mountain leading into a parallel universe known as Nevrhada-filled with Assassin-Vines, undead dragons, vampires, blood-thirsty Crocotta and other lethal creatures-he desperately clutches to his will to remain on earth. Despite his efforts to resist the lure of the enchanted world, Keith finds himself spiraling into a fantasy world beyond human imagination. Propelled by the unknown-and the mesmerizing Princess Deso Cressida, with her captivating violet eyes and mind control that can enslave any mortal-Keith makes the ultimate mistake and trespasses into the Forest of Nightmares. A part of Nevrhada banned for all eternity.

Though their planet is dying, Cricket Sminth is still furious at her parents for having tricked her into leaving home. What's more, in the form of a sixteen-year-old girl, she is now forced to enroll in high school in the little desert community of Prickly Pear, California. Cricket's disdainful behavior makes enemies of everyone in town including Claudia, the mayor's daughter, and Tom, the one-armed boy she's strangely attracted to. To make matters worse Immigration and Custom Enforcement has begun investigating the Sminths. But the biggest danger by far is Levi Barker, motorcycle gang leader, who has taken an unwelcome interest in the odd girl.

A bittersweet story about family, friendship and the impact one life can have on others, no matter how young it is. Brooke was just killed in an accident, but a part of her is still here. Seeking answers, she sets out to retrace her life and soon meets others like herself, among them, Tyler. Tyler remembers Brooke from before, and so she hesitantly gives him the one thing she never bothered to when they were alive; a chance. Together, they visit the people and places in their small beach town that once held meaning to them, developing a mutual, grudging respect as they learn to view life in different and unexpected ways. Tyler soon decides that they must let go of their pasts if anything is to change, but Brooke can't bring herself to say goodbye just yet. As she watches the impact of her death on her loved ones, Brooke questions her desperate need to hold onto a life that's no longer hers. But how can she let go of a life she's barely begun to live?

Grape can't unlearn what living in Sortilege Falls has taught her. Magic is real. Vampires live among us. And there's a portal in her back yard that leads to another world. A few weeks ago, Grape lived a quiet life with her family in Watts Landing. Now, she's stuck in Sortilege Falls, searching for a way to rescue her brother from the other side of the rift. She's connected to Brad through dreams and what she sees terrifies her. Brad is being tortured into performing magic and, even worse, he's being forced to torture others. Grape hounds the magic folk in town, seeking a way through the rift. Her mother's memory's been stolen. Her new vampire friend refuses to help. Grape must do it all alone. What she uncovers is a whole host of secrets about the town and her own family. And she's not the only one hunting for answers. Time is running out for Brad, but it might be running out for Grape as well.

Following the death of her father four years ago, Ruby Dawson feels that life can't get any harder. Living in a care home for girls, struggling with the last two years of school and working part time at an employment agency seem almost too much at times. And then she sees the man with the crescent scar. He's a memory from her past and one that she knows will have answers. He's the last link to her dad. Ruby goes looking for answers but only ends up with more questions as everything she thought she knew was real is turned upside down and her own life becomes all too connected with a world she didn't know existed.

When Telyn's song magic freed ancient spirits of the Wood, it also awakened a long-slumbering evil. Now she and her beloved Mithrais must battle a spreading shadow that ignites crippling fear, and deal with the unexpected consequences of magic's return. More danger arrives with a royal delegation to the forest realm, sweeping Telyn back into court intrigue and the sights of a murderous lord. Mithrais may be forced to choose between his service to the Wood or the obligations of his royal blood. As Telyn's bond with Mithrais grows, she is torn between her love for him and the freedom of a wandering bard's life. But when dark magic plunges the Wood into chaos, she must balance the two halves of her heart-or the Fates may take Mithrais from her forever.

The light of freedom. That is all Jennifer remembers before she escaped a secret compound deep in the wooded terrain of Arkansas. Eluding her captures, she finds a world in ruins. Abandoned cars on the interstate act as tombs for the dead, and many of those that are living have been mentally altered by what the survivors call the SA8 virus. Jennifer must persevere through the infected camp in Texarkana. She must also deal with the dispute of the survivors as to whether she will be allowed into their community when her blood tests come back as inconclusive, and the one man who is willing to sacrifice everything to help her find the truth behind her diagnosis. Is she resistant to the virus? Does she hold the cure for human survival?

Sixteen-year-old Grape Merriweather has just moved to Sortilege Falls and already she knows something isn't right. A small pack of teenage models, too beautiful for words, hold the town in their sway. The models have no plans on making Grape's life easy. But no matter how cruel they are to Grape and the other "Normals", no one can stay angry with them for long. Grape's life changes for the better, or so she thinks, when Mandy, the only "nice" model, befriends her. But that's when the trouble truly begins. Mandy's friendship places Grape smack in the middle of a medical mystery that has the entire town on edge. One by one, the models fall ill from an incurable disease. Grape quickly realizes that the models' parents are hiding a secret, even as they watch their children die. To save her only friend, Grape will have to find the truth-and that means putting her life in danger.

Seventeen-year-old Eve's world is about to come crashing down. When the mysterious Kateri enters her life, Eve is introduced to the hidden realm of the Shayds; an army of warriors who protect the world of light from the forces of evil. With Kateri's help, Eve will discover how much of a difference one person can make, and that there are more things in the shadows than we know, but this knowledge will come at a terrible price.

18-year-old Bowie is the envy of his peers; the sharpest eye with a rifle, deadly as a viper in hand-to-hand combat, and set to marry the prettiest girl around. Papa Byrne, leader of the Fort Thunder militia, has high hopes for this rising star, sees him as the heir apparent to their Pacific Northwest island stronghold. That all changes when a plane crashes into the island. Its sole survivor is Alexis, an exotic young woman who looks nothing like the fair-skinned people back at the Fort. Bowie brings her back to the stronghold, throwing the fearful community into chaos. Even his parents worry about what this will mean... All fears are confirmed when an impromptu mission leaves a young cadet dead and Bowie wounded. Worse still, Bowie is being blamed for the death, framed by his former mentor and banished by a hung jury. The once favored son of Fort Thunder is about to have his eyes opened to the larger world - if he can live long enough to see it.

After a disastrous run-in with a vindictive 1600s witch leaves him wanting to ditch his ghost hunting career forever, T.J. Jackson and his mates are drawn back into the paranormal world to investigate the mysterious disappearance of their friend and mentor, Mike Weinstein, in the Voodoo Capital of America: New Orleans. Along the way, T.J., Bortnicker and LouAnne - with an assist from their Bermudian friend Ronnie Goodwin - must explore the strange world of New Orleans Voodoo, as well as the crazy gumbo of cultures that make Southern Louisiana a place like no other. Their quest will take them from the bright lights of Bourbon Street to the steamy backwaters of the bayou, and test their courage at every turn. It looks like this trip to NOLA will provide the Junior Gonzo Ghost Chasers with their most dangerous case yet!

Three warriors asked the sun to grant them wishes of immortality to protect their people forever. One was turned into a merman, another was turned into a tree, and final warrior was turned into a stone. Juniper Sawfeather has learned there is truth to this American Indian legend. She knows how it connects the mermaids she saved from an oil spill and the ancient spirit that trapped her in the branches of an Old Growth tree. Now she wants to find out if the final part of this legend is true: that some kind of magical stone exists.

Fifteen-year old Piper agrees to help her friend Jeff sell his horses to pay for college, hoping he will then appreciate her more. But a gorgeous new girl comes to town who threatens to attract Jeff's attention. Piper doesn't know how to deal with beautiful Jackie and then she finds out that Jeff's Quarter Horse, Daisy, is prone to colic, a deadly threat in horses. All the responsibility for Daisy is on Piper's shoulders, but can she find a good owner for Daisy while keeping her healthy? And will Jeff fall for Jackie, forgetting about Piper? Daisy's life is at stake as the Horse Rescuers must act quickly.

When sixteen year-old Brenna Morgan arrived in Ireland with her travel-writer mother she had expected the usual-a couple of months in a country that wasn't her home. What she hadn't anticipated was making a promise to a dying faerie who saves her life. Armed with only her wits and a strange iron key given to her by the faerie, Brenna is pulled into a world where myth and legend cross all too often into reality, in search for a child hidden away in their world. Knowing nothing of the faerie realm, she is aided in her search by her new found friend Patrick and a reluctant faerie named Roibhilin with a grudge against humans. But the more she uncovers the more she realizes that not all is as it seems, that danger comes in the most unassuming of guises, and that the child she is sworn to protect could destroy not only the faerie world but her own as well.

In a world of snow and ice, Cara is alone. Different from the people in her life; she longs to find somewhere she can belong. Knowing that her ancestors came from a warmer place, Cara embarks on journey that leads her across the frozen world of Arc to find the land without snow. Along the way, she finds love and a new respect for herself; something she'd never had before. With danger lurking in every direction, Cara must make a decision: to stay with the man of her dreams or to find the place that she can truly belong.

While the tale of Little Red Riding Hood has been told in countless tongues on nearly every corner of our world, the enchanting tale of danger, darkness, and romance between her elder sister and a forbidden werewolf has been forgotten. The magical blue cape of invincibility and invisibility associated with this sister was lost. The quest she joined with a band of pirate werewolves to find a cure and chase her childhood love was utterly erased from living memory...until now.

There is a reckoning coming. Atlanta is within striking distance. The four companions continue forging a path through the Beastlands, battling both the jungle and its inhabitants as they make their way toward the Enclave and a final confrontation with Jacob and his followers. As the bond between Alee and Trace grows stronger, the last whispers of doubt Rayn had about him are left miles behind. In her heart, she knows he would lay down his life to protect any one of them, but she needs to make sure that that never happens. With a renewed sense of purpose, and Luk standing by her side, as he always has, Rayn promises herself that they will all make it back to Graceland and the future that awaits them there. But first, the embattled city of Birmingham blocks their way.

When Madison Bloom ends up at the local community college and meets the attractive, yet mysterious, Nathan Bradley, her world takes a dramatic turn. With his passion for art, especially the Impressionists, and their passion for each other, Nathan seems to be the perfect guy. But Nathan has a secret life and a dangerous connection to the underground world of art theft. Art thieves weren't an issue until he met Madison, but she's determined to join his world. What Madison doesn't realize is that the closer she gets to Nathan, the easier it is for his enemies to use her to get what they want. And it might be too late for one of them...

Kate is ready to start a new life in a great city. Determined to follow her dream, she left college to write a book. Arriving in New York City, she vows to live in the present, not the past. Easy for most to say, except she has a secret. Kate's a time traveler. She met the love of her life back in 1927. But he's here now. With her. So no looking back. No going back.