There will be blood.Ace of Spades meets House of Hollow in this villain origin story.Laure Mesny is a perfectionist with an axe to grind. Despite being constantly overlooked in the elite and cutthroat world of the Parisian ballet, she will do anything to prove that a Black girl can take center stage. To level the playing field, Laure ventures deep into the depths of the Catacombs and strikes a deal with a pulsating river of blood.The primordial power Laure gains promises influence and adoration, everything she’s dreamed of and worked toward. With retribution on her mind, she surpasses her bitter and privileged peers, leaving broken bodies behind her on her climb to stardom.But even as undeniable as she is, Laure is not the only monster around. And her vicious desires make her a perfect target for slaughter. As she descends into madness and the mystifying underworld beneath her, she is faced with the ultimate choice: continue to break herself for scraps of validation or succumb to the darkness that wants her exactly as she is―monstrous heart and all. That is, if the god-killer doesn’t catch her first.From debut author Jamison Shea comes I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me, a twisted dark fantasy that lifts a veil on the institutions that profit on exclusion and the toll of giving everything to a world that will never love you back. Read more

UPDATED and RE-RELEASED as of October 21, 2023. Curvy Girls Can't Date Bullies features a stunning new narration that addresses past audio critiques, ensuring an immersive and flawless listening experience for all.The strongest bodybuilder in Emerson isn’t a match for my focus.Emerson Dance is one of the most prestigious dance companies in the country. And I got kicked off the team right before nationals because my curves don’t “fit.” Not their idea of a perfect dancer's body and definitely not their costume.I’m going to enter the competition on my own and show them that every body is a dancer’s body. It will mean practicing in the gym with the bodybuilders, but I can shove my nerves—and my attraction to Carter McCormac—aside long enough to win.My reputation, and my future, depend on it.If you love girls who buck the rules and guys strong enough to lift them up, you’ll love Curvy Girls Can’t Dance, a stand-alone romance in The Curvy Girl Club! Grab your copy and fall in love today! Read more

Padma Venkatraman’s inspiring story of a young girl’s struggle to regain her passion and find a new peace is told lyrically through verse that captures the beauty and mystery of India and the ancient bharatanatyam dance form. This is a stunning novel about spiritual awakening, the power of art, and above all, the courage and resilience of the human spirit. Veda, a classical dance prodigy in India, lives and breathes dance—so when an accident leaves her a below-knee amputee, her dreams are shattered. For a girl who’s grown used to receiving applause for her dance prowess and flexibility, adjusting to a prosthetic leg is painful and humbling. But Veda refuses to let her disability rob her of her dreams, and she starts all over again, taking beginner classes with the youngest dancers. Then Veda meets Govinda, a young man who approaches dance as a spiritual pursuit. As their relationship deepens, Veda reconnects with the world around her, and begins to discover who she is and what dance truly means to her. Read more

Padma Venkatraman’s inspiring story of a young girl’s struggle to regain her passion and find a new peace is told lyrically through verse that captures the beauty and mystery of India and the ancient bharatanatyam dance form. This is a stunning novel about spiritual awakening, the power of art, and above all, the courage and resilience of the human spirit.Veda, a classical dance prodigy in India, lives and breathes dance - so when an accident leaves her a below-knee amputee, her dreams are shattered. For a girl who’s grown used to receiving applause for her dance prowess and flexibility, adjusting to a prosthetic leg is painful and humbling. But Veda refuses to let her disability rob her of her dreams, and she starts all over again, taking beginner classes with the youngest dancers. Then Veda meets Govinda, a young man who approaches dance as a spiritual pursuit. As their relationship deepens, Veda reconnects with the world around her, and begins to discover who she is and what dance truly means to her. Read more

Now a Netflix TV show! Black Swan meets Pretty Little Liars in this soapy, drama-packed novel featuring diverse characters who will do anything to be the prima at their elite ballet school.From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Belles, Dhonielle Clayton, and the author of the acclaimed Symptoms of a Heartbreak, Sona Charaipotra.Gigi, Bette, and June, three top students at an exclusive Manhattan ballet school, have seen their fair share of drama. Free-spirited new girl Gigi just wants to dance—but the very act might kill her. Privileged New Yorker Bette's desire to escape the shadow of her ballet-star sister brings out a dangerous edge in her. And perfectionist June needs to land a lead role this year or her controlling mother will put an end to her dancing dreams forever.When every dancer is both friend and foe, the girls will sacrifice, manipulate, and backstab to be the best of the best.Don’t miss the gossip, lies, and scandal that continues in Tiny Pretty Things’ gripping sequel, Shiny Broken Pieces! Read more

He was my best friend until...he kissed me. OliviaTo say that I'm excited to have my best friend come live with me is an understatement. Even though he's not my boyfriend and I would never look at him as such, I'm excited that with him around, I'm no longer the ninth wheel. Plus, having a movie buddy to watch my favorite movie Dirty Dancing is a plus. Even if he rolls his eyes everytime we watch it. DerekI have one semester of freedom until my parents force me to persure a relationship with a girl who is beneficial to our family. Sure, I come from a rich family with loads of connections, but I'm trapped. I want to love who I want to love and not who my parents want me to marry. I want to love Olivia. But I'll settle for being her friend and spending the rest of my senior year feeling free. And I was fine, until my feeligs became to hard to ignore.She's the one girl who can make me smile. The one girl who understands me. And the one girl who doesn't use me for my family. I just hope that when this is all over, I haven't lost my best friend in the process. If you love best friends to lovers stories with carefree female leads and strong heros, you'll love The Fullback and his Best Friend. The FINAL installment of The Ballerina Academy series. Grab your copy today! Read more

For fans of the classic novel Ballet Shoes, a coming-of-age dance story reimagined for a new generation.As she begins 6th grade, Lauren Lightfoot wants nothing more than to get her first pair of pointe shoes, enjoy her love for ballet, and spend time with her friends. Lauren and her friends Bryan and Serena are challenged to define themselves both on stage and in the world when they audition for the Pacific Northwest Ballet School and compete for roles in the spring recital."This is the ballet book I wish I could have read as a young ballet student."—Megan Fairchild, principal dancer with New York City Ballet and author of The Ballerina Mindset“I so wish that Lauren in the Limelight had been in my local library when I was a tween-ager... I would have loved loved loved to imagine myself Lauren then and I know that tweens—ballet fans or not—are going to love it now.”—Nancy Pearl, author of the Book Lust series and George & Lizzie: A Novel"Lauren in the Limelight promotes empathy and understanding, and deals with the crucial moments in life when we gain maturity, break from our parents’ version of us, and become ourselves.”—Peter Boal, Artistic Director of Pacific Northwest Ballet and author of Illusions of Camelot“Lauren in the Limelight centers around three young adolescents captivated by ballet's mysterious, magical lure, but this book is about so much more than dance. The characters' relationship and fascination with ballet is a prism through which we—and they—begin to discover and understand the complexities of self-identity, autonomy, and morality and that adults have just as many internal conflicts as kids.”—Gavin Larsen, author of Being a Ballerina and former principal with Oregon Ballet Theatre“We love stories about dancers written by dancers! Lauren in the Limelight is a novel perfect for young dancers starting their journey into pointe work.”—Kathryn Morgan, former soloist with New York City Ballet“It has everything. Drama. Competition. Passion. If you love ballet, you will love Miriam Landis’s book.”—Mary Helen Bowers, Founder and CEO of Ballet Beautiful Read more

He’s rich, she’s poor. He plays rugby, she’s a sassy hip hop dancer. Can two people from different worlds seriously fall in love?Alexia trusts very few people in this world. Having spent her childhood in survival mode, she’s learned to wear a coat of armor and not be afraid of a fight.But what happens when the guy she wants to fight the most is the one who can get under her defenses with just a smile?Troy is a rich boy, a rugby player, and his twin brother is an arrogant jerk. She could never trust someone like that, until…He ends up being the one to help her when she needs it the most, the one to make her laugh when she’s feeling the worst, and the one who will put it all on the line in order to win her heart.Like fire and ice, these two will sizzle, bringing out the best in each other.But can their unlikely relationship withstand the pressure of a conniving twin brother and a life outside of Haven Academy that is determined to tear them apart? Read more

Un libro para enamorarse, incluso para los que ya no creen en el amor.Evie Thomas ya no cree en el amor.Cuando sus padres se separaron, todos sus ideales sobre el amor se esfumaron. Sin embargo, las casualidades de la vida la llevan a aprender a bailar en la Escuela de Baile La Brea, donde conoce a un enigmático chico. X es completamente opuesto a Evie: atrevido, pasional, sin miedo. El tipo de persona que dice sí a todo, incluso a apuntarse a una competición de bailes de salón con una chica que acaba de conocer.Enamorarse de X no es lo que Evie tenía en mente. Si su experiencia le ha enseñado algo, es que nadie escapa del amor sin resultar herido. Pero mientras Evie y X bailan y se conocen más, la magia del amor arrasa con todo.Instrucciones para enamorarse es la nueva novela de Nicola Yoon, la autora bestseller de las novelas Todo todo y El sol también es una estrella. Un libro perfecto para amantes del romance, y para fans de Todo este tiempo o Bajo la misma estrella.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONIn this romantic page-turner from the author of Everything, Everything and The Sun is Also a Star, Evie has the power to see other people’s romantic fates—what will happen when she finally sees her own? Evie Thomas doesn't believe in love anymore. Especially after the strangest thing occurs one otherwise ordinary afternoon: She witnesses a couple kiss and is overcome with a vision of how their romance began . . . and how it will end. After all, even the greatest love stories end with a broken heart, eventually. As Evie tries to understand why this is happening, she finds herself at La Brea Dance Studio, learning to waltz, fox-trot, and tango with a boy named X. X is everything that Evie is not: adventurous, passionate, daring. His philosophy is to say yes to everything--including entering a ballroom dance competition with a girl he's only just met. Falling for X is definitely not what Evie had in mind. If her visions of heartbreak have taught her anything, it's that no one escapes love unscathed. But as she and X dance around and toward each other, Evie is forced to question all she thought she knew about life and love. In the end, is love worth the risk? Read more

Nothing good happens when people keep secrets.Paige Bryant’s dreams of becoming a professional ballet dancer died along with her mother. Drowning in grief and plagued by guilt, Paige is blindsided by a provision in her mother’s will that sends her to live with the father she never knew. Forced to start over in a new town, and at a new school where she's now the principal's daughter, Paige is convinced that her life can’t possibly get more complicated—until fate throws her into the path of the only boy her guardian tells her is off-limits.Despite two years on the straight and narrow, Cade Matthews can’t escape his time as a juvenile delinquent. With his dad behind bars, Cade’s feelings of anger and betrayal are as relentless as the rumors he’s trying to outrun. The only person not listening to the gossip is the new girl with her own set of troubles, including a father who will never give Cade a fair shake.As Paige tries to adjust to her new life and an uncertain future, a set of unopened journals reveals a dark family secret. When tensions rise to a boiling point, can Paige and Cade make peace with the past before it destroys them? Read more

Aspiring artists—their grit, passion, and determination to achieve—are at the heart of this unforgettable novel.Anna Forester is an intelligent and sensitive sixteen-year-old at the top of her local ballet school in Illinois. She arrives at the bottom of the prestigious School of Ballet New York in Manhattan, where she joins an elite group of teens who see themselves as the ballet stars of the next generation, racing to impress their famous teachers and win a coveted professional contract. Over the next two years, Anna’s struggles to navigate friendships with her rivals, stand out in a world dictated by conformity, and pursue her passions converge into a high-stakes portrait of a young dancer following their dreams.Praise for Girl in Motion"I couldn’t put down this novel about the ups and downs of life in a ballet boarding school.”—Amanda Brice, author of Codename: Dancer "Girl in Motion offers an inside view of professional dance training."—The Salt Lake Tribune "If you want to know what it feels like to be a dancer in vocational training (from a fictional perspective), give this one a whirl."—BalletNews.co.uk Read more

16 year-old Hannah O'Brian knows 3 things for certain: One day she's going to move to NYC to become a professional ballerina. Olivia Beck is her best friend.Tyler Stanley is the boy of her dreams.To make her dreams come true she's going to have to stay focused, work hard and get rid of that pesky voice in her head that says she's not good enough. But with a best friend like Olivia it can't be that hard, right?Olivia Beck can't stand Hannah's perfectly charmed life. When the hottest guy in school, one Tyler Stanley, asks her out, Olivia just can't say no. So what if her supposed best friend called dibs in 6th grade?Author's Note: This contemporary YA with a ballet twist includes a slow-burn romance, frenemies that still have your back, bunheads, blisters, mild language and honest conversations about bodies and sexuality. Read more

Marta steps into a new chapter in her life and her career.Marta returns to her childhood home with unresolved issues left over from her first year as a professional ballet cancer. She’s left behind her best friend, Lynne and her first real boyfriend, Steve as she begins her journey to recover her chance to dance.Where do Marta’s next steps lead her? Does returning home help her overcome obstacles? Does she choreograph her future as a dancer or move in a new direction?When the Music Stops is the second book in The Ballet Series. Read more

Now a Netflix TV show! Featuring a diverse cast of characters, plenty of gossip, lies, and scandal, Shiny Broken Pieces continues with the soapy drama readers loved in Tiny Pretty Things.June, Bette, and Gigi are competing one final time for a spot at the prestigious American Ballet Company. With the stakes higher than ever, these girls have everything to lose…and no one is playing nice.June is starting to finally see herself as a prima ballerina. But being the best could mean sacrificing the love of her life. Legacy dancer Bette is determined to clear her name after she was suspended and accused of hurting her rival, Gigi. And Gigi is not going to let Bette—or the other dancers who bullied her—go unpunished.It all comes down to this last dance. Who will make the cut? And who will lose her dream forever? Read more

Aspiring artists—their grit, passion, and determination to achieve—are at the heart of this unforgettable novel.Anna Forester is an intelligent and sensitive sixteen-year-old at the top of her local ballet school in Illinois. She arrives at the bottom of the prestigious School of Ballet New York in Manhattan, where she joins an elite group of teens who see themselves as the ballet stars of the next generation, racing to impress their famous teachers and win a coveted professional contract. Over the next two years, Anna’s struggles to navigate friendships with her rivals, stand out in a world dictated by conformity, and pursue her passions converge into a high-stakes portrait of a young dancer following their dreams.Praise for Girl in Motion"I couldn’t put down this novel about the ups and downs of life in a ballet boarding school.”—Amanda Brice, author of Codename: Dancer "Girl in Motion offers an inside view of professional dance training."—The Salt Lake Tribune "If you want to know what it feels like to be a dancer in vocational training (from a fictional perspective), give this one a whirl."—BalletNews.co.uk Read more