Jennifer Dugan

Emmsy siempre ha vivido en la soleada California, donde prefiere surfear con sus amigos o pasar tiempo con su novia antes que perfeccionar sus habilidades como elemental de fuego. Sin embargo, cuando asesinan a algunos miembros del aquelarre de su familia al otro lado del pais, en circunstancias misteriosas que solo pueden ser el resultado de una poderosa brujeria, su familia debe regresar lo antes posible al norte de Nueva York.Emsy tiene que aprender rapidamente a dominar sus poderes descuidados, pero no tarda en descubrir que, cuando esta cerca de su aquelarre, es mas fuerte de lo que jamas podria haber imaginado. Dispuesta a encontrar a los asesinos antes de que ataquen de nuevo, Emsy y sus nuevos amigos empiezan a incursionar en hechizos que escapan a su control: rituales peligrosos con el poder de recuperar todo lo que han perdido. Pero ese tipo de magia tiene un precio, y cuanto mas avancen por el camino de la oscuridad, menos probable sera que encuentren el camino de regreso a la luz. ESTOS BRUJOS ESTAN JUGANDO CON FUEGO¿PODRAN RESOLVER LOS ASESINATOS ANTES DE ACABAR QUEMADOS?

From the author of Hot Dog Girl comes a fresh and funny queer YA contemporary novel about two teens who fall in love in an indie comic book shop. Now available in paperback!Jubilee has it all together. She's an elite cellist, and when she's not working in her stepmom's indie comic shop, she's prepping for the biggest audition of her life.Ridley is barely holding it together. His parents own the biggest comic-store chain in the country, and Ridley can't stop disappointing them--that is, when they're even paying attention.They meet one fateful night at a comic convention prom, and the two can't help falling for each other. Too bad their parents are at each other's throats every chance they get, making a relationship between them nearly impossible . . . unless they manage to keep it a secret.Then again, the feud between their families may be the least of their problems. As Ridley's anxiety spirals, Jubilee tries to help but finds her focus torn between her fast-approaching audition and their intensifying relationship. What if love can't conquer all? What if each of them needs more than the other can give?"A deep dive into first love while learning to manage significant mental health challenges . . . Dugan's strength is in creating a diverse cast of characters. Ridley is bisexual, Jubilee struggles with how to identify and label her sexuality, and most of the supporting characters are queer-identified." --School Library Journal

Emmsy siempre ha vivido en la soleada California, donde prefiere surfear con sus amigos o pasar tiempo con su novia antes que perfeccionar sus habilidades como elemental de fuego. Sin embargo, cuando asesinan a algunos miembros del aquelarre de su familia al otro lado del pais, en circunstancias misteriosas que solo pueden ser el resultado de una poderosa brujeria, su familia debe regresar lo antes posible al norte de Nueva York.Emsy tiene que aprender rapidamente a dominar sus poderes descuidados, pero no tarda en descubrir que, cuando esta cerca de su aquelarre, es mas fuerte de lo que jamas podria haber imaginado. Dispuesta a encontrar a los asesinos antes de que ataquen de nuevo, Emsy y sus nuevos amigos empiezan a incursionar en hechizos que escapan a su control: rituales peligrosos con el poder de recuperar todo lo que han perdido. Pero ese tipo de magia tiene un precio, y cuanto mas avancen por el camino de la oscuridad, menos probable sera que encuentren el camino de regreso a la luz. ESTOS BRUJOS ESTAN JUGANDO CON FUEGO.¿PODRAN RESOLVER LOS ASESINATOS ANTES DE ACABAR QUEMADOS?

A fresh and funny contemporary YA rom-com about teens working as costumed characters in a local amusement part."I'm wrecked with love for this funny, joyful, bighearted book." --Becky Albertalli, bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens AgendaElouise (Lou) Parker is determined to have the absolute best, most impossibly epic summer of her life. There are just a few things standing in her way: She's landed a job at Magic Castle Playland . . . as a giant dancing hot dog. Her crush, the dreamy diving pirate Nick, already has a girlfriend, who is literally the princess of the park. But Lou's never liked anyone, guy or otherwise, this much before, and now she wants a chance at her own happily ever after. Her best friend, Seeley, the carousel operator, has always been up for anything, but she's decidedly not on board when it comes to Lou's quest to set her up with the perfect girl or Lou's scheme to get close to Nick. And it turns out that this will be their last summer at Magic Castle Playland--ever--unless she can find a way to stop it from closing.Jennifer Dugan's sparkling debut coming-of-age queer romance stars a princess, a pirate, a hot dog, and a carousel operator who find love--and themselves--in unexpected people and unforgettable places."Both classic and new, hysterical and heartfelt, and packed with all the awesomeness and awkwardness of first love, first job, and the painful thrill of growing up." --Mackenzi Lee, bestselling author of The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue

Sometimes true love takes a little heavy lifting"The most hilarious disaster bisexuals youll ever meet. Dahlia Adler, Buzzfeed BooksThis irresistible adult debut from beloved YA author Jennifer Dugan is a queer romcom for fans of Delilah Green Doesnt Care and Written in the Stars, in which a gym employee accidentally ruins her bosses daughters wedding, then even more accidentally falls for the runaway bride...The gym is Lizzies lifeits her passion, her job, and the only place thats ever felt like home. Unfortunately, her bosses consider her a glorified check-in girl at best, and the gym punching bag at worst.When their son, Lizzies best friend, James, begs her to be his plus one at his perfect sister Caras wedding, things go wrong immediately, and culminate in Lizzie giving a drunken pep talk to a hot stranger in the womens bathroomexcept that stranger is actually the bride-to-be, and Lizzie has accidentally convinced her to ditch her groom.Now, newly directionless Cara is on a quest to find herself, and Lizziedesperate to make sure her bosses never find out her role in this fiascogets strong-armed by James into entertaining her. Cara doesnt have to know its a setup; itll just be a quick fling before she sobers up and goes back to her real life. After all, how could someone like Cara fall for someone like Lizzie, with no career and no future?But the more Lizzie gets to know Cara, the more she likes her, and the bigger the potential disaster if any of her rapidly multiplying secrets get out. Because now its not just Lizzies job and entire future on the line, but also the girl of her dreams.

From the author of Love at First Set, a new irresistible enemies-to-lovers, grumpy/sunshine queer romcom for fans of Delilah Green Doesnt Care, about a wedding-obsessed city girl who inherits a horse farm from her estranged late aunt, and clashes with the cocky, unfairly hot farrier who thinks shes going to run the barn into the ground.Molly McDaniels life is falling apart. Between her day job as a barista, her night job at a call center, and her crushing student loans, shes barely getting by. And that dream she has of starting a wedding event planning business? The dream that led to all those student loan in the first place? She can feel it slipping farther and farther out of reach every day. So the absolute last thing she needs is to discover shes inherited a run-down, struggling horse barn out of the blue, courtesy of her estranged late aunt.Molly is so ill-equipped to run the barn, its laughable. She certainly doesnt have the money, time or knowledge needed to save it, no matter how much faith everyone who loved her aunt has that she will. But the more Molly gets involved, the more she starts to wonder: maybe the barn is a blessing in disguise. If she can sell the land, the profits could be the small-business seed money miracle shes been waiting for. So what if shes starting to love everyone in the mismatched family shes found here?Well, everyone except Shani, the resident farrier and family friend who took care of Mollys aunt in her last days. Judgmental, grouchy Shani, who refuses to give up on the barn; who walks around like she so much better than Molly; whos actually really good with the horsesand kind of thoughtful. And obnoxiously hot. And unfailingly loyal.And suddenly, Shani has become an entirely different kind of problem, one Molly cant possibly solve, not without risking her whole future, no matter how much her heart wishes she could.

From the author of Some Girls Do comes a summery sapphic romance about two girls from the same vacation town, whose worlds couldnt be farther apart.Cass has a rule about dating summer girlsjust say no. Every year, her idyllic beach town is flooded with the obnoxious daughters of the rich who stay in their families summer homes, sail their yachts, and generally make things unbearable for townies like Cass.Birdie is the ultimate summer girl. Shes the daughter of a wealthy real estate developer dad and a social media influencer mom, and this summer Birdie happens to be in big trouble for accidentally crashing her boyfriends very expensive car.Birdies punishment is to spend the summer with her father at the beachbut it wont be a vacation. Hes enlisted the help of Cass, whose dad works for him, to keep Birdie on the straight and narrow, including getting her a job at the public beach where Cass lifeguards.At first the two despise each other. Birdie doesnt want a babysitter, and Cass doesnt want to be one. But as the season heats up, Birdie surprises Cass time and again, and before long both girls cant help but wonder: Are some rules made to be broken?

In this queer, paranormal YA graphic novel debut from the author of Some Girls Do and the illustrator of Wonder Woman: Warbringer, a young witch races to solve the grisly supernatural murders of her coven members before the killer strikes again."[This] gorgeously illustrated tale mashes together murder mystery and witchcraft." NerdistEmsy has always lived in sunny California, and shed much rather spend her days surfing with her friends or hanging out with her girlfriend than honing her powers as a fire elemental. But when members of her familys coven back east are murdered under mysterious circumstances that can only be the result of powerful witchcraft, her family must suddenly return to dreary upstate New York. There, Emsy will have to master her neglected craft in order to find the killer . . . before her family becomes their next target.

In this queer, supernatural YA graphic novel from the author of Some Girls Do and the illustrator of Wonder Woman: Warbringer, a reluctant teen werewolf would do anything to be humanif thats what it takes to win her crushs heart.High school senior Tessa doesnt fit in anywhere. Not at school, where she cant figure out how to confess the feelings shes had for her best friend Maddie since the fourth grade. And definitely not at home, where the rest of her family of werewolves make her feel like an outcast because she cant even shift into her full wolf form yet. Sometimes she thinks her whole life would be easier if she was normal, like Maddie and everyone else at school.When word gets out that a group of werewolf hunters has infiltrated her packs territory, and that theyve developed a treatment that can make werewolves become human, Tessa thinks shes found the answer to her problems. But when it turns out there might be more to the hunters plans than anyone knows, its up to Tessa to put herself on the line to protect the lives of those she loves the most.

From the author of Hot Dog Girl comes a fresh and funny queer YA contemporary novel about two teens who fall in love in an indie comic book shop. Jubilee has it all together. Shes an elite cellist, and when shes not working in her stepmoms indie comic shop, shes prepping for the biggest audition of her life.Ridley is barely holding it together. His parents own the biggest comic-store chain in the country, and Ridley cant stop disappointing them--that is, when theyre even paying attention.They meet one fateful night at a comic convention prom, and the two cant help falling for each other. Too bad their parents are at each others throats every chance they get, making a relationship between them nearly impossible . . . unless they manage to keep it a secret.Then again, the feud between their families may be the least of their problems. As Ridleys anxiety spirals, Jubilee tries to help but finds her focus torn between her fast-approaching audition and their intensifying relationship. What if love cant conquer all? What if each of them needs more than the other can give?"A deep dive into first love while learning to manage significant mental health challenges . . . Dugans strength is in creating a diverse cast of characters. Ridley is bisexual, Jubilee struggles with how to identify and label her sexuality, and most of the supporting characters are queer-identified." --School Library Journal

In this sequel to Some Girls Do, two girls struggle when long distance complicates their relationship.Ruby and Morgan fell for each other during their senior year of high school, and now, almost a year later, they are determined to keep their spark alive, even while they are apart. Morgan is studying public policy on a track scholarship at a university several hours away, while Ruby stayed in their hometown and is exploring her love of mechanics in the automotive engineering program at the local community college.Despite their best efforts, the space between them begins to weigh on the girls, with new friendships and flirtatious classmates adding complications. Still, the two are counting down the days to a spring break getaway and the bliss of a whole summer vacation together. But when Morgan discovers shes a finalist for the perfect internship and Ruby gets a shot to appear on her favorite automotive TV show, their plans are thrown into question. With both girls unwilling to stand in the way of each others future, they wonder: Can their relationship still go the distance even if theyre on separate paths?

A queer YA psychological thriller from the author of Some Girls Do.Shocking, captivating, and utterly chilling. A delicious thriller that will have you tearing through pages to get to the end, where you wont be disappointed. Jessica Goodman, bestselling author of They Wish They Were Us and The CounselorsSloan and Cherry. Cherry and Sloan. They met only a few days before masked men with machetes attacked the summer camp where they worked, a massacre that left the rest of their fellow counselors dead. Now, months later, the two are inseparable, their traumatic experience bonding them in ways no one else can understand.But as new evidence comes to light and Sloan learns more about the motives behind the ritual killing that brought them together, she begins to suspect that her girlfriend may be more than just a survivorshe may actually have been a part of it. Cherry tries to reassure her, but Sloan only becomes more distraught. Is this gaslighting or reality? Is Cherry a victim or a perpetrator? Is Sloan confused, or is she seeing things clearly for the very first time? Against all odds, Sloan survived that hot summer night. But will she survive what comes next?

From the author of Some Girls Do comes another heartfelt YA sapphic romancestarring a baseball pitcher and a student umpire who are definitely not supposed to fall for one another.Sapphic sports romance perfection. Swoony and romantic, but unafraid to tackle grief, family expectations, and fighting for your dreams, this is a home run of a book. Rachael Lippincott, coauthor of the #1 New York Times Bestsellers Five Feet Apart and She Gets the GirlJune is the star pitcher of her elite club baseball teamwith an ego to matchand shes a shoo-in to be recruited at the college level, like her parents have always envisioned. That is, if she can play through an overuse injury that has recently gone from bad to worse.Ivy isnt just reffing to pay off her athletic fees or make some extra cash on the side. She wants to someday officiate at the professional level, even if her parents would rather she go to college instead. The first time they cross paths, Ivy throws June out of a game for grandstanding. Still, they quickly grow from enemies to begrudging friends . . . and then something more. But the rules state that players and umpires are prohibited from dating.As Junes shoulder worsens, and a rival discovers the girls secret and threatens to expose them, everything the two have worked so hard for is at risk. Now both must choose: follow their dreams . . . or follow their hearts?

From the author of Some Girls Do and Hot Dog Girl comes a sweet and salty queer YA rom-com about two girls on a summer road trip in an ice cream truck.Fallon is Type A, looks before she leaps, and always has a plan (and a backup plan). Chloe is happy-go-lucky, flies by the seat of her pants, and always follows her bliss. The two girls used to be best friends, but last summer they hooked up right before Chloe left for college, and after a series of misunderstandings, they arent even speaking to each other. A year later, Chloes back home from school, and Fallon is doing everything in her power to avoid her. Which is especially difficult because their moms own a business togethera gourmet ice cream truck where both girls work. When a meeting with some promising potential investors calls their parents away at the last minute, its up to Fallon to work a series of important food truck festivals across the country. But she cant do it alone, and Chloe is the only one available to help. Tensions heat up again between the two girls as they face a few unexpected detoursand more than a little roadside attraction. But maybe, just maybe, the best things in life cant always be planned.

A fresh and funny contemporary YA rom-com about teens working as costumed characters in a local amusement park.Elouise (Lou) Parker is determined to have the absolute best, most impossibly epic summer of her life. There are just a few things standing in her way: Shes landed a job at Magic Castle Playland . . . as a giant dancing hot dog. Her crush, the dreamy diving pirate Nick, already has a girlfriend, who is literally the princess of the park. But Lous never liked anyone, guy or otherwise, this much before, and now she wants a chance at her own happily ever after. Her best friend, Seeley, the carousel operator, has always been up for anything, but shes decidedly not on board when it comes to Lous quest to set her up with the perfect girl or Lous scheme to get close to Nick. And it turns out that this will be their last summer at Magic Castle Playlandeverunless she can find a way to stop it from closing. Jennifer Dugans sparkling debut coming-of-age queer romance stars a princess, a pirate, a hot dog, and a carousel operator who find loveand themselvesin unexpected people and unforgettable places.

Like the first bloom after a long winter, Anderson in Bloom warmed my heart and had me kicking my feet all at once. A beautiful, fun, sexy celebrity romance." Ashley Herring Blake, bestselling author of Delilah Green Doesnt CareFrom the author of Love at First Set, a hilariously sexy enemies-to-lovers, second-chance rom-com about a reclusive former child star turned florist whose quiet life is turned upside down when her annoyingly hot ex (and former costar) shows up in town, with plans to write a tell-all memoir.Former child star Anderson Andy Ducharme is hidinghas been for a long time, if shes honest with herself, which she isnt.When she suddenly cut off all ties and left LA six years earlier to work in a flower shop in coastal New England, she wasnt just running away from toxic relationships, embezzling agents, and all the rest of her Hollywood life; she was running to something sort of, if you squinted, and if you accepted that what she was running toward was little more than a vacation daydream she had made up with her (in)famous ex, and former costar, Nicole Nikki Price. Then Nikki announces her plan to write a tell-all book about growing up in Hollywood and their tumultuous time on the Nik and Andy show, and Andys feelings of hurt and betrayal come rushing back. Emboldened by anger (and maybe one too many drinks), Andy does something very stupid: she texts her ex for the first time in years. No ones more shocked than Andy when Nikki actually shows up to her small florist shop, looking for answers.Andy is fully prepared to send Nikki away, but it seems Nikki has some unfinished business as well. Now that she finally knows where Andys been hiding, shes not letting her go so easy. And with each passing encounter, Andy cant deny the simmering physical attraction that threatens to boil over every time they get close.But can the two of them really reunite without wrecking Andys carefully rebuilt life? Or is she setting herself up for a fresh heartbreak? TROPES second-chance celebrity small town fwb former exes

A sapphic supernatural YA graphic novel featuring a vampire crushing on the girl hunting her, from the author of Some Girls Do and the illustrator of Wonder Woman: Warbringer.Poe never imagined that during her senior year of high school she would be attacked by a pair of vampires and turned into one herself. And she never dreamed her longtime crush, Joliewho seemed to maybe actually like Poe backwould turn out to be a slayer.When Jolie drives a wooden stake into her chest, Poes heart is broken at the betrayal. But somehow she survives the slaying, and when she awakens, its unclear which is stronger inside her: the thirst for blood, or the thirst for revenge on Jolie.Now the hunter has become the hunted. But, when the girls come face to face again, Jolie seems overjoyed that Poe is still alive. And beneath Poes rage remains a burning passion of a different sort. Can a vampire and a slayer ever be more to each other than predator and prey?

In this YA contemporary queer romance from the author of Hot Dog Girl, an openly gay track star falls for a closeted, bisexual teen beauty queen with a penchant for fixing up old cars.Earnest, wistful, romantic, and real. Casey McQuiston, New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal BlueMorgan, an elite track athlete, is forced to transfer high schools late in her senior year after it turns out being queer is against her private Catholic schools code of conduct. There, she meets Ruby, who has two hobbies: tinkering with her baby blue 1970 Ford Torino and competing in local beauty pageants, the latter to live out the dreams of her overbearing mother. The two are drawn to each other and cant deny their growing feelings. But while Morgan--out and proud, and determined to have a fresh start--doesnt want to have to keep their budding relationship a secret, Ruby isnt ready to come out yet. With each girl on a different path toward living her truth, can they go the distance together? Beautiful, necessary, and completely irresistible. Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

¿Podrán llegar juntas hasta el final?Morgan, una atleta de élite, se ve obligada a cambiar de instituto una vez empezado su último curso cuando descubre que ser lesbiana va contra el código de conducta de su colegio catolico privado.A Ruby no hay nada que le guste mas que trastear con su Ford Torino azul celeste del año 1970, pero la mayoria de los fines de semana esta atrapada viviendo los sueños de su madre, una antigua reina de la belleza, mientras participa en los concursos locales.Morgan y Ruby se sienten atraidas la una por la otra y, cuando estan juntas, Ruby empieza a imaginar un futuro que nunca habia creido posible. Pero, si bien Morgan, que esta orgullosa de haber salido del armario y decidida a empezar de cero, no quiere mantener en secreto su relacion en ciernes, Ruby nunca le ha hablado a nadie de esos sentimientos que lleva tanto tiempo negandose a si misma.De la autora de Hot Dog Girl llega esta novela romantica queer inolvidable y dolorosamente sincera que trata de lo que ocurre si encuentras a tu primer amor cuando todavia estas descubriendo quien eres de verdad.

In this YA contemporary queer romance from the author of Hot Dog Girl an openly gay track star falls for a closeted bisexual teen beauty queen with a penchant for fixing up old cars Earnest wistful romantic and real Casey McQuiston New York Times bestselling author of Red White & Royal Blue Morgan an elite track athlete is forced to transfer high schools late in her senior year after it turns out being queer is against her private Catholic school s code of conduct There she meets Ruby who has two hobbies tinkering with her baby blue 1970 Ford Torino and competing in local beauty pageants the latter to live out the dreams of her overbearing mother The two are drawn to each other and can t deny their growing feelings But while Morgan out and proud and determined to have a fresh start doesn t want to have to keep their budding relationship a secret Ruby isn t ready to come out yet With each girl on a different path toward living her truth can they go the distance together Beautiful necessary and completely irresistible Becky Albertalli New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda