Dear Hero: Every Hero Needs a Villain, Every Villain Needs a Hero

Teen & Young Adult

Roat, Alyssa

Bolinger, Hope

Literature & Fiction

Torchflame Books

Can two people-pleasing musicians win the grand prize, or will they be forced to give up music for good?Newly hired worship leader Elijah Peterson can't seem to catch a break with his church's congregation. With conflicting demands from congregants, he struggles to find a way to make everyone happy, especially Don, a man who's rumored to have driven out the last worship leader.Music teacher Olivia "Liv" Wilson says yes to everything-piano lessons, church volunteering, extra shifts-all while struggling to help pay her dad's medical bills. As jobs fall through, she's hit with even worse news-with bills piling up, they could lose her childhood home.When their meddling roommates force Elijah and Liv into a cooking class together, the two come up with a plan. They'll enter an indie songwriting competition-with a cash prize that could be enough to save Liv's house. And maybe if Elijah can win, his musical family and congregation will finally take him seriously.But winning the competition might mean losing themselves in the process. Can they find a way to strike harmony between writing songs they love and songs the audience wants to hear?

Finding Harmony (Roseville Romances)

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Mountain Brook Ink

An estranged uncle, a mysterious mansion, and Arthurian legend-together they lead to a world of magic and bloodthirsty wizards who want teenage Brinnie dead.Brynna "Brinnie" Lane has always lived a quiet life under the watchful eye of her hovering mother-until she's sent off for the summer to live with an uncle she didn't know she had. While her parents get to travel across the globe, she'll be spending three months in the middle of nowhere: upstate New York. It looks like she might spend the entire summer friendless with her nose in a book.However, she soon finds that Wraithwood Estate, her uncle's creepy old mansion, holds as many secrets as the man himself. When Brinnie is warned not to explore any of it, her curiosity only grows. As unnatural events take place and Brinnie hears whispers of a hidden war, she must unravel the truth about her family's mysterious past if she wants to survive.Something terrible happened at Wraithwood thirty years ago, and Brinnie is determined to find out what-even if it means confronting the possibility that magic is real.

Wraithwood (The Wraithwood Trilogy)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

Can a struggling career woman and a procrastinating artist save a beloved nonprofit?Aspiring novelist Caroline Penn expected a promotion, not a picture book assignment. But when her employer, the non-profit Helping Hope, runs into financial trouble, this book might be the solution. With the company struggling to stay afloat, she and the illustrator will need to collaborate on a strict deadline-no problem for a workaholic like Caroline, right?Andy Jackson, a "starving" artist, pays the bills by taking on graphic design gigs, but his perfectionism gets in the way. If only he could focus on a project for once, perhaps he could achieve his dream to make art for children for a living.When the two are thrust together to create a book, Caroline can't seem to write for children, and Andy can't meet a deadline to save his life. As time ticks down to release day, the two must face their pasts and insecurities. If they can avoid strangling one another for long enough, they may just bring to the table what the other is missing.If not, the fate of their careers-and a beloved nonprofit-hangs in the balance.

Picture Imperfect (Roseville Romances)

The bane of Mordred, the son of Mordizan, and a millennia-old prophecy-together they may provide what Brinnie needs to defeat the world of magic's greatest threat. More than a year has passed since Brinnie left Wraithwood, never expecting to see it again. But when Mordred captures her sister, she is thrust back into the world of magic. She flees to Wraithwood, where she learns of a prophecy located in the dark wizard capital of Mordizan that reveals the identity of "Mordred's bane," something that could destroy Mordred for good. Brinnie agrees to a rendezvous with Mordred to exchange herself for her sister, going undercover at Mordizan as a spy to find the prophecy and Mordred's bane. There, she weaves a complicated web of secrets, lies, and tenuous friendships. She makes an unexpected ally in Marcus Vorath, son of the Master of Mordizan, who fears the implications of Mordred's growing power. But in Mordizan, friends and foes may be one and the same. In the midst of court intrigue, battle, ominous new depths to her power, and searching for Mordred's bane, Brinnie struggles to draw the lines. How far is she willing to go to destroy Mordred? And how much of herself is she willing to give up along the way?

Mordizan (The Wraithwood Trilogy)

With their future in theater on the line, can a newbie actress and overwhelmed playwright put on a production to remember? &#65279; Part-time thespian Griffith Williams can't seem to do anything right in his parents' eyes, especially compared to his brother, a missionary in the Dominican Republic. But if he can pull off the biggest play of the year, the Christmas play, he could win a job as a full-time director, and prove to himself-and his family-that he hasn't mistaken his calling to the arts. Would-be actress Hadassah Wright spends her days teaching and corralling her many, many younger siblings in a large homeschool family. Her only escape seems to be through marriage to a childhood not-so-sweetheart-until a casting call for a local play provides an opportunity to act, perhaps for the last time. When the two end up as leads in the play, the chemistry they feel isn't just on the stage. Hadassah finds refuge from familial pressures through helping Griffith at the theater, and Griffith finds a kindred spirit in Hadassah's longing to pursue the art she loves. But when an envious stage manager, a director with far too many demands, and a relentless suitor threaten to derail the show, will the curtains close on any chance of romance?

Curtain Call (Roseville Romances)

Fifteen hundred years of Arthurian legend come to a head in the final installment of The Wraithwood Trilogy.The sword of legend, ancient magic, and a dead man's secrets-together they could save Brinnie's world or end it forever.Brinnie barely escaped Mordizan with her life. Battered and broken in body and soul, she knows she's running out of time. And though she has discovered the identity of Mordred's bane, no one knows where to find the legendary weapon.To discover the truth, she and Marcus must journey to Castelon and seek the aid of the Council. However, their actions at Mordizan brand them as enemies and war criminals. Between Mordred's armies engaged in full-scale war and the political machinations of the Council, Brinnie struggles to balance the battlefield and the courtroom while estates fall before Mordred's wrath.As magic ravages her own body, threatening her survival, the allure of ancient, forbidden power grows brighter. And only one man holds the knowledge of the weapon that could destroy Mordred once and for all-a man they buried in the gardens of Wraithwood.

Castelon (The Wraithwood Trilogy)

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