The story is about CAST, a 12 year. old girl who dreams of becoming a SMITH, part-warrior bad-ass, part engineer and all-around PROBLEM SOLVER. The problem? SMITHS are usually NOT WOMEN and even less so young black kids. Selected as a STRIKER (apprentice) to the enigmatic PHILOMENA CLOCK, one of the rare female SMITHS (and considered a loose cannon), Cast is determined to follow her dreams no matter how dangerous their adventures get!

The Faerie Path, which started out as a novel series, is now incarnated in the form of a Western manga. Both series follow the same premise: 16-year-old Tania originally believes herself to be a normal British teen, only to discover she is in fact a missing faerie princess. She goes back and forth between her world and the Faerie Realm, with evil forces following her no matter where she goes. This manga starts out after Tania has already learned her true identity, setting the stage with a one-page introduction. From there, it launches into a tale where a wicked queen kidnaps Tania’s mortal parents. As the story cuts off in the middle of this adventure, invested readers will clamor for the next volume or make the leap to the original books. Likewise, fans of the prose novels ought to enjoy seeing their favorite characters brought to visual life in this illustrated version. As a fun extra, detailed drawings of the characters are included in the back, as well as an excerpt from the first novel. Grades 8-11. --Danica Davidson

I always hated kids... Hated everything about them and never wanted them. But... help... I'm pregnant! **Original Webtoon:** [KakaoPage](https://page.kakao.com/content/65707390), [Toomics](https://www.toomics.com/webtoon/episode/toon/8568) **Official Translations:** [English](https://lalatoon.com/en/webtoon/episode/toon/8568)

A working girl meets her general ex-husband!? There is another soul living in her body? An extraordinary love story has started! Do you believe it? One day, you will meet your own guardian, too… **Original Webcomic:** [AC.QQ](https://ac.qq.com/Comic/comicInfo/id/638275), [IQIYI](https://www.iqiyi.com/manhua/detail_hzj83jmnud.html)

Cosmetic surgeon Jade works for Grace in Beverly Hills, where she toils as a beautiful poster girl for Grace and the clinic, bringing in successful results. One day, an attractive but dangerous man shows up at a party held to celebrate one of the clinic’s projects. He is a Greek American, Loukas Demakis, and he’s the head of a transportation company. He ignites her desires, cunningly seducing naive Jade, and she has no idea she’s fallen right into his trap! (Source: Harlequin)

Kerry has recently been dumped by her fiancé and is feeling down when she receives a trip to New Orleans as a present from her friends. When she visits a fortune teller at the beginning of her trip, she is told that a fantastic romantic adventure awaits her. That night, Kerry hears some suspicious noises coming from the hotel room next to hers, and when she goes over to look, a man rushes out to meet her. He says there is a strange woman passed out in his bed. Timidly, she enters the room and sees that the woman on the bed is the fortune teller Kerry had met that very afternoon…and she’s dead. The man introduces himself as Matt, and so begins an adventure Kerry could never have imagined! (Source: Harlequin)

**Impossible… This beautiful sheik with jet-black hair is my soul mate?** Cassandra, who works for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Silvershire, is seen as uptight and uninterested in men. The truth is she’s waiting for the love of her life to breeze in and blow through her heart like a storm. One day, she is assigned to be a guide to Sheik Kadir, a guest visiting from a desert nation. The moment she sees him exiting the plane, her heart starts beating wildly. Impossible… This beautiful sheik with jet-black hair is her soul mate? This is volume 3 of Ubawareta Oukan (奪われた王冠) (Capturing the Crown)

The Wild Widow of London... After a long seclusion, Lexie Hamilton set out to enjoy a Season in London. And so she had, until one night she found herself swept up in the strong arms of the Marquess of Stormaston. Flirtation and fancy were delights indeed, but Lexie didn't want to be Storm's mistress. Seduction required a wedding band! Storm was determined to make Lexie his mistress. For a man with so many responsibilities, marriage was out of the question. But the thought of the enchanting woman out of his reach just might drive him to take desperate--marital--measures! [Taken from FictionDB]

As a teenager, Adrien was infatuated with Chay Haddon, and was devastated when her family banished him, claiming he'd betrayed their trust. Chay vanished vowing revenge.... Adrien is shocked when, years later, the tables are turned and she finds herself at Chay's mercy. Now rich and devastatingly handsome, he's the only one who can save her from scandal. But he has a price: he'll help her, but only if she becomes his mistress! [Taken from FictionDB]

HIS BAND OF GOLD from fictiondb: She didn't believe in love or marriage -- for herself at least. For others, wedding consultant Kelsey Armstrong Waters planned the most perfect weddings -- and hoped for the best. But her much-married parents made her vow never to step down the aisle. Until she met Will Addison. He'd come to beg Kelsey's help in planning his flighty sister's wedding, and against her instincts she'd agreed. He was handsome, sexy, a romantic who believed in love -- and a man who stirred dreams she'd thought long gone. Now Kelsey was even forgetting the most basic rule: Remember -- you're not the bride!

Dani will do anything to keep her job, so she has no choice but to do as her boss says and sign up on a rival dating site. She did everything she could to avoid any suitors pursuing her, believing every man out there would be after only her body. But when she's forced to go on a date with a man who isn't what he seemed, she can't help but be drawn to him. He shows more interest in her mind than her body, but as much as she wants to be with this man, her current situation won't allow her to do as she pleases. Dani might be able to find a way around her problems... but will she be ready for what's still to come?