The princess in a family of gangsters, Isaku Senagaki… And the overprotective first lieutenant who fabricates his age to enroll in high school along with her to protect Isaku from venomous insects (men), Keiya Uto. Isaku is torn between her desire to live a normal life and the appeal of living on the edge with Keiya…! Meanwhile, the grandson of a different gangster, Mikio Tanuki has been tailing them left and right. What could he be planning?! The culture festival is finally here!! Will class 1-3’s rendition of Romeo and Juliet go off without a hitch?!

Isaku never asked to be the daughter of a yakuza boss, but when her parents died in a car accident when she was 5, her gangster grandfather took her in and raised her as part of the clan. After years of being avoided by her schoolmates because of her family ties, Isaku is finally ready to make her high-school debut, live a normal life, and maybe even find love...until loyal family servant and Isaku's dedicated guardian, 26-year-old Keiya, enters high school right alongside her and vows to protect her from all of the above! Now she's got a chain-smoking, pistol-wielding knight-in-shining(?)-armor to deal with, and navigating high school besides? What's a young lady to do?!

Isaku Senagaki is the granddaughter of a family of gangsters, with an overprotective guard dog: Keiya Uto, a first lieutenant who fabricates his age to enroll in high school along with Isaku to protect her from venomous insects - men. Isaku has always thought Keiya treats her like a child, but lately, he's been acting different. She begins to wonder: "Does he actually have feelings for me...?!" Can she really be with such a dangerous man? Wanting to confirm her feelings, Isaku takes action! Could their tantalizingly ambiguous relationship finally be changing?!

The princess in a family of gangsters... Deadbeats mustn't come near Isaku... and first lieutenant Keiya (26) fabricates his age to enroll in high school right along with her?!?! Telling her she's "too young for relationships," Isaku's guard dog accompanies her to school every day!! Keiya is bound and determined to keep all men from getting too close to her. But, little does Keiya know he is the one she wants... Keiya has always treated Isaku like a child. Yet, he asks for permission to kiss her as a "treat" if he can pass a supplemental test??! "Don't make it sound like there's hope." (Stupid moron.) Sweet with a twinge... Volume 2 of a romantic comedy where age and personal differences collide has arrived!

What happens when a girl tries to steal a dog -- but the dog steals her heart instead? I made my birthday vow: I would get Willis out of jail, no matter what. When Bean's brother gets arrested for joyriding in a stolen car, Bean is devastated. She's determined to get him out of jail by raising the bail their mom can't afford. She tries everything, from applying for summer jobs, to offering to paint summer mansions. It's at one of those old mansions that she meets a young girl named Phoebe and her giant (and very valuable) guard dog, Honey. Bean quickly hatches her plan: She'll convince Phoebe to sell Honey and let her use some of the cash for bail. But when Honey's sale takes a dangerous turn, Bean is torn between her desire for her brother's freedom and her loyalty to Phoebe and sweet, drooly, affectionate Honey. Can Bean fight for her family without betraying her new friends?

The princess in a family of gangsters, Isaku Senagaki... And the overprotective first lieutenant who fabricates his age to enroll in high school along with her to protect Isaku from venomous insects (men), Keiya Uto. Keiya is Isaku's first love... But, he still has no idea! All he does is treat her like a child... Enter Mikio Tanuki, a boy Isaku's age who also grew up as part of a yakuza syndicate. "I wanna be friends with ya! ♪" Mikio claims, but what's this sense of foreboding in the air as the culture festival draws near?!

Isaku, a yakuza family princess, just wants to have a normal life, but her overprotective guardian, Keiya Uto, poses as a teenager to enroll at her high school and protect her from vile insects (men). However, he is the only Isaku has eyes for...! First, a school trip, and then summer vacation! ☆ With the two spending more time together than ever before, Isaku only wants to know what Keiya is really thinking!! Sweet and a sprinkling of sour... Volume 3 of a romantic comedy where age and personal differences clash has arrived!!

A New York Times bestseller from the fantasy author who is legend herself: TAMORA PIERCE. In the final book in the Beka Cooper Trilogy, Beka uses her unique magic and street smarts to crack the case that will change an empire! The more secret the Hunt, the more dangerous the mission. Sometimes a distraction arrives at just the right time. After suffering a terrible loss, Beka is grateful when Lord Gershom calls on her with a top-secret Hunt. He informs Beka that she and her scent hound, Achoo, are the best team for the job, but he won't tell her anything else. And when the pair is joined by a wide-eyed young mage who seems too green to be on a case of such importance, it becomes clear that threats lurk around every corner. Soon they are wading deep into a world of power, corruption, and betrayal that threatens the Tortall royal family. Beka must decide whom she can trust with her country's future . . . and her life. The Beka Cooper Trilogy introduces an amazing young woman who is the ancestor of one of Tamora Pierce's most popular characters: George Cooper. Here, Pierce gives fans exactly what they want—a smart, savvy heroine making a name for herself on the mean streets of Tortall's Lower City—while offering plenty to appeal to new readers as well! "Tamora Pierce's books shaped me not only as a young writer but also as a young woman. She is a pillar, an icon, and an inspiration. Cracking open one of her marvelous novels always feels like coming home." —SARAH J. MAAS, #1 New York Times bestselling author "Tamora Pierce didn't just blaze a trail. Her heroines cut a swath through the fantasy world with wit, strength, and savvy. Her stories still lead the vanguard today. Pierce is the real lioness, and we're all just running to keep pace." —LEIGH BARDUGO, #1 New York Times bestselling author

After decades of internecine warfare, the tribes of the Tiste Edur have at last united under the Warlock King of the Hiroth. There is peace--but it has been exacted at a terrible price: a pact made with a hidden power whose motives are at best suspect, at worst, deadly. To the south, the expansionist kingdom of Lether, eager to fulfill its long-prophesized renaissance as an Empire reborn, has enslved all its less-civilized neighbors with rapacious hunger. All, that is, save one--the Tiste Edur. And it must be only a matter of time before they too fall--either beneath the suffocating weight of gold, or by slaughter at the edge of a sword. Or so destiny has decreed. Yet as the two sides gather for a pivotal treaty neither truly wants, ancient forces are awakening. For the impending struggle between these two peoples is but a pale reflection of a far more profound, primal battle--a confrontation with the still-raw wound of an old betrayal and the craving for revenge at its seething heart. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

After her two best friends marry a blood-sucking vampire and furry-faced werewolf, Corinne D'Alessandro is making a vow of her own: NO interspecies dating. But when her editor asks her to investigate "leprechaun" sightings, the sassy New York reporter finds herself on the trail of the hottest story of the year—and the sexiest man alive... His name is Luc, and he's as gorgeous as any Prince Charming in any bedtime story. There's just one problem: He's not human, he's fae. A captain of the Fae Queen's Guard, Luc is on a dangerous mission—and he could use the help of a certain leprechaun-hunting reporter. But when their two worlds collide, the sparks begin to fly. If Corinne and Luc can't control their lust—and focus on the villains in this story—their faerie-tale romance won't end happily ever after...