Sometimes friends become foes and foes friends... After tragedy strikes and Lyric puts her life on hold to uphold her family’s name, she learns just what it means to be the royal and most hated family in the hood. Because with royalty comes a heavy and violent crown to carry. Juggling her new life, Lyric is caught up in a dangerous game of love that can help build her empire or burn it to the ground. With both loves of her life, Beatz and Osiris, at war, there’s only one heart for the taking and Lyric’s life, along with her family’s, depends on her choosing the better man.

Princess Pink is back for another fractured fairy tale adventure and she and her friends team up to stop a pie thief! In the Land of Fake-Believe, Princess Pink meets Scaredy-Pants Wolf—a baker whose bakery has been robbed! Little Red Quacking Hood is stealing pies from the Big Bad Bakery! Princess, Scaredy-Pants, and their friend Moldylocks follow Little Red over the river and through the woods to Grandmother’s hair salon. Can they stop Little Red? This series is part of Scholastic’s early chapter book line Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow! Praise for Princess Pink and the Land of Fake-Believe #1: Moldylocks and the Three Beards “Jones takes ‘The Three Bears’ for a dizzy spin in this laff-riot series opener.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Will have kids guffawing with the silly puns and cheering for the ingenious Princess Pink in this subverted version of the more traditional tale.” —Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

It has been little more than a year since Etty-once Princess Ettarde, promised to the power-hungry Lord Basil-escaped from her father and joined Rowan Hood's band of misfit teens and outlaws-in-the-making. Etty is so happy, she cannot imagine returning to her old life. That is, until her father appears to reclaim her. King Solon is determined to bring Etty back to barter her hand for peace. He will do anything. Even use his wife, Ettarde's mother, as bait. In a cage. In Sherwood Forest. In winter. Etty will not stand for it. Neither will Rowan Hood. An intergenerational battle of wit, will power, and wisdom follows in this third tale of Rowan Hood.

Barely eighteen, Kanika has everything to look forward to. She's fine, smart, and strong—qualities she inherited from a momma who made sure her little girl had every privilege—courtesy of Tony, one of Brooklyn's most powerful crime lords. Born to the life, Kanika knows the hustle from the inside out, but her future holds college and some quality time with Tony's second-in-command, Tyrell... Then Kanika's world explodes in a hail of bullets and blood when a hit takes down both the man who raised her and the mother she adores. Alone, shattered, and possibly a target herself, Kanika lets Tyrell convince her to attend college in Virginia and move in with her birth father. Down South has a whole other rhythm than Brooklyn, and the parent Kanika barely knows is a different kind of mobster than Tony was. Shon is angry and unpredictable... Determined as she is to make things work, Kanika is equally committed to finding out who killed Tony and her momma. She's not about to forget Tyrell. But nothing can prepare Kanika for what she's about to face: from temptation to danger to revelations that will call all her loyalties into question—and put her life on the line...

Princess Ava used to be a weapon - sharp and beautiful. But when she fails at her most important task, she's forced to flee. Can one fugitive save her people, her kingdom and, hardest of all, herself? In this reimagining of the classic fairy tale, Little Red Riding Hood, the girl in the red hood must fight for her freedom, no matter the cost.

In part one of A Ruthle$$ Love Story, Lourde’s only focus was proving to his father that he was worthy of the throne. Now that he knows Belmonte blood doesn’t run through his veins, he’s left with questions about who he really is. In the midst of all his family’s dirty laundry, he finds himself in love for the first time. When he loses himself, will he turn to Loyalty to remind him who he really is or feed into the ruthlessness he’s been immersed in all along? Loyalty’s entire life has been one emotional rollercoaster ride after another. Now, she’s just praying for the moment her feet touch solid ground and hoping she’s alive to witness it. All she wants is to be back by Lourde’s side, but soon learns that underneath the glitz and the glamour, there’s nothing picture perfect about the Belmonte family. Neenah finds herself bilious over her accident, which puts a strain on her relationship, mental health, and pregnancy. She’s determined to make things work with O’Shea and walk down the aisle, but Chanel just may have other plans. Her world is flipped upside down when a betrayal far greater than that of her father’s is revealed. What will she do when she finds out who the father of her best friend’s baby is? In A Ruthle$$ Love Story 2, friends become rivals as everyone lines up to see the Belmonte empire fall. With so many harbored secrets, who will make it out alive and who will be just another casualty in a war between families?

At Camp Princess it's time to round-up the wild unicorns, but Princess Gundersnap is too worried about her pony going into battle.

In one night. Just 24 hours. Sydney Tate's life changed forever. One minute, she's living the dream in the Big Apple with her best friend, Kris, by her side. The next, she's staring at his dead body on a hotel room floor. He'd been murdered, and she'd become a target. Her once calm world is flipped upside down, and she's soon kidnapped for her own "safety" by Justice Silva, a drug kingpin with his own set of secrets. Growing up in the streets, Justice knows the ins and outs of the game like he knows the back of his hand. He commands attention anytime his Timbs hit the ground; attention that, over time, Sydney is willing to give him. Through him, she learns things about Kris' lifestyle, and the reasons why he may have wanted to take his secrets to the grave. This news should turn her away, but it doesn't. She quickly becomes engulfed in the thrill of his dangerous lifestyle, and even more intrigued by Justice. He's different than any other man she's ever met, and through the chaos, her feelings for him grow stronger. But, everyone is not who they are perceived to be, and there's a detective on a mission to find out who murdered Kris in cold blood. The more Sydney gets sucked into his world, the more she learns that everyone she's become affiliated with, just may not be who she thinks they are, including Justice. When the truth starts to unravel, death and destruction will be all that's left when the gun smoke clears. Are you ready for Justice and Sydney's love story?

When Petunia, youngest of the dancing princesses, is ambushed by bandits in wolf masks on her way to visit an elderly neighbor, the line between enemies and friends becomes blurred as she and her sisters get a chance to end their family's curse once and for all.

This brand-new Ready-to-Read series stars a princess who’s a royal pain! Princess Regina isn’t lovely, or sweet, or charming like a princess is supposed to be....Instead, she’s downright rotten! When Regina’s concerned parents send her off to a special princess boarding school, Regina is horrified to learn that she’s not the only princess in the world. Not only that, she has to share a dorm room with another princess! After a long day of lessons, an exhausted Regina realizes she hasn’t done anything really rotten all day...but she’ll fix that problem, pronto.