New Releases by Lish McBride

Yearbook superlatives turn deadly in this darkly funny young adult thriller. The rumor mill has never been kind to Meadowvale High seniors and best friends Rick and Martina, labeling them outcasts (sure), stoners (no comment), and pranksters (okay, this one’s fair). But for the most part, they have successfully flown under the radar. That is, until they’re targeted in a prank that replaces yearbook superlatives with grisly forecasts of student and faculty deaths. Sure, Rick and Martina were never going to be voted Most Likely to Succeed . . . but Homecoming’s Cutest Corpses? Thanks for the cute, no thanks on the corpse. At first, the senior class is annoyed by the prank. But when the body of Mr. Stephens, Most Likely to Sleep with the Fishes, is dredged from the bottom of a lake, suspicions arise that something truly sinister is going on. And as more people turn up dead in the exact ways the yearbook promised, it becomes clear someone’s killing off the student body one page at a time. Now Rick and Martina must find the yearbook killer before their vicious superlative comes true. So much for surviving high school without drawing attention. Now Rick and Martina just want to survive. For fans of Holly Jackson, Karen M. McManus, and Danielle Valentine!

They''ve got each other''s bags. Will they find each other''s hearts? Sophie isn''t going to let a little thing like divorce stop her from flying to New York to see her family. Mike isn''t going to let a little thing like losing his wife stop him from flying to New York for work. The one thing they both know for certain is that they''re done with love: they''re too old, too tired, too lonely for any of it. But life has other plans... And when the luggage carousel at JFK airport decides to give them each the wrong suitcase, they agree that a friendly dinner in the big apple won''t do any harm. After all, love stories come when you least expect them - and if his briefcase and her sunshine yellow bag got mixed up, who''s to say their hearts can''t get mixed up too? So begins a love story of second chances and connection later in life, all set against the backdrop of New York City...

A dark young adult Western fantasy about a teen in a remote settlement full of monsters and secrets. "In this eerie, blood-splashed Western, Lish McBride invokes a frontier that is harsh, cruel, and practical...A damned enjoyable novel." —Kendare Blake, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Three Dark Crowns Faolan Kelly’s grandfather is dead. She’s alone in the world and suddenly homeless, all because the local powers that be don’t think a young man of seventeen is mature enough to take over his grandfather’s homestead…and that’s with them thinking Faolan is a young man. If she revealed that her grandfather had been disguising her for years, they would marry her off at the first opportunity. The mayor finds a solution that serves everyone but Faolan: He hires a gunslinger to ship her off to the Settlement, a remote fort where social outcasts live under the leadership of His Benevolence Gideon Dillard. It''s a place rife with mystery, kept afloat by suspicious wealth. Dillard''s absolute command over his staff just doesn''t seem right. And neither do the strange noises that keep Faolan up at night. When Faolan finds the body of a Settlement boarder, mangled by something that can’t possibly be human, it’s clear something vicious is stalking the palisades. And as Settlement boarders continue to drop like flies, Faolan knows she must escape to evade the creature’s wrath.

Vanessa Woodbridge wants to be a hedge witch more than anything; Will Murphy, Vanessa''s BFF, is desperately trying to hide the fact that he''s been in love with Vanessa Woodbridge for, well, ever.

"A Little Too Familiar is a knock-it-out-of-the-park, magic on every page delight.” –Christina Lauren, NYT Bestselling authors of the Unhoneymooners "Wildly inventive, thoroughly romantic, and cozily delightful, Lish McBride will leave you head over heels for this world and her characters.” Gwenda Bond, New York Times bestselling author of The Date from Hell “Intricate world building, sexy and smart leads who can’t live without each other, a diabolical villain you will delight in hating, vengeance pigeons, murder ferrets - all while sneaking in beautiful messages about the family of the heart. What more could you ask of a story?”—Molly Harper, author of the Half-Moon Hollow & Mystic Bayou series Love brings out the animal in you Louise Matthews has got it good. Wonderful job? Check. Loving family? The best. Roommates? Pretty fantastic, thank you. All of this helps her stay focused on what she wants: to finish out her apprenticeship and become a fully licensed Switch-an animal mage who bonds familiars to their witches. Only a problem has just moved in-a hot, occasionally wolf-shaped problem. Declan Mackenzie doesn’t want to be a lone wolf, but he doesn’t have a choice. Girlfriend? Gone. Sister? Starting a new life. Parents? In prison where they belong, thankfully. All he wants is a fresh start-new home, new job, new life. What he gets is a house full of witches, a fledgling phoenix named Dammit, and rogue ferrets who won’t stay out of his business. And he could handle all of that if it wasn’t for Louise. It’s not great to crush on your roommate. It’s even worse when you realize she wields the kind of magic that sends you running for the door. Still, Declan is no pup, and he’s not going to let this set him back. Until the past comes back to haunt him-the parents he put in jail have busted out. They want revenge. And the only thing standing between them and Declan is Louise and the very magic he vowed never to go near again.

"Curses is the ''Beauty and the Beast'' retelling I''ve been waiting for." --Marissa Meyer, #1 New York Times bestselling author "A unique and twisty magical romp!" --Tamora Pierce, New York Times bestselling author Merit Cravan refused to fulfill her obligation to marry a prince, leading to a fairy godling''s curse. She will be forced to live as a beast forever, unless she agrees to marry a man of her mother''s choosing before her eighteenth birthday. Tevin Dumont has always been a pawn in his family''s cons. The prettiest boy in a big family, his job is to tempt naïve rich girls to abandon their engagements, unless their parents agree to pay him off. But after his mother runs afoul of the beast, she decides to trade Tevin for her own freedom. Now, Tevin and Merit have agreed that he can pay off his mother''s debt by using his con-artist skills to help Merit find the best match . . . but what if the best match is Tevin himself?

Ava is having a rough time. Getting rid of Venus didn''t set her free—she''s still Coterie. Her new boss seems like an improvement, but who knows if he''ll stay that way? The Coterie life changes people. And since Ava''s currently avoiding her friends after (disastrously) turning down a date with Lock, well, everything kind of sucks. And that''s not even taking into account the feelings she might have for him. But when a mysterious illness starts to affect magical beings, it''s up to Ava and her team to stop its spread . . . or else one of them might be next.

Ava, Lock, and Ezra are on assignment—for the magical mafia, of course. Faced with a gingerbread house, they''re pretty sure that what''s inside isn''t nearly as sweet as the outside. It never is. Featuring characters from Lish McBride''s Firebug series. At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The Necromancer Series: Hold Me Closer, Necromancer and Necromancing the Stone The two books of Lish McBride''s popular Necromancer Series are available together for the first time! Perfect for current fans and new fans alike. Hold Me Closer, Necromancer: Meet Sam, just your average guy rocking that fast-food career. Well, until he finds out he''s a powerful necromancer, and the other necromancer in town isn''t happy about that at all... Necromancing the Stone: Sam''s necromancer rival is gone, and things have settled into a routine. If you can call total chaos a routine, of course. Includes bonus chapters from Lish McBrideFirebug!

Download the first five chapters of FIREBUG, the start of a new series by Lish McBride! Ava is a firebug—she can start fires with her mind. Which would all be well and good if she weren''t caught in a deadly contract with the Coterie, a magical mafia. She''s one of their main hit men . . . and she doesn''t like it one bit. Not least because her mother''s death was ordered by Venus—who is now her boss. When Venus asks Ava to kill a family friend, Ava rebels. She knows very well that you can''t say no to the Coterie and expect to get away with it, though, so she and her friends hit the road, trying desperately to think of a way out of the mess they find themselves in. Preferably keeping the murder to a minimum.

Lena''s not your typical animal trainer. And when she and her unicorn partner, Steve, decide to enter a fight, it''s definitely not your typical fight... At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

With the defeat of the evil Douglas behind him, Sam LaCroix is getting used to his new life. Okay, so he hadn''t exactly planned on being a powerful necromancer with a seat on the local magical council and a capricious werewolf sort-of-girlfriend, but things are going fine, right? Well . . . not really. He''s pretty tired of getting beat up by everyone and their mother, for one thing, and he can''t help but feel that his new house hates him. His best friend is a werebear, someone is threatening his sister, and while Sam realizes that he himself has a lot of power at his fingertips, he''s not exactly sure how to use it. Which, he has to admit, is a bit disconcerting. But when everything starts falling apart, he decides it''s time to step up and take control. His attempts to do so just bring up more questions, though, the most important of which is more than a little alarming: Is Douglas really dead?

The Macmillan FIERCE READS Fall 2012 Chapter Sampler includes chapter excerpts from Crewel, Monstrous Beauty, Necromancing the Stone, The Shadow Society, Outpost, and Promised — available for free — check out the Fierce Reads website for more information about these much anticipated new YA reads.

Get ready, science fiction and fantasy fans! Inside this special edition ebook, you get the exclusive chance to read the beginning chapters of seven incredible novels: Eve and Adam by Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate (Feiwel and Friends), Crewel by Gennifer Albin (Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers), Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo (Henry Holt Books for Young Readers), Cinder by Marissa Meyer (Feiwel and Friends), All These Things I''ve Done by Gabrielle Zevin (Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers), Enclave by Ann Aguirre (Feiwel and Friends), and Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride (Henry Holt Books for Young Readers).