Новинки Эмико Джин

Detective Chelsey Calhoun’s life is turned upside down when she gets the call Ellie Black, a girl who disappeared years earlier, has resurfaced in the woods of Washington state—but Ellie’s reappearance leaves Chelsey with more questions than answers.

“I stayed up late into the night turning the pages until I learned the truth of what happened to Ellie—and gasped when Jean delivered a truly jaw-dropping twist.” —Jessica Knoll, New York Times bestselling author of Luckiest Girl Alive and Bright Young Women

It’s been twenty years since Detective Chelsey Calhoun’s sister vanished when they were teenagers, and ever since she’s been searching: for signs, for closure, for other missing girls. But happy endings are rare in Chelsey’s line of work.

Then a glimmer: local teenager Ellie Black, who disappeared without a trace two years earlier, has been found alive in the woods of Washington State.

But something is not right with Ellie. She won’t say where she’s been, or who she’s protecting, and it’s up to Chelsey to find the answers. She needs to get to the bottom of what happened to Ellie: for herself, and for the memory of her sister, but mostly for the next girl who could be taken—and who, unlike Ellie, might never return.

The debut thriller from New York Times bestselling author Emiko Jean, The Return of Ellie Black is both a feminist tour de force about the embers of hope that burn in the aftermath of tragedy and a twisty page-turner that will shock and surprise you right up until the final page.

Ідзумі Танака стала принцесою, яка замість пастельних суконь носить штани, зустрічається зі своїм колишнім охоронцем та має пса Тамаґочі з невідомим родоводом. Батько принцеси, кронпринц, теж зухвало відкидає імператорські правила і традиції, бо відновив стосунки з матір’ю Ідзумі. Пані Танака може спричинити кризу успадкування престолу, а ще вона феміністка, яка має радикальні погляди на збереження довкілля. І поки імператорський двір мріє про завершення цих стосунків, кронпринц оголошує, що має намір одружитися зі своєю американською коханою. Рада імператорського двору очікувано голосує проти. Ідзумі знає, як це — бути недостатньо хорошою для імператорського роду, тож вирішує домогтися благословення на шлюб. Та чи до снаги їй це? І чи не доведеться волелюбній принцесі заради щастя батьків відмовитися від своїх мрій і планів?

Ідзумі Танака, або ж просто Іззі, ніколи не почувалася на сто відсотків своєю в тихому містечку на півночі Каліфорнії. Та Іззі й гадки не мала, що її батько — наслідний принц Японії, а сама вона — справжнісінька принцеса. Приголомшена цим відкриттям, Іззі вирушає до Японії, щоб нарешті побачити батька та батьківщину. Однак Іззі розуміє, що тепер на неї чекають не лише вишукані сукні та діадеми, а й спрагла до скандалів преса, що ходитиме за нею назирці, похмурий охоронець, без якого і кроку не ступиш, необхідність дотримуватися тисячолітніх традицій та звичаїв тощо. Дівчина вдруге в житті муситиме довести, що вона здатна впоратися з будь-якими випробуваннями. Так, життя принцес не схоже на казку і діадема японської принцеси іноді нічим не ліпша за кайдани…

Penny Calvin has questions.
Placed for adoption sixteen years ago, she's desperate to get to know the mother she's never met.
Mika Suzuki just wants to hide.
Jobless, single and living in a chaotic flat share, she can't bear her daughter knowing her life is a mess. So, when Penny gets in touch, Mika tells a few white lies, pretending to have it all - a career, partner and money.
Keeping up the pretence over the phone is one thing. But when Penny and her widowed adoptive father Thomas spring a visit on Mika, things get complicated.
By coming clean about the secrets in her past, will Mika finally get the life she dreamed of?
Or will she lose it all?

One phone call changes everything.

At thirty-five, Mika Suzuki’s life is a mess. Her last relationship ended in flames. Her roommate-slash-best friend might be a hoarder. She’s a perpetual disappointment to her traditional Japanese parents. And, most recently, she’s been fired from her latest dead-end job.

Mika is at her lowest point when she receives a phone call from Penny—the daughter she placed for adoption sixteen years ago. Penny is determined to forge a relationship with her birth mother, and in turn, Mika longs to be someone Penny is proud of. Faced with her own inadequacies, Mika embellishes a fact about her life. What starts as a tiny white lie slowly snowballs into a fully-fledged fake life, one where Mika is mature, put-together, and successful in love and her career.

The details of Mika’s life might be an illusion, but everything she shares with curious, headstrong Penny is real: her hopes, dreams, flaws, and Japanese heritage. The harder-won heart belongs to Thomas Calvin, Penny’s adoptive widower father. What starts as a rocky, contentious relationship slowly blossoms into a friendship and, over time, something more. But can Mika really have it all—love, her daughter, the life she’s always wanted? Or will Mika’s deceptions ultimately catch up to her? In the end, Mika must face the truth—about herself, her family, and her past—and answer the question, just who is Mika in real life?

Изуми живет с мамой, ходит в обычную школу, веселится с лучшими подругами и мечтает узнать, кто же ее отец. И вот однажды oбнаруживает, что она - принцесса Японии! Вдохновленная этим фактоми желая наконец повстречаться со своим папой, Изуми летит в Японию.
Вскоре Изуми понимает: быть принцессой - это не только носить шикарные платья и жемчуг… это еще и странные родственники; сумасшедшая пресса, которая лезет в личную жизнь; тысячи традиций и обычаев, - и все их нужно изучить практически за одну ночь; а еще хмурый, но красивый телохранитель, который, впрочем и к счастью, понимает ее лучше всех на свете.
Изуми оказывается в ловушке между мирами и между двумя версиями самой себя: дома она никогда не была достаточно "американкой", а в Японии ей нужно доказать, что она достаточно "японка".
Сдастся ли Изуми под тяжестью короны или же будет жить в своей сказке долго и счастливо?

Izumi Tanaka has never really felt like she fit in—it isn’t easy being Japanese American in her small, mostly white, northern California town. Raised by a single mother, it’s always been Izumi—or Izzy, because “It’s easier this way”—and her mom against the world. But then Izzy discovers a clue to her previously unknown father’s identity…and he’s none other than the Crown Prince of Japan. Which means outspoken, irreverent Izzy is literally a princess.

In a whirlwind, Izzy travels to Japan to meet the father she never knew and discover the country she always dreamed of. But being a princess isn’t all ball gowns and tiaras. There are conniving cousins, a hungry press, a scowling but handsome bodyguard who just might be her soulmate, and thousands of years of tradition and customs to learn practically overnight.

Izzy soon finds herself caught between worlds, and between versions of herself—back home, she was never “American” enough, and in Japan, she must prove she’s “Japanese” enough. Will Izumi crumble under the weight of the crown, or will she live out her fairytale, happily ever after?

Winter 2018–2019 Kids’ Indie Next List In a palace of illusions, nothing is what it seems. Each generation, a competition is held to find the next empress of Honoku. The rules are simple. Survive the palace’s enchanted seasonal rooms. Conquer Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall. Marry the prince. All are eligible to compete—all except yōkai, supernatural monsters and spirits whom the human emperor is determined to enslave and destroy. Mari has spent a lifetime training to become empress. Winning should be easy. And it would be, if she weren’t hiding a dangerous secret. Mari is a yōkai with the ability to transform into a terrifying…

In a palace of illusions, nothing is what it seems.

Each generation, a competition is held to find the next empress of Honoku. The rules are simple. Survive the palace’s enchanted seasonal rooms. Conquer Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall. Marry the prince. All are eligible to compete—all except yōkai, supernatural monsters and spirits whom the human emperor is determined to enslave and destroy.

Mari has spent a lifetime training to become empress. Winning should be easy. And it would be, if she weren't hiding a dangerous secret. Mari is a yōkai with the ability to transform into a terrifying monster. If discovered, her life will be forfeit. As she struggles to keep her true identity hidden, Mari’s fate collides with that of Taro, the prince who has no desire to inherit the imperial throne, and Akira, a half-human, half-yōkai outcast.

Torn between duty and love, loyalty and betrayal, vengeance and forgiveness, the choices of Mari, Taro, and Akira will decide the fate of Honoku in this beautifully written, edge-of-your-seat YA fantasy.

In a palace of illusions, nothing is what it seems.

Each generation, a competition is held to find the next empress of Honoku. The rules are simple. Survive the palace’s enchanted seasonal rooms. Conquer Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall. Marry the prince. All are eligible to compete—all except yōkai, supernatural monsters and spirits whom the human emperor is determined to enslave and destroy.

Mari has spent a lifetime training to become empress. Winning should be easy. And it would be, if she weren't hiding a dangerous secret. Mari is a yōkai with the ability to transform into a terrifying monster. If discovered, her life will be forfeit. As she struggles to keep her true identity hidden, Mari’s fate collides with that of Taro, the prince who has no desire to inherit the imperial throne, and Akira, a half-human, half-yōkai outcast.

Torn between duty and love, loyalty and betrayal, vengeance and forgiveness, the choices of Mari, Taro, and Akira will decide the fate of Honoku in this beautifully written, edge-of-your-seat YA fantasy.

Murder.

Fire.

Revenge.

That’s all seventeen-year-old Alice Monroe thinks about. Committed to a mental ward at Savage Isle, Alice is haunted by memories of the fire that killed her boyfriend, Jason. A
blaze her twin sister Cellie set. But when Chase, a mysterious, charismatic patient, agrees to help her seek vengeance, Alice begins to rethink everything. Writing out the story of her troubled past in a journal, she must confront hidden truths.
Is the one person she trusts only telling her half the story?
Nothing is as it seems in this edge-of-your-seat psychological thriller from the debut author Emiko Jean.