Cold Weather, Warm Hearts: Winter Romance (teens)

Neighbors and figure skating partners since preschool, Gabe and Maddy tell, in their separate voices, of changes on and off the ice when they are assigned a new, romantic program, raising Maddy's hopes of her love being returned and Gabe's fears that romance will break up their partnership.

Sixteen-year-old Lily left a red notebook full of challenges on her favorite bookstore shelf, waiting for just the right guy to come along and accept its dares. Dash, in a bad mood during the holidays, happens to be the first guy to find the notebook and rise to its challenges. What follows is a whirlwind romance as the two trade dares, dreams, and desires in the notebook they pass back and forth at locations across New York City. But can their in-person...

Four sisters, four seasons, four flavors of romance. The Singh sisters grew up helping their father navigate the bustle of the Songbird Inn. Nestled on dreamy and drizzly Orcas Island in the Pacific Northwest, the inn's always been warm and cozy and filled with interesting guests--the perfect home. But things are about to heat up now that the Songbird has been named the Most Romantic Inn in America. Nidhi has everything planned out--until a storm...

When her father disappears, Echo Alkaev believes he is lost forever. Six months later she finds him half-frozen in the winter forest, guarded by a talking wolf-- the same creature who attacked her as a child. The wolf presents Echo with an offer: come and live with him for a year. In his enchanted house beneath a mountain, Echo discovers centuries-old secrets, a magical library full of books-turned-mirrors, and a young man named Hal who is trapped...

Kamzin dreamed of becoming one of the Emperor's royal explorers, the elite climbers tasked with mapping the wintry, mountainous Empire and spying on its enemies. Then River Shara, the greatest explorer ever known, arrives and demands to hire Kamzin -- not her older sister Lusha, as everyone had expected -- for his next expedition. River's mission to retrieve a rare talisman for the emperor; it means climbing Raksha, the tallest and deadliest mountain...

"Follows elite ice dancer Adriana Russo as she finds herself drawn to both her old dance partner and her new one"--

Snowy weather and fish fossils help bring together two Jewish college freshmen spending winter break in Washington, D.C.

Noelle Partridge is the best ballet dancer, babysitter, and person with the most Christmas spirit in her small town. When her favorite babysitting clients ask her to accompany them on a ski trip over winter break, she packs her bags for the slopes. They are offering double her rate, money she needs for her audition at Beacon, an elite ballet academy. Wyatt, the older half-brother of her babysitting charges, decides to surprise his family for the holiday....

In three intertwining short stories, several high school couples experience the trials and tribulations along with the joys of romance during a Christmas Eve snowstorm in a small town.

In a snow-cloaked kingdom, two rival servants--one who desperately wants to win the approval of the Red Jaga and the other who hopes to escape the Black Jaga--compete for the pure heart of a prince, only to discover they might be falling for each other instead. Includes author's note.