Secret Circle Vol I: The InitiationThe Circle's power has lured her home. . . . Forced to move from sunny California to gloomy New England, Cassie longs for her old life. Even so, she feels a strange kinship to a terrifying group of teens who seem to rule her school. Initiated into the coven of witches thats controlled New Salem for hundreds of years, shes drawn into the Secret Circle, a thrill thats both intoxicating and deadly. But when she falls for the mysterious and intriguing

side-splitting commentary

Despite all the signs suggesting that his client is guilty—and his own misgivings—Jay can't refuse when a man as wealthy and connected as Sam asks him to head up the defense

genius—characteristics and patterns of behavior common to great minds

we are free to hear

simple Buddhist wisdom and practical exercises

Armentrout:

born in the same year as Rockefeller

her teacher

the cultural roots of the notion of evil and reveals the need for mythology through a telling of various Indian and Western myths

disappears the night he is born

or mulling over whether your partner is 'The One'

that sort of thing