Happy Holidays! Isn’t this time of year the BEST? One of my favorite parts is going holiday shopping, and I have many loved ones who are readers. This year, I want to shop for books written by indie authors! As an indie author myself, I’m passionate about supporting the indie community.
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Fantasy
Receiving a Mark from the goddess is all Rayden wants in life. Too bad he’s not from the same world as everybody else.
Cloned by a dead god and abandoned on a desolate planet, Rayden falls into the arms of people who would ostracize him for years to come.
Rayden is unusual. Not only does he look different from everyone, but he continues to struggle with training. Yearning for strength, Rayden hopes his upcoming Marking Ceremony will prove his worth. But when a sudden attack by a Nagari war band drives Rayden into an ancient facility, he meets someone he’d never thought he would: himself.
Now faced with a choice, Rayden must decide: should he follow the dead god’s plan or carve out his own fate?
She was never meant to have magic. Now she’ll risk everything to get rid of it.
Arie spends her life preparing to rule her kingdom one day—until she develops a forbidden ability to hear thoughts. This Gift isn’t just dangerous, it’s a death sentence. If anyone discovers she has Jinni magic, she could lose her crown… and her life.
When a ruthless king threatens to force her into marriage and expose her secrets, Arie has no choice but to run. Her only shot at survival lies in finding a Jinni powerful enough to take back the magic that should’ve never been hers.
But when her path collides with a handsome thief chasing the very same Jinni, she’s dragged into a daring castle heist where hiding the truth becomes nearly impossible.
He wants revenge. She wants her freedom. Neither planned to fall for the other, but now this charming Jinni hunter might be her only hope.
Forbidden love could be her greatest downfall…or her saving grace.
When Liddy Erickson was a child, a hauntingly beautiful yet vicious witch plagued her dreams. But when she wakes one morning with a deep gash on her chest in the same place the witch attacked her, she realizes these were no ordinary nightmares.
Shortly after she confides in her best friend, Will, his entire family disappears, along with her memories of them.
It’s now 1998, and seventeen-year-old Liddy has one goal—to move out of the cold Chicago suburbs after graduation. Two things that are not in her perfectly planned life: fun and dating.
That is until the new transfer student catches the eye of every girl at Wheeling High School.
With intriguing scars and eyes that seem to glow, he awakens something inexplicable in Liddy and proves to know her even better than her closest friends.
When a stranger with a distinct melodic chime to his walk saves Liddy from opening an enchanted envelope, he reveals an outrageous claim that she is a lost Watcher and the saving grace for his homeland, Cristes. Liddy must decide if she can trust the stranger’s orders or risk condemning an entire nation.
Her airship has crashed. Her magic is gone. And the pirates aren’t done with her yet…
Sira always dreamed of becoming an airship pilot. She’s gone against her family’s wishes and suppressed her magical gift to train at the Academy. Top of her class, she’s almost guaranteed to pass, until her final flight exam is interrupted and her life gets thrown off course. Stranded with James, the frustrating mage assigned to her exam, Sira is determined to get back to the open skies where she belongs.
Low on supplies and far from home, they seek aid in a nearby Fae village. There, Sira uncovers truths about James, her family, and herself that leave her reeling. But there’s no time to linger; the people who brought down their ship are still in the forest, and they’ll do anything to stop Sira and James from reaching the city.
With a growing sense of uncertainty and their pursuers closing in, Sira must come to terms with her companion’s secrets-and her own fledgling magic-to make it home alive.
Normal was never in the cards for this Witch, but being forced into an arranged marriage with a vampire? Even her Tarot cards couldn’t have seen this coming.
Safe and predictable, that’s how you could summarize Audrey’s life—until a demon arrives to collect on a bargain made by her ancestors that thrusts her into a world of magic, danger and a forbidden love that could change everything.
Forced into a marriage with vampire prince Emery Markov, or face dire consequences, Audrey finds herself living with the people she’s been told her whole life are monsters. But after meeting her new fiancé, she finds he isn’t what she expected—handsome, charming, and considerate. A little too perfect maybe.
Navigating Bloodline politics and royal customs is hard enough, but everything changes when the prince’s rebellious brother arrives, stirring up trouble, and feelings that challenge her heart and make her question what she really wants.
As her wedding day looms closer and a dangerous offer promises a chance at freedom, buried secrets come to light—truths that could destroy everything. Now, Audrey has one choice: accept her fate or risk it all to carve out a destiny of her own.
One choice will have infinite consequences.
Shapeshifters have been in an ancient rivalry against Vikings for as long as any realm can remember.
Zyra has always felt like an outsider among the other shapeshifters of Waylria. From the time she could shapeshift into a wolf, even her parents have distanced themselves from her, believing her a disgrace. But when her life becomes entangled with the brutal Viking she encounters in the forest outside her people’s borough, Zyra sees an opportunity to prove herself.
Discovering the intruder is Riker—the Viking Prince of Sandire—Zyra is forced to return her sworn enemy home, where his father is waiting to execute him for treason. Refusing the Viking King’s demand to return the runaway prince could bring a reckoning of blood and war upon Waylria. But going to Sandire brings far more danger than Zyra could imagine.
Corporate tells the public the mermaids aren’t dangerous, but that’s a lie.
When the superpredator Mer kill another trainer, Finnegan Jarvis finally sees his opportunity to become a superstar trainer. No more scrubbing tanks and cleaning blood: he’s gonna be in front of the audience showing off his brand-new, fully-trained mermaid. If only he can get her to do the tricks she’s supposed to.
That mermaid is Erie, an ocean-princess ripped from her home when she pushes another Mer out of the way of the net. She doesn’t understand why she’s there, but she’s determined to learn air-words to find out.
While Finn trains Erie, she teaches herself air-words. And when she finally speaks, Finn breaks the number one rule at Oceanica: Never Humanize The Mer.
Now he’ll do whatever it takes to save her.
In book one of the Bird Girl Witches series, the mystical realm of The Korvids is being terrorized by a dark force, and a young, psychic girl may be the only one who can stop it.
Arabel Spade is just 17 years old, but holds the gift of extraordinary supernatural abilities. When a series of brutal murders rock her hometown, she is determined to use her powers to solve the crimes and protect her people.
But tracking the killer puts her on a collision course with the sinister Dorojenja – evil sorcerers intent on putting an end to her investigation, if not her life. As the bodies pile up, Arabel must navigate a web of secrets, betray her cold-hearted grandmother’s wishes, and forge alliances with mysterious magical factions like the Travelers.
Join Arabel’s epic journey of magic, danger, and self-discovery, as she battles for the ultimate fate of The Korvids.
A kingdom at war.
A search for missing memories.
And a tangled web of love, loss, loyalty, and lies.
After months of recovery, Khara Laveya is desperate to leave the medical wing and restore the memories she lost in a brutal rebel attack. Her responsibility to her kingdom as future Sovereigna is a looming distraction from reclaiming them.
Torn between duty and desperation, Khara is haunted by a mysterious grove that calls to her in her dreams. Finding the grove may lead to her missing memories, but venturing beyond the city walls is an act of treason. Worse, it risks another encounter with the ruthless rebel forces.
To enter the forest could mean death … or something far more sinister.
The secrets lurking in the shadows could destroy the life Khara has sacrificed so much to rebuild and unravel the kingdom itself.
Nothing exciting ever happens in the woods… until a mysterious blue light swallows a girl whole.
After six years of searching in vain for the missing girl, Arisanna Lunagarde is back in the woods. This time, ropes of fog drag her to Alterria—a hidden town where nearly everyone has a magical gift.
“Outsiders cannot survive in our world.”
As an Outsider, Ari shouldn’t be able to survive more than a few hours, but the fact that Alterria has no effect on her draws too much suspicion. Ari discovers that her miraculous survival stems from connections she never knew existed, and as her own gift appears, those connections paint a target on her back.
“I was supposed to keep you safe.”
Torren—Ari’s first Alterrian friend, the boy who makes her heart race, and the only person who can help her get home—is imprisoned. Now alone, Ari must save Torren, and as her feelings for him grow, she soon discovers that going home will endanger everyone she loves, both inside and outside Alterria.
Bards sing of glory and gold—but never the price paid in blood.
The Scepter of Cymathu lies shattered. Its destruction reverberated across the world, reshaping both the victors and the vanquished. As ancient wyrms rise, the countdown to annihilation begins. But salvation lies with a disparate band of misfits.
Grimlock, a Totem Warrior driven by rage, risks being consumed by the very beast that secured his triumph. Vigilanton, an exiled knight bound by a blood-debt, gambles everything to escape a crime lord’s grasp. Mystic Alyndra heeds the call of the Daylyns—conduits of the Goddess of Magic—and slips into an unnatural sleep. Her only hope lies with Everleigh, once devout, now reeling from revelations that shatter everything she believed.
They thought their war was over, their victory earned, but the true battle lies within. If they cannot conquer their inner demons, the growing wyrms will reduce the world to ash and ruin.
Princess Dakota and her older sisters have lived in a magnificent forest full of fairy and mermaid magic and has been a safe place for the family many years. The humans have no magic to speak of but have seen the magic of the fairies and mermaids for so long and have heard tales of the Outside World, a world where bodies of water called an ocean exist and fields of open space of land far and wide. The princesses someday want to see for themselves but are content with their peaceful home.
One day, the humans get attacked by shadowed beasts who evade the once protected forest and Dakota receives a bad head concussion that soon leads to a cursed short-term memory loss and she forgets her close family and friends around her.
Twelve years pass by, she receives a gift from the queen of the mermaids that helps heal her head and slowly remembers of all she had forgotten. To help save her home, she must remember the day of the attack and why she forgot everything around her. Will that be enough to save her beloved home from the clutches of shadow?
Lorendell is a city on the edge of rebellion. Policed by ruthless guards. Dangerous for any whose magic breaks the rules…
Orphaned Kasperi Ironstone is secretly gifted at becoming unseen. But when his brother tries to steal from the palace, Kas pays a price to protect his family—imprisonment, forced labour, and his rare magic stripped away.
When a rebel raid shatters a prison convoy, Kas seizes his chance to escape, returning home to a city simmering with unrest, and a brother transformed by vengeance.
If he’s going to survive, Kas must choose his allies carefully. From the Empress who hides a terrible secret, to the spy who is beginning to question her orders, the shapeshifter torn between blood and belonging, and a survivor who has lost everything, the loyalties of each could protect—or destroy—them all.
Because in the City of Stone, shadows hide truth, smiles mask deceit, magic is perilous, and the smallest betrayal can ignite chaos.
In a world ravaged by war and devoid of wonder, Darci faces a mysterious shadow and the possibility more exists than meets the eye near her home. When she begins to communicate with a stranger through writings on a wall, her curiosity leads her into the woods–forbidden and avoided by anyone who wants to live a long life. Evil and darkness lurk in the trees and Darci might just be trapped by whatever this monster is. Until a man she’s never seen before, shrouded in shadows, appears to rescue her and just as quickly disappears.
As nightmares haunt her sleep and a foreboding sense of someone coming for her occupies her days, she does the only thing she can think to do. Seek out this stranger and find the answers she needs. In doing so, she finds another world full of magic and beauty that is both foreign and oddly familiar. Magic itself seems to know her, and her time in this world awakens something buried deep inside and connects her to this unknown rescuer.
The power within her is far greater than she could have ever imagined. Will it awaken a monster or a hero? Who will survive the aftermath–herself or everyone else? What if the villain isn’t who she thought it was?
SHE WILL RISE. KINGDOMS WILL CRUMBLE.
Abandoned by her human father to be raised among the fae healers of Duje, half-breed Katya prefers to keep to the shadows and far away from her stepfather’s cane. When he is suddenly called to court, her stepfather forces Katya to come along and spy on the crown. His instructions are simple: watch, listen and don’t get killed.
But nothing about court life is simple, and Katya soon finds herself thrust into the center of a political storm, her every move monitored by the prince’s fearsome head of guard, Aemon Cregg.
Aemon is as deadly as he is beautiful. He’s also cocky, hotheaded, and intent on infuriating Katya any chance he gets. But though he sets her temper aflame, the heat that burns between them is undeniable.
Yet even Aemon can’t protect her when the king calls for Katya’s arrest. Terrified and alone, she taps into a forbidden magic to escape. Now, she’s running for her life, and Aemon is hot on her trail.
But in the depths of the mountains, an even more insidious threat awaits them both, one that will bring into question everything Katya thought she knew about her kingdom, her people and herself.
Magic was once their greatest weakness. Now, it’s their only gift–and their only weapon in a war they never wanted.
THE RUNES SISTERS
For as long as they can remember, sisters Leola and Juniper Runes have lived as mundane beings in a world that favors magic-wielders while oppressing their kind. When a ruthless regime seizes control of Heri, their lives are uprooted as they discover a secret that changes everything.They become pivotal to ending a decades-long war.
Hunted by a powerful immortal and torn from the world they thought they knew, the sisters are forced to discover themselves amongst a landscape of betrayal, rebellion, and impossible choices. When one of them finds love in an unlikely ally in the midst of doom, the value of victory becomes even greater.
As war rages around them, they’ll be forced to choose: surrender to fate or forge their own destiny—no matter the price.
BENNJAMIN WYNDMERE
From his first breath, he was forged for war–honed into a dual-powered weapon, built to defeat the enemy. Finally initiated into the secret society that has controlled his entire existence, he is vastly disappointed when he meets his companions–The Prophesied Pair, two sisters who are supposed to be essential to the war. He learns that they have spent their life hiding in the shadows, adding to his disillusionment of winning the war.
Will the companionship between Benn and the sisters lead to their ruin, or will he get a firsthand look at why the Gods chose the Runes girls in the first place?
“Death is just a five-letter word, yet it consumes my entire existence, driving me to the brink of becoming the word itself.”
Destruction seems to follow Nyxi wherever she goes, and the man born from death itself is no exception. Theymessed with the wrong Vagrant, and soon everyone will find out just how hard she can bite.
When Nyxi’s world is thrown into chaos, there’s only one thing she can do to get her revenge: enter the Reaper Crucible—a cutthroat, deadly competition held in the sky, where two members from each of the five sectors are selected to participate in five bloody trials to the death. The prize for the sole survivor? The ability to wield magic and live among the Magicals up in Lunaria.
Nyxi has one goal: win the Crucible, gain access to Lunaria, and exact her vengeance. But when she uncovers secrets hidden within the castle’s walls, her life is thrown into even greater turmoil.
Will she perish in the fires of her future before getting her revenge, or will she win it all—gaining the power to wield magic and becoming the very weapon she was meant to be?
When a Rivani woman faces a series of misfortunes on the road, she takes shelter in a crumbling fortress where old magic slumbers. When she discovers roses, long believed to be extinct, she makes a fateful decision that brings her face to face with the Fir’Darl, the most terrifying of the Rivan gods.
Thief of Roses is a romantic fantasy retelling of Beauty and the Beast with a full cast of PoC characters and gender diverse representation.
Mylah’s world is turned upside down when a stolen book from another kingdom is brought to her family’s home for her father to translate. In an attempt to retrieve the book, a half-fae half-human being called a shreeve murders Mylah’s parents.
Four years later, Mylah is chosen by her king to infiltrate the Elowyn kingdom. Mylah hopes that while she is there, she will be able to find the man who murdered her parents and exact her revenge. But, as she soon finds out, there is much more to Elowyn’s past and her own than she realized.
Around Agatha Sea, princesses are poised, magically gifted, and betrothed.
So, when seventeen-year-old Princess Beatriz still fails to secure a betrothal, her parents hold a ball. Forming an alliance could mean the difference between peace and war, but Beatriz doesn’t want just any suitor. She’s in love with her best friend, Prince Lux. Marrying Prince Lux will always be a silly dream as long as she has no magical gift.
Princess Beatriz will do whatever it takes to obtain a touch of magic, including making a deadly oath to go on a quest to Valle de Los Fantasmas. A valley where no one comes out alive.
If she can manage to succeed, Princess Beatriz could have everything she desires and secure peace for her kingdom. If she fails, she’ll lose not only her greatest dream but also her kingdom, and maybe even her own life.
The myth remembers a monster. The Muse remembers a woman. And the story they carried burns through time.
Winner of the 2022 Readers’ Favorite Gold Medal for Mythology and shortlisted for Historical Fiction Company’s Book of the Year, The Curse of Beauty is a gripping saga readers call “unstoppable,” “incredible,” and “a masterful work of fiction.”
Before the myths were carved in stone, and before Medusa became a monster, there was a priestess, a city, and a choice that changed everything.
1650 BC. Tiryns is fracturing.
The gods are silent. The sea brings strangers cloaked in bronze. And Thais, daughter of the chieftain and priestess of Lady Atana, stands at the crossroads of war and sacrifice.
To protect her people, she must become the voice the goddess still whispers to and the one who remembers what others will forget—even if it means falling for the one she must never love.
But love has a cost. And the choices Thais makes will echo through generations—until her song becomes myth.
An award-winning YA fantasy romance perfect for fans of Howl’s Moving Castle and Six Crimson Cranes!
With her crooked spine and reckless heart, Princess Meera always knew she wasn’t meant to become queen of Ezo. But when her sister, the rightful heir, is cursed on the eve of her coronation, Meera must defend her kingdom from ruthless invaders by taking the throne. Yet, while some countries have simple coronations, in Ezo . . . the princess must first claim a sea dragon.
Only the dragon is vicious, perfect, and whole-everything Meera is not. And if the dragon doesn’t deem her worthy, it will devour her. Turning to the Saints for help, she doesn’t anticipate that her actions will transform the dragon into a mortal, or that she’ll steal his heart . . . literally.
Now, as two hearts beat inside Meera’s chest, she’s reminded that her life is entwined with a dragon, who despises her weaknesses. Despite their differences, they must work together to reverse the curse and save the kingdom before more is lost than their stolen hearts.
Charlie ‘Tootles’ Tulane risked everything to break the spell binding the lost boys to Pan and escape Neverland. Now seventeen and living in 1923 London, Charlie’s freedom from the land of Faerie has never felt better. But even the noblest of actions have consequences. Neverland demands a leader, and without one, chaos spills into the mortal world.
Spending his nights as an amateur boxer, Charlie meets the ‘Bright Young Things’ of London’s upper class. Part of that group is Evie, a girl whose ravings about mermaids abducting her sister got her sent to an asylum. Now that she’s back among polite society, Evie’s under strict orders from her mother to avoid any further scandal and to attract a suitable match. But that proves difficult when Evie’s friend and confidant from Faerie turns demanding and sinister, forcing her into a deal she can’t refuse: In exchange for locating Pan’s lost relics of power, the Fae will return the one thing Evie wants most.
When Charlie learns his past betrayals set off a chain reaction resulting in the abduction of Evie’s sister, the two must return to the place of Charlie’s nightmares in an attempt to set things right. But this time, the price for rectitude might prove too steep for either one of them to pay.
Beware of the darkness and those who seek to conquer it…
Octavia Fletcher, the daughter of Rustwick’s wealthy wheat overseer, finds herself bloodbound to a key that holds an ancient magic coveted by all the kingdoms of the land.
The Well of Eternal Healing in Hritza has been shrouded in a veil of impenetrable darkness for a millennium, its precious waters cut off by the gods of old. But now, Octavia possesses the key that can unlock it. Captured by a bounty hunter with a mysterious past, Octavia must fight to survive a slew of enemies who are keen to steal her—and the key’s power—for themselves.
But danger lurks not only in the evils of men. The darkness surrounding the fallen Kingdom of Hritza is creeping past its boundaries for the first time since its creation, and anyone caught in its clutches perishes. Time is running out—not only for Octavia, but for all the Wells of Power gifted to humanity.
Only the Keyholder can walk through the darkness and reverse its destruction, but can Octavia endure long enough to do so? And can she survive her own heart when it comes to the bounty hunter who has proven time and time again that he will do anything to save her?
With the empire on the brink of war, Connor Balcazar never expected to have a destiny. Though his family has served the galactic empire for generations, his older brother Adam has always outshone him in combat abilities and natural charisma. But Connor is determined to prove himself and master his hidden ability to see the future to assist Emperor Esteban any way he can.
When the emperor discovers a sinister plot, Connor’s chance arrives. The emperor’s younger brother, Lorenzo, a gifted but bitter scientist, has been scheming to take the throne. And now he’s rallied an invincible army.
While Adam seeks out the truth of Lorenzo’s experiments, Connor visits the mysterious, warlike planet of Zada 5. Intending only to train and finally prove his worth, what waits for him on the large mining planet is not just new allies or abilities. There is a prophecy for Connor to fulfill at last—if he can survive long enough.
Forced into isolation by the ruler of the Mortal Kingdom, Princess Rhea Maxwell spends her days in the company of her pet fox, Bella, dreaming of an existence outside the confinement of her tower. As the rightful queen, she knows that there must be more to life than the endless monotony she’s been forced to live. Harboring a deadly secret from her past, her desolation grows until one fateful night brings an unlikely ally into her life. Though wary to trust this stranger, Rhea suddenly finds herself with something she’s never had before: a choice. With a future she never thought possible hanging in the balance, the princess must decide if following her heart is worth risking everything she’s ever known.
In the neighboring Mage Kingdom, Princess Bahira Daxel is the first of her kind to be born without magic. Fixated on finding a way to unlock the power she believes to be hidden within, Bahira knows there is no price too great to achieve her goals. As tensions rise and her kingdom prepares for a threat they can not defend against, her desperation comes to a head. Ultimatums push Bahria to rethink who she truly is and the future that she had pictured for herself.
In a post-war world where kingdoms are divided by a powerful spell, can Rhea and Bahira each break free from the shackles of the lives expected of them to forge their own paths? Or will lies and obsession threaten to destroy everything.
When Emerson Blackwell discovers a secret library in New York City where the books are doorways into magical worlds, it seems like she’s found the perfect adventure. But as Emerson begins to explore the Catalogue, she is drawn into a world filled with secrets and more questions than answers.
Eight years ago, Emerson Blackwell’s mother died in a tragic fire and she booked a one-way ticket to New York City to escape her grief. But the trauma of her past comes rushing back when she uncovers a Library in the heart of the city where the books are doorways to magical worlds. However, The Central Library responsible for publishing books in the Catalogue is banning books and hunting down authors that The Central Library claims are dangerous. When Emerson finds out her mother is alive and publishing banned books, the question arises–are these books dangerous? Or is The Central Library hiding something?
As Emerson becomes entangled in a web of secrets, political rivalries, and conspiracies, she rekindles a romance with her first love, who is secretly working with her mother against The Central Library. However, tensions rise when Emerson finds herself drawn to the son of The Central Library’s Head Librarian–her mother’s greatest enemy. Now, Emerson must uncover the truth. Is her mother a villain, or is The Central Library keeping secrets from its Librarians?
Tare’Envel is a city on the edge of chaos.
The nobles thrive in wealth and luxury, while the Undercity is a maze of shadows ruled by cutthroats and gangs. With the King’s army locked in a brutal war for the past seven years, these factions have risen unchecked, twisting the thorn in the King’s side.
Kestus Quickhand has built a reputation as one of the city’s best thieves—skilled, precise, and bound to no gang, yet a named man nonetheless. When an offer comes to steal the Shiftscape Bracer, an artifact of unknown power from the King’s palace, Kestus sees more than just a payday—he sees a chance to leave his mark on history.
But this job is more than it seems. As Kestus delves deeper, he uncovers secrets that could unravel the city itself. The bracer’s power is both magnificent and cursed, and now, every faction in Tare’Envel wants it. The lines between ally and enemy blur, and Kestus finds himself hunted from all sides.
In a city where loyalty is paid in blood and survival is never guaranteed, Kestus must decide: is the risk worth the reward—or will this be the job that finally costs him everything?
Step into a world where the legends of Dragon Knights blaze to life through the eyes of a young descendant. Camreth Penfyr, raised on tales of this ancient order, has long dreamed of the adventures such a destiny might bring. Raised alongside a dragon in secret, those childhood dreams reveal dangers far beyond imagination when dark forces learn of their existence.
When an attack threatens everything they hold dear, Camreth and his steadfast companion Cynedyr must navigate a world both breathtaking and deadly. With new allies at their side, they face ruthless enemies and a sinister mage whose dark ambitions could shatter their world.
Embark on a gripping coming-of-age journey filled with peril, loyalty, and the timeless battle between light and shadow.
Do you revel in the darkness? Or are you for starlight, for everyone?
He works for the King, hunting down the fallen stars to be returned to the night sky. She’s a star-powered thief, willing to bend the laws of the Kingdom to return starmagic to her people. Both of them have proven that they can, and will, use their blades against anyone who gets in their way. But when the Stars and Moon deem that their paths should cross, will Kieran and Talla’s clash of causes be for the better, or will it be for blood?
A thousand years after the stars fell from the sky over Larendi, King Armund has surprisingly discovered a way to send them and their magic back.
Kieran, a renowned and rightfully cocky member of the King’s Guard, has been the King’s personal starhunter for almost a decade. With his charm, status, and expert negotiating skills, Kieran has recovered more stars than he can count. But as the number of uncollected stars is dwindling, Kieran’s need to call upon his extensive and unique training grows..
Because not everyone is a believer in the King’s vision. Beyond the castle walls, rebels are working to keep stars in the hands of the people. Talla, a skillful and star-powered thief, holds the rebellious views of the diminishing few that feel comfort in the darkness. She believes that keeping the stars on the ground is the key to saving her people.
But after Talla is betrayed, she unexpectedly finds herself without starmagic and needing to rely on the last person she would ever choose to trust–Kieran. Despite his better judgement, he finds himself bringing the starthief with him across Larendi on his final starhunt. As their journey leads them to uncover hints to the night sky’s lost secrets, they both discover that the Stars and Moon may have led them to something they each didn’t realize they needed–each other.
All I want is a normal life. A life where my mom isn’t dead. A life where my dad isn’t endlessly running. A chance to stop being the new girl.
But all of that changes when they show up and rip me from death’s clutches.
Sam, the boy with the intense and familiar eyes. Daniel, the tattooed warrior. Al, the playful surfer. Seth, the sexy-as-sin fashion king. Leo, the sweet tech-geek. And Ramiel, the dark enigma.
With them, life is anything but normal. Their house is a mansion. They shower me with gifts. They’re seriously over-protective. And I’m the only girl they have eyes for. But for the first time, I think I might actually belong.
Until a demon tries to kill me, and I realise everything is not as it seems.
My guys are keeping secrets. Ones that will tear my world apart. And when the ultimate evil finally catches up with me, the truth is so much worse than I can imagine, and they’ll stop at nothing to keep me alive…
He wakes with nothing but a prophecy and a letter that makes him question everything.
In a kingdom where magic means death and prophecies foretell destruction, Zephyrus finds himself trapped between two impossible destinies: a letter naming him an emissary of peace, and a prophecy marking him as either savior or destroyer. But with his memories shattered and his closest friend murdered before his eyes, even survival seems like a distant hope.
Forced into the arena as a gladiator in the royal games, Zephyrus must navigate a deadly web of court intrigue, divine manipulation, and his own fractured past. Every victory brings him closer to freedom, but also closer to uncovering a truth that could tear the kingdom apart. As gods wage their own wars using mortals as pawns, Zephyrus must decide:
Will he become the weapon of liberation his people need, or the peacemaker his enemies claim he was meant to be?
Yet the most dangerous game isn’t in the arena… It’s in the shadows of the court, where queens plot secret revolutions, princes play with fire and call it “honor and justice,” and even the gods themselves can’t be trusted. With his very identity hanging in the balance, Zephyrus must answer one question before it’s too late:
How do you choose your destiny when you can’t remember who you were meant to be?
Plants lie, and Jayce can hear them.
For seven years, a deadly plague has threatened the realm. Jayce has survived by using her plant magic to make and sell remedies, but most of her funds are sucked dry by a corrupt debt collector and the impossible debt she owes the realm.
When the debt collector threatens Jayce with prison unless she’ll marry him, she flees into the woods. There, she runs into a nameless baron who agrees to pay her debt if she’ll help him find the last of the seers who remembers the prophecy of the Plague King.
Together they’ll face warrior monks, carnivorous reindeer, and their own dark pasts as they journey to find a cure before the Plague King rises to wipe out the realm.
Jayce failed the world once. Can she prevent it from happening again?
The Gods of Olympus were real. In fact, the great Olympian Forefather Zeus was the forefather for such historical giants as Thor and George Washington. But that was long ago, now the descendants of the Gods have new jobs: Superheroes. In a world where power and myth have walked hand in hand, professional heroes serve alongside humanity to combat those who would use their Gifts for evil.
After gravity-manipulating teen, Jordan Harris is arrested for vigilante activity, he is given a simple deal: go to jail or go undercover in the nation’s most prestigious superhero training academy – Fort Olympus. His academy work comes second as he uncovers a conspiracy that threatens not just the city of Houston, but the world. While Jordan is used to working on his own in the dark of the city, he must soon learn about teamwork and confront his own shortcomings which leads him from vigilante, to criminal, to hero.
Welcome to the water realm, where trust is fragile, magic is dangerous, and love is anything but simple.
For centuries, the inhabitants of this parallel world have retreated deeper and deeper into the sea, in order to avoid detection by the feared landwalkers. A threat that has grown more imminent with the worlds overlapping more and more, caused by the dwindling of magic in the water world. A threat that has led to the death of their beloved mermaid queen, and left their king in mourning.
Twenty-nine year old Zoe is a mermaid created by the realm’s king, Callan. Thrown into a dark underwater world shrouded in secrets and mysteries, she has to adapt quickly to her new surroundings and figure out what makes her so special she drew his interest.
To survive, Zoe must understand the magic hidden in her blood, find friends and help defeat a hidden foe… even as feelings complicate everything.
Blaise Sunseeker has been trained as a weapon against humans. There’s just one problem…she is one.
As the only human born to the witches of the Iron Woods, Blaise has always known that her mother – Agnes the Wicked, most feared of all witch kind – will one day send her to a faraway kingdom as a spy. Her mission – infiltrate the human court and exact revenge on the legendary witch hunter, Prince Kaspian, and his adoptive mother, Queen Lizabeta.
As she moves deeper into the court of Reili, and learns more about the prince, Blaise begins to question everything she has been taught, finding herself torn between the witches who raised her, and the humans she is growing to care about. With the whisperings of war on the horizon, murmurings of the queen’s suspicions in the palace, and her growing attraction to Kaspian, danger grows with Blaise’s every move, and soon she must make a decision that will decide the fate of all she holds dear.
Will she give her family the revenge they desire? Or will she put her faith in love?
A Deal with the Elf King meets a Hallmark Christmas Movie in this cozy romantic fantasy featuring a handsome brooding Elf King, a quirky human baker, and delightful baking magic.
They said the Elf King had lived a thousand years. They said he was the most beautiful creature anyone had ever beheld. They said he took whatever he wanted. And Noelle was no exception.
For six hundred years, the elves have taken human masters of craft and maidens back to the Undying Lands of Ravensong as part of an uneasy treaty between human and elf. To be chosen is seen as a gift, as the families are richly rewarded. But to Noelle Baker, it is a curse. She wants only to bake all of her Christmas favorites with her family, until the Elf King comes for her.
Forced to leave her family behind and bake for the cold yet frustratingly handsome king, Noelle is thrust into a world of strange elven magic where she learns of a curse on the land. Infected by this shade curse, Noelle must hone her new baking magic to cure the dying land before it takes her life and the life of the king her heart is beginning to thaw toward.
For more than a mortal’s lifetime, she had striven to make the king’s line pay.
Magic is dead in the kingdom of Solas. Or that’s what people thought.
The line of kings had massacred the witches and now the Sol King rules supreme from his party palace in the capital, Breninsol.
Indentured servitude in a brothel at least provides Eleanor with a roof over her head and a place to drink away the memories of her long life—when she’s not sneaking out for assassinations and investigations.
But women are going missing.
There are whispers of strange events in the city.
And now, Eleanor is chosen as a courtesan for the palace. A possible Favour for a courtier.
Despite needing to blend in and keep people at a distance to hide what she really is, Eleanor cannot go unnoticed. Yet a man, of immense power and unimaginable wealth, sets his eyes upon her.
Her Dark Star.
Becoming the plaything of a noble has little appeal. No matter who he is or how close it gets her to the king.
For Eleanor, survival is all that is left. But that may be more complicated than ever.
A dying world’s only hope for defeating the Enemy lies with a cursed man born of shadows.
The old world is in ruins. An empire once blessed with modern miracles and magic has become a patchwork of crumbling bergs littered with the detritus of the former world. Torchlight is more common now than neon, beggars more common than automatons. And yet the last of the elite still cling desperately to the vestiges of their power, swearing dark allegiance to the Enemy. Opposite this threat stands the Rebellion and their best man, Arium Black.
But even legends fall eventually.
After the startling failure of his last mission, Black heads to Pehat’s Berg to regroup.
When he arrives, however, he discovers the Enemy is already there, waiting for him. With the help of a handful of remaining loyalists, Black faces off against traitors and dark creatures alike on the longest night of his life, all while trying to uncover the Enemy’s latest plot to destroy the Scattered Kingdoms’s hopes for peace. If he’s lucky, he’ll survive long enough to tell the Rebellion about it.
Born into a family blessed by the gods, for years, Non believed she was powerless.
After failing her initiation ceremony, Non is left with nothing. No power, no friends, and she becomes her family’s greatest disappointment. But one night of heavy drinking and heartbreak changes everything.
Non is thrust back into a world she thought she’d left behind. Forced to reconnect with her estranged grandmother and enter a series of deadly trials to prove her worth as a vassal to the gods, Non discovers that her power is unlike any other. There’s a darkness inside that threatens to consume her.
Not one to do things by halves, Non finds herself drawn to a rival coven’s dangerously charming and very off-limits second-in-command. Will she fall in line and follow the path of light set out by her grandmother? Or will she let darkness prevail?
A woodland full of secrets
A love that feels like fate
In the quiet village of Southwell, the woods appear unremarkable to most. But Aveline Johnson has always had a connection to them.
After her death, her granddaughter, Fern, becomes determined to uncover the truth buried deep among the trees, convinced that the secrets of her past are rooted there.
In the woods, she finds a realm that no human has entered before – a world of woodland fae with their own secrets, dangers, and desires.
As Fern searches for answers, she begins to accept that she may not get what she came for, but perhaps something even more powerful.
With a looming threat closing in on her new home, Fern must make the choice. Will she return to the safety of her old life and leave the magic of the woods behind, or will she stay and fight for the world, and the man, that she has come to love?
For nearly a decade, Seraphina Valdis has plotted and planned, stalked and killed. After her mother and elder sister were murdered, her father and younger sister left Seraphina behind. Alone and confused, revenge became her entire world. On her quest, she has noticed strange things—from her ability to heal faster than humanly possible to memories of faces and places she’s never seen before flooding her dreams.
With her tech-savvy bestie at her side, she’ll do whatever it takes to demolish the cult that destroyed her family—starting with the four Obscuritas Princes. When things heat up between her and the Princes, will she have what it takes to destroy them once and for all?
Plans are starting to fall into place for Andras Blackbyrn and his fellow Princes. Outfoxing their fathers, The Obscuritas Kings, will take every ounce of their concentration. So when a stunning woman walks into their lives, Andras is beyond suspicious. But the closer Sara gets to him and his brothers, the harder she becomes to resist. If she was sent to destroy them, will they have the strength to stop her?
The Obscuritas are hungry for power, but exactly what that means is still a mystery. As Seraphina digs deeper into the cult responsible for destroying her family, secrets are uncovered, alliances are tested, and no one is safe from the wrath of evil men.
Science-Fiction/Dystopian
No one alive remembers that day. No one alive remembers the monsters that destroyed the world.
Anne Blankenship has only seen blurry photographs and rough sketches of the aliens. All she knows is that one day, they invaded Earth, and then the next, NewMerica was forced to live within a force field to protect its people from the creatures.
But for Anne, that happened over a thousand years ago, and all she cares about now is to pass her career test and become a doctor like her father. But riots in the streets and rumors of rebellion distract Anne from her main goal. Not only that, but the announcement of “The Royal Lottery” and a chance to meet the prince add to the chaos around her.
Little does Anne know that these events will lead her to break both physical and social barriers alike.
On a ship the size of the Obsidian it’s easy to blend in, and Wynter is good at hiding—or so she thought. One wrong step brings her close to the Captain, and she finds herself stitching up more than just dresses.
Through the darkness of space, the Obsidian carries the wealthy and their cargo. Surrounded by luxury and secrets, life is never dull, but a dangerous prank leaves Captain Ward questioning more than just his command.
In a universe where fate is inherited, societal power and secrets become currency.
As truth unravels their lives, will Wynter and Ward be able to find freedom together, or will they forever be hidden in the stars?
Humanity: The Universe’s Perfect Lab Rat
Most infections are seen as negative – something to be eradicated immediately – until a new breed of virus was discovered. Instead of an illness, it gives the infected individual special abilities beyond imagination. The problem? Only one species exists that can’t fight off the infection: humanity. Once this immune system deficiency was discovered, the entire human race became little more than test subjects in an experiment to manipulate and enhance the infections in a bid for power. That is, until a freak accident set two Infected free. And they don’t intend to keep that freedom for themselves.
Seventeen-year-old Eryna never wanted to hurt anyone.
But behind the walls of her gilded cage, she hides a chilling secret: she is an Inflictor. The ability to cause pain is woven into her very being. And when the Directorate conscripts her, they will use her for their dark purposes; they will force her to comply.
Eryna knows escaping her fate is impossible.
Until she meets him.
Only he can tell her how to evade capture. If she can get him to set aside his hatred for her.
With the odds stacked against her, Eryna must find a way to gain his allegiance before it’s too late—or risk becoming the monster she vowed never to become.
After a nomadic childhood spent on the wrong side of the law, starship mechanic Lacy Dupree was putting down roots on the asteroid station she called home. Until the night her apartment is broken into and she’s forced on the run. With no place to hide, she reverts to her upbringing and steals a ship, not realizing its handsome captain is still aboard.
Fresh out of the military, Dax Cooper is building a new life and it all starts with a new ship, the Fortuna. But those plans are upended when Lacy “borrows” his ship. He’s not about to believe the pretty thief’s tale about a missing sister and long-lost treasure. Is he?
Reluctantly working together, Lacy and Dax must navigate skeptical crew members, dangerous cargo, and a decades-old secret. What they discover could be the end of the Fortuna—or the start of an exciting new adventure together.
In the ruins of the world that was lies the city of Dios, a haven protected from the hostile environment known as The Outlands. Ruled by an oppressive Patriarch, the people of Dios are conditioned in fear. The smallest infraction could result in banishment to the Outlands, a fate worse than death. With his make-shift family of “Undesirables”, Jett Lasting struggles to find his place in a world where drawing attention to yourself can get you killed. His very existence is considered a crime. To survive, he must avoid guards, beggar gangs, and an ever-growing tension that could drag the whole city into chaos. Jett unwittingly becomes entwined in a plot to overthrow the government where his choices could lead to freedom or the death of everyone he’s ever known or cared about.
One day, humanity is hurled into chaos as zombies appear throughout the world. These new monsters will chase for miles; they’ll stalk and hide in ambush; they don’t eat or drink; their singular goal is to spread the infection to everyone–and everything–in their path. The few people who make it through the initial wave struggle to survive in this horrifying new reality. Will anyone learn to live in this new world? Or will this be the end of humankind?
Law Everstorm has reached the end of his primary studies and, like most nineteen-year-olds, should be focusing on choosing a role within his colony, Fort Kelly. However, following the news of his father’s mysterious disappearance, his plans for the future are upended when his godfather, Tiberius, summons Law and his twin sister, Jamie, to the mysterious Zoa region to retrieve an encrypted lockbox that was left for them. Determined to find answers,
Law, his twin sister Jamie, and his best friend Charlie embark on a journey to the other side of their planet, Aurornova, in hope of learning the truth about their father and his work.
Rather than finding closure, Law and his companions are plunged into the middle of a conflict far beyond the confines of their world. Together, they uncover secrets that may not only be the answer to their father’s disappearance but could also be the key to turning the tides in an ongoing war no one knew existed.
Does Law have what it takes to stand between two powerful forces threatening the fate of his world?
Karis Hylen has been through the New York City dating wringer. After years of failed relationships, she abandons her social life and whittles her days down to work and spending time with her dog, Zeke. Her self-imposed exile ends up saving her life when an untreatable virus sweeps the east coast, killing millions.
Alone in her apartment building, Karis survives with only Zeke, phone calls to her mom, and conversations with two young girls living across the courtyard. With the city in a state of martial law, violence and the smell of rotting corpses surround her every day. But her biggest enemy is her own mind. As cabin fever sets in, vivid hallucinations make her question her sanity.
In addition to her dwindling food and water stash, Karis must now struggle to keep her mind in check. When a mysterious man enters the scene, she hopes she can convince him to help her make it to the quarantine border. With the world crumbling around her, Karis discovers her inner strength but may find that she needs people after all.
The year is 2113. Disease, war, and famine have caused the world population to shrink from 8 billion to a few hundred million within the matter of a decade.
Amid societal unraveling, a revolutionary company – Dream Corp – rose from the ashes and changed world order as anyone knew it. All that remains of modern society is contained within twenty-four Dream Corp units scattered across the globe. There are no borders. There are no countries. There is only Dream Corp. A singular world economy.
The product at the center of The Clockwise Revolution? Time. A team of skilled scientists have commercialized sleep banking, the process by which one extracts the restorative properties of another’s sleep.
Nascent is the first book in The Clockwise Chronicles trilogy that follows a young woman coming of age, Juniper Griffith. Juniper was born and raised in Dream Corp Onyx, the first of the twenty-four Dream Corp units. Dr. Sona, the radical and zealous inventor of the technology who launched this socioeconomic revolution, oversees Dream Corp Onyx and imposes her staunch views on the residents.
Juniper lives among the Aristoi, the most elite social class at Dream Corp Onyx, with her parents and younger sister. She grapples with the class system even as she accepts an invitation to join the Aristoi as an apprentice. Yet her world is turned upside down when she receives an unexpected message from an unknown source.
Together with her best friend, Chaz, she embarks on a dangerous and uncertain journey to uncover the truth about Dream Corp. The reality is more dire and unfathomable than Juniper could have ever imagined.
Some say there’s not much in Haven City left to fight for, but to the Resistance and the Assassin’s Guild, the war is far from over.
In a future world, the skyscrapers of Haven City have crumbled and the government of today is no more. Death lurks around every corner and tomorrow is not promised. The Resistance and the Assassin’s Guild fight for control of the city, but after decades of a silent war, no one expects victory.
In this lawless city, enemies are abundant, but three people are feared above all: the Charger, Black Death, and the mysterious assassin called Silent Night.
Silent Night has spent her whole life clawing her way to the top of the assassin list and has reached second place at the age of 18. She is days away from becoming Agent One when the tables are turned and a horrible truth is revealed.
The next day, Silent Night seeks out the Resistance, to aid in the destruction of the Assassin’s Guild.
Silent Night expects hatred and mistrust from her former enemies, but one boy will surprise her and that boy might just be the end of her.
When Skyla left the Navy, she thought she would never look back. That’s until a strange virus disables her best friend and bonded ship, stranding them on a space station at the edge of UTA space run by the arrogant Commander Hinata Azai.
Hinata was exiled for his failures, and while he would do anything to regain his honor, he can’t help but bend the rules when it comes to the mysterious woman he has plucked from the stars.
While Hinata works to unravel the mystery of the woman on his station, and Skyla works to restore her ship, neither can fathom the conspiracy they’ve found themselves at the center of until it is too late.
The fate of humanity rests in the hands of a rogue running from her past and a commander exiled for his failures in this action-packed space opera romance with a swoon worthy slow burn set 10,000 years after Earth in a time where pilots are bonded with their sentient starships for life and a signal in the void threatens to destroy everything.
Mystery/Thriller/Suspense
Every Oseran is born with a Mage Gift but, for the talented Inspector Russell Gaines, even his abilities could not help him prevent the death of his sister at the hands of a serial killer known as the New Age God.
Years later, the once-promising inspector is a retired, washed-up drunkard who finds himself plagued by the demons of his past. But, when a member of the prominent Melton family is found dead, and one of their own is implicated, he reluctantly finds himself drawn back into the world of detecting.
Forced to work with this new suspect, the troubled Julie Melton, Russell must work to prove her innocence in the case. But, this murder isn’t the only mystery he’s facing when he quickly realizes the young woman is hiding a shocking secret of her own—one that could mean the downfall of her family.
As more evidence is revealed, the facts of the case send Russell into even more of a downward spiral leaving Julie to investigate on her own. Will she be able to bring the former inspector back from the brink and bring the true killer to justice? And can she keep her secret hidden to save herself and her family from ruin?
As a child, they tell you monsters aren’t real. That you shouldn’t be afraid of the dark. As a teenager, Marek Tomlinson learned it was bullshit—Monsters were real. And they loved the dark.
Now a New York City detective, Marek thought his worst days were behind him—until a string of brutal murders leaves him questioning everything. The evidence defies logic. The bodies are unrecognizable. And the deeper he digs, the more something inside him begins to stir—something ancient, volatile, and not entirely human.
Enter Agent Kaycee Gordon: fearless, brilliant, and assigned by the FBI’s secretive Special Crimes Unit to take over the case. She’s seen things most people couldn’t handle. But Marek isn’t like most people, and when they begin working together, sparks start flying.
As they unravel the truth, Marek and Kaycee uncover an ancient conflict being waged in secret— between violent realms determined to conquer Earth, and Wardens sworn to stop them. With the barrier between worlds failing and supernatural creatures slipping through, Marek must confront the truth about who he is—and what he’s becoming.
He didn’t ask for this. He never wanted to be special. But the conflict is building towards all-out war, and Marek may be the only one who can stop it.
Jessica Wheaton’s life takes a surreal turn when she wakes up trapped in the body of her bully, Denise Bower.
As Jessica navigates Denise’s dark world of abuse, addiction, and dangerous relationships, she confronts harsh truths about the person she once despised.
Battling inner demons and external threats, Jessica embarks on a harrowing journey to reclaim her identity, uncover love, and defeat the very forces that seek to destroy her.
A psychological thriller and dark fantasy of twisted fates and raw emotion, Enemy Self explores the depths of empathy, resilience, and self-discovery.
Some houses whisper. This one screams.
In the heart of Raven’s Cross, Virginia, the decaying Scott house looms. Its broken-window eyes watch a town desperate to forget. When Roxy, a teenage girl, vanishes into a sweltering night, long-buried fears erupt, and suspicion turns savage. The townspeople turn on the newcomers, blaming them for what they refuse to face in themselves. As polite smiles crack and old grudges resurface, Raven’s Cross’s genteel mask begins to slip, revealing the rot beneath.
Timothy Michaels came to town chasing a story. A true crime podcaster investigating the haunted legacy of the Scott house, he never expected to be pulled into something so immediate-and so dangerous. Alongside unexpected allies, Tim begins to unearth a legacy of complicity and cruelty-one the town would kill to keep buried. Because, in Raven’s Cross, the shadows don’t just linger. They burn.
Cyber security expert, Ted McCord, has been fired. He risked everything in a game far beyond his control.
Charlotte McCord never understood her husband’s addiction to the trappings of corporate life – the titles, the money, the promise of visible success he sees as opposite his Montana upbringing. Ted uncovered an embezzlement scheme, did something unthinkable to gain a promotion, and hid his actions from his wife. Then the guilty co-conspirators turned the tables on him. Charlotte leaves, taking their daughter. As Ted works to clear his name, Charlotte leans on her friends. But one friend’s secret shocks Charlotte, upending everything she believes about Ted. Unsure who to trust, she jettisons from hurt and anger to the tempting promise of solace in the arms of a handsome River Rescue officer.
Stretching from Pittsburgh’s urban skyline to the beautiful ranch country of Montana, What Lies We Keep is a moving story of corporate ambition that shakes the very foundations of a marriage and asks: What happens when we embrace the life we think we should have rather than the life we have?
Murder, false arrests, her business on the brink…
But if anyone’s ready for the unexpected, it’s a wedding planner.
After being dumped by her fiancé, let go from her job and dealing with the passing of her
beloved aunt, Leah has picked up the pieces and returned to Ashford, Ohio to take over her
family’s wedding planning business. Quickly she learns the business is not doing well and could
close in a few months. She jumps in with both feet and focuses on an upcoming wedding for a
local wealthy socialite which could be their saving grace.
Everything seems to be falling into place until the night of the rehearsal dinner, when
someone ends up dead and Leah’s best friend is the number one suspect. With the help of her
friends, a handsome local detective, and a sexy private investigator, will Leah be able to catch
the killer and clear her best friend’s name before they strike again or will there be an unhappily
ever after?
Private Detective Alex Lockerby has a book of spells, a pack of matches, and four days to prove he’s not a killer.
In 1933 New York, there are two kinds of magic, the all powerful sorcerers who use their abilities to acquire wealth and fame, and the runewrights who scratch out what meager spells they can to make a living. Decidedly in the latter category, Alex Lockerby uses his magic to aid him in his work as a private detective, consulting for the police on cases with mystical ties.
When a lethal magical plague is released in a Manhattan soup kitchen, the police fear it is a test for a more devastating attack. They call in the big guns, the FBI and their own consultant, Sorsha Kincaid, New York’s resident sorceress. Wanting to help, Alex instead finds himself under suspicion because of his ties to the priest who ran the kitchen.
With the FBI and their powerful and dangerous sorceress breathing down his neck, Alex has his book of runes, a pack of matches, and four days to find out where the plague came from or the authorities will hang the crime squarely on him.
On campus, secrets echo louder than footsteps.
Emma wanted nothing more than a quiet life. Classes, friends, maybe even love. But the silence between lectures hides a shadow that won’t let her go. Someone is watching. Studying. Leaving promises carved in fear.
The longer it goes on, the more Emma questions her own reality. Her best friend, the boy who makes her laugh, even the professors meant to protect her; none of them feel safe. Every locked door tightens the trap, every whisper in the dark sounds like her name.
And one man has been waiting for this moment all along.
When fiction bleeds into reality…
…the killer always writes the ending.
THE STALKER’S SCRIPT
Rookie homicide detective Samantha Kane has spent her life fighting battles, whether in the dojo as a three-time martial arts world champion or now on the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina. But nothing in her training prepares her for the case that will define her career.
When the police discover a young woman brutally murdered in a wooded park, an unsettling detail haunts Sam: the crime scene mirrors a scene from a thriller novel she was reading during her morning commute. At first, it seems like a coincidence. Then another body turns up… this time staged exactly as in the next chapter.
Someone is bringing fiction to life, one murder at a time.
As Sam and her experienced partner, Jack Riggs, dig deeper, the trail points to bestselling author Christina Lively, whose Stalker Series has captivated readers for years. But Christina’s dark past, her mysterious twin brother, and a literary agent with dangerous connections all complicate the investigation.
With each chapter, the killer’s pursuit draws Sam closer to the truth and deeper into the stalker’s twisted game. As fiction and reality blur around her, Sam must face not only the murderer’s obsession but also her own hidden scars. To catch the killer, she’ll have to step into the story herself.
And in this story, not everyone will turn the final page…
One note, one pearl, and one family secret.
Miss Loralai Gemquist, the 23-year-old daughter of famed gemologist Jacob Gemquist and granddaughter of Lord Bramwell Gemquist, The Baron of Aethleton, thought that her life couldn’t get more difficult than surviving the London Season and the schemes of her match-making aunts. But when she discovers an anonymous note, her life will never again be the same.
Thrust into a world of shadows, secrets, and intrigue, she’ll be forced to use all her wits, intellect, and knowledge of gemstones as she tries to prevent a war when a priceless, Chinese pearl is stolen.
Along the way, she’ll meet some unexpected allies and make some dangerous enemies as she learns who she can trust, but just one false step and it will be more than her life on the line.
Every masterpiece hides a secret….
When Liana Daniels transfers to a new school in a coastal town, she hopes to escape her strange gift: The ability to see what others can’t. But an eerie painting and a teacher with too many secrets pull her into a chilling mystery of art, obsession and the unseen.
As visions of a missing girl begin to invade her waking life, Liana realizes the truth has been right before everyone’s eyes, hidden in color, shadows and brushstrokes.
Haunting, emotional and full of mystery. The Girl Who Sees the Unseen is a supernatural tale of courage, discovery and the dark truth that hides behind beauty.
Violet is no ordinary woman; in her small town, she’s known as a witch. Haunted by unsettling visions, she must navigate her nieces’ emerging powers, a shocking murder, and Steven’s relentless quest for true love. Can she uncover the truth behind the crime before it’s too late?
Steven has lost three wives under mysterious circumstances, and now he seems intent on making Violet his next. But is he seeking a partner-or a victim? As Violet delves into his past, will her visions reveal the innocence he claims, or will the specter of his past prove more dangerous than she ever imagined?
‘Tis the season for murder.
With her book store safe from closing and her name cleared of murder charges, Harper Coleman is ready to shelve her problems—until her cheating ex-fiance comes to town. When he refuses to accept Harper is over him, Sebastian steps in as her temporary Mr. Right to prove her ex wrong.
After another suspicious death occurs in Whisper Hollow, Harper and Sebastian’s seemingly-innocent lie becomes their alibi, and they have to fake a relationship or face murder charges. Now they’re stuck with their charade until they find the murderer. Strangely enough, convincing the town gossips of their love story proves easier than uncovering clues. As the danger increases, Sebastian takes the protective boyfriend act to the next level, leaving Harper struggling to determine truth from fiction, both with his feelings and hers.
Can Harper learn to trust another man with her heart—and her life?
Romance
When a single mother can’t afford a dollhouse for Christmas, a few magical strangers offer their assistance.
Andi Quinn is a kind, beautiful widow working two jobs just to pay the bills. Between playing Santa’s elf during the day and waitressing at night, she hardly has time for her sweet daughter Grace, let alone love.
So when Christmas time arrives and Grace wants a dollhouse for Christmas, Andi can’t help dreading her daughter’s disappointment come Christmas morning when there aren’t any gifts under the tree.
But, with the help of a handsome stranger and Mr. Claus himself, Andi may not have to lose all hope. Can Andi get Grace that dollhouse after all? And will both of them learn the true meaning behind the season?
She’s mastered the heart’s anatomy, just not its emotions.
Doctor Lainey Carmichael doesn’t have time for relationships. She’s too focused on finishing her
prestigious cardiothoracic surgery fellowship and landing her dream job. Besides, all the men she knows
are doctors, and she’s sworn never to date anyone from work (again). But an unexpected confession
from her quiet, burly, kind-of-boss, Dr. Samuel Reese, makes her take notice of something other than
her scalpel.
While Sam’s covert attraction to Lainey has only grown over the years, she hardly noticed he existed.
Now, as he captures her attention again and again, he might have a chance to prove he’s more than just
another attending.
The good news? They’ve got more chemistry than a pharmaceuticals lab. The bad news? Lainey, herself,
might be the biggest obstacle in the way of her own happiness.
It’s never too late to turn over a new leaf…
Charlie
Returning to my hometown was never part of my plan. Suddenly, I find myself back where I grew up and taking over my late parents’ beloved plant store. With a permanent scowl and zero customer service skills, I have no idea how to run a business—or keep plants alive. One night, a wild dog crashes into my store, creating an absolute mess in his path. The owner? Confident, charismatic, and utterly captivating. He’s determined to break down my carefully constructed walls one brick at a time.
Finn
Burnt out, exhausted, and a bit directionless, no one warned me that moving forward could feel like moving backward. After leaving my stressful corporate job, I packed up my life and returned to my home state of Oregon, eagerly chasing my dream of opening a coffee shop. One night, my overly energetic dog barrels into a quaint plant store, causing a complete disaster. The owner? Grouchy, gorgeous, and guarded. She’s exactly what I’ve been searching for all along.
Although our paths collide in a hectic disaster, we embark on a journey to discover the true meaning of turning over a new leaf.
Tessa Gunter just received the worst news of all, her mom has cancer. With the life altering news, Tessa begins packing up the life she built for herself over the last decade and returns home. Finding herself not only back in her childhood home living with her parents, she’s forced to watch the cancer steal her best friend, her confidant, her mother. The pain is unbearable, but not all hope is lost when she finds solace in the friendship of her childhood friend, Graham.
Learning of his long-time mentor’s health concerns, Graham Link has to come to terms with continuing on without her around. Having Tessa, the one crush he never got over, back in town reignites old feelings. Graham tries to keep his desires hidden as he helps her deal with the growing grief of inevitably losing her mom. But providing comfort is tricky since his heart already belongs to Tessa.
Will Tessa find herself grieving alone or will she open up and let Graham comfort her through it?
He may be in charge, but this sheriff just got served.
Being the youngest sheriff in the county wasn’t part of the plan. But neither was becoming a single dad and asking my daughter’s hot as sin guardian to help out until I get my feet under me.
A temporary fix.
The only person less likely to settle down than me is the woman currently occupying my guest room. The professional soccer player is meant for the flashy life Nashville has to offer, not the quirky small town one and that suits me just fine.
But it’s not fine – because Nessa Hart is everywhere – invading my home and my senses. She’s forbidden and tempting and absolutely not here for me.
My daughter deserves the world and that means keeping my hands to myself where Nessa is concerned. But like the rest of the nation, I fell hard for the soccer star with one cleat out the door.
That frantic late night kiss was a mistake but what happened after would change us forever.
Some say the best things in life are free, but I think they’re unexpected.
Mia Scott has always played it safe, settling for whatever everyone else thought was best for her. Now, she has no idea what she’s doing. Then again, who does at twenty? All she knows is she needs to focus on finishing college and living the life she wants. Not the life that her mother picked for her. After ending an engagement, moving a thousand miles back to her home state, and completely changing her career path, Mia has no time for distractions. Especially not when the distraction takes the form of the enticing and charming musical theater major, Sunshine Parker.
He came for the painting…
Soren Stapley is a professional thief. He is prepared for every scenario and has a plan for every situation.
But he never planned for her.
The painting he needs? It’s being guarded by the woman he once loved and the nine-year-old terror she’s nannying.
What’s worse? He’s not the only one hunting it down.
Christmas is about to get complicated…
…she became his reason to stay.
Maya Perry is out of options. Her job as a nanny is the only thing standing between her and rock bottom, and she’s not about to lose it—not to Arabella Hartwell, a feral child with a Nerf gun she nannies, and definitely not to the thief who shattered her heart. Soren may be charming, but he’s dangerous. And still the guy who broke her heart and apparently learned absolutely nothing about knocking.
It’s only a matter of time before he disappears again, but this time, Maya isn’t going to break.
At least, that’s the plan.
A holiday fling that was never supposed to begin… but refuses to fade away.
Command, I’ve got a bogie on my tail—and she’s wearing reindeer antlers?!
Leif ‘Loki’ Gaardson was sick of the ‘Dating Scene’—especially when it was non-existent from where he was stationed. But one Christmas card turns into something more when a bold, spirited woman crashes into his world with laughter, letters, and a whole lot of holiday charm.
It started with a letter and ended with forever.
Kelsey Blake doesn’t believe in playing it safe. So when her brother dares her to cheer up another pilot on the other side of the world for the holidays, she goes all in—armed with wit, warmth, and the kind of hope only Christmas can bring.
One letter.
One challenge.
One magical Christmas escapade they’ll never forget.
Sometimes the best gifts don’t come wrapped in paper—they arrive with a call sign, a crooked smile, and a heart worth falling for.
London, 1870 Claire will stop at nothing to provide for her daughters. An unwed mother, she does everything possible to raise them whilst avoiding her scandalous past. Some secrets are best kept, even between mother and daughter.
Claire’s eldest daughter, Alice, longs for a father, especially if that means her mother will be happy. She takes matters into her own hands—but she never expected what she finds.
Despite her efforts to shelter her daughters, Claire’s ghosts rise up to haunt her, and any semblance of control over her life vanishes. If her secrets are uncovered, what will become of her family?
The Dressmaker’s Secret is the first novel in a Christian family saga, The Chronicles of Alice and Ivy.
Twenty-six-year-old Wren Lawson knows she will soon forget who she is. With early familial Alzheimer’s disease written in her genes, it’s a fact she’s wrapped her whole life around; to indulge in friends or romance is a risk for everyone around her—one she’s not keen on taking. Throwing herself into her work as a lawyer is the only thing she can do.
Aaron Scott-Perez was happy with his quiet life in Boston, but when a doctor’s mistake leaves his father unable to run his Christmas tree farm, Aaron has no choice but to move back to the small Vermont town he used to call home. He never saw himself managing the business, but since it is so dear to his father, Aaron has given up everything to do it. To get his father the justice he deserves, he hires none other than Wren. She’s emotionally blunted and secretive, but her kindness and competency provide something his family hasn’t felt for a long time: hope. So much so that Aaron starts to think the life he didn’t want might not be so bad when she’s around.
Yet Wren cannot let him in, too haunted by her future.
As the two get closer and the lines become blurred, Wren and Aaron find themselves at a crossroads. But their attraction is unyielding, and together they must decide what risks are worth taking, and if love is better to lose than to never have at all.
Meet June Royal Glessing, a quirky seventeen-year-old Senior at Battle Ground High School.
June’s goal?
Secure a date to the winter formal.
June’s Standard’s List?
– Taller than her.
– Spontaneous and adventurous.
– Someone who appreciates her.
To name a few…
June’s predicament?
Finding herself torn between two guys, one of whom she never expects, Clay Cooley, her sworn enemy from middle school. The other is a new transfer student, Noble Kristianson, and well, he may just be her Prince Charming.
Who will she run to?
Hoodwinking Hudson
The crush I have on my best friend’s brother Hudson likely borders on being unhealthy. But when he dons a mask at a Halloween party and suddenly notices me, I’m not going to argue. Especially when he goes from my grumpy boss to the growling dominant man of my wildest fantasies.
Hijacking (C)harley
My pseudo ex-girlfriend (sort of) breaks up with me days before Halloween, citing my reliable nature as boring and vanilla. Tired of playing it safe, I decide to fulfill her fantasy of being kidnapped by a masked man. The only problem is…I end up abducting the wrong feisty comic book villainess.
Accidental Abduction is a spooky, interconnected stand-alone short novel with a grumpy, filthy mouthed cinnamon roll and his little sister’s feisty best friend.
Brianna has spent years perfecting her personas: the overachiever, the cool girl, the responsible one. She’s learned that honesty is overrated and that the right lie can be the difference between survival and disaster. But as her husband Robert plans a move overseas for graduate school, her mother battles a terminal illness, and her career teeters on the edge of collapse, Brianna faces an uncomfortable truth-she doesn’t know who she really is.
Minerva Bell’s young heart was torn in two when Duncan Moncreiffe married another woman eight years before. Now fate demands that three families of ancient witch lineage unite to defeat a dangerous and demented warlock who wants to destroy them. Can Minerva resist falling in love with Duncan a second time?
Duncan Moncreiffe, now a widower, was tricked into a marriage he did not want. He soon finds that being in Minerva’s presence daily only strengthens the feelings he’s always had for her. He is determined to win her back. But will she have him? Will the truth make a difference to her now?
Will Duncan and Minerva take a second chance at love while battling the darkness that has descended upon them and their families?
This heartwarming small-town Christmas romance set in the snowy Colorado mountains is perfect for readers who love cozy Christmas stories with found family and unexpected holiday romance.
Lila McAllister has built a successful career as a hospitality consultant, but this Christmas she isn’t chasing five-star ratings, she’s chasing answers. Facing her first holiday alone, she sets out to find the birth mother who gave her up for adoption on Christmas Day thirty-four years ago.
Her only clue is a handmade baby quilt that leads her to Pine Ridge Inn, a cozy mountain retreat in Colorado. But what begins as a quiet search turns into something much more when she’s drawn into the charm of the town’s festive traditions and the warmth of a found family. Then there’s Brady Hanson, the inn’s handsome but protective manager who challenges her need to control every situation.
As Christmas Eve approaches, long-buried secrets come to light, forcing Lila to choose between the carefully built life she left behind and the family-and love-she never expected to find.
After being publicly humiliated, Waverley Baker escapes to the mysterious Smuggler’s Cove—where secrets run as deep as the hidden tunnels beneath the cliffs.
All her life, Waverley has been told she’s unwanted, unloved, and alone. But when a change of scene leads her to unconventional adventures in the company of a handsome man, she begins to hope that perhaps she’s found where she belongs.
Freddy has spent years protecting his village’s secrets and his own identity. But when this intriguing woman who climbs trees and is fearless when protecting others crosses his path, all his carefully laid defences start to crumble. She doesn’t need rescuing—but he’s discovering he might.
When cruel forces from Waverley’s past threaten to destroy her newfound happiness, she must find the courage to fight for herself and those she loves. But can Freddy overcome his own doubts and insecurities in time to stand beside her—or will he let his fears cost them both everything?
She’s been trained to put her royal duty first, but what happens when it will cost her the dream she’s always harbored?
Evalina Rosalind Marie Bexley, Princess of Nevive, is ready to step into her role as Queen. The pageantry, the protocols, and, most certainly, the pretense. She’s prepared for it her whole life—until Parliament uncovers an ancient law saying she must marry before her birthday next month.
In an unprecedented move, she seeks refuge at the local Christmas bazaar. She’s certain her disguise will give her the freedom she craves before she must face her obligations. No one will ever know— after all, no one, including God, sees the real Eva.
He’s worked for years to prove himself in a country that isn’t his.
Reporter Gordon Tarpen may have found the story of a lifetime when he recognizes his childhood friend, Eva, at the Christmas bazaar. Despite her heavy disguise, he’d know that laugh, that smile, those eyes anywhere. And he most certainly recognizes the same way the princess captivates those around her. Is he willing to sacrifice her trust for his own personal gain?
For one unforgettable day, they share adventure, laughter, and the spark of something more. But when the truth shatters their fragile fairytale, can love—and God’s grace—rewrite the rules? Or will the crown demand the ultimate sacrifice: her heart?
Ellie Goodwyn only wanted one thing for Christmas…for Kohen Nicolls to notice her.
Kohen Nicolls is my ex-best friend.
He’s annoying. And broody.
And acts like I don’t exist.
So why do I want him to kiss me?
After two years away, sixteen-year-old Ellie Goodwyn returns to her hometown of Dearborne, North Carolina, hoping for a fresh start. But there’s just one problem: Kohen Nicolls. Her ex-best friend.
Once inseparable, Kohen and Ellie are now worlds apart. Kohen gave up soccer for football and acquired a fan club Ellie has no interest in joining, while Ellie morphed into the quiet girl who prefers the make-believe of books over the chaos of real life. The shy boy she once knew is now ridiculously good-looking, insanely popular, and seems to have completely forgotten she exists.
Unfortunately for Ellie, her well-meaning—and meddling—friend Mallory is about to shake things up. To drag Ellie out of her shell, Mallory secretly signs Ellie up for the town’s Christmas pageant—Ellie’s personal nightmare, thanks to a humiliating past performance. And when the only person who can help Ellie prepare for the pageant is Kohen, mishaps ensue, sparks fly, and their long-lost connection begins to flicker back to life.
Thrown together in a whirlwind of awkward moments and hilarious disasters, Ellie starts to see glimpses of the boy she once trusted with her heart, and the more they reconnect, the harder it becomes to ignore one undeniable truth: she’s falling for him.
When the pageant’s magical wishing star ceremony gives Ellie the chance to write her most desired wish, she’s left wondering if she’s brave enough to wish for something real.
Samantha Carey wants to believe in such a thing as fated loves and fairytales. She wants to believe that something greater controls our destiny. But where does fate fit in when she can’t see a happily-ever-after with her boyfriend of four years anymore, and a best friend might not be just a friend? When things get too complicated, eighteen-year-old Samantha wants to escape her small town – but the only way out is to save enough money from her tiresome job caring for a bitter old bedridden woman whose secret past might mean Sam works for a murderer.
Broken and jaded, sixty-nine-year-old Jane Nelson knows a thing or two about how love triangles can end badly. She also knows you can’t escape life’s never-ending struggles of love, heartbreak, and betrayal. When Jane sees Samantha spiraling out of control, she fears the young girl could lose herself. No one knows the consequences of that better than Jane herself who will stop at nothing to share with Samantha her lifetime of lessons, even if it means revealing a past that should have stayed buried forever.
When the Darkness Closes In, Hope Becomes the Light
Izzy Reed has already endured more than most, battling unrelenting grief and loss. But her life is thrown into chaos when her best friend, Sophie, is abducted by a sinister and shadowy network. Determined to find Sophie, Izzy dives headfirst into a dangerous underworld filled with lies, violence, and betrayal.
By her side is Gabriel Walsh—a protector with his own haunting secrets. Together, they race against the clock, unraveling a web of intrigue that grows darker at every turn. But the deeper Izzy delves, the more she realizes the stakes are higher than she ever imagined.
How do you build a life when yours has been shattered to dust?
Sawyer spent her childhood bouncing from one foster home to the next. As an adult, she spends her days advocating for those in the same broken system. When a child in her care runs away on a rural road in Kansas, it starts a chain reaction that unravels memories from her past. At the center is a grumpy rancher she can’t seem to stay away from. Sawyer wasn’t built for love and relationships. In the end, everyone always leaves.
Soren is no stranger to tragedy. Over the last eight years, he has rebuilt his life from the ruins of his greatest regret. When he returns from feeding cattle to find a beautiful woman sitting on his porch, he can’t shake a sense of déjà vu. Soren feels desperate to know her—especially when he finds out how closely connected she is to his past.
Is it possible for a relationship to last when love may not be enough to hold you together?
She was born ‘Katiana Renea Scarborough’, Princess of Eraduun; though, her natural instincts are so far removed from the expectations set for her, making it more difficult than it should be to find herself. Feeling completely lost, the young princess relys on her family, and friends to mark her path, but she soon realizes the only course she can truly follow is the one set by her heart.
He was born to a young country knight, and his beautiful wife, but after the loss of his father, Daniel was sent to be the ward of the King’s chief advisor. He’s worked hard for years, training to become something more, but the only time he doesn’t feel completely out of place is in the presence of his best friends; the prince, and the princess.
The only thing that keep Kat and Daniel going is knowing they will always have each other — As children, they chased each other through the halls and around the courtyards of the castle. Now that they’re getting older, they’ve stopped running, but still find themselves somehow chasing as they navigate the choppy waters of adolescence; learning all they can about life, loss, love, and everything in between.
Iris Clark thought she had left the spotlight behind. Once an Olympic figure skater, now her world revolves around coaching lessons and raising her son as a single mom. But when she’s offered a spot on Ice Breakers, a reality show pairing figure skaters with hockey players, she can’t turn down the chance to provide for her son. The last thing she expects is to be paired with Collin King, the NHL’s most notorious playboy.
Collin’s bad boy reputation has his career on thin ice, and Ice Breakers is his team’s last attempt to clean up his image. Women are usually drawn to his confidence, but Iris is immune to his charms. The more time they spend together, the more Collin wants to prove himself to her–both on the ice and off.
Thirteen weeks on the ice and under the cameras, and neither Collin nor Iris can deny the sparks flying between them. Iris is protective of both her son and her heart, and letting someone new in isn’t easy, but Collin is proving he’s worth the risk—and learning that he’s capable of more than he ever realized.
Ellison Mills was my childhood best friend, something I thought would last forever. Until she left Blackstone Falls and didn’t look back.
The rich girl, prim and proper, and way out of my league, Ellison was never meant to get caught up with a farm boy like me – but that didn’t stop us growing up.
She was wild back then, always looking for trouble – not that anyone would ever believe it.
We should have had a real chance at love. Instead, I was forced to let her go and she’ll never know why.
Ten years later, Ellison is back in town and it feels like she never left. She still makes my heart race and my blood run hot. And catching her skinny dipping or climbing through my bedroom window is only the beginning.
Being with Ellison and owning the farm are all I’ve ever wanted and now that I have her, I won’t let anything jeopardize our future.
So when her father shows up on her doorstep, I’ll do everything I can to keep the peace.
But the secret he’s keeping will shake Ellison to her core, rocking the foundation we’ve worked so hard to build.
This time, I’m way past falling. All I can do is hold on tight, and hope I can catch my girl before she hits the ground.
Look, I know I haven’t been the greatest me I can be as of late. I’m selfish, materialistic, and I’ve forgotten where I come from, according to Hunter.
But that doesn’t mean I’m not the same girl I was. Or could be.
Now more than ever, I need to convince everyone that I definitely could be. And by everyone, I mean the executive panel at Classy Country, the last three people standing in between me and my dream job.
The problem? They don’t think I fit with their small-town values. Are you kidding me? I practically bleed small-town vibes.
Or I did.
Supermodel KIT SINCLAIR knows that at twenty-nine, her days of reigning the runway are numbered. After a particularly disastrous photoshoot, she escapes to the Scottish Highlands for the holidays, searching for the last place that felt like home.
But after a blizzard cuts her off from the nearest village, the peace and quiet she’s found turns into full blown isolation… with the exception of her exceedingly handsome next door neighbour.
Writer’s block has JONAH ANDERS in its clutches. But it’s not until Kit Sinclair struts into town, carrying more than just designer luggage, that he wonders if what he needed wasn’t a muse, but a distraction
She’s fleeing a life that no longer fits. He’s lost his spark. But in this corner of the Cairngorms, neither expect to find something worth holding onto… just in time to let it go.
When Carter Hayes has the chance to leave town and his family behind, he can’t jump on the opportunity fast enough.
Now he’s working for his best friend and living in a seaside cottage left to him by his grandmother.
Rosie Parker is living the life she’s always dreamed of…or so she thought. After getting fired and dumped on the same day, she’s back in her hometown starting from square one again and thrown into planning the town’s annual Yule Tides Festival.
The only problem?
There’s one major missing piece to planning the big event and it lies within Carter’s grandmother’s journal.
Forced into planning the event together, the two have to work on decoding a secret message hidden throughout its pages… and discover more than they bargained for in the process.
Children's Books
“Sometimes when things get hard
I just want to stomp. the. ground.
Sometimes when things are ScArY
I’m the bravest one around.”
Feelings, big and small, can sometimes be very confusing for our little ones.
Through catchy rhymes and colorful designs, “Sometimes I Feel…” helps
teach kids that it’s always okay for everyone to feel all their feelings.
Meet Sky Matthews, a girl who loves Christmas so much that she would celebrate it all year round, including summer! Join Sky as she dreams of Christmas in her own way. The book is suitable for preschool to elementary school children aged 3-10. They will fall in love with the characters that they can follow along as they read this story.
When energetic Isla stays with Grandma at the lake house in the woods, her natural curiosity finds her following a monarch butterfly. One day at a time, she discovers the secret life of the monarch from the larval stage and into adulthood.
Young and old readers alike will delight in this book’s beautiful illustrations, and learn valuable lessons about the importance of wildlife preservation along the way.
Milo’s Superpower is a heartwarming children’s story about a little boy with an extraordinary gift- his ability to spread joy. At just four years old, Milo discovers that his smile and laughter have the power to brighten even the darkest moments.
Through playful adventures with his older brother and wise lessons from Grandpa, Milo learns to embrace his unique superpower and make the world a happier place. Parents reading this book with their children will find it an excellent tool for teaching important values such as kindness, resilience, and the power of positivity. The story provides opportunities for meaningful discussions about emotional intelligence, empathy, and the importance of spreading joy in everyday life.
Fall is near; and Eric, the maple leaf, knows he must soon leave the tree. Will he fall somewhere safe and warm? Will he fall somewhere quiet, in a pile with his friends?
Eric has seen a lot from the top of his tree, and he wants to make the most of his journey. Follow along as the wind blows him high and low, and you may find yourself watching for the right breeze to carry you to your dreams!