The first in a spin-off series from The Dark Woods visits a hidden side of the greatest fairytale of all time...There are three kinds of fairies–or so the stories claim–the last of which are the faerie godfolk. The wish-granters and half-human of the fairy world, they are meant to atone the mischief of fairies among men.But do they? When young Baillie Albus learns the truth of her own strange gifts and becomes an apprentice destined to grant a human's wish, she discovers a ...

Part One in a two-part special series from The Dark Woods. Part Two, Cindermaid, is also available.Homely, awkward farmboy Jode Lintwich has always longed for adventure and greatness: two things which can't be had in his humble village and which don't happen often to anyone like himself. But desperation can change anyone's destiny-and Jode is desperate enough to try.A visit to a local witch, a few coins, and an inadvertent promise transforms Jode into something beyond his w...

There are sticks and stones which can bind a witch, but not kill her. They can't be drowned as some thinks. Killing one by flame is the only way to destroy the bone and blood...In a time when magic makers and spell casters roam the countryside, there are men who earn wages by hunting them. Burning them for their crimes, facing the peril of spells and subtler dangers from dark servants skilled in evading punishment...Among them, Neel is the greatest of all. A legend in his p...

Authors Hawthrone and Anders offer two short tales inspired by The Dark Woods novel First Bite. In Snow White's Knight, dark adventures await Prince Reiden when he attempts to rescue the innocent princess from a fateful spell. In Shakespearesque tragedy Magic Mirror, a vengeful wizard, an obsessed warlord, and a callous ruler are connected by a fatal prophecy from the enchanted mirror.

Dive into the Fantasy Series Box Set that collects all three books from The Chronicles of the Witch Hunter, a series woven from folklore, fairytale, and the kind of magic that fans of Gregory Maguire and Robin Hobb will not want to miss!Spell:A request from a queen to track a witch of no name takes a hunter across the vast countryside in pursuit of a sorceress whose spell is unmistakable–and whose curse takes a hideous form each time it is cast. Th...

Beauty…Is the illusion the Queen cannot live without. It drives her to dark deeds beyond the imagination of those beneath the spell of her charms. Leaving ruined kingdoms in her wake, a dire prophecy before her–and one chance to conquer her fate.Youth…Is the only chance Fortulla has to escape the grim fate that awaits one branded as a servant of evil. She longs for the chance to grasp hope and happiness beyond the curse of her existence.Innocence…Is ...

Who exactly is Lilith? What inspired the story of the Wicked Queen? Why isn't Snow White the main character of…well…Snow White Retold? First Bite: Special Annotated Edition answers these questions and more as the authors take fans behind the scenes and into the process that created the first—and defining—novel of The Dark Woods Series. Annotated by the authors themselves, this version includes answers to fans' frequently-asked questions about the book, delves into the myths behind the stor...

The sequel to Charming and the final part in the author's Cinderella re-telling.Picking up where its prequel left off, the story finds Elle's household sinking rapidly into madness, and Jack learning of a possible means of breaking Molly's curse and freeing himself of its consequences forever.To lonely Elle, the only remaining servant of the house, existence itself seems a dreary burden until an encounter with magic offers her the impossible: a glimpse of an outside world b...

The world of fairies and men crosses paths daily…although mankind doesn't know it. As a future fairy godmother to a human being, Faenwick has been waiting for years for her destiny to arrive; but when it does, it brings with it a dangerous dilemma, risking everything she's supposed to protect in the world of the faerie. And that risk has a price.When Faenwick suffers the consequences of her decision, a new choice opens before her. Old friends return, lost prophecies are uncovered, ...

Book four in the Dark Woods Series.Once upon a time, there traveled a poor opera company in Germany. With them was a brilliant young composer whose career was yet to be written by history…and a young soprano whose tragic past was forgotten even by her.A dark opera–a simple children's tale–becomes a nightmare, driving the soprano to face her worst fear.Into the woods we go…

In the remote village of Emnyte, all was peaceful and safe … until a monster began snatching the innocent from every home…In this sequel to Spell, the witch hunter Neel and his young apprentice track a shadowy predator which has left a dying village in misery and terror. Joining the quest is a strong-willed village maiden named Finn, and Rowan, the village boy who loves her. Neither of them is prepared for the darkness that lies ahead, on a path which carries them into the very dep...

No one has tracked more witches, nor eliminated more dark powers from this realm than Neel, a hunter whose reputation has no equal.But someone is killing former witches. Those who have renounced their powers are now the victims of heinous deeds...and one of them, afraid for his life has summoned the hunter to track his future murderer in the name of justice.A sinister secret, however, lies at the heart of these deeds; one which even Neel and his wife, the clever Marwyen—a f...