Shieldmaiden Ingrid Tirsdatter is in the final leg of her very first mission. After chasing a dark mage one thousand years into the future, she and her team have spent the past two months trying to stop him from doing the unthinkable—enacting a magical spell that's certain to destroy their world. But when a collection of crystals goes missing, it's clear their enemy is making his final play. And when Axel starts acting peculiar, Ingrid realizes that more than just their home is on the line...

Aura Nilssen has spent most of her sixteen years in hiding. As crown princess of Alfheim, her life depends on avoiding the assassins who killed her parents and want to destroy her realm. When hunters corner Aura on Midgard (Earth), she's immediately evacuated and enrolled at Alfheim Academy—a training ground where telepathic teenagers, daily combat lessons, and communication from beyond is the norm. She attends classes that enhance her energetic abilities, labs that fine tune her mental ac...

"When Kristia discovers that her new boyfriend is the Norse god of winter, she's plunged into a world beyond her wildest dreams… A breathtaking fantasy series brimming with romance, magic, and danger!" -BookbubIncludes all three books in S.T. Bende's internationally bestselling ELSKER SAGA, plus the bonus novella, TUR.ELSKER:Bookish Kristia is stunned to discover that her boyfriend, Ull Myhr, isn't even human. He's a Norse god, forbidden to love and destined to die i...

Ingrid Tirsdatter is no stranger to difficult missions. As a first-year shieldmaiden, she's fought off Viking warriors, defeated the not-quite-dead, and ridden into battle atop a fire-breathing dragon. But nothing in her training prepared her for her current assignment. In order to stop a madman from destroying her home, Ingrid's jumped one thousand years into the future, moved into an elite Southern California sorority, and done everything in her power to not get distracted by Axel Anders...

Book 1 in a brand new series from bestselling author S.T. Bende.Erik held me until my shoulders stopped shaking—whether it was a minute or an hour, I couldn't tell. The only things I knew for sure were:(1) I was trapped a thousand years in the past, with little hope of ever going home. And,(2) I was wrapped in the arms of the most absurdly gorgeous Viking to have ever walked the face of the Earth.Maybe my old life...

**An iBooks Top 5 Young Adult Bestseller**Rule the realms.Brynn Aksel is a valkyrie—a battle goddess tasked with protecting both the God of War and the future of Asgard. She fends off giants and dark elves with an iron fist, a glossy smile, and no less than perfekt control. She's focused one-hundred-percent on rising through the valkyrie ranks, and not at all on her lifelong crush on Henrik Andersson—the one guy in all the realms who could be her undoing.Henrik serv...

Eighteen-year-old Ingrid Tirsdatter is a shieldmaiden—a Viking warrior tasked with protecting her clan while upholding their virtues of honor, valor, and total domination. She's one-hundred-percent focused on climbing the shieldmaiden ranks, and not at all focused on Axel Andersson—the overly confident and unnaturally good-looking warrior who saved her life exactly one time . . . and hasn't let her forget it.When an unparalleled enemy threatens Ingrid's clan, she vows to do everyth...

Trapped in a world she never knew existed, Saga Skånstad throws herself into her new life at Viking Academy. She learns to scale icy mountains, shoot flaming arrows, and ride on the back of a particularly ill-tempered dragon. But when Erik abruptly disappears, and the true reason for Saga's arrival in his world is unveiled, her fears only increase—not just for herself, but for the Viking who's captured her heart.When a surprise attack threatens her new home, Saga quickly realizes h...

Explore the creatures of Star Wars in the first of two books, this one featuring beautiful illustrations of the wondrous non-sentient species from a galaxy far, far away.From Naboo to Hoth, Tatooine to Kashyyyk, and beyond, Star Wars is packed with otherworldly species and monstrous creatures. Dive into the lives, habitats, and behaviors of the non-sentient inhabitants from across the galaxy through original, detailed illustrations and insightful ...

Valkyrie Brynn Aksel is ready for some downtime. But when an urgent warning arrives from Asgard, heralding the death of a beloved god and the dawn of Ragnarok—the not-so-mythological end of days—it becomes clear there's no rest for the gods . . . not when future of the realms is on the line.Goddess of Love Freya Skönsten can't shake the darkness that's clung to her since her Helheim imprisonment. An unsanctioned romantic connection with a mortal is the only thing keeping her in the...

Inga Andersson just can't catch a break. She's supposed to be enjoying a ski week in beautiful Åre, Sweden, with her immortal-assassin husband. Instead, she and Gunnar are trapped inside a bizarre scavenger hunt, unraveling an incomprehensible riddle at the bequest of a mysterious being. And if Inga and Gunnar don't decipher the puzzle and deliver a mythological relic to a New Orleans graveyard within three days, they'll be ejected from the Norse pantheon, stripped of their immortality, an...

An Upper Young Adult Paranormal Romance Novella: Inga Andersson is the envy of every girl in Asgard. On the surface she has it all – great friends, a job as Odin’s personal fight choreographer, and a happy ever after with her realm’s hottest assassin. But when evil invades Asgard, her perfect world comes crashing down. Someone is planning to kill off the gods, and Inga’s best friend Ull is first on their list. With the Norse apocalypse a nanosecond away, Inga has to decide how she’ll spend...