Silly servant girl, only princesses get happy endings.Blaise wasn't supposed to be the villain. She was supposed to charm the prince, the male she'd loved for years. That was all the potion was supposed to do—give her another face, and only for a few hours. All so she could prove the prince loved her.Except Blaise got more than she bargained for, and instead of a beauty potion, she's now infected with a magical parasite who takes control of her body every f...

One stunning bride. One wedding. One night with the king. One execution come morning. Rinse and repeat.When the fae king of Naenden returns home to his palace only to find that his human queen has committed treason by conspiring to assassinate him, he has the queen executed and decrees that once every mooncycle, he'll marry a human woman from the kingdom, only to execute her the following morning.Unless one woman offers herself as a sacrificial bride for th...

Silly servant girl, no one cares about saving the villain.Blaise wasn't supposed to be the villain, but now Nox is gone, and Blaise will stop at nothing to get him back—even if that means betraying everyone she holds dear.Meanwhile, Asha can't shake the feeling that Az is closing in on her. After all, he's been two steps ahead of her and Kiran from the beginning. All she can do is hope he stays too focused on opening the Rip to learn the truth: Az ...

She's a wanted criminal, but he doesn't have to know that.Piper's job is simple: Take the children. Don't get caught.The rules she binds on herself, however… Well, they're a tad more complicated.Kidnapped as a child for her connection with the Old Magic—the one that grants her the ability to enchant others with her music—Piper knows good and well the rules of the Coup, the underground organization intent on bringing down the fae regime. As the Coup'...

The shoe fits, but she's no Cinderella.Ellie knows what she wants in life: Open a glassblowing shop in the art district; See her father retire; Marry for love (if she can find someone who can keep up, that is).Winning the fae prince's heart doesn't make the list. So, when Prince Evander throws a ball to find a human bride, Ellie respectfully declines. When she reads the morning paper and discovers the prince danced the night away with a mysterious stranger,...

Włoski arystokrata Theo Ranieri dowiaduje się, że jego ojciec połowę majątku zapisał w testamencie swojej pielęgniarce Grace Stewart. Theo ma nadzieję, że odkupienie od niej jej części będzie formalnością. Potem i tak wszystko sprzeda. Tymczasem Grace, domyślając się zamiarów Thea i szanując wolę swojego darczyńcy, wprowadza się do pałacu. Prawnicy są bezsilni, więc Theo wyrusza do rodzinnej Toskanii. Ku jego zaskoczeniu Grace jest nie tylko sprytna i uparta, ale też bardzo piękna, a negoc...

This collection of stories offers a unique glimpse into what the summer season can bring. From horror to love, history to the future, and the reversal of reality—open the door to explore these ten authors' visions.When an unexpected summer opens up the door to a strange new world, the characters within each story must make a choice. Whether it's a deceased mother watching over her only child, or a look at boot legging history—these characters must come to terms with the consequence...

He can't feel pain. She intends to change that.Captured by the villainous Captain Astor and betrayed by her mate, Wendy finds herself aboard a ship swathed in shadows, among a crew of pirates who don't know what to think of her. But when Wendy discovers what Captain Astor so desperately needs from her, she discovers an opportunity to use the captain to pursue her own agenda: free Peter from the curse that leaves him incapable of feeling pain and unable to love Wend...

Deceit... Our lives are full of deceit, from the little white lie or a lie of omission to the world spouting untruths.Deceit can come packaged as protection to deception to harm another. Countries involved in covert to overt manipulation attempts to change their status or political influence revealed every day by the press, bloggers, social influencers. The thing is, can you trust them? But the little things each of us do sometimes are intentional, sometimes not, how can tell?

The shoe fits, but she's no Cinderella.Ellie knows what she wants in life:Open a glassblowing shop in the art district.See her father retire.Marry for love. (If she can find someone who can keep up, that is).Winning the fae prince's heart doesn't make the list.So when Prince Evander throws a ball to find a human bride, Ellie respectfully declines. And when she reads the morning paper and discovers the prince ...

Silly servant girl, only princesses get happy endings.While the first three books in The Severed Realms are interconnected standalone novels, this book is not a standalone. It should be enjoyed only after reading A Word so Fitly Spoken and A Bond of Broken Glass.Blaise wasn't supposed to be the villain.She was supposed to charm the prince, the male she's loved for years. That was all the potion was supposed to do—give her another f...

Sunday morning, and the body of Reverend Villiers has been found propped up on the vigil seat in the church's lychgate. It appears that he has been poisoned. When amateur sleuth and regular churchgoer Amy Rowlings arrives she finds DI Bodkin already at the scene. Bodkin tells her about a cryptic scripture reference that has been scrawled in chalk on the stone slabs beneath the body. What the citation hints at, shocks everyone. Amy, a huge Agatha Christie fan, is determined to get involved ...