Two siblings crushed under their parents' debt.One prince who can save them both.Crown Prince Seynan, the future mer king of El'ae, never wanted to be king. He'd much prefer to stick to the deep sea crystal vaults that help him hone his magic as a Jewel-Bearer, Arkcim's chosen prophet to the kingdoms of Saelyn and El'ae.But when a long-lost people emerge from the shadows of the Forbidden Gate, and his mentor and long-running Jewel-B...

Her broken heart. His broken family. Their broken kingdom.How could he claim to love her while simultaneously handing her a plan for self-destruction?Lady Ana is left in the ruins of the Tognir Kingdom after the Eltana's defeat, along with her father Ron, Scribe Lin, and a few grieving survivors. As the Tognir begin to pick up the pieces of the only life they've ever known, they're racing against the fading light and warmth for survival.Lon...

Aeromancy Academy Prefect Kristoff Sturm is impatient to cherish his future wife. One problem, though—he's never met her before.Kris wants more than anything to spark joy in his life despite his parents, the Headmaster and Headmistress, doing everything in their power to put out his spark. When he meets Sylvie Barnes, the woman his parents have chosen for him to marry, he finds a battered, timid, and beautiful young lady who, just like him, has been wrangled into a...

The Little Mermaid meets The Chronicles of Narnia! The men in this clean, epic romantic fantasy trilogy are all sirens waiting to steal their true love's heart! Perfect for fans of K.M. Shea, Celeste Baxendell, and Mary Mecham!If you love epic stakes, hard-won battles, clean romance and of course, MERMAIDS, you've found your next favorite read! Each book features its own unique pairing of characters that must face a thrilling magical battle together, and each book also leads you de...

Old flames are the hardest to put out.Secrets are getting harder to keep around Aeromancy Academy. As Klaus falls harder for Hanna--and she falls for him in return--a new student shows up with a fiery interest in Desert Wind. And she seems to know a little too much about things she shouldn't.Meanwhile, Hanna's ice magic strengthens and her bond with Desert Wind deepens as they discover dangerous secrets about their power, and about Hanna's best friend Sheen...

The Headmaster is shedding light on a very tricky situation.As Klaus and Hanna try to keep their secrets in the dark, it seems everyone keeps pulling back the curtain to expose them—including the elusive, soft-spoken Headmaster of Aeromancy Academy, Dawn's Light.As if the tightrope they're walking with their secret identities isn't enough stress, they're thrown into crisis mode when their best friend Sheena once again finds herself in the sparking cross-hai...

Eli never wanted to fall in love with a human.In fact, it's his job to go hunt them down on land and drag them back to the Tognir Kingdom, the underwater world where a mysterious, vengeful goddess reigns supreme. If he doesn't succeed in his gruesome task each month, the Eltana will wreak her terrible vengeance on the Tognir instead, just like the night his mother was taken from him.And he's not about to let it happen again.The only...

He's heard of star-crossed lovers, but never storm-crossed.Kieran Sturm never dreamed he'd find Beatrice Pennington again after rescuing her from Manipulator supervillains at her senior year masquerade dance.Until she shows up on the doorstep of his storm-chasing business in rural Oklahoma with her camera and combat boots like a scene from a dream.But as Kieran takes her on the chase of a lifetime, it's clear someone isn't happy about their reunion....

Someone's seeing red…and it isn't the grieving Sturms or their now-estranged mother.Life takes a wild turn as Hanna, Klaus, Becca, and the Sturms flee to a different state, upending their last spring semester at Schrödinger High, but there are more important things than winter guard and grade point averages to worry about…things like kidnapping, Memory blocks, and an unexpected wedding.Is Hanna getting the life of her dreams alongside Desert Wind? Or is she...

Two warring brothers with a magical secret. One Ice-Born girl caught in the balance.Home is where the heart is, and my heart is on the football field, under the stadium lights, my flag in my hands and my soul lost in a sea of music.At least, it was, until my field commander came along with his dreamy long hair and sparkling green eyes, stole my heart, and then crushed it mercilessly when he threw my cheerleader past in my face.He ticked me off so co...

The planned reductions in NATO troop numbers in Afghanistan through 2015 and a final withdrawal at the end of 2016 brings up numerous pressing questions about the security and national interests of not just Afghanistan, but of the broader region itself. The problem of a chaotic Afghanistan—or of an outright Taliban victory—is of great concern to not only immediate neighbors such as Iran, Pakistan, and the former Soviet Central Asian republics to the north, but also to those countries in th...

Machiavellis observation om ledarskapets svåra balansgång är lika relevant i vår tid, som den en gång var i 1500-talets Florens. Kinas framväxt, Rysslands attack mot Ukraina och den växande politiska och ekonomiska närvaron i den globala södern har aktualiserat frågan om vikten av kompetent ledarskap inom politiskt styre.Denna ljudbok utforskar utmaningarna för ledarskap och statskonst i en allt mer komplex värld och ställer frågan huruvida vi kan skapa politiska eliter som är kapa...