Magic is never a free pass...Step into a hidden supernatural ecosystem operating just beneath the surface of our daily routines. In this captivating volume, fifteen urban fantasy storytellers pit their characters against real-world issues in settings that are simultaneously arcane and all-too real. Play along with a gambler who discovers the terrifying cost of his lucky streak, listen in as a musician learns a hard lesson at the hands of a trickster, and ride shotgun with a detecti...

Enter the world of the Splintered Regency—where secrets have power, and truth can kill.In 1810, the Atlantia vanished from the Atlantic Ocean only to reappear, trapped in a frozen inland sea beneath endless ice and pale skies.Three hundred years later, the ship’s descendants have built a glittering matriarchy sustained by a strange new magic—one that grants women power and drives men to madness. In New London, tension thrums between those ...

After finally settling into her new life at the Citadel, Thalia is reunited with her father, Bearen, the leader of the reclusive Valdyrstahl Clan.Forced to leave the school and return home to the snowy mountains, Thalia is surprised to find she is engaged to a man she doesn't remember. When she rejects the betrothal, her father organizes a tournament for her hand in marriage.Thalia will risk everything, even banishment to try and win the tournament herself and prove that sh...

Escape to worlds full of adventure and magic in the first-ever Terry Brooks short-story collection, featuring both new and fan-favorite stories from all three of his major literary worlds: Shannara, Magic Kingdom, and The Word and the Void.Here are heroes fighting new battles and struggling to conquer the ghosts of the past. Here are quests both small and far reaching; heroism both intimate and vast. Here we learn of Garet Jax’s childhood, see how Allanon first loc...

The fifth unputdownable mystery in the thrilling and bestselling SCARLET AND IVY series, perfect for fans of MURDER MOST UNLADYLIKE, SINCLAIR’S MYSTERIES and THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD AND EVIL.There’s a new girl at Rookwood School, and a new mystery to solve.It’s the start of term for Scarlet and Ivy, and the girls are intrigued by a fascinating new girl, Ebony. She’s as enchanting as she is mysterious, and quickly, most of the younger g...

The Last Apprentice series follows the terrifying adventures of the Spook's apprentice, Thomas Ward. But Tom's is only one story. There are others. . . .The Spook himself was once an apprentice. How did he begin his training?And what of Alice, the young witch who is Tom's closest ally? How did she overcome her dark past?What did the witch assassin Grimalkin do to become the most deadly and feared witch in the county?And, collected in a gallery of horrors, di...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES • This darkly captivating novel reveals the madness behind one of Disney’s most dangerous villains: the Queen of Hearts.She missed the days of wonder. But those days were long past. All that remained was the anger.You may think you know the story of the Queen of Hearts, the bloodthirsty tyrant known for seeing red. Surely you’ve heard of the young girl Alice, who fell through the rabbit hole to a place cal...

The powerful story of a young girl who stands accused of being a witch.Forced to leave her home and family and flee from an angry mob, Carmelia finds herself in the forest alone, frightened and cold. Carmelia also finds an iner strength that she didnt know she had.She outruns the mob who is hell bent on burning her only to succumb to fatigue and fever before she reaches her aunts house. As she lays down her head unable to go on she passes into a deep slumber.When she wakens...

Claiming his wedding night!Presumed dead after a tragic accident, billionaire CEO Leonidas Betancur does not recall the vows he made four years ago. But when he's tracked down by his wife Susannah fragments of his memory reappear. He denied her a wedding night, and now he's ready to collect!Abandoned in her bridal gown, believing herself to be a widow, Susannah now wants Leonidas to reclaim his empire so she can be free. But he is more untamed and dangerously attractive tha...

Just as Rebecca, Mara and Co are enjoying their new freedoms at Trebizon [now they've been promoted from the junior house], Mara's wealthy shipowner father sends her back to the famous English boarding school with her own bodyguard. He's convinced she's going to be kidnapped. Mara thinks it's silly and she's furious to find her style cramped like this....but then she actually does disappear. And Rebecca blames herself....The fifth exciting story in Anne Digby's classic boa...

Book 3 of the SANDSTORM series. Full series available now!Danger comes in many forms...Tired, dirty, and sick, the Red Rock survivors eke out an existence on the Watchers' cliffs, hoping to avoid the monster. But life up high is almost as bad as life on the ground.Water is scarce, and no meal is guaranteed.And deep inside the tunnels, a new threat is building, something that might consume them all......

Prince Kentry of Raine knows that if only he can capture the magical White Hart, the creature will grant his heart's desire. Entering the depths of the Darkwood, he chases his quarry down… only to become lost in a mystical forest, where he must fight for his life at the side of a moon-haired maiden who may hold the answer to his dreams.Heart of the Forest is a novella set in the world of the Darkwood - rich with fairy tales, Dark Elves, and the enchanted forest that watches ove...