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The fairy tale isn't over… In the city of Talesend, where stories are history, Nick Beasley is the person to call when things go bump in the night...because he can prove that there's nothing to fear. After all, magic and monsters aren't real. At least, that's what Nick has been telling people for a long time. But when he's afflicted with a very real curse while on an assignment for the mysterious Lady Cordelia Beaumont, he's forced to drastically...

Abandoned in the unforgiving Scandinavian wilderness as a child of a disgraced father, young Adis learned to fend for herself. Aware as she grew of the cost of trusting strangers and manipulative mother-in-laws, she escaped her fate twice and set in motion events which shake the forest, the lake and two cultures who must learn to trust each other. Amidst the compelling landscape of Viking Era Scandinavia, and awealth with Trolls, evil spirits, luck...

War is coming to the kingdoms.Tan now knows that a threat greater than Incendin exists, one he suspects will require ancient enemies to forge an uneasy alliance. He must use the control he's gained over shaping to rescue a friend, protect the draasin, and convince the kingdoms of the true danger, or everything he knows will be destroyed.

In a world of magical, shapeshifting creatures, it can be difficult to remember who the hero's are and who the villains are, with the answer often being a matter of perspective. Grief and joy mix as secrets are revealed! Come on in to Drakonia, join the creatures of Taurus 9 through these times of changes.

What happened after the happily ever after?You all know the story of your favorite fairytale, but did you ever wonder what happened after the fairytale ending? Well we know. Not all afters end up happily, sometimes the real adventure starts much later...Living in a kingdom surrounded by ocean and filled with waterways, I'm supposed to love the sea creatures Atlantice is famous for. What the people don't know is that I'm a proud member of the Anti...

Left behind on an empty island with her adopted son and sister, Ariadne tried to make a new life in the following of the God of Wine.Tried being the operative word.Her sister is apalled by the lovestruck priest of Dionysus wooing her, straining their offered hospitality.Fine. Ariadne had smoothed feathers in her sister's wake since their childhood, though she was tired of it. It wasn't even a hardship to talk to the cute priest prone to kind gestures.Ariadne's...

Todos esperaban que Violet Sorrengail muriera en su primer año en el Colegio de Guerra de Basgiath, incluso ella misma. Pero la Trilla fue tan solo la primera de una serie de pruebas imposibles destinadas a deshacerse de los pusilánimes, los indignos y los desafortunados. Ahora comienza el verdadero entrenamiento y Violet no sabe cómo logrará superarlo. No solo porque es brutal y agotador ni porque está diseñado para llevar al límite el umbral...

A mermaid in disguise. A soul-stealing pirate on a mission. Two worlds destined to collide.When sea-knight Siddhe left the mermaid kingdom of Celantris, she had one mission; find the infamous Captain Elian Westin and convince him to break a devastating curse. Instead of fighting in a war beneath the sea, she takes the role of an innocent tavern keeper as she hunt for her prey.Once their paths meet, she finds herself falling for him and in danger of...

Fly away on the back of a green dragon? Yes, please! Maddie Gordon is stuck in a bit of a rut. Work. Home. Wine. Sleep. Rinse and repeat. Providing daycare in the Underworld can be hellish fun, but she needs some adult time in her life.When the perfect guy to jolt her out of the mundane cycle arrives in her life like a whirlwind, Maddie is literally swept off her feet. Unfortunately, all she got other than a pleasantly sore body was his first name…...

Forced to redeem her honor by retrieving the fabled Fireborne Blade from its keeper, legendary dragon the White Lady, or die trying, knight Maddileh, with scheming squires, sapphic love, deceptions and double-crosses, is determined to forge her place in the world on her terms. Maddileh is a knight. There aren't many women in her line of work, and it often feels like the sneering and contempt from her peers is harder to stomach than the actual dragon...