Fantasy
Fury's Fire
At the end of Siren's Storm, the Sirens were defeated, and now the town of Walfang is once again a peaceful beach community.Or is it? Gretchen and Will are still haunted by the memories of the night the Sirens were destroyed—Gretchen because she can't remember what happened and Will because he doesn't know how to tell Gretchen what he saw. He doesn't even understand what he saw, but he does know now that Gretchen is more than what she seems, more than a human girl. And at the same time, he is more in love with her than ever.Gretchen knows there's something wrong, too. She feels like an alien in her own body, but she doesn't know why. And she feels a presence stalking her at every turn. Have the Sirens returned to Walfang? Or has some other force come to claim her?
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Throne of Glass
After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. Her opponents are men-thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king's council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she'll serve the kingdom for three years and then be granted her freedom. Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilirating. But she's bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her... but it's the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best.Then one of the other contestants turns up dead... quickly followed by another. Can Celaena figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim? As the young assassin investigates, her search leads her to discover a greater destiny than she could possibly have imagined.
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"I don t know if all schools are like mine, but at North Holmes they have this thing that can happen, from out of the blue, and there is even a code word for it it's called getting stung." Katie, Nate, and Renata had no farther to fall. "They become like scorpions; they sting you till you die." But when they hit the bottom of the social ladder, they found each other. Together, they might be able to change things. To stop the torment. "We were united. We were going to take a stand." So they made a plan. One person seemed to have everyone's secrets and all the power. If they could stop him..."We needed first of all to get Chase alone. Away from his friends." But secrets are complicated, powerful things. They are hard to keep. And even a noble plan can go horribly wrong. "What a dark and terrible place this school is."
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Chance Falls
Have you ever questioned your sanity? Thinking back now, it's funny to believe I would have given my life for her. Don't get me wrong, I would do the same now, but I don't think it would be quite the same noble gesture. Chance Falls is a young adult fiction novel which explores the growing relationship between two high school students as they take a journey in a fast-paced murder mystery. The only question is how can it be murder if no one is dead? In a gripping exploration of one's mental stability, Chance Falls is an unforgettable leap into the unknown. Is it love? Is it a murder? Is it fate? You Decide!
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Brenna and the Horses of Lusayana
Brenna and the Horses of Lusayana is an action packed adventure with a devilish plot.
On a wild and treacherous coast, for two twelve year olds, the summer will be a journey into danger.
When her mother falls ill, Brenna MacLean struggles to understand the secret family history that has been hidden from her. She comes to rely heavily on her new friend Louis, and though very different - Louis is rich and aristocratic, and Brenna is poor and barely educated - Louis becomes the friend she has always dreamed of. Together they uncover a two hundred year old curse that must be broken if Brenna is to save her Mum's life.
Brenna knows that her best hope is to follow the guidance of the Horses of Lusayana, but impatience turns her natural daring into recklessness and soon she is risking, not only her friendship with Louis, but also the life of the White Pony, Neima, who has sworn to help her.
This story will appeal to confident readers from nine upwards.
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Publication Date: January 13, 2014| Age Level: 8 -12 | Grade Level: 3 - 5 The battle against pure evil begins. Friendships are betrayed. Rivals bond...and powers collide.Gabrielle discovers that everything she has known to be true is a lie...just smoke and mirrors to disguise a deadly world filled with creatures with one goal--to kill.
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Beneath the Heavens
They heard about the Miracle Line because they were rich. They took it because they were dying. On a clear Janvius morning, eight passengers from an alternate universe board a luxury train bound for the Everlands, a mysterious island so clean it is said to cure every ailment of the flesh. Under their paranoid, chain-smoking engineer Fritz Carpenter, the passengers embark on a three-day journey to arrive in a utopia beautiful beyond imagination. But things at the Everlands are not as they seem. Each plagued by their personal manias, the new arrivals must figure out why their friends are turning up dead -- not from disease, but murder -- before their fragile lives prematurely unravel.
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Artemis Rising
Award-winning Historical Fantasy! A compelling tale weaving myth, history, and romance as a shipwrecked young woman discovers her destiny...Rejected by her father and yet determined to be her mother’s daughter, Eva takes on the tragic destiny of her namesake: the mythological Arethusa.Shipwrecked on foreign shores, Eva finds herself torn between the dark and dangerous shipowner's son and the kind-hearted orphan boy who rescues her.Faced with an impossible choice, Eva must heed the troubling warnings of her goddess-touched visions before her fated destiny destroys them all.Set against the lush backdrop of 1890s Azores Islands, this Historical Fantasy Romance won First Place in the Chanticleer Cygnus Awards and was a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards.**** "Wish I could give it 10 stars. Love it. The story grabs you and puts you in such suspense and over the edge until the end." - Lunanima"Left me breathless and spellbound. I wanted to live inside its pages." - Karen Hooper, Author of Tangled Tides
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Amira, Immortal Daughter from Penglai
Amira has a pretty good life on the peaceful island of Penglai. She has amazing powers and abilities. She's friends with the animals and creatures around her. And, of course, she's immortal. But she's also the only person on Penglai, which makes her more than a little lonely.One quiet day, a magical tortoise named M'lan appears and whisks her out to sea. He needs her help to rescue Raiden--a mortal--from angry sea spirits. She's never met a mortal before, and once she sees Raiden, she finds a strange attraction to him. She returns with him to his homeland in Dragon Hollow, where powerful dragons have protected his people for millennia.She quickly discovers that life in the mortal world is very different. Warlords and bandits battle in unending warfare. People get hurt. Some die. And her arrival upsets the balance that's kept Dragon Hollow safe. She struggles to understand and trust others. Do they really care for her or do they just need her help? Why do the dragons hate her? Can she believe and even love Raiden or is he deceiving her? And what about trusted M'lan--is even he turning against her?In the end, she has to decide whether or not to risk her own destruction to save the people of Dragon Hollow. And she discovers hidden powers and passions, long dormant within her.
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