Fantasy Realism

Larissa is back at the coven, under the same roof with the Vampire who wants her blood, and the witches that sent her to Mordin prison. They just don’t know she is there yet. Those that do know she is there are working to complete Larissa’s training so she can challenge for supreme and put the world back in balance. If only Larissa’s world, and magic, was in balance.

Set in an ethereal bookstore where all of the employees are fictional characters who have yet to be written, and must live a purgatory-like existence tending to the literary canon until their author shows up to claim them, “Blank Paige” follows Paige—an intelligent young woman who is the only character to arrive in the Store without any knowledge of her genre or story. Paige’s appearance sends the world of the Bookstore into a tailspin—causing the characters to question how much free will they have over their own lives, and threatening to destroy the very fabric of imagination.

Harriet Adu knows that her brother’s death is her fault. I mean, it’s not actually her fault, but it still kinda is, isn’t it? She would do anything to live in a world where she could take back what she said that morning. Then a strange girl shows up at Harriet’s high school—a girl who loves the same weird books Harriet does, who doesn’t vibe with anyone at school the same way Harriet does—and that different world suddenly seems possible. The girl speaks of a place underneath the subways of New York, where people like them can go and find a home.

Mona isn’t just any girl—she’s the architect of Earth itself. But her grand creation has gone horribly wrong. Humans, the flawed beings she helped shape, have driven her to the brink of erasing them all. Before she can unleash the storm to end humanity, her twin sister Penny offers a challenge: live among them. Experience their world, their emotions, and their messy, unpredictable lives before passing judgment.

Seventeen-year-old Aris has always been obsessed with dreams, even if she can't remember most of them. She's spent her life waiting for something to happen, chasing a memory always just eluding her grasp. That is, until she meets Alek—a boy with golden eyes and a knack for avoiding injury. A tarot reading leads him and his friends to believe she's the key to finding Krysidia—the hidden realm from which their ancestors were banished—but only if Aris can learn to trust her newfound abilities does she stand a chance at fulfilling the deck's prophecy.

Kiara was anxious about her half-birthday. There was a blood ceremony to celebrate death and this year she wanted out of all the crazy rituals her mother forced her to do. She had a new list to cover. Travel, attend a college off the reservation, and become a famous photographer. When her aunt arrived mysteriously, on her half birthday mark, proving a theory they were not wholly human, her wishes started to become a reality.

Witches fear her. Vampires want her blood. And to complicate matters, she is in love with a human, which is forbidden by both.

I’m under the influence of centuries-old, incredibly powerful vampire Meg, and, as such, I’m wreaking havoc all over Splendor and the Netherworld. But, I can’t help it. I’m not even aware of what’s going on.

In modern-day Mexico, Sitlali has no family left and has caught the attention of a gang leader. She has no choice but to make the perilous trip to the US border and track down her long-absent father. The night before her journey, she finds a conch shell detailed with ancient markings. In 1521, Calizto is an Aztec young warrior in Tenochtitlan, fighting to save his city from Spanish imperialists. With his family dead and the horrors of war surrounding him, Calizto asks a sacred moon conch for guidance. Connected by the magical conch, Sitlali and Calizto can communicate across centuries.

When Stevie vanquished her family’s greatest threat, she thought they’d be safe. Unaware of the evil surrounding her, she trains with her coven and prepares to inherit her mother’s role as queen and protector of the amulet.

A wet Arizona monsoon throws a white-knuckling, single father into a tailspin after falling into his Father's grave. What emerges is a complicated journey that confronts polarizing internal voices, superhuman responsibilities, and an insatiable desire to end human suffering while overcoming one's own mental heath issues, addictions, and suicidal ideations.

In a world of violence and injustice, freedom is both a prize and a curse. Bensin is desperate to provide for himself and his sister Ellie, but survival isn’t his only concern: he needs money to rescue Coach Steene from slavery. When two rival street gangs express interest in Bensin’s martial arts skills, he sees a chance to save his father figure at last … if he’s willing to pay the price.

A series of strange events accompany the delivery of an unusual wooden box to the bookish professor who lives on the hill, while down by the sleepy harbor, a dusty convoy of huge earth-moving machines roll into town. Soon afterwards, an expensive-looking yacht arrives, skippered by an enigmatic sea captain. The mysterious mute captain, her nose permanently buried in an old notebook, is clearly seeking something. Meanwhile, the professor’s interest is piqued by an unusually attentive congregation of praying mantises in his back yard.

August 1940. As the Battle of Britain rages overhead, a warlock leader from the Council of High Witches comes to Woodville with a ritual to repel the imminent Nazi invasion. The only catch is it involves full-frontal nudity on the White Cliffs of Dover. The Witches of Woodville are having none of it, but when more witches arrive they realise they might have a spy in their midst and it’s up to Faye Bright to uncover the traitor. But she’s got enough on her plate already with the ghost of a Polish Hurricane pilot who may hold the key to the truth.

Fished from the river as an infant and raised by a roving band of street urchins who call themselves the Crowns, eight-year-old Duck keeps her head down and her mouth shut. It’s a rollicking life, always thieving, always on the run—until the ragtag Crowns infiltrate an abandoned cathedral in the city of Odierne and decide to set down roots.

Burt Higgins’ retirement is not going well. His children have grown, and his wife has gone off to earn a late-life degree, leaving him alone in his sprawling suburban home. With too much time on his hands, he broods on the state of the world, obsessively following the worst of cable news and the Internet. Increasingly angry at the state of affairs, he nurtures a fantasy that a dark lord from another realm has foisted these problems on humankind.

Still grieving her father's recent death and the loss of her comfortable biracial nuclear American family life, fourteen-year-old Ari struggles to adjust to her new life in Portland, Oregon, with a loving but unfamiliar extended Indian family. When Ari steals her mother's necklace and escapes to the forest, she accidentally plunges into a terrifying world of wild birds in the underbelly of Portland's Forest Park trails.

Evelyn Thorne thought her summer would be boring. Then she discovered a book hidden away for almost 60 years, and everything changed. Instead of rainy days and dusty books, Evelyn finds herself caught up in a whirlwind of hidden secrets, talking gadgets, and a mystery waiting for her to solve. Why does the book react to her? Why are strange things happening around the castle? And what does any of it have to do with her family? With new friends (and one grumpy robot), a crumbling Scottish castle, and a very big secret, Evelyn is about to discover she’s more extraordinary than she ever imagined.

An inventor trying to defeat a disease. A con artist looking for an opportunity. An unlikely alliance that will land them both in trouble. From the Windlebees perched in the window displays, to the Tamblers winding across the carts of street peddlers, the town of Shinar is full of strange and mysterious oddities, but none so great as the cursed black bag of Leonard Bravecci. Well - that is of course with the exception of the man himself.

Jack Swift can tell you every element on the periodic table, recite Treasure Island verbatim, and would remember in perfect detail every word you'd ever say to him. He has been alone for a long time, so he has buried himself in books, using them to plan his escape. But no textbook could ever prepare him for the land of Keymark. At 3:33 a.m. on his 14th birthday, Jack is kidnapped by a hideous monster to another sphere of existence. Now there are two moons in the sky, and he is surrounded by grotesque creatures and magical warriors training for battle.