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It’s a sick world down there, and it keeps getting darker and more wicked every year! Friends become enemies. Families are ruined. Marriages collapse. Pride, anger, bitterness, and jealousy dwell in human hearts like a perpetual disease. People now live in fear, ready to attack out of defense or pounce on the weak, and are able to stomp on anyone who gets in their way! And that’s where I come in. Alfred Deston. Case worker #296752. I’m one of the managers who work in heaven, and I definitely have my work cut out for me!

Queen Sati rules her city with wisdom and grace. She has the respect of her people, knowledge of the gods, and faith that her plans to lead them into a brighter tomorrow are ready to take place. Ahm is a teen coming into her own. Living near the market square of the city with her mother, the girl’s insight, compassion, and beauty has everyone she comes in contact with seeing her as a jewel of Egypt. When a chance encounter between the two turns into a friendship, both will be tested beyond what they could have imagined, or wanted.

Josephine ("Jo") Hayes is in her final year at Westgate University, a prestigious school tucked within the mountains of New England. As a journalism major and lead media liaison for the Westgate District Attorney, she remains on track to finish school and start her career. Everything spirals when a fellow Westgate student goes missing, and the search brings to light the university’s troubling history. As Jo finds herself at the center of a massive investigation, she is haunted by the secrets around her, a cult-like fraternity, and the unsolved murder of her mother.

Norvailia, also known as the Mountain of the Gods, has been coveted for centuries by each of the fae kingdoms. After all, it is the source of their magic, and those who hold the mountain as their territory claim the most of its power. Fifty years ago, the Air Fae launched a war against the kingdom of Land Fae who lived upon Norvailia, taking its magic for themselves. The Land Fae have long since disappeared.

It's been three months since the events that changed Nadine’s life, and she’s finally starting to put the pieces back in some semblance of order. But she knows this new normal cannot last. Until Victor and Micah find the scepters that will restore them to their true forms, their human bodies will require her healing touch. It’s only a matter of time before the men return to wreak havoc on her world again. As if to prove her right, Victor shows up, a swarm of demons on his trail.

Rachael's worst nightmare and feared vision has come alive. Imprisoned on Kaethe in the Dark One's temple, guarded by shadows, she can’t do anything but wait for death. If only she could force her visions, or contact Cale and her Sparrows… but she's never been able to control her gift, and her only friends are an ocean away, unaware that Rachael's been kidnapped. Even worse nightmares rise from the shadows. The Dark One grows stronger every day, and He'll destroy the world if Rachael doesn’t find a way out.

Moving back home at 27 was not in my original plan. But after the car accident that completely upended my family’s life, I just had to be there for them. I can’t complain, though. They let me blast Britney Spears’s greatest hits while making dinner, and they still respect my freedom as an adult. I can even meet up with my secret guy friend without any questions. No one can know about him, especially not my best friend. If she ever found out, she’d say “Bye Bye Bye” to our friendship.

I woke up alone in the forest with no memories and the future King of the Air Kingdom is claiming to be my husband…As I try to adjust to my new life I meet Prince Wren, the sarcastic and temperamental fae prince of the Earth Kingdom. Torn between kingdoms and married to a man I don’t know, I need to regain my memories and deal with my new role in the monarchy- and fast. But how can I do that when everywhere I turn truths and lies are sworn? Rival Kingdoms are fighting for my hand, but I have secrets of my own…

With the last battle fast approaching, the time to gather allies for an army is running out. As are the number of days left in Nadine’s life. Despite Micah’s insistence that they find a way to stop Nadine’s impeding death, she chooses to focus all her attention on strategies to win the war instead. With a new hero, a new god, and new abilities, she starts to believe they might actually have a chance to lift the never-ending veil of darkness. Until a betrayal throws a wrench into their carefully made plans, setting them back to square one.

To the annual game where teenage competitors search Sky Manor for the key to open a vault hidden behind the deceptive walls. The winner will have the wealth of a lifetime, but there is one catch.

Flora has spent her entire life hiding in the trees and ignoring the cursed, poisonous larkspur growing from her ankle and eating away at her life. She lets her anxiety and fear control her, but fate forces her hand when her adopted mother is kidnapped by a cruel witch. The only way to save her is to find the magic shards of her family’s amulet scattered throughout her land. With no time to waste, Flora sets out with her best friend, and along the way they meet a darkly intriguing stranger. But Flora is running out of time and can’t succumb to distractions.

Darcy Miller spends her days working at her best friend’s veterinary clinic and her nights cozied up with a romance novel and her pet hedgehog, Bernie. Darcy prefers a quiet life, avoiding change like a plague, and feeling a strong loyalty to her family, friends, and Aveline-- the small, quirky town she was born in. Aveline transported you back to a time when things were simple, slower, and where everyone knew everyone.