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When 16-year-old Elise is ripped from her home and taken to the royal palace as a permanent "guest", she thinks her life is over. Little does she know it has only just begun! After befriending a group of other captives, including the headstrong Will, Elise finds herself swept away to a world she never knew existed - polished, sculpted, and refined until she can hardly recognize her own reflection.

When the crown prince puts a bounty on her head, Katerina and the gang find themselves facing trouble at every turn. It's a race to get to the safe house in time, but will they pull together to work as a team, or will their differences pull them apart? Strengths and weaknesses are put to the test, as Katerina is plunged headfirst into a magical world she never knew existed. Fiction becomes reality, as the characters from her childhood fairy tales come to life, bringing with them secrets she could never have imagined.

When Jamie makes the fateful decision to return to his father, he thinks his time in the supernatural world is done. Little does he know, things have only just begun… A fierce betrayal tests loyalties as he's torn between his old world and the new, pitting father against son in a desperate attempt to keep his friends safe. New revelations hint at a dark family secret, but before Jamie can learn more, the fragile alliance is blown apart at the seams.

When Aria and her friends get a dangerous vision, they have only moments to act. A life is in danger and they find themselves caught up in the kind of adventure they've always wanted. But things aren't always what they seem. A split-second decision and a surprise invitation change everything, as the gang's lives are turned suddenly upside-down. They struggle to adjust to their new reality, but find that some ties are harder to break than others. Some ties should never have been made in the first place.

Home is where the heart is…unless that home burns to the ground. When Guilder University is attacked, it's all hands on deck. Agents are called in from all corners of the globe. The alumni reunite to protect the younger generation and safeguard the future of the school. But things aren't as simple as they seem.

When Rae Kerrigan and her friends finally got back to their own time, they thought their troubles would be over. But the past has a way of catching up with you. A shocking revelation shakes the group to its core, but trouble is on the horizon. The dark secret that sent James on a mission to the past is more dangerous than ever, and time is running out.

There might be no place like home, but sometimes it can be darn hard to get there. Gilly has been trying to get back to her realm for ages, but there are too many obstacles stand in her way.

What do you do when you're trapped in hell with a handsome captor who just happens to be a part-time monster? If you're Gilly of the Fae, you put a ring on it.

When the girl he loves is kidnapped by the same man who killed his father, Gabriel’s newfound bliss vanishes in a heartbeat and he finds himself slipping into old habits. The love-struck romantic is put on a shelf, so the stone-cold assassin can come out to play.

After being saved by the most unlikely of allies, Gabriel Alden finds himself at a crossroads, staring down two divergent paths. While his enemies are still out there, closing in at every side, an unexpected encounter gives him hope. In a race against time, he must decide what to do with his second chance. Will he spend it chasing down the demons of his past? Or turning his sights toward a brighter future? When the darkness closes in, will he even have a choice? There is a time for revenge. And there is a time to let go. Which one saves you? Which one makes you whole?

When Jamie and Gabrielle ran away in the middle of the night, they thought they'd be leaving their troubles behind them. Now, they're starting to realize those troubles have just begun. With no money, no plan, and no destination, they find themselves the world's most wanted fugitives - trying to stay one step ahead of an international intelligence organization tasked with hunting them down. An intelligence organization run by Jamie's own father.

When Elise and her friends escape the palace, they find themselves in more danger than ever before. A wave of revolution is sweeping across the land, but the odds are against them. The realm is littered with spies and the royal army is hot on their trail. Tensions build as those delicate alliances begin to shatter and break. Confidence wavers as many begin to question if they were better off under the palace’s wicked rule. Can they find a way to bring everyone together? Can they keep one step ahead of those swords at their backs?

Some chains are meant to be broken...When Elise makes a fateful decision, her world is changed forever. Now she and her friends find themselves trapped with a deadly secret and they're running out of time. The clock is ticking. The palace is on the brink of a royal wedding and courtiers have journeyed from every corner of the realm. Torn between a life of servitude and the threat of capture, the friends are faced with a sudden decision, and once they make it, there will be no turning back. Will they stay in the palace or make a desperate bid for freedom?

Is it really living when you spend your life in a cage.... The wait is over, the dust has settled, and the captives have finally been claimed. Elise thought the deadly game was finished, but the more time she spends in the palace, the more she begins to fear the real game has only just begun. In the aftermath of the ceremony, each of the friends try to adjust to their new life. But some are having more trouble than others.

When an escape attempt goes desperately awry, Elise and Will find themselves at the mercy of the very people who have imprisoned them all this time. Tensions sharpen, punishments are severe, and they soon discover what terrible things are required if they wish to survive. But such wild spirits were never meant to be tamed. While appearing to submit, the future princess still dreams of freedom.

Erebus is an immortal night dweller, walking the Earth for the last half century. By day his is the occulsion of a payphone, and by night he returns to human form. Shadows are meant to live for fun and self-satisfaction but Erebus is different than the others - solemn and withdrawn. That is until he meets Aurora, a law student at Cornell University. His entire world is shaken. Feelings he never had and urges he's never understood take over.

In a time when Vikings clashed against Romans, and whispers of magic held back the tides, a young woman staggered out of the forest and gave birth to a special child....

Phaedra's worst fear has been confirmed: She's a vampire's mate. But just because he needs her doesn't mean she needs or wants him, right? Then why can't she stop worrying about Syn and whatever he's up to with her sister? She should feel betrayed, but being able to sense the vampire's emotions make her doubt everything she thought she knew. Still, there are bigger worries to consider—like how to escape a self-obsessed sorcerer, or to come to terms with her long-lost sister being a creature of evil. Some things you can't change, a fact Phaedra had long accepted as true.

Who knew chasing immortality would be so hard? To keep her human friend from being turned by her overzealous vampire mate, Phaedra has to find an artifact that grants its owner eternity. But her former partner turned leech insists on inserting himself into the search, and he's got a surprise for her: She's his mate. There's no way this Fae warrior is tying herself to a vamp forever, but escaping him is as easy is flying on broken wings. And that's not the only shock she's in for. A leech for a mate is bad enough, but a vampire sibling… Fangs don't belong in her family, right?

They say some people are favored by the gods. Others need to make their own luck. When Cora wandered out of the woods during a winter storm, she was on the brink of death. Lost in a strange land, with nothing but her unborn child, she threw herself at the mercy of the gods. But her story wasn't finished just yet, and the fates had other plans. A kindly woman delivers the child safely and gives her the chance to start anew. The troubles of the past are safely buried, a shining future is within reach.