Fantasy Realism

"Master and Commander" meets ancient Egypt in this riveting sequel to "The Sun God’s Heir: Return." Set during the wave tossed years of white slavery and Barbary pirates, this is the epic story of René Gilbert, a journey that defies time as he must draw on a larger awareness earned in previous lifetimes. The plague’s dark fingers curl around Bordeaux. René must return home to save those he loves. But first, he must escape a Moroccan sultan’s clutches. In Bordeaux, an enemy waits, filled with a hatred three thousand years old. Only René can defeat this dark power, and only if he ...

Magic is dark. Evil is mayhem. I’m Siobhan Riordan, and my life is an unending nightmare. I was living a fairy-tale, until I found my husband brutally slain. Ever since then I’ve been raising our three-year-old son on my own and just trying to get by. But I can’t hide any longer. There’s a mysterious plague going around my town, an illness that causes people to go mad just before the end. Even worse, I’m being stalked, though I don’t know by who. Doctor Steven Breslin seems like the only one who can help, though he has secrets I’m not ready to uncover.

They've shared our planet with us since the dawn of History, but they want us out. To reclaim lordship over the Earth, they mean to steer us into self-annihilation. As the secret War of the Shadows unravels under our very noses, we who are mere flesh and blood cannot fathom the real causes behind our many wars and the economic powers that would senselessly lead the world into an environmental apocalypse. Nevertheless, we’re here, and we have our part to play in this multi-millennial conflict that began before recorded History. Understand me when I say that every time you’ve heard of ...

Return to the Twilight Court with Princess Seren Firethorn! From the soaring spires of Castle Unseelie to the grandeur of the Court of the Nine Sons, Seren Firethorn seems destined to encounter dragons. But even surrounded by the fierce fairies, it's her uncle, the Unseelie King, who truly troubles her. Under the sea, manipulated by politics and plots, Seren strives to discover what Uisdean is really after. But each truth only reveals another layer of lies, creating a knot so tangled only dragon claws could sever it. From the Author:Extinguish in order 1.Fairy-Struck (Free) 2. Pixie-Led 3. ...

Her Christmas started with a talking puppy, a cynical cat, and a man in her pear tree—what could possibly go wrong? Mary’s holiday plans were simple: avoid drama, stay cozy, and binge Christmas movies with her pets. But those plans crumble when her cat and dog start talking, waking her up to see the man in her backyard pear tree. Parch T. Ridge is an elf, here to show her that the Twelve Days of Christmas can come true for some people. Particularly when St. Nicholas himself personally adds his twist to the holiday. Mary is a little slow—it takes her until the third day before she ...

Tens of thousands of crows invading Auburn, Pennsylvania, is a problem for everyone in town except 17-year-old Leighton Barnes. For Leighton, it’s no stranger than her house, which inexplicably repairs itself every time her father loses his temper and breaks things. Leighton doesn’t have time for the crows - it’s her senior year, and acceptance to her dream college is finally within reach. But grabbing that lifeline means abandoning her sisters, a choice she’s not ready to face.

A winter’s night, Venice, 1815. A 217-year-old dog is searching for his lost master. So begins the journey of Tomorrow, a dog who must travel through the courts and battlefields of Europe - and through the centuries - in search of the man who granted him immortality. His adventures take him to the London Frost Fair, the strange court of King Charles I, Versailles, the golden age of Amsterdam, and to 19th-century Venice. Tomorrow befriends both animals and humans, falls in love (only once), marvels at the human ability to make music, despairs at their capacity for war....

Never set your foot in a hexed property—especially, when the land has a resident zombie ready to strike you! FREE on Kindle Unlimited! If Fio Valentine has learned one thing working for Quest Realty, it’s that dealing with haunted and hexed properties can be a real nightmare. When her friend Suze asks her to investigate an abandoned home in LA, she can’t refuse, so with Andy Russel from the Property Management Department and her spirit animal Champ, Fio takes on the case of a zombie-like ghost who may be what remains of the former owner’s estranged son. After an encounter with the ...

Eighteen-year-old Meena Song wants a normal life with a normal job and normal friends. Well, that ain't happening. An unbelievable secret is revealed in the worst possible place - a public bathroom. Yup, gross, but still not the strangest thing she'll see today. Who gets invited to a magical academy if you have zero magical ability?

Here comes a new witch... She’s mean, evil, and she's too familiar with Jack. What’s Fio to do with her? FREE on Kindle Unlimited! Haunted and Hexed takes on a new meaning for Fio Valentine when she finds herself competing with a witchy newcomer to solve a case. When FBI psychic Abby Scott breezes into the office claiming to be Jack’s former lover, Fio is understandably vexed, but there’s no time to play mind games with the arrogant agent. A ghostly girl appearing in a team photo has become a harbinger of disaster for members of the women’s basketball team at Jack and Abby’s ...

When best-selling author Carrie McClelland visits the windswept ruins of Slains Castle, she is enchanted by the stark and beautiful Scottish landscape. The area is strangely familiar to her but she puts aside her faint sense of unease to begin her new novel, using the castle as her setting, and one of her own ancestors, Sophia, as her heroine. Then Carrie realizes her writing is taking on a life of its own and the lines between fact and fiction become increasingly blurred.

Cat got your tongue? When Elaria's friend rescues a nymph from one of the most powerful crime families in the Beneath, the Spellsinger and her men are compelled to help. To free her cat-shifter friend from the vengeance of the Demos Family, Elaria will have to navigate the corrupt circles of the crime syndicate but what she finds along the way may lead to her own corruption. Can the Spellsinger stay true to who she is or will she lose herself entirely? Spellsing in order:1.The Last Lullaby 2. A Symphony of Sirens 3. A Harmony of Hearts 4. Primeval Prelude 5. Ballad of Blood 6. A Deadly Duet...

Nocturne Academy stands as a beacon of knowledge, its ancient spires piercing the mist that shrouds its isolated island. But beneath the hallowed halls and gothic architecture lies a darkness that has waited centuries to awaken. When Elara Grey arrives at Nocturne Academy, she hopes to escape her troubled past and find solace in her studies. But the academy has other plans. Drawn into a secret society known as the Midnight Scholars, Elara and her friends uncover a chilling truth: an ancient evil lurks within the academy’s shadows, feeding on fear and despair. As the Midnight Scholars ...

The world of culinary magic is about to implode as the greatest threat to their secret existence is carried—well, dragged—into this delectable second installment of the Hex Kitchen series. Kidnapped by the very group meant to protect her, Kenzie finds herself in another cooking tournament. This time, though, the stakes are higher. Every meal she cooks could be her last. If she’s going to survive, she’ll need to do the one thing she swore she’d never do again. Use her magic to kill. Braxton is facing his own battle. Each step that brings him closer to Kenzie jeopardizes his family....

What if you could truly understand your child? For Patricia Miller, a mother on a mission, her son Ethan would have the baseball career she'd mapped out. But he was pulling away, their connection frayed by unspoken truths and the weight of her ambition. She feared she was losing him, but had no idea how to stop. Until an old, forgotten baseball unleashes an impossible magic. Patricia awakens in her son's teenage body, while Ethan himself has vanished. Now, the life she so fiercely controlled is controlling her. From disastrous physics tests to the startling reality of Ethan's secret dreams,...

Ciera’s the best fairy godmother in all the land… …but she’s hiding a secret. Not only is she pregnant, but she’s magically pregnant with a human child. Humans are not allowed in the fairy realm. Period. That includes half-fairy/half-human babies. The only solution is to give the baby to its father before the Fairy Council finds out her secret. Finding the father will be easy. How many men named John could possibly live in a little town called Chicago? Scroll up and 1-click this romantic paranormal fairy tale now! (Also available for free through Kindle Unlimited) Other books in ...

As far back as anyone can remember, the women of the Strand family have been magical. Their gifts manifest when they each turn fifteen, always in different ways. But Nell Strand knows that her family's magic is a curse. Her mother’s age changes every day; she's often too young to be the mother Nell needs. Her older sister bleeds music and will do anything to release the songs inside her. Nell sees the way magic rips her family apart again and again. When Nell’s own magic arrives in the form of ladybugs alighting on the keys of her beloved piano, the first thing she feels is joy.

Wilson Moss entered the town’s top-secret contest in the hopes of resurrecting her ex-best friend Annie LeBlanc, but that doesn’t mean she thought she’d actually win. Now Annie’s back and Wil’s ecstatic—does it even really matter that Annie ghosted her a year before she died…? But like any contest, there are rules, and the town’s resurrected dead can only return for thirty days. When Wil discovers a loophole that means Annie might be able to stay for good, she’s desperate to keep her alive. The potential key? Their third best friend, Ryan.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden, read by Kathleen Gati. For a young woman in medieval Russia, the choices are stark: marriage or a life in a convent. Vasya will choose a third way: magic.... The court of the Grand Prince of Moscow is plagued by power struggles and rumours of unrest. Meanwhile, bandits roam the countryside, burning the villages and kidnapping its daughters.

Everyone at Redstone High is talking about the strange Brock kids. How they keep to themselves at school—and spend way too much time in the woods. But Noble, Argus, Harlan and Tora aren’t normal teens—they were born with the power to become wolves. And the more the siblings try to hide their secret identity, the greater they struggle to fit in. Then Noble falls mysteriously ill, leaving the pack without a leader just when he’s needed the most…