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We look at the Bible zoomed out. A bird’s eye view. We roll our eyes at the Israelites for being so stubborn, so forgetful, so unfaithful. We judge David for his adultery. We laugh at Peter’s blunt questions. We frown when all the disciples run away from Gethsemane. But what might happen if we plant ourselves right there, into those very moments ourselves? Right into the sandals of those people, in the instant those events are happening? What if we feel our own hearts pounding, our breaths catching, our minds racing? Could it be that our judgment falls away? Even better, might we ...

We look at the Bible zoomed out. A bird’s eye view. We roll our eyes at the Israelites for being so stubborn, so forgetful, so unfaithful. We judge David for his adultery. We laugh at Peter’s blunt questions. We frown when all the disciples run away from Gethsemane. But what might happen if we plant ourselves right there, into those very moments ourselves? Right into the sandals of those people, in the instant those events are happening? What if we feel our own hearts pounding, our breaths catching, our minds racing? Could it be that our judgment falls away? Even better, might we ...

If he succeeds, he will be named a hero. If he fails, his kingdom, and everyone in it, will crumble to dust. Young Lord Oleron MacDonald has been given a mission. The mysterious wizard, Rune, has cursed him, forcing him to leap forward through time in a desperate search for a great treasure Oleron has coveted and killed for: the treasure that Beowulf himself wrested from the dragon. But while Oleron sees only the chance to return home in wealth and glory, his courage and his heart will be tested by the devastating trials of the London fire of 1666, the sinking of the Titanic, the bombing of...

THREE Heroic Novels in One Volume! THE LAST CONSTANTIN Christmas Eve, 1848. Young Quinn Campbell and his best friend Agatha have been kidnapped. Their captor, Dmitriy Gavrilov, is cruel, ruthless--and a vampire. Thus begins a treacherous journey through ice-locked Europe, toward a castle in the depths of Romania, and a mysterious ruler at the heart of a thousand-year war. Can Quinn somehow bring peace between the two factions by assuming his birthright, or will he and all he loves be destroyed in the fight? BAULDR'S TEARS: RETELLING LOKI'S FATE When young, solitary archaeologist Marina ...

After escaping the brutal murder of her entire family at the hands of bloodthirsty revolutionaries, Maria Romanov flees through the Siberian woods. When she meets a pair of young Jews heading for the remote village of Semenov, she believes she may have found her salvation. But can she hide amongst them without giving herself away, and endangering all their lives?

Three heroic novels in one volume! Curse-Maker: The Tale of Gwiddon Crow What if the only way to save yourself was to beg help from the person whose life you have destroyed? Gwiddon Crow is a young, vicious Curse-Maker who haunts the Winterly Wood of Albain, free from all laws, unchained from the suffering of her past. Her master, Gwiddon Baba Yaga, calls upon Crow to cast a curse upon the tiny kingdom of Astrum, and destroy the great seal which protects it from Baba Yaga's ally, Mordred the Draid. But the curse goes terribly wrong. Now, Crow is trapped in Astrum, alone with its resentful, ...

What if, without knowing it, you began to follow the same dark path as Ebenezer Scrooge…? Ebenezer Scrooge is dead. Timothy Cratchit has grown into a young man who is terrified of poverty--willing to forfeit Christmas to chase the opportunity for monetary profit. And Scrooge, living or not, is determined not to allow Tim to follow in his footsteps...by whatever ghostly means necessary. “Christmas Parcel” is written by a great lover of Charles Dickens novels, remaining true to the spirit of that cherished author while delivering something completely unexpected. If you enjoy the ...

The race is on. In order to save her own life and the one of the man she loves, Maria must trust a small group of eccentric foreigners to get them out of Russia via the treacherous Trans-Siberian Railroad. And the most terrifying part of it? Their escape route leads them right through the lion's den: Lenin's Bolshevik Kremlin.

Nothing is simple anymore. Maria's feelings for Gregori--the communist guard who secretly saved her life--get more complex by the day. The danger of the Red Terror looms ever closer, threatening everyone in Semenov. And soon, she must face a terrifying choice: flee with her surrogate family and live the rest of her days in the safety of a lie, or face the truth of who she is to save the life of the one she has come to love.

Brace yourself for a jarring twist in the tale... Maria Romanova, the former Grand Duchess of Imperial Russia, has managed to successfully blend in amongst the poor Jews of the village of Sememov, taking the name "Mashka Rogova" and pretending to be a Jew herself. She has made herself a new home with the kind tailor's family, and Maria is sure that the tailor's nephew, Isak, has fallen in love with her. But everything changes when White Army soldiers invade Semenov and hijack the tailor's house, holding them hostage... And then Red Army soldiers suddenly come to their rescue--bringing with ...

To save her family, she has to trust a man whose past is a mystery and whose future is riddled with danger. A huge machine appears out of nowhere in the middle of young Kestrel Evans' shop in the Kansas City Space Port, and an intimidating stranger steps out of it, toting a sawed-off shotgun. The next minute, the machine self-destructs-- And the stranger saves her life. Now, Kestrel has become entangled in a centuries-long hunt for an infamous scientist, and swept into a race across the galaxy. Can this stranger be trusted, or will he lead her to her death? “The Paradox Initiative” is ...

Young Princess Linnet has been given a grave task. If she succeeds, it could end her life. If she fails, it could destroy her people. She must kill a prince. But first, she must marry him. Prince Rajak of the Badi, son of the conquering desert king, has given Linnet's kingdom an ultimatum: give him a princess for his bride, or be slaughtered. Linnet volunteers, to save her people. Her mother, however, sees an opportunity. She secretly instructs Linnet to gain Rajak's trust, and then assassinate him. Now, Linnet is forced to live among foreigners and enemies, married to a man she hates. But ...

What if your very first assignment is impossible, because the one you were sent to help has a heart of stone? Rose has lived in a mountain fortress with curse-breakers almost all her life, never venturing out into the wilds. But now, her masters have sent her on a mission to free a lost kingdom that crafts unbreakable glass. But this task may prove impossible, for the prince has an unyielding, selfish heart, and he and the kingdom are frozen under the hand of the Snow Queen. A suspenseful and unexpected reimagining of the timeless romance of “The Snow Queen” continues Alydia Rackham's ...

Have you started a book and then gotten caught in this endless spiral of rewriting, revising, and re-analyzing the same pages over and over without making any forward progress? Or have you taken a deep breath and screamed through the white-knuckle race of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), and then finished out November feeling like a mummified fruit that’s been run over by a truck? And your book STILL isn’t finished? The MOST frequent question I get is “How do you find it in you to keep going to the end?” And people who ask me this don’t want an answer like “Just keep ...

What if Beauty became the Beast? —and the only one who could save her… was no hero at all? A princess has been cursed. Not into helpless sleep. Not into quiet sorrow. But into something feared. Something hunted. Something no one would dare to love. Twisted by a sister’s jealousy, her body is transformed into a monstrous, serpent-like creature—her mind slipping further into darkness with each passing day. She is no longer the girl she once was. And soon… she may not remember she ever was. Enter a minstrel—awkward, gentle, and wholly unremarkable— except for one thing: His voice...

Need more of the charming Victoria Thulin and her eccentric tutor, Professor Basil Collingwood? You’ve come to the right place! The denizens of Pendy Corner and the occupants of Baker Street lead interesting lives, to say the least. Their adventures take them to the depths of an Oxford laboratory on a Halloween night, to an illegal Shoreditch boxing match, across the ice of the Serpentine River, and trailing after the mysterious Keeper of Her Majesty's Broom Cupboard. Take a glimpse into these, and even more, of our heroes' thrilling daily escapades. “The Pendywick Pair” is a ...

A man who has been the subject of experiments all his life will not survive the next one. He must escape, leaving all he knows, or die. KL-62 was created in a test tube--a perfect specimen of a human male. On the way to be transferred to a remote space station, he learns he is about to be the subject of one last experiment—and it will prove fatal. He has no choice but to break out of the only environment he has ever known, and crash-land on an abandoned prison planet called Tenebrae. He must survive a perilous web of dark dead-ends and patrol droids, and the only one who can help him is ...

Can two enemies stop a war from breaking out and destroying both their families? The European war between vampires and werewolves ended in 1848. But in America, it's a different story. After over a century of vicious fighting, the Campbell pack has made an agreement with all nearby vampires: stay off Campbell land, and leave humans alone. So what will Mara Kaylock, a werewolf, do when she finds a vampire lying on the bank of the Campbell River--a vampire she knows has his sights set on a human girl? “The Campbell River” is the second of Alydia Rackham’s vampire/werewolf novels. If you...

A collection of all-original, fantastic romantic fairy tales from the pen of a master of magic and fantasy--stories that will transport you into worlds you've never imagined!

Young Quinn and Agatha are caught between immortal factions, and Quinn must face the truth about all of them--and his own lineage--if he is to save his own life, Agatha's, and indeed, all of Europe. Christmas Eve, 1848. Young Quinn Campbell and his best friend Agatha have been kidnapped. Their captor, Dmitriy Gavrilov, is cruel, ruthless--and a vampire. Thus begins a treacherous journey through ice-locked Europe, toward a castle in the depths of Romania, and a mysterious ruler at the heart of a thousand-year war. Can Quinn somehow bring peace between the two factions by assuming his ...