Vortex Visions

Princess Vi was forced to live her life away from her royal family. In a truce to end a devastating war, an agreement was reached for the crown princess to be raised by her country’s former enemy. Far away from home, Vi has only known her family through letters and short visits. She’s never even met her twin brother. When the date set for her return keeps getting pushed off, Vi worries that her failure to claim her family’s legendary power of flame may be at fault. The truth, however, is far worse and far greater than anything she could’ve imagined.

Ink & Sigil

Few humans are aware that the fae and other magical beings not only exist, but also enjoy coming to visit and wreck havoc in our modern world. The rare humans who are in the know work with the magical world to keep it that way, and to keep the humans safe in their beds. By using ink made from complicated recipes, the human agents can create sigils, which is basically like doing a spell, but they need to be written down & prepared properly in advance. After his apprentice’s untimely death, Al, an Irish sigil agent, discovers that his apprentice had been trafficking magical beings to an unknown third party, possibly for scientific experimentation. It’s now his job to clean up the mess.

Heir of Shadows

Selena looked out for her two sisters ever since their parents died. Being the strongest & most powerful of her sisters, she took all the responsibility for their rebellious actions & looked out for them in every capacity. But there’s only so much a teen can do, and when her sister Alexandra exposes her magical abilities in a fit of rage, they end up in a school for supernaturals like themselves. But Selena and her sisters have many secrets to hide, not the least of which is that Selena is more powerful than she lets on, and has severe mental & control issues. Will Daizlei Academy be the right fit for Selena & her sisters, or will their secrets be too much even among their own kind?

Shielded

Princess Jenna’s country is at war & is in imminent danger. To obtain vital assistance, her father betroths her to a prince of a neighboring country. Jenna, a lonely princess, must leave at once in order to thwart her country’s enemies. On the way over, while traveling through a dangerous forest, her convoy is attacked, and princess Jenna is forced on the run, using only her wits, blade skills, instincts, and a bit of magic to survive in the wild, and against a mage whom history has almost forgotten.

The Unadoptables

After years of being repeatedly rejected for adoption, five orphans feel more like siblings despite their differences. One has extra fingers, another is too clumsy, one is selectively mute, another has lopsided ears, and another purposely frightens all potential adoptors away. Given all that, it’s no wonder they’re all unadoptable. When they’re illegally sold for hard labor, the orphans escape. Milou, a fan of the dark and creepy, uses this as an opportunity to try to find her family. Can the orphans keep their little family safe from the law, nosy neighbors, and the evil man who wants to enslave them, while also looking into the mysterious disappearance of Milou’s possible family?

Dragon Speakers

The princess and heir to the throne, Gwendolyn expects to follow in her father’s footsteps. The king is a strong leader, with a talent for manipulating people into obedience. Gwen doesn’t believe in stories of dragons, but when one flies over her castle and speaks to her, Gwen must choose to remain allied with her father, who would kill the dragons, or to betray him and leave her sheltered and pampered life behind and seek out the dragons to discover the truth of their history and place in society for herself.

The Green Door

A game that will determine their futures.

When she finds a flyer advertising a cash prize for whoever wins the game, Meg, in need of funds for college, applies together with her best friend & teammate, Brek. What neither of them know, is that the game is a matter of life and death, in another world, where magic and tyrants and talking animals and lots of danger exists. When winning the game means going against their morals, Meg and Brek have to make some complicated decisions.

Race the Sands

Tamra races monstrous beings for a living, but a recent spate of really bad luck puts her in danger of losing her rights to care for her own daughter.
Reia is on the run from an arranged marriage to an abusive man. Racing monsters might earn her her freedom.
With a strange & untamed racing beast, and a rider with zero experience, both Tamra & Reia have to win their way to the top together in this lethal sport. And, to add a bit more pressure, the fate of their empire will rest on their winning.

Rewritten

Author: Tara Gilboy My rating: 3.8 stars Audience: Children/Middle grade Series: Unwritten #2 Gracie escaped from her destiny as a villainous character in the last book, (Unwritten), and is now trying to live a normal life in the real world. But Cassandra, her wannabe evil mother, is still pursuing her, and this time, she has […]

Phoenix Team One: Selected

Zariya just lost her father in a work related accident, and is convinced that his death was more than an accident. Using her naga heritage and pretty sharp fighting skills, Zariya searches for the truth. But digging in too deep reveals secrets that her friends and family have been keeping from her.