Alydia Rackham

What The Room Requires

A Retelling of Loki's Fate

Bauldr's Tears

Lady Gwendolyn Montgomery has defied her father, dressed as a boy and bargained passage aboard a merchant ship to save her beloved, who has been banished to the Caribbean. But when her ship is waylaid by pirates, Gwen must join with the flashy and dangerous Captain Lady Rackham if she hopes to save her betrothed-and avoid dying by hangman's noose, or at the hands of Blackbeard himself.

An Unusual Tale of Piracy, Romance and Swashbuckling Upon the High Seas

Lady Rackham

The Oxford Street Coffee House: The Case of the Young Patrician Lady

Rose has lived in a mountain fortress with curse-breakers almost all her life, never venturing out in to 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 a heart of stone-and the kingdom is frozen under the hand of the Snow Queen.

Retelling the Snow Queen

Glass

Princess Eleanora is very different from her younger sister, Oralia. While Oralia is golden-haired, sprightly and adored by all the men of the kingdom, Eleanora is ebony-haired and dark-eyed, and even-keeled. Wandering musician Amber of the Lute glimpses that difference right away-and his laughter and color bring out a sparkle in Eleanora. But this arouses vicious jealousy in Oralia, who acquires and casts a terrible spell on her sister-one that twists both the body and the mind. A spell that can only be broken by one who can see into Eleanora's heart, and love her enough to set her free. Excerpt from Chapter Nine: "All the way across the roof, near the foot of the opposite tower, stood a person. Full in the waning white moonlight. Her face tilted toward the shrouded sky. The light shimmered against her smooth, fine scales, making them look like liquid silver, and it softened the slender curves of her body. The fans near her face had calmed, and rested against the sides of her neck. Her large eyes reflected a luminous shine as she gazed, unblinking, at the moon. Watching it withdraw behind the clouds. The black shadow of the tower fell across her long, sweeping tail. Thus, from where Amber stood, he could have mistaken her for a pale young woman dressed in blues and whites. Except for the bearing of her features. Her gaze-vacant. Barren as a waterless sea. Her mouth-incapable of speech, of smiling or frowning. Her expression blank, and immovable. She stared, without pondering. No thought lived behind those eyes, or flickered at the corners of those lips. A silver serpent. Still and silent as ice. Inhuman as stone." Reader Review from Patreon: "The subtlety here is wonderful - nothing seems overdone and like any good fairytale, the familiar elements allow us to take a shortcut to the core of the story. We're all familiar with jealous suitors and jealous siblings and handsome men with flashing blue eyes, but from poor Ailse to Amber (who listens better than he claims to), you can feel a sort of presence underneath their actions... something that is thinking very fast to reconcile the past and the future and move the people around them to the right places. Of course Oralia is the shining example here, pushing off her suitors on her sister when she doesn't want them and picking them up again when she needs to make someone jealous, but what is she really after? She surely knows the obstacles to marrying a minstrel, and she of all people seems likely to go after power, not talent. Sir Roderick thinks he knows how to drive Amber away from Oralia and have her to himself, but does he understand how Oralia works at all? And then there's Ele, and somehow by being her quiet, reserved self she manages to have a good old time in her simple dress with her enchanting minstrel friend. I was expecting her to be at the center of some sort of disaster at the feast, but she knows herself and her sister too well for that. I'm also impressed by her mother's choice to let her have her independence and not force her to play to her sister's whims. This whole cast looks to be a shade quicker on the uptake than your average fantasy court - another thing I always liked about the old fairytales. I can't wait to meet the witches and see these clever people put to the test!" -Melissa

A Fresh Telling of Beauty and the Beast

Scales

Often, we find ourselves yelling things at our favorite Hero on the screen like, "For crying out loud, don't do that! Don't go in there! Stop wasting your time! Watch out--don't you know what's in there?" We easily see the choices that the Hero makes that are flawed, impulsive, or just plain stupid. But very rarely do we notice such things about the Villain. What is it that the Villain does that the Hero is not doing, which makes him so successful? There's something about a Villain--a really great one--that keeps him in the game, that makes him a serious threat to the Hero, even after being beaten over and over again. How is it that a Villain keeps coming back, when similar failures and losses would crush a Hero and send him home forever, never again to don the super suit? Could it be that a Villain's methods, his mindset, his approach, are vastly different from a Hero's? And, if a Hero could learn to take these qualities and mesh them with his own already-existing awesomeness, could he perhaps avoid another devastating loss, a crushing defeat? Is that...in fact...what does make the Hero succeed in the end? That's what this book is about. Examining what truly is awesome about a great Villain, and showing YOU how you can put those qualities to use in your own life to do a great deal of good, instead of great evil. Be a great Hero. Take a few tips from the Villains.

Using Villainous Tactics to Do a World of Good

How to Be a Hero Like a Villain

THE WORLD'S MOST HAUNTING LOVE STORY--AS YOU HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED IT BEFORE...A cavalier vicomte--the new owner of the theatre--insists on having his own work performed, all the while being haunted by a devilish spirit. A young soprano's grief for her father's death has robbed her of her ability to sing. A world-famous tenor has been mysteriously summoned to Paris...And a shadowy figure lurks through the opera house, torn between his desire for love and beauty, and his need for a terrible revenge.

Retelling the Phantom of the Opera

Ghost

The Last Constantin

Lilias Lennox and her sister Evelia have lost everything. Their parents are dead, their brother is serving in India, and now their sole benefactor has died, leaving them at the mercy of their cold-hearted cousin. They have a choice: marry by the end of the year, or become destitute. The only sanctuary Lily can find from this tumult is the wild Yorkshire moor-and a secret garden. A garden that hasn't been opened in a century, on the grounds of nearby Misselthwaite Manor. And on the day of a terrible storm, a mishap in that garden suddenly brings Lily to the doorstep of the manor, and draws a chance meeting with the terrifying master of the house-whom no one has ever seen.

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