Sharon Shinn

National bestselling author Sharon Shinn introduces a rich new fantasy world, one in which people believe that five essential elements rule all things and guide their lives.

Troubled Waters

Chronicles the story of Coriel Halsing, who had spent many glorious summers with her half-sister at Castle Auburn chasing and falling in love with a handsome prince who could never be hers, but now that she is grown she begins to understand the dark side of the magical palace. Reprint.

Summers at Castle Auburn

"The most promising and original writer of fantasy to come along since Robin McKinley."—Peter S. Beagle, best-selling author of The Last Unicorm Damiana is safe-keeper in the small village of Tambleham. Neighbors and strangers alike come one by one, in secret, to tell her things they dare not share with anyone else, knowing that Damiana will keep then to herself. One late night, a mysterious visitor from the city arrives with an unusual secret for the Safe-Keeper—a newborn baby. Damiana, who is expecting her own child, agrees to take the foundling. She names him Reed and raises him side by side with her daughter, Fiona. Ad the years pass and the two children grow into teenagers, they must come to terms with who they are—and who they may be.

The Safe-Keeper's Secret

Colleen's planet has been conquered by the Derichets and she has an opportunity to join a band of rebels called the Chromatti, but she must decide if joining the revolution is worth giving up her quiet rural home.

Shattered Warrior

A magic wielder and mystic, Cammon must put aside his growing feelings for Princess Amalie to offer readings of the souls of her prospective suitors for any potential threats and begins to suspect that Amalie herself may possess magical powers, a revelation that could endanger her life and plunge the entire kingdom into chaos. By the author of Dark Moon Defender.

Reader and Raelynx

When king's Rider Justin comes to the aid of Ellynor, a young novice at a convent, he is unaware that she is a mystic being who is being manipulated by fanatical Daughters of the Pale Moon into seeking out and destroying other mystics. By the author of The Thirteenth House. 17,500 first printing.

Dark Moon Defender

Kirra, a shiftling, returns home from a mission to rescue Romar Brendan only to find that her half-sister Casserah has been named heir and she falls in love with the married Lord Romar, a tempestuous affair that places them both in mortal danger.

The Thirteenth House

Leah Frothen has spent five years in self-imposed exile, recovering from a failed relationship and hating herself for abandoning her baby daughter. Now she's back in Welce, determined to find her place in society and learn to be a mother. When the regent asks her to spy on mysterious ambassadors from a visiting nation, Leah finds herself developing a dangerous friendship with an unscrupulous foreign woman and falling in love with a man she's not even sure she can trust. And soon she learns that everyone -- her regent, her lover, and even her daughter -- have secrets that could save the nation, but might very well break her heart.

Unquiet Land

Master storyteller Sharon Shinn created the thrilling and enchanting world of Welce in her acclaimed novel Troubled Waters. Return with her to that elemental universe in this tale of secrecy, romance, and a battle for power… Josetta is a princess of one of the Five Families. But she is far from the throne, so she is free to spend her days working in the poorest sections of the city. Rafe Adova lives the life of a career gambler in those slums. He has no real ambition—until the night he helps a girl named Corene, who looks like she’s stumbled into the wrong bar. Josetta is fascinated by the man who has helped her sister. Rafe is unlike anyone she’s encountered—someone seemingly devoid of elemental blessings. Rafe is also drawn to Josetta, but when he is assaulted by foreign mercenaries and they discover the reason behind the attack, Rafe and Josetta realize that the truth could endanger not only their newfound love, but also their very lives…

Royal Airs

Marjorie M. Liu

Laurell K. Hamilton

Yasmine Galenorn

This collection of stories, based on the classic idea of the "Faerie Tale Wedding," includes Laurell K. Hamilton's "Can He Bake a Cherry Pie," in which a princess, taking her own destiny in hand, rescues a pampered prince from an evil sorceress. Original.

Never After

Behind the walls of a vast family estate called Fortune, Wen, a Warrior Rider hired to protect a young heiress, must face a terrifying challenge that will lead her into a confrontation with her ultimate destiny, in a new novel set in the world of the Twelve Houses series.

Fortune and Fate

The national bestselling author of Troubled Waters and Royal Airs returns to her Elemental Blessings series with the story of a young princess who will need more than blessings to survive in a kingdom where everyone will do whatever it takes to claim the throne... As one of the four princesses of Welce, Corene always thought she might one day become queen. Only circumstances changed, leaving fiery Corene with nothing to show for a life spent playing the game of court intrigue--until a chance arises to become the ruler of a nearby country. After stowing away on a ship bound for Malinqua with her loyal bodyguard, Foley, Corene must try to win the throne by making a play to marry one of the empress's three nephews. But Corene is not the only foreign princess in search of a crown. Unaccustomed to being anyone's friend, Corene is surprised to find companionship among her fellow competitors. But behind Malinqua's beautiful facade lie many secrets. The visiting princesses are more hostages than guests. And as the deadly nature of the court is revealed, Corene must rely on both her new allies and Foley's unwavering protection--for the game she has entered is far more perilous than she ever imagined...

Jeweled Fire

Meljean Brook

Ilona Andrews

Nalini Singh

Collects four romance novellas involving angels, including tales in which a woman finds a blind, tormented angel in a secluded mansion, and a vampire becomes obsessed with an angel who rules the Louisiana territory.

Angels of Darkness

Collects four novellas set in the world of the Twelve Houses, where a woman with a past is chosen as an angel's lover, a gulden man searches for his long-lost mother, and a mystic discovers her power to control fire.

Quatrain

Created out of frozen embryonic tissue, Jenna Starborn grows up unloved and unwanted, until she journeys to the planet Fieldstar to take a job at Thorrastone, an estate owned by an enigmatic and reclusive aristocrat. Reprint.

Jenna Starborn

Twins Eleda, who can tell only the truth, and Adele, who cannot reveal others' secrets, are sorely tested by a newly arrived pair of handsome dance instructors who seem to harbor a secret.

The Truth-Teller's Tale

A Murder and a MasqueradeBrianna loves her new job as maid to Lady Marguerite. Like many high nobles, Marguerite is attended by echoes, silent creatures who look exactly like her and move in perfect synchronicity. News soon comes that Marguerite has been invited to the royal city as a potential bride for the crown prince. Brianna is delighted to accompany Marguerite to the city-and perhaps get a chance to continue her own flirtation with Nico, one of the king's inquisitors.Then, disaster strikes on the road when they come under attack. The brutal assault forces Marguerite and Brianna to concoct a desperate plan. Their subterfuge just might work-but only if Brianna can keep Nico from learning the truth. And only if Marguerite can give up her own secret, doomed romance.And all that's at stake-is the future of the kingdom.

Echo in Onyx

Injured, Jovah, the reigning archangel, chooses Alleluia to be her sucessor, but her fate and the fate of the planet may depend on a mortal man who believes only in science

Jovah's Angel

Tamar, a child of the Jacobites, seeks to fulfill her destiny while joining forces with the angel Jared, reuniting with her sister, surviving the wrath of the reigning Archangel Bael, and discovering the truth about Samaria's "god."

The Alleluia Files

Seventeen-year-old heiress Averie Winston travels with her guardian to faraway Chiarrin, a country her father's army has occupied, and once she arrives and is reunited with her fiance, she discovers that her notions about politics, propriety, the military, and even her intended have changed.

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