After her drug-addicted mother dies, Miriam is placed in a convent by social services. For awhile, the sheltered existence is her haven. However, the safety of her sanctuary begins to stifle the day she comes across an employment ad for a caretaker in a local paper.Like Miriam, Gertrude was an orphan. Now she's the sea witch. A long time ago, she saved the mer kingdom from extinction. As payment, she demanded the service of the mer king's second son—and every second son thereafter....

After leaving an unfulfilling relationship, a young woman eats reckless amounts of doughnuts and candy, but there's never enough to fill the void inside her. One day, she comes across an audiobook exploring an old fairy tale and can't resist buying it. When she gets home and begins to listen to the recording, the voice of the cantadora--the keeper of old stories--and the tale she weaves about a wild child of the forest adopted by a wealthy old lady--feeds the young woman's starved spirit. ...

One afternoon, a young woman visits a tarot reader. As he interprets the images in a twenty-card spread, she reframes her childhood sorrow and embraces her future. The poignant journey is a story of awakening to life's magic.Once Upon a Time Today is a collection of contemporary fairy tale retellings for those who have already left home. The Girl Who Believed in Fairy Tales is a prelude to the collection and includes the three short stories:

Lily Dane is a bright light. A spiritually barren, consuming flame, she befriends girls whose inner lives are rich with dreams and compelling desire. Their unapologetic souls fascinate her. However, Lily’s interest in her peers isn’t friendly, she’s obsessed with the machinations of crushing their spirits.Lily also has a shadow who is sentient. A freak of nature? An abomination? Who knows? But Lily’s shadow is consumed with stopping the emotional and psychological devastation its h...

Heather Baker believes in fairy tales, and she turns to their timeless wisdom whenever life gets difficult. Again and again, the playfulness, symbolism, and deeper meaning in fairy tales have filled Heather with hope, nurtured her spirit, and fired her imagination. Sometimes touching, and sometimes humorous, these loosely biographical tales capture three transformative experiences in her life.Heather takes a poignant journey through her past with a tarot reader and awakens to...

Kerrin Mayham's eye for beauty has shaped her life. Now a mother, she wants to teach her daughter that beauty can be both nourishing and treacherous. However, Mirabella is far too young to hear the truth of her mother's hard-won knowledge, so Kerrin wraps a fantastical bedtime story of magic shoes, enchanted oak trees, witches, and sad kings around actual events.As mother tells the story and daughter interjects, Kerrin returns to her past when she was at the pinnacle of her career ...

A young woman cherishes her dreams of becoming a singer/songwriter. As she remains true to her heart and perseveres, her life transforms around her.Once Upon a Time Today is a collection of contemporary fairy tale retellings for those who have already left home. The Girl Who Believed in Fairy Tales is a prelude to the collection and includes the three short stories:"The Girl Who Watched for Elves""The Girl Who Dreamed of Red Shoes"

Born and raised in the Free Territories, Magnolia Lee Winthrop prefers the company of trees and nature to spending time with most people. Although she's not much of a talker, she's got plenty of strong opinions about life and how it should be lived, just like her grandmother. But it's her best friend, Graham, who understands their deep connection to the earth.The novella is a dystopian retelling of Han's Christian Andersen's "The Dryad."Once Upon a Time Today

Romantic, loose and messy (but in the nicest way!), and absolutely gorgeous, boho braids are everywhere—from celebrities on the red carpet to models on the runways, at music festivals, on fashion blogs, and in TV shows from Vikings to Game of Thrones. The look is modern, free-spirited, and fanciful, and everyone wants it! 40 tutorials offer up quick and pretty hair for everyday, as well as looks you can wear on special occasions. Herringbone pigtails and tiny braided head...

One bite of her luscious cupcakes and you just might fall in love…Nineteen-year-old Glynna Balcora’s super power is baking. A young witch, she’s lived her entire life tucked away in the quaint city of Spokane, WA with her domineering aunt and sweetheart of a grandmother. It’s not an ideal situation. Although Glynna loves her grandmother dearly, and treasures the special times they spend in their magical greenhouse, Glynna’s aunt keeps her niece on a tight leash usi...

In the third book of this epic science-fantasy series, Torlo Hannis leads a series of missions against the tyranny of Kamina. When he's captured and forced to entertain savage Mutis in their cruel killing arenas, the strange Muti, Sziat, guides Torlo on a puzzling journey that reveals the true extend of the empire's malice. Now the Prophet Kalinis is demanding that all must submit to its absolute power. Can Torlo and Sziat successfully challenge this...CONQUEST OF NOOMAS? The thrilling con...

Adt and Sarleni, swordsman and slavegirl, lost at sea and attempting to survive, were soon to discover the horrid truths concerning Noomas' future. Sarleni, trained in the mental powers of the Zygo, offered the only weapon that could resist the Muti forces set to stop them on their journey to the other side of the planet. A thrilling science-fantasy adventure, with swords flying in the skilled hands of a master swordsman!