Dylan Kinkaide’s wild, crazy life was turned upside down when he met Selah Cross. Assigned to protect her, Dylan inexplicably fell for her, but she refused to let anything happen between them because of their difference of faith. More than the undeniable attraction he felt for her, her unwavering faith in God made him question his own disbelief in God and started him on a journey to discovering his own faith in God. After years of shutting herself away from the possibility of another chanc...

A Lost Princess. A Mysterious Box. A World full of Unhappily Ever Afters. It's been a year since Queen Erianna and Crown Prince Gabriel were married after the Summer solstice. The Lord of Darkness promised that everyone's happy stories wouldn't last, and that promise has been coming true in each of the realms. Key members of the realms have gone missing. Lines between light and darkness have been blurred. Loyalties are being called into question. It seems like everyone's stories have been ...

A princess of light, forever bound to darkness. A son of darkness, forever longing for the beauty of light. It has been months since Princess Julianna’s brother, Gabriel, left for the Winter realm to discover the source of the Spring realm’s waning power. Upon his return, strange things begin to occur. The kingdom’s healer has taken on a new apprentice named Darien from the realm of darkness and Julianna’s ties to the darkness seem to be taking a stronger hold on her life. Her mysterious d...

Two sisters torn apart by a curse. A prince on a quest to save his realm. Erianna was banished by the Snow Queen at a very young age because of a curse that turned her into a beast every full moon. She must find a way to break the curse by her 21st birthday or she will remain a beast forever. After years of isolation, she finds herself in the abandoned garden of a young girl who looks a lot like the sister she was forced to leave behind. Knowing she will be in grave danger if the Snow Quee...

Selah Cross's normal, quiet life is thrown into disarray and chaos when she meets Dylan Kinkaide. A rare artifact that was connected to her parents' death resurfaces after fifteen years and could be the key to saving the museum she works at. When the artifact goes missing and the museum director ends up dead, Selah and Dylan must set off to find the artifact and prove her innocence while unearthing secrets from the past- not to mention the unexpected feelings for each other that they are r...

A princess born of fire and flames. A half-blooded prince who longs to return his land to its former glory. Two of the royals are joining their realms through marriage the eve after the summer solstice, but the other realms aren't happy about it. As a result, the rulers of the summer and fall realms are frantic to unite their two realms in a similar alliance. There's only one problem- the king of the summer realm doesn't want the other realms to find out why he's kept his daughter hidden a...

Timely, thoughtful, and comprehensive, this text directly supports pre-service and in-service teachers in developing curriculum and instruction that both addresses and exceeds the requirements of English language arts standards. It demonstrates how the Common Core State Standards as well as other local and national standards’ highest and best intentions for student success can be implemented from a critical, culturally relevant perspective firmly grounded in current literacy learning theor...