They should've known when they damned me... Hell makes monsters of us all.Nova has lived all her life in The Garden, an island that floats above Earth, undetected. Her secret friendship with the Prince changed to something more and all that stands in the way of the life she’s been dreaming of is her Totem Ceremony–an age-old rite that assigns one of four elements she'll spend her life protecting.When Nova's ceremony goes horribly wrong, she's place...

Bend the knee. Take the Oath. Live forever.South Boston, 1970.When Leigh Austen's husband died in the jungles of Vietnam, her world collapsed. But two Halloweens later, she's ready to begin living her life again — starting by making amends with a longtime friend.Charming Dublin expat Michael Kelly runs the most popular Irish pub in Southie. But no crowd of high-tipping revelers has ever been as welcome a sight as that of Leigh walking throu...

Resist the thirst.South Boston, 1982.SarahI quit the music industry for good, and it's time to return to Boston and face my ghosts. Nothing has really changed in my old neighborhood, except the creepy old Darragh house next to mine. My reclusive neighbor is renovating it, and he's not the friendly type.Cillian Darragh is grumpy, abrasive, and doesn't believe me when a creeper scares me in my own house. Wherever I go, I can't help bu...

Resist the thirst.South Boston, 1982.SarahI quit the music industry for good, and it's time to return to Boston and face my ghosts. Nothing has really changed in my old neighborhood, except the creepy old Darragh house next to mine. My reclusive neighbor is renovating it, and he's not the friendly type.Cillian Darragh is grumpy, abrasive, and doesn't believe me when a creeper scares me in my own house. Wherever I go, I can't help bu...

Resist the thirst.South Boston, 1982.SarahI quit the music industry for good, and it's time to return to Boston and face my ghosts. Nothing has really changed in my old neighborhood, except the creepy old Darragh house next to mine. My reclusive neighbor is renovating it, and he's not the friendly type.Cillian Darragh is grumpy, abrasive, and doesn't believe me when a creeper scares me in my own house. Wherever I go, I can't help bu...

Resist the thirst.South Boston, 1982.SarahI quit the music industry for good, and it's time to return to Boston and face my ghosts. Nothing has really changed in my old neighborhood, except the creepy old Darragh house next to mine. My reclusive neighbor is renovating it, and he's not the friendly type.Cillian Darragh is grumpy, abrasive, and doesn't believe me when a creeper scares me in my own house. Wherever I go, I can't help bu...

Here be dragons and sorcery, time travel and sorrow.Vicious garden gnomes. A grounded phoenix rider. A new mother consumed with vengeance. A dying god. Soul magic. These stories wrestle with the experience of loss—of loved ones, of relationships, of a sense of self, of health—and forge a path to hope as characters fight their way forward.From bestsellers and SPFBO finalists to rising voices, 13 exceptionally talented authors explore the many facets of grief...

Rhett Hebert has harbored a secret crush on autumn-loving Amelia Murphy since childhood, but one embarrassing incident in high school was enough to make them avoid one another for the last ten years. Now a dying fall festival and a decades-long cold case have inexplicably brought them together once more.Amelia is tasked to serve as organizer of the annual fall festival by her demanding boss at the local chamber of commerce. She hopes to give it new life and prove she has what it ta...

A Christmas competition will decide who will marry the prince.Seventeen-year-old Holly wants nothing more than full bellies for her family on Christmas. Instead, she's whisked away and tasked to compete against eleven other girls in a series of Christmas-themed contests to win the heart of the reclusive prince. To make matters worse, the prince is an arrogant, servant-hating jerk, or so she thinks. The real prince is hiding in plain sight, waiting for the competi...

To be fair, everyone was already dead when I got there.My name is Valerie and I’m a traitor . . . At least, that’s what the Valkyries tell me when I arrive in purgatory. I can’t remember, so how the hell can I prove my innocence? In the meantime, the Valkyries are training me to help them keep the darkness at bay, but I’m pretty sure they got the wrong girl. You see, the darkness calls to me, and the closer I get to it, the more I suspect the Valkyries might be rig...

To be fair, everyone was already dead when I got there.My name is Valerie and I’m a traitor . . . At least, that’s what the Valkyries tell me when I arrive in purgatory. I can’t remember, so how the hell can I prove my innocence? In the meantime, the Valkyries are training me to help them keep the darkness at bay, but I’m pretty sure they got the wrong girl. You see, the darkness calls to me, and the closer I get to it, the more I suspect the Valkyries might be rig...

A Christmas competition will decide who will marry the prince.Seventeen-year-old Holly wants nothing more than full bellies for her family on Christmas. Instead, she's whisked away and tasked to compete against eleven other girls in a series of Christmas-themed contests to win the heart of the reclusive prince. To make matters worse, the prince is an arrogant, servant-hating jerk, or so she thinks. The real prince is hiding in plain sight, waiting for the competiti...