Cinderella's Secret Diary (Book 1: Lost)
Category: Young Adult Gothic Novel
Length: 71,000 words
Age Rating: 15 or older
Available for the Kindle and in print on Amazon.
What happened to Cinderella after she married the Prince? Set in the late 1700s as Napoleon is rising to power, Cinderella embarks on a journey of self-discovery as she tries to come to terms with her failed marriage and her inability to have a child. Torn between the Queen's insistence that she try all means necessary to conceive and her own desires, she agrees to travel to Paris to consult with a witch to help her become pregnant. Her journey leads her to find her long lost Fairy Godmother and aids her to solve the mystery behind her mother's death. Yet the Fey Lord, the Silver Fox, also takes notice in her and her world is suddenly turned upside down...
Available on the Kindle, Barnes and Noble for the Nook and in print on Amazon. Learn more.
END: An Apocalyptic Anthology
Category: Post-apocalyptic, end of the world anthology
Length: 36,500 words
Age Rating: 15 or older
Price: The book costs $2.99 for the Kindle Edition and Nook versions. A print version is also available for $6.99. All proceeds from sales of this anthology benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, which ensures children with cancer and other catastrophic illnesses can get treated regardless of their ability to pay.
END features six stories about the end of the world from indie publishing's rising stars. The Mayan Calendar ends on December 21st, 2012, and some people believe that heralds apocalypse. What better way to go out than with a collection of shocking, thrilling, and sexy stories?
In Kendall Grey's LÁ BREITHE, humble Irish trader Fynn McKenna wakes up in a field surrounded by burnt bodies. Fear for his wife's safety spurs him on a desperate journey to find her. With no recollection of what happened or where he is, he welcomes the companionship of a glib bard who joins him along the way. But, as each returning memory becomes more vivid and horrific than the last, Fynn fears neither he nor his new friend is exactly what he seems.
If the world was going to end tomorrow, would you sleep with a stranger tonight? Amelia James's sensual LAST NIGHT IN VEGAS explores love at the end of days.
Trapped on a dying Earth, Eden must decide to flee with a man she hardly knows or stand her ground as it crumbles below her feet in Angela Kulig's A STARSHOT IN HELL.
Morgan McCoy's WHIMPER brings us to a world put to sleep by power-hungry psychics. When all the survivors have special abilities, who will end up taking control of what's left?
In DESTROYER OF WORLDS, Dennis Sharpe shows us that sometimes there can be forces at play in our world that are larger and more powerful than those that can end all of existence. Even the seemingly most insignificant of lives can have an enormous impact on the world, and every living creature. Death isn’t always the end, and to some even an apocalypse can be little more than a means to an end.
Ron Vitale's SUCH SINNERS WE ARE plays out the last few hours before the world goes out with a bang. Before all hell breaks loose with the light and dark side claiming souls, Tommy stumbles upon the power to see who is damned or saved. With precious little time left and the FBI chasing after him, he learns that he is one of the damned. With the fate of the world hanging in the balance, all depends on Tommy's final choice.
Dorothea's Song
Category: Epic Fantasy Novel
Length: 119,000 words
Age Rating: 17 or older
Available for the Kindle on Amazon.
Peter is your typical high school student, but when his mother’s marriage falls apart he copes by dreaming up the story of Dorothea, an elf who lives in the magical Bois d’or forest. Inspired by classic high-fantasy themes, his tale has all the makings of a great adventure—a brave elvish warrior, a ruthless coven of witches, a renegade elf lord and a kingdom on the verge of collapse. But as the chaos intensifies in both the real world and his imagined one, Peter is forced to take a daring stand in each.
Available on Amazon for the Kindle, Smashwords (in a variety of ebook formats) and as an audiobook on Podiobooks.com. Learn more.
The Jovian Gate Chronicles
Category: Science Fiction Novella
Length: 26,500 words
Age Rating: 15 or older.
Price: Kindle Edition $.99 on Amazon
What happens when humans, ruled by the Catholic Church and the Confederacy, cross paths with intelligent aliens that claim to be prophets from God? Find out in The Jovian Gate Chronicles--a science fiction short story series that consists of four episodes that tell individual stories of the Jovian Gate. Partake on a journey to learn who opened the gate, question whether aliens truly are communicating with God and learn what humanity's ultimate destiny will be.
Available on Amazon for the Kindle and as an audiobook on Podiobooks.com. Learn more.
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The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls
MG dark fairy tale | Tumblr | soundtrack
While investigating the sudden disappearance of her best — and only — friend, Lawrence, 12-year-old Victoria Wright uncovers dark secrets about her seemingly perfect town and the reclusive Mrs. Cavendish’s living, breathing orphanage.
coming from Simon & Schuster BFYR, Fall 2012!
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Cracked
YA fantasy; re-telling of The Nutcracker | Tumblr
To find her abducted father and keep her sister safe from the lecherous politicians of her City, 16-year-old Clara Stole must journey to the wintry kingdom of Cane. There, Anise, Queen of the faeries, has ousted the royal family in favor of her own totalitarian, human-hating regime. Clara’s only companion is 18-year-old Nicholas, Cane’s rightful Prince, whom she freed from a curse that left him trapped in disfiguring faery magic — but time is running out, for both the Prince and Clara’s family, and Cane is anything but sweet.
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