Calianna Grace doesn’t know how much longer she can tell herself that she doesn’t want more out of life. She works hard so she can stand on her own two feet, not wanting any charity from the close friends she has found over the years. She’s gotten used to working her many jobs and has become too comfortable in the stagnant relationship she developed during her time in Deadgrove. But it isn’t enough, and she knows sooner or later, something is going to go wrong if she doesn’t do something about it.

Holt Prescott is a con man on the run. After being discovered in a compromising situation by his boss, he is forced to flee the big city of New Lanta. Now not only is he on the run from the law but also the biggest mob boss New Lanta has ever seen. When his motorcycle breaks down in a dead-end town that doesn’t even have a stoplight, he knows he has officially hit rock bottom.

When Holt stumbles into the only restaurant in town, road weary and exhausted, he saves Cali from a nasty spill. Suddenly, the little town doesn't seem quite so boring anymore, and Cali finds herself wishing that it was. She decides that the best course of action is to avoid the handsome, smooth talking stranger, and Holt decides that he only wants her. While trying to get enough money to replace the part he needs for his motorcycle, he does what he can to get a job working alongside Cali. However, the job she gets him at the church doesn't quite turn out the way he expects. After spending more time together, Holt learns that Cali is more than a pretty face, and Cali realizes that Holt isn’t the man she first assumed he was. Between church services and getting ready for the harvest party, their feelings for each other slowly start to change. But when Holt’s past comes to call, will the two of them be strong enough to face it? Or will Holt’s past sins ruin their lives before they can even start?

Cast out of her family, Larken Hale, the Daughter of the Military, is forced to take up the cause to appease her family. Leaving everything she knows and loves behind, Larken sets out and tries to find her own way.
Captain Soren Deckard has only ever known the military, and he understands what is expected of him. But when the District Heiress joins the squad he has worked so hard to perfect, she turns everything he thought he knew upside down.
When their two lives clash together, it seems like nothing will survive the carnage. Together, they must learn to trust and accept the other. But when feelings and emotions are set on fire, will the two make it out to the other side?

Warning: Spoilers for Defender

Larken is home, but everything feels wrong. She's happy to be back with Vallen and to explore her new friendship with Shadric, but she left her heart back in the Squad 19 Dorm. The war pulls her from both sides, but she's lost in the middle, torn between who she was and who she's called to be.
Soren refuses to fill the empty spot on his squad, but won't admit the real reason why. He watches as the woman he can't stop thinking about is paraded in the media and constantly torn apart. So when Vallen issues him new orders, he jumps at the chance to leave his old life behind.
When Larken is forced into a situation that will remove her from the Military District - and her mother's clutches - once and for all, Larken and Soren will have to decide who they want to be, and what they mean to each other. Do they follow the paths scripted for them or join the cause that's calling them?

Warning: Spoilers for Defender & Betrayer

Fleeing for their lives, Larken and Soren run to the only safe place left for them...
Larken finds herself torn between doing what is right and what is easy. She wants to do what Vallen always expected of her and what Maxim asks, but the voices in her head make it difficult to hear anything else.
Soren always expected to go through life alone, but Larken managed to turn his world upside down so completely that he's not sure what he wants anymore. And when he decides, he can only hope that Larken feels the same way.
Taking up arms, the Faithfuls collide with the Vigilants, and the world is thrust into chaos and darkness. Only faith will see Larken and Soren through this war. The time has come to make a stand…whether they are ready or not.

Welcome to the world of madness, riddles, and wonder.

Within these pages, multiple authors weave short stories and novelettes that twist and turn everything you thought you knew about falling down the rabbit hole.

The hat seller is madly determined to leave Wonderland. A shapeshifting Chesire seeks to retrieve his voice. A Spade digs his fellow guard’s graves. A prince sets out to slay the Jabberwock. Alice’s sister conspires to save her from the Madman’s Menagerie. Ginger wanders too deep into a looming forest. A hat tailor is in over his head with love. Madwomen ban together to free the newest member of their institute. A vampire faces off with the White King and Queen to save his partner in crime.

So, turn the page if you dare. But you’ve been warned. We’re all mad here.

You are invited...

To the annual game where teenage competitors search Sky Manor for the key to open a vault hidden behind the deceptive walls. The winner will have the wealth of a lifetime, but there is one catch.

One contestant must die.

This year, seven people step off the zeppelin to compete. A banker's son. A rich gentleman. A nice girl. A poor shopkeeper. A gold digger. An outsider. A thief. All have secrets of their own, and all have reasons to kill.

When one player turns up dead, the other six find themselves in a game of cat and mouse, the murderer among them.

Who will win, and who will die?

Grimm’s Fairy Tales like you’ve never seen them before…​

What do you get when you cross Sleeping Beauty with vampire hunters?

The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was with vengeful ghosts?​

What about Rapunzel in space?​

Worlds collide in this anthology from SnowRidge Press, where your favorite fairy tales are reimagined with elements from the Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and Contemporary genres.

Featuring authors C.C. Urie, Beka Gremikova, Hannah Carter, Katie Hanna, Mariella Taylor, Allie Sarah, Eva Grace, Abigail McKenna, and Ben Hanna

C.C. Urie's story Slave and King is featured in Tales From the Backcountry, an anthology based on the world of M. L. Little's Seventh Realms Trilogy. In Slave and King, readers will get to learn about King Wedricus of the Dells and Princess Emmarella of the Highlands. Together, Ric and Emma must learn to overcome every prejudice they have...especially since Ric is the one who enslaved Emma to begin with.

The king is dead and Talmarain has fallen, but the Dravens (and others) have tales to tell yet. In this anthology, M.L. Little and seven community authors present the following stories:

Mystery, adventure, danger, and hope abound when you return to the golden shores of the Seventh Realm.