A poignantly humorous, whimsical new adult fairytale romance with a twist inspired by true events. Embrace your awkward. Be unique. Change your fairytale … Peregrine Storke is an artist with an odd sketchbook full of pictures she’s drawn since she was a child. It is a book full of strange sketches and awkward characters, for there is no better way to hide from bullying and life than to create a world of your own. With a stroke of her pencil, she has given life to a spectacled princess, a freckle-nosed king, a candy loving troll, a two-horned unicorn, and a graceless fairy. At nineteen, Peregrine leaves her home, her sketchbook, and awkwardness behind. But what happens when something goes wrong in the world of Awkward? Trapped inside of her complex realm with the bully she thought to leave behind, Peregrine discovers there is nothing worse than falling for your own villain.
268 pages
—Oliver and the Dragon: Princess Eliza has been kidnapped by a dragon, and is being held in his cave. The dragon demands the kingdoms crown, so he would become king. If he won’t get it in three days, he will eat the princess. It is only a small kingdom, and all the knights tried to rescue her, but got burned up by the dragon’s fire. One of these knights was the older brother of young Oliver.
He wants to avenge his brother and rescue the princess, but he’s not a great knight like his brother was. But he wears his old armor, and comes armed with a story
—Jolly Monster :A monster who loves scaring little children receives a surprise when visiting a house of a little girl.
—Bedtime Monsters : Amelia is a little girl who has a problem – there are monsters in her room preventing her to sleep. Usually her big sister Hannah was the one who would chase them out, but since she left for university their mom has to do that but not as well as Hannah did. So when mom calls Hannah for help, she teaches Amelia how to get rid of bedtime monsters herself.
—Jolly Mushroom : Vivian goes to pick mushrooms with her parents and finds much to her surprise a jolly talking mushroom.
—Scruff the Dog :Joel and Isaac are two brothers who are constantly arguing and fighting with each other. This continues until they find an abandoned dog and start taking care of him.
41 pages
Suzie Sparkle had always loved reading. It wasn’t surprising, since her father owned a bookshop. What she liked best was the feeling of being carried away to another world, a world of make-believe and imagination. It was a safe way to experience adventure, excitement and danger. At least, it was until they collected THAT book.
They got it from a woman who looked like a witch, and who lived in the most dangerous part of town. It was an old book, with an air of mystery about it. Suzie couldn’t wait to get it home and start deciphering the faded old writing on its stiff and dusty pages.
So when she finally sat down with it, all on her own, she accidentally discovered another, dangerous way to be taken to other worlds – worlds of magic, fantasy and deadly peril…… Come and join Suzie Sparkle as she explores the worlds within the mysterious book, and faces a threat that could mean the end of both herself and her brother.
Age Level: 7 – 12 | Grade Level: 3 – 6 116 pages
Barnabus Mupatch is a street urchin who grew up on the dirty back streets of the great medieval city of Waxminster. Daily life is a struggle for survival. Both the City Watch and the criminal Deadhand gang have no time or sympathy for the children who live in the streets, so they are forced to fend for themselves.
Barnabus has always been lucky in his life – at least, so far. This leads him to take risks that others wouldn’t dare to. Like creeping onto the tournament field, and sneaking inside a knight’s pavilion. Like trying on the suit of armour he finds there, and being mistaken for a real knight. Like sitting on a warhorse, and having to fight the greatest knight in the land…….
Whether by luck or destiny, Barnabus is transported on a whirlwind adventure that takes him away from his Waxminster home, and into hair-raising confrontations with deadly demons and the most powerful wizard in the kingdom! Join him as he makes new friends and becomes the unlikeliest of heroes! His life will never be the same again
Age Level: 7 – 12 | Grade Level: 3 – 6 228 pages
Gift shop owner Stormy Day is settling into her new life until she comes across a frozen body, hidden inside a well-dressed snowman. When her own father is implicated in the murder, Stormy must chase down clues and uncover the town’s secrets herself.
As she draws closer to identifying the killer, Stormy’s own life may be in danger. That is unless Jeffrey, the mischievous Russian Blue cat who led her to the icy body in the first place, can flick his sleek gray tail at the final piece in the puzzle.
358 pages
300 years ago, Raven St. James was hanged for witchcraft. But she revives among the dead to find herself alive. She is an Immortal High Witch, one of the light.
A note from her mother warns that there are others, those of the Dark, who preserve their own lives by taking the hearts of those like her. Duncan Wallace’s forbidden love for the secretive lass costs him his life. 300 years later, he loves her again, tormented by hazy memories of a past that can’t be real.
She tells him of another lifetime, claims to be immortal. Though he knows she’s deluded, he can’t stay away. And the Dark Witch after her heart is far closer than either of them know.
354 pages