Recently, Magic Carpet Books reprinted the entire Enchanted Forest Chronicles series, starting with Dealings With Dragons, and I couldn’t be happier. This is another one of those stories that takes all the traditional trappings of fairy tales, and turns them … Continue reading
Coraline Jones is a bright young girl with the soul of an explorer, and the heart of a hero. When her family moves into their new flat, she occupies herself with exploring her new environs. This leads her to the … Continue reading
Nimira left her homeland to seek her fortunes, but instead found work only as a trouser girl, singing the songs of her youth while men ogled her exotic charms. When an opportunity to better herself by singing accompaniment for a … Continue reading
Nya has a gift, and a curse. Like all Takers, she can heal with a touch, drawing the suffering into her own body. But instead of shifting the pain into pynvium, a metal capable of storing it for future use, … Continue reading
Kissing is the underlying theme of these three novellas, as Taylor weaves a set of stories highly reminiscent of Tanith Lee‘s Flat Earth series. “Goblin Fruit” is a literal and metaphorical descendant of Christina Rosetti’s “Goblin Market”, in which a … Continue reading
Growing up in an Arctic research station with her father, Cassie can’t imagine living anywhere else. No wonder that, when she turns eighteen and is told it’s time to go off to college, she immediately rejects the idea, preferring to … Continue reading
Ever wonder where the esteemed Captain James Hook came from? Well, long before the hook, the crocodile, Neverland, and a certain boy who could fly, there was just James Matthew, the bastard son of an English lord, a young man … Continue reading
For Princess Tatiana Anatolia, better known as Ana, nothing matters more to her than gaining the approval and love of her mother, a woman whose dominant characteristic is her overwhelming vanity. When Ana realizes that she might very well surpass … Continue reading
When Tria is invited to attend the prestigious Lesley Simonton School for the Magically Gifted in the land of Arucadi, she has no way of knowing what to expect. It’s supposed to be the best place in the land for … Continue reading
Samuel Lambert is an American sharpshooter and adventurer. Jane Brailsford is an English lady with a talent for defying propriety while maintaining her dignity. An unlikely pair, they’re thrown together by unusual circumstances when a secret military project being conducted … Continue reading
