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Princess Lisha has been assigned to lead a troop of serpent riders in protecting her kingdom. The nobles who join her ranks want little to do with her. She’s an outsider to be protected, not a fighter meant to defend her people. When ancient mysteries surface, she knows she can’t ask her family or peers for help deciphering them. There is a duke, though, one who skirts the edges of society.

A world of steam, where clockwork creations tick away the seconds of a beating heart that turns with cogs and gears. Be mindful of who you love, for most hide behind a brass mask. These stories by best-selling author Jordan Elizabeth will take you into danger, and if you have your top hat on and your corset tightly laced, you might come out unscathed on the other side. Or you might be something new.

This collection of short stories delves into the steampunk realm, visits the paranormal, and encounters everything in between.

Bianca Harker wants out of the life facing her as a prostitute's daughter. Her plan to live with her grandparents is short-lived when they marry her off to an airship merchant. When he dies suddenly, Bianca decides to fight for the failing business. The chance for independence is within her grasp...as long as she can save the business.

With blood dripping from her wrists, 17-year-old Tabitha hopes to find peace in death. Instead, the Gray Man sucks her into his kingdom, where she must obey him to die. The Gray Man sends suicide victims to steal enchanted items he needs for his return to his homeland. Tabitha must cheat and steal – even commit murder – or face physical pain and mental torment. When the Gray Man reveals her mother’s suffering, Tabitha realizes the life she left is the only thing she desires.

An asylum patient has a cryptic vision: Clark will overthrow the presidency. She's just insane...right? When a clockwork lion kidnaps their daughter, Clark and Amethyst's calm new life shatters. Hunting down the beast leads the Grishams and Treasures to a conspiracy not just against Clark but also against the country.

While watching a play in Zink Garden, a mechanical actor goes haywire and steals a box that Lady Rachel holds dear. When Edna goes after the machine, she realizes its actually an urchin in disguise. He leads her into the cursed Zink Hotel. Edna doesn't believe in curses. But, maybe, she should.

Thirteen-year-old Charity can escape her unpleasant reality by stepping through the parlor closet of her mother’s new home, a mansion built in the 1800s. In her hometown of Talbot, New York, in the year 1880, she doesn’t have to worry about her depressed father skipping his medications or her mother flirting with her coworker. Instead, she gets to know the hatter’s son, who shows her a lifestyle of manners and pride. Few have ever accepted Charity’s old-fashioned ways…until now.

Serena Cole can kick serious butt, thanks to young women only she can see. School bullies aren’t a problem, but Serena’s mental health might be. To shield Serena from a dark secret, her family tries to convince her that her friends are imaginary. Fleeing her distrustful aunt, Serena joins her mother on an archaeological dig at Kistishi Island.

A podcast with Jordan and Elizabeth Work. We believe that God is at work in your life, in your family, and in our nation. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works - (Eph. 2:10).

Missing treasure, a dying aunt and a child left behind are more than enough mysteries for Viola. Viola is a young teacher in the settlement of Hillside, NY in the 1890s. She adores her Aunt Helen, but her aunt has secrets. On her deathbed, Aunt Helen reveals she abandoned her young daughter, Bessie. Determined to reunite her aunt with Bessie, Viola sets out to find the child. Viola is in for more shocking news as she unravels the past.

In 1600, Alven took revenge on her neglectful family through the dark arts. Her village burned her as a witch, but she immortalized herself as a Wittewijven, the Dutch spirit of a healer, and sought the English god who’d taught her his evil magic. He created a world for her, but she had to populate it by kidnapping people from Earth. Death haunts the living.

Darkness once twisted Adelaide Dinsmore’s mind, but she thought she had grown out of that. Her job as a teacher in Hedlund proved that - until she discovers one of her students dead and the town turns against her. As her mind starts to crumble, she is offered a new job, this time as a governess for Gentleman Bennett’s granddaughter back east.

Fort Gifford, a reconstructed fort from the Revolutionary War, draws people in every year for the holiday celebration. Mauve loves volunteering at Fort Gifford, and the holiday celebration is her favorite time of the year. This year, however, might be the last. Can Mauve save the place she calls home? Hiram likes reality TV more than he does history. Fort Gifford is one of the last places he wants to visit, but it might be the place that finally brings him happiness and true love.

All Zara wanted to do was pass her Spanish final and graduate high school, but suddenly she’s waking up in an unknown hospital. The east coast is destroyed and she’s one of the few survivors. The government has assigned her to Outpost Eight, an abandoned Catskills resort converted into a fortress. Not only does Zara have to come to terms with the loss of everything she’s ever known, but the leader of Outpost Eight marries her to his son.

Dylan Hatfield is the outcast in her new town. It isn’t just that her “crazy” grandmother scares people away, but the real problem lies with her best friends: They’re imaginary. Dylan’s bullied by her classmates to the point of physical abuse, and there’s no point in reporting it anymore. She knows it’s crazy to still believe in imaginary friends when she’s about to graduate from high school, but they’re her only solace. Then, they ask Dylan to help them possess the bullies. That’s crazy, right? It will never work.

Celeste struggles with finding her way from a dark past, until she gets a summer volunteer gig at the local historical fair. Enter: outrageous actors, dominating psychics, and ghosts stirred by a medium’s presence. With the help of the psychic’s son - who isn’t at all what her dream date would look like but rather endearing all the same - Celeste uncovers secrets about the village left hidden among the dilapidated buildings.

Seventeen-year-old Clark Treasure assumes the drink he stole off the captain is absinthe...until the chemicals in the liquid give him the ability to awaken the dead. A great invention for creating perfect soldiers, yes, but Clark wants to live as a miner, not a slave to the army or the deceased. On the run, Clark turns to his estranged mining tycoon father for help. The Treasures welcome Clark with open arms, so he jumps at the chance to help them protect their ranch against Senator Horan, a man who hates anyone more powerful than he.

When Keziah’s grandmother, Oma, is diagnosed with dementia, Keziah faces two choices: Leave her family and move to New Winchester to care for Oma, or stay in New York City and allow her grandmother to live in a nursing home miles away. The dementia causes Oma to be rude and paranoid, nothing like the woman Keziah remembers. Each day becomes a greater weight and love a harsher burden. Keziah must keep Oma from wandering off or falling, and try to convince her grandmother to see a doctor as her eyesight and hearing fail, but Oma refuses to believe anything is wrong.

Mariah Thorn wasn’t strong enough to save her parents. With her heart broken and her confidence shattered, she’s sent to live with a werewolf clan where she can be protected. Her plan to remain lost in the shadows takes a wrong turn when she’s alone with Joe Clinton under a full moon. Something about her draws him in, and that’s terrifying to Mariah, when all she wants to do is remain unnoticed. Joe Clinton loves the real Mariah Thorn, not the quiet girl who fades into the background of his clan. When assassins attack Clinton Hall, Mariah realizes she can’t hide forever.