Maleen, Princess of Arden, longs to be free of her father’s plan to keep her safe from the Aharrans, a barbarous army threatening to invade their nation. He has given her two choices: exile in a tower that’s protected by the work of a Stone Sage, or marriage to Prince Jared of Dranneth, their ally to the north. Maleen chooses the tower, hoping it will give her beloved Prince Melanor of Pandor time to rescue her. But Melanor doesn’t arrive in time, and Maleen must come to terms with her decision.

Smuggins stands every day ready and waiting in the King's courtroom in the castle. It's the center of all the kingdom, perched high in its city, rising from the plains around it. The King's people love him, but there are rumors of unrest at the edges of kingdom

Awakening readers to mysteries all around.

A collection of free verse and form poetry anchored in a prose poem on baptisms she’s witnessed, Jen Rose Yokel’s second collection of poetry has grown as she transplanted from the South to New England.

Princess Maleen and her maidservant Marietta survived three years of exile in a tower only to escape and discover their kingdom’s capital, Ardenay, in ruins. Now Maleen must forge ahead and make her own decisions about her future, even though she has no idea of what has happened to her country or to her father, King Darrick. Why didn't Pandor and Prince Melanor come to their aid?

Honest, funny, and encouraging, this collection of "mom poetry" is written by a mother in the trenches of motherhood as a means of encouraging other moms. It's a perfect gift for any mother who needs a pick-me-up from a kindred spirit.

Since the dawn of time, children have wrestled with one frustrating question:

Why does mommy say no?!

Did you know that an orb weaver spider "eats" her web? Or that Smilax thorns come from a series of tumorous rhizomes connected underground? Rachel S. Donahue didn't either, until she started paying attention.

Asael is a kingdom in crisis.
Perhaps it is a coincidence that Anya arrived on Karan’s doorstep—without a past and with great skill in magic—the same night that Crown Prince Loran died, but Karan is not certain she believes in coincidence anymore.