Teen Western

A stunning fantasy inspired by familiar fairy-tales, complete with cursed princesses, thieves-turned-soldiers, and an orphan girl transformed into an immortal, shapeshifting heroine. The Nissera Chronicles start here.... Bristal, a 16-year-old kitchen maid, finds herself in a gritty fairy-tale gone wrong when she discovers she has elicromancer magic in her blood. Elicromancers are an ancient breed of immortal people, but only two remain in Nissera after a bloody civil war. Bristal joins their ranks without knowing that one of them has a dark secret.

A lovely collection of 7 Mail Order Bride favorites by best-selling author Susannah Calloway. Hundreds of pages of love! Alongside these brave women and valiant men, you can experience life in the Wild West. Enjoy their hardships and victories as they build new lives and discover true love. Here is what you get: Her Chosen Groom The Bride and the Café Owner The Bride Who Was Rescued Ellie’s Surprise Trying Again The Captured Bride The Fiancée Finds a New Groom Grab this collection Now and Enjoy seven Happily-Ever-After’s!

May 10, 1940. The Netherlands was swarming with Third Reich troops. In seven days it's entirely occupied by Nazi Germany. Joining a small resistance cell in the Dutch city of Haarlem were three teenage girls: Hannie Schaft, and sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen, who would soon band together to form a singular female underground squad.

Eff is an unlucky 13th child...but also the seventh daughter in her family. Her twin brother, Lan, is a powerful double seventh son. Her life at the edge of the Great Barrier Spell is different from anyone else's that she knows.

When young Neddie Wentworthstein is accidentally left behind by his family at a train stop in the Wild West, he suddenly finds himself at the center of a whirlwind adventure involving sinister villains and extraordinary new allies - all seeming to revolve around a little jade turtle given to him by a mysterious shaman.

Alex had done it. Ascending farther than anyone had thought possible, earning a title as sacred as the right to rule within the Golden Realms. But there was no way his enemies would accept his ascension. Not after he had disrupted so many of their twisted plans.

When Gia Montgomery's boyfriend, Bradley, dumps her in the parking lot of her high school prom, she decides to do the unthinkable...convince the cute guy waiting to pick up his sister to pretend to be her boyfriend for the night. The task is simple: two hours, zero commitment, a few white lies.

When Kate Thompson's father is killed by the notorious Rose Riders for a mysterious journal that reveals the secret location of a gold mine, the 18-year-old disguises herself as a boy and takes to the gritty plains looking for answers and justice. What she finds are devious strangers, dust storms, and a pair of brothers who refuse to quit riding in her shadow. But as Kate gets closer to the secrets about her family, she gets closer to the truth about herself and must decide if there's room for love in a heart so full of hate.

In the Uplands, people have magical and fearsome gifts. Orrec, a boy growing into his powers, can destroy any living thing with simply a glance. But he refuses to use his ability, and wears a blindfold to protect others from his devastating gaze.

Paulette Granger had barely turned 18 and was informed by her foster mother that she was no longer welcome in their home! Now that they wouldn't earn any more income by allowing her to stay in their home, it was time for her to get out on her own! What was she going to do? She had been a good babysitter for the younger children in the home, as well as she was a fairly good cook and knew how to clean. There was a woman at the mercantile who had recently become her friend, and they had had many conversations over the last year. She decided she would talk to her to see if she could help her ...

Jenny Goldberg was as plain as any girl could be. She was often teased and called 'plain Jane', and she tried to laugh and be a good sport about it. However, when she was by herself, she would break down in tears and wonder why her life was so disappointing. She was in her twenties now...and decided that the only way she was ever going to get married was to go to a mail order bride auction and hopefully someone would want her. She had been thinking about this for several years...and had recently gotten the courage to go through with it. When the day of the auction finally arrived, she ...

The compelling account of how two heritages united in their struggle to gain freedom and equality in America. The first paths to freedom taken by runaway slaves led to Native American villages. There, black men and women found acceptance and friendship among our country's original inhabitants. Though they seldom appear in textbooks and movies, the children of Native and African American marriages helped shape the early days of the fur trade, added a new dimension to frontier diplomacy, and made a daring contribution to the fight for American liberty.

Seventeen-year-old Finley has only ever had one goal: to become a famous podcaster. This includes coming up with the perfect pitch to land her on her school's podcast team. But when her football-obsessed boyfriend, Jensen, decides to also try out—and uses her idea—she's left confused and betrayed.

Hildie, which was short for Hildegard, watched in shock when the auction for mail order brides was over and she was the last one standing who hadn't been picked. The only thing wrong with her is she was a tad bit taller than the other girls; well maybe quite a bit taller if she were being truthful. She had always been told she had a pretty face and figure; however, she guessed no man wanted to climb a ladder to talk to her. The orphanage where she had been living was now closed and she was all on her own with no money and she was wearing the only clothes she had. Panic began to sweep ...

Ellen Sorensen arrived on the stage in Salt Lake City in the mid 1800s and was looking forward to meeting a handsome young man a little older than her age of 19 from her letter's description. Instead, the man waiting to meet her was in his early fifties. Not only was he too old for her, but he was also going bald and looked like he hadn't had a bath in a month. His clothes were filthy and smelly, and he hadn't shaved or brushed his teeth in days! She was in shock and couldn't believe her worst nightmare was coming true! What was she going to do? Don't miss the latest exciting Mail Order ...

For Katie Matthews life held no promise of true happiness. Life on the prairie was filled with hard labor, a brutal father, and the knowledge she would need to marry a man incapable of truly loving a woman. Men didn’t have time to dote on women—so Katie’s father told her. To Katie, it seemed life would forever remain mundane and disappointing—until the day Stover Steele bought her father’s south acreage. Handsome, rugged and fiercely protective of four orphaned sisters, Stover Steele seemed to have stepped from the pages of some romantic novel. Yet, his heroic character and ...

Maddie doesn't believe in luck. She's all about hard work and planning ahead. But one night she buys a lottery ticket on a whim, and, to her astonishment, she wins! In a flash Maddie's life is unrecognizable. No more stressing about college scholarships - nope, now she's suddenly talking about renting a yacht and basking in the spotlight at school! But then rumors start flying, and random people begin asking her for loans. Suddenly Maddie finds that she isn't sure whom she can trust.

Emma Mitchell had been floating on clouds since the day of the carnival and fashion show. She had designed and modeled her dress in the fashion show and couldn't wait to hear what Mark Turner thought of it. Not only did he like it, but he couldn't stop complimenting her on how lovely and beautiful she looked in it. He further whispered that if they weren't in such a large crowd, he would ask her permission to kiss her! Emma gasped in surprise because she had never been kissed before! What would it be like to receive her first kiss? He interrupted her thoughts and asked if she would like to ...

Wren is used to being called a control freak. She doesn’t care; sticking to the list of rules she created for herself helps her navigate life. But when a cute guy named Asher walks through the door of her neighborhood coffee shop, the rulebook goes out the window. Asher is cute, charming . . . and being catfished by his online crush. So Wren makes an uncharacteristically impulsive decision—she pretends to be the girl he's waiting for to save him from embarrassment. Suddenly she’s fake-dating a boy she knows nothing about. And it’s . . . amazing.

Somadina and her twin brother, Jayaike, are practically the same person: they finish each other's sentences and make each other whole. When the twins come of age, their magical gifts begin to develop, but while Jayaike's powers enchant, Somadina's cause fear to ripple through her town. Always an outsider, Somadina now faces blatant—and dangerous—hostility. And things go from bad to worse when her brother—the one person she trusted—vanishes. Somadina knows that no matter the dangers, she must track him down.