Blood On The Rose

"A magical tale unlike anything you've read before." —Bustle "[A] richly imagined 19th-century historical fantasy." —EW, A- The thrilling first book in a YA fantasy trilogy for fans of Red Queen. In a world where social prestige derives from a trifecta of blood, money, and magic, one girl has the ability to break the spell that holds the social order in place. Sixteen-year-old Anna Arden is barred from society by a defect of blood. Though her family is part of the Luminate, powerful users of magic, she is Barren, unable to perform the simplest spells. Anna would do anything to belong. But her fate takes another course when, after inadvertently breaking her sister’s debutante spell—an important chance for a highborn young woman to show her prowess with magic—Anna finds herself exiled to her family’s once powerful but now crumbling native Hungary. Her life might well be over. In Hungary, Anna discovers that nothing is quite as it seems. Not the people around her, from her aloof cousin Noémi to the fierce and handsome Romani Gábor. Not the society she’s known all her life, for discontent with the Luminate is sweeping the land. And not her lack of magic. Isolated from the only world she cares about, Anna still can’t seem to stop herself from breaking spells. As rebellion spreads across the region, Anna’s unique ability becomes the catalyst everyone is seeking. In the company of nobles, revolutionaries, and Romani, Anna must choose: deny her unique power and cling to the life she’s always wanted, or embrace her ability and change that world forever. “A fast-paced historical fantasy full of magic, romance, and adventure!”—JESSICA DAY GEORGE, New York Times bestselling author of Silver in the Blood

The Easter 1916 Rising: an unlikely band of freedom fighters - teachers, poets, writers, patriots, trade unionists - declare an Irish Republic. From this dramatic gesture, a nation is born... The rebellion that set Ireland free, told as a graphic novel.

When vampire slayer Rosalind Llewellyn had to join forces with her enemy Christopher Ellis to defeat a rogue vampire threatening Henry VIII, their alliance led to a surprising passion. Reunited after a year's separation, they now face a new threat that could destroy their last chance at happiness.

When Mary got an opportunity to teach the kindergarten students in a historic school, her heart started to heal from her tragic past. Though the love and affection from the children helped her to recover, a girl named ‘Rose’, who has been absent in her class everyday, breaks into her nightmares. Her promise to Aditya kept her away from distractions until Mary’s mind is puzzled to see her dreams painted by Jennifer, the principal of the school. The spine-chilling mysteries and heart-warming emotions unfolds along with the blooming petals of a bright red rose in Jennifer’s garden. Witness the journey of a red rose from cradle to coffin in the exotic wet-green lands of Ooty.

What shall we do, all of us? All of us passionate girls who fear crushing the boys we love with our mouths like caverns of teeth, our mushrooming brains, our watermelon hearts? What's real is what's imagined in nine tales of transformation by Francesca Lia Block.

Get ready for more magic in the dark, dazzling, action-packed sequel to Blood Rose Rebellion. Sixteen-year-old Anna Arden was once just the magically barren girl from an elite Luminate family. Now she has broken the Binding--and the praetheria, the creatures held captive by the spell, are wreaking havoc across Europe. Lower-class citizens have access to magic for the first time, while other Luminates have lost theirs forever. Austria and Hungary are at odds once more. Anna thought the praetheria were on her side, grateful to be free from the Binding. She thought her cousin Matyas's blood sacrifice would bring peace, equality, and justice. She thought she'd help shape a new society that would let her love a Romani boy, Gabor. But with the monarchy breathing down her neck and the praetheria intimidating her at every turn, it seems the conspiracies have only just begun. As threat of war sweeps the region, Anna quickly discovers she can't solve everything on her own. Now there's only one other person who might be able to save the country before war breaks out. The one person Anna was sure she'd never see again. A bandit. A fellow outlaw. A man known as the King of Crows. Matyas.

Elizabeth thought she was an average vampire. She had lived an inconspicuous life for centuries. She had the perfect job and an apartment in Paris - what more could she need? When her first love, her sire, returned to her unexpectedly, she discovered she was part of something different, something extremely dangerous.

Jessica Moran is walking up the pathway to her apartment when she suffers a waking nightmare. Like a fly on the wall, she is witness to a man’s gruesome murder. Sucked into the grisly scene, she is overcome by the smell of shit and vomit. Looking down, she discovers her hands are thick with blood. Confused and afraid, she clutches the white rose amulet that always rests between her breasts. Normally, pristine and pure, it is now tinged crimson. It was happening again - the fits. As a youth, Jessica sees things others cannot. She is teased by her classmates – Quack, quack, queer duck. Her mother has her medicated and refuses to acknowledge her visions, so Jessica ignores them until her sister mysteriously vanishes. The stress of her sister’s disappearance causes this psychic ability to take on a feverous pitch as Jessica is catapulted into a series of horrific waking nightmares. To find her sister, she must come to terms with her strange ability and learn to trust in the horrifying visions. Following a trail of clues, she discovers her sister has become involved with a ruthless high ranking member of a drug cartel. Things go from bad to worse when she is found out, drugged, and taken to the farm. The farm is not like anything anyone can envision. However, it is the perfect place to get rid of human remains—both living and dead.