The Dryad

Seventeen-year-old Charlotte Barclay has to face her fears in order to save her mom from the fairies that kidnapped her.

Here we are in Paris, where we will visit the exhibition. On the square next to our hotel, we are planting a tree that will shelter a dryad. This dryad, when its tree lived in the forest, could only think of Paris, the city that lit up the clouds at night. With the arrival of the chestnut tree in Paris, its greatest dream came true. But will this dream lead to its downfall? Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) was a Danish author, poet and artist. Celebrated for children’s literature, his most cherished fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Nightingale", "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Little Match Girl". His books have been translated into every living language, and today there is no child or adult that has not met Andersen's whimsical characters. His fairy tales have been adapted to stage and screen countless times, most notably by Disney with the animated films "The Little Mermaid" in 1989 and "Frozen", which is loosely based on "The Snow Queen", in 2013. Thanks to Andersen's contribution to children's literature, his birth date, April 2, is celebrated as International Children's Book Day.

*RONE Finalist for Best Fantasy/Paranormal Romance* His dark Gift threatens everything he loves... Rock Run shapeshifterTiago do Rio is hiding a dark Gift, one so powerful and easily misused it could make him an outcast in his own clan. Worse, he wants a woman he can never have. The temptation to use his Gift to make his darkest fantasies come true is almost irresistible. The only good thing in his life is his friendship with a local dryad. Wild, solitary dryad Alesia lives on an uninhabited island in Rock Run territory. She spends her days nurturing her forest home, but her nights are lonely. Tiago is her best friend, but she wants more. Then a den of rogue shifters threatens to bring war down on the Rock Run clan—and Tiago and Alesia are caught in the middle. Can Tiago master his terrifying Gift in time, or will he lose his mate as well as his soul? A gripping best-friends-to-lovers romance! TEMPTING THE DRYAD is a steamy paranormal romance with an HEA. If you crave dark shifters, red-hot romance and intense emotional storylines, this book is for you. Keywords: strong female protagonist, paranormal romantic suspense, dryad fantasy romance, shifter romance, gripping paranormal romance, woman in danger romance, happily ever after, alpha male shifter romance, fantasy romance, romantic fantasy, urban fantasy romance

He'll give up his happiness to help his people - but can he give up his soulmate? When Kem is called before the Shifter Council, he's told he needs to marry to secure an alliance for them. There's only one problem; a year ago he met a woman he can't forget. After meeting a mystery man a year ago, Lia has a secret. One that she can't even tell her sister, Aella. When fate brings the two of them back together, even the most carefully laid plans get disrupted. - The Dryad's Pawprint is book 1 of the Paranormal Council Shifter Romance series and is available as a free paranormal romance ebook. It features a mating gone wrong when a panther shifter is forced into an arranged marriage with a dryad - who happens to be his real fated mate's sister.

Mother Earth takes on human form as Mother Nature to walk among us in observation of how mankind cares for and how wisely he uses the bounty of natural resources she has blessed him with. Mankind, being a product of creation is therefore under her charge along with all the flora and fauna that exists upon the earth. Things haven’t been going so well these days and man has fallen into a cycle of waste and abuse that threatens the health of every organism that lives. Although Mother Nature has provided many warning signs, man has become complacent and self-centered, ignoring that he has become a threat to even his own existence. Mother Earth can heal herself and evolve, but at what cost? A mother will always try to protect her offspring from bringing harm upon themselves through intervention. She now calls upon the dark creatures of the Dreaming to come forth to give mankind one final chance to change the error of his ways. Man must be made to see the devastation he brings upon lives unseen, but from a different angle, so that he may see what lies ahead in his own future. A select number of Dryads have been called upon to leave their sacred trees in an effort to enlist mankind in a universal effort to not only save himself, but repair the damage that he has brought upon nature. If he refuses to do so, he will suffer the ultimate and immediate consequences.

A crippled ballerina and a Special Forces cat shifter dance a dangerous and magical pas de deux, dodging assassins and discovering the undeniable attraction that sizzles between them. Could she really be his fated mate? Captain Dennis Palmer is auditioning for a spot in the infamous shifter mercenary company known as the Wraiths. His first assignment is to track down the Alpha female’s long-lost sister and make contact. The leads are slim, but he travels to Sacramento and the one link they have with the woman – a record of employment by a small dance studio. The ethereal woman Dennis spies through the window, teaching a class of adorable toddlers in pink tutus, captures his attention and stirs his cold heart. He’s not sure if she’s the woman he came to find, but he doesn’t care. He has to talk to her. He has to breathe in her scent and see if she could possibly be the one woman he never dared hope to find. Then, a sniper’s bullet breaks the studio’s giant plate glass window and he leaps into action. What is it about this mystery man that compels her so? Sunny doesn’t move like she used to. Her days as a prima ballerina are over due to a crippling car wreck the previous year. She’s only just able to get out and about on her own, taking on a teaching role for her friend who owns the dance studio. When a strange man appears after the window shatters, she doesn’t know what to think, but her instincts clamor at her to trust him. Why does she feel so safe with him? And why does she agree to see him again? She doesn’t understand her own instincts when it comes to this man, but there’s a tingle of magic about him that draws her like a moth to a flame. She has to find out more. Magic, danger, and mystery await, if she’s not much mistaken. Along with the adventure of a lifetime and a man that just might be the one to make her life complete… If she dares to try again.

The long-awaited founding of Valdemar comes to life in this new series from a New York Times bestselling author and beloved fantasist. Within the Eastern Empire, Duke Kordas Valdemar rules a tiny, bucolic Duchy that focuses mostly on horse breeding. Anticipating the day when the Empire’s exploitative and militant leaders would not be content to leave them alone, Korda’s father set out to gather magicians in the hopes of one day finding a way to escape and protect the people of the Duchy from tyranny. Kordas has lived his life looking over his shoulder. The signs in the Empire are increasingly dire. Under the direction of the Emperor, mages have begun to harness the power of dark magics, including blood magic, the powers of the Abyssal Planes, and the binding and "milking" of Elemental creatures. But then one of the Duchy’s mages has a breakthrough. There is a way to place a Gate at a distance so far from the Empire that it is unlikely the Emperor can find or follow them as they evacuate everyone that is willing to leave. But time is running out, and Kordas has been summoned to the Emperor's Court. Can his reputation as a country bumpkin and his acting skills buy him and his people the time they need to flee? Or will the Emperor lose patience, invade to strip Valdemar of everything of worth, and send its conscripted people into the front lines of the Imperial wars?

Fans of adult coloring books will love the intricate, imaginative illustrations of mythological creatures including dragons, unicorns, griffins, and more in this extreme coloring and search challenge book—the perfect gift for coloring addicts. The awesomely detailed style fans have come to know and love through Kerby Rosanes' New York Times bestselling coloring books—Animorphia, Imagimorphia, Fantomorphia, and Geomorphia—comes to vivid life in this coloring book featuring mythical creatures that morph and explode into astounding detail. Bring each imagination-bending image alive with color and find the objects hidden throughout the pages of this fantastical coloring book.