What if all the princesses out of all the fairy tales of your childhood... were refugees? What if they didn't live lives of happily ever after but their true stories involve far greater strength, far greater loss, far greater courage than you ever knew? Here are four of those stories. Sometimes, the greatest fairy tales... are real.

Ever After

These are the stories of a century in a place called Val Hall. Not Valhalla. Not Odin's gathering place for gods and immortals. Val Hall, home and last sanctuary for retired Superheroes, Third Class. Val Hall, raised by the vision and devotion of of one man for others of his kind... in the wreckage of the world left behind in the ashes of the conflagration of what they called the Great War. Men and women in whom an extraordinary moment released one singular extraordinary power, gathered under the definition of Superheroes (Third Class), could gather here in the twilight of their lives in search of security, contentment, care, and peace - they could come here to find, and take shelter with, others of their kind. From those who could know the unknowable, release gifts trapped in other minds, free ancient memories with a single touch, lead their kin back to the Promised Land, or face down a volcano; from those who use the power odf their voice to make others believe anything they say, or those whose task it was to turn annihilation from their people at any cost, or stand against the storm to protect the ones they love, or walk with the dead and glimpse the world beyond - or those who can bend time, see the invisible, or save the world from ruin in their own unique ways - their powers are banked... until the instant in which they are kindled into something unforgettable. These are their stories. Welcome to Val Hall.

Val Hall: Century - Val Hall

"You've Got Mail" In a richly magical world, computers were the only things that were thought to be impervious to magic... or so everyone believed. Until ordinary emails that began by sounding like practical jokes started turning into real working spells, with increasingly perilous consequences. Thea Winthrop, double seventh, child of magic, had thought that her unique ability to access magic through this unexpected medium was something that was hers alone - until she discovers taht there is someone else out there - someone with similar powers, but bent on using them witha  wild and dangerous agenda. And Thea, still finding her way through her new magical gifts, is called upon to step up and face a difficult decision, and a task that might break her.

Spellspam - Worldweavers, #2

Back to the Beginning With Thea Winthrop finally taking her rightful place in her society - even if she is the youngest student at the prestigious Amford University and feeling very out of her depth - something once again needs her unique talents to be set right. It begins with small things, easily dismissed, but it quickly becomes apparent that it is the biggest imaginable calamity of all. The very core of human magic has been stolen... and it is up to Thea, the wizard Nikola Tesla, and Corey the Trickster to retrieve the heart and soul of human magic from those who have taken it... and answer many of the mysteries of Thea's life in the process. The triumphant conclusion to the Worldweavers series.

Dawn of Magic - Worldweavers, #4

Perfect for fans of Memoirs of a Geisha and Empress Orchid - 'The Embers of Heaven' is a magical epic, with delightful characters, an intriguing scenario and a real feeling of place and history. It has a wonderful combination of character, romantic lives, and spiritual quest, set against a credible historical background.

 In 'The Secrets of Jin-Shei, ' eight women pledge themselves as sisters in the name of jin-shei, the unbreakable bond, the promise that lasts a lifetime. This sisterhood shapes their lives, their country and their world. 'The Embers of Heaven' begins four hundred years later. In eighteenth-century Syai, and its capital city of Linh-an, things have changed beyond recognition.

 On the face of it, women are more equal than they have ever been. But the men run the machines, the factories, and the technology. Women have lost the ability to weave their fates and influence the course of events. The foundation of an empire once rested on jin-shei and its customs. It connected women from every walk of life and formed a bond that empowered every woman who swore the oath. The advancement of printing, the developments of technology and the changes in society seem to have improved the daily lives of the underclass, but women have been stripped of this sacred pact.

 Amais is heir to her poet-ancestress's manuscripts and journals. The journals are all in jin-ashu, the women's tongue, taught sketchily to Amais by her mother. Amais has the clear vision of an outsider looking in. Combined with her deep and instinctive bond to her ancestors and her culture, she determines to reinvent the Women's Country and bring the jin-shei back. But just as her crusade begins, she and her family are caught up in the whirlwind of the Golden Rising - a people's revolution that is fated to destroy much that was once valuable, gracious and beautiful.

The Embers of Heaven

Welcome to the land where tales are told. There is a path unfolding in front of you, paved with words, leading into secret places -the dangerous, the remembered, the familiar, the unknown. Here, you will find witches and princesses, monsters and familiars, coins made of silver and swords made of shadow, lost girls and traveling troubadours, promises made and broken, loss and laughter. The book you are holding is a key to the gate of that realm. Open the door. Go through.

Fractured Fairy Tales

What happens when two very different witches are promised the same first-born child in payment for services rendered...? And then fall in love?

Ever After

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