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Stephanie Burgis
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In a Gaslamp-lit world where hags and ogres lurk in thick pine forests, three magical queens form an uneasy alliance to protect their lands from…
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From tongue-in-cheek fairy tale reframings to forbidden Victorian-era romance and contemporary ghosts, dive into an immersive world of magic. Touchstones is a collection of sparkling short fantasy fiction.
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A richly-researched fantasy set at the historical Congress of Vienna blends political machinations, forbidden alchemy, and romance between a widowed noblewoman and a charming con man –
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A chocolate-filled, girl-powered fantasy with a heroine who learns what it means to be a strong, fearsome human (and dragon).
Take one ambitious politician and one determined magician with wildly different aims for their next meeting.Add a secret betrothal, a family scandal, and a heaping of dangerous fey magic in…
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A richly-researched historical fantasy set in a real eighteenth-century Hungarian palace mingles taut political intrigue with a unique romance starring a castrato hero and a widowed noblewoman across rigid class…
A niftily done short romance in a satisfyingly gender-role-reversed world. - K.J. Charles, author of Spectred IsleIn the world of the Harwood Spellbook, 19th-century Angland is ruled by a powerful…
First published in Great Britain in August 2019 by Bloomsbury Publshing Plc –Title page verso.
Sensible, practical Elinor Tregarth really did plan to be the model poor relation when she moved into her aunt and uncle’s house. She certainly never meant to kidnap her awful…
A madcap Regency-era romantic comedy involving a most determined heroine, a baffled scholarly hero, and a surprising number of dragons.
Rose Tregarth may have been invited into her uncle's remote…
Twelve-year-old Kat tries to use her untrained magical powers to prevent use of the wild magic of Sulis Minerva found in Bath, England, where Stepmama has brought the family in…
Cordelia, a young shapeshifter who has always lived in an enchanted forest with her siblings and mother, must now use her powers to discover the truth about who the Raven…
Originally published in Great Britain in 2012 by Templar publishing under the title A reckless magick –T.p. verso.
After becoming Queen, Cordelia falls into a deep slumber and cannot be awakened, so her siblings Rosalind and Giles embark on a kingdom-wide quest to seek assistance from ancient spirits…
In 19th-century England, 12-year-old Kat Stephenson knows she was born to be a magical Guardian and protector of Society–if she can find true acceptance in the secret order that expelled…
While working at The Chocolate Heart as a waitress and master promoter, Silke has an unexpected opportunity to learn what happened to her parents years before when Princess Katrin asks…
Cassandra Harwood scandalized her nation when she became the first woman magician in Angland. Now, she’s ready to teach a whole new generation of bright young women at her radical…
Third in a witty and irreverent adventure series set in Jane Austen times - with magic!
Second in a witty and irreverent adventure series set in Jane Austen times - with magic!
In nineteenth-century Angland, magic is reserved for gentlemen while ladies attend to the more practical business of politics…but Cassandra Harwood has never followed the rules.
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After drinking enchanted hot chocolate, a brave young dragon’s transformed into a twelve-year-old human girl with a passion for chocolate.
In the midst of preparations for her sister, Angeline’s, wedding and her own upcoming test for full membership in the Order of Guardians, 13-year-old Kat must work with Lady Fotherington…
Cordelia has been crowned the Raven Queen. But with new power comes new danger. The unmissable sequel to The Raven Heir and conclusion to the epic middle-grade fantasy series perfect…
From the author of The Dragon with the Chocolate Heart, this is a witty and irreverent adventure set in Jane Austen times - with magic!
The first installment of a Regency-era trilogy starring a feisty heroine with a taste for adventure. Twelve-year-old Katherine Ann Stephenson has just discovered that she’s inherited her late mother’s magical…
