Men are strong. Women are weak. That’s what my father told me—right before the king drafted me into the army. He didn’t care that I’m a woman. The king demands every citizen serve the Areopagus. According to my father, I wouldn’t even survive the first battle.
Fantasy
A GLAMOUR OF SMOKE AND SHADOW by Heather Hildenbrand
The Aine are the elite warriors of the fae, a chosen twelve, handpicked by the Fates to guard this world. Today, I finally join their sacred ranks. It’s everything I’ve trained for, everything I’ve ever wanted. Then he arrives.
BLOOD OF STONE by Jayne Faith
I’m Petra Maguire, a full-blood Fae and vampire hunter living among humans. My father wants me in Faerie, serving a ruthless queen, but I walked away from that world long ago. Then I discover a twin sister I never knew existed. A changeling. Kidnapped by our enemy, King Periclase. Like it or not, I’m dragged back into the deadly politics of Faerie to save her.
CITY OF MASKS by Ashley Capes
Sofia is a failure. The sentient magical mask refuses to choose her as its successor. The Greatmask possesses the power to compel others. Without it, the mask-carver will never succeed her father. She cannot protect her city without this power.
PEMBERLEY: MR DARCY’S DRAGON by Maria Grace
Fitzwilliam Darcy of Pemberley owns the first English firedrake egg laid in a hundred years—until someone steals it. His search leads him to Hertfordshire, where tracking the thief turns into a bigger challenge than expected. That’s where he meets Miss Elizabeth Bennet, a sharp-witted Dragon Keeper with a rare bond to dragons and deep knowledge of their lore.
THE EXILE OF ELINDEL by Carol Browne
Banished from Elvendom, young Elgiva finds herself exiled to a world of strangers. Among the Saxons, her future looks bleak—until she meets Godwin, a Briton held as a slave by those she now must call allies.