They say that which is forbidden allures us, and Rosaline Beaulieu knows that better than anyone. From a young age, she was mesmerized by the idea of magic, and she knew that the magic in her world was quickly dying. When she was young, a great tragedy took place because of specialists, people who wielded magic. Before the tragedy, magic was beloved and adored, but after...well, that was a different story.A law was put into place by the Grand Master of Rosaline's country, Veridine, to hunt down all specialists and ask them to comply with giving up their power. If they refused, they would be executed. Over the years, it became clear that the Grand Master's soldiers never truly asked- they simply killed the specialists on sight.Rosaline wants to change the fate of Veridine and to prove to her country that what they're doing is wrong. However, she's just one person, and she has no idea where to start. In the end, Rosaline ends up in a race against time to appeal to the four kingdoms of Veridine to aid her in her quest. Not only does she have to worry about getting caught or killed along the way, but she also has to worry about not being betrayed by her only source of help- a charming yet rough around the edges specialist with his own hidden motives and a bloody past.
"Darkness and light need each other just like yin and yang- without the other, the one could not exist."Having saved their realm, Akari, Sora, and the others have been enjoying their several months of peace since the beginning of a new era. However, their peace gets disrupted by a call for help from Azuma, who asks them to help her save the Nightmare Realm.While on their journey across a realm that's new to them, Akari, Sora, and company come across many discoveries of their own, and Layla finally gets answers to the clues she's been looking for about her upbringing and her background.Life as an Aria isn't easy, fighting in an unknown world is even harder, but dealing with inner demons is probably the hardest of them all. After all, the dark is when our demons come out the most.
"With bloodied wings do those who want to make things right carry themselves and yet others instead only see the wrongs they believe them to be."In a world where creatures from nightmares roam, sixteen year old Akari Hana fights in order to keep humans like herself safe. Many years ago, a cataclysm occurred where the seven deadly sins and the seven heavenly virtues were born into human forms. Upon this, creatures of nightmares were also born out of the cataclysm. The seven sins and virtues then fought in order to keep the balance in the world. Over time, the world seemed to reach more of a balance. Now, the sins and virtues practice their crafts in an academy deep in a mystical jungle below the regular realm of the human world. This is where the prodigious Akari Hana has trained her entire life to fight alongside the sins and virtues to keep her world safe from the creatures that keep coming back.However, recently more creatures have been spawning and Akari has been tasked with finding out why. While being tasked with this quest, Akari stumbles upon a rather pressing dilemma. Shall she execute a rather dangerous and peculiar creature she comes across or will she enlist his help in saving the world? After all, humans can be monsters too.
Never seeming to quite fit in at her old school due to causing strange accidents, Philomena soon finds out that she's a Sorceress and she ends up getting a letter to attend a different school in the magical realm, to which she accepts. However, not only does Philomena struggle with learning magic, she struggles with getting along with the cold, arrogant roommate that she gets stuck with, who just so happens to be Ryder Axilum. Will Ryder help Philomena with her studies, or will she get expelled and never uncover the dark secret looming over Ryder?
After dealing with an abusive boyfriend and having a flaming outburst that makes her realize she's more than human, eighteen year old college student Harlow Trusilla ends up moving to a city a few hours away from her current home where she lived with her single-parent father. Upon arrival, Harlow realizes that she's going to be living in a house with six non-human men. Through this, she finds that maybe she isn't as alone in the world as she thought but also that there are multiple threats lurking in the shadows of her newfound comfort. Meanwhile, several of the others in the house seem to be going through some conflicts of their own. Explore the world of Immortal Hearts through the eyes of both Harlow and Oz, one of her six housemates.
Celes Lunes is partners with the ever charming, ever brilliant Miles Caux in the Skydeck Vanguard. The Skydeck Vanguard is an elite guild created to hunt monsters throughout the lands in groups of four at a time. Whenever dark, brooding, and mysterious Valerian Redden comes along and joins her team, Celes finds her world being completely and utterly rocked. All the while, she may find that her life as a Vanguard isn't as simple as she believed it once was when a series of dark murders appears.
A Soul Chain is something that binds your soul with another. You can't physically see it, but you're spiritually linked. If something happens to the other person, you'll know it.When regular, mostly law abiding, sixteen year old Gabriel Lightsander gets attacked one day on his way to school by a mysterious woman...another one swoops in to save him?Reine Yvatlovich is an Iegashyia, a supernatural being, who happens to be tied to a Soul Chain of twelve people. When a war threatens to break out supernaturally, Reine tries her best to keep the chain in check, seeing as she is its guardian. However, she may need a little help...and a little unwilling cooperation from a certain blond haired boy.
On the day that Clattonia lost it all, she became a monster -- at least, that's what the public calls those who are viewed as a threat due to having supernatural powers. Now, never trusting and pushed over the edge, seventeen year old Clattonia Cessair has become a fearless leader for those who want to rebel against White Rabbit, a government organization that kills "monsters" and protects the public, whether they were actually causing a problem or not.Jace Athens is the son of Daylen Athens, who became a famous and productive leader of White Rabbit after his wife was murdered by a "monster" when Jace was only five. Jace was raised to be caring, protective, fearless, and always willing to aid others, and although he was raised in a household that hates the so called monsters, he could never bring himself to hate them -- something deep inside him just couldn't. However, it wasn't like he was best friends with any either. But things just might change...Essence Kaori has always been shy, but the fact that she's been a "monster" since she was a child doesn't help her case. Not wanting to cause harm to anyone, Essence has always been known as a friendly girl once people got past her shyness. However, ever since she could remember, she's been hiding from White Rabbit.Reece Maverick -- smart, tactical, protective, oh, and a "monster" too. Reece is Clattonia's childhood friend and a leader of another group fighting against White Rabbit. Clattonia and Reece often work together and make a flawless team, but more and more people with supernatural powers have been getting killed by White Rabbit, making things even more risky than before.Just remember -- this is a world where the real darkness is not so clearly defined.
She is a girl who fights for her life and to protect the innocent. He is a boy who has dreams of chaos and ashes. So, how did she, Aella Nightinghour, get stuck with the task of protecting a boy named Salem who has horrific nightmares and doesn't know he's the son of a devil? Not even she knows; but what she does know is that he's trouble, devil's son or not, and that not all alliances are as loyal as they seem.
19 Year old Kimberly McClain never expected to file a missing persons report for her older sister. Nor did she expect that when her sister was found, she'd be lying dead in a clearing in the woods. It just so happens that Kimberly's sister was the first victim in a string of seemingly unsolvable murders. When Kimberly decides that she doesn't want any more families going through what she is, she does the only thing she can think of - she breaks notorious convict Quinn Deupre out of jail.Quinn Deupre is the younger brother of detective Wyatt Deupre, ironic isn't it? Quinn was sent to jail for being part of a major drug deal. He claimed to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, but was sent to jail anyways. Who knows? Perhaps he actually is innocent? However, when Kimberly McClain breaks him out of jail with two conditions, he isn't complaining.Will Kimberly find out who the killer is with the help of Quinn? Or will the case labeled 'Where She Lies' remain unsolved?