Kare is a young South African boy trying to adjust to a new school in New York City. When his schoolmates tease him because he is different, Kare attempts to change himself in order to fit in. After struggling with peer pressure, Kare finally realizes that in order to earn the respect of his friends, he must love himself first.

Pedro has always believed his life is boring and that nothing exciting or good will ever happen to him, but things are about to change drastically. Because of circumstances beyond his control, Pedro is now the leader of his group of friends. Now tasked with making life and death decisions for which he has no previous experience, he struggles to make the right choices. He swiftly makes new friends as well as enemies, and discovers different realms that even in his wildest dreams ever imagined could exist. Because of Pedro’s lack of knowledge with traveling through other worlds, he usually ends up in the middle of the of the worst situations. In the past he was warned that “Things are not always the way they appear to be,” and swiftly realizes just how true that statement is. Steven Boyd and the Blufirs have already begun attacking and make everyone’s lives more difficult, yet somehow Pedro has managed to stay alive. But how long will they be able to survive as they travel through new and dangerous worlds where things are anything but normal? Despite all of this, Pedro has succeeded in meeting a few new allies who are now working alongside with him until more reinforcements can arrive, albeit from another solar system thousands of light-years away. As bad as things sometimes get, Pedro has always managed to make everything just a little more interesting and amusing for everybody else. But with every new world, there are more choices and challenges that must be dealt with.

Snow has settled into her new life in the magical Whispering Willows. But now that Snow and her “Prince Charming” have found each other, they must still face obstacles to their happiness together. With the help of a new dwarf friend...who may have secrets of his own, Snow must battle the witch and uncover the mysteries of the magic mirror in the mine. ‘Mirror, Mirror’ is the third book in the Whispering Willows series.

There’s an old saying: “Learn from other people's mistakes. Life is too short to make them all yourself.” Gabriel Jacob Israel tried to make them all herself. Thankfully—she failed. Neither her sordid childhood nor her troubled teens nor her misguided twenties could stop an almighty God from making sure this once-wayward girl failed every attempt to do bad all by herself. A journey through the raw, real, and oftentimes graphic events of Gabriel’s life, The Breaking is the true story of a love that blooms between a young woman and the God who refused to give her up without a fight. You will discover, like Gabriel did, that despite your past, God is well able to set your best days in front of you.

Sixteen-year-old Penny Sparks needed a job and a knight in shining armor. She didn't expect to get both of them quite so literally. Now working the summer at Dragon's Brackens renaissance festival and enjoying a flirtation with one of the dazzlingly handsome show jousters, she thought her life had become exciting enough. She's about to walk in on her boss, a humble mirror artist, doing something not quite normal. Not quite human, even. Because as it turns out, the owner of Morgan's Mirrors is a Fay... Morgan le Fay. And with her cover blown, she's now demanding Penny's help hiding from an evil wizard and a secret order of knights that have hunted her through the ages. She's willing to compensate Penny for her time with magic. Even so, what she's asking is way above Penny's pay grade. Keywords: teen teenage ya young adult paranormal mystery family secrets coming of age fantasy supernatural adventure strong female lead girl power book novel story urban contemporary colorado metaphysical visionary rivalry arthurian legend morgan le fay merlin rennaissance festival renaissance summer job magic sorcery witch wizard enchantment curse fae fairy fairies romance love camelot excalibur lancelot