Hargrove Perth

How fragile is life? It is a question which could not be evaded in my youth. Yet, here I stand, a testament of time despite facing what was once considered a death sentence. I did not understand the complexity of the relationship between them at first. It was only with time the truth would become known and the courage would rise to publish it. My name is Claudia Van Helsing, the daughter of Abraham Van Helsing, niece of Vladimir Baserab Tepes, and...

Emma Alice Peterson lives a very sensible life in turn of the century New York procuring rare objects for her employer, Bradley Livingston. When Emma is placed on a steamer bound for London, in search of the famed looking glass and original manuscript of Alice in Wonderland, she discovers that the novel was not a nonsensical fairy-tale at all. She is confronted by a strange man named Mordecai Hatter who appears obsessed with the lot at the auction...

When the end of the word is coming, there's no one better to have on your side than the Devil... Time, in itself, is not real. It doesn't exist. The concept of time is nothing more than an illusion created by humans to understand the mysteries of the universe. Except there are no mysteries. There is only Her. There is only Him. And the hissing match that controls the universe. So gather round, little daemons, and I'll tell you a story as only...

Lorelei Morte believes in the paranormal. She thinks vampires are real and that once in a lifetime love can be hers. Her sister, Julia, not so much. She thinks Lorelei is a dreamer who should set her sight on the now. When their parents are called by the Smithsonian Museum to photograph a recently discovered tomb in Egypt, it comes at the worst possible time - right in the middle of Lorelei's first prom. To distract her distraught sister, Julia arranges...

When a rooster crows at midnight, a witch will die...An old wive's tale proves to be more than just words. Witches are dying, something the human population of Pittsburgh really could care less about with one very small exception. The targeted witches protect the Three Rivers area. Bequeaths are the highest ranking witches in the immortal community, descended from countless generations of magic, and the rooster is only crowing for them. Now the safety...

Isabel Ravenwood has been the responsibility of her loving brother her entire life. When a correspondence arrives from a family in Portsmouth, Henry is more than skeptical whereas Isabel is elated. With serious doubts despite the Bennington's willingness to provide all requested documents to prove their relationship to their mother, Henry allows his beloved sister to travel to Portsmouth to meet them promising to follow along shortly. Upon his arrival,...

YA Fantasy Award Winner 2015 Deep in the woods sits an unassuming house, one not noticed by those who pass it by, but inside exists those the world has forgotten: the Unnaturals, children born with magic from an ancient source, who also possess supernatural powers that make them dangerous to the outside world. Outcasts, misunderstood, they are taken in by Miss Crabtree, the loving headmistress of the school. Here, at the School for Unnaturals, they...

"The richest and most fascinating steampunk retelling of Cinderella I've ever read." Author Kevin C. Davison Halloran Frost lives a nearly non-existent life after the death of her beloved father, and her stepmother assumes control of the Willoughby household and estate.Relinquished to living in the summer kitchen of the grand estate that once belonged to her family, Halloran's only happiness in life is the gaslight company her father founded at which...