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A Beast as Dark as Night is the epic finale to The Winter Souls Series, a Christmas themed collection with holiday myths and folklore. Ideal for fans of The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis, and The Nutcracker and the Four Realms by Meredith Rusu and Ashleigh Powell.

When the Volumes of Wisdom begin to whisper clues of something hidden in Winter that might turn the tides of the oncoming war, Helen finds herself trekking into the prickly pines and thundering songs of war drums in the Green Kingdom. She claims she's there as an emissary of the Three Kings of the East. But the true reason she's risked stepping into a kingdom of the verge of losing a deadly war...is to steal the Queen of the Pines' garland crown right from atop her head.

In the Tribe of Dawn, one must always follow the rules: Never steal from a neighbor. Never curse the skygods out loud. Never lie to the High Court. Never wander into the East Woods alone. Never speak to an enemy clansman. Never approach the boundary. Never, ever cross the boundary. The rules must always be followed. The rules must always be followed. Lilian Utopiv is wandering through the woods alone one afternoon when she sees a boy across the boundary. She knows the rules. She knows what will happen if she breaks them.

Fall is the highly-anticipated follow-up to award winning novel, Rise. Nettie and Lincoln have no idea that someone has been watching them from the darkness, waiting to make their move. They have been patient, waiting for the right time to destroy this perfect little family, but all of that is about to change.

Antoinette Madison is a beautiful woman in her 20s, just beginning to stand on her own two feet. She can see nothing but endless possibilities in her future. She has it all: the dream job, her first home, and a strong family by her side. Nothing could possibly bring Nettie down, or so she thought. After what begins as a typical night with a friend, her world is turned upside down in an instant.

Spooky arrives at a wilderness boot camp for troubled teens with two suitcases and an ultimatum: Either she keeps her head down over the summer, or she won't be allowed home at the end of it. All she wants to do is survive the pyros, bullies, and power-tripping counselors, get through senior year, and start her life somewhere new. But when an encounter with another camper goes awry and ends with Spooky hiding in the woods, something else finds her. Something anci