Jennifer Kropf

Una ma ana ideal de oto o, Kate est leyendo en una cafeter a cuando accidentalmente mata a un tipo que est siendo grosero... Uno que resulta ser un sicario ("fae") que visitaba el reino humano en secreto. Esto provoca que cuatro "faes" letales vengan a por ella, liderados por el mism simo pr ncipe Cressica Albastian, un asesino de temer. Aunque todo se tuerce cuando, tambi n por accidente, Kate los convierte en sus esclavos. Ahora, el poderoso pr ncipe de las hadas y sus sicarios se ven obligados a vivir en el mundo de los hombres, y qu mejor que ponerlos a trabajar en la cafeter a? Para lograr integrarse, tendr n que aprender a ser amables y a no meterse en peleas de machos alfa. Mientras tanto, el pr ncipe gesta su venganza. Pero Kate lo ha hechizado en m s de un sentido. Y cuando la oscuridad llame a la puerta del reino humano, deber tomar una decisi n que podr a costarle todo. Ve por una mantita y una buena taza de caf , para descubrir el "fantasy" rom ntico m s "cozy" e hilarante que leer s en tu vida.

He's a beast trapped in a palace, and she's a beauty tangled in his web... Nineteen-year-old Ryn Electus is captured and brought to the palace for a twelve-week trial period along with three of the fairest maidens in the kingdom to try and 'steal the heart' of a young, tormented King with a deadly secret. Unfortunately, the King appears to have no interest in the maidens and keeps getting himself into trouble. But the King isn't the only one with a dangerous secret. Ryn has been living in hiding all these years, until she's dragged from her home and put on a public stage where she finds herself in the crosshairs of the Intelligentsia; a council of sages who serve the seven Celestial Divinities and conspire to destroy people like her. If the sages discover who Ryn really is, she'll be dead by morning. Things get even more complicated when Ryn learns what Xerxes is fighting against, the internal wars he's waging on his own, and why he keeps getting himself into trouble. However, shortly after Ryn arrives at the palace, an old priestess opens Ryn's eyes to see the workings of false gods at war who are influencing the kingdom of Per-Siana at every turn, dragging the people into destruction and causing chaos. Ryn is forced to question everything she thought she knew about the gods, until she unexpectedly gains the favour of an ancient god who's been "silent" for decades; the God Original, the first God, enemy of the Celestial Divinities, who beckons Ryn to shake up the very foundations of the domain. Thus begins a battle fought in the shadows alongside a war of gowns and politics waged in the spotlight. Ryn must do everything she can to hide that she's a descendant of King Xerxes's enemies, and she and Xerxes were born as rivals, destined to hate and destroy each other. She has only weeks to decide which side she's on. Inspired by the fairytale Beauty and the Beast and the Biblical story of Queen Esther, this mashup of high stakes, forbidden romance, and dangerous secrets isn't the fairytale you know. This book includes gorgeous character illustrations by artist Kyannah Durocher.

The High Court of the Coffee Bean is back again Only this time there aren't even any cookies. In this fantasy rom com series finale, things take a sinister turn for the Coffee Bean Crew when Shayne Lyro disappears to the Ever Corners to face the family he once knew and assassinate a dreamslipper who's been sending him nightmares and calling him home. But when he makes the ultimate decision to let the dreamslipper live, everything goes wrong and he finds himself in the crosshairs of his murderous, diabolical family instead. When Lily Baker first steps into the magical Corners of Ever, she's in awe of its beauty and lure. But when she starts hearing a tune in the air no one else can hear, she begins to suspect something is wrong. She can't figure out why the song is speaking to her directly or what it means that she's the only one who can hear it. At first, she thinks it's chance, until the truth comes out about Shayne's "feely feelings" and she realizes there's a reason she's being targeted. With rival Houses at each other's throats, and heir disputes at every turn, Lily finds out the hard way that the Corners of Ever are no place for a human to be, and that once you step into the madness, it can be nearly impossible to get back out. And as Shayne tries to set everything right, he realizes too late he may have accidentally sacrificed the one thing he wanted to keep the most. Fake Dating a Human 101 is book 4 of the High Court of the Coffee Bean series, a tale that follows a band of fairy assassins who enter the human world and try to live among them, hardly blending in at all. This series is the answer for anyone wondering what would happen if similar characters from The Cruel Prince ended up trapped in a Hallmark movie. It's 'cozy with a dallop of darkness', loaded with cozy cafe vibes and fairy nonsense, and sprinkled with a few epic deathmatches.

The High Court of the Coffee Bean returns with a sassy, wicked streak. Months after the deadly assassins-turned-baristas left the Four Corners of Ever behind for good, Doom comes knocking at Mor Trisencor's door. And it's wearing stilettos. When the Fairy Post gets an unexpected, grand following in the human realm for its vintage feel and whimsical words, Mor gets busier than ever typing out articles, following up on leads of fairy mischief, and everything else that goes along with being a faeborn reporter. But his heavy workload comes to a screeching halt when he spots someone in the human realm that shouldn't be there-an old foe of his. One he thought he would never see again. One he'd prayed to the sky deities that he wouldn't cross paths with after the day Mor abandoned the Shadow Army, leaving a trail of flames and destruction in his wake. For the first time since the Fairy Post was published, the newspaper gets put on hold and Mor goes hunting. Mor can think of nothing else but stopping this foe before ripples of doom begin to stir up the human realm. Violet Miller is a journalist with a mysterious past her amnesia forbids her from remembering. But when she gets let go from her job at the most prestigious news station in the city, her unexplained past becomes the least of her problems. She thinks it's all over for her as a journalist, until she sees a job posting for a secretary position at a niche, laughable "old school style" newspaper called the Fairy Post. The day Violet shows up at Mor's house-or, creepy, dark cathedral is more like it-is the day that everything changes for her. Before Violet even has a chance to ask about the job, she's mistakenly marked as Mor's lover by his "enemies" and she finds herself in the crosshairs of a battle of inhuman creatures who'd rather "stab first and ask questions later." This marks the beginning of a love-hate relationship (mostly hate) between a fae assassin born of the Shadows, and a lipstick-wearing, mascara wielding human born to be in the spotlight. While reading this second installment of the High Court of the Coffee Bean series, you may find yourself craving macaroons, listening to the wind for signs of fairy magic, and wishing you had a "creepy, dark, creaking, abandoned cathedral" of your own to call home.

There are ten golden rules to follow if you want to survive an encounter with a fae: 1) Don't ask their name.2) If they ask you what your name is, lie.3) Avoid looking directly into their eyes.4) Don't invite them to your book club.5) Don't instigate a snowball fight.6) Never let them burn their mouth on coffee.7) Don't ask them where they're from.8) Don't tell them where you live.9) Never mention their queen.10) Don't try to kill them with an ordinary human gun. If you fail to do any of these things, enslave them immediately. On a cozy fall morning, Kate Kole is nestled in a coffee shop in the city of Toronto reading her favourite novel when she accidentally kills a guy who's being rude to the coffee shop's cashier. Unfortunately for Kate, the person she killed was a fae assassin of the North Corner of Ever, visiting the human realm in secret. From there, four deadly fae assassins come to the human realm to hunt her down for breaking a fairy law and killing one of their own. Leading them is Prince Cressica Alabastian, the most feared and deadly fae assassin of the North and heir to the North Corner of Ever. After the assassins arrive in the human realm, things go terribly wrong. To Prince Cressica's horror, his assassins unwittingly get roped into running a cozy caf on Kate Kole's behalf. To blend in, the fae assassins are forced to learn how to do basic human activities like cleaning up after themselves, driving without road rage, reading popular fantasy books at book club without getting into alpha male fights over what they're reading, and in general, be nice, all to blend into regular human society. With a temper like no other, and deadly power that's unmatched, Prince Cressica seeks to get revenge on Kate Kole. But as he aims to strike where it will hurt her the most, the Prince finds himself enchanted by his human target in more ways than one. And when the darkness of the Ever Corners comes knocking at the human realm's door, he needs to make a choice that could cost him everything. WELCOME TO FAE CAF is like Holly Black's tricky FOLK OF THE AIR schemes meeting your grandmother's freshly baked chocolate chip cookies. With a sweet, comical romance and relatable slice-of-life moments colliding with manipulative fairy games and deathmatches, this book puts a spin on the typical fae stories readers know and love and aims to be the coziest rom-com fae book of all time. This book may leave you with answers to questions you never know you wanted to ask, such as, "How many fae assassins does it take to screw in a lightbulb?" With coziness for days, WELCOME TO FAE CAF is a new spin on some of the most popular fae fantasy tropes, in a setting where fae most definitely don't belong. If you liked LEGENDS AND LATTES by Travis Baldree this may just be your cup of tea. (Or coffee.)

Carols and Spies is a collection of novellas that take place in the world of The Winter Souls Series by Jennifer Kropf. Complete with six stories of Winter legends, this prequel weaves together the origin tale of the underground cathedral in the Red Kingdom and the spark that brought the Carriers of Truth into existence. Synopsis for A Blend of Harmonies (Novella, The First) in Carols and Spies: Red versus Green. It has always been this way since the beginning of the war. Charlie and Cora are from different kingdoms. Charlie is a son of the woods, the pines, and the deep earth-shaking drums of celebration and war-a true Green Kingdom citizen. Cora is as Red as its gets; a daughter of crimson dresses and scarlet stained-glass, living among the royals in the Red Kingdom palace with all its luxuries and twisted games. But when they're brought together by a mysterious power who calls himself Elowin for a reason neither can seem to figure out, they learn they each carry a weight on their shoulders placed there by their own kingdoms. And if they want to be free, they'll have to figure out who exactly Elowin is, what he's doing, and why his plan involves them both before Charlie is caught in Red Kingdom territory where he will have to face the wrath of the Red royals. In Carols and Spies (Collection, The First), meet a keyholding spy, a magic singer, a Prince of the Pines, a pair of elite hunters, an Ink Whipper, a Savior, and a young, wicked witch called Mara Rouge who aims to take them all down.

Once, there was the Truth which shone as pure as Gold.Then, came a Beast who devoured Winter's lights. 'Twas Gold versus PoisonDarkness versus LightKing versus BeastDay verses Night 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. Praise for the Winter Souls Series: "Wow, I loved this book It was gripping, fast paced, and full of action, yet not lacking in heart. Highly recommend for young YA readers upwards."- USA Today Bestselling author Alice Ivinya "It's the Chronicles of Narnia meets Harry Potter. This fantastic winter tale is the perfect blend of classic portal fantasy and the magic world co-existing with our own. It's a beautiful reminder of what is truly important in life."- USA Today Bestselling author Astrid V. J. "Fans of Chronicles of Narnia will be thrilled with this new wintery adventure "- Nikki Mitchell, author of Nightshade Forest "Whimsical, action-packed, clean, and completely immersive."- Goodreads Review

"Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good fright..." The Quarrel of Sword and Bone was a death sentence for anyone who stepped into the arena with the deranged Queen, whose soul had crisped to frost in an age long since past. What if St. Nicholas was really a young, mad trickster and you had the one thing he wanted? What if the only person who agreed to protect you from him had a dark past of letting those he's meant to protect die? What if one day you're walking in the city and suddenly you can see a whole other world tucked into the cracks of your own? Sixteen-year-old Helen Bell understood tragedy better than most kids growing up. She knew what it was like to wear clothes from donation bins and be mocked in school. She thought those brutal experiences made her ready for anything, but when an encounter leaves her able to see a species of invisible people walking among us, and a young, handsome Winter guardian appears to aid her in a crisis, all the holiday legends she heard as a child begin to haunt her. After magical happenings infiltrate her daily life, and a train horn begins calling to her from across the city, she finds herself in the middle of a war of good versus evil. A Soul as Cold as Frost is Jennifer Kropf's debut novel, ideal for fans of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling, and The Nutcracker and the Four Realms by Meredith Rusu and Ashleigh Powell. "Wow, I loved this book I've not read anything quite like it before, and the author pulls it off wonderfully. This book was a magical twist between Narnia, Alice in Wonderland, and Spirited Away, yet somehow read as effortlessly original. The descriptions are vivid and really make you feel like you're freezing, trudging through snow, or drinking the best hot chocolate of your life. It was gripping, fast paced and full of action, yet not lacking in heart. Highly recommended for young YA readers upwards." - USA Today Bestselling author Alice Ivinya "It's the Chronicles of Narnia meets Harry Potter. This fantastic winter tale is the perfect blend of classic portal fantasy and the magic world co-existing with our own. It's a beautiful reminder of what is truly important in life."- USA Today Bestselling author Astrid V. J.

"Deck the halls with bells and folly..." Helen Bell has changed since facing off with Mara Rouge in the Quarrel of Sword and Bone. But so has Winter. When a Timepiece crosses the intersect to give Helen a set of three warnings in the form of a puzzle, she's forced to re-enter the world she thought she might never see again to solve it before she meets a deadly end. But things are different in Winter. Things that were once proudly colourful have been painted red, and the Patrolman who swore to always be there for her has his own demons to face. Helen is forced to hide in plain sight by impersonating a Red Kingdom celebrity, all to follow the leads and solve the Timepiece's puzzle before she's taken and Winter's last Carrier of Truth is silenced forever. A Heart as Red as Paint is the second installment of The Winter Souls Series; a faith-based Christmas collection for teens, with characters from old holiday legends and folklore. Praise for The Winter Souls Series: "Wow, I loved this book This book was a magical twist between Narnia, Alice in Wonderland, and Spirited Away, yet somehow read as effortlessly original. The descriptions are vivid and really make you feel like you're freezing, trudging through snow, or drinking the best hot chocolate of your life. It was gripping, fast paced, and full of action, yet not lacking in heart. High recommend for young YA readers upwards." - USA Today Bestselling author Alice Ivinya "The Chronicles of Narnia meets Harry Potter. This fantastic winter tale is the perfect blend of classic portal fantasy and the magical world co-existing with our own. This magical Christian fantasy adventure totally hits the spot and got everything right. It is a beautiful reminder of what is truly important in life." - USA Today Bestselling author Astrid V. J. "A Soul as Cold as Frost instantly transports you into a magical world that the whole family will adore. Fans of Chronicles of Narnia will be thrilled with this new wintery adventure " - Nikki Mitchell, author of Nightshade Forest "Whimsical, action-packed, clean, and completely immersive." - Goodreads Review