Bøker av Melissa A Craven

A dangerous voyage. The last hope for a kingdom on the edge of destruction. Tia O'Shea is finally going home. It's all she's wanted since her arrival in the strange land, and yet, leaving Lenya feels like abandoning her heart and the one who holds it. But all of Lenya is in danger.The fire plains encroach upon their lands, destroying villages and the fae within them. Soon, there won't be anything left of the place she's come to love. Not without the crystals that provide the only magic the Lenyans have. The same crystals that are in short supply. The same crystals that lie in abundance across the four kingdoms on the other side of the fire plains.To reach them, they have to find a way home. And that means traversing the violent maelstrom beyond the Vale of Storms-a voyage no sailor has ever survived and few have attempted. If they stay, they will die. If they leave, they will also likely die, but they have to try.Tia's family awaits her return, but Keir doesn't want to let her go. And the fae of Lenya hope their leaders can conquer the storm and reach the foreign shores in time. Because that's all they have left.Hope.Fae's Return is the ninth book in the Queens of the Fae series. Prepare to lose yourself in this beautifully wicked epic fantasy world with masterful world building, dark and twisty secrets, lies, powerful magic-and devastatingly handsome fae princes.Queens of the Fae: Fae's DeceptionFae's DefianceFae's DestructionFae's PrisonerFae's PowerFae's PromiseFae's RebellionFae's RefugeFae's Return

A fae on a mission to protect his people.A human girl on the brink of death. With a sentient tail and cat-like eyes, Gulliver O'Shea has always been different, and everyone can see it. Except for his best friend, the queen of Iskalt. She treats him like he matters. So, when she says jump, he flies. And when she asks him to travel through a portal to a strange human city and gather information on a dangerous group attacking fae, he... reluctantly realizes he has no choice.He just didn't expect he would have to bring along a sullen Toby-lost after the death of his intended-or that New Orleans would be so much more frightening than the small human farm he was used to visiting.Gulliver's obsession with everything human brings him face to face with a girl unlike any he's ever met before. Sophie-Ann Devereaux. She's kind and clumsy and... sick. So sick he knows her frail human body won't last much longer.The closer he gets to the humans behind the fae attacks, the more he realizes what he's done. He's failed Tia. Lost his mission. Become as useless as he always feared he was. Because the waitress, the one fading from this world, isn't just a random human girl. Her father is the man Gullie was sent to find. Together with his second in command, they intend to erase the fae from their world. And they'll resort to any means necessary to see it done. From an accidental carjacking to an unhealthy obsession with beignets and cute human girls with blue hair, Gulliver embarks on an adventure of a lifetime in Fae's Envoy.

Griffin O'Shea is trapped.Again. His prison sentence was supposed to end when the magic keeping the Dark Fae captive in Myrkur finally fell. But when King Egan's army clashed with the armies of Iskalt and Fargelsi on the battlefield, there was no winner and no clear path forward. Now the Dark Fae king is missing, vanished without a trace of the army at his back or the abducted child leading him to the prize he desires. The magic held in Aghadoon.With no way to locate the forever moving village, Griffin can only set his sights on a more attainable goal-saving Eldur from the coming invasion. The desert kingdom is Egan's next target and there is no magic strong enough to stop him. Until now. Joining forces with people who do not trust him may prove foolish. Allying himself with the ones he isn't allowed to love brings unimaginable pain.Yet, with Riona and Gulliver by his side, Griffin can handle the unwanted magic that has returned to haunt him, the brother who hates him, and the questions with answers that could change everything. But none of that will matter if Egan isn't stopped, because now, it isn't only the fae realm in danger of succumbing to his darkness, but the human realm as well. As Griffin begins to lose hope that he can save his family and earn their trust again, he starts to wonder...Will he ever truly be free?Fae's Promise is the sixth book in the Queens of the Fae series featuring fae out for redemption, others desiring revenge, and an entire world that desperately needs to remember the things that have been lost to magic. Books in the fae world:Queens of the Fae:Fae's DeceptionFae's DefianceFae's DestructionFae's PrisonerFae's PowerFae's PromiseFae's RebellionFae's RefugeFae's ReturnFae's EnvoyFae's EnemyFae's End

A powerful fae princess desperate to escape her future.A broody prince holding her captive. Tia O'Shea just wants to go home, back to the palace among snowy fields where her twin brother amplifies the power inside her, and her father tries to secure the future of the throne through her marriage.A marriage she doesn't want and refuses to consider. As a future queen, Tia only wants a choice in this one part of her life.On the night of the ball to introduce all potential suitors eligible for her hand, she escapes to the human realm, planning to return after everyone has come to their senses. She never expected anyone to follow her, let alone her best friend and two of her suitors.When the portal home goes awry, she finds herself separated from the others, without her magic, and stranded in a kingdom she knows nothing of, a kingdom torn apart by generations of war.Tia has been through her fair share of war, she knows what happens to those caught in the middle, but avoiding it might not be possible if she wants to find her friends.To recover her missing magic and find a way home across the treacherous fire plains, she might have to wade right into the fight.But first, she has to escape the prince claiming her as prisoner.Fae's Rebellion is the seventh book in the Queens of the Fae series. It begins the story of Tia O'Shea, a familiar face all grown up and struggling for independence in a world full of powerful magic and heightened expectations.Prepare to lose yourself in this beautifully wicked epic fantasy with masterful world building, dark and twisty secrets, lies, powerful magic-and a devastatingly conflicted fae prince.Secrets of the Fae includes: Fae's RebellionFae's RefugeFae's Return

Heir to the Valkyrie throne, Alithea belives she is better suited to the battlefield than the throne room.On the eve of her betrothal ceremony where she will finally meet the young man the queen's council has chosen for her--the man raised to serve her every need--Alithea makes a desperate decision that will change her life forever. Rejecting her birthright, she flees across the broken bridge to the human realm where she must hide her true Valkyrie nature.When the queen's Berserker bounty hunter finally catches up with her, Druan gives her no choice but to return to a war-torn world where her mother and all those she loves are trapped, powerless to resist the vicious usurper queen. To save her people, Alithea will have to do the one thing she swore she would never do. Ascend to the Valkyrie throne and take her seat as the High Queen of the Nine Realms, all while keeping a dangerous secret that could destroy everything.The Reluctant Queen is the first book in a brand new series by award winning author, Melissa A. Craven. Fans of her Queens of the Fae series will fall in love with this new world deeply rooted in Norse Mythology as you've never seen before! Don't miss the opportunity to dive into this reimagining of Asgard in a post-Ragnarok world where the gods are all gone and the Valkyries rule in their place.Publisher's Weekly BookLife review quote: "Craven's concept and narrative are well-served by an energetic pacing, which will keep readers turning the pages. The author's prose establishes character and motive with an almost irresistible fluidity and is sure to bring readers into the world of The Reluctant Queen with ease. Her characters are infused with a sense of life and a magnetism that is immediate, and difficult to shake. Fantasy fans will find plenty to love in this eccentric, spirited cast."

She has devoted her life to training with the elite Immortals of Soma.For nearly a decade, Tessa St. James has sacrificed her life with her family to live, train and work behind the safety of Sterling Tower, waiting for the day when she will receive her first assignment. With Soma at her back, her days of working the Amrita circuit are numbered. As soon as her trainer deems her ready, Tess will be one step closer to a world-class career as a Soma agent. When a casual flirtation at an anonymous Amrita event becomes not so anonymous, Tess is left with images of Dean McBrien to haunt her when she returns to life at Sterling Tower where nothing is ever as it seems. For the first time Tessa questions the world she lives in and is no longer able to look the other way when Soma''s actions don''t add up.What will happen when Tessa finally realizes her new position isn''t all she dreamed it would be? Fans of the Immortals of Indriell will not want to miss the explosive ending when Allie and Tessa''s stories collide. One click now to get a glimpse of what''s coming next for Allie in the upcoming novel, Heir.*Assignment is a satisfying read with twelve full chapters and tons of action and insight!

They claim he will be a great leader. They say he is the most powerful Immortal of his generation and the son of prophecy. But he''s still just a guy. A lonely, angry guy. Alienated by the power that sets him apart, Aidan McBrien suffers in silence, choosing to live behind a mask to protect himself, even from those he loves. He is desperate to connect with someone who understands, but Aidan fights a constant battle to control the gifts that threaten to push him over the edge, and he dreads the day his world will look to him to fulfill a prophecy he doesn''t even believe in. Allie Carmichael is dying inside and she doesn''t even realize it. Half a world away, she endures an isolation she doesn''t understand. As she forges a hesitant friendship for the first time in years, Allie sees a tiny glimmer of the life she wants, and the person she wants to be, but her instincts tell her the timing is all wrong.Allie and Aidan''s paths are about to converge. With others making decisions for them, will they ever truly understand the immense power they posses, Or the prophecy that might not be about Aidan after all?

They claim the prophecy is about her. They say she will lead the Immortals into an unknown future.But she is angry. And that anger is all she has left.  Allie Carmichael has so many secrets she doesn''t know what-or who-to believe anymore. After dropping a truth bomb that changed her world, Greggory McBrien has disappeared without answering the questions that have haunted her for months. The knowledge that her life was built on a foundation of lies and manipulation has left Allie in a twisted mess of emotions. She still feels overwhelmed with guilt for her mistakes that left her scarred for life and Quinn a captive of the Coalition. When she returns to school and her normal routine, Allie finds herself constantly dancing on the edge of losing control of her power, too afraid and too furious to confide in anyone--even her broody best friend, Aidan, who could be more than just a friend after that night in Agra they don''t talk about. An encounter at a dangerous Immortal nightclub gives Allie and her friends a chance to discover what really happened to Quinn. But as Allie continues to struggle with the nightmares that only Aidan can keep at bay, she doesn''t understand what her clairvoyant gift is trying to tell her. Just when she begins to put the pieces together, she fears it might be too late, and this time the price for her mistakes will be much too high. Last time she was afraid. This time she is angry.