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Streamfield Shifters: Hide & Seek by M_A_Hartman
M_A_Hartman
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|| 2021 WATTYS SHORTLIST || Welcome to Streamfield, Massachusetts, home to one of the largest populations of witches, sorcerers, and shapeshifters in New England. Little Jimmy Grabowski is missing ... and that's a problem. In a world where a witch or a sorcerer can locate someone with a simple tracking spell, all attempts at recovering the boy have come up empty. Finding themselves at an impasse, the local police department turns to the Michaels Clan, one of the largest shapeshifter clans in the city, for help. Snow leopard shifter Alina Michaels sees the Grabowski case as her chance to discover if there is something more to life than being the receptionist for the family business. When the clan tracks Jimmy's scent to a wooded area marked by two eerie silver stones, it becomes apparent that this isn't a simple case of kidnapping. The stones are a Gateway to the mythical lost continent of Atlantis, home to a race long since regulated to legends-elves. Now, Alina must trek across unfamiliar and fantastical territory in order to find Jimmy and bring him home. For Jimmy's disappearance may herald that something more sinister is afoot and pose dangerous consequences to both worlds ... Cover designed by @xxsoteria
The Girl in the Garden by sigrist
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After a car crash leaves Benjamin Everett alone in the world, he's sent to stay with his mysterious Uncle Wish at his even more mysterious home, Bramble Manor. Between the burned-down conservatory and the locked-up garden, Ben feels surrounded with uncertainty, and if that wasn't enough, he's been... causing fires. Left with only a key and a note from his mother telling him to "Unlock the past," Ben is determined to find out what she means, why the adults are keeping secrets, and why there's a girl hidden away in the garden. A story that's part Harry Potter, part Secret Garden-if you like magic and mystery, you'll love The Girl in the Garden.
The Dark Dark Woods by LadyInTower
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A pair of siblings on a dangerous journey. A vicious spirit quickly drawing near. A bedtime story filled with peril and magic, loss and self discovery, set within a dark, fantastical forest. Growing up with frightening tales of the woods around them, Credence and her younger brother Josiah never imagined they would venture far from home. After a sudden tragedy reveals a dark family secret, the children are forced into the strange and deadly forest alone, with nothing but a map and a book of spells to guide them. While seeking the purple house of their aunt, who will either protect or curse them depending on her mood, the siblings must contend with a host of wild and wicked creatures, from bog women to ghostly jesters, cannibal twins and rude pumpkins. Credence and Josiah must keep their hearts strong and their wits quick, lest they fall to any one of a thousand dangers lurking within the trees, or worst of all, into the clutches of the Collector, a malevolent spirit with a connection to their parents, feared above all in the woods-who's developed an obsession with finding them. 📚 Book One of the "Bedtime Story" Series 📚 ✨WATTYS 2021 FANTASY WINNER✨ Content Warning: This story contains violence and mild language.