|COMPLETE| Life after death, ironically enough, does not live up to expectations. When the entirety of the afterlife is upended by unexpected chaos after the gods took a leisurely vacation, Death himself enlists Evyionne's help to find out what went wrong. He leaves her with two things: memories of her past life, and his very domain. But with the trouble coming, it might not be enough.

One girl... one quest... and a love strong enough to cross worlds. The Fragile Tower is the No 1 Hit fantasy adventure by award-winning novelist and playwright Gytha Lodge. This is book one of of the Cold Lands series - a gripping, fantastical and unique story of love, loss and powerful magic. Grace is a shy fifteen-year-old girl living in a small town in New York state. She has been looking for something to make her feel like she matters for most of her life. After a beautiful and exotic fair arrives on her street in the middle of winter, her brother vanishes during the night. Grace must get him back, and to do so must travel to another world where she finds she has magic she had never dreamed of, and where she faces enemies of huge and ancient power. Within the strange and wonderful Cold Lands she fights to master her magical abilities as she faces creatures out of nightmare. Along the way she meets the resourceful but troubled hunter Afi, and draws him into her quest. Little by little she realises that nothing is as simple as it seems, including her own feelings for her companion. The fate of the whole kingdom will be decided by her actions, and she has to take up the challenge... or let its people die at the hands of the Cold... **Make sure to check out the CONTEST chapter where I'm running a competition with a whole goody-bag of prizes!!** Find The Fragile Tower on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/thefragiletowerseries or like my page at: https://www.facebook.com/gythalodge

*A Cinderella Retelling* A young woman in a beautiful blue gown. A prince bored with his birthday ball. All is as it seems. Except for three things. One's a vampire, the other is a wizard, and they both have missions that center on the other. The problem? Only one person can walk away from their encounter alive. ----- One of the winners from @_Once_Upon's dark fairytale prompt. Cover made by @shadowsleek! Full-length novel is up on my profile under the same name but with "novel version" tacked on and with a different cover!

[Completed] Cursed as a child, Cinder Valentine lives life as beast, forced to perform in a traveling carnival. Only on the night of the full moon does she change back to her human form. The carnival travels through the Kingdom of Edenraye on the eve of the Prince's Ball. Every maiden in the kingdom is invited, but the full moon is the night before, and Cinder will be in her beastly form. Thanks to the carnival gypsy, and a moonstone necklace, Cinder will have one night to live life as a normal human. But, when the clock strikes twelve, and the moonstone fades, will her curse destroy the kingdom? ***Winner of @_Once_Upon Dark Fairy Tale contest.*** **COMPLETED**

Adelaide envied the girls that received the coveted red riding hood each year which was an official invitation to the Prince's Harvest Ball where the young girls would meet their suitors. So when awakens on her eighteenth birthday she is elated to find a prized hood waiting for her. But soon she discovers the true horror behind the red hood and must decide whether to trust a feared beast or succumb to the fate she was chosen for. *Recently edited for the Watty's 2017. Make sure if you have read it before to read it again and find a few easter eggs I added!*

PREVIOUSLY TITLED 'BLOOD THRONE' { Wattys 2018 'The Originals' winner } Shadows trail Rhaessa wherever she goes. Whether that's her magic or past, she can't seem to escape them. Wrestled into a corner with only one way out, she embarks on a journey to uncover the truths of her vicious kingdom. Varyn walks a very fine line in the royal courts, finding herself at the mercy of the King's whims, where one wrong move can have terrible consequences. When a string of murders is committed inside the castle walls, the time is ticking for her to put a stop to it before chaos erupts. Two women are forced to uncover the blood, bones, and treachery that built their kingdom and line the throne. The stakes could be their lives or worse. Much, much worse. War? That doesn't quite cover it. TW: violence, implied SA, and mentions of suicide/depression. This story is heavy and has some dark themes. *** Disclaimer: although I made the cover myself, I do not claim to have made any of the beautiful art used on it. If it's yours please dm for credit or removal!***

When skin and bone are stolen, darkness uses wings of flesh and lead. ******** Beneath the vibrant city of Mallinasport, awash in the pollution is Imus, a community as bleak as the futures of those who live there. With little food or water, it's all Aeris can do to make it day by day and keep the shop her father left her running. When the fabled circus returns, it brings a small reprieve from daily life. Or so it seems until Aeris is delivered a mysterious warning and a boy falls from the sky. Darkness haunts the night, taking people with it. Aeris finds herself captive in a twisted and barbaric ploy for power, in a world forgotten beneath the city. Enlisting the help of a fellow captive, they must plan their escape before Aeris is sent to the arena, or killed. The boy from the sky holds the key to saving her.

❇️ 2018 WATTYS WINNER! The Originals category ❇️ - "The Breakfast Club" meets "Nancy Drew" in this most unusual YA Mystery. SUMMARY: Five high school students, with little in common other than being descendants of the town founders, are forced to work on a history project together. But when their history project uncovers evidence of a long-buried town secret, the kids must piece together the clues behind their discovery before its legacy comes back to haunt them. ***** Using ACTUAL, archival material (some dating as far back as 1776), The Descendants weaves a tale of mystery and intrigue, constructed entirely from real photographs, documents, and snippets of history from a small, rural town in New Hampshire. What Dan Brown did with conspiracy theories in "The DaVinci Code" and Ransom Riggs did with historical photographs in "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children," I will attempt to do in "The Descendants," but with teen protagonists and the Cheshire County Historical Society. :-) Why? 'Cause I'm crazy like that! Yeah, I know...History?! Blah! But it actually turned out really fun! :-)

Ameerah Abdullah, an enthusiastic young Muslim woman strives her utmost to represent the deen. Carefreely, she faces all antagonism, despair, betrayal, and love, with undeterred indifference, until she is threatened by a sudden impasse... Plagued with series after series of seemingly insurmountable plights, she faces a lure to succumb to the tempting whispers of darkness. She is about to learn that not all romance ends in a golden platter of "happy ever after", and that perhaps, she is just another side of an unbroken mirror. Question is - Will she find her inner Hayaa before she loses her imaan to complete oblivion? Jamaal Khalid is a man of great repute; successful, self-assured and humble. Taken aback by the turbulence that comes with an innocent first glance, and struggling with the price of not lowering his gaze, he is about to sail on a ship to reality check. Question is - is he prepared for the unpredictability of the tides? An Islamic fiction on love, marriage, betrayals, self-discovery and Ibaadat.