At the base of a giant crackled-bloodwood tree, fifteen-year-old Aarkin holds vigil for an animal companion.  Like many before him—those in Calinn who worship Iustyn, the God of Pacts—Aarkin has found...

Today is the day that the dead come home.  And deep within the harsh Roughlands, Efari knows she will greet them, no matter what. Desperate for answers. Desperate for a path to follow. Desperate for the...

Plagued by memories of her parents' fear-frozen deaths, Lilly throws herself into her sword-wielding superhero persona of Edge, whose true power comes from her ability to break down and solve complex...

Tulip pixies share a soul bond with their flower—from bulb to bloom. A connection the big, dumb, incomprehensible humans who tend the tulip fields could never imagine. But when tulips begin to sicken...

Saving souls. The highest calling of them all...or so youth pastor Jason Morelle always believed. But on the day he catches beautiful stranger Katlynn Pike lurking inside the church records office, Jason...

The trip is never too hard, if you know you're going home. Only this Thanksgiving, Josh can't go home. Not welcomed, anyway. Hurt and alone at college, Josh hopes to find some of the holiday warmth in...

The best holiday stories delight with heartfelt satisfaction from beginning to end.Romance forms the core of most of the stories in this volume, and they feature holiday settings from Thanksgiving to...

Read a holiday story per day from the end of November to January first...or binge the entire collection.This volume contains 37 stories—ranging in genre from mystery to fantasy to romance—that center...