Fiction - Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology

Internationally bestselling author Kritika H. Rao weaves a stunning tale of love, seduction, and betrayal in this enchanting and romantic conclusion to the Divine Dancers duology that started with The Legend of MenekaAfter completing her dangerous mission to seduce Sage Kaushika--and unexpectedly finding love...

AN INDIE NEXT AND LIBRARYREADS PICK!The River Has Roots is the hugely anticipated solo debut of the New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award winning author Amal El-Mohtar. Follow the river Liss to the small town of Thistleford, on the edge of Faerie, and...

Author: Amal El-MohtarPublisher: Thorndike Press Large PrintPublished: 06/25/2025Pages: 141Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.50dISBN: 9781420526219

The River Has Roots is the hugely anticipated solo debut of the New York Times bestselling and Hugo Award winning author Amal El-Mohtar. Follow the river Liss to the small town of Thistleford, on the edge of Faerie, and meet two sisters who cannot...

Legendary figures of Mississippi's past-flatboatman Mike Fink and the dreaded Harp brothers-mingle with characters from Eudora Welty's own imagination in an exuberant fantasy set along the Natchez Trace. Berry-stained bandit of the woods Jamie Lockhart steals Rosamond, the beautiful daughter of pioneer planter Clement...

A tale of chivalry and doomed, transcendent love, The Romance of Tristan and Iseult is one of the most resonant works of Western literature, as well as the basis for our enduring idea of romance. The story of the Cornish knight and the Irish...

"Rich and resonant with women's voices and values, at once familiar and entirely new."-Rachel Barenblat, "The Velveteen Rabbi," and author of Texts to the Holy Female protagonists turn Jewish folktales on their heads!What happens when stories with traditional male protagonists are updated with female...

Bestselling author Tiffany Reisz returns with an imaginative tale of lust and magic, and the dangers unleashed when the two are combined... On the day of Lia's university graduation party, her parents--wealthy art collectors with friends in high places--gift her a beautiful wine cup,...

One of the great books of world literature--an unforgettable tale of jealousy, unrequited love, greed, and vengeance. Based on Viking Age poems and composed in thirteenth-century Iceland, The Saga of the Volsungs combines mythology, legend, and sheer human drama in telling of the heroic...

"Khaw's poetic prose and stylish approach to gore make it a blood-soaked, unforgettable gem." --The New York TimesFrom Cassandra Khaw, USA Today bestselling author of Nothing But Blackened Teeth, comes The Salt Grows Heavy, a razor-sharp and bewitching fairy tale of discovering the darkness...

"Khaw's poetic prose and stylish approach to gore make it a blood-soaked, unforgettable gem." --The New York TimesFrom Cassandra Khaw, USA Today bestselling author of Nothing But Blackened Teeth, comes The Salt Grows Heavy, a razor-sharp and bewitching fairy tale of discovering the darkness...

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...

You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen . . . but do you recall the most petrifying Christmas figures of all? Not all children fear just a lump of coal in their stocking. Discover the terrifying Yuletide fables that have horrified children...

Not every fairytale has a happy ending...do you dare to dive into the dark depths of your favorite childhood stories?This spine-chilling anthology weaves together real fairy tales cultures across the globe, unmasking the eerie and unsettling narratives that have been whispered through generations. From...

In this enchanting, adventurous debut novel, a band of seafaring smugglers lands on the Cornish coast, where a young widow with a mysterious past becomes entangled in their schemes--and with their charismatic captain. "A wonderfully romantic story, perfect for fans of Poldark and du...

INDIES INTRODUCE SELECTION DEBUT AUTHOR, MOLLY OLGUÍN brings us THE SEA GIVES UP THE DEAD, a collection of stories sprinkled into the soil of fairy tales, left to take root and grow wild there. "A wunderkammer of beauty and sorrow."- Carmen Maria Machado, author...

When Averil saves a young man from a shipwreck, she thinks she feels the Soul Echo--the sign that the young human male is her one true mate. And the malevolent Sea Witch is all too happy to offer a deal that could make all...

When Jack, librarian and folklorist, meets Rona, she puts aside her sealskin to live as his human wife. Jack knows all selkie stories end the same: the seal-woman finds her stolen skin and leaves. But he hasn't stolen Rona's skin, and they both believe...

The classic English children's novel of three young friends and one special garden, stunningly reimagined in a deluxe full-color edition, illustrated with beautiful artwork and unique interactive features created by the award-winning design studio behind the graphics for the Harry Potter film franchise, MinaLima--sure...

An "enthralling" (Genevieve Cogman, author of The Invisible Library and Elusive) Italian-inspired gothic historical fantasy about a young woman who finds her power in the nocturnal realm that lurks beneath her town. Just beyond the waking edges of Lucerìa, an 18th-century town in the...