Mara Rutherford

The bloody plague is finally past, but what fresh horror lies in its wake? Princess Imogen of Goslind has lived a sheltered life for three years at the boarded-up castle — she and the rest of its inhabitants safe from the bloody mori roja plague that’s ravaged the kingdom. But Princess Imogen has a secret, and as King Stuart descends...

Outsiders are always given a choice: the Forest or the lake. Either way, they’re never heard from again. The Poison Season by Mara Rutherford introduces us to Leelo, who has spent her entire life on Endla. This mystical place coexists with the bloodthirsty Forest and respects the poisonous lake that protects their island from outsiders who seek to destroy it....

Her sister has been taken, and the only boy she’s ever loved has disappeared. To get them back, she’ll have to use the magic she’s always feared. Luminous introduces us to Liora, who has shone from within ever since a star collided with her house when she was a child. Since that day, she has spent her life indoors, only...

Everyone in Ardmuir knows that Willow Stokes is a charlatan, including Willow herself. Her father's shoppe hasn't sold anything magical in decades, and it's only hanging on by the skin of the fake dragon's teeth Willow sells as charms, along with "enchanted" ostrich eggs, taxidermied chimeras, and talismans made of fools' gold. Until outlander Brianna Hargrave appears and turns Willow's...

For generations, the princes of Ilara have married the most beautiful maidens from the ocean village of Varenia. But though every girl longs to be chosen as the next princess, the cost of becoming royalty is higher than any of them could ever imagine... Nor once dreamed of seeing the wondrous wealth and beauty of Ilara, the kingdom that’s ruled...