R L Stedman: 9 books

'Maybe it would be better if I started at the beginning.' Gran watched me carefully. 'This ability we have; my mother, me. You. We draw heat along our bodies; anger makes us flame.' When her friend is assaulted, Corinne Peterson can't help reacting. But she didn't think and now her hands are...

Fairytales, set in the present day. "Music tumbled out across the lawn, palpable as a wind. It seized them, whirled them about, and they danced like bright-colored butterflies across the grass …" When singer-songwriter Zoe Banks is reunited with her father, Riccardo King,...

Christmas Magic in the Air It's Christmas in Berlin. Fatima, refugee and street performer, is invited to play at a mysterious ball – but she needs a special costume to do so. Enter a peculiar store, staffed by a cat and a strangely attractive man. But Fatima's not interested in any...

"Reggie groaned; his head, saints, how it hurt! Putting his hand to his hair he felt stickiness. There was blood on his fingers. Reggie sat down suddenly on the deck, back against the ship's prow, fighting the pain. Why was he here, all alone?" Gregor, bored with working for...

'A true dream is when the events I see in my sleep have, or will happen. It's a talent that runs in my family. I was thirteen when I had my first true dream' Dana wishes she wasn't a princess. She's always being told how to behave, what to wear. The collier's cart seems the perfect escape....

About my wrist is a tattoo of roses, strung like beads on a bracelet of thorns. I have a past, if only I could remember — but I cannot remember. Held captive in a strange city, Dana dreams of fire and flight. There is something she must find, but she does not know what it is, or why it is...

Fairy tales reborn! Inside this enchanting collection you'll find stories that are not-quite familiar. An assassin with a midnight deadline; a shoe store owned by Princeton Charming; a sleeping, ever-so-enchanted beast; an enchanted mirror (how do you define "fairest" anyway?). These are...

'The school will be good for you, Tayla,' said the inspector. 'You'll have children your own age to play with.' 'Dead children.' *'Well, yes. True. But you can't have everything' * Stuck in a hospital bed, unable to move, Tayla decides to leave his body. But floating around intensive...

A Warrior Must Adapt – Or Die Dana and Will must find the weapon to defeat the Emperor. But his army is close behind and the Kingdom and its Guardian have vanished - only N'tombe and Jed remain. As the comrades flee, Dana is hampered by dreams of dragons and by a deep, unbearable sorrow....