Kathleen S Allen: 10 books

Fitzroy, also known as the Duke of Richmond, is the bastard son of Henry VIII of England. He is caught up in his father's politics and struggles to find his own identity in the shadow of his father's overbearing personality and his own failing health. When his father threatens the life of...

These are the stories of the ballads sung in the courts of England and Ireland. Come read about the witch who will do anything for love; the noblewoman who leaves her husband and baby for a pirate; the vampire who stalks impressionable young women in the forests at night and more. Vampires, pirates, witches, ghosts, thieves, murderers all have a story to tell.

When Aine returns from being in Ireland for half the school year, all Aine wants to do is go back to being a typical tenth grader. She wants to forget all about the whole faerie/banshee thing. But, a dark faerie named Grianne has other plans for her.

Nina's father is accussed of setting an explosion at a chemical plant that kills over 100 people. But, seventeen year old Nina doesn't believe he did it. What she discovers about her father will shake her to her very core.

Fifteen year old Molly visits her Aunt Sarah in Salem, Massachusetts. Aunt Sarah is a witch who reads Tarot cards and she predicts Molly will have a good time. But, even Aunt Sarah can't predict murder. Molly discovers a connection to the Salem Witch Trials and to the murdered victims, is Molly the next one to die?

Young adult novel about a 16 year old girl who gets a gift on her 16th birthday. But, it is not a gift she wants. From this point on, she is no longer human.

Sixteen year old Aine found out she's a faerie. On her birthday. A banshee. She has to deal with that information and go to Ireland to figure out what she wants to do. When her mother disappears she finds out her mother is the Queen of All Faeries and she is a princess. All Aine wants to do is find her mother and pass tenth grade. But a dark faerie named Grianne has other plans for her.

This is a collection of thirteen short stories. Meet the wife of a serial killer in NAVAJO DAYS; meet another wife who gets revenge on her abusive husband in ROSEALEE; read about the crew member who is stranded on a planet with no water in NOT A DROP; read about the mechanical version of Midsummer's...

The faeries are ready to declare war on the humans who threaten to take away Fei, the land of the faeries. They enlist the help of the elves who do not trust either the faeries or the humans. The cost of war almost proves too much for the faeries as more and more of them are lost in battle. Will it be enough to win their hard-earned freedom, or will the battle be lost forever?

Despite the increasing number and variety of older characters appearing in film, television, comics, and other popular culture, much of the understanding of these figures has been limited to outdated stereotypes of aging. These include depictions of frailty, resistance to modern life, and mortality....