A.G. Howard

Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers—precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. This family curse stretches back to her ancestor Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Alyssa might be crazy, but she manages to keep it together. For now. When her mother’s mental health takes a turn for the worse, Alyssa learns that what she thought was fiction is based in terrifying reality. The real Wonderland is a place far darker and more twisted than Lewis Carroll ever let on. There, Alyssa must pass a series of tests, including draining an ocean of Alice’s tears, waking the slumbering tea party, and subduing a vicious bandersnatch, to fix Alice’s mistakes and save her family. She must also decide whom to trust: Jeb, her gorgeous best friend and secret crush, or the sexy but suspicious Morpheus, her guide through Wonderland, who may have dark motives of his own.

Alyssa Gardner has been down the rabbit hole and faced the bandersnatch. She saved the life of Jeb, the guy she loves, and escaped the machinations of the disturbingly seductive Morpheus and the vindictive Queen Red. Now all she has to do is graduate high school and make it through prom so she can attend the prestigious art school in London she's always dreamed of. That would be easier without her mother, freshly released from an asylum, acting overly protective and suspicious. And it would be much simpler if the mysterious Morpheus didn’t show up for school one day to tempt her with another dangerous quest in the dark, challenging Wonderland—where she (partly) belongs. As prom and graduation creep closer, Alyssa juggles Morpheus’s unsettling presence in her real world with trying to tell Jeb the truth about a past he’s forgotten. Glimpses of Wonderland start to bleed through her art and into her world in very disturbing ways, and Morpheus warns that Queen Red won’t be far behind. If Alyssa stays in the human realm, she could endanger Jeb, her parents, and everyone she loves. But if she steps through the rabbit hole again, she'll face a deadly battle that could cost more than just her head.

"Once upon a nightmare, her fairy tale begins..." This high-fantasy gothic fairytale, inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s The Princess and the Pea, takes place in an alternative medieval world split apart by magic. To win back her kingdom of perpetual day, save her night prince, and reunite the sun with the moon, a princess incapable of speech or sound must prove herself everything a traditional princess is not: tough enough to sleep on a bed of nails, and loud enough to be heard without a voice.

Rune Germaine moves to a boarding school outside of Paris, only to discover that at this opera-house-turned-music-conservatory, phantoms really do exist. RoseBlood is a Phantom of the Opera–inspired retelling in which Rune’s biggest talent—her voice—is also her biggest curse.   Rune, whose voice has been compared to that of an angel, has a mysterious affliction linked to her talent that leaves her sick and drained at the end of every performance. Convinced creative direction will cure her, her mother ships her off to a French boarding school for the arts, rumored to have a haunted past.   Shortly after arriving at RoseBlood conservatory, Rune starts to believe something otherworldly is indeed afoot. The mystery boy she’s seen frequenting the graveyard beside the opera house doesn’t have any classes at the school, and vanishes almost as quickly as he appears. When Rune begins to develop a secret friendship with the elusive Thorn, who dresses in clothing straight out of the 19th century, she realizes that in his presence she feels cured. Thorn may be falling for Rune, but the phantom haunting RoseBlood wants her for a very specific and dangerous purpose. As their love continues to grow, Thorn is faced with an impossible choice: lead Rune to her destruction, or save her and face the wrath of the phantom, the only father he’s ever known.

Author A.G. Howard launches a dark new YA fantasy series about a girl whose family is cursed by HalloweenPhoenix “Nix” Loring knows her family is under a Halloween curse. When she was three, her parents tragically died on October 31st. Eleven years later, her twin sister Lark suffered a similar fate. Ever since, Nix has battled survivor guilt. She can't even find comfort in Clarey, Lark's boyfriend and the one person who understands her pain, because Nix's hidden feelings for him go far beyond friendship. All that remains are her sketches, where she finds solace among the goblins and faeries in her imaginary world of Mystiquel. When her depression starts affecting her ability to see color, Nix all but gives up on her art, until her uncle goes missing on Halloween day. Hot on his trail, Nix and Clarey step through a portal, becoming trapped inside a decaying version of their town filled with Nix's own sketches come to life. As Nix and Clarey search for her uncle within the sinister and dangerous world of Mystiquel, Nix discovers there's more to her family curse and otherworldly artwork than she ever imagined-and unless she can solve the Goblin King's maze before the clock strikes midnight, her life won't be the only one the curse claims next.

Welkom in het echte Wonderland Voor fans van Neil Gaiman, V.E. Schwab, Stephen Kings Fairy Tale en natuurlijk Alice in Wonderland Alyssa Gardner hoort het gefluister van insecten en bloemen – net als haar moeder, die daarvoor jaren geleden werd opgenomen in een gesticht. Deze vloek rust op hun familie en reikt terug naar Alice Liddell, de muze achter Lewis Carrolls Alice in Wonderland. Alyssa mag dan gek zijn, ze slaagt erin niet op te vallen… Voorlopig dan. Als haar moeders conditie verslechtert, komt Alyssa erachter dat hetgeen waarvan zij dacht dat het niet waar kon zijn gebaseerd is op een doodenge werkelijkheid. Het echte Wonderland is een veel duisterdere plek dan Lewis Carroll ooit liet doorschemeren. Alyssa wordt op de proef gesteld en moet de fouten die Alice jaren geleden maakte zien op te lossen. Om dat te kunnen doen moet ze kiezen wie ze kan vertrouwen: Jeb, haar knappe beste vriend en geheime crush of de sexy maar achterdochtige Morpheus, haar gids in Wonderland, die zijn eigen duistere motieven heeft…

After surviving a disastrous battle at prom, Alyssa has embraced her madness and gained perspective. She's determined to rescue her two worlds and the people and netherlings she loves. Even if it means challenging Queen Red to a final battle of wills and wiles . . . and even if the only way to Wonderland, now that the rabbit hole is closed, is through the looking-glass world--a parallel dimension filled with mutated and violent netherling outcasts. In the final installment of the wildly popular Splintered trilogy, Alyssa and her dad journey into the heart of magic and mayhem in search of her mom and to set right all that's gone wrong. Together with Jeb and Morpheus, they must salvage Wonderland from the decay and destruction that has ensnared it. But if they succeed and come out alive, can everyone truly have their happily ever after?

Morpheus wants to know more about his rival for Alyssa's affections, so he digs into Jeb's memories of his time in Wonderland. But he may be surprised by what he finds. This brand-new story and perspective from A.G. Howard's dark, magical world stands alone, but also provides a tantalizing glimpse of what's to come in Unhinged, the sequel to Splintered.

Emilia's story... Launch date and book description TBA.

For close to a decade, twenty-five-year-old Felicity Lonsdale has masqueraded as a dowager almost twice her age—selling caterpillars to butterfly consortiums—enabling her to hide an ill-fated past while raising her late brother’s daughters. Together, the three live on an isolated Irish estate bequeathed by a dying earl. When the earl’s estranged son arrives to claim his inheritance by threatening to expose Felicity’s true identity, she longs to pack up her nieces and run. But a ghostly secret within the castle’s turret holds her captive. Nick Thornton—a Roma viscount’s heir—is also captive. After a tryst with an investor’s wife nearly destroyed his family’s holiday resort, Nick forsook everything to elope with her. However, a tragic mistake at his hand led to her and his baby’s deaths. Refusing to turn to the family he shamed, Nick travels to seek the countess who once co-wrote a romance with his sister. There’s rumor of a special butterfly in her keep—a transparent-winged species with ties to the afterlife. Nick hopes to contact his dead wife and child, for only their forgiveness can free him. Upon his arrival to Felicity’s estate, Nick offers to help her defeat the earl’s son, on the condition she allow Nick to investigate her glass butterflies. Felicity agrees, though fears the closer he gets to the ghosts of his past, the closer he’ll come to uncovering her own. As Nick spends time with Felicity and her nieces, he realizes the mystery enshrouding this fragile countess and her castle is more intriguing than the ghosts he originally came to find. And perhaps putting his dead to rest and helping her do the same will be his true path to redemption.

For most of her life, nineteen-year-old Juliet Emerline has subsisted – isolated by deafness – making hats in the solitude of her home. Now, she’s at risk to lose her sanctuary to Lord Nicolas Thornton, a twenty-seven-year-old mysterious and eccentric architect with designs on her humble estate. When she secretly witnesses him raging beside a grave, Juliet investigates, finding the name “Hawk” on the headstone and an unusual flower at the base. The moment Juliet touches the petals, a young English nobleman appears in ghostly form, singing a song only her deaf ears can hear. The ghost remembers nothing of his identity or death, other than the one name that haunts his afterlife: Thornton. To avenge her ghostly companion and save her estate, Juliet pushes aside her fear of society and travels to Lord Thornton’s secluded holiday resort, posing as a hat maker in one of his boutiques. There, she finds herself questioning who to trust: the architect of flesh and bones who can relate to her through romantic gestures, heartfelt notes, and sensual touches … or the specter who serenades her with beautiful songs and ardent words, touching her mind and soul like no other man ever can. As sinister truths behind Lord Thornton’s interest in her estate and his tie to Hawk come to light, Juliet is lured into a web of secrets. But it’s too late for escape, and the tragic love taking seed in her heart will alter her silent world forever.

Set 19 years after The Architect of Song. Shortly after escaping a circus tragedy, young Italian orphan, Willow Antoniette, seeks refuge at The Manor of Diversions—a holiday resort in England born of a ghost story. For eleven years, she’s raised alongside the children of the resort’s owners: Julian, his twin brother, Nick, and their younger sister Emilia. Now that Willow is of marriable age, she's determined to escape finishing school along with everyone's efforts to make her a proper lady. The only man she wants to spend her life with is Julian, after all. Yet how can she tell him, when he thinks of her as nothing but a friend? As a machinist and engineer, Julian Thornton prefers a governable life. He can't allow his ever-deepening attraction for Willow to distract from his amusement park plans to lure a younger, wealthier clientele to their family's resort. In hopes to escape Willow and find investors, Julian sets off on a transatlantic ocean liner headed for the St. Louis World’s Fair, unaware Willow has secretly stowed away on the same ship. A tiny, mute orphan named Newton and a pair of haunted Italian shoes bring Willow and Julian face to face on deck. Forced to work together to solve the mystery of Newton and his vindictive, ghostly companion, Julian and Willow can no longer fight their untapped passions. However, time to admit their true feelings is running out, for the ghost and her murderer have enlisted them as unsuspecting pawns in a karmic game of cat-and-mouse that could cost all of them their lives.

A post-Ensnared collection of three stories—available in both print and e-versions. Alyssa Gardner went down the rabbit hole and took control of her destiny. She survived the battle for Wonderland and the battle for her heart. In this collection of three novellas, join Alyssa and her family as they look back at their memories of Wonderland. In Six Impossible Things, Alyssa recalls the most precious moments of her life after Ensnared, and the role magic plays in preserving the happiness of those she loves. Alyssa’s mother reminisces about her own time in Wonderland and rescuing the man who would become her husband in The Boy in the Web. And Morpheus delves into Jeb’s memories of the events of Splintered in The Moth in the Mirror, available in print for the first time. This collection expands upon Ensnared's epilogue, and includes some deleted scenes to provide a “director’s cut” glimpse into the past and futures of our favorite Splintered characters.

New York Times bestselling author A.G. Howard concludes her dark, compelling YA fantasy series about twins separated by a family curse. Nix Loring stepped into Mystiquel to face the Goblin King and break her family’s curse. When she found her twin, Lark, held captive for three years and forced to power the magical realm with her imagination, Nix offered herself up in her sister’s place. Now, Nix wants nothing more than to be home with the people she loves. Instead, she's tasked to create beauty from a world fallen to desolation. She finds herself drawn to the faerie creatures under her care—and even reluctantly drawn to the Goblin King himself. But how can she rebuild the very realm that tore her family apart? Back home, her uncle and boyfriend desperately plan a rescue. But Lark, having learned Nix was meant to be the Goblin King’s captive in the first place, resents how her twin stole everything belonging to her during her absence. Worse yet, Lark harbors an unspeakable secret that could destroy what little she has left. As time draws closer to the rescue, Lark grapples with the darkness growing inside: should she help save her sister, or finally get her revenge? Set in a gritty, atmospheric world filled with magical creatures, New York Times bestselling author A.G. Howard concludes her thrilling fantasy duology full of romance, twists, and betrayals.

Long before Alyssa Gardner found her way into the rabbit hole to have the adventure of a lifetime and find the love of an eternity, her great-great-great grandmother, Alice, stumbled in. The child’s frolics and adventures left footprints across the pages of Wonderland’s history books—footprints that disappeared abruptly without a trace. Follow Morpheus on the day of his transformative awakening, as he forges a new identity and fresh alliances while seeking to make sense of Alice’s mysterious absence in a fairyland ruled by absurdity, madness, and magic. This limited edition collector’s prequel / origin story from A.G. Howard's dark, magical spin on Wonderland provides a bird’s eye view of a fan-favorite character. See how and why Morpheus became the sharp-tongued, hat-wearing, hookah-smoking, master manipulator pulling all the strings in Splintered, Unhinged, and Ensnared.

Alyssa Gardner ouve os pensamentos das plantas e animais. Por enquanto ela consegue esconder as alucinações, mas já conhece o seu destino: terminará num sanatório como sua mãe. A insanidade faz parte da família desde que a sua tataravó, Alice Liddell, falava a Lewis Carroll sobre os seus estranhos sonhos, inspirando-o a escrever o clássico Alice no País das Maravilhas. Mas talvez ela não seja louca. E talvez as histórias de Carroll não sejam tão fantasiosas quanto possam parecer. Para quebrar a maldição da loucura na família, Alyssa precisa entrar na toca do coelho e consertar alguns erros cometidos no País das Maravilhas, um lugar repleto de seres estranhos com intenções não reveladas. Alyssa leva consigo o seu amigo da vida real – o superprotetor Jeb –, mas, assim que a jornada começa, ela se vê dividida entre a sensatez deste e a magia perigosa e encantadora de Morfeu, o seu guia no País das Maravilhas. Ninguém é o que parece no País das Maravilhas. Nem mesmo Alyssa...

El País de las Maravillas existe.  A Alyssa Gardner las flores y los insectos le hablan. Teme que su destino sea acabar en un psiquiátrico, como su madre, pues una vena de locura recorre su familia desde tiempos de su antepasada Alicia, la niña que inspiró el País de las Maravillas de Lewis Carroll.  Pero ¿y si los susurros de las flores no son alucinaciones? ¿Y si el País de las Maravillas existe y la está llamando? ​ Alyssa descenderá por la madriguera del conejo hacia un mundo mágico, pero también despiadado. Durante su increíble aventura, tendrá que decidir en quién confiar: en Jeb, su mejor amigo, por el que siempre se ha sentido atraída, o en el fascinante y seductor Morfeo, su guía en el País de las Maravillas y con el que lleva soñando desde que era niña.

Después de sobrevivir al baile de graduación, Alyssa ha aceptado su locura y ganado perspectiva. Está decidida a rescatar sus dos mundos y a la gente que quiere. Incluso si eso significa desafiar a Reina Roja en una gran batalla final. Ahora que la madriguera del conejo ha sido cerrada, la única manera de llegar al País de las Maravillas es a través del mundo que hay al otro lado del espejo, el cual está lleno de violentos mutantes y parias. En la última entrega de la popular trilogía de Susurros, Alyssa y su padre viajarán al corazón de la magia y el caos, en busca de su madre e intentarán restablecer todo lo que ha ido mal. Junto con Jeb y Morpheus, deben salvar el País de las Maravillas de la decadencia y la destrucción en la que está envuelto. Pero si tienen éxito y consiguen salir con vida, ¿pueden realmente todos tener el final feliz que ansían?

El País de las Maravillas sólo era el principio… Después de su aventura, Alyssa Gardner trata de olvidar a la vengativa Reina Roja, al atractivo Morfeo y concentrarse en su nueva vida con Jeb. Pero no es tan sencillo: su madre, recién liberada del hospital mental, se comporta de nuevo de manera extraña. Un día Morfeo aparece de nuevo para pedirle que vuelva arriesgarse por el País de las Maravillas, Alyssa comprende que tendrá que contarle la verdad a Jeb, quiera o no. El País de las Maravillas la reconoce como una de los suyos, y si acepta el reto, Alyssa deberá enfrentarse a una batalla mortal, que podría costarle mucho más que la cabeza.

Los cuentos de hadas nunca habían sido tan oscuros. Lyra, la princesa de Eldoria, la Tierra del Día, es una joven incapaz de comunicarse y de emitir sonidos, pero, según una antigua profecía, está llamada a casarse con el príncipe Vesper, el heredero de la Tierra de la Noche, para salvarlo de una muerte horrible y unir ambos reinos. Sin embargo, su malvada tía Griselda quiere que sea su hija quien contraiga matrimonio con el príncipe, por lo que expulsa a Lyra de Eldoria para que nadie la encuentre jamás. Pero cuando una bruja da con la joven y descubre que Lyra es la verdadera princesa, decide borrarle los recuerdos con la esperanza de protegerla hasta que esté preparada para enfrentarse a sus enemigos. Para recuperar su derecho al trono, salvar al príncipe y sellar la paz con la Tierra de la Noche, Lyra deberá encontrar su propia voz.

Benvenuti nel vero Paese delle Meraviglie. Alyssa Gardner riesce a sentire i sussurri dei fiori e degli insetti. Peccato che per lo stesso dono sua madre sia finita in un ospedale psichiatrico. Questa maledizione affligge la famiglia di Alyssa fin dai tempi della sua antenata Alice Liddell, colei che ha ispirato a Lewis Carroll il suo Alice nel Paese delle Meraviglie. Chissà, forse anche Alyssa è pazza, ma niente sembra ancora compromesso, almeno per ora, almeno fin quando riuscirà a ignorare quei sussurri. Quando la malattia mentale della madre peggiora improvvisamente, però, Alyssa scopre che quello che lei pensava fosse solo finzione è un’incredibile verità: il Paese delle Meraviglie esiste davvero, è molto più oscuro di come l’abbia dipinto Carroll e quasi tutti i personaggi sono in realtà perfidi e mostruosi. Per sopravvivere e per salvare sua madre da un crudele destino che non merita, Alyssa dovrà rimediare ai guai provocati da Alice e superare una serie di prove: prosciugare un oceano di lacrime, risvegliare i partecipanti a un tè soporifero, domare un feroce Serpente. Di chi potrà fidarsi? Di Jeb, il suo migliore amico, di cui è segretamente innamorata? Oppure dell’ambiguo e attraente Morpheus, la sua guida nel Paese delle Meraviglie?

Phoenix "Nix" Loring sabe que su familia es víctima de una maldición de Halloween. Cuando tenía tres años, sus padres murieron trágicamente un 31 de octubre. Once años más tarde, su hermana gemela Lark sufrió un destino similar.  Desde entonces, Nix ha luchado contra el sentimiento de culpabilidad por ser la superviviente. Ni siquiera es capaz de animarse con Clarey, el novio de Lark y la única persona que entiende su dolor. porque los sentimientos ocultos que Nix tiene hacia él van mucho más allá de la amistad. Solo le quedan sus dibujos, donde encuentra consuelo entre los duendes y las hadas que habitan el mundo imaginario que ha creado con sus bocetos. Ni siquiera cuando su depresión empieza a afectar a su capacidad de ver en color, abandona su arte. Pero entonces su tío desaparece el día de Halloween. Siguiendo su rastro, Nix y Clarey atraviesan un portal y se quedan atrapados en una versión decadente de su propia ciudad, llena de los bocetos de Nix, que han cobrado vida.  Mientras Nix y Clarey buscan a su tío en ese siniestro y peligroso mundo mágico, Nix descubre que hay mucho más de lo que había imaginado detrás de la maldición de su familia y de su arte sobrenatural. Y a menos que pueda resolver el laberinto del Rey de los Duendes antes de que el reloj marque la medianoche, su vida no será la única que la maldición reclame a continuación.