F.T. Lukens

A young prince must rely on a mysterious stranger to save him when he is kidnapped during his coming-of-age tour in this swoony adventure that is The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue meets Pirates of the Caribbean. Prince Tal has long awaited his coming-of-age tour. After spending most of his life cloistered behind palace walls as he learns to keep his forbidden magic secret, he can finally see his family’s kingdom for the first time. His first taste of adventure comes just two days into the journey, when their crew discovers a mysterious prisoner on a burning derelict vessel. Tasked with watching over the prisoner, Tal is surprised to feel an intense connection with the roguish Athlen. So when Athlen leaps overboard and disappears, Tal feels responsible and heartbroken, knowing Athlen could not have survived in the open ocean. That is, until Tal runs into Athlen days later on dry land, very much alive, and as charming—and secretive—as ever. But before they can pursue anything further, Tal is kidnapped by pirates and held ransom in a plot to reveal his rumored powers and instigate a war. Tal must escape if he hopes to save his family and the kingdom. And Athlen might just be his only hope…

Spring semester of Bridger Whitt's senior year of high school is looking great. He has the perfect boyfriend, a stellar best friend, and an acceptance letter to college. He also has this incredible job as an assistant to Pavel Chudinov, an intermediary tasked with helping cryptids navigate the modern world. His days are filled with kisses, laughs, pixies, and the occasional unicorn. Life is awesome. But as graduation draws near, Bridger's perfect life begins to unravel. Uncertainties about his future surface, his estranged dad shows up out of nowhere, and, perhaps worst of all, a monster-hunting television show arrives in town to investigate the series of strange events from last fall. The show's intrepid host will not be deterred, and Bridger finds himself trapped in a game of cat and mouse that could very well put the myth world at risk. Again.

Desperate to pay for college, Bridger Whitt is willing to overlook the peculiarities of his new job—entering via the roof, the weird stacks of old books and even older scrolls, the seemingly incorporeal voices he hears from time to time—but it’s pretty hard to ignore being pulled under Lake Michigan by… mermaids? Worse yet, this happens in front of his new crush, Leo, the dreamy football star who just moved to town. Fantastic. When he discovers his eccentric employer Pavel Chudinov is an intermediary between the human world and its myths, Bridger is plunged into a world of pixies, werewolves, and Sasquatch. The realm of myths and magic is growing increasingly unstable, and it is up to Bridger to ascertain the cause of the chaos, eliminate the problem, and help his boss keep the real world from finding the world of myths.

Two rival apprentice sorcerers must team up to save their teachers and protect their own magic in this lively young adult romantic adventure from the New York Times bestselling author of In Deeper Waters and So This Is Ever After. Edison Rooker isn’t sure what to expect when he enters the office of Antonia Hex, the powerful sorceress who runs a call center for magical emergencies. He doesn’t have much experience with hexes or curses. Heck, he doesn’t even have magic. But he does have a plan—to regain the access to the magical world he lost when his grandmother passed. Antonia is…intimidating, but she gives him a job and a new name—Rook—both of which he’s happy to accept. Now all Rook has to do is keep his Spell Binder, an illegal magical detection device, hidden from the Magical Consortium. And contend with Sun, the grumpy and annoyingly cute apprentice to Antonia’s rival colleague, Fable. But dealing with competition isn’t so bad; as Sun seems to pop up more and more, and Rook minds less and less. But when the Consortium gets wind of Rook’s Spell Binder, they come for Antonia. All alone, Rook runs to the only other magical person he knows: Sun. Except Fable has also been attacked, and now Rook and Sun have no choice but to work together to get their mentors back…or face losing their magic forever.

When a teen has an unexpected vision about a future murder, he must juggle newfound interest from the supernatural community with trying to prevent the murder from happening in this new romantic fantasy from New York Times bestselling author F.T. Lukens. Tired of being known as the artsy oddball, fifteen-year-old Cam Reynolds hopes to fly under the radar when he changes high schools as a sophomore. It shouldn’t be too hard, considering he’s a human going to school with kids who have super-cool paranormal powers, like his best friend and witch, Al, and longtime werewolf crush, Miguel. Then Cam has a psychic glimpse of the future in front of most of the student body, seeing a gruesomely murdered teen girl from the point of view of the killer. When Cam comes to, he knows two things: someone he goes to school with is a future murderer and his life is about to change. No longer a mere human but a clairvoyant, one of the rarest of supernatural beings, Cam finds himself at the center of attention for the first time. As the most powerful supernatural factions in the city court Cam and his gift, he’ll have to work with his friends, both old and new, to figure out who he can trust. Because the clock is ticking, and Cam and his friends must identify the girl in the vision, find her potential killer, and prevent the murder from happening. Or the next murder Cam sees might be his own.

Ren grew up listening to his mother tell stories about the Star Hosts – a mythical group of people possessed by the power of the stars. The stories were the most exciting part of Ren’s life, and he often dreamed about leaving his backwater planet and finding his place among the neighboring drifts. When Ren is captured by soldiers and taken from his home, his dream slips further out of his grasp. Now a slave of a despotic Baron, Ren must remain inconspicuous while plotting his escape. It’s a challenge since the general of the Baron’s army is convinced Ren is something out of one of his mother’s stories. Ren finds companionship in the occupant of the cell next to his, a drifter named Asher. A member of the Phoenix Corps, Asher is mysterious, charming, and exactly the person Ren needs to anchor him as his sudden technopathic ability threatens to consume him. Ren doesn’t mean to become attached, but after a daring escape, a trek across the planet, and an eventful ride on a merchant ship, Asher is the only thing that reminds Ren of home. Together, they must warn the drifts of the Baron’s plans, master Ren’s growing power, and try to save their friends while navigating the growing attraction between them.

Arek hadn’t thought much about what would happen after he completed the prophecy that said he was destined to save the Kingdom of Ere from its evil ruler. So now that he’s finally managed to (somewhat clumsily) behead the evil king (turns out magical swords yanked from bogs don’t come pre-sharpened), he and his rag-tag group of quest companions are at a bit of a loss for what to do next. As a temporary safeguard, Arek’s best friend and mage, Matt, convinces him to assume the throne until the true heir can be rescued from her tower. Except that she’s dead. Now Arek is stuck as king, a role that comes with a magical catch: choose a spouse by your eighteenth birthday, or wither away into nothing. With his eighteenth birthday only three months away, and only Matt in on the secret, Arek embarks on a desperate bid to find a spouse to save his life—starting with his quest companions. But his attempts at wooing his friends go painfully and hilariously wrong… until he discovers that love might have been in front of him all along. Carry On meets Arthurian legend in this subversive, “delightfully original and whimsical” (Kirkus Reviews) young adult fantasy about what happens after the chosen one wins the kingdom and has to get married to keep it… and to stay alive.

Reis, piratas e seres mágicos em um mundo de aventuras. Tal é um jovem príncipe que viveu nas terras do reino de sua família. Ao longo dos anos, ele passou por um rigoroso treinamento para aprender a controlar a própria magia. Agora, aos 16, ele tem a oportunidade de realizar uma viagem ao lado do irmão mais velho, para explorar o reino e navegar por águas misteriosas, antes de assumir funções políticas oficiais. E a aventura começa quando ele é encarregado de vigiar um misterioso prisioneiro encontrado num barco abandonado. Tal se distrai com a forte conexão que logo estabelece com Athlen, que aproveita para fugir e desaparece em mar aberto. Ainda sem conseguir processar aqueles breves momentos, ele é sequestrado por piratas e mantido como refém para que revele seus poderes: algo que pode fazer explodir uma guerra e destruir toda a sua família. Uma narrativa repleta de magia, piratas, conflitos e intrigas reais! Em águas profundas despertará sua paixão por fantasia e personagens carismáticos com um romance como a espuma do mar. “Em águas profundas traz uma história deliciosa que mistura fantasia e romance de época. Comece pela aventura fantástica e seja fisgado pela paixão entre um príncipe e um pirata! Absolutamente divertido, do início ao fim.” – MACKENZIE LEE, autora best-seller de O guia do cavalheiro para o vício e a virtude.

Aprendizes de feiticeiros rivais terão de lutar juntos contra um inimigo poderoso… a magia e o romance estão no ar. Rook tem um sonho: recuperar o acesso ao mundo mágico perdido em sua família desde a morte da avó. Para isso, se candidata a um emprego em um centro de atendimento para emergências mágicas, comandado por uma poderosa feiticeira, Antonia Hex. Como não tem magia, utiliza-se de um dispositivo proibido de detecção de encantos que o ajuda em suas tarefas. E esse não é o único contratempo: Rook tem de lidar com Sun, aprendiz de Fable que tem um passado com Antonia. Sun é implicante, irritante e incrivelmente atraente. Rook não sabe bem o que sente por Sun, mas quando os mestres feiticeiros são sequestrados pelo Consórcio – o governo do mundo da magia –, Rook e Sun são as únicas pessoas capazes de salvá-los. Juntos, embarcam em uma jornada cheia de perigos, mistérios e romance. Será que o amor pode florescer entre pessoas que vivem em lados diferentes? O que deve importar mais em nossas vidas?

UM CASAMENTO PRECISA ACONTECER PARA QUE A ESTABILIDADE DO REINO SEJA MANTIDA. MAS E SE O PRETENDENTE NÃO ACEITAR O PEDIDO? Depois de salvar o reino de um imperador tirano, Arek é convencido por seu melhor amigo, Matt, a se tornar rei temporário até que a legítima herdeira do trono possa ser resgatada e assuma o poder. No entanto, ao chegarem ao local de seu cativeiro, eles descobrem que a princesa estava morta há muitos anos, então Arek precisa escolher rápido um cônjuge antes de fazer dezoito anos ― ou logo terá o mesmo destino: ser assassinado. Num universo de magia, poder, encontros tão divertidos quanto catastróficos e os desafios de governar um reino, o romance surge de forma natural, forjado em sentimentos mais profundos. E com um cronômetro sobre suas cabeças, Arek e Matt farão inúmeras descobertas... porque algumas vezes o amor só precisa de um empurrão do destino.

Arek no había pensado demasiado en lo que pasaría tras completar la profecía que decía que estaba destinado a salvar el Reino de Ere de su pérfido gobernante. Así que, ahora que ha conseguido (de forma algo torpe) decapitar al rey malvado (resulta que las espadas mágicas encontradas en las ciénagas no vienen afiladas de fábrica), él y su variopinto grupo de compañeros de misión no saben qué hacer. Como salvaguardia temporal, el mejor amigo de Arek y mago, Matt, le convence para asumir el trono hasta que la verdadera heredera pueda ser rescatada de su torre. Pero hay un problema: está muerta. Ahora Arek está atrapado en su nuevo cargo, uno que conlleva una trampa mágica: o escoges un alma gemela antes de tu decimoctavo cumpleaños o te marchitas hasta no ser nada. Con su decimoctavo cumpleaños a la vuelta de la esquina, Arek se embarca en una misión para encontrar cónyuge y salvar su vida. Pero sus intentos de seducir a sus amigos van desastrosamente mal... hasta que descubre que el amor podría haber estado frente a él todo ese tiempo.

New York Times bestselling author of Spell Bound and So This Is Ever After. Seventeen-year-old Ellery is a non-believer in a region where people swear the supernatural is real. Sure, they’ve been stuck in a five-year winter, but there’s got to be a scientific explanation. If goddesses were real, they wouldn’t abandon their charges like this, leaving farmers like Ellery’s family to scrape by. Knox is a familiar from the Other World, a magical assistant sent to help humans who have made crossroads bargains. But it’s been years since he heard from his queen, and Knox is getting nervous about what he might find once he returns home. When the crossroads demons come to collect Knox, he panics and runs. A chance encounter down an alley finds Ellery coming to Knox’s rescue, successfully fending off his would-be abductors. Ellery can’t quite believe what they’ve seen. And they definitely don’t believe the nonsense this unnervingly attractive guy spews about his paranormal origins. But Knox needs to make a deal with a human who can tether him to this realm, and Ellery needs to figure out how to stop this winter to help their family. Once their bargain is struck, there’s no backing out, and the growing connection between the two might just change everything.

Three months have passed since the events of The Star Host, and Ren is living aboard the Star Stream under the watchful eyes of the Phoenix Corps. Plagued by vivid nightmares that ravage the ship in his sleep, he struggles to prove he isn’t a threat and fears he has traded one captor for another. His relationship with Asher, whose efforts to balance his personal loyalty to Ren with his professional duties to the Corps are failing, fractures. Adrift without an anchor, Ren must return to his home planet of Erden if he has any chance of reversing his dangerous descent into madness. There, he hopes to search for his missing brother and salvage his relationship with Asher. What he finds is knowledge that puts everyone’s allegiance to the test.

When Ren wakes from his life-threatening injury on the Star Stream, he learns that Asher has left with the Phoenix Corps and that the Corps believes Ren to be dead. Despite the opportunity to disappear, Ren is determined to fix his mistakes. He convinces the crew to join him for one last mission—find Asher, free Liam, and escape from the Corps’ reach. But a war is brewing between two formidable armies, and, despite his wish to flee, Ren is drawn into the conflict. With his friends by his side, Ren must make a choice, and it will affect the future of his found family and the cluster forever.