A land plagued with darkness and grief is all Amyrah knows, but when luminescent creatures appear in the Vale, her inborn gift awakens and allows her to see the shadows for what they are. Caught between fear and the pull of light on her soul, she must decide whether her convictions are worth shattering the beliefs of those she loves. If courage fails her and she gives in to the pressing dark, her people could remain shrouded forever. But if she stands against it, true light might penetrate the Vale for the first time.

A king haunted by memories of his past... A young woman fighting against her future... Torn from her home and all that is familiar, Arabella of Caelrith finds herself as the unwilling bride of King Rowan of Acuniel--the man whose vengeful war stole her family. Bitter and confused, Arabella struggles to find her place in this new life. That is, until someone tries to kill the king.Despite repeated warnings to stay out of the matter, Arabella investigates the attempt on Rowan’s life, and his parents’ long ago murder, unconcerned with the potential cost of her interference. But when tragedy strikes, the seriousness of the situation becomes all too clear. Is the price of knowing the truth higher than she is willing to pay? When the fate of the kingdom and all that she holds dear is at stake, will Arabella have the courage to stand up against the evil endeavoring to destroy them all? Did God really abandon her when He left her to this fate? Or was she put in the king’s palace… for such a time as this?

“How far are you willing to go to protect what you love? Eness has lived her life in a land that hunts for her heritage for a crime committed by a few of her blood. She’s tried to block the sign, to find a way to save them through the herbs she works with. But when there are soldiers at her door, wounded and demanding help, the choice to hide will no longer be hers. To refuse will mean an end to all that she has worked to. But to help may bring down upon her all that she has attempted to hide from."

It is 1901 when clockmaker and brilliant tinker Sydney Forrester inherits Blakely House, the eclectic estate of an estranged uncle she's never met. The well-known but mysterious industrialist has left behind a stunning array of peculiar inventions--and a couple of nephews intent on removing this interloper from the estate. Convinced that Sydney has something to do with their uncle's death, the late master's nephews contest the will and work against their cousin at every turn. Sydney finds a sometimes-ally in the estate's butler, an ex-adventurer who ran aground on the island years ago. But when a mysterious man washes ashore with a stunning surprise that upsets everything, Sydney must prove she has inherited the late master's brilliance as well as his property--or someone else will.

Light always finds a way to break free . . . Noelle Perrault has felt drawn to the tales her glassmaker father told of the four Firefly artisans since she was a child. But when her mother falls under a curse, Noelle suspects the stories are more than mere fables. Their last hope is for her father to embark on a desperate journey to another realm, where he must seek a miracle. Alone but not defenseless, Noelle is forced to navigate battles that rise against her beloved home, while her dearest friend, the prince, vows to help her father. Dante Marin is a prince prepared to bear the crown. But the king offers an ultimatum: find the fabled Firefly Vestiges, believed to hold the Lamplighter’s ancient power, or forfeit the crown. Only then will Dante be considered worthy of his birthright and given the freedom to choose his bride. But how does one hunt down a legend? Connected by the past, but forced apart in the present, Noelle and Dante must discover the truth about the Firefly and Vestiges before they lose all hope—and each other—for good. But breaking a curse comes at a great sacrifice—one neither of them predicted. With a mysterious foe rising to power, will they survive, let alone succeed? Or will darkness shroud their future, shattering the light they’ve striven to restore?

Hope lives. Now they must find him. Upon discovering their true purpose, Sovereign Prince Calden and his Bind turn their efforts toward finding the lost Empyreal Guardian who can save their self-destructing world. Only, without any clear direction of where to start, Calden must rely on fragments of information buried deep within his subconscious—information only found through his violent episodes in the other mind. When he fails to trigger an episode, Calden enlists Elias’s help on a quest back to the crypt where they almost lost Norielle to the Blood Wardens. But instead of finding what he seeks, Calden unearths a long-buried secret that challenges everything he believes about the Wardens, Silvirdia’s Empyreal Guardian, and even his own mother. Reeling from the betrayal and following his only lead on the missing Guardian, Calden steers his Bind across perilous seas toward the enemy kingdom of Raevre. However, with Norielle’s Warden training incomplete, Calden beset by doubts, and distrust rising about the Sovereign Prince’s rebellious methods, the bonds between the Bind will be tested like never before.