A dark and enchanting fairy tale-inspired historical fantasy combining elements of "The Little Mermaid" and "Cinderella" into a wholly original tale of love, power, and betrayal. Saint-Malo, Brittany, 1758. For Lucinde Leon, the youngest daughter of one of Saint-Malo's wealthiest ship-owners, the high walls of the city are more hindrance than haven. While her sisters are interested in securing advantageous marriages, Luce dreams of escaping her elegant but stifling home and joining a ship's crew. Only Samuel—Luce's best friend and an English smuggler—understands her longing for the sea, secretly teaching her to sail whenever she can sneak away. For Luce, the stolen time on the water with Samuel is precious. One stormy morning, Luce's plans are blown off course when she rescues Morgan de Chatelaine, the youngest son of the most powerful ship-owner in Saint-Malo, from the sea. Immediately drawn to his charm and sense of adventure, she longs to attend the glittering ball held in honor of his safe return and begins to contemplate a different kind of future for herself. But it is not only Luce's hopes at stake—the local fae are leaving Brittany and taking their magic with them, while the long-standing war with the English means Saint-Malo is always at risk of attack. As Luce is plunged into a world of magic, brutality, and seduction, secrets that have long been lost in the shadowy depths of the ocean begin to rise to the surface. The truth of her own power is growing brighter and brighter, shining like a sea-glass slipper. Or the scales of a sea-maid's tail.

Ormdale, Yorkshire, 1910 Una Worms thinks nothing of soothing a feverish wyvern or putting out a salamander fire, and she is never, ever late for tea. At only 19, the youngest daughter of England’s famous dragon-keeping family is also the one who keeps life at the Royal Menagerie of British and Foreign Dragons running smoothly. But when a mysterious villain infiltrates the menagerie—and even worse, Una’s prodigal sister Violet appears unannounced—Una’s tidy schedule is thrown into turmoil, and she will have to confront parts of her past that she would rather forget. Meanwhile, in London, restless suffragette Penny Fairweather stumbles across a story that could accelerate her journalistic ambitions—if her irritatingly mild-mannered civil servant brother keeps out of her way. But Crispin Fairweather has ambitions of his own. Drawn into a thrilling shadow-realm of espionage, he finds himself wondering just how far he will go to establish himself there—if his sister doesn't kill him first, that is. Next in the much-loved world of Wormwood Abbey and The Secrets of Ormdale comes a new series, The Gilded Age of Dragons, set in a dazzling era where motor-cars and airships compete with mythical creatures for the heart of a generation.

Most fairytales end with a wedding and a happily-ever-after—but this is no fairytale. The updated and official translation of Under the Oak Tree, the #1 webnovel on MANTA, continues in this second volume.As her first winter in Anatol turns to spring, Lady Maximilian finds herself confronting an unfamiliar hope. Her voice and her magic strengthen every day; the only parts of Calypse Castle left to refurbish are its gardens, which she plans to fill with blooming flowers; and the way her husband, the recalcitrant war hero Sir Riftan, looks at her from across their bedroom makes her feel, for the first time in her life, that she might be worthy of love and affection. However, Maxi's life is never that easy. Just as she begins to feel at home with Riftan, Maxi receives a surprise visit from Princess Agnes, the renowned sorceress who might have become Riftan's wife if he'd decided to divorce Maxi after the Dragon Campaign. Not at all what Maxi expected, the princess stirs up complicated emotions and politics that could lead to monumental changes in Maxi and Riftan's relationship. This volume collects chapters 77-133 of the original webnovel by Suji Kim.