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Exiled to a mountain shrine, Suzume trains to become a priestess serving the god of the mountain. As she toils at the temple, she longs for a life beyond its walls. Until she awakens the slumbering god and unmasks the temple’s centuries-old secret. The god is a fake. Five hundred years ago, the shrine’s founder sealed a dragon in a stone. And now that he’s free, he wants revenge. As Suzume learns, she’s the first priestess’ reincarnation. He spirits her away and Suzume plots to kill him. But the more time they spend together, she starts to question her feelings for him.

Calamity comes and a queen will rise amidst blood and thorns. After losing her power, Catherine is at last able to accept who she is: half fae and the queen ascending of the Thorn Kingdom. But severing her connection to magic, has had disastrous effects. Thorny, bark-like growths are spreading across her body and if they continue, she will turn into a tree.

A prisoner seeking his freedom. A woman chosen by the gods. To break himself of his centuries-long bondage, he must capture her. Shin gave everything up for love. Uncaring whether he lives or dies, when he catches a spy in his master’s land, he lets her escape. What he hadn’t been counting on was just how cruel his master can be. Now he must catch the spy or be locked away for eternity in darkness. Pretending to be a woman, he infiltrates a woman’s only temple. Akane the spy is headstrong and determined to not trust him.

A fox turned human. A princess under a spell. A wolf seeking his freedom. Enter the world of Akatsuki, a realm inspired by both European and Japanese fairy tales. These three interconnected fairy tales can be listened to as stand alones or as one continuous story. This collection is ideal for fans of fairytale retellings, anime, and manga!

Fate demands a sacrifice. But is Suzume willing to pay the ultimate price? Suzume lost friends and gained new powers. Each passing day, she feels more of her soul being eroded away. Her battle against Hisato is racing towards its inevitable conclusion. The only thing holding her back from facing him is knowing she cannot defeat him without destroying herself and the other soul fragments. Then Kazue invades her dreams, leaving cryptic hints to a solution for her problems. Kazue has tricked her before, can she trust her?