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In a struggle between gods, a young witch and the village she protects are caught in the crossfire. The dark god's cult aims to sweep up not just the village, but the entire country. An unlikely force must stand against the onslaught.

Suzume left Kaito behind to find answers. But the break isn’t clean on either side. As they both return to their separate homes, neither finds what they were expecting.

Suzume’s life is ruined. Exiled to a remote mountain shrine, she’s training to become a priestess. A life of poverty doesn’t suit her, and she dreams of her old life as a princess. When she accidentally awakens the god of the mountain, she discovers new powers and a whole lot of problems.

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!

Catherine’s first memories were of the fae and the misfortune they brought. No one believed her and told her she was insane. When Catherine arrives the country estate of Thornwood, she is determined to put her past and the fae behind. That is until she meets Ray Thorn. Ray introduces her into his world of the mesmerizing and deadly faery. Then a woman is murdered by one of the fae. She knew she shouldn’t have trusted a fae. But as more bodies turn up, Catherine realizes they’re targeting women like her, and she is their next victim. Is trusting Ray worth the price?

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.

Beneath the murky waters of the lake, an ancient being slumbers, and Brygida is its servant. Kept sheltered in the woods by her mothers from the nearby village, Brygida has never had so much as a friend - until the day she meets a charming stranger painting by the lake. He invites her to the village's harvest feast, but her taste of the forbidden ends with a murder. Called into service for the first time, Brygida must take up her ancestral duty as Reaper of Death and solve the murder within three days.

Rin is an immortal kitsune, or at least she was until a witch’s curse turned her human. To regain her yokai powers and avoid being turned into a fox, she must make the lord’s son fall in love with her before the next full moon. Her kind has been seducing humans for centuries, and it should be easy, as long as he doesn’t find out she’s a kitsune…except the curse also took her voice.

Hotaru was never meant to inherit the role of clan leader. Unprepared for his new role and on the brink of war, Hotaru is desperate to find strong allies to help him protect his clan. Yuki's clan is his last hope for an alliance. Yuki has never been like other girls. After her father's sudden death, her brother is all she has left in the world. Though he would do anything to please her, his chronic illness means he doesn't have much time left. Desperate to see her settled before it's too late, her brother pushes the two together.

The prophecy foretells the rise of evil intent on ruling all the kingdoms. For generations, Maea's family has met this foe and destroyed it before it could be unleashed. But now the power that her ancestors used to stop it in the past is lost. A sorcerer's spell has wiped Maea of all her memories, including the prophecy that can save her kingdom.

Catherine thought she would be content with her garden and a quiet life. But she longs for connection. When she tries to reach out to others, disaster strikes. Creeping vines emerge from Faery choking the gardens of Thornwood, corrupting the minds of those who encounter it and turning them into raving zombies. Among those infected is Catherine’s niece. To stop the spread, they must find the plant’s origin and destroy it. Catherine’s magic can do that if she can learn from Ray. As her magic flourishes beneath his tutelage, so do her feelings that she’s tried to deny.

The fate of the world rests on Suzume’s shoulders—if she doesn’t set it on fire first. As she struggles to master her abilities, she must also contend with an overprotective dragon. Kaito only sees her as a princess in need of saving, but she is anything but. When a mysterious stranger unlocks new potential in Suzume, it drives an even bigger wedge between Kaito and her. But despite the warnings of her allies, Suzume chooses a dangerous path to power. Can she learn to control her gift before it consumes her and the entire world?

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.

Before the night of the winter solstice, Brygida has everything: her mothers, a full heart, and possibly a place in two worlds. But between those worlds is the darkness, and when it comes time to make the offering to the dark god, the lady of Rubin falls in...and so does Brygida.

After her life nearly fell apart, Brygida finally knows her place: away from the village, with her mothers, healing the slumbering wood to keep the nightmares at bay. Her family grimoire warns that the wood may never be allowed to wake, and she claims that duty for her own. Her mind does turn to the new lord of Rubin, but wishing for more almost lost her everything, and she's not about to lose her witchlands to its nightmares caused by the villagers. That is, until the dreaded cult arrives...

As Maea spirals closer to her fate, she and her companions seek shelter in a neighboring kingdom. But the conspiracy that nearly killed her has taken root there as well and in order to change her destiny Maea must make an alliance with her enemy.

The prophecy has awoken and with it the rise of an ancient evil intent on destruction. The fate of the kingdoms rests on Maea's shoulders. As she fights to avoid the final fatal confrontation, she pushes her abilities and loyalties to the limit as she makes one last desperate attempt to save the man she loves.

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.

For the first time in her life, Suzume has begun to open her heart. With Kaito and her friends at her side, she knows they’ll conquer the darkness together. All that is left is to find the last soul fragment. What she hadn’t planned for was finding Kazue’s reincarnation.