Echo Press Books
Sombra Mundus
By Polly Glotta
Angsting over moving to a new town and school, Mina refuses to accept her new school. With her father absent from the family, is it really home at all?
A chance incident throws Mina's thoughts into a whirlwind of chaos and realities. She finds herself thrown into an alternate world that makes her past school and home problems fade into the shadows as new worries arise. Without a familiar face in sight, Mina makes the long journey from pouting to desperate survival with a young girl as lost as she is and a teen boy finding his own way in the world of shadows.
As anxious as she was to get away from the town of Morrow, Mina now finds herself just as hopeful of getting back alive.
Fantasy, AU, Oz-like/dreamworld, YA/teen/coming of age, clean romance. A long, meandering story good for readers who like to settle in for a journey or quest of self-determination.
Walk of the Water Maiden
Take a walk with Michelle as she finds mystery and a long buried secret on her millionaire uncle's estate during a summer break. Nothing seems the same -- or safe -- once the sun goes down. Worse yet, Michelle discovers her uncle's handsome assistant suspects she's responsible for the danger troubling the estate.
Long-buried secrets await Michelle during her summer stay amid the forest.
Mystery, suspense, teen/NA, clean romance. Good for sudden sleuthing around and old school mystery readers. Forum
With Sword in Hand
by D. Amubitu
Life was going about as dull as ever for eighteen year-old Tanner. It was hockey, school, more hockey, and little brother - until a female hybrid burrowed into his future and stuck a katana in his hand in place of a hockey stick. And he thought raising a little brother was troublesome - nothing like what Hylika had planned for him...
It was one thing to know she was on the run from, well, someone with a lot of power; it was quite another to be evading capture by her father, king of an intangible realm. That was made even worse when her father sent forces after her.
Namely, her fiance.
Fantasy, YA/teen, clean romance. A long story good for steady and engaging reading. Forum