Mask of Shadows

From Lambda Literary Award finalist Linsey Miller comes this thrilling stand-alone fantasy about the lengths we'll go to get ahead—an incredibly fresh, twisty love letter to dark academia...with a body count. Perfect for fans of A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid, Gallant by V. E. Schwab, and All of Us Villains by Amanda Foody and C. L. Herman. There is only one school worth graduating from, and it creates as many magicians as it does graves…First in his class and last in his noble line, Fabian Galloway’s only hope of a good future is passing his elite school's honors class. It’s only offered to the best thirteen students, and those students have a single assignment: kill their professor.If they succeed, their student debt is forgiven. However, if an assassination attempt fails or the professor is alive at the end of the year, the students’ lives are forfeit.And dealing with the professor, a devil summoned solely to kill or be killed, is no easy task.Fabian isn't worried, though. He trusts his best friends—softhearted math genius Credence and absent-minded but insightful Euphemia—to help. After all, that’s why he befriended them.As the months pass and their professor remains impossibly alive, the trio must use every asset they have to survive. Or else failure will be on their academic records—and their tombstones—forever.- Dark Academia with a Body Count: At the elite Stellarium, the honors class isn't about grades—it's about survival. For thirteen students, the final assignment is simple: kill the professor.- Kill or Be Killed: Success means a clean slate and erased student debt. Failure means a literal deadline, with their own lives as collateral.- Morally Grey Protagonist: Fabian Galloway is first in his class and willing to do anything to stay there. He chose his friends for their skills, but in a school this deadly, he might need them for more than just their intellect.- Academic Rivals and Shifting Alliances: With a devil as their professor and classmates who are equal parts competition and potential allies, Fabian must navigate a web of secrets where trusting the wrong person could be a fatal mistake.

For fans of Disney Twisted Tales and Serena Valentino's Villains comes the first book of the Disney Prince Young Adult series where Eric tells his side of Disney’s The Little Mermaid.<BR><BR>Before Prince Eric’s mother, the Queen of Vellona, went missing two years ago, she reminded him about the details of the deadly curse that has plagued his entire life. The curse? If he were to kiss someone other than his true love, he would die. With a neighboring kingdom looking for any excuse to invade their shores, and rumors of ghost pirates lurking the seas, Eric is desperate for any information that may help him break his enchantment and bring stability to Vellona. The answers he has been searching for come to him in the form of a letter left from his mother that reveals Eric must find his true love, the one with a voice pure of heart,or kill the sea witch responsible for cursing him in the first place. <BR><BR>Now Eric is on a quest to find the Isle of Serein, the witch's legendary home. But after he is rescued by a mysterious young woman with a mesmerizing singing voice, Eric’s heart becomes torn. Does he enter a battle he is almost certain he cannot win or chase a love that might not even exist? And when a shipwrecked young woman with flaming red hair and a smile that could calm the seven seas enters his life, Eric may discover that true love isn’t something that can be decided by magic.<BR><BR><BR>Read the whole series:<BR>Prince of Song & Sea<BR>Prince of Thorns & Nightmares<BR>Prince of Glass & Midnight