Books with author A Schneider

His heart is in the right placeShe’s thinking about stabbing itSaruSaru is handsome, and he knows it. Flirting usually gets him anything he wants. Until there’s a new girl in the lunch line.Two desserts. Is that too much to ask? He’s a growing boy, he needs energy.Her name is Aurora, and Saru quickly discovers she’s a fierce warrior, a noble soul, and the most interesting girl he’s ever met.Princess AuroraAfter being asleep for 500 years, and then fighting her way out of a deadly briar patch, living at the Academy is a cake walk.Or it was until Saru comes along with his irritating need to break the rules and get his way.Either she hates him or she’s beginning to like him...When the tragic truth about their pasts comes to light, can they weather the storm, or will it tear them apart?If you enjoy trouble-making boys, self-rescuing princesses, and a fresh twist on two old tales, this book is for you. Download your copy today!The interconnected stories of the Fairy Tale Academy are full of clean romance, adventure and fun. Each of these young adult fairy tale retellings can be read as a standalone story. However, for greatest enjoyment, they should be read in order.

Thomas and Kyla share one thingThey think royals are a painThomasThomas and Prince Edward have been secretly trading places since childhood. When Prince Edward goes MIA, Thomas attends the Academy in his place.After fighting for scraps his whole life, Thomas isn’t impressed with snobby the teenagers at the Academy.Until the green-eyed, red-headed merprincess compels him to look deeper.Princess KylaKyla’s hate for Prince Samuel bleeds over onto his younger brother, Edward. Who cares if he seems nice? He’s probably a chip off the old royal block.To say she’s unhappy when the student council put her and Edward on the same project would be an understatement.To say she discovers there’s more to Prince Edward than meets the eye is a bigger understatement.When she finds out he’s been lying to her, Kyla’s anger returns, and she lashes out. Can they find it in themselves to forgive one another, or will they go their separate ways?This Prince and the Pauper retelling is the final installment of the Fairy Tale Academy Series. If you like a reluctant imposter, a princess who wants more than a spoiled brat, and a tear-jerking conclusion, this book is for you. Download your copy today!The interconnected stories of the Fairy Tale Academy are full of clean romance, adventure, and fun. Each of these young adult fairy tale retellings can be read as a standalone story. However, for greatest enjoyment, they should be read in order.

Wendy’s story continues in the riveting second book of the Jagged Scars Series.The man who killed Wendy’s family got away.She let him go.In order to save her friends.The betrayal of the Den by Wendy’s mentor planted a wicked seed in her heart. It’s feeding on her anger and growing into a ravenous monster bent on revenge.Rage is bleeding into Wendy’s dreams, her nightmares and her waking hours. It’s staining everything, including her sanity.When the monster convinces her to kill Dennis—and her friends barely stop her—Wendy decides that she should leave Shelter before she hurts someone she cares about.Jeff asks her to stay.Before Wendy can make a decision, a plague sweeps through the complex. They don’t have the meds to cure it, but the map Wendy wrestled from Pelton could lead them to a place that does.Now Wendy must hold her mind together long enough to keep everyone she knows from dying.Again.Pick up the second installment of the Jagged Scars Series today!

Princess Zoe wants one thingA handsome prince to take her to the ballZoePrincess Zoe is a vision of long golden hair, ruby red lips, and striking blue eyes. How she hasn’t attracted a prince is a mystery, but she isn’t a quitter.When a new prince arrives, she’s sure he’s the one.She pulls every string she can get her delicate hands on to get into his good graces...and succeeds.CaspianThe lowly son of a Duke, Caspian has admired Zoe for a long time. But she wants a prince, and he stupidly helps her get one.Until the Prince gets pulled away at the ball, and Caspian offers to dance with Zoe.She doesn’t realize it, but her intellect is greater than her beauty. If only she could see herself as he does.When Zoe’s obsession with the prince returns, she pushes Caspian away. Will she realize what she has before Caspian gives up on her, or will they both end up unhappy?If you like thwarted plans of a perfect princess, an underdog love interest, and fairy tale mashups, then this Rapunzel / King Midas and the Golden Touch story is for you. Download your copy today!The interconnected stories of the Fairy Tale Academy are full of clean romance, adventure, and fun. Each of these young adult fairy tale retellings can be read as a standalone story. However, for greatest enjoyment, they should be read in order.

A young woman, obsessed by a man she considers a predator, climbs a fire escape and thinks she sees a murder.Out of work actress Ava Beck, reduced to working in a West Village flower shop, starts to watch handsome, womanizing hedge funder Peter Greer, who lives near. He likes to romance his girlfriends with flowers.Ava notices bruises on his troubled-looking date named Chloe. Concerned, she follows them after work to Chloe's studio, second floor in the rear of a brownstone. She hears them arguing, climbs up the fire escape just as Greer angrily sees her....and plunges into a world of stunning twists, murder and madness worse than any she could have imagined...

They’re from the same kingdomBut they live very different livesNakusaShe’s supposed to be a fire caster, but she can’t make a pile of dry leaves smoke. There’s magic inside of her, she just can’t get to it...When the handsome Prince Kawbra suggests she might be more than human she kind of freaks out.She really freaks out when he turns into a snake on their first date. Did it have to be a snake?Prince KawbraLiving with a stupid family curse of turning into a snake when he’s stressed has put a serious damper on Kawbra’s social life at the Academy.Things are looking up when the beautiful Nakusa agrees to come stargazing with him.When the family curse strikes, he’s sure things are over, but she stays, even though she’s afraid.When the true source of Nakusa’s forbidden powers if revealed, they both must decide what constitutes a monster, or if their love is stronger than a label.If you enjoy quirky magic, a snake that can roll his eyes, and a new take on Eastern lore, this book is for you. Download your copy today!The interconnected stories of the Fairy Tale Academy are full of clean romance, adventure, and fun. Each of these young adult fairy tale retellings can be read as a standalone story. However, for greatest enjoyment, they should be read in order.

He’s an accidental kingShe’s a battle-hardened warriorCan their hearts open to one another?JakJak accidentally became the king of the giants. He’s painfully human, and has no idea how to rule his cantankerous subjects, who value warriors above all else.When Maggie—one of the best warriors at the Academy—beats Jak’s bodyguard in a fight, Jak begs her to train him.She’s tough, beautiful, and smart, and Jak is helpless against her smile.MaggieMaggie’s father sent her to the Academy hoping she would become more like other girls. Yeah right. She’d rather practice with her sword than talk about boys.Beating a giant in a fight doesn’t surprise her. Jak does. Maggie is drawn to him in ways she can’t explain.He’s fierce in his own way, is willing to work hard, and doesn’t hesitate to sacrifice for others. Will the continued threats to Jak’s crown, and his life, break the bands of their budding relationship, or will it forge them together?If you enjoy kick-butt girls, hilarious boys, and a grouchy giants, this Jack and the Beanstalk / Mulan mash-up is for you. Download your copy today!The interconnected stories of the Fairy Tale Academy are full of clean romance, adventure, and fun. Each of these young adult fairy tale retellings can be read as a standalone story. However, for greatest enjoyment, they should be read in order.

At the elite Hilliard Preparatory School, the competition is fierce, the gossip is worse, and Blake Dorsey has just arrived back on campus after an unexplained two-year absence.Skylar Banks has a hunch Blake's in trouble. Skylar's the most likely candidate for valedictorian, but she's no stranger to tricky situations herself. She's got a reputation for taking her relationships straight from JV to varsity, and that rep is about to catch up with her.Charley Morton doesn't have time for Blake's problems—not if he plans to get into Harvard like his parents expect, or to win over his dream girl (a.k.a. Skylar). But then Blake takes off for New York City, and Charley, Skylar, and her roommate, Marissa, have no choice but to risk their perfect transcripts to find him. It's a journey that will change the way they see each other— and themselves—forever.

What if you unraveled a plot to assassinate the First Lady and discovered that you were the killer? In 1979, Glenn, a chef at the Silver Lake Inn, keeps losing time. How or why he can't explain. Yet the growing intensity of each experience is hinting at a violent and dangerous part of himself he doesn't know. In preparation for a visit from the First Lady of The United States, the security at the restaurant is being heightened. Yet Glenn is beginning to wonder if the greatest threat within those walls... is him. With Glenn growing more agitated by this mysterious side of himself, a newly hired chef by the name of Lindsey--who he's been having intense dreams about--may be able to help him uncover the truth. The pair take a leap of faith and partner up in hopes of ;unraveling a mystery that could be rooted in a plot to kill the First Lady.Time is running out, and lives are on the line. Can Glenn and Lindsey find a way out of this web of conspiracy in time to save the First Lady and themselves?Praise for Broken Monarch:"...a dark page-turner... the action whizzes along" - Amazon UK reviewer ★★★★★"A fantastic fast-moving story" - Amazon UK reviewer ★★★★★"I hope to read more books by this author" -Goodreads reviewer ★★★★★

Wendy’s story continues in the thrilling fourth book of the Jagged Scars SeriesWendy is good at killing Skinnies.Not consoling frightened people.Reeling from the fall of Shelter, and mourning the loss of too many friends, Wendy and the battered survivors must leave their broken home in search of another.As Jeff tries to keep the council together, Wendy rallies the remaining fighters in their defense, but more deaths and a clash of wills divide the people.Some insist they fight, others wish to run while a growing number desire to surrender to the Primate, falsely believing he will show them mercy.Up until now Wendy has been able to slash her way out of anything, but her knives prove useless as hunger, disease and discord threaten to rip not only the group apart, but also the growing relationship between her and Jeff.Download your copy of Crippled Hope today and find out if Wendy and Jeff’s budding love can make it through being opposing sides of an important issue.

From 1861 to 1890 the Munich publishing firm of Braun & Schneider published plates of historic and contemporary costume in their magazine Münchener Bilderbogen. These plates were eventually collected in book form and published at the turn of the century in Germany and England. This volume presents all 125 double-spread plates from the third English edition. For the first time, the plates appear in chronological order and with English captions.Over 1,450 costumed figures are shown, from antiquity to the end of the nineteenth century, covering a wide variety of social classes, and professions: Egyptian and Assyrian kings, Byzantine emperors, Frankish and Norman nobles, priests, servants, soldiers of many lands and eras, crusaders, German knights, pages, Italian scholars, German townspeople, peasants, merchants, Dutch burghers, popes, nuns, bishops, monks, English Puritans and Cavaliers, English and French kings, Swiss citizens, French courtiers and republicans, and many more. In addition, there is excellent coverage of late-nineteenth-century folk and their costumes, captured just before the beginning of standard Western dress — Italian, Spanish, Dutch, French, German, Russian, Eastern European, Chinese, Japanese, Asian, and others. To avoid the variable and somewhat fanciful depictions of color in the early editions, all costumes are rendered in black-and-white.A comprehensive source of historic costume in pictures, this remarkable book will be invaluable to costume designers, students of fashion design, commercial artists, and anyone interested in the history of dress. The illustrations are uniformly excellent, and the exceptionally low price makes this book even more attractive.