Books with author Cidney Swanson

A modern Russian fairytale retelling of deadly sirens, ballet, and theatre that's perfect for a dark night. In this tale Kirkus calls "strong and insightful", Giselle dreams of dancing in the ballet for which she was named, but her grandmother issues a haunting warning against performing the ballet, lest it lure the vain and deadly sirens who inspired the tale back to town. When the creatures arrive and begin claiming lives, Giselle is forced to choose between her passion for dance and saving the boy who whispers poems to her, snatching backstage kisses.

When Ming Chan meets Prince Thor of Eismark, all she sees a snobby and entitled European playboy.But their families are in business, and the geography of attending the same boarding school means the two can't avoid each other, especially once con-artist Sly Bennett starts leaking photos of them to the tabloid press. As she spends more time with Thor, Ming sees another side of him—just a guy raised in a culture not so different from her own restrictive upbringing by Asian grandparents, for whom career and family are everything. Now she must choose between what the papers are saying and what her heart is telling her, but how do you trust a guy with a reputation like Thor’s?

A brave pilot from the Mars colony joins the rebellious nephew of Earth's chancellor to change the fate of two worlds - or die trying. In this sequel to SAVING MARS, Jessamyn has escaped Earth with food for her starving world, but her troubles are just beginning. She must rebuild her life without Pavel, the Terran whose kiss haunts her. Her success is further tainted by the loss of her beloved brother. Ethan disabled the deadly lasers orbiting Mars, but this has created a fervor to re-open trade with Earth which Jess knows would be disastrous. Add into the mix a secret which could launch an interplanetary war, and Jess finds herself at the center of an intrigue where, in order to save the world she loves, she must defy it. Saving Mars is a science fiction adventure series set in a dystopian future where a small colony on Mars has survived for centuries without any contact with Earth, until now.