Books with author Emily King

A fierce young female adventurer battles time itself to claim her destiny in a sweeping new fantasy saga from the author of the Hundredth Queen series.Everley Donovan is living on borrowed time. The lone survivor of her family’s unexplained assassination, she was saved by an ingeniously crafted clockwork heart. But the time she was given won’t last forever. Now, every tick-tock reminds her how fragile her existence is and hastens her quest to expose Killian Markham, the navy admiral who shattered her world and left her for dead. But Everley’s hunt for justice will be a long and hard-won voyage.Her journey takes her to a penal colony on a cursed isle, where she will be married off and charged to build the new world. It is here, and beyond, that hidden realms hide, treasures are unearthed, her family secrets are buried, and young love will test the strength of her makeshift heart. When Everley discovers Markham may not be who he seems, her pursuit for truth is bound to his redemption, her tragic history, and her astonishing destiny.

In the second book in The Evermore Chronicles by Emily R. King, Everley Donovan plunges into the roiling waves of a strange new world to hunt a wicked prince who cheated time.Everley Donovan’s mission: retrieve the hallowed sword of Avelyn stolen by the wicked Prince Killian, who slayed her family and left her for dead. Should she fail, the seven worlds will come to an end, as could time itself. And no one treasures time more than Everley, whose lifesaving clock heart cannot beat forever. She has set sail with a rogue crew for the otherworlds, where the key to dethroning the prince lies deep within the Land Under the Wave.But passage through these unknown seas—where horrors lurk and pirates rove—proves a treacherous gamble. The Land Under the Wave was not made for humans, particularly one with a fragile clock heart. Here, Everley’s tragic past resurfaces unsolved questions. Here, too, the prince has hidden secrets more precious than pearls, secrets that could fracture the future forevermore. Everley must take back her sword and break free from this watery world before her time runs out…or so will everyone else’s.

In the heart-stopping conclusion to Emily R. King’s The Evermore Chronicles, the fate of the seven worlds lies in the courage of a girl on the run—and running out of time.There’s a price on Everley Donovan’s head. Fleeing from the queen’s false accusation of murder and sorcery, the girl with the clock heart knows there’s only one way to prove her innocence. Everley must catch Killian Markham, the fugitive prince guilty of the crimes for which she’s been condemned. To do that, Everley must follow him into the towering realm of the Silver-Clouded Plain. It’s where flesh-eating behemoths thrive, long-lost gods hide, and an artifact of destructive force awaits the death grip of the immortal prince.Haunted by visions of burning Everwoods and bloody battlefields, Everley is beset with rising fears. Because the elusive relic threatens more than the very power that drives her clock heart. In Killian’s hands, it can lead to the dismantling of the seven worlds. With everything—and everyone—Everley loves at stake, she must depend on Killian’s one weakness to outwit him: in his mad ambitions, Killian has underestimated her once again. For Everley is the Time Bearer. This is her destiny. The time of reckoning is at hand.

It’s August, 1955. Josie DiMarco and her family travel from South Philadelphia to Atlantic City to vacation at her grandparents’ seaside home. Recent local burglaries have cousin Monica suspecting the mysterious downstairs tenant is not only the thief, but a cold-war spy.When someone breaks in and steals Mom’s necklace—an anniversary gift from Dad—Josie and Monica set out to prove the secretive tenant’s guilt. Can they catch the thief before she gets rid of the treasured jewelry? And does the nearby “vacant” summer cottage hold any clues? It will take wit and courage to solve The Diamond Heart Mystery.

Westchester County, New York - 1995. Poppy Gale is a student at a prestigious private college in the suburbs of New York City. She is alone and in many ways lonely, until a chance encounter with the girl who shares her bathroom changes her life forever.Rita occupies the room next door. Poppy thinks she's glamorous but a bit sad, and she is immediately drawn to her. Rita is a witch, and teaches Poppy about magic. Together, the two discover the depth of Poppy's power, and what she's capable of.Tragedy strikes, and Poppy travels to Glasgow, Scotland, to escape her life and finish her degree. There she meets Christian, a musician who quickly becomes Poppy's first love. Their relationship disintegrates, and Christian becomes the frontman for a suspiciously influential Christian rock band, Dominick and the Final Days.Cameron enters the story, and changes everything.Cameron is a young man without a past. He is an empath with only one feeling of his own - anger. He winds up in an asylum with crowds of angry people outside the gates. If only he could remember what he has done.Cameron and Poppy cross paths in a remarkable, unexpected way. They both become embroiled in one man’s deranged plans for gaining power in a world of chaos, and they are the only ones who can stop the coming holy war.

Driven, determined, and soon to be seventeen, Elizabeth Bennet possesses a personality much larger than the Connecticut town she inhabits. But the arrival of a new family brings with it an influx of change and a stranger she finds herself simultaneously drawn to and repulsed by. In this modernization of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice," readers are reintroduced to the classic tale of love and misunderstandings—and learning that appearances are not always what they seem.