Books with author N M Stephen

With her feet planted squarely in both her home world and the fairy world, Pippa Gardner has an assignment: Find the long-lost son of Queen Mab. Her quest is thwarted by various natural disasters such as geysers, earthquakes, and teenage hormones. With the help of both her human and non-human friends, finding the lost Eros is the easy part. What to do with him is a whole other question, one that might be beyond Pippa’s control.Meanwhile, the fairy world is preparing for the fight against the long-foretold coming of Ruinae, a malevolent entity which will end both worlds as we know them. While all plan, not all plan to fight on the same side.About the author:J. M. Stephen is an author and educator with a penchant for mythologies of all kinds. She loves the woods, secluded places, reading Virginia Woolf and being out in nature. She has taught writing, literature and publishing at The Gotham Writer’s Workshop and The New School. Her articles and short stories have appeared in numerous publications. Aside from her young adult series, she is also the author of the adult biblical fantasy, Nod. She lives in New York City with her family.

On the Wings of a Dove, sub-titled, Grandmother Tales is a charming little children's book beautifully illustrated and elegantly written. This enchanting collection of folk tales from South India is based on South Indian oral tradition, passed down from generation to generation, by word of mouth and told to the author when he was a young boy by his mother..On the Wings of a Dove is inspired by the Eastern tradition of story telling and written for the enjoyment of children all over the world. The refreshing descriptions of nature: woodlands, meadows, animals, birds and insects are designed to bring children closer to nature and to make them appreciative of things around them that are unique in color and design.In the first story, the author tells the tale of two dove sisters, Kutty and Kuttathy who lived in the beautiful dove kingdom, Kanaka Puri. The bond between them is a perfect example of sisterly love. Unfortunately, an action in a hurry without foresight, severed the bond of love and affection and plunged the sisters into sorrow.The Firefly imagines the geneses of one of nature's simple wonders, one that has fascinated children through the ages. The story is replete with an original FIREFLY song.Manu the Wicked Fisherman is an unforgettable story about the struggle between good and evil, and how good triumphs.The last story, The Village School Teacher is a light and hilarious and will help the children close the book with a happy smile.

Prince Chester never expected to rule the island Kingdom of Thyme. But when his seven older brothers are all killed in battle, he suddenly becomes the heir just at the time a new threat emerges: fiery salamanders from volcanic Mount Fumare are burning villages on their way to the capital! Under the guidance of the King's Royal Advisor, Parak Letos, Chester must assemble the pieces of the Armor of Fullness to prepare him for his confrontation with the Salamander King.

Alice had it all – loving parents, a bright future and a loving relationship with her Lord and personal savior, Jesus Christ - until Cynthia came into her life. She knew, however, that Cynthia was bad news and will eventually steer her to the road of perpetual suffering and blighted hope, but then, she was too weak to shake her off. Now, being drugged and raped at a party- a party Cynthia lured her to - was only part of what happened, and the beginning of her woes.

As Shakespeare knew, love burns high when thwarted by obstacles. In Twilight, an exquisite fantasy by Stephenie Meyer, readers discover a pair of lovers who are supremely star-crossed. Bella adores beautiful Edward, and he returns her love. But Edward is having a hard time controlling the blood lust she arouses in him...because he's a vampire. At any moment, the intensity of their passion could drive him to kill her, and he agonizes over the danger. But Bella would rather be dead than part with Edward, so she risks her life to stay near him, and the novel burns with the erotic tension of their dangerous and necessarily chaste relationship. Meyer has achieved quite a feat by making this scenario completely human and believable. She begins with a familiar YA premise (the new kid in school), and lulls us into thinking this will be just another realistic young adult novel. Bella has come to the small town of Forks on the gloomy Olympic Peninsula to be with her father. At school, she wonders about a group of five remarkably beautiful teens, who sit together in the cafeteria but never eat. As she grows to know--and then love--Edward, she learns their secret. They are all rescued vampires, part of a family headed by saintly Carlisle, who has inspired them to renounce human prey. For Edward's sake they welcome Bella, but when a roving group of tracker vampires fixates on her, the family is drawn into a desperate pursuit to protect the fragile human in their midst. The precision and delicacy of Meyer's writing lifts this wonderful novel beyond the limitations of the horror genre to a place among the best of YA fiction.