Books published by publisher Black Spot Books

How to Break an Evil Curse is the first book in a high fantasy series about a princess who may be cursed to live in darkness, but refuses to let her curse define her life. The King of the Land of Fritillary has incurred the wrath of his ex-bestie, the evil wizard Farland Phelps. Farland curses the King's firstborn to die if touched by sunlight, and just like that, Julianna must spend her life in the depths of a castle dungeon (emptied of prisoners and redecorated in the latest fashion, of course). A young woman of infinite resourcefulness, all she needs is a serving spoon, a loose rock in the wall, and eight years of digging, and Julianna is free to explore the city—just not while the sun is out! Warren Kensington is a member of a seafaring traveling theater troupe and the unwitting magical cure to the curse. When the pirate ship he's sailing on is damaged in stormy seas, he goes ashore and bumps into Julianna on the streets of the capitol. The pair accidentally set in motion a chain of events that uncovers Farland's plans to take over the throne. Julianna, Warren, and some friends they meet along the way are the only ones who can save the monarchy. But the farther they go along their increasingly ludicrous journey, and the more citizens they meet, the more Julianna wonders whether her dad's throne is worth saving. From an evil and greedy wizard? Well, sure. But from the people of Fritillary who are trying to spark a revolution? The people suffering in poverty, malnutrition, and other forms of medieval-esque peasant hardship? It doesn't take Julianna long to find that the real world is far more complicated than a black-and-white fairytale.

Jack's late again, his mum is ill, Tom turns nasty and Meena's fed up. Jack's scientific, but life isn't, though their friendship gets tested in the lab. They discover a whole new world, and he wishes they hadn't. Even in his dreams he's no hero. He's only there because Meena followed the strange boy - who knows about Jack's father and his crystal. Black flowers are bringing plague to medieval Macron. On the prince's birthday, a tyrant takes over. But a demon has got into him, his beast and shadowhawks. What can Hakeema and three children do? Target age: 9-13 -- suitable for children who think; unsuitable for adults who don't think