Books published by publisher Broken Leg Books

For fans of the Hunger Games, Divergent, and Shatter Me series comes an emotional, action-packed story of resilience, second chances, and fierce love.AN INESCAPABLE CITY. THREE DEADLY TRIALS. ONE WAY OUT.Lune Tatum, adopted daughter of the Supreme Elite, has lived within her father's walled city for eleven years.But she wants out. Except she can't leave, and not because of the clans and mutated beasts that roam beyond the impenetrable, electrified walls protecting her life. Her plan has always been to win the Elite Trials and earn Title of Choice--her only chance at freedom. And the only way to return home to her mother.Then a boy from her past arrives on her eighteenth birthday. His presence threatens Lune's carefully laid plans and exposes memories she's desperate to forget. He can't be trusted. Especially as he possesses dangerous secrets. And what he reveals could ruin the chance at freedom she's willing to die for.THE ELITE TRIALS trilogy is the thrilling adventure of Lune Tatum as she fights for freedom in a futuristic dystopian world plagued by danger, secrets, and betrayal. "Hunger Games meets Divergent." This fast-paced ride is a unique blend of sci-fi and fantasy, with a splash of supernatural. Perfect for fans of snarky heroines, alpha males, and enemies-to-lovers. 12+ recommendationOne-click this romantic, dystopian adventure today!The Elite Trials trilogy: (complete series)Book 1: ReactiveBook 2: AdaptiveBook 3: Immersive

For fans of the Hunger Games, Divergent, and Shatter Me series comes the pulse-pounding sequel to a story of resilience, second chances, and fierce love.A PERILOUS MISSION. AN IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE. ONE UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY.Escaping Tatum City was all Lune wanted. Now that she's out, freedom is beyond her reach more than ever. Her adoptive father knows her weaknesses. And if she fails to find Bren and complete her mission, he won't hesitate to exploit each one.To complicate matters further, Ryker, her wildly unpredictable companion, has a mission of his own. Lune quickly discovers that he'll do whatever is necessary to see it through too.As the dangers of the outside world threaten to undo her, Lune must adapt to survive every new challenge. Because everything she knows, everything she's been fighting for, is about to change.THE ELITE TRIALS trilogy is the thrilling adventure of Lune Tatum as she fights for freedom in a futuristic dystopian world plagued by danger, secrets, and betrayal. "Hunger Games meets Divergent." This fast-paced ride is a unique blend of sci-fi and fantasy, with a splash of supernatural. Perfect for fans of snarky heroines, alpha males, and enemies-to-lovers. 12+ recommendationOne-click this romantic, dystopian adventure today!The Elite Trials trilogy: (complete series)Book 1: ReactiveBook 2: AdaptiveBook 3: Immersive

For fans of the Hunger Games, Divergent, and Shatter Me series comes an emotional, action-packed story of resilience, second chances, and fierce love.AN INESCAPABLE CITY. THREE DEADLY TRIALS. ONE WAY OUT.Lune Tatum, adopted daughter of the Supreme Elite, has lived within her father's walled city for eleven years.But she wants out. Except she can't leave, and not because of the clans and mutated beasts that roam beyond the impenetrable, electrified walls protecting her life. Her plan has always been to win the Elite Trials and earn Title of Choice—her only chance at freedom. And the only way to return home to her mother.Then a boy from her past arrives on her eighteenth birthday. His presence threatens Lune's carefully laid plans and exposes memories she's desperate to forget. He can't be trusted. Especially as he possesses dangerous secrets. And what he reveals could ruin the chance at freedom she's willing to die for.THE ELITE TRIALS trilogy is the thrilling adventure of Lune Tatum as she fights for freedom in a futuristic dystopian world plagued by danger, secrets, and betrayal. "Hunger Games meets Divergent." This fast-paced ride is a unique blend of sci-fi and fantasy, with a splash of supernatural. Perfect for fans of snarky heroines, alpha males, and enemies-to-lovers. 12+ recommendationOne-click this romantic, dystopian adventure today!The Elite Trials trilogy: (complete series)Book 1: ReactiveBook 2: AdaptiveBook 3: Immersive

Aleph could never have guessed how deeply the Lunar University was broken.Defecting professors. Jealous wizards. Exceedingly handsome enemies. His mother's imprisonment is still burning in Aleph's mind, and he has a thousand complications to deal with. So of course it gets worse: when the Head Researcher of the Helical College goes missing, Aleph is instantly under suspicion. Can he throw himself into his work? Deal with each problem when it comes his way?Or will the secrets of his parents make Aleph do something he regrets?In the third collection of The Letter Mage serial, Aleph battles with mechs, mutants, blackmail, and love. This isn't a story you want to miss.

You’ll find her on a lonely highway, hitchhiking at midnight. She calls herself Rhee, but everyone else knows her by another name: Resurrection Mary. And when she’s transported home each night to a decrepit mansion on a lane to nowhere, she’s not alone.In the antique mirror, call her name three times, and Bloody Mary will appear. Outside, wandering through a garden of poisonous flowers is Mistress Mary, Quite Contrary, a nursery rhyme come to gruesome life. Downstairs is another jump-rope rhyme—Mary Mack, forever conscripted to build her own coffin. And brooding in the corner with her horse skull is the restless Mari Lwyd.They are the Marys, the embodiment of urban legend and what goes bump in the night. Every evening, they gather around the table and share nightmares like fine wine, savoring the flavors of those they’ve terrified.But other than these brief moments together, the Marys are alone, haunting a solitary gloom that knows them better than they know themselves. That’s because they don’t remember who they were before—or even if there was a before. And worst of all, they don’t know how to escape this fate.That is, until a moment of rage inspires Rhee to leap from the highway—and into the mirror with Bloody Mary. Suddenly, the Marys are learning how to move between their worlds, all while realizing how much stronger they are together.But just when freedom is within their reach, something in the gloom fights back—something that isn’t ready to let them go. Now with her sisters in danger of slipping into the darkness, Rhee must unravel the mystery of who the Marys were before they were every child’s nightmare. And she’ll have to do it before what’s in the shadows comes to claim her for its own.PRETTY MARYS ALL IN A ROW is dark urban fantasy that follows the (after)lives and times of five ghosts and their haunts. The novella combines contemporary fairy tale and urban legend in a story that shows that being dead isn't always a bed of roses.WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING"Underneath the creepy images and ghostly lore, Gwendolyn Kiste has created a story about the power of women's friendships, a subject often handled with all the cloying sweetness of a bag of candy corn. But these Marys are wicked and wonderful—just the gals you'll want to hang out with on a dark and stormy night. A darkly fantastic delight!" (Wendy N. Wagner, author of An Oath of Dogs)"Gwendolyn Kiste excels in creating subtle, unsettling disturbia. Her writing is clever, imaginative, eerily beautiful. It lingers with you days later—perhaps long into the night as you stare at the shifting light on the ceiling—twining itself through your thoughts. Pretty Marys harkens back to the writing of Shirley Jackson and Daphne DuMaurier, whose work speaks to the fears of women and our struggle to find and keep our space in the world. The fear of not being heard. Of being replaceable. Perhaps most nerve-wracking of all: being forced to confront the darkness that lies inside all of us, telling us we’re not worthy, we’re not enough. Kiste writes empowering horror, handling these challenging subjects deftly and with a tough tenderness that lets the reader know: yes, there will be a fight... but you can do this." (Eden Royce, author of Spook Lights)"Wholly original and profoundly haunting, Pretty Marys All in a Row is Gwendolyn Kiste’s finest work to date. Her prose glides effortlessly through the (after) lives of her protagonists, adding an unfamiliar humanity to the women of myth that we feared as children—a humanity that will resonate within the darkest heart. Devastating in the best sense of the word, Pretty Marys All in a Row will leave you wanting more of Kiste and her undeniable talent." (Jess Landry, author and publisher)

Aleph Worf-Sapir has spent all fourteen years of his life enduring the ravages of academic war, and he is over it. The second the Lunar University offers him a spot in an unprecedented peacekeeping effort--a student exchange program--he jumps at the opportunity. Aleph expects that he'll have a chance to bring peace to the University Moons, stop the bloodshed, and keep his home safe.Yet nothing goes according to plan. The Prism Witches of the computing department lock him away. The Warlocks of the Gear are fighting amongst themselves. Soon after he leaves, one of Aleph's mothers is accused of murder back on the Glottal Moon. And to top it off, Aleph finds himself falling fast for a handsome spy from their origin planet--a place more dangerous than every department in the university put together. Aleph sees solutions to every source of conflict he encounters, but no one seems to pay attention to a kid.Listen, Aleph didn't set out to be a supervillain. But he's quickly learning that no one's going to pay attention to him otherwise.

A missing mother. A magical birthright. Can she uncover the secrets of her family legacy before the bloodline runs dry? My name is Crystal Dylan, and I was born with the worst super power ever, a lightning rod for supernatural energy that attracts vampires like cat nip to feed from. Nothing like being an all you can eat buffet, until one decided to “save” me from that fate by triggering my transition into the very thing killing me.Considering that was the least of my problems, I have a Council looking to eliminate all anomalies threatening to expose them to the human world, it just so happens that I’m one of them, and so is my best friend Victor. I won’t go down without some answers, including what they did with my mom.Blood Crescent is the first novel in the exhilarating Divine Series of YA paranormal fantasies. If you like hidden magical realms, fresh new takes on vampire lore, and heartfelt journeys of self-discovery, then you’ll love Stevie McCoy’s spellbinding coming-of-age tale. Buy Blood Crescent to unlock a supernatural story today!

Aleph could never have guessed how deeply the Lunar University was broken.Defecting professors. Jealous wizards. Exceedingly handsome enemies. His mother's imprisonment is still burning in Aleph's mind, and he has a thousand complications to deal with. So of course it gets worse: when the Head Researcher of the Helical College goes missing, Aleph is instantly under suspicion. Can he throw himself into his work? Deal with each problem when it comes his way?Or will the secrets of his parents make Aleph do something he regrets?In the third collection of The Letter Mage serial, Aleph battles with mechs, mutants, blackmail, and love. This isn't a story you want to miss.

For fans of the Hunger Games, Divergent, and Shatter Me series comes the pulse-pounding sequel to a story of resilience, second chances, and fierce love.A PERILOUS MISSION. AN IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE. ONE UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY.Escaping Tatum City was all Lune wanted. Now that she’s out, freedom is beyond her reach more than ever. Her adoptive father knows her weaknesses. And if she fails to find Bren and complete her mission, he won’t hesitate to exploit each one.To complicate matters further, Ryker, her wildly unpredictable companion, has a mission of his own. Lune quickly discovers that he’ll do whatever is necessary to see it through too.As the dangers of the outside world threaten to undo her, Lune must adapt to survive every new challenge. Because everything she knows, everything she’s been fighting for, is about to change.THE ELITE TRIALS trilogy is the thrilling adventure of Lune Tatum as she fights for freedom in a futuristic dystopian world plagued by danger, secrets, and betrayal. "Hunger Games meets Divergent." This fast-paced ride is a unique blend of sci-fi and fantasy, with a splash of supernatural. Perfect for fans of snarky heroines, alpha males, and enemies-to-lovers. 12+ recommendationOne-click this romantic, dystopian adventure today!The Elite Trials trilogy: (complete series)Book 1: ReactiveBook 2: AdaptiveBook 3: Immersive

For fans of the Hunger Games, Divergent, and Shatter Me series comes the heart-stopping conclusion to a story of resilience, second chances, and fierce love.A RISKY ALLIANCE. AN ALARMING TRUTH. ONE DARING REVOLUTION.After events that threw Ryker's motives and Bren's well-being into question, a devastated Lune struggles to keep fighting. Imprisoned once more, her only way of escape is to play by her captor's rules—or face gut-wrenching consequences.As the race to stop the Supreme Elite unfolds, old friends and new join forces, risking everything for a better tomorrow.But the Elite Trials aren't over. And when their purpose is revealed, no one is prepared for the horrifying truth.THE ELITE TRIALS trilogy is the thrilling adventure of Lune “Tatum” Avery as she fights for freedom in a futuristic dystopian world plagued by danger, secrets, and betrayal."Hunger Games meets Divergent." This fast-paced ride is a unique blend of sci-fi and fantasy, with a splash of supernatural. Perfect for fans of snarky heroines, alpha males, and enemies to lovers. 15+ recommendation for sexual content and violence.One-click this romantic, dystopian adventure today!The Elite Trials trilogy: (complete series)Book 1: ReactiveBook 2: AdaptiveBook 3: Immersive

Mary, Mary...Always hitchhiking the same lonely highway, she calls herself Rhee, but everyone else knows her as Resurrection Mary. And when she's transported home each night to the same decrepit, nowhere mansion, she's always got her sisters.Call her name three times, and Bloody Mary appears. In the poisoned garden, Mistress Mary, Quite Contrary. Downstairs, Mary Mack, forever building her own coffin. And brooding with her horse skull, the restless Mari Lwyd.They are the Marys, embodiments of urban legend and what goes bump in the night, every child's nightmare. But as the walls between their realities start to crack, the shadows threaten oblivion.To save herself and her sisters, Rhee must unravel who the Marys are before the darkness claims them.

SHE’S BACK … FOR SECONDS.Eight years have passed since evil descended upon the neighborhood of Poisonwood Estates. Clueless to the true nature of the horrific events, the small town of Hopkinsville has simply buried the past. Justin Marsh, however, will never forget the horrors of that long ago night. Plagued with questions, Justin returns to his old stomping grounds, determined to discover the reason behind his family and friends’ untimely demise.But he’s not the only one coming home.Eager to recapture the territory she’s been driven from, the witch is returning to her woods—to her tree. And this time, she won’t settle for just the neighborhood. This time, she wants the entire town.Stomping Grounds is a 56,000-word novel of intense horror action and the second installment in the Invasive Species Trilogy.