Alyssa, a wood-cutter's daughter, gets lost during a storm and asks for shelter at the King's winter palace, where she takes a job as companion to the 11-year-old twin princesses. As she works at learning her new job, she begins to fall in love with the prince. But when she discovers a plot to overthrow the kingdom, she must use all her learning to save her new-found family.

When her latent supernatural powers manifest in front of a noble court, Mare, a thief in a world divided between commoners and superhumans, is forced to assume the role of lost princess before risking everything to help a growing rebellion. Mare Barrow's world is divided by blood--those with red and those with silver. Mare and her family are lowly Reds, destined to serve the Silver elite whose supernatural abilities make them nearly gods. Mare steals...

"In Elena's world words have power over life and death--but none more so than hers. As the daughter of shopkeepers, Elena has always known that the mysteries of reading and writing were closed to her. Only the mageborn can risk harnessing the power unleashed from putting pen to paper. Until Elena discovers an impossible new ability and joins the elite ranks of the mages. But with the kingdom at war, the authorities can't agree if Elena is an asset,...

"Verene is a disappointment to her entire kingdom--the first royal ever born without power, despite her mother being the most powerful mage in history. So when she's sent to the Academy in neighboring Kallorway to forge ties with her people's traditional enemies, she's determined to succeed and prove she can still be of value to her kingdom. Prince Darius of Kallorway is the strongest mage in his family--and the only reason his weak father is still...

Seph, an orphaned and untrained wizard who is unable to control his growing powers, is sent to a secluded boys' school in Maine where the headmaster promises to train him in magic and initiate him into his mysterious order of wizards.

Elena has found the power in her voice - now she must decide how to use it. Finally accepted as a mage, Elena struggles with the commonborn roots. And when disaster strikes the kingdom, she can't shrug off the death toll as the mageborn have always done. Yet the limitations of her spoken magic held her back - both in saving lives among the people and in competitions in the Academy's arena. In desperation she turns to an unlikely source of assistance...

Young Memer takes on a pivotal role in freeing her war-torn homeland from its oppressive captors.

"Verene and Darius should be celebrating their greatest triumph, but instead they're left with heavy responsibilities and too many questions. As they dig deeper for the truth, they discover a threat beyond any they could have imagined. With enemies both within and without, even the Academy isn't a safe haven from the looming threat. Verene is ready to use her new powers to defend everything she loves, but she can't stand alone. If she and Darius can't...

After Zélie and Amari bring magic back to the land of Orïsha, the monarchy and military unite to keep control of Orïsha, forcing Zélie to fight to secure Amari's right to the throne and protect the new maji from the monarchy's wrath.

"Verene is determined to complete her fourth and final year at the Academy, despite her family's opposition to Darius, and his own obstinance about the future of their relationship. And Darius needs to graduate in order to claim his throne. But with the threat of Conall looming over them, they must be more than just trainees if they hope to save both their kingdoms from the coming war--especially since Verene's abilities may be the only thing that...