The Nutcracker is back—but so is the Mouse King, and now she must choose between them... No one believes Marie’s story about her magical journey with the Nutcracker Prince. She’s even started to doubt it herself. But then her brother Fritz brings his fellow cavalrymen home for the family’s annual Christmas party—and one of them demands she return the Mouse King’s seven crowns to him. The Nutcracker finally reappears, and the familiar battle lines are drawn, but is Marie on the same side she was before? How can the Mouse King be so intriguing, and the Nutcracker so disappointing? And when Marie’s niece Clara disappears, can she trust the Mouse King to help get Clara back—or is he still set on revenge? If you’re into villain redemptions and fairy tale retellings, if you find Labyrinth to be a very intriguing film, if a book needs to have fencing, fighting, revenge, giants, chases, escapes, true love, and miracles in addition to kissy bits to hold your attention, then you’ll love this fantasy novel. Revisit everyone’s favorite holiday fantasy, and learn who the real heroes and villains are!

Dietrich Lang promised he’d teach her to fly, and Marie has tried wait patiently for his return. When a stubborn ghost turns up instead, she sets out to find Lang at his winter garrison, sure that she needs his help for this new supernatural problem. But Lang has troubles of his own, facing suspicions over his true identity as the Grand Army begins its spring campaign, and still seeking revenge for the death of his mother and brothers. With the army on the move, Marie must learn how to fly as a hawk in order to stay hidden among the soldiers, master her ability to slip between the waking world and the dream realm, and find a way to banish the ghost for good. Join Marie and Lang in a new and magical adventure that continues from the events of Sugar and Snow, this time with a dash of Ladyhawke thrown in.

When the winds bring her unsettling news from the emperor’s war, Marie leaves home once again to find Dietrich Lang. This time, she’s going to make sure they can stay together, even if it means dragging generals into dreams and facing the emperor himself. But even when you can fly and move between worlds, it’s not so simple to turn armies aside and catch kings—especially when the dream world still has unrevealed secrets… Hawk and Hound is the magical and action-packed conclusion to the Marie and the Mouse King trilogy in which everyone goes a bit feral, Marie and Dietrich get a happily ever after, and some other folks get their just rewards.