Fourteen-year-old Livy’s best friends just happen to be fairies. With them, she defeats snow monsters and discovers lost treasure, running wild through her apartment complex. Game after endless game. That’s how it works with fairies. They might be illusions, but they helped her cope when her father walked out, leaving her to care for her drug-addicted mother alone. Then Child Protective Services swoops in, sending Livy to live with her father, but that doesn’t stop the fairies from tagging along. The illusions that helped her in the past now cause nothing but trouble—preluding fires in chemistry and sword fights in gym. It isn’t any wonder her stepmother thinks she’s crazy, maybe even on drugs like her mother. Forced into therapy, Livy tries to conform to her new life. But when the military precision of her stepmother’s household becomes too much, she crosses the fairy ring to a dream world where her imagination can run free again. Her scars transfer from one world to the other. So does a death. With her family ready to have her committed, Livy must unravel the truth behind her so-called schizophrenic delusions before they take another life—hers. Fairy Ring: Shards of Janderelle is a darkly humorous and magical tale with elements of A Monster Calls (Patrick Ness), Caroline (Neil Gaiman), Calvin: A Novel (Martine Leavitt), and other young adult stories that blend the borders of contemporary fantasy and psychology. It explores teenage/family drama, mental illness, and a fantasy world that might be too good to be true. Clean Read. References to mental illness, substance abuse, and other more serious issues. Recommended for young adults and teens twelve and up. Other Books by Jacque Stevens: Stone Bearers:

0. The Stone Bearers (2016) 0.5. The Frog’s Princess (2016)
1. The Queen’s Opal (2017)
2. The Queen’s Gift (2018)
3. The Queen’s Heir (2018)
4. The Queen’s Bane (Coming 2018)
5. The Queen’s Rite (Coming 2019) Please Note: The Queen’s Opal is Book One. The Stone Bearers is a standalone novel that can be read before or after the full series. The short story, The Frog’s Princess, can also be read in any order. Find it in The Fantastic Worlds Anthology (2016) or have a free digital copy delivered to you after signing up for my email list at sjacquebooks.com. Those on my email list will receive monthly emails with updates on deals, review opportunities for new releases, and other exclusive content. Fairy Ring:
6. Fairy Ring: Shards of Janderelle (2017)
7. Fairy Ring: Changeling of Janderelle (Coming 2018)
8. Fairy Ring: Prince of Janderelle (Coming 2019) Others: Winter Falls: A Tale of the Snow Queen (2017) Depths: A Tale of the Little Mermaid (Coming 2018)