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Mande Matthews is the author of the ShadowLight Saga. Her debut novel is "Bonded" - book one of the ya epic fantasy trilogy. A free prequel to the ShadowLight Saga, entitled "The LightKeepers" is now available for free at most online retailers.

While attending a performing arts college for writing and arranging, Mande discovered Joseph Cambell's Masks of God series. Her desire to understand humanity through myth and legend mingled with her love of fantasy fiction, birthing her life-long quest to create original new worlds for readers.

A hermit at heart, Mande recedes into the realms of imagination where she occasionally surfaces to face the real world aided by her minions: a husband who plays the dog drum (the belly of their border collie),...more


As a designer, I tend to obsess over my covers a little more than the average author. My obsessive/compulsive nature often drives me to tweak designs endlessly in search for a more accurate representation of the story’s spirit. So, I’ve redesigned both Betrothal and Quest. And here they are! (I’ll get the other images changedup read more »
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Average rating: 3.92 · 83 ratings · 19 reviews · 4 distinct works · Similar authors
The Light Keepers (ShadowLi...
3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2012
Bonded (ShadowLight Saga, #1)
4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2011
Betrothal (Queen's Honor, #1)
3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2012
Quest (Queen's Honor, #2)
3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012

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Bonded
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4.153846153846154 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 26 ratings
Betrothal Quest
Queen's Honor (2 books)
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3.8947368421052633 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings

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" This is storytelling of the finest caliber. I felt like like I was reading a legend of old...loved this story and recommend it to anyone who loved the old myths and legends like I did. "
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Mande Matthews voted for The Broken Destiny (Broken, #1) in Best Science Fiction in the Opening Round of the 2012 Goodreads Choice Awards.
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“Between darkness and light there is truth.”
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“The world does not create you. You create the world by what you choose to believe.”
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“If you do follow your bliss you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. Follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be.”
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