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Cheryl Mahoney

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Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult

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Susan Kay, Terry Pratchett, Gaston Leroux, Carolyn Meyer, Tamora Pierc ...more

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Cheryl Mahoney lives in California and dreams of other worlds. She is the author of the upcoming Guardian of the Opera trilogy, slated for publication in 2020, retelling the story of the Phantom of the Opera from a new direction. She is also the author of the Beyond the Tales quartet, retelling familiar fairy tales, with new twists. She is a co-author of The Servants and the Beast, and its companion piece, After the Sparkles Settled. Cheryl loves exploring new worlds in the past, the future or fairyland, and builds her stories around characters finding their way through those worlds--especially characters overlooked or underestimated by the people around them.

She has been blogging since 2010 at Tales of the Marvelous (http://marveloustales. ...more

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	Nocturne (The Guardian of the Opera, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 35 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Accompaniment (The Guardian of the Opera, #2) 4.82 avg rating — 28 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dawn Melody (The Guardian of the Opera, #3) 4.65 avg rating — 26 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wanderers 4.50 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2013 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Servants and the Beast by R.A. Gates (Goodreads Author), Karen Blakely (Goodreads Author), Kelly Haworth (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Storyteller and Her Sisters 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Princess Behind Thorns (Thorns Saga, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The People the Fairies Forget really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lioness and the Spellspinners 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Princess Beyond the Thorns (Thorns Saga, #2) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Launch Day: The Lady Between Thorns

It’s here! The Lady Between Thorns, Book Three of the Thorns Saga, is out today! Get your copy, buy one for a friend, or catch up on the series so far.

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With civil war engaged, this fight for the throne will test even the deepest loyalties.

Lady Elena has been waiting for what feels like her entire life to help her cousin Terrence gain

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