Megan Shepherd

When their mistress is murdered, Anouk and her fellow beasties have only three days until their enchantment ends and they are transformed back into animals, but in seeking to remain human, they threaten the hierarchy imposed by the society of magic handlers in Paris called the Haute.

Of all the things aspiring artist Haven Marbury expected to find while clearing out her late father's remote seaside house, "Bedtime Stories for Monsters" was not on the list. This secret handwritten manuscript is disturbingly different from his Pultizer-winning works: Its interweaving short stories crawl with horrific monsters and enigmatic humans that exist somewhere between this world and the next. Reeling from a failed marriage, Haven hopes...

"A girl living in a children's hospital during WWII discovers that a winged horse has entered her world and needs her help"--

An anthology of historical short stories features a diverse array of girls standing up for themselves and their beliefs, forging their own paths while resisting society's expectations.