National Network for Equitable Library Service

In a dangerous alley in a township in South Africa, the strength and unity which a group of young friends feel while playing soccer keep them safe when a gang of bullies arrives to cause trouble.

It's not always easy being a female warrior with a nickname like Annwyl the Bloody. Men tend to either cower in fear-a lot-or else salute.

For Nolwenn witch Talaith, a bad day begins with being dragged from bed by an angry mob intent on her crispy end and culminates in rescue by-wait for it-a silver-maned dragon.

I know what they see when they look at me. The charming, soft-spoken dragoness bred from the most powerful of royal bloodlines.

When Eibhear the Blue comes crashing back into her life, an outspoken beauty decides to use this warrior who broke her heart to help her fulfill a blood debt to a pushy god while trying to resist h