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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 — 34 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) 4.81 avg rating — 27 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) 4.63 avg rating — 24 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) 3.75 avg rating — 16 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: Pesto and Potions

I’m finally back with a new book to share! This is an especially exciting one, because it was a collaborative project with three of my closest writing friends – and we’ve been working on it since 2019! I think you’re going to love Pesto and Potions, a paranormal lesbian romance featuring witches, parkour, recipes and vampires. Buy your choice of ebook here, or buy a paperback copy.

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The Guardian of the Opera (3 books)
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Beyond the Tales (2 books)
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Thorns Saga (2 books)
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4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings

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