Before the Full Moon Rises (Chronicles of the Secret Prince)

A fantastical, mysterious adventure with many unexpected twists and turns for fans of Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, and King Arthur.

No one ever told Deston the fae were real. He never imagined King Arthur was a real person, either, or that Excalibur had a twin brother sword. And these are just a few of the secrets his mother has kept from him.

But after Deston's mother mysteriously vanishes and he is shipped to France to live with a distant relative he's never heard of before, he and a tenacious French girl, Margaux, get lured into the fae realm of Tir na-nÓg where he learns everything he believed to be true is a lie. For come to find out, his mother didn't just vanish, she was kidnapped by an evil solitary faerie. And if Deston can't bring her and the King of the Fae back to Tir na-nÓg before the full moon rises, darkness will reign over the high realm and Deston's family and the entire fae race will be destroyed.

As Deston and Margaux race through a strange new world filled with giant wolves, six-foot tall bats, and other mystical creatures, one question nags at him—how is a fourteen-year-old kid with no magic supposed to defeat true evil when the fae couldn't? The only thing he knows for certain is he's not going to give up without a fight. And this will either be the greatest adventure of his life or his last.

MJ Bell's love of everything magical led her to write the Chronicles of the Secret Prince. She grew up in Iowa, but now considers Colorado her home, where she lives with her husband and dog, Tasha. Her expanding family is her pride and joy as well as her source of inspiration.