R.K. Ryals

Biography

Born in Jackson, Mississippi, R. K. Ryals is a scatterbrained mother of three whose passion is reading whatever she can get her hands on. She makes her home in Mississippi with her husband, three daughters, a Shitzsu named Tinkerbell, and a coffeepot she couldn't live without.

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Books

Moonpies & Magic
Pre-release—available January 25, 2025. Price: $2.99 USD. Language: English. Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Contemporary, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy
17-yr-old Charlotte is a nomad, traveling the festival circuit with her airbrush artist father & older brother, Wes. Life is endless crowds. Until Charlotte stumbles into a carnival tent, her attention riveted by a musical magician with the ability to make stories come alive. When Wes is lost to one of these stories, Charlotte follows, sending her and a handsome minstrel on a perilous adventure.
1986: Why Can't This Be Love
Price: $0.99 USD. Words: 20,250. Language: English. Published: July 29, 2016 by WaWa Productions. Categories: Fiction » Romance » Short stories, Fiction » Romance » New adult
Spring break junior year is supposed to be Tori Allen's chance to catch the eye of wicked hot Corey Sanders, a bouncer at The Cube, an 18 and under club. Only what should have been a night to remember turns into a grody tryst that sends her into the arms of bad boy, Dylan Black. A malfunctioning photo booth, a crazy game of midnight madness bowling, and her night becomes one totally rad adventure.
The Story of Awkward
Price: Free! Words: 48,630. Language: English. Published: April 10, 2014 . Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Social Issues, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Science Fiction
(5.00 from 1 review)
Perri is an artist w/an odd sketchbook full of awkward childhood sketches--a spectacled princess, a candy loving troll, & a graceless fairy--for there's no better way to hide from bullying than to create a world of your own. At 19, Peregrine leaves her home & her sketches behind. But what happens when something goes wrong in Awkward, leaving her trapped w/the bully she thought to leave behind?
Cursed: The Thorne Trilogy Book I
Price: Free! Words: 45,470. Language: English. Published: March 4, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Science Fiction, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Romance » General
A grimoire. A witch. A Demon. Monroe Jacobs is a darned good witch! But there is also something wrong w/her. Demonic energy makes her stronger, she can ward off Demons, & Lucifer wants her. Sometimes being bad is better. That's Luther Craig's philosophy. The hybrid Demon is reluctantly sent to New Orleans, LA to protect Monroe from Lucifer's Hellhounds. But what happens when things go wrong?
Mark of the Mage: Scribes of Medeisia Book I
Price: Free! Words: 59,490. Language: English. Published: January 25, 2013 . Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Romance » General
(5.00 from 1 review)
Books never die, but they can be forbidden. Medeisia is a country in turmoil. The king has outlawed magic & learning. Those who practice are branded. 16 yr-old Drastona lives secluded, spending her spare time in the Archives of her father's manor surrounded by scribes. She wants to be one of them. But when the scribes are disbanded, she enters a world where the marked must survive or die.
The Acropolis
Price: Free! Words: 59,550. Language: English. Published: July 16, 2012 . Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Romance » General
(5.00 from 1 review)
"We have a new assignment for you, Mr. Reinhardt." These words are not comforting to me. At eighteen, I am a gargoyle who has been demoted because I broke the rules. Now I have a new mission, a new mark to protect. But I don't expect Emma Chase. I don't expect to question my own race. I don't expect to care for my own mark. And I am not prepared for what I find at The Acropolis.
Redemption (Redemption Series Book 1)
Price: Free! Words: 105,600. Language: English. Published: December 4, 2011 . Categories: Fiction » Young adult or teen » Romance » General, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Fantasy
(5.00 from 1 review)
Dayton finds life sucks when you live in a creepy Abbey w/your aunt, the “Queen” of nuns, who may be keeping some strange secrets. Otherwise, Dayton’s a sweet, typical 17 yr-old girl who may have a tiny cursing problem. Then again, communicating w/her bestie using telepathy, having the same nightmare about her dead father, & having dudes show up at her window isn't exactly "typical."

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