New Book!

The prequel in the Kris Kringle Saga is available now—in ebook, paperback, and hardcover! (Details below.) Download a sneak peek of both books here.

Sorceress Kringle: The Woman Who Became Santa Claus, a novel by Joseph D'Agnese

Sorceress Kringle

Everything you know about Santa Claus is a lie. And that’s just the way she likes it.

She remembers nothing of her real parents. She was abducted as an infant by a band of fairies who taught her all she knows. For as long as she can remember, she’s been obsessed with orphans, magic, and ice. She’s forever spying on children in the real world, hoping they will shed light on her own beginnings. Everyone calls her Key, but no one can tell her why.

Now, in the year 1660, on the fledgling Dutch island of Manhattan, Key must take a stand against madmen who would eradicate the world of magic forever. Spirited and guileless, Key fights for the ones she loves and watches as her legend springs gloriously to life.

Human beings have been the authors of so much of her pain, but she knows in her heart that she can make them better than they are. If she can get to them when they’re young enough, she can teach them wrong from right, naughty from nice.

Her real name is Kris Kringle, and this is how her story begins.

From a winner of the Derringer Award comes an epic origin story of the world’s most beloved magician, as you’ve never imagined her.

Please note: This book is not intended for children. Mature themes and content.

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The Icemaster of New-York

An immortal miser. A child in danger. An icy heart melted by the power of love.

Jack Frost never asked to be immortal. The gods thrust their magic upon him when he was still too young to comprehend the bargain. Century after century, age after age, he conjures snow and ice, ushering in the death of all things at the end of each year.

Addicted to violence, obsessed with wealth, he flits through the ages, changing names as often as cities. When a stupid misstep in the old country forces him to flee the great halls of Europe, Jack finds himself on the fledgling Dutch island of Manhattan, perched on the edge of a pristine continent that is ripe for the taking. In this uncharted paradise, a clever magician could well have it all…

In the year 1643, a defenseless orphan enters his life. If the stars align, she could well become the world’s most beloved sorceress, destined to make glad the heart of childhood.

But only if she lives. For reasons Jack Frost cannot fathom, assassins and monsters want the infant Kris Kringle dead. And now, the world’s oldest misanthrope finds himself fighting for something he has never known: love.

Please note:

  1. This book is not intended for children. Mature themes and content.

  2. The author recommends you read this prequel AFTER you’ve read Sorceress Kringle.