Alice: Pick a Card Series by Bethany Anne Lovejoy

There were two facts that I was sure of; Wonderland was not real and I, Alice Grey, was a very ordinary young woman—it was impossible for me to be otherwise.Or so I thought.I had begun to accept that my father would not return from the war when his pocket watch mysteriously reappears and is stolen by a white rabbit. But just as I give up on catching the rabbit, I fall into a hole, landing somewhere that is most certainly not Oxford... moreThere were two facts that I was sure of; Wonderland was not real and I, Alice Grey, was a very ordinary young woman—it was impossible for me to be otherwise.Or so I thought.I had begun to accept that my father would not return from the war when his pocket watch mysteriously reappears and is stolen by a white rabbit. But just as I give up on catching the rabbit, I fall into a hole, landing somewhere that is most certainly not Oxford.I soon realize that this is the Wonderland my father had told me stories about. But the White Rabbit of my father’s story is no longer a rabbit, he’s a man-- a king even, one with three charming brothers, all heirs to a far greater throne. Only one of them is destined to become the King of Cards and rule over all-- and he needs a queen.Unfortunately, I have no interest in being anyone’s queen or falling in love; all I wish to do is return to Oxford. However, I cannot do it alone, I have to put my trust in someone. But the characters of Wonderland are far from ordinary and even further from trustworthy-- Each seems to have their own agenda, and someone does not want me to leave Wonderland at all.If I stay, I could lose everything I’ve ever known, and if I leave, I could lose everything I’ve ever wanted. less

There is no way back from Wonderland—or so they claim.Not when the only door leading to my world is broken, and the magic of Wonderland has been thrown out of order. The magic itself relies on the clock at the center of Wonderland; but with the clock broken, my home in a state of disarray, and the man responsible for it missing? There is no hope.But there is someone who knows how to fix the clock; Fitz, the annoying, self-serving rabbit who got me into this whole mess... moreThere is no way back from Wonderland—or so they claim.Not when the only door leading to my world is broken, and the magic of Wonderland has been thrown out of order. The magic itself relies on the clock at the center of Wonderland; but with the clock broken, my home in a state of disarray, and the man responsible for it missing? There is no hope.But there is someone who knows how to fix the clock; Fitz, the annoying, self-serving rabbit who got me into this whole mess. Too bad he’s more concerned with wooing his prospective bride and becoming the King of Cards.He’s locked in a race to the altar; staring down the threat of his youngest brother’s blooming romance with the Red Queen, Fitz’s own unwilling bride, and his unresolved feelings for me. Meanwhile, I couldn’t care less what troubles Fitz faces; I swore he would never become King of Cards, and that I would get home no matter what the cost.Even if it means interfering in the lives of the royal court to pressure the man who I hate more than anything in this world into working beside me, facing down the Jabberwock, and becoming entangled in a sordid love affair.But it’s not just the Kings I have to worry about, or even the menacing jaws of the Jabberwock. There’s still someone lurking in the background, someone determined to keep me in Wonderland at any price. less

Some rules are meant to be broken.At least that is what I tell myself when I steal a book that I was not even meant to know existed from the King of Hearts, believing it to contain information about my father’s time in Wonderland... moreSome rules are meant to be broken.At least that is what I tell myself when I steal a book that I was not even meant to know existed from the King of Hearts, believing it to contain information about my father’s time in Wonderland.But the journal does not contain any revelations about Reginald Grey, nor any greater notions concerning the magical world surrounding me, but rather another mystery that I cannot solve—Who is Professor Thames? How did he know my father? And most importantly…How did he escape Wonderland?The resurrection of a time honored tradition gives me the opportunity to explore the Palace of Spades during the greatest masquerade Wonderland has ever known. Lucky for me, the Palace of Spades houses the greatest library in the world– the only problem is, getting into it when all eyes are on me, the so-called Jabberwock slayer.And while I find myself growing ever closer to the mysterious Kaeden Hart, an avalanche of things unsaid remains between us and perhaps most concerningly, I find myself further drawn into the mysterious world of the Cheshire Cat…Who holds a dark secret he refuses to share. less