Life is boring when you live in the real world, instead of starring in your own book series. In this installment, preteens Owen and Bethany team up again in the ongoing search for Bethany's father. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Secret Origins (Story Thieves Book 3). "Story Thieves: Secret Origins" is the third book in a planned five-book series by James Riley. Bethany travels to a new fictional world to rescue her father in this third book in the New York Times bestselling series, Story Thieves —which was called a “fast-paced, action-packed tale” by School Library Journal—from the author of the Half Upon a Time trilogy. In the previous books, we learned that Bethany has the ability to jump into books and enter their worlds. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Characters from the real and fictional worlds cross paths in the New York Times bestselling Story Thieves series—now available as a collectible boxed set! Owen and Bethany have sworn off jumping into books for good. Secret Origins (Story Thieves Book 3) - Kindle edition by Riley, James.