These are the books I’m currently working on. Dates for publication are more wishful thinking than written in stone!
Summerbird Asii, freed from the nonmagical Isterr and returned to her birth-realm, Emythor, has survived the swiftest, most bewildering round of magic instruction ever provided a young woman. She’s found herself part of a powerful family. But nothing matters more to her than the Otter, the enigmatic magical man who becomes her lover. Before she can blink, she’s off on a bewildering quest where no one knows where they’re going or what they’re searching for. Emythor is a mystical land created by an ancient, powerful entity as a refuge for the Fey from the savage humans. But that’s not the only thing Treaty hid. Did no one realize a realm brimming with magic might attract a ruthlessly evil entity, hungering to consume Emythor and its magics? But Summerbird has also attracted someone—an evil mage who has plans to take over Emythor and make her his queen. She’s uneasy, always looking over her shoulder when she sets off on the strange journey with her new family, guided by a mysterious thief with dangerous secrets. A man who shows far too much interest in her and who works deep magic while fiercely hiding that ability from the others. While traveling, they encounter a cursed woman who becomes a monstrosity to eat; an enchanted tree that tells riddles; mysterious lake denizens with their own agenda; a vile troll who dines on travelers; and a psychopathic old liege who has imprisoned a revenge-seeking dragon. On a long and treacherous journey where nothing is what it seems, Summerbird learns that her destiny, utterly entwined with the thief and his devastating secrets, is far more life-changing than the once-lonely seer could ever have imagined. For she alone must find the strength and courage to defeat the evil creature that threatens both Emythor and Isterr, even when it takes on an ultimate form that nearly renders her powerless.
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Deep within the magical lands of Emythor lies a small castle, Darkleaf. Darkleaf shields the Garden, home of the powerful entity, Treaty. But what protects them? Beyond and yet magically beneath the Garden, lie two Fey worlds—the dark, mystical lands of Peregrim, and the Riven Land, Mourshyn. Mourshyn, renounced by Peregrim, is forbidden the magical Garden and Peregrim. Magic is not welcome in Mourshyn; the realm wishes only to be left alone, stagnant in time. And such a land—isolated and hostile—is a perfect target for anything seeking to bring conflict to the Fey. The Lord of the Peregrim rules beautiful, dark, verdant Peregrim. Ránulf ai’Wryth is a quiet, steadfast warrior who is bound to the Garden, a ferocious Guardian who condemns those of Mourshyn as uncivilized brutes. Mourshyn’s Learned Recluse, Clariss de’Oriste, is far from an uncivilized brute. When she takes the punishment meant for another, she is taken to the Peregrim to save her life. Clariss should be terrified. Unconscious, her dreams take her through an exquisite garden, filled with the plants she bonds with—huge, heady flora she never could imagine existed. It is there that she is healed, as she learns about the Peregrim. When Ránulf meets Clariss, sparks fly, but these two must overcome a lifetime of mistrust if they are to even be civil to one another. No sooner do Ránulf and Clariss learn of her connections to Peregrim than they find themselves caught up in a fear-fraught entreaty from Treaty and the King and Queen of Emythor. Something malevolent has found its way into Emythor through Mourshyn and its evil is already spreading out over the land. The people of the Riven Land will need the help of the Peregrim and even Emythor, itself, if they are to survive this attack. While trust must be earned and nurtured, sometimes there isn’t time for that. Those of the two broken lands must simply trust each other because they are, if nothing else, human, with a vicious common enemy.
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Whern Andera is an Indigene, one of the rare, genetically pure natives that occasionally crops up on her world. Born with powerful little-understood psychokinetic Abilities, she’s an Arbiter in the Corporation, the military-based entity that controls her planet, Ereden. For years, Hostiles have plagued the outer edges of the 9th Sector, attacking and robbing spaceships like the pirates of old, and then viciously destroying them. For reasons kept from her, Whern is prohibited from going offworld. With the help of her scheming Commanding Officer, she grabs the assignment to find the Hostiles. But her CO isn’t confident she can handle it alone and has plans to sneak aboard her ship. She doesn’t need anyone’s help, and she’s a lot more cunning than he ever thought she could be. Devious is just what she must be because the Hostiles are so much more than mere pirates—and finding them will lead to something beyond shocking for Whern, the pirates, and their mutual worlds. Ereden mythos tells the faithful that they are created in the image of their Maker and someday they will meet that Maker. But no one was ever told that Maker made more than just one version, and that meeting might be sooner than anyone wishes.
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Julianna is all a modern woman wants to be—wealthy, talented, and single—yet unhappy in life and love. What she wants doesn’t exist in the present—a gentleman and a rogue, a tender, passionate lover who cares about her injured psyche. She meets an enigmatic man who might be all that, but before she can explore that feeling an accident sends her reeling into the past. There she meets Raven—that same man, now a British privateer the Americans would like to see hanged. Julianna might be going mad, but she has found her love. When the present comes crashing back in, things aren’t exactly as they were before–little changes here and there. Somewhere, someone is pulling her back and forth in time. What’s their endgame? What do they want from her? She no longer cares where she ends up, as long as it’s with Raven. But life can never be simple. Whoever is playing with her life and that of the man she loves has awakened a tiger in Julianna, complete with sharp claws and teeth. Julianna wants this to stop, but as she gets closer to her adversary, she will discover the most shocking surprise of all. Nothing is or ever was what she thought it was.
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