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Paladin and Necromancer
Series: Paladin and Necromancer
Series Number: 1
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Blurb: During the great war, a Paladin married a Necromancer. Unfortunately for both, they survived...
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Seven years ago, a Paladin married a Necromancer. It didn’t seem like a big deal back then, seeing as the world was ending. For better or worse, humanity survived. The extraplanar enemy was repelled, and the rifts in the Multiverse were patched up. In the ruins of the realm’s devastation, humanity recovered and rebuilt. Stuck in an uneasy marriage, Kassander and Silver couldn’t be less enthusiastic about the prospect. Perhaps it’s for the best that a noble house is slaughtered in what looks like a wine-soaked demonic ritual. At least solving crimes gives Kass and Silver something to do. Together, they uncover a conspiracy that threatens to tear apart the multiverse and its deities – and, most importantly, their already fragile marriage. A dark fantasy mystery-romance. Paladin and Necromancer is a dark fantasy adventure packed with friendship and romance. You'll love Paladin and Necromancer if you're looking for: - DnD-inspired Fantasy - Dark themes - A tragic-comic tone - Disabled, non-binary, and neurodivergent characters in a Fantasy setting - A mature take on a complex relationship *Praise for "Paladin and Necromancer":* "The world building was amazing. There was so much history and detail yet you never feel like you're too deep in the weeds. There are tense moments where you fear for your favourite characters, and it's lovely that every character's motivations can be justified. No one is "good" or "evil" but each can condemn one another's actions for different reasons. Fantastic!" - Angelique Iles, author of Kentree's Stolen Souls. "I loved the world-building in this imaginative story where magic is key to survival, and the many rifts left behind in the war are a constant threat to new invasions. (...) The ending is immensely satisfying. A highly recommended read." - Debra Purdy Kong, author of The Opposite of Dark. "First and foremost, this a story about its characters. Through them, it provides a romantic story that is both dark and humorous, filled with characters who feel like real people." - W.A. Stanley, Reviewer for WAS.
Tie The Ivy Through My Ribcage (and Leave Me With Emptied Lungs)
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Blurb: A twisted collection of botanical body-horrorotica tales, strung together with corruption and ivy.
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One unsuspecting Friday evening, deep in a city festering with darkness and sin, we meet a cast of twisted individuals tangled up in a wicked thicket of lies, greed, fame, and addiction. One by one they fall to their vices, succumbing to their most primal instincts. All the while, a mysterious man with a rose tattoo lingers in the shadows, weaving together their stories with vines and thorns like a sadistic seamster while the city falls around them. Tie The Ivy Through My Ribcage (And Leave Me With Emptied Lungs) is an M-rated novella-in-short-story collection that showcases the darker side of the human psyche. Focusing on how far one will go to achieve what they believe will make them happy—no matter what it may cost—while reveling in the depravity in a manner that will make your skin crawl. Each story focuses on a different soul and the actions, events, and downfalls that follow them. With connections that creep through the marrow like crawling roots, this deliciously depraved collection creates a sprawling, haunting portrait of corruption and chaos.
All For The Blood of The Lamb
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Blurb: A priest and a shepherd find themselves trapped in their cottage as a demonic entity threatens to destroy their peaceful Eden.
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It was a Good Friday... On the third Friday of every month, a young priest named Connor makes the long trek through the isolated countryside to visit his stoic lover, Ivan. The humble shepherd welcomes him with open arms and a ravenous appetite. They lose themselves to the throes of passion until the sun comes up on Saturday, then Connor leaves to tend to his own flock in the city - much to the dismay of Ivan who longs to have him give up the priesthood and call the cabin home. Though Connor knows he cannot give into those desires, his heart yearns for a simpler life at Ivan's side. During one of their Friday visits, a storm forces Connor to stay longer than he'd planned. Despite his bubbling guilt, he begins contemplating the risks of accepting Ivan's pleas to stay, igniting a crisis of faith and identity for the priest that rattles his constitution. As the storm rages, red lightning cracks overhead, and a demonic entity appears at the gates of the pasture, leaving behind a trail of carnage in its wake. The towering figure begins closing in, mutilating any living creature that dares to cross the threshold of the ranch, all the while counting down the days with a raised hand and malicious intent. Trapped with time running out, the panicked priest and his skeptical shepherd soon realize that they may be next for the slaughter if they can't overcome their own demons in time to exorcise the one on the other side of the door...
The Galleria
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Blurb: A night-shift taxi driver dives headlong into the midst of a cult in an attempt to rescue one of their number, now missing - a woman from his cab he met only once.
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Everyone confides in taxi drivers. The masses enter Hammond’s cab, impart their life stories or depressing woes, and return to the city streets, taking a little bit of him with them. Life changes when a young woman named Shaara leaps into his cab, an adherent to a cult, a group indulging in pleasurable depravity in a tower to the south. Tonight, she goes to rob them. Her presence alone wakes Hammond from life’s slumber. When she later goes missing, he takes it upon himself to stalk the nocturne for her whereabouts and her secrets, entering a hedonist nightmare in which desire is a dangerous game. Bikies, drug addicts, sex addicts, corrupt cops, murderers, and human monsters await Hammond in the dark. And behind a door on the top floor of the cult’s tower dwells a secret far more terrible than anything Hammond or his customers could imagine
Everything Is Summer
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Blurb: A lonely traveller in a distant city stumbles upon a young woman stealing a book from a basement and follows her to a dilapidated mansion, a world of secrets, and into a bohemian way of life that is both dangerous and addictive.
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‘Summer…’ This splash of graffiti is young Mike’s only mantra, as he wanders far from home, far from who he is and ever was. Onwards, to the coffee vans, to the bookshops. To lose himself in this labyrinth. To forget. But when he witnesses a young woman named Naila stealing a book from a dusty basement, Mike is catapulted into a strange underbelly, in which Explorers indulge in wonder, lunatics are wise men, and the mundane holds miracles. Welcome. To this distant city. This abandoned mansion. Welcome to the Undercurrent.
Called From The Cares Of The World
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Blurb: A dark and melancholic collection of atmospheric tales.
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A collection of melancholia. An insurance investigator on the run from the occult. A graveyard tryst heralding mystery. A Parisian date night devolving into a study of fear. A sea cave. A lost boy. A cosmic romance. Farewells. Witness darkly cathartic moments as lost souls face their crossroads. Will they succumb to their monsters? Will they finally be free from the cares of the world?
Home
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Blurb: A family experiences sinister happenings on their farm, before realising they are under siege by both insidious forces and an oncoming snowstorm.
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A Home Without A Dog Is Just A House. Something wakes little Kelly Bradwyn from sleep every morning, and it is not the play attacks from her beloved labrador, Link. Something dwells in the attic. Surely her neighbour's ouija board is the solution to all her problems. Home Is Where The Heart Is. As the Bradwyn family prepare the farm for oncoming snows, a sudden earthquake heralds terror - an insidious presence stalking the halls; mysteries in an occult archive; nightmares of a strange world under scarlet skies. And something else is approaching, wandering across the state on an insane pilgrimage. Home Is Under Siege.
You
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Blurb: Cassie wanted to hide from the world in the garden shed. The world came knocking. YOU answered.
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Plagued by her family and school bullies, Cassie Reilly's only place of solace was the garden shed. Hiding away from the world, she could pretend all was well until her stepfather's violence spilled out of the house and threatened to destroy everything she held dear. Unwilling to remain in the shadows and watch an innocent girl beaten, the silent occupant at the bottom of the garden arose. In that moment, Cassie had two choices: be afraid of the unknown or befriend them. With friendships scarce, she gladly accepted what was offered, little realising how that choice would save her during some truly dark times...
All the Dark Souls
Series: All the Dark Souls Trilogy
Series Number: 1
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Blurb: A female executioner gets caught up in a deadly scheme when a mysterious prisoner comes into town claiming to be the lost prince.
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Joss Brevyn is the last heir in a long line of executioners. Although a woman, the same rules still apply: kill the condemned within three tries, or be tortured and killed. Joss has yet to miss her mark, and even though she spends her free time as a healer, the town views her only as a deathsman. So when she and her assistant, Henrik, stumble upon a beaten man on the way home, both are hesitant to reveal who they really are. The only problem is, so is he. Aric Kayden has seen better days. After failing to assassinate his last victim, he's left bleeding on the side of the road until he's found and taken in by Joss and Henrik, two seemingly innocent locals. Healing from his wounds, Aric is still haunted by the target he didn't kill, especially by those who paid him. Despite the undeniable attraction between him and Joss, Aric can't bring himself to tell the truth: that the masked figures who hired him knows where he is, and his original target is the mysterious prisoner who was recently sentenced to death. Forced to uphold the deal, Aric's only job now is to make sure the execution goes as planned and eliminate whoever intervenes. Bound by their duties, both Joss and Aric assume this next kill will be easy. But then one of them has a change of heart, sparking a chain reaction that could leave one—or both—of them dead.
All the Blood Spilt
Series: All the Dark Souls Trilogy
Series Number: 2
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Blurb: After saving the lost prince from his execution, Joss Brevyn and her assistant Henrik become bound in a game of cat-and-mouse with the assassin they had once saved.
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After saving the lost prince from his execution, Joss Brevyn is on the run. With a price on their heads, the deathsman and her assistant, Henrik, have only one way to clear their names: find Callan Ronen and get him home to Aselian. But while both assume that finding him would be the hard part, it’s staying alive that becomes the challenge. The road to Aselian isn’t just marked by dense forests and treacherous terrain; it’s a host to those who will do anything to catch the prince-turned-prisoner and the two who helped him escape. One of those is Aric Kayden, the assassin who's still reeling from the guilt of how he and Joss had last parted. With his own injuries on the mend, Aric has only one goal in mind: kill Callan in order to save himself—as well as Joss and Henrik—from the Mask. However, the journey to find the prince grows more complicated as Aric begins to realize that killing him may not be the answer to all of his problems. Bound in a game of cat-and-mouse, both Joss and Aric must decide what’s more important: doing the right thing or saving themselves. Because Callan isn’t just a man who’s trying to get home; he’s the missing heir who holds a dark secret, one that could jeopardize them all.
All the Kings Fall
Series: All the Dark Souls Trilogy
Series Number: 3
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Blurb: Bound in a final battle to save the prince, an executioner and an assassin are forced to confront their fate, which may bring deadlier consequences than intended.
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The epic conclusion in the All the Dark Souls Trilogy. Still reeling from their journey, Joss Brevyn—along with her assistant, Henrik, and the lost prince, Callan Ronen—have finally made it to Aselian. But what should have been a celebrated homecoming has been marred with tension, not knowing who to trust ever since learning that the Mask and his henchmen are rooted in Callan’s past. While getting inside the city walls may be easy, it’s reaching the royal family that proves to be difficult since the Mask has remained one step ahead of them. Truths will be revealed, new betrayals will surface, and a fight for the crown will begin, destroying more in its path than anyone expected. Aric Kayden, however, is glad to be home… until he realizes that he, too, has been betrayed. With a plot to kill him underway, Aric has a battle of his own that takes him all the way underneath the city’s streets. While it was never his intention to fight for the crown, Aric soon learns that he may have no choice if he wants to protect the woman that he loves. Bound in a final battle to save the prince, both Joss and Aric are forced to confront their fate, which may bring deadlier consequences than intended. Because Aselian has a threat hiding inside its walls—one that endangers not only them but the entirety of the realm.
A Cursed Age
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Blurb: A Nautical Gothic tale set in 1806 about a cursed pirate, a wrathful sea witch, and the rise of the airship.
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After scorning the wrong type of woman, Captain Ryland Coldwell—pirate, lover, and overall adventurer—finds himself trapped in the West Indies with an unfortunate case of immortality. With only his anger to keep him company, Ryland waits for the day he can seek his revenge on his past lover Gwenifer, the sea witch who cursed him. But in his attempts to escape, Ryland has left a trail of sinking ships in his wake. Luckily for him, the world has finally begun to evolve, and with the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte has come the rise of the airship, the only type of vessel that Ryland has a chance of fleeing on. However, none of these ships had yet to reach the West Indies… until one night one does. Emmeline Whittock is the only woman on board the airship the Nyx, and the only one wearing a jacket stained with her brother’s blood. After fleeing from her murderous fiancé and the threats of Napoleon’s army, the Nyx is blown off course and lands in the West Indies, a place they very much shouldn’t be. When attacked by pirates, one man comes to save the day—Ryland, who Emmeline feels a pull towards, even against her better judgment. Agreeing to take him on board, Emmeline and the crew assume their trip will be easy, not realizing that in every rippling wave and growing storm is the wrath of a sea witch, hunting for the man who wasn’t supposed to leave the islands. Against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars and crossing the seas from the Caribbean to New Orleans to Venice, Ryland and Emmeline will both come to learn that betrayals can run deep but love can run deeper, lasting beyond a lifetime. In A Cursed Age, fates will realign, hearts will be broken, and the future of the world will rest in the hands of a very vexed pirate and a misfit crew with everything to lose.
The Mark of Chaos and Creation
Series: The Mark of Creation Chronicles
Series Number: 1
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Blurb: Sailor Moon meets Crescent City in this empire VS rebellion tale unlike anything you've ever seen.
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She’s waited six long years for her revenge. Karalevine Ruzz was born with a mysterious star mark on her chest. A mark that gives her powers, but worse… it also gives her problems. One of those problems comes in the form of the prince of Arianyte. However, Prince Malakyte is no knight in shining armor. He wears all black and his words always have a double meaning. Malakyte has one mission: Find Karalevine and make her his. Kara also has one sole objective: to destroy the Arianyte Empire. After kidnapping her best friend, Kara is determined to bring down the empire that took everything from her. Yet, once Kara infiltrates the empire, the lines between who’s good and who’s bad begins to blur, her new team becoming too much like the family she’s always longed for. They have the answers she needs. She has the power Prince Malakyte wants. Neither of them know that she’s a spy for the rebellion. Let the chaos begin. Crescent City meets Sailor Moon in this mind-bending mashup of fantasy and science fiction that's made for fans of Sarah J. Maas, Carissa Broadbent, and Rebecca Yarros. If you're ready for wild twists on traditional romantasy while also keeping the tropes you love like enemies to lovers, forced proximity, fated mates, and found family, do not be the one to miss out on this epic read that'll have you chucking the book across the room. Sailor Moon meets Crescent City but w/ Tuxedo Mask as the villain love-interest. Karalevine must keep her identity as a rebel spy a secret from the dark prince of a corrupt empire. Mind-bending mashup of scifi and fantasy.
The Mark of Dreams and Darkness
Series: The Mark of Creation Chronicles
Series Number: 2
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Blurb: A vindictive hero isnt a hero. They're a villain.
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“Am I a good person?” Haunted by the certain doom of her fellow Starseed, Kara makes a fateful decision—to enter the lethal Titan Games—a merciless competition where the stakes are life and death. The prize? A face-to-face reunion with her captured friend and the chance to confront the very enemy that threatens Earth’s existence. With each step closer to her teammate's liberation and Earth’s freedom, the line between allies and enemies blurs with every fatal round. As Kara faces off against other deadly contenders, she simultaneously clashes with Malakyte in an entirely different arena—a battleground of the heart. The Hunger Games meets Sailor Moon in the epic sequel to the award winning debut The Mark of Chaos and Creation. A true battle of the heart awaits our main heroine as she faces the dark prince Malakyte, but more importantly-herself. A beautiful blend of fantasy, urban fantasy, romance, and science fiction, this action-packed novel explodes with heart-pounding challenges and tear jerking relationships. The Mark of Dreams and Darkness bumps up to the New Adult category, exploring enemies to lovers and love triangle romances. If you're looking for a book that's different from everything else on your shelf, then this is the novel you've been waiting for. Sailor Moon meets The Hunger Games in the sequel to The Mark of Chaos and Creation. Karalevine must enter the deadly Titan Games to free her fellow Starseed and friend. High action and wild twists.
The Devil Inside
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Blurb: The mortal clock is ticking quickly. Will Matthew and Lucy ever be reunited in the place they both belong?
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Matthew’s life is turned upside down the day his daughter, Lucy, is born. His wife has died, and Gabriel, the all-powerful leader of his world, has taken Lucy to the mortals. Eight years later, Matthew returns from his self-imposed exile looking for answers. He decides to go to his brother, Lucifer, for help. It becomes Lucifer’s mission to bring Lucy back home. Lucy’s family has no idea she is not their biological daughter, nor do they know she is spending time with her real father and uncle. Gabriel is unhappy to find out Matthew and Lucifer have been visiting the mortal world, as their actions have been causing collateral damage. He strips Lucifer of his powers to access Lucy. The mortal clock is ticking quickly. Will Matthew and Lucy ever be reunited in the place they both belong?
An Eye for Reading
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Blurb: A unique, private library devoted to autobiographies demands a deadly price from its librarians.
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Belinda Middleton is about to lose her job at the county library. Just as she thinks she won't find new work elsewhere, she's invited to interview for a position overseeing a private library. Her meeting with the mysterious Leonard Ward reveals what makes this library unique and that what he really wants from Belinda might kill her.
The Hand on the Wall
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Blurb: An unseen monster has stolen Art's left hand, and no one believes him. The most frightening thing is what he'll have to sacrifice to get it back.
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When Art awakens to discover his left hand missing, he soon learns that isn't the worst part. No one, including his wife, remembers him ever having a left hand. His determination to prove something stole a piece of him and to get it back turns into an obsession that threatens his marriage and his job. Only one person believes his story. A one-handed mural artist named Heidi reveals the thing that stole Art's hand did the same to her two years earlier. The more he learns about the monster tormenting him, the more his life spirals.
Bitter Pill
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Blurb: An assassin tasked with finding the secret to immortality in 19th Century Hong Kong discovers there are worse things than death in this steampunk adventure.
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At the end of the 19th Century, technology has allowed the British Empire to conquer the skies and the oceans, but no machine can overcome death. When a young assassin named Yu Sharpe is dispatched to Hong Kong, her task is to hunt down a man who holds the secret to immortality. What she finds will force her to face the one death that still haunts her. "Bitter Pill" is a steampunk short story inspired by Chinese mythology and the Six-Day War of 1899.
The Bounty: A West of Apocalypse Tale
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Blurb: Short on coins, Ayleen Torr chases down a bounty on the planet Antares III only to turn into the one being hunted.
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Ayleen Torr travels the galaxy on a quest for revenge, but before she can get the blood she's owed, she needs the means to survive. To earn enough coin, she chases down a bounty on Antares III. Just as she's about to catch her target, she finds herself turned into the one on the run. If she doesn't find a way off-world in a hurry, getting paid will be the least of her problems.
Winds of War
Series: Heirs of Tenebris Trilogy
Series Number: 3
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Blurb: In the heart of the Shadow Forest, the truth behind its myths seeks vengeance.
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To free the spirits of the Shadow Forest, the evil sorceress must fall. The past of 647 years ago collides with the present as the fate of Tenebris and all of magic stands on the precipice of great devastation. As Astrid’s heir, Nyla must defeat Dinora, and the humans and pumpkies must forge a path for her to reach the evil sorceress. But is Nyla willing to risk the life she's only just begun to guarantee the safety of those she cares about and strangers alike? While the coalition of soldiers, Casters, and Royal Guards scramble to mount a defense against Dinora's army, Shamira finds herself the leader of the three pumpkie clans in a clash against formidable beasts of stone. Can she put aside her own heart and convictions to become a leader? Closer to home, Xander struggles to balance the desperation of his heart and the duties thrust upon him in the midst of the chaos. But when a crucial decision is made on the battlefield, he, Nyla, and Shamira are forced to confront their deepest truths. Will they conquer the challenges they face in the fight for Tenebris's future, or will survival cost too much for them to bear? The thrilling conclusion to Brianna R. Shaffery's epic young adult fantasy trilogy the Heirs of Tenebris, Winds of War delivers the truth behind the legends and puts the past to rest at last.
Warlock of Muscovy
Series: Sun War Trilogy
Series Number: 1
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Blurb: When words fail, bring out the guns, swords, and death spells.
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Marina is the daughter of Tsar Alexander the Cruel, the most powerful warlock. She’s also a princess of the Court of White Rose. The only problem is that she’s mundane—she has no magic. On her sixteenth birthday Marina fled from her father’s tsardom to the revolutionist side of Muscovy, and five years later she’s doing all right, working as a seamstress in the United Workers’ Factory. Despite the political police, the never-ending witch hunt, and her best friend living as an orange cat, she’s happy. She gets along with her cottage mates and is even seeing a guy... until the city blows up, she’s implied in the sabotage, her guy turns out to be an enemy, her friends are murdered, and an alchemist maniac hunts her down for a blood vendetta. With the Red Army and the Alchemist Federation on her heels, Marina runs back to the Court of White Rose, but when death follows her home she must uncover a prophecy, reconcile with the warlock, and stop an oncoming war. It’s a tall order for a seamstress. The first book in the Sun War Trilogy, this intensely dark tale of magic and mayhem is full of grey characters that blur the line between good and evil. Content warning for strong language, graphic violence, and intimate situations.
Mere Flesh
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Blurb: A spoiled heiress dodging a beloathed fiancé summons a demon who refuses to obey.
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Wynnifred Treloar has everything she needs to succeed as a budding occultist on the cusp of vowing her allegiance to king and country…and marrying the most tame yet influential man in society she can find. Yet everything is not enough for her when she knows more influence than she can dream of will be withheld from her because of who she is. Breaking one rule after another, she sacrifices portions of her body to summon a demonic entity to take over the world. There should be no harm in demons are only dark energy, after all, and Wynnifred is a prodigy. When the demon she summons into a circle vows she’ll die screaming in his claws and omens plague her friends and estate, Wynnifred begins to realize there are worse mistakes to make than marrying the wrong society darling. Like beginning to fall for the demon’s allure.
Garner for Gold
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Blurb: Saint Bettina fights to earn immortality for her mortal son & salvation for her Godling daughter from the heart of a fickle, golden Goddess.
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Bettina has wealth, freedom, and power as Goddess Marzanna’s favored Saint. Divine influence has grown over the years as Goddess and Her consorts rebuild what Silver’s vanquished order destroyed with each of their fertile joys. The early years of Bettina’s immortality should be equally exalted, but there is a fly in the ointment: her daughter Cosima has been granted Godling status and eternal life. Her firstborn son Cristoval has not. As the Bright Age luxuriates in its golden afternoon, unhallowed forces conspire to challenge Marzanna’s audacious regime. Bettina returns from self-imposed exile to find Aebbenary more perilous than she remembered and her children grown almost beyond recognition. Old wonders and interest in a curiously constructed Grand Archivist both help and hinder Bettina in her plan to ensure neither of her beloved, wayward children will be lost to the grim march of time…or Goddess’s gluttony.
Render to Silver
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Blurb: Marzanna, Fount of Silver, works an accidental miracle and draws the obsession of Silver's High Priest.
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The Founts of Silver are holy women blessed by the favor of their God...or they are cursed vessels meant to be shattered. Given no other choice, Fount Marzanna clawed her way up their ranks until she was able to begin planning her escape with one of her fellow Founts from Aebbenary, the prosperous island ruled by Silver's decadent church. Instead, the accidental working of a Miracle sets her apart and attracts the notice of the High Priest. He intends to use her to spark a revival in the city, and eventually the world, which has begun to turn away from a religion that rewards greed and ambition as piety. He's not forthcoming with how, and while tensions in the city rise, while two rival houses contemplate war, Marzanna realizes the role she resents with all her heart won't let her walk away without untold sacrifice.