Non- Series Books
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These books are either stand alone books or books that start a series but have not had a second (or more) book join the series yet. Once they do, they will have their own series page and be moved there, leaving this page solely for the stand alone books.
Cursed
Fantasy/magic/coming of age
Esmeralda has served as godmother in the Seven Thousand Kingdoms for several hundred years. She arranged countless Cinderella tales and heroic quests, dealing in both happy endings and in setting the occasional curse, when she can’t talk kings out of it. She has seen it all. She chafes at the restrictions placed on her by the Assemblage, the ruling body that governs all those with magic and wishes desperately that something would change. When the Kingdom of Charalond starts persecuting all those with magic, it seems she may get her wish.
Princess Aria is cursed. She knew all her life that on her 18th birthday she would prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and both she and the kingdom would sleep for a hundred years with the prince who rescued her becoming the new king. But the Queen has finally presented her father and the Kingdom of Berdonia, with a son, the prince he always wanted to rule after him. Now Aria has to find a way to escape her curse or risk being killed so her brother can inherit the throne. But can Aria trust her fairy godmother to help her or are there more devious plans afoot?
Rise of the Old Blood
Fantasy/Epic/Sword & Sorcery
Menjah, born strong with the powers of the Old Blood, flees from the high priest who wants to use her powers for his own ends. But the mountain sanctuary that offers her refuge is not all that it seems.
Teras, Menjah's father is captured by a terrifying race known throughout Sedovan as the Riders. But those born of the Old Blood can not be enslaved by the mind magics the Riders use on humans, throwing their world into turmoil.
Wanash, the young Rider desperate for the acknowledgement of titled status is forced to stand in a whirlwind of change, adapting his thinking and leading his people as many of their long held traditions collapse.
Cralar, high priest of the Temple of Ariton ever questing for more power and riches, forces Menjah to run and signs and agreement with the deadly Riders to hunt Menjah down and capture Teras, thus setting into motion the events that will change their world forever.
Roses For Juliet
Mystery
Steve is the man with the plan. His job is to make people look good and to keep their many indiscretions from tarnishing their public images. He doesn’t judge or condemn, he just makes the bad things go away. When Nick Alex, star of the silver screen, shows up on his doorstep upset about a dead girl in his bed, it is business as usual for Steve, or so he thinks. His attention to details keeps the actor safe and makes the body disappear, but Juliet was not some overdosed party girl and disposing of her body doesn’t make her go away.
Soon someone comes looking, intent on finding the information Juliet hid before she died. Soon Steve finds himself dealing with much more than he bargained for. To keep his client safe, he has to reconnect with old friends, face a past he thought long buried and take a hard look at what his life has become.
Through The St. Claire Gate
Science Fiction
Thirty years ago, Robert St. Claire established a portal to another planet in a far distant galaxy. His scientific achievement was kept secret by a group called the Conclave who wanted to reap the benefits of this new world, Tarnos, without sharing with the rest of the world.
Wanting to test a social, educational and genetics based experiment, twenty five children were sent thought to Tarnos.
Only three survived.
Now with the Gate failing, those children, now adults, are returning to earth. Can Robert help them establish normal lives, blending with other humans or are they destined to spend the rest of their lives as objects for others to study? And will the sciences they bring back be beneficial or destroy the world as he knows it?
Magical realism/contemporary fantasy
The Ravenwood Arms
It was an accident.
Alice Appleton had one skill in the magical community, creating shields. Her shields keep the shadow creatures, monsters with a taste for magic infused blood, away. Despite its usefulness, she is viewed as one of the lesser trades, her skills called to a job site after plumbing and wiring was done, but before insulation and drywall. Although paid very well, she is not one of the hidden magical community’s powerhouses.
She is not of the elite and not in charge of anything. While she disagrees with some of the restrictions placed upon her by the Commission, she has no intention of challenging the status quo.
All that changes when she ends up buying The Ravenwood Arms Apartment building. Her simple decision to create shields for her apartments before renting them out tilts her world in unexpected ways and creates a havoc she never intended. Suddenly she is thrust out of obscurity and into the middle of a growing social and economic debate.
Sure she gets to spend time with the attractive contractor she’s had a crush on for years, but is one mid-range apartment really worth this much trouble?
Rabbit
Fantasy/sword & Sorcery
While watching her two younger cousins in the countryside, Norah is captured by a raiding party and sold as property to Lord Tessian. Knowing that her talent mark means she has special abilities, he sequesters her with the other girls he has managed to accumulate with similar skills. She is renamed Rabbit by her owners and forced to use her skills to benefit Lord Tessian as he plans his climb up the social hierarchy of the Baronies and of Heldan proper.
As Rabbit, Norah must hide her true name and plan her escape before she can be used as a bargaining chip. Will the other girls join her in their escape or will they try to restrain her? Will Lord Tessian see the value of her skills beyond the artistic creations she hands him? Will she manage to make it home before a full scale war between her homeland and Heldan erupts?
Tansy Moves In
Contemporary Fantasy/Magical Realism
With her English degree in hand Tansy MacDougal decided to take a year in the corporate world to figure out her next steps. She bounced from one temp job to another, never staying long as random misfortunes seemed to follow her. Malfunctioning office equipment and soda machines that shoot cans out as though they were missiles become common.
As she fears she is about to be dismissed yet again, Tansy receives word that her Great Aunt has passed. As she deals with the estate she discovers that real magic exists and that her Aunt's death might not have been an accident. Can she figure out what is going on and who is behind the accident before it is too late?