Fantasy Realism

As far back as anyone can remember, the women of the Strand family have been magical. Their gifts manifest when they each turn fifteen, always in different ways. But Nell Strand knows that her family's magic is a curse. Her mother’s age changes every day; she's often too young to be the mother Nell needs. Her older sister bleeds music and will do anything to release the songs inside her. Nell sees the way magic rips her family apart again and again. When Nell’s own magic arrives in the form of ladybugs alighting on the keys of her beloved piano, the first thing she feels is joy.

The United States is now a lawless, scantly populated wasteland. Across the country, families have packed up their belongings to travel eastward toward the one hope left: passage on a ship to Europe. Franklin Lopez and his brother, Jackson, are only days away from the ocean when Franklin, nearly crippled by an inflamed knee, is forced to stop. Franklin comes upon an isolated stone building. Inside he finds Margaret, a woman with a deadly infection and confined to the Pesthouse to sweat out her fever.

I might technically be a fae princess, but my story is no fairytale. Being told that I'm not exactly human wasn't easy to accept. Neither was spending the last year training for what was to come on my 19th birthday, but I did it anyway. Feeling certain I'm ready for my new life, I soon realize nothing could have prepared me for the reality of it. Turns out I'm the first descendant in decades to be born from two royal fae lines, but being special isn't always a good thing. All that training I did? Not so helpful when I find out a dark fae is looking to settle an old score.

Enter the world of the Chosen and Forsaken…mind-control and magically-enhanced weapons…with Book Two of The Fount series. Now, in THE FORSAKEN’S CHOICE, Addy and Tol are in a race against forces that seek to tear them apart. They’re determined to travel from Texas to Vitaquias—the world that was laid to waste—to find the only person who might be able to help them. With the Chosen people’s life-giving Source almost gone and the cruel Forsaken general closing in, Addy and Tol are running out of time. If they fail, they won’t be the only ones to bear the cost. Addy’s sister ...

Macy Vickers isn’t your typical 12-year-old. Fierce, determined, and always ready to take charge, her friends Olivia Jackson and Jack Tyler often call her bossy, but Macy just knows what she wants. Olivia is the athletic, down-to-earth one, always looking out for others, while Jack is the prankster with a talent for finding trouble. Together, they make an unstoppable team. What begins as a quiet holiday at Macy’s aunt and uncle’s countryside home takes a dramatic turn on their first night when two mysterious strangers arrive and reveal a hidden doorway to a secret world called ...

Firuzeh and her brother Nour are children of fire, born in an Afghanistan fractured by war. When their parents, their Atay and Abay, decide to leave, they spin tales of their destination, the mythical land and opportunities of Australia. As the family journeys from Pakistan to Indonesia to Nauru, heading toward a hope of home, they must rely on fragile and temporary shelters, strangers both mercenary and kind, and friends who vanish as quickly as they’re found.

Samantha O’Conor Clark lost her belief in story magic long before her husband left. Now it’s all up to her. She must stay in control. In spite of her efforts her daughter is spiraling, and a vicious beast threatens Samantha in her sleep. In the midst of it all, story calls to Samantha. She even thinks she sees Sorchae, the bright fairy from Granddad’s stories. Real or imagined, Sorchae encourages Samantha to write again. When bits of her written words bleed into real life, she’s forced to face the magic. But can she trust it when all may be lost for her daughter? Aisling Clark’s ...

Larissa is the child of two worlds. She is a witch and a vampire…Witches fear her…Vampires want her blood....and to complicate matters, she is in love with a human, which is forbidden by both. Larissa and Nathan's reunion offered a glimmer of hope amidst the chaos. The coven, now on high alert and locked down, prepares for an imminent attack from the vengeful witch who once controlled the Supreme and the Council of Mages. With a singular focus on eliminating Larissa and preventing her rise to the level of supreme, the stakes have never been higher.

Beach wedding and a murder… Throw in an angry mermaid threatening to destroy the wedding! FREE on Kindle Unlimited! There’s trouble in Paradise, and the Rowling family is on the case. The island wedding of Mandy’s BFF Fiona and famous exorcist Brian Powers becomes the backdrop for a murder investigation when the body of a notorious loan shark is found in the dunes. But how did a man drown so far from the water? An angry mermaid threatens to wreak havoc if the killer isn’t caught, but with no spirits to question, does Mandy stand a ghost of a chance to solve the case? Find out in ...

Ciera’s the best fairy godmother in all the land… …but she’s hiding a secret. Not only is she pregnant, but she’s magically pregnant with a human child. Humans are not allowed in the fairy realm. Period. That includes half-fairy/half-human babies. The only solution is to give the baby to its father before the Fairy Council finds out her secret. Finding the father will be easy. How many men named John could possibly live in a little town called Chicago? Scroll up and 1-click this romantic paranormal fairy tale now! (Also available for free through Kindle Unlimited) Other books in ...

Aila Quinn's mother, Juliet, has always been a mystery. Vibrant yet guarded, she keeps her secrets beyond Aila's reach. When Juliet dies, Aila and her younger brother, Miles, are sent to live in Sterling, a rural town with mysteries of its own. In Sterling, the experiences that weave life together - scents of flowers and food, reflections from mirrors and lakes, even the ability to dream - vanish every seven years. No one knows what causes these Disappearances or what will slip away next.

Down, down the Wicked hole… FREE on Kindle Unlimited! With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, Rick and Mandy might have chocolate kisses and blushing roses in mind, but instead they’re drawn into a new case by NYC FBI Chief Hernandez when his daughter’s favorite author bites the dust. Up and coming graphic novelist Eve Wellington has been murdered, and no one’s more surprised than she is to find herself newly dead. The list of suspects who wanted to erase the self-styled cartoon diva includes rival artists, exhausted editors, and overworked assistants, but it’s the trail of...

Her Christmas started with a talking puppy, a cynical cat, and a man in her pear tree—what could possibly go wrong? Mary’s holiday plans were simple: avoid drama, stay cozy, and binge Christmas movies with her pets. But those plans crumble when her cat and dog start talking, waking her up to see the man in her backyard pear tree. Parch T. Ridge is an elf, here to show her that the Twelve Days of Christmas can come true for some people. Particularly when St. Nicholas himself personally adds his twist to the holiday. Mary is a little slow—it takes her until the third day before she ...

Fleeing her past, Lydia Ash seeks refuge among wolf-shifters in Crescent Crossing, only to become entangled in a murder mystery that leads her to embrace her inner strength and rewrite her destiny. Running from the haunting shadows of my traumatic past, I seek refuge in this isolated haven, a community of wolf-shifters who've never embraced me, a fae. Amidst towering mountains and whispering forests, I hope to find the peace that has eluded me for so long. As I wrestle with memories of my bustling city life, the town's mystique draws me into its embrace. Yet, what I thought was a sanctuary ...

Never set your foot in a hexed property—especially, when the land has a resident zombie ready to strike you! FREE on Kindle Unlimited! If Fio Valentine has learned one thing working for Quest Realty, it’s that dealing with haunted and hexed properties can be a real nightmare. When her friend Suze asks her to investigate an abandoned home in LA, she can’t refuse, so with Andy Russel from the Property Management Department and her spirit animal Champ, Fio takes on the case of a zombie-like ghost who may be what remains of the former owner’s estranged son. After an encounter with the ...

Briony has a secret. She believes her secret killed her stepmother, destroyed her twin sister’s mind, and threatens all the children in the Swampsea. She yearns to be rid of her terrible secret, but risks being hanged if she tells a soul. That’s what happens to witches: They’re hanged by the neck until dead.Then Eldric arrives - Eldric with his golden mane and lion eyes and electric energy - and he refuses to believe anything dark about Briony. But he wonders what’s been buried beneath her self-hatred, hidden in Rose’s mangled thoughts, and whispered about by the Old Ones.

Who ya gonna call? Wicked! FREE on Kindle Unlimited! Baby, it’s cold outside, and no one needs an escape more than Mandy, whose well-meaning family members simply must know when the newlyweds will be starting a family. Midnight feedings and teething rings will have to wait, though, while the Rowlings solve their latest case. A chance rescue of a kidnapped child and the mutterings of a hypnotized game show contestant draw the stars of USCAB into the 5-year-old mystery of three missing girls. All they need is a hot lead in this cold case, but as the suspects pile up, so do Mandy’s ...

Why so blue? Amara's heart has taken a beating, but she's moving on. She's found love again as well as a passion for her work. She's finally accepted who she is and who she wants to be; a superhero. And just in time too. Missing women start turning up dead, their skin an alarming shade of blue, and F.E.A.R. is called in on the case. But as Spectra investigates the strange blue murders, old wounds are torn open, and she must unravel an even greater mystery; love.Save the world in order: 1. Spectra: A Cynical Superhero 2. A Gray Area 3. A Compression of Colors 4. Blue Murder 5. Code Red 6. ...

All of a sudden, Anne is caught between the fear that this venture may ruin all her plans for the future—and the knowledge that trying to save Peter Wren may be the role of a lifetime. Anne studied to be a speech therapist, and she lives in a little apartment in New York, actively searching for a job in a non-scary school system. She has a steady, reliable boyfriend named Jim. She also has premonitions. She secretly calls them “Pictures,” and she’s never been able to stop even one from coming true. Now, her dad has suggested she try out for a role in a play written by his old ...

A Hypnotherapist’s Guide to Dating the Divine Swipe Right for Spirits A romantasy for anyone who’s ever wanted to be chosen by the cosmos—on their own terms Jim was just trying to get home. He definitely didn’t mean to stumble into a summoning circle—and accidentally bind himself to a divine spirit of love with boundary issues, a haunted aura, and metaphysical opinions about modern intimacy. Now he’s entangled in a cosmic contract with Kiv, a powerful entity whose idea of “connection” feels more like possession than partnership. As divine algorithms awaken, cultists start ...