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The multi-award-winning series starters from both my Magicsmith and Rifter urban fantasy series are discounted to just 99¢ for a limited time!
Magicsmith Book 1: A Drop of Magic
A first-in-series tale woven with magic and secrets. Reclusive metalsmith Alex Blackwood wants nothing more than to make her art in peace, until her friend is tortured and killed, and the couch-crashing fae who shows up to investigate reveals she's not as human as she thought. In a society where magic is feared and persecuted, Alex's first reaction is to ignore the crazy claims of the stranger on her doorstep and leave world-saving to the professionals, but Alex's dormant powers may be the only way to stop a killer whose crimes threaten the delicate truce between the humans and fae. As magic bleeds into her mundane life, Alex must reconcile the conflicting sides of her existence in order to catch her friend’s killer before another body drops.
Winner of the Eric Hoffer Award for SciFi/Fantasy, the First Horizons Award for Outstanding Debut Authors, and the Imadjinn Award for Best Urban Fantasy.
Rifter Book 1: Demon Riding Shotgun
Sometimes it takes a monster to catch a monster... Possessed by a demon since she was a child, Mira Fuentes maintains a fragile alliance with the snarky soul who shares her body. Together they hunt down magical troublemakers the human world is ill-equipped to deal with, but a decade of hiding who she is in a world that would just as soon see her dead has left her with a mountain of insecurities—especially where interpersonal relationships are concerned. When a routine hunt goes wrong, Mira quickly finds herself in over her head and at the top of Baltimore's Most Wanted. She’ll have to set her trust issues aside and enlist the help of the cop assigned to bring her in if she hopes to prevent the human race from becoming meat puppets for the denizens of the Rift.
Winner of the Next Generation Indie Book Award for Paranormal Fiction, the Colorado Authors League Award for both Fantasy and Paranormal categories, and finalist for the Colorado Book Award.
Magicsmith Book 1: A Drop of Magic
A first-in-series tale woven with magic and secrets. Reclusive metalsmith Alex Blackwood wants nothing more than to make her art in peace, until her friend is tortured and killed, and the couch-crashing fae who shows up to investigate reveals she's not as human as she thought. In a society where magic is feared and persecuted, Alex's first reaction is to ignore the crazy claims of the stranger on her doorstep and leave world-saving to the professionals, but Alex's dormant powers may be the only way to stop a killer whose crimes threaten the delicate truce between the humans and fae. As magic bleeds into her mundane life, Alex must reconcile the conflicting sides of her existence in order to catch her friend’s killer before another body drops.
Winner of the Eric Hoffer Award for SciFi/Fantasy, the First Horizons Award for Outstanding Debut Authors, and the Imadjinn Award for Best Urban Fantasy.
Rifter Book 1: Demon Riding Shotgun
Sometimes it takes a monster to catch a monster... Possessed by a demon since she was a child, Mira Fuentes maintains a fragile alliance with the snarky soul who shares her body. Together they hunt down magical troublemakers the human world is ill-equipped to deal with, but a decade of hiding who she is in a world that would just as soon see her dead has left her with a mountain of insecurities—especially where interpersonal relationships are concerned. When a routine hunt goes wrong, Mira quickly finds herself in over her head and at the top of Baltimore's Most Wanted. She’ll have to set her trust issues aside and enlist the help of the cop assigned to bring her in if she hopes to prevent the human race from becoming meat puppets for the denizens of the Rift.
Winner of the Next Generation Indie Book Award for Paranormal Fiction, the Colorado Authors League Award for both Fantasy and Paranormal categories, and finalist for the Colorado Book Award.
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Before Alex Blackwood embraced the long-dormant magic buried in her blood, before Mira Fuentes made a deal with a demon, Annabelle Margaret Hayworth fought for the rights of the fae.
Ann’s always wanted magic of her own, despite the fact that faeries are illegal. When a routine blood test reveals a dangerous family secret, the teen outcast pits herself against the human authorities in the hopes of finding a place where she truely belongs.
A story of hope and sacrifice, this YA Magicsmith prequel is set at the dawn of the Faerie Wars.
Ann’s always wanted magic of her own, despite the fact that faeries are illegal. When a routine blood test reveals a dangerous family secret, the teen outcast pits herself against the human authorities in the hopes of finding a place where she truely belongs.
A story of hope and sacrifice, this YA Magicsmith prequel is set at the dawn of the Faerie Wars.
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New to the Magicsmith universe?
The Magicsmith urban fantasy series follows half-fae metalsmith Alex Blackwood as she works to unite the warring factions of her world while at the same time struggling to accept the disparate parts of her own existence in a world where magic is feared, persecuted, and controlled.
There are currently seven books and several short stories in the Magicsmith series, with more scheduled.
Start this series with Book 1: A Drop of Magic.
There are currently seven books and several short stories in the Magicsmith series, with more scheduled.
Start this series with Book 1: A Drop of Magic.
Want something a little different? Explore what it means to be a monster in the Rifter series
Dark, quirky, urban fantasy heaped with magic, mystery, and all the feels. Mira Fuentes shares her body with an irreverent incorporeal being (colloquially known as a demon). Together, they hunt down magical troublemakers that the human world is ill equipped to deal with, but a decade of hiding who she is in a world that would just as soon see her dead has left her with a mountain of insecurities—especially where interpersonal relationships are concerned.
Part urban fantasy, part paranormal suspense, the Rifter series currently has two books published with two more novels and one novella scheduled.
Start this series with Demon Riding Shotgun.
Part urban fantasy, part paranormal suspense, the Rifter series currently has two books published with two more novels and one novella scheduled.
Start this series with Demon Riding Shotgun.
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