Why am I passionate about this?

I've been a fantasy reader since the fourth grade when my father introduced me to The Hobbit. As I grew older, I found myself drawn to female-led fantasy stories. Before I started writing fiction, I reviewed books on a (now defunct) blog, learning from those authors as I critiqued what worked and what didnā€™t. Now, as a fiction author in my own right, Iā€™ve focused on the story elements that truly speak to me; characters who live and breathe on the page, adventures through magical lands and diverse cultures, myths that feel so true they could almost be real, and heart-pounding action that breaks me out of my own safe little world.


I wrote

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What is my book about?

Readersā€™ Favorite Bronze Winner and IAN Book of the Year Award Finalist, The Last Descendant is an action-packed fantasy adventure,ā€¦

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The books I picked & why

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Megan Haskell Why did I love this book?

Kelley Armstrong has long been one of my favorite authors, but this book in particular struck a positive chord with me. The quirky heroine, Kennedy, is an actual adult without being a middle-aged divorcee. A twenty-something entrepreneur, she runs a small business selling formerly cursed antiques (which she can verify, since sheā€™s a curse weaver who unmakes curses.) Of course, things get complicated when a new client tries to coerce her into a job that sets her at odds with the rest of the magical community. I loved the fresh contemporary settingā€”no dark and seedy urban undergroundā€”and the surprising twist on ancient mythology. All in all, it was a really fun, clean, modern fantasy for grown-ups.

By Kelley Armstrong,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Cursed Luck as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Struggling curse weaver Kennedy Bennett's motto is Carpe Diem. Wealthy luck worker Aiden Connolly has never leapt without lookingā€”usually twice. Forced together on an adventure, they're going to drive each other crazy...in all the best ways.

Kennedy Bennett comes from a long line of curse weavers. For centuries, her family has plied their trade in Unstable, Massachusetts, an unconventional small town thatā€™s welcomed paranormal practitioners since the dawn of spiritualism. Kennedy has recently struck out on her own, opening an antiques shop in Boston, where her speciality is uncursing and reselling hexed objects. Then Aiden Connolly walks into her lifeā€¦


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Megan Haskell Why did I love this book?

The Elf Tangent is an adorable (yet surprisingly dangerous) romp through the woods. Our heroine, Aldari, is an intellectual princess who has reluctantly agreed to marry the prince of a neighboring kingdom (sight unseen!) to save her own people. As she travels to her wedding day, her party is attacked and she and her bodyguard are kidnapped by elves who need her help to break a generations-old curse. For once, someone needsā€”and appreciatesā€”her brains! Caught between the needs of her people and the intriguing puzzle presented by the elves (oh, and the enticing commander of their party), Aldari must use her witā€”and at one point a shovelā€”to get out of her predicament.

By Lindsay Buroker,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked The Elf Tangent as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

As a princess in the impoverished kingdom of Delantria, itā€™s Aldariā€™s job to look pretty, speak little, and marry a prince.

Studying mathematics and writing papers on economic theory in an effort to fix her peopleā€™s financial woes? Her father has forbidden it. With war on the horizon, they must focus on the immediate threat.

Reluctantly, Aldari agrees to marry a prince in a neighboring kingdom to secure an alliance her people desperately need. All is going to plan until the handsome elven mercenary captain hired to guard her marriage caravan turns into her kidnapper. His people are in trouble,ā€¦


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To Dye For by Greta Boris,

Imogeneā€™s client has a special request. The only hitch is, the client is dead. Itā€™s an ordinary day at Harryā€™s Hair Stop until Imogene hears her favorite clientā€™s dying wish. Two days later, she finds herself in the embalming room at Greener Pastures Mortuary, bottle of hair dye and scissorsā€¦

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Megan Haskell Why did I love this book?

The first chapter is titled "Butt Cobras". That was enough of a recommendation for me! I loved the sense of humor throughout this book, including the over-the-top Jewish mother and the fact that our heroine, Talia, is a tattoo artist whoā€™s afraid of needles and has no tattoos of her own. Add in magical tattoos that come to lifeā€”including the titular butt cobra and a rainbow-colored bird named Biscuitā€”a trek through the fae lands where carnivorous magical plants try to eat her, vampires are real, and a siren saves her life in exchange for a vial of her blood... and well, you have an action-packed adventure thatā€™s nearly impossible to put down.

By Rachel Rener,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Inked as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

When Zayn, your smoking hot boss, tells you never to touch the cache of deluxe tattoo ink locked away in his office, you listen to himā€¦ until the day you run out of your own ink, your squirming client is on the verge of peeing his pants, and your boss is nowhere to be found. Desperate times call for desperate measures, right?

I fully expected Zayn to yell at me when he returned to the shop. What I didn't expect was the fresh cobra tattoo on my clientā€™s butt magically springing to life. Or the interdimensional filing cabinet hiding inā€¦


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Megan Haskell Why did I love this book?

Half witch, halfā€¦something elseā€¦Genevieve is a zombie hunter. Sort of. Undead are legal in this near-future alternate New Orleans, but only if they consent to be raised. So when a bunch of anti-draugr businessmen starts rising from their graves Genevieve is hired by both the Queen of the Undead and the wealthy son of one of the victims. Thing is, Genevieve isnā€™t entirely human, and her magic isnā€™t quite working properly. Fruit makes her drunk, and alcohol gives her energy. Thereā€™s only one person who can helpā€”without getting caught in the crossfire and ending up dead himselfā€”the local bar owner, Eli. With wicked action sequences and a unique twist on the vampire/zombie motif, I thought this one was more than worth the read.

By Melissa Marr,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked The Wicked & The Dead as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

In near-future New Orleans, draugar, again-walkers, are faster and stronger than most humans, but not venomous until they are a century old. Until then, they shamble and bite. Since not everyone wants to see their relatives end up that way, GeneviĆØve Crowe makes her living beheading the dead.

But now, her magic's gone sideways, and the only person strong enough to help her is the one man who could tempt her to think about picket fences: Eli Stonecroft, a faery who chose bar-owner in New Orleans over a life in Elphame.


When human businessmen start turning up as draugar, bothā€¦


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Anita Farleigh Unpacks by Laurie Woodford,

Anita Farleigh thinks she has it allā€”her ambitious boyfriend, Zach, and a teaching career that actually pays her to travel. Then, ten days before Christmas, Anita returns home from a work trip in Shanghai to discover that Zach has dumped her.

On one of the worst days of her life,ā€¦

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Megan Haskell Why did I love this book?

This book was an emotional rollercoaster ride filled with everything I love about epic fantasy, but without the stereotypical cookie-cutter women. Set in an alternate ancient middle east, where sultans rule and magic is elemental, Naime is the only child of the declining sultan. Sheā€™s smart, self-controlled, a powerful air mage, and dedicated to the prosperity of her kingdom. Unfortunately, the kingā€™s council is mired in tradition and opposed to a woman on the throne. With the threat of invasion from a technologically superior anti-magic nation, Naime must navigate the web of political intrigue to broker an alliance with the neighboring warrior realm. Enter Makram, brother to their king and one of the powerful (and feared) death mages. As obstacles are thrown in Naimeā€™s way, success is not guaranteed. There were moments I had to pause to breathe, the tension was so high. I loved every minute.

By J. D. Evans,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked Reign & Ruin as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

ā€œAll magic is beautiful...and terrible. Do you not see the beauty in yours, or the terror in mine? You can stop a heart, and I can stop your breath.ā€ 

She is heir to a Sultanate that once ruled the world. He is an unwanted prince with the power to destroy.

She is order and intellect, a woman fit to rule in a man's place. He is chaos and violence and will stop at nothing to protect his people.

His magic answers hers with shadow for light. They need each other, but the cost of balance may be too high aā€¦


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What is my book about?

Readersā€™ Favorite Bronze Winner and IAN Book of the Year Award Finalist, The Last Descendant is an action-packed fantasy adventure, featuring a strong female heroine and her snarky carnivorous pixie sidekicks. Perfect for fans of Buffy meets D&D, with a side of clean romance, this is the first book in the complete Sanyare Chronicles series.

ā€œ...unexpected touches, such as an inversion of usual dark-and-light imageryā€¦full of romantic and court intrigue, which results in a fun, light read overall.ā€ ~ Kirkus Reviews

ā€œ...meet all kinds of fae, from the pixies, to gremlins, to fire elves, and moreā€¦If you enjoy forays into the realms of D & D, and the Forgotten Realms, Ć” la Wiess/Hickman and RA Salvatore, you are sure to find this to your liking.ā€ ~J. Aislynn d'Merricksson for Readersā€™ Favorite

A woman on the run. A mysterious magical heritage.

Attacked by assassins and framed for treason, Rie finds herself mired in an ancient battle between the elven realms. Facing certain death at the hands of an unmerciful high elf king, she has no choice but to forsake her oaths and flee his wrath.

Fighting to prove her innocence, she must cross into the enemy Shadow Realm. Her only allies are the fierce carnivorous pixies who travel by her side.

Sheā€™ll let nothing stop her. Not a living vampire who wants her for his own. Not a half-wolf, half-man mercenary. Not the sociopathic sword-maker and his army of blood-thirsty soldiers.

She'll even consort with the fire-wielding dark fae prince who holds her fate in his hands, if it means she finds the traitor in their midst.

Can Rie uncover the truth of her past before the high elf king takes her head?

If you like action-packed fantasy filled with mythological creatures, magic, and mayhem, you'll love this first book in the The Sanyare Chronicles.

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