To save her girlfriend, a dragon slayer and blacksmith enters a nightmare realm and confronts a long-dead killer in this "endlessly entertaining" novel (Barb and J. C. Hendee, authors of the Noble Dead saga).Magic has a cost. Blacksmith and dragon slayer Sarah Beauhall is about to find out just how high. Her lover, Katie Cornett, trying to find her long-missing parents, has been dabbling with forces beyond her reckoning—and unleashed a cataclysmic ...

In this urban fantasy, a sword-wielding female blacksmith goes up against mythical and supernatural creatures in epic, action-filled battles.When a rash of suicides strikes Bellingham, Washington, Sarah Beauhall finds herself embroiled in a conspiracy that involves long-dead gods, love-scorned ancients, dragons, witch feuds, and the rediscovery of a mysterious abandoned world.Can Sarah put together the puzzle pieces before her world comes crashing down around...

The curtain’s rustling on the stage in Bravado’s House of Blues. Behind it, fourteen tales from award-winning author J.A. Pitts wait for their time to shine beneath the lights. Here, you’ll find Roman legions battling druids, G.I.s facing down zombies in Vietnam, buskers in love finding magic in their music, and blacksmiths discovering destiny in re-forged blades of old. And mixed in, you’ll find zeppelins doing survey work on colony worlds, Fortean love, post-apocalyptic fairytales along ...

Sarah Beauhall has more on her plate than most twenty-somethings: day job as a blacksmith, night job as a props manager for low-budget movies, and her free time is spent fighting in a medieval re-enactment group.The lead actor breaks Sarah's favorite one-of-a-kind sword, and to avoid reshooting scenes, Sarah agrees to repair the blade. One of the extras, who claims to be a dwarf, offers to help. And that's when things start to get weird. Could the sword really be magic, as the "dwar...

In this urban fantasy adventure sequel to Black Blade Blues, an Oregon blacksmith grapples with her new life as a hero while dark forces rise again.Sarah Beauhall is a blacksmith, has a night job as a props manager for a low-budget movie, and her free time is spent fighting in a medieval reenactment group. Her world falls apart when she repairs an ancient sword that everyone suddenly wants. Just who is "everyone?" Dragons, for one, real creatures who live a...

Sarah Jane Beauhall, the blacksmith turned dragon slayer, has it all figured out—little things like dealing with the political intrigue of dragons who secretly run our world, and learning to wield the magic that she has been given by none other than Odin, who has been fighting the dragons for millennia. And then there is the matter of coming to terms with who she is…and how to build a life with her partner, Katie.All these things are forced into the background however when a magic-w...

Ariadne Willow is a private investigator with a secret weapon. She's a canidae, a person with the ability to transform into a wolf at will. Using her heightened senses to track and her shapeshifting to follow people without being seen, she's made a decent business for herself and her associate Dale Frye. When one of the richest women in Seattle wishes to hire her, Ari and Dale think their ship has finally come in. All Ari has to do is observe the client's tabloid-friendly daughter, fresh o...

Three thousand years ago, a god told a lie. Now, only a goddess can tell the truth.Persephone has everything a daughter of Zeus could want--except for freedom. She lives on the green earth with her mother, Demeter, growing up beneath the ever-watchful eyes of the gods and goddesses on Mount Olympus. But when Persephone meets the enigmatic Hades, she experiences something new: choice.Zeus calls Hades "lord" of the dead as a joke. In truth, Hades is the goddess of the underwo...

Stories exploring the fascinating realm of Elfhome, a world where modern day Pittsburgh has collided with the kingdom of the Elves. A special entry in the the best-selling Romantic Times Sapphire award winning Elfhome series. Contains some of Wen Spencer's best shorter works including gems "Bare Snow Falling on Fairywood," "Pittsburgh Backyard and Garden," "Peace Offering,\” and more tales set in the world of best-selling Elfhome series entries Tinker, Wolf Who Rules

Even though they attend a school of gifted students in New York City, child geniuses Louise Mayer and her twin sister Jillian have always felt alone in the world, isolated by their brilliance. Shortly before their ninth birthday, they make an amazing discovery. They’re not alone.Their real mother was astronaut Esme Shenske and their father was the famous inventor, Leonardo Dufae. They have an older sister, Alexander, living on the planet of Elfhome, and four siblings still in cryog...

To most, Princess Katya Nar Umbriel is a rogue and a layabout; she parties, she hunts and she breaks women's hearts. But when the festival lights go down and the palace slumbers, Katya chases traitors to the crown and protects the kingdom's greatest secret: the royal Umbriels are part Fiend. When Katya thwarts an attempt to expose the king's monstrous side, she uncovers a plot to let the Fiends out to play.Starbride has no interest in being a courtier. Ignoring her mother's order t...