Now Playing: Book One, “Lovers and Beloveds”: Eighteen-year-old Prince Temmin has led a childhood as close to normal as possible, far from the capital. When he comes of age and joins his father King Harsin, he’s completely unprepared for the politics, assassins and sexual intrigues at court. Temmin is even more unprepared when he discovers there is magic . . .
Tales of MU is an open-ended serial detailing the college life of one Mackenzie Blaise, a university student in a world where our fantasy is reality and our science is fantasy. Moving from her sheltered existence as an outcast and self-professed geek into the wild, wide world of Magisterius University, Mackenzie narrates her own story for us in a style . . .
City of Roses is about what happens when Jo Maguire, a highly strung underemployed telemarketer, meets Ysabel Perry, a princess of unspecifiable pedigree. It’s also about hearts broken cleanly and otherwise, the City of Portland, Spenser, those moments in pop songs when the bass and all of the drums except maybe a handclap suddenly drop out of the bridge leaving . . .
Sun-kissed is a story about vampires, those hunted by vampires and those who hunt vampires. . . .
Damen is the true heir to the throne, but when his half brother seizes power, Damen is captured, stripped of his identity and sent to serve the prince of a rival nation as a pleasure slave. . . .
From the same universe as Dead Boyfriend, Howl is the story of hunter Eric St. John, a straight guy who suddenly finds himself with an unexpected, yet undeniable attraction to a mysterious man named Adam. Eric can’t explain why it seems impossible to resist his body’s impulse to submit so completely to the other man. But he’s beginning to . . .
I give the new version of AIHotGK my stamp of approval! While I can’t remember the original well enough to evaluate how much the new narrative diverges, I’m definitely finding it a tighter, more focused read this time around. The multidimensional characters and lush setting come alive, make me smile, hold my sympathy and catch at my imagination. And did [more . . .]
Tales of Magesterius University (frequently referred to as ToMU) is a coming-of-age story featuring the freshman Mackenzie Blaise as she attends college.
But MU is no ordinary school, and Mackenzie is no ordinary girl. MU’s classes are attended by skirmishers, necromancers, illusionists and clerics. Its hallways feature elves, golems, centaurs and [more . . .]