In the Shadow of Death: Urban Fantasy Short Story

Urban fantasy short story In the Shadow of Death coming out August 15th!

“She said she’d walk to hell and back for me. Little did I know she meant literally.”

Robin and Jamie have it all: a loving marriage, a beautiful home, and a successful pottery shop. But when Death snatches one of them to the Underworld, they are faced with a heartbreaking decision that will change their lives forever. How far are they willing to go to save each other?

Inspired by the myth of Castor and Pollux, this urban fantasy short story explores the themes of grief and loss—and love’s power to conquer everything.

In the Shadow of Death is coming out August 15th, 2024. You can preorder the short story here (*affiliate link. As an Amazon affiliate, I earn from qualifying purchases). 

Book Review: Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Book Title: Legendborn (*Amazon affiliate link)
Author: Tracy Deonn
Genre: YA urban fantasy
Published: September 15, 2020
502 pages
My rating: 4/5

“I imagine myself running like the moon is my finish line. Running like I can leave the anger and the shame and gossip behind. I can almost feel the delicious burn in my muscles, the rush sweet and strong in my veins, as I sail over the cliff and into emptiness. Without warning, the roiling spark of After-Bree stretches up from my gut like a vine on fire, but this time I don’t shove her away. She unfurls behind my ribs, and the hot pressure of her is so powerful it feels like I could explode.”

Sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews is grieving the sudden death of her mother. Being accepted to the prestigious UNC Chapel Hill’s Early College Program seems like the perfect get-away from her father’s grief and the constant reminders of her mother. Everything changes when she witnesses bad-boy-esque Selwyn Kane kill a demon before he unsuccessfully tries to erase the event from her memory. Her ability to resist the memory-erasing spell reminds her of something that happened the night her mother died. She gets sucked into the dangerous world of Legendborn, the descendants of King Arthur and his twelve knights of the Round Table. With the help of golden boy Nick Davis, she joins their ranks to uncover the secrets of her mother’s death.

Book Review: The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

Book title: The Book Eaters (*Amazon affiliate link)
Author: Sunyi Dean
Genre: Modern fantasy
Published: August 18, 2022 by HarperVoyager
298 pages
My rating: 3.5/5

“For here was the thing that no fairy tale would ever admit, but that she understood in that moment: love was not inherently good.”

Hidden across England and Scotland live six families of book eaters. Devon Fairweather grows up thinking that she’s a princess like the princesses in the fairytales she eats. But life doesn’t always have a happy ending and love can be destructive, as Devon learns when her son is born with a darker kind of hunger – he doesn’t eat books, but minds.