I give the first book of every series away. I do not think I deserve to get paid until I have proven the story is worth your time, so the starters are free, the first chapters are posted here, and if you get hooked the rest is on Amazon for less than a coffee. This page is the reading order: every series, every free chapter and preview I have put on the blog, in one place.
Fastest way in: the free samples page has the opening chapters of the most popular series starters, and the free starter library sends you the full first books. The books page lists everything that is out.
Shearwater (Of Song and Tide): dark mermaid romance
- Shearwater (get the full book) A girl drawn into her mother’s past, an Irish coast, a murder, and the merrow.
- Looking for part two of Shearwater? The teaser for the conclusion.
- 8 new chapters of Shearwater (sneak peek)
- The epilogue (spoilers: read the book first).
- Shearwater Part One: advance review copy and the review trade I ran for the launch, from January 2016 when it all started.
- Everything else about mermaids is on the mermaid lore page.
Scarlet Thread: fallen angels, Egypt and the end of the world
- Scarlet Thread cover reveal and sneak preview My most popular book, with the cover that finally fit it.
- Scarlet Thread: 3 new chapters Where part one became book one.
- The Golden Shears (book two) launch and the bonus chapter I moved from the end of book two to the front of book three.
- The Emerald Tablet (book three) Set in Egypt, built on the real alchemical texts attributed to Thoth.
- Sapphire Tablet: first chapter Broken bones, rubble, and Puriel.
- Preorders for Postcards The first new fiction after months of work, and the email-list perks that came with it.
Taste of Vampire: vampire dystopia
- Taste: free short story The first chapters, as they appeared in the YA anthology.
- Taste, a vampire dystopian YA novel Why it was my first “vampire” book even though it is not really about vampires.
- Taste: Kingdom of Blood and Ash (preview) The longer preview from when the story kept growing.
Falling Kingdoms, Worlds Between and the magic academy
- Falling Kingdoms An alien invasion, an ancient artifact, a kingdom shattered. The series page.
- Worlds Between Join the academies or work the mines. To resist is death. To love is treason.
- The Source of Magic and the excerpt: under the rusted fence between the Scraps and the Dregs.
- The Secret of Magic (book two) Pine needles, a sheathed sword, and Reverie.
Prison Fae, Infernal, Reaper Witch and the rest
- Prison Fae (Supernatural Penitentiary 1) Kidnapped by fae, chapter one. Book two is out.
- Infernal Assassin and Infernal Betrayal: an immortal assassin series with a magic system built on Aztec mythology.
- Reaper Witch First chapter.
- Vampire’s Champion First chapter.
- Tomb of Vampires (complete series)
- Devious Angel (free chapter)
- Changeling Rebellion (missing chapter) The van flips. Then it gets worse.
- Orpheum (Gods of Music and Madness, book one) My Orpheus retelling.
- Prescient: a YA dystopian thriller (read it free) and part two: time travel and the Oracle of Delphi.
- Selfie (Device Kids 1) A science fair group hacks a medical nanotech to save a sister with cancer.
- Another dark fantasy paranormal romance One of the five books I started in a single month.
- Excerpts The earliest samples, from before any of the books were finished.
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