Works in Progress

Charmless

YA Fantasy, Nanowrimo 2019 project, anti-heros & Magic - Now Querying

Meredith has never had much control in her life. After a doctor confirms her magic levels are too low to thrive in society, she graduates school with a death sentence: 60 days, and she will be sacrificed to the magical orb that powers the world. What a privilege. Her only hope is to take a one-way trip to the Bloodless Isles, a place no one ever returns from, and live out the rest of her life alone.

Until a pair of ex-rebels offer her control through a half-baked plan. Before they were chucked out for a rather embarrassing attempt at a coup, the pair learned about the rebels’ plan to steal the orb and the unforgivable deeds that will happen once they gain it. But if Meredith plays the system, she could twist the plot and smash the orb instead. It’s risky, especially as no one knows what the orb does, just that the sacrifices must be maintained.

With her lifespan ticking down, Meredith must either escape to the lonely Bloodless Isles or gamble away her last few days to destroy the entire infrastructure of their world. And without the orb to govern who lives and dies, maybe magicless Meredith could find power by creating a new world from the ruins – one that still features her in it.

Prickles and Potions

YA Contemporary Fantasy, witches & Potion Ring

When selling spells at school garners unwanted attention from neighbouring covens, Rowan’s more powerful sister is kidnapped and forced to brew for an underground potion ring. Rowan vows to take down the magic dealers and save her sister, but her rough magic has twisted consequences, and Rowan struggles with the allure of the darker arts.

Yuki just wants to prove he can run his family’s games store while his dad is away at a convention, but when a real witch threatens him into stocking the shelves with actual magic, he knows he’s in over his head. To make matters worse, he spills a rare potion. Luckily, the potion ring’s resident brewer guides him to her sister, Rowan, who can replace the stock, although Yuki wasn’t expecting to make a deal with a deranged girl to help on a rescue mission. He plans to straighten out his mess and maintain the store long enough to persuade his dad to pack up and move, and not let Rowan harm them in the process.

Together, they must break into the potion ring’s hideout, fix their mess, and save a sister that has other plans for the potion ring.

Shadow Runner

YA Dystopian Espionage

Written in 2011, needs reworking but there’s a killer twist - I promise. Mirror’s Edge meets Divergent.

Sequels

Ashfire, The Clearing #2, Son of a falling star.

I’ve planned out the sequels to all completed first books and written key scenes to help with world and character building.