Chronicles of Marsdenfel

Evonalé Yunan is supposed to somehow free her grandmother’s enslaved people, but she’s merely a child, and her father is the powerful fire mage who subjugates the realm. She has therefore fled home, her half-siblings, and the father who really should’ve been her uncle.

Unfortunately, it’s the middle of winter. Fortunately, following her mother’s directions has put her in another king’s hunting grounds. To Evonalé’s bewilderment, that king picks her up and gives her a place in his castle. The prince seeks her out to tease and befriend.

Then one of Cook’s daughters starts teaching her magic, and a scullery maid proves herself immune to poison.

Evonalé isn’t the only one with secrets.

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Followed by A Fistful of Earth

Contains some mature themes and responsible use of alcohol. The narrator's family is sadistic.

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Keywords: epic fantasy, elves, high fantasy, literary fantasy, sweet romance, female protagonist, classic fantasy, traditional fantasy, young adult, new adult, free, freebie, novel

Lallie Nonsire Cobbleson is no stranger to prejudice. From the orphanage that kicked her out for not quite being human, to those who spurn and shun her because she’s different, she knows full well how most folk like people they find strange. So when her friend, the illegitimate Evonalé Yunan, gets a crown and a husband, it doesn’t surprise Lallie that assassins soon follow.

Assassins that Lallie can kill, herself…if she dares admit what she’s become.

But folk fear and hate what Lallie is with good reason. People who use magic commonly go insane, and her magic is far stronger than most. Strong enough that it’s taken control of her before, and done things she never would.

Protecting her friend the queen will force her to stop playing human and to admit what she is, abandoning the only life she’s ever known. And that’s only if she survives those friends whose trust she’ll shred by admitting her lies—and the magic she’ll have to use in doing it. 

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Sequel to A Fistful of Fire
Followed by A Fistful of Water

Contains some mature themes, including violence.

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Keywords: epic fantasy, elves, high fantasy, literary fantasy, sweet romance, female protagonist, classic fantasy, traditional fantasy, young adult, new adult

Geddis Feyim is tired of others complaining because they have all she ever wanted. Her father and sister serve as prophets for the king, her uncle, but that doesn’t help the rest of the family. Her mother’s dead, her brother’s insane, and she’s working herself sick to keep her uncle’s castle clean despite other servants’ incompetence.

Something has to change.

She can’t become nobility or earn a title, but she’s a reasonably educated young woman, with Finding magic and blood ties to a few of the more powerful realms in the area. She has options. More than she wants to consider.

Whatever she chooses, it’ll shape the rest of her life.

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Sequel to A Fistful of Earth.
To Be Followed by A Fistful of Deception.

Contains some mature themes, including the “other” woman.

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Keywords: epic fantasy, elves, high fantasy, literary fantasy, sweet romance, female protagonist, classic fantasy, traditional fantasy, young adult, new adult