Wilderise Tales

A city girl trying to make the rent finds something priceless in a cozy cottage in the magical kingdom of Wilderise. When Alison Lennox learns of her surprise inheritance of a country estate, she knows exactly what to do: sell it. Her late father set her on the path to career success and gleaming dwarven highrises, not backbreaking labor and leaky thatched roofs. All she needs to do to keep her life on track is get in, flip the cottage, and get out, hopefully with a pocket full of coin for the effort. The only problem? Everything in the nearby village is annoyingly charming. The quaint shops, the sweet little old ladies, the adorable talking cat... Reclusive doctor Keir Ainsley is the worst of them all. At first, he's good and irritating, and he's definitely wrong about where his property ends and hers begins. But then he has to go and save her life from a DIY disaster. Then he shows her that under his bristly exterior, there's a tenderness that feels familiar and right. But the town does have a problem. A mysterious vine is spreading through the land, choking out everything in its path. "Cute cottage; minor overgrowth issue-probably not poisonous" isn't going to work as a real estate listing, but that's not all that's wrong. The deeper her connection to Keir and the town grows, the further she strays from the life her father wanted for her. And she'll have to dig deep into the town's thorny past to have any hope of stopping the vine. Fans of Travis Baldree's Legends and Lattes and Heather Fawcett's Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries will love this heartwarming tale of finding love and coping with loss in the beautiful (and magical) kingdom of Wilderise. The Good and the Green is a romantic and cozy fantasy with deep personal stakes wrapped in the comfort of warm tea, feisty felines, and good friends. It is the first novel in the planned four-novel series, The Wilderise Tales.

Rinka is done with the city. She's done with the job she's always hated, she's done with the never-ending rent increases, and most of all, she's done with her big dreams. Isn't it time for her to listen to her mother and settle for less? But when she packs up her life to join her friend Alison in the country, she's not the only one new in town. The king is coming, and he's bringing the entire court and a retinue of dwarven industrialists bent on turning Rinka and Alison's new home into the next great center of commerce. The only problem? Their town will be at the bottom of a lake. To save the town from its watery fate, they'll have to find a way to change the hearts and minds of the nobles who would see it in ruins. As Rinka infiltrates their ranks, she finds herself caught up in the glamorous world she's always dreamed of. And things only get more complicated when she falls for one of their members. With Alison's newfound magical abilities and an unlikely band of allies at their side, Rinka and Alison must find a way to preserve the land they love while navigating their most dangerous challenge yet: a summer at court. Return to the kingdom of Wilderise in The Bright and the Blue, the second novel in the Wilderise Tales.

With just three months until the king razes her new home to build a coal mine, Alison Lennox and her friends travel to the isolated campus of Winwold College, a beautiful old castle nestled deep in the mountains of Loegria. There, they meet eccentric Professor Mircalla Marin and her bumbling graduate student Leo, the only people who can help them fix their solar generator in time to save the town. But when a massive storm cuts the campus off from the outside world, strange things begin to happen. Whispers come from ancient texts. Doors close on their own. And, in the darkened hallways, something is lurking just beyond sight. When a student goes missing, Alison and her friends must race to find out what's happening to the college before it claims another victim–and before time runs out to save Herot's Hollow. The Ancient and the Amber is a cozy and spooky read, perfect for a chilly autumn night. It is the third book in the Wilderise Tales series.

Return to Herot's Hollow for a wintry wedding story in the final book in the Wilderise Tales series The wedding of Alison Lennox to Dr. Keir Ainsley promises to be the event of the winter season in Herot's Hollow. (Well, apart from the first-ever 'lectric lighting of the Winter Solstice tree, that is.) Everyone in town is coming together for the big day, including Keir's sister Charlotte, the baker's new apprentice, who will be in charge of the wedding cakes. But when Charlotte's old friend from childhood returns to town, he has some different ideas about how to celebrate the festive season. Ideas about selling baked goods and putting a certain beloved bakery out of business. With the big day close at hand, Charlotte must find a way to keep the bakery going long enough to make Alison and Keir's celebration as sweet as they deserve. And she'll also need to find a way to deal with her growing feelings for her new rival, who is (unfortunately) as handsome as he is ambitious.