Astrodusk
A NEO-NOIR FANTASY NOVEL
Status and wordcount
Completed • 85,000 words
Genre(s)
Urban fantasy • Light fantasy • Mafia
May remind you of
These Violent Delights, Chloe Gong • The Last Thing He Told Me, Laura Dave • City on Fire, Don Winslow
The cast
An uncertain heroine surrounded by endearing and surprising supernatural gangsters
Synopsis
Orphan Rachel Roxburgh's life has come together: she has a steady stream of celebrations to photograph, a handsome long-term partner and a best friend she can count on.
She's happy with her found family when Mark Olsen comes to town, bringing an inexplicable talent for knowing people's secrets.
Rachel discovers that her biological father is already in her life, that her would-be fiancé is a violent gangster, and that her mother's death was no accident.
Those defending their secrets have more than guns to fight with, and, as the astonishing truth unravels, it creates a noose for Rachel and her loved ones that she must race against sundown to free them from.
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"I hate that I like [villain name]."
-- KELSEY L CONNORS, AUTHOR OF SURGE
Blackvent Beck
A HIGH FANTASY NOVEL
Status and wordcount
Drafting • 20,000 words and counting
Genre(s)
High fantasy • Quest • Romance
May remind you of
Once Upon A Broken Heart, Stephanie Garber • The Bridge Kingdom, Danielle L Jensen • These Hollow Vows, Lexi Ryan
The cast
A shrewd, righteous heroine collides with an inscrutable warrior who has political dirtywork to do
Synopsis
Playing princess may not sound like a terrible fate, but it's ruining Laina Kenney's life.
The tyrannical Princess Juni Tarringdon forces Laina to go in her place for every possible social occasion, using blackmail, violence, and other dirty tactics.
Their town, Keep Wilingford, opens its gates once a year to celebrate The Founding. It's Laina's one chance to escape and live a life that's her own. She can pretend to be Juni one last time, then make her escape, right? As long as nothing goes wrong.
And with gates that open to anyone - including the ruthless rulers of nearby Blackvent Beck - what could go wrong?
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