Novel Synopses
From the Ashes
There are many who call Pendragon Renaissance Faire home. There are the patrons who visit once a year, faire-folk who live there for two months before moving on, the Fair Folk who never leave, are rarely seen, but whose presence is undeniable...
And - Magick.
Magick is just a part of life. It can be as common and comfortable as an armchair, as rare and beautiful as a shooting star, and as powerful and deadly as a black hole.
Ryna has lived within this Magick and the world of the faire since childhood. She and her family are modern-day Gypsies, traveling across the country from faire to faire, earning a living and making a life. For them, "real life" and faire life blend together as they personify their nomadic lifestyle as Gypsies within the Renaissance world.
Most faire participants do not live such an integrated existence. For them, faire happens but 15 days of the year, and for those fifteen days, it's a party. For some, the party involves catching up with friends who are as close as family and escaping the world of day jobs, taxes, and house payments. For Liam, it's a chance to exercise a power that is not truly his. As a member of the Village Militia, he portrays the law, and he employs this illusion to prey upon the yearly batch of new entertainers who are dazzled by the brightness of the faire and his apparent gallantry.
Within the ranks of these rookies shines Bea, the younger sister of a veteran "rennie" who has pulled her into this enchanting world. Just out of college, she's struggling to find the moon, the stars, and a sense of belonging. Could the answer to her search lie with Ryna, who seems so Magickally familiar?
She's got seven weeks to figure it out before Pendragon closes its gates for another year and the Gypsies move on.....
Into the Storm
After ten months of traveling the Renaissance faire circuit, the Gypsies return to Pendragon… but the place they and many other rennies call the home of their hearts is but a ghost of its former self.
Friends have quit, structures are gone, the budget has been cut, shows and schedules have been tampered with… all thanks to Patty Kate, the micromanaging pink fluffhead who usurped the old Entertainment Director’s position. She’s determined to make her mark on her new domain, but every perky word that flees her lips only sinks the cast’s morale lower as she cheerfully murders their traditions one by one.
If that wasn’t enough, Liam has been waiting ten months to pay Ryna back for stealing his love and causing him to break his bargain with the Shadow Fae. And now, with the Shadow Fae feeding on the rennies’ discontent, he might just have his chance.
Home may be where the heart is… but what happens when
the heart is ripped from the home?