Robin Goodfellow is Oberon and Titania’s advisor and spy in the mortal lands, sent to retrieve a lost child of his queen’s- but he never expects to find the thief in the very same court where Lady Macbeth seeks to become queen of Scotland.
Aran always had his secrets, things he didn’t feel like sharing until his younger brother finally got up the nerve to ask about the past he never mentioned.
At least until a few days in mid September after an early morning swimming lesson.
Until asked, he never spoke of the family had before being adopted by their parents or some of his own past. It was his own until Tristan’s curiosity made him finally tell the story.
Alternating between the present day and the years prior to his time in Seattle.
The Dragon Lord must be stopped.
A rage fueled by rejection of the gods has led to near disaster in the known universe. The dragons have invaded not only the world of the kitsunes, but also the world of the other faes, humans, and onis alike, slaughtering many in the process and proving how no one will be safe from their wrath.
However, during their last attack, Silvie, one of the last surviving kitsune warriors, becomes a captive of the dragons, remaining under their control, the aura of darkness that the dragons possess turning her into one of their own.
Her lover, Asari, and her brother, Aoki, must rally the remaining surviving creatures and convince them to join forces with the kitsunes to rescue Silvie and take down the dragons once and for all.
But will they reach her in time before Silvie turns to the dark side and fights against them rather than with them?
Or will their past rivalry with their newfound allies come back to bite them, allowing evil to reign supreme and marking the end of humanity forever?
His brother abandoned him as a child with nothing more than a note. He returned fifteen years later with consequences for their family. Tristan never forgave him for that night on the beach. Or for the secrets Aran still keeps.
Jamaica born, Susannah Gray came to Washington for nursing school and to find more about her father’s side of the family. She never counted on finding herself in a war, or the shadowy world surrounding it. Mythology was meant to stay on the written page, not become reality to her. It wasn’t supposed to be real, but it’s hard to deny when the boyfriend’s older brother is barely human.
The curse placed on his brother was one meant for him but it rebounded, seeking the younger, weaker sibling. Aran never intended to stay long, just fill a promise made when he was seventeen.
Obligation to Tristan kept him from leaving as planned, even while the witch that cast the curse, may be more than he appears to be. They’re all bound by their pasts, and blood.
Part of The Crossing Genres Anthology Collection
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In an empty, barren moor, beside a polluted river and a dead forest lives a solitary old man performing a long-forgotten craft.
He is rumoured to have murdered his own wife and children.
A powerful family’s ancient purity has been broken as the banyan tree representing the sanctity of their name has started to decay.
So, to fulfill a prophecy, they must open an underground cellar for the first time in centuries.
Only days before the fated night, an escaped convict recites a dream that earns him a place at the estate and the family’s prodigal youngest son disappears!
These are the absurdities of our protagonists – a young man from the capital and a fisherman boy with a mysterious past – must face, as they partake in a journey where they confront the perils of growing into the realities of adulthood.
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