Empire of Blood
Book 1 of the Rebel Empire Duology
Lilly Faine is tired of classmates dissing her family, and doesn’t care when she receives suspension for nearly punching the lights out of a classmate. Her father isn’t crazy, even if he does spout stories about a world full of magic, a cruel king who hunted him, and has a shattered amulet that tingles when Lilly touches it.
When an old enemy appears under Chicago’s beloved Bean, Lilly and her brother Gabriel are shoved into the impossible world their father believed in. Alone on opposite ends of a war, they race to rescue each other. Lilly finds aid and friendship in a band of rebels, but she is also hunted by the emperor’s personal assassin. Gabriel gains the help of the emperor, but Gabriel’s choices to do good may lead him into dark shadows he can’t find his way out of.
Magic thrums within their reach, promising aid, and Lilly and Gabriel both must decide if the magic they seek – and the causes for which they now fight – is worth the risk of their souls.
Siege of Gold
Book 2 of the Rebel Empire Duology
Fresh off a near-death injury, Lilly’s on the move for rebel allies. But when her temper gets the better of her and pits her against dragons and allies, Lilly finds herself running out of options. Until she meets someone with magic that might just turn the tide of this whole war.
Gabriel hunts for the remaining rebels in Erriath, determined to prove his strength. But as he tries to become the man his father had been, Gabriel realizes things aren’t what he believed. He fights to justify his actions, and his magic. Because the alternative means he’s made a mistake he can never undo.
War is marching closer to Erriath. With allies running few and far between, the rebels will need all the help they can get.
Including the impossible.
Clockwork Toymaker
A Short Story in the Phoenix Fiction Writers Anthology Timeless
After a tragic airship accident, clockwork toymaker Liam Killian is left with a broken heart and a surviving child, but no courage to go visit her. He throws himself into his work only to find that his hands won’t stop shaking. When he finally makes it to the hospital, he befriends a little girl named Maggie, who gives him the courage to face the future, with all its pain and uncertainty.