The Magic Seeker – coming March 17, 2026

The book The Magic Seeker showing a woman lifting her arm under the open sky with white sparkles around her while a man sits behind her, smiling and watching her; around the book are arrows pointing at it from the following phrases: Cozy romantasy, Heroine on the ace spectrum, Grumpy heroine / sunshiny hero, He falls first... but respects her boundaries, Only one campfire, Lessons in fairy magic go awry, She bonds with the horses, Like forest bathing, in book form, Friendly wild pigs who like sticky buns

Humans can’t use magic. But he’s cast a spell on her heart.

Snowdrop has given up on ever using fairy magic. As the daughter of an ousted evil queen, she learned a dark version of magic that she refuses to use. Without magic, she’s an outcast in fairy society.

Then a fairy elder offers to teach Snowdrop proper magic. She agrees, even though it means leaving home for the first time and traveling across the continent. Even though she’ll have to travel with humans. Read more.

Cozy fantasy romance?

Since I began writing romance, I’ve wondered where my stories fit in. They have a central love story (romance) and they’re set in a fantasy world (fantasy), but they’re lighthearted and not terribly violent.

I found myself thinking, “They’re what fantasy heroines take to read when they go on vacation”—the beach read of the fantasy world. If you’d like the beach read Éowyn takes on vacation to the Bay of Belfalas, then my books are for you.

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About me

vintage drawing of Cinderella sitting by the fire in a dreary kitchen, looking at her one glass slipper

I grew up loving fairytales. One of my teenage attempts at writing fiction was a version of The Princess Bride with Buttercup and Westley kissing in every scene (which didn’t work at all). When I returned to fiction writing in 2013, what emerged was like a fairytale, but more lighthearted and with more empowered heroines. Plus love scenes!

Read more about my mission as a writer.

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