Starting over is never easy, but for Devon Markson, taking the barn manager job at Second Joy Farms in northern Arkansas made perfect sense. The owner, Joy, didn't just work with rescued horses, she also seemed to rescue people, too, and Devon knew he needed a soft landing after what he'd experienced at his previous barn. He knew he could do the work, and Joy didn't care that he was transgender. And although he quickly begins to shine, Devon comes to realize, the hardest part of starting o...

Left for dead when the Great Dividing happened, Olivia Santos retreated to her small southern Ohio acreage and her horses, including her longtime companion, Lady. Her home also hides a magical node, one whose energy supports a small herd of unicorns. As their guardian, she vows to protect them at any cost.A series of magical attacks on the node come from a rogue group within the Musimagium, one that wants to destroy the node and send the unicorns back to the magical realms...

She's going to have to learn to stay and fight if she wants to protect what she believes in.Studying for a semester in Costa Rica led clarinetist Tory McRains to stay in the country and make her life there. Things were simpler on her little piece of lowland rain forest with her cabin and playing gigs with her band. Then the Great Dividing occurred and magic was unleashed on the world. Secluded in the rain forest, Tory ended up with enhanced musicianship, a sometimes-sarcastic talki...

As the new director of the Akron Auxiliary, Olivia knows she has a lot of work to do. In addition, she's still tasked with protecting the node and the unicorns which call it home. All of this while the attacks continue and she's stuck behind a desk.Her job duties may be divided between home and office; her loyalties are not.The threat is growing and she's tired of being told to wait. But her plan backfires and creates even more dangers for not just the node and unicorns, but also h...

Let's ride into the year of the horse with this anthology of speculative fiction stories, each of which celebrates the horse. Discover fantasy worlds where horses (and other equines) are more than they seem or where two best friends enjoy friendly competition that becomes more than a game. A birthday wish gone wrong, or a lucky tumble that brings a little luck at the races, there's something for everyone who loves horses to enjoy in these pages.This anthology includes:Sport...

In the academies of the Musimagium there is a self-taught woman with a secret identity…Henrietta Smythe kept a low profile as an eccentric magical inventor who only used her first initial, shortening her given name to Henry when necessary. After all, women weren't admitted into the Musimagium's colleges, let alone allowed to dabble in the sciences. From her small home not far from the St. Louis railyards, she worked with trying to pass messages using magic and the ...

With Kennedy unable to work at the stable due to her conservative family, Joy and Devon try and juggle duties while looking to the future. But when a thoroughbred rescue approaches Joy about a horse who needs rehabilitated, Devon accepts the extra duties. Perhaps the new horse's arrival can help heal the wounds of the past and take his mind off of things. But when Xan offers a coffee date, his life becomes more complicated. Will he let go of the past to create a new future?Author's...

Tory McRains thinks learning how to be a good Musimagia and following their rules would keep her out of trouble. She agrees to teach Alamar how to play the saxophone as a way to atone for her sin of accidentally wiping his mind, and his ability to play music. A local homeless man, Diego, reveals that he's a Mad Bard, which leaves Tory wondering if she has yet one more group of musical magic wielders to worry about, and when the giant anaconda guardian of her rainforest, whom local folklore...

Once Rose had been a famous opera singer, using her magic and her ability to wield all the elements with her voice to stun crowds. Then the magic burned her out, leaving her with a disabling illness, and she retired to a cabin in northern Colorado. There, she watches over a node of power and a herd of unicorns. But something threatens the node along with the unicorns, and she puts out a call for help.A group of Armis agents known as the Trio answers, and with the help of a special ...

Torn between two words, Tory trains with the Musimagium and with Diego, a "Mad Bard". Diego is pushing her to learn how to create magic without her clarinet, almost as if he knows something is going to happen. And maybe he does. Alamar is acting strange, regressing into an almost child-like state. And none of her Musimagium mentors will allow her to do anything about the prison complex where she'd found Alamar. Any action is all tied up in red tape.With the help of Pito, her magica...

The truth is coming to light and the faction which had left Olivia for dead still has infiltrated the Akron Auxiliary. She's determined to root out the dangerous forces before they can damage her agency even more. With her unicorns still under threat, Olivia wants nothing more than to end this—for good. But a moment of anger does more harm than she expected and now she's dealing with a corrupted node and magical storms that threaten to disrupt everything she holds dear. How can she protect...

In spite of taking on the family mantle of protecting the dragons in Arkansas' Ouachita mountains, Deanna only had vague memories of the large creatures who lived in a cave on her family's property. Her mother dismissed her grandmother's tales as stories--nothing more. And when Deanna showed aptitude for the trumpet, just like her jazz playing grandfather, her mother quickly whisked her away out of a fear that she would also show the same magical abilities that ran in her family. Being bir...