Leaves may grant wishes in this delightful collection of cozy fantasy stories set in the coziest of worlds!Autumn has returned to the queendom of Cozy Vales, and this time its residents are chasing leaves in the hopes that one from a very special tree might make a wish come true.This collection features tales set around the legend of the Wandering Wishing Oaks. These magical trees don’t stay in one spot for very long, but when they appear they might drop a ...

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...

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...

A council of goddesses calls a healer, a warrior, a bard, and a monk to fight for them.When an iguana falls at Sean Mulligan's feet on an unseasonably cold Florida day, he thinks it's interesting, especially since things like that don't happen in Chicago where he'll be returning after his spring break. Unable to leave the animal frozen on the ground, he takes it back to his rental and when the creature wakes up he announces that he's an envoy from the god of healing and Sean needs ...

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...

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 ...

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...

Nadia and her cat, Orains, pilot the Lilly Princess around the world in search of sunken magical treasure. She's got a lead on the sunken wreck of the Astrea and her magical cargo. A magical storm conjured by the Samurai, a group of mages with designs of their own on the treasure, pushes them off course. What could have scuttled the entire mission turns fortuitous when they discover the mystical treasure of Neptune's Cat. And once Orains puts on one of the collars, things may never be 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 ...