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...

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 new equestrian academy for all types of magic users and magical beings has opened up and green witch, Lizzi Mosswager received a full-ride scholarship. She arrives with her Appendix Quarter Horse, Sunny, hoping to compete in western and English dressage. Meeting her new roommate, Corbie, an animal mage with an affinity for birds, isn't difficult enough, because soon she's thrust into a world where her fellow students are from powerful families or even descended from gods.When she...

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...

Will Piper be able to ride again?Nearly two years ago the car she'd been riding in with her best friend crashed, leaving Piper unable to walk, let alone ride her horse, Amigo. Shortly after the accident Chloe, her best friend and the car's driver, moved away. Piper hasn't seen or heard from her since. She's been spending her time regaining strength, and when she finds a flyer for a local therapeutic riding program, she feels like this is her chance to get back in the saddle.

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lizzi has mostly moved on from the incident with the bank, and her fellow students seem to have forgotten. It helps that she's now eating lunch and riding with Lirael Runebitten, the daughter of a powerful Elf family who can make things happen. But Lizzi is struggling to keep up with her other friends, and when the school starts a rodeo club, she's thinking about adding something else to her already busy schedule. Lizzi realizes she's going to have to choose, and a rough dressage test brin...

Once a celebrated concert pianist, Sonia Morales retired to the New Mexico countryside after her RA made it impossible to continue her career. She cared for her special plot of land and some magical equines as best as she could. She never imagined getting close to them or forming a bond until the night a storm knocks down their shelter and the fate of their filly is revealed. If she doesn't bond with a human and fly, she'll die. Sonia fears her body isn't up to the task, though her magic a...