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Laura and her family, the most skilled blacksmiths in Flatlash, have had a better life than some of the other commoners in the Keep, seeing few winters where food and heat were scarce. But she dreams of more, thinking to reach beyond her station. Daring to change her stars and write her own destiny, she petitions the Crown to grant her, a mere serf, lands in which to start a mine that would raise her to the rank of nobility, and start a revolution in mining in all the lands of Sparo, taking her place in this new age of heroes.

Lenore Statham, the runner for the Flotilla Project, had been at her lowest when as he was found by Angie Wells and Paya Doshi and brought into the fold. She learned how to be strong again and break the shackles her old life had hobbled her with. While Paya is out making waves in London, Lenore is assigned as the driver for the contractor, McGrath, who is renovating a building for the Flotilla, which will allow people who had fallen upon hard times to have a place to call their own. The problem? Lenore finds McGrath to be the most infuriating woman on the planet.

Paya Doshi is a woman obsessed with helping those in need. She runs the Flotilla Project with her best friend, none other than Tabby Cat - international pop sensation - herself. Paya stumbles upon Angie Wells, a woman in need on the streets, who she quickly finds is an amazing woman in her own right.

In this final book of the Flotilla series, the group tries to figure out just who it is that has stolen Paya Doshi's heart as she plans a trip to America. Meanwhile, a resident of the Flotilla Project, Emery Brown, attempts to put her life together after losing her job because of an affliction beyond her control. She has all but given up on her dream of being an architect, and now works as a toll attendant at the last toll gate in London. A chance meeting with a stranded motorist on her way home immerses Emery in a whirlwind romance with someone she could only ever have dreamed of.

The Flotilla Project’s runner, Lenonre, is off on her honeymoon in Ireland, and Paya Doshi’s right-hand woman, Ange, is busy managing the renovation of the Project’s newest acquisition. Paya finds that the Flotilla has grown to a size that is difficult for her to manage on her own while having to also manage the deliveries and ride service. So, she hires Reid on the recommendation of Lenore’s little sister, Christine. She is delighted to find that Reid is the mysterious person that Christine has been sneaking around with the past few months.

Emily has a long day. After fending off another villainous attack during the night shift at Big Burger, all she wants to do is to go home and get some sleep as the sun rises. What's an unpowered girl to do in a super-powered world when she gets home to find the most notorious villain of Big City in her kitchen? An even more dangerous threat to the city takes precedence as after Containment's detention facility is damaged, dozens of criminals escape. But the biggest threat? The person hired to replace the Chosen One as the city's protector...Mega-Girl!

Roberta Valentine used to be a party girl. But that is all over as she searches for a real relationship. She feels her chances slipping away as she moves into her 30s. She has all but given up. Then she meets her main competitor in the outdoor gear business: Blake. That woman slowly weaves her way into Roberta's heart. The biggest obstacle? Blake is straight.

Finnegan Temperance McLeary-May, dog walker extraordinaire, has had an eventful time in Manhattan since she first moved to New York City. Her unique profession and quirky, bubbly personality endear her to everyone who meets her. While attending a college football game with her family for Brianne, one of Finnegan's friends gets hurt when the opposing team's mascot, a bulldog, gets taken.

This novella occurs 15 years after Ichabod Crane rid Sleepy Hollow of the wraith of a fallen Hessian soldier, the Headless Horseman, which terrorized the village. Now word has spread of the Horseman's return. Ichabod's daughter, Imelda, answers the call to investigate and stop the Horseman at all costs. Armed with her father's sword, fighting prowess, and sharp mind, Imelda uncovers the secrets the Hollow has hidden for so long. New suspicions and old loves complicate her mission, as she finds that all is not as it seems in the little New England town.

Sparo Rising is a spin-off series from the Techromancy Scrolls. Each book features a stand-alone story of a different side character from the Techromancy Scrolls that readers wished to hear more about. This second book centers around Genevieve Mason of York, and her rise to Knighthood.

This paranormal short story follows Lischca Fonteneau, who takes an internship at the antiquities museum of the city she had finally settled in. She feels that she has finally ceased her lifelong wanderings. Her boss, Kimoura Kaga, seemed hauntingly familiar to her and she couldn't place exactly why. Lischca believes she is finally rid of the curse that had hounded her since the day she became an adult. But the powers that be had other plans for her.

When the Earth is threatened by a slowly expanding sun, mankind embarks upon a mission to send a mammoth Worldship to settle a new planet across the stars. The preternatural races step out of hiding to work with the humans to save what they can from their dying world. With the aid of the Fae, shape shifters, Vampires, and other creatures of supernatural lore, the Worldship, Leviathan, is complete 1,000 years later.

Madelyn Stone and her brother moved to Seattle to make a fresh start and leave their troubled past behind them. With her brother working in a scrapyard and Madelyn selling handmade items from her cart in Pike Place Market, everything is starting to look up. It all comes crashing down around Maddie when a thief makes off with her cash box, but not before her vendor cart gets demolished. The investigation police officer, Danielle O’Brien, immediately has Madelyn’s guard up, as well as her heat rate.

The playfully evil sisters, Zoey and Eve, play matchmaker from their bakery, The Pike, in Pike Place Market in Seattle. Ligaya is a quantum physicist working in a research lab at the University of Washington. She is seduced by the numbers and math with a drive that excludes everything in her life including social interactions. Emotions have always been hard for her to understand or express. When she meets an ex-firefighter, Allison, she finds herself fighting to understand all the new feelings rising inside.

When the punk rock queen of Seattle, Na Na Evermore, does a broadcast highlighting the Pike Bakery. The mischievous and meddlesome sisters, Eve and Zoey go about nudging her toward the geeky personal assistant assigned to Na Na, Karmin Hughes. Hilarity and romance ensue, and as usual all it takes is just a nudge from everyone's favorite redheads. By serendipity or happenstance, it turns out that Na Na (Nala) and Karmin know each other, as they had attended school together. And for Nala, it is a frightening and exciting revelation, having someone who knew who she really was.

Melinda Stafford, an inspector with London’s Office of Historic Preservation is assigned to oversee the renovation of a historic building along the River Thames that the Flotilla Project is converting into living spaces for those in need. She wasn’t prepared to meet a boiler system mechanic who played into her obsession with all things Victorian. Beatrice Abbott presses all of Melinda’s buttons, being what could be described as a real life Steampunk mechanic.

Eliza Montrose lives an unorthodox life, backpacking through Europe with a string bass, Audrey, on her back. She plays her doghouse bass in jazz clubs in every port in her wanderings. She doesn't need anyone but herself and her Audrey. On the last leg of her journey, she finds herself in London to try to get a chance to play in the last two venues on her list before going back to the lonesome life she left behind in Seattle all those years ago.

Almost 3000 years after an extinction level event on Earth, mankind seeks to regain its former glory in a new world where magic and technology collide.

Abigail suffers from two conditions that allow her to experience the world around her in such a unique manner that she can literally see and feel the music around her. On a chance meeting at a music repair shop, she meets a tinker Isabelle, who is unlike anyone she has ever met. Together, they work to get Abi's unique music noticed. After a near tragedy, they discover that unbeknownst to them, she already had.

Tabitha Romanov lives on the River Thames in the heart of London on a rundown grain barge. Music and fun drives her, and her unique vocal style doesn't go unnoticed by the scouts of London Harmony when they run across her by chance at an underground rave. Teresa McClellan is a consummately professional business woman who is the headmistress at a Music Conservatoire.