THE WICKED WOODS CHRONICLES
DARLING, THERE ARE WOLVES IN THE WOODS
June 2019
The woods are dark and wicked, and perhaps some things are better off staying lost...
Teya Jenkins is ten years old when her sister is taken, Niven is never found, because no one knows where to look. No one but Teya that is, who heard the whispers of the trees and saw the beautiful creatures that dwelled in the shadows.
It is only after another tragedy years later, that Teya finally dares enter the forest that haunts her dreams, determined to bring her sister home and mend the fractured remains of her family.
Beneath the whispering oaks, she meets Laphaniel, an outcast from the Seelie court, who tempts her away with veiled promises of the thing she has always longed for...to belong somewhere.
But Laphaniel has secrets of his own, and Teya soon finds herself fighting not only for her life, and for hr sister, but also for her heart.
A sensual faerie tale, full of delicious romance and delightful gothic imagery.
HUSH, THE WOODS ARE DARKER STILL
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October 31st 2020
With an ancient curse now broken, Teya Jenkins, the last Mortal Queen of Seelie is forced to flee the cruel lands of Faerie and return home
But the human world offers little kindness to her, or to the faerie that captured her heart.
Help is offered by those who dwell in the shadows, but nothing in Faerie is without a price.
With a new King upon the Unseelie throne, and a would-be-Queen at her back, Teya must decide which path to take and who to trust, or risk losing everything.
Oh, the woods are dark and wicked.
FAR BENEATH THE WICKED WOODS
31/10/21
I will come for you...
The last Mortal Queen of Seelie, Teya Jenkins holds a tentative grip on the faeries that bow before her.
But the throne beside her remains empty, her husband still a prisoner of the unforgiving Unseelie Court.
Almost two midwinters have passed, and if she does not find away to rescue him from Phabian’s clutches, there may not be anything left to save.
I will fight for you…
Deep within the Labyrinth of the Unseelie, Laphaniel fights to keep his sanity as the darkness and shadows close around him.
Yet things are stirring amongst the dark, and Laphaniel finds his fate tangled up with the one he loathes above all others.
I will bring you home.
The shadows bow to Niven’s whims, the Court of Unseelie bows too. While her king slips further into madness, Niven revels in the power she holds over her court.
But, as the blood runs over the black walls of the Unseelie, can Niven keep the crown upon her head?
Love and death and chaos. Let the world burn.
BEYOND THE SHADOWS OF THE WICKED WOODS
Teya has told her story...now it is time for Laphaniel to tell his.
The woods are dark and wicked...and perhaps some things are better off staying lost.
Far from the Court of Seelie he once called his home, Laphaniel can almost forget the sounds of screaming girls and wants nothing more than to be left alone.
But when he happens upon a young woman lost in the woods, curiosity has him offering more than words of caution.
As they grow closer, their tentative friendship deepens into something more, and Laphaniel is forced to reveal a harrowing secret...
They have met before.
With old truths laid bare, Laphaniel finds himself entangled in the life of the woman he saved, and is forced back into the world he longs to escape. Confronted with old enemies, old lovers and the monsters that dwell in the woods, Laphaniel attempts to guard his heart as the very foundations of Faerie begins to unravel arond him.
THE QUIET STILLNESS OF EMPTY HOUSES
May 2023
Theodora Corvus can hear the whispers of her crumbling family home.
She can hear the whispers of Kingsward Manor, her place of employment.
She sees the watchers by the lake, black-eyed and waiting.
But Broken Oak is silent. Broken Oak is empty.
When Theodora takes the job as governess to young Ottoline Thorne, she leaves behind her beloved grandmother and the decaying ruins of her childhood home to travel far north to Broken Oak Manor. There, she finds a house filled with secrets. Under the stern eye of the foreboding housekeeper, Theodora quickly navigates the dark and winding corridors of Broken Oak, only to find herself irrevocably drawn to the mysterious lord of the manor. But someone walks the hallways late after nightfall, their footsteps leading to the attic. The only place in the sprawling house that does not remain silent.
As her scandalous feelings for Cassias Thorne grow, Theodora fights to unearth the secrets of Broken Oak. Who wanders the house at night? Where is the Lady of the manor? What lies behind the attic door high up under the eaves of the house?
“Where is Lady Thorne, Cassias? Where is your wife?”
