Autumn & Arcadia

Now is not the time for the god sleeping beneath Arcadia forest to wake. Unfortunately, not everyone cares.The first time a fanatical cult leader tried to sacrifice one of Arcadia County's satyrs in order to awaken the god Pan, he was stopped just in time. Now, because the cult's leader is dead, no one will believe someone is returning to try again.November Panagiotis, priest-in-training at the Temple of Pan, wasn't involved when the cult first moved in, but they almost lost their youngest brother to a ritual sacrifice. Now they have reason to think the cult is coming back to Arcadia, only no one else seems to be worried, leaving Nova to investigate on their own.A chance meeting and a stupid mistake introduce Nova to Jason McKay, folklore professor and unlikely hero. Jason is the only one who takes their concerns seriously, but he has secrets of his own. Is he really who he seems, or is he only using Nova to achieve his own ends? Nico Silver lives like a hermit on the edge of the woods, but haunts used bookstores like a wraith. They fully expected to be found someday as a mummified old corpse crushed under a toppled to-be-read pile, but the rise of e-books has made that somewhat less likely, though the books will always outnumber even the dustbunnies. Nico will read just about anything, including the instructions on the back of medicine bottles, but has a particular fondness for good stories with a hint of magic. They write dark, sexy urban fantasy and fantasy romance, and sometimes dream in black and white.

What if the person you want most turns out to be a monster?After too many years of letting social anxiety dictate their life, Alder Lewis is done. They're determined to make it through the MA program in Folklore, no matter how many presentations it requires, or how much socializing with other students.The horrors of a joint project don't seem so bad, after all, once they meet their study partner Silas. Silas is handsome, kind, and interested in Alder as much for their brain as for their body. It also doesn't hurt that he looks like a Greek god, and Alder is obsessed with Greek mythology-especially satyrs. Only Silas has secrets, and there's someone in Great Valley who's extremely interested in finding out what those secrets are.When Alder's thesis research leads them to the enigmatic leader of a gentle nature religion, it seems like everything is working out perfectly: Alder has found a new love interest, a new spiritual path, and a new research subject. But Ego Arcadia has secrets, too, and Alder will have to draw on every strength they didn't know they had to survive. Nico Silver lives like a hermit on the edge of the woods, but haunts used bookstores like a wraith. They fully expected to be found someday as a mummified old corpse crushed under a toppled to-be-read pile, but the rise of e-books has made that somewhat less likely, though the books will always outnumber even the dustbunnies. Nico will read just about anything, including the instructions on the back of medicine bottles, but has a particular fondness for good stories with a hint of magic. They write dark, sexy urban fantasy and fantasy romance, and sometimes dream in black and white.