City of Roses: Seasons

City of Roses is a serialized epic very firmly set in Portland, Oregon-an urban fantasy mixing magical realism with gonzo noirish prose, where sinister high-rise riverfront condos are, fought by a sprawling tea-house constructed from scrap lumber and old windows, and ancient sea-gods retire to close-in Southeast apartments with lovely views. It's the story of Jo Maguire, a highly strung, underemployed telemarketer, and what happens when she meets Ysabel, a princess of unspecified pedigree. Jo rather unexpectedly becomes Ysabel's guardian and caretaker, and now must make a place for herself among Ysabel's decidedly unusual family and friends, which involves rather more sword-play than most of us are used to.

City of Roses is a serialized epic firmly set in Portland, Oregon, only with more sword fights-a wicked concoction of urban pastoral and incantatory fantastic, where aspirants are knighted in Forest Park, and the Devil keeps a morgue in an abandoned big-box store. Ysabel rules the City of Roses with her brother, Lymond, the King, and Jo Maguire, formerly a telemarketer, is now the Duchess of Southeast-but happily ever after doesn't go as far as it used to. This omnibus ebook collects chapters 23 - 44 of the critically acclaimed fantasy serial, also available in volume 3, In the Reign of Good Queen Dick, and volume 4, -or Betty Martin.