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Keepers of the Sea Cliffs

Keepers of the Sea Cliffs
Published by: Sprouting Star Press
Release Date: January 23, 2020

Confident and carefree, Salm can speak with dolphins, but he hasn’t managed to talk his way into getting his own ship. At eighteen, he wants to protect the Windborne coast and waters, but to sail the rough seas ahead, he needs a partner—one his hyper magic gets along with.

Luna keeps the beacon burning in her family lighthouse to guide sailors safely along the windswept Scotland sea cliffs, but she feels as lost as the orphaned gull she's raising. How can she ever spread her wings, knowing that would mean leaving her widowed father and motherless sisters?

She falls for the exuberant Salm—until he accidentally spills a secret that pulls her family deeper into the shadows of grief, and she takes refuge behind higher walls than the lighthouse tower. Can the fellow who wears his heart on his sleeve persuade the cautious Luna to finally trust her own feelings?

KEEPERS OF THE SEA CLIFFS explores the struggles of older teens setting their own course in life, while still holding true to their magical connections to nature and community.

Soar into a clean & wholesome cozy fantasy appropriate for adults and young adults. Some mild cursing.

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Solstice Gifts

Solstice Gifts
Release Date: November 29, 2019

A new wizard boyfriend.

Differing holiday traditions.

First gifts for each other.

’Tis the season to be jolly...and anxious.

Combining wizard and human holiday celebrations becomes tricky when everyone in Fern and Beri’s new family--even Hilda the guinea pig!--expects something different, causing trouble and tugging at their heartstrings!

SOLSTICE GIFTS is a festive, clean & wholesome short story in the Windborne series, taking place after the events of The Witch of the Meadows. You don’t need to have read Book 1 to enjoy this magical story, but it contains spoilers!

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Double Rescue

Double Rescue
Published by: Sprouting Star Press
Release Date: December 1, 2020

Fifteen-year-old Raven of the Meadows loves a good game, especially if he’s created more than a fair chance of winning. But when an untimely bit of magic—his!—hurts a wild animal, he draws the ire of the sternest elder on the Isle of Giuthas. To his horror, everyone else playing also falls into trouble, even Willow of the Forest, who never breaks a rule. Beri, his adopted brother, is determined they will not lose their privileges, and joins Raven to set this right.

 

Keeping their magic under wraps, the wizard lads must act by their wits through the confusing policies of a veterinary surgery, the strange but cute habits of guinea pigs and their watchful grandmother’s judgement.

 

DOUBLE RESCUE is a fun, action-adventure in the Windborne YA cozy fantasy series, set two summers before the events of The Witch of the Meadows. This 70-page novella is available only as a free download when signing up for Laurel Wanrow’s author newsletter.

The story contains read-between-the-lines, minor spoilers for book 1.

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