The Gate and the Garden (Book One)
Sarah Linden has a comfortable life: a steady job, a cozy apartment, and coworkers that genuinely care about her. The only problem? She longs for something beyond comfort.
One day on her lunch break, having retreated to her favorite city park, Sarah notices a single, iridescent rose peeking out between the bars of the imposing wrought iron gates at the back of the park. She follows it into a strange, beautiful garden where she meets a handsome stranger named Oren. Except, when she turns around, her gate is gone and she’s trapped in the fairy tale kingdom of Verdinia.
To reclaim her life, Sarah must work with Oren, and the mysterious young king, Ash, to discover the secrets of the gate, and learn if it’s connected to the recent awakening of mythical beasts within the kingdom. Mythical beasts that might just lead Verdinia, and the surrounding kingdoms, to the brink of war.
Will Sarah find her way home? And, with Ash and Oren competing for her affections, will she even want to?
The Quill and the Quest (Book Two)
Oren Homefield knows what he’s doing. He has a good job, a handsome face, a long, magical horn, and a budding relationship with the unusual and otherworldly Sarah Linden.
Until King Ash goes and screws it all up by proposing to Sarah at the Spring Festival.
Now, Oren has to compete against a king for his lady’s affections, and the resulting insecurity affects his ability to use his most powerful gifts, leaving his friends in danger. Which is bad timing because the king sends him on a perilous quest to the kingdom of Cyanica to learn more about the other “gate girl” and deliver a message to King Meoden.
But there are surprises in store for Oren that will not only force him to confront his struggling abilities, but also make him question his entire identity.
The Cat and the Crown (Book Three)
King Ash of Verdinia has a lot on his plate. His parents were murdered, his kingdom was invaded, and he found out he’s a shapeshifter with a secret brother from his mother’s first, short-lived marriage. Oh, and his advisors are pressuring him to marry, which he would happily do if the aforementioned secret brother hadn’t stolen the affections of the one and only woman who had ever truly interested and excited him.
With all of that to deal with, Ash does the only sensible thing—he runs away.
Officially, he calls it a scouting mission and he brings backup with him in the form of the other-worldly, not-totally-single, Sarah Linden. His plans to woo her away from his brother while escaping the pressures of castle life are short-lived, however, when he’s beaten within an inch of his life and Sarah is spirited away by his enemies. Desperate, Ash must swallow his pride and call upon the last person he ever wanted to ask for help—his nemesis/brother/romantic rival, Oren “Pony Prince” Homefield.
The two brothers form a tenuous alliance, aided in their quest by a tribe of eccentric animal-loving forest dwellers, to track down Sarah and find out what their enemies have in store for Verdinia. But even if they succeed in their mission, will they be strong enough to protect Verdinia in the war to come?