MAGICAL TRICKS. DEMONIC TREATS. After narrowly escaping her fate as a sacrificial scapegoat, Arcadia Bell is back to normal. Or at least as ordinary as life can be for a renegade magician and owner of a tiki bar that caters to Earthbound demons. She’s gearing up for the busiest day …

The start of an exceptionally fast-paced and irresistibly sexy new urban fantasy trilogy.   Born the only female in an all-male werewolf race, Jessica McClain isn't just different - she's feared.   After living under the radar for the last twenty-six years, Jessica is t…

As you can see, I've officially signed up to take part in NaNoWriMo . Yay! I've actually taken part--and won--several years, but I couldn't last year because I was busy with edits.   This year, I'm ready to go. ;)   BTW, if you're taking part this is ME !   …

In Drummond, James Stark and his pretty wife Mina run a discreet inquiry agency. The city is rife with dark creatures, great monsters and men who are beasts. When a puppet knocks on their door in the dead of night claiming to be a real boy who has had his body stolen through black magi…

Do you like my new laptop? I absolutely LOVE it. I actually bought it almost a month ago, after hubby found an awesome deal. He's the best!   Yesterday was my daughter's 12th birthday. ( Happy Birthday Cass !) Yep. She's getting older. Sometimes, I can't believe sh…

There is something strange about Coraline's new home. It's not the mist, or the cat that always seems to be watching her, nor the signs of danger that Miss Spink and Miss Forcible, her new neighbours, read in the tea leaves. It's the other house - the one behind the old doo…

I can't believe I haven't had a chance to post here for a whole week! Yikes.   My daughter went back to school last Monday, so I got stuck into my final reading of Sierra Fox #3 at the beginning of the week. This time I sat down on the couch with my Samsung Galaxy Note and r…

And one of my books is on sale for 99c ! When someone is killed too suddenly or tragically, there's a creature ready to bargain for their soul... Fate's cruel hand took Alana from Matt before he had a chance to tell her how he felt. A year later, he's still mourni…

This short story chronicles an early adventure of Marla Mason, when she was a young mercenary sorcerer doing dirty jobs in exchange for secret knowledge. The subterranean sorcerer Viscarro hires Marla to steal a certain item from one of his rivals... who just happens to be his brother.…

Um, yeah. It is. And it kinda snuck up on me. O_o   Oh well, what can you do? Can't slow the days down. *shrugs*   Anyway.   Do you like the toucan drawing? My daughter made it on her iPad. I think it's really cool, and cute. Love adding pictures she made to my blog …

"Pale Dog" is the first published story about sorcerer Marla Mason, the notorious witch queen of Felport, and star of the urban fantasy series by T.A. Pratt. Marla and her right-hand man Rondeau track down a treacherous sorcerer who refuses to stay dead, with help from an ado…

‘The Lost Boy’ started life as a story written for an anthology of urban faery tales. The anthology was eventually cancelled (although I’d withdrawn my story long before that happened) leaving me with a homeless story. It’s about half-fey Xan from The Iron Witch, and is set several m…