Books published by City Owl Press

A witchy good girl hiding secrets from her family…Cami yearns for a regular, ho hum, average life. Or at least as normal as she can get in a family of witches. But she can't tell her sisters about her violent ex. Or that she broke the first rule of magic to "harm none." Yet, when her youngest sister asks for help unraveling the death of a 1930's star abused by loved ones, Cami can't refuse.A reformed bad boy who doesn't know his family's hidden secrets…Sam lives for his restaurant and the intrigue of digging into Hollywood history. He avoids the entanglements of relationships since even his own parents didn't want him. But when the enchanting Cami needs his help to crack an unsolved mystery, he can't resist. The closer they come to finding the killer, the more they crave each other. But someone is determined to stop them.Can they solve the mystery before history repeats itself?

While the Blood King lives, no one is safe.Sybille Esmond never wanted to inherit her family's weird business: summoning spirits of the undead and guiding them to the afterlife. While it pays the bills, dealing with supernatural monsters comes with colossal risks, including becoming undead herself.When tall, dark, and undead Elis Tanner, a reformed member of the soulless ever-after, invades Sybille's life, bringing with him a possessive, disembodied ex-wife, those risks get complicated, and those complications become dangerous.Sybille must aid Elis in confronting his jealous ex while also investigating the Blood King, a beast who refuses to die-by stake or by poison.After a harrowing possession leaves her burned and bruised, Sybille finds herself drawing closer to the tempting Elis, who may be the only one capable of helping her kill the unkillable. With the Blood King and his legions of undead closing in, she discovers her own life is far from the only thing in jeopardy.AUTHOR INTERVIEWQ: Why do you write?A: Storytelling has shaped culture for millennia. I am honored, in my own tiny way, to be a part of this history. After years spent surrounded by books, both in my personal life and in a professional capacity as a librarian, I began looking at story craft as something I didn't just want to consume but wanted to be able to create. I've always needed some sort of artistic outlet in order to maintain emotional balance. Writing is that outlet for me, and even though writing can be stressful and overwhelming at times, it's immensely gratifying to shape and reshape a sentence until it looks and sounds just as I want it to.Q: What do you write?A: I'm a multi-genre writer with a love of all things speculative, including paranormal, sci-fi, and fantasy. I like to challenge myself to write outside my comfort zone, so I've tried my hand at horror and romance too (most of my work has a romantic component, but writing contemporary romance is a thing unto itself!). My current series, Spirit Seeker, takes traditional paranormal tropes, such as the lustful, bloodthirsty vampire, and attempts to turn them on their heads. I gently poke fun at well-worn themes and try to provide genre twists that include both humor and mystery-and romance, of course!Q: Why should readers pick up your books?A: Whether you love paranormal romance with the passion of 100 swooning vampires, are new to the genre, or even if it's not your jam, you will find something to love in Blood King, book one of the Spirit Seeker series. It offers a fast-paced and engaging story filled with psychics, monsters, and several different kinds of baked treats. If I don't have you laughing, gasping, and holding back tears at some point during its telling, then simply visit one of my main characters, Elis Tanner, for a hypnotherapy session (first visit is free!). Once you've spent five minutes with him, you'll… wait, what was that? You LOVE the story now? Yay!!!Be sure to scroll up and hit that BUY NOW button to enter a world of action, adventure, and of course, paranormal romance!

Only one can come out on top…Sandra Kelly has a take-no-prisoners policy when reporting the local news-and for getting what she deserves. For instance, first place in the Townsperson of Year contest, and a promotion at the station. Except, one man stands in her way.Cooper Hall needs to win the upcoming Townsperson contest for reasons of his own-and a certain sexy journalist won't stop him. No prank is too complicated, no scheme too elaborate, and her red lace panties will not distract him. Much.They signed a peace treaty years ago and swore they'd never speak of the pranks again. But when they both set their eyes on the same prize, their prank war rekindles. This time, they aren't stopping at tighty-whities on flag poles and stuffed tarantulas, either. Love has no place in war, and these two enemies play to win."All in all this is a very fun and steamy read. With some laugh out loud moments, it is ideal for a cozy night in front of the fire." - InD'tale MagazineAUTHOR INTERVIEWQ: Why do you write?A: I fell in love with reading when I was six, and every story I've told since then has been a love letter to writing.Q: What books do you write?A: I discovered romance novels in my thirties, which seems late in life, but once I was hooked, that was what I wanted to create. Since I can't be too serious for more than a few minutes at a time, romcoms are my saving grace.SYCAMORE COVE GAMES THE 12 DARES OF CHRISTMAS (book 1) MISCHIEVOUSLY MINE (book 2) Q: Why should readers pick up your books? A: My biggest hope is that readers have fun, laugh, and swoon until they can't see straight when they pick up my books. The roller-coaster of emotions, the belief that nothing has gone so horribly wrong that love can't fix it, and that warm satisfaction at the happy end are all what I want to give my readers. Be sure to scroll up and hit that BUY NOW button to discover a world in which pranks and love intermix in playful and sexy romance.

Danger and desire collide to form an unlikely alliance between a witch with a sordid past and a special agent who might be her future.While trying to escape her past, kick-ass witch Willow McCray dispenses her own brand of justice swiftly and without mercy, until she crosses paths with sexy Magickal Bureau of Investigations Agent, Alex Denopoulos. Now, she must use her powers for good if she wants to stay out of Hellios, the mage prison for those who have broken the Wiccan Rede of 'Harm ye None.' Alex will stop at nothing to catch a killer, including recruiting notorious felon, Willow McCray, to work for the agency. While under his guard, the lines between duty and passion become blurred the more time he spends with the red-haired beauty. His penchant for justice and deep-seated hatred of witches makes a future together seem impossible. But he's not ready to let her go. Now he'll risk more than his badge to keep her alive.If only Willow can vanquish the evil surrounding them and give Alex what he wants-before she loses her heart and even her very soul in the process.AUTHOR INTERVIEWQ: Why do you write?A: I write because it's my passion. The characters I create exist in a very real world inside my mind. I live to torture them while they're going through their personal struggles and learning life-changing lessons along the way until a satisfying HEA takes place. I tried to stop writing a few times and the characters wouldn't let me rest. I'm thrilled when readers say my words have impacted them in some small way.Q: What do you write?A: I write urban fantasy and paranormal romance but would love to write contemporary romance someday.RAVENS HOLLOW COVEN MIDNIGHT DESIRE (book 1)Q: Why should readers pick up your books?A: Readers should pick up my books because my characters are very down to earth with challenges that everyone can relate to on some level. They get a chance to escape to another world full of legend and lore, everlasting love, and friendship. There's nothing in the world that compares to the sensation of falling in love. If each person falls a little bit in love while reading one of my books then I've done my job, and maybe, the world's a better place.Be sure to scroll up and hit that BUY NOW button to enter a world of mystery, magic, suspense, and of course, romance!

Hire Alice. Private Investigator of the Supernatural.Alice Isn't Running Anymore.Five years ago, mage private investigator Alice Worth escaped her grandfather Moses Murphy's organized crime syndicate. Now, her grandfather's war with local boss Darius Bell has drawn her out of hiding and put her in the crosshairs of two merciless crime lords. Her decision to intervene in their war has endangered everyone Alice cares about and threatens to destroy the life she's built for herself, including her relationship with alpha werewolf Sean Maclin.Meanwhile, Alice's new case is the most dangerous of her career. Hired to find a missing child with a rare magical ability, she and her ghost sidekick Malcolm quickly become targets for the boy's ruthless kidnappers. To stay alive and free from both Bell and Moses, she must rely not only on her growing powers but also her alliances with Sean's pack and the Vampire Court.When Alice's conflicts with pack members turn violent and the Court betrays her, the truth becomes clear: freeing the kidnapped boy and finding her place in the pack will cost Alice her secrets, her safety, and-if she isn't careful-her life."Lisa Edmonds has made an instant fan of me. I look forward to reading the next case that requires Alice's special set of skills." - The Reading CafeAUTHOR INTERVIEWQ: Why do you write?A: I've wanted to be a writer since I was five years old and I wrote my first story. My head is always full of stories and it's so wonderful and such a privilege to get to share them with others. I write because I *have* to write and because there's nothing I love to do more. When you write, you get to bring people to life, create a world for them to inhabit, and invite readers to enjoy that world with you. If that's not real magic, I don't know what is.Q: What books do you write?A: I want to write the kinds of stories and books that I love to read--lots of adventure, mystery, suspense, action, twists, magic, and of course romance. The Alice Worth series is paranormal mystery set in a world very like our own, but with magic and supernatural beings. I hope readers get caught up in the mysteries and enjoy going on adventures with Alice as she tries to solve them and figure out her place in the world. The reading order follows below.ALICE WORTH HEART OF MALICE (book 1) JUST FOR ONE NIGHT (short story) BLOOD MONEY (novella) HEART OF FIRE (book 2) HEART OF ICE (book 3) HEART OF STONE (book 4) Q: Do you use music in your writing? A: Yes! Each Alice Worth book has a curated playlist of songs featured in the novel, as well as other tunes that enhance your reading experience. Alice loves music and so do I! See the playlists at my website. Be sure to scroll up and hit that BUY NOW button to jump into a world of adventure, mystery, suspense, and of course, romance!

Join Vanessa. Inspector. Steampunker. Robot Wrangler. In the wilds of America, Vanessa Hargreaves finds herself up to her corset in trouble.Her investigation stymied by monstrous horrors, the Inspector continues to carry the deadly Cook plague away from villains unknown. Traveling with her automata Alphonse, she doesn't know can't tell if she's running from the steaming, lurching giants at her heels or her guilt at putting her loved ones in danger. From deadly circus side shows to a ghostly train that seems to have a life of its own, the very land of the new world seems to be attempting to thwart her at every turn.The American heartland is rife with strange, wondrous, dangerous oddities of its own, challenging her convictions and her very service to her Queen. Loyalties and regrets will become the least of her worries as titanic forces are mustering, from ghost trains to air pirates, to bring her great American adventure to an untimely end."Law fills the pages with exciting gear action and fashion." - Publisher's Weekly ¿¿¿¿¿AUTHOR INTERVIEWQ: Tell us about you and your workA: Hi! This is usually a hard question for me. Am I a child of two worlds? Yes. Do I call both New York and Hong Kong home? Yes, and that has pushed me into writing anachronistic work like steampunk. Am I a food writer, a trained chef, and a motorbike enthusiast? All yes.But they say the acorn is pulled into being by the oak tree it is going to be, and I was always going to be a novelist first and foremost. I grew up reading Douglas Adams and Madeline L'engle and Roald Dahl, and they were my friends when I moved around too much to have any. My wife and I basically live in a library.Q: What books do you write?A: I'm working on a ray gun series at the moment where I crash noir, Gothic, and western against a scifi backdrop. I adore fantasy. Ultimately, I want to push out of genre completely and go into lit fiction, but that judgement is up to the reader to make. Steampunk will always have a sweet spot with me.THE LANDS BEYOND FUTURE THAT NEVER WAS (book 1) SPECTRE OF WAR (book 2) OF STATIONS INFERNAL (book 3) Q: Why should readers pick up your books? A: My wife and few fans say this better than I do. They tell me I don't write weak female characters, and that I offer a voice to the voiceless. They say the writing is like a fine merlot and that the balance of action to hilarity is refreshing. Personally, I think the reason to pick up my books is the same reason you would give for following a stranger into a bar. You might not like it, but at least you will never regret it. Be sure to scroll up and hit that BUY NOW button to jump into a world of adventure, steampunk, and of course, robots!

From highly acclaimed urban fantasy author, Lisa Edmonds, comes the Alice Worth Box Set. The collection contains books 1 - 3 and a bonus novella including Heart of Malice, Heart of Fire, Heart of Ice, and Blood Money. Join Alice and help solve the paranormal mystery today!**********HEART OF MALICE (Book 1)The first time Moses Murphy's granddaughter killed on his orders, she was six years old.For twenty years, she was a prisoner of an organized crime syndicate, forced to use her magic to make Moses the most powerful and feared man on the East Coast. To escape his cruelty, she faked her own death and started a new life as Alice Worth. As a private investigator specializing in cases involving the supernatural, Alice walks a precarious line between atoning for the sins of her grandfather's cabal and keeping her true identity hidden.Hired to investigate the disappearance of a mysterious object of power, Alice enlists the help of Malcolm, a ghost running from a past as nightmarish as her own. It soon becomes clear the missing object was taken by someone with a dangerous secret and an unknown agenda. When her client is kidnapped, Alice must find her and the object of power before a vengeful killer destroys the city and slaughters thousands-starting with Alice.**********HEART OF FIRE (Book 2)It has been a rough month for mage private investigator Alice Worth.Alice hasn't had a decent night's sleep in weeks, her relationship with werewolf Sean Maclin is on the rocks, a federal agent hounds her every step, and a powerful vampire whose ulterior motives have ulterior motives watches her every move. It's enough to drive any woman to drink.Just when Alice's ghost sidekick Malcolm is about to stage an intervention, her former employer, Mark Dunlap, enlists her help to find out who's been kidnapping women off the streets. As the list of the missing grows, the city's anger turns against the vampires, and the Vampire Court hires Mark and Alice to find those responsible. After the case reunites her with Sean, Alice is forced to confront painful demons from her past, as well as the very real demon who wants her dead and the vampire determined to control her power.**********HEART OF ICE (Book 3)Even the coldest hearts can burn...After closing a big case for the Vampire Court, mage private investigator Alice Worth is relieved to be back solving magical mysteries with her ghost sidekick Malcolm and spending quality time with sexy alpha werewolf Sean. Her latest case puts her on the trail of a burglary ring targeting wealthy collectors of magical objects. Meanwhile, Alice's grandfather, crime lord Moses Murphy, fights a local boss for control of the city. Soon a new danger emerges: Moses's new lieutenant is someone Alice knows and this is one family reunion she wants to avoid at all costs.**********BLOOD MONEY (Novella)Charles Vaughan has always had great taste in women, and the Vampire Court's newest investigator, Alice Worth, looks very tasty indeed.In two hundred years, Charles has never met anyone quite like Alice. Minutes after meeting him for the first time, she threatens to burn down Vampire Court headquarters. By the end of the night, Charles is sure of two things: Alice is not who or what she seems, and someday she will be his...if she doesn't get herself killed first.**********"Edmonds's prose is energetic...Alice is both spunky and self-deprecating, with incredibly advanced magical powers." - Publisher's Weekly

Join Jaime. Dark Angel. Mother. Betrayed. Resurrecting your soul from hell isn't for the weak of heart.A long flight across the ocean with a demon six rows away is no place for a dark angel. But Jaime is not only running from her past and the husband who betrayed her, she is trying to protect her unborn child. She has no choice. A suspicious death finds her in shackles upon reaching Thailand with a murderous rogue angel on her trail.In what might be Jaime's darkest hour, a powerful ally comes to her aid. But Jaime's path toward peace is precarious at best, considering her newfound friend has potent demons of her own. A narrow escape takes her through the Thai countryside where demons are growing a deadly hybrid flower that has the power to control minds. Destroying the flowers may well cost her more than just her own life, but if she doesn't try, the world will be lost.When at last she thinks herself, she travels to Ireland to reconnect with a past she never knew and recuperate from a fight that ended with a precious life lost. But a black cloud whispers for the dark angel, and the people of Dublin start dropping dead. To save them all, Jaime will have to find it in her heart to forgive her husband's betrayal and invite him back into her life. But that is a wound that has festered deep, maybe too deep."I love this story! The suspense, the plot twists, the characters - great story! - pass the hanky!!!" - Urban Fantasy Author, D. B. Sieders ¿¿¿¿¿AUTHOR INTERVIEWQ: Why do you write?A: For years, ideas and dreams have haunted my mind throughout my days. Always the daydreamer, I finally decided to put my thoughts into written form. Writing, for me, is a way to drive the demons from my mind, to find peace in my sleep. So, when you ask what writing is for me, I would say it is the mediator between the sleeping world and the hours I'm awake; the fidget spinner that keeps my mind sane. Q: What books do you write?A: Urban Fantasy Romance is my genre. Adult stories with a dark twist, that give me the freedom to create what, to some, may be unthinkable. I write dark stories with brooding characters who are deeply flawed. I don't like protagonists who are too pure. I can't find interest in anyone without a past. And the same must be true of my characters in my stories. The struggle for them is real. The romance is unrestrained. And the passion that they feel for whatever steals their attention, or steels their soul, should bleed across the page.DARK ANGEL PURGATORY'S ANGEL (book 1) RESURRECTION'S ANGEL (book 2)Q: Why should readers pick up your books?A: Not every reader should pick up my stories. Anyone who is looking for a clean romance with a pure protagonist is looking on the wrong shelf if they've selected one of my novels. If you are looking for a story that will lead you down a dark, twisted path, one you hadn't expected to find, my Dark Angel novels are perfect for you. If you like romance, suspense and dark twists with a little humor thrown in, you'll love the Dark Angel Series.Be sure to scroll up and hit that BUY NOW button to jump into a world of angels, demons, and darkness!

From highly acclaimed urban fantasy author, Joshua Bader, comes the MODERN KNIGHTS Box Set. The collection contains books 1 - 3 including Frostbite, Two Wizard Roulette, and Faceless. Start your adventure today!**********FROSTBITE (Book 1)Getting hired to be a personal wizard for a billionaire may just become a death sentence.Colin Fisher is a young man with a lot of problems on his plate: a dying father, a dead car doubling as a home, and a mysteriously disappeared fiancée. You'd think with a magical inclination, he'd be able to turn it all around, but not so much.Yet, his bad luck appears to be on the way out when the CEO of a multinational corporation offers him a job. It's a sweet gig as a personal wizard with a fat paycheck. The catch? The paranoid CEO isn't a mere hypochondriac, he's been hexed with an authentic ancient curse.Now Colin is the only thing standing between his new boss and a frozen bundle of fangs, claws, and rage. If he can't stop the cannibal ice demon in time to save his new boss, it'll be back to living out of his dead car. That is, if he even survives the battle.**********TWO WIZARD ROULETTE (Book 2)While working as a personal wizard for a billionaire, the stakes have never been higher.Being a personal wizard to a multinational CEO isn't all fun and games. When Colin's not busy with assassins and his own inner demons, there's amnesia potions and odd jobs like hunting down a serial criminal or two.If the billionaire boss was bad, the relationship between Colin and his demon-blooded girlfriend Veruca has been downright turbulent since last winter's freak blizzard. It doesn't make the situation any easier that his favorite FBI contact looks exactly like his missing, presumed dead, fiancé.All of that would be enough to keep Colin busy. But when a dangerous gambler with magical powers of his own, and his demoness consort, start fleecing Vegas casinos for millions, Colin finds himself trapped in a high stakes game of two wizard roulette.**********FACELESS (Book 3)The Race is on to Save Colin and Bring Him Back from the Beyond.Even if being a personal wizard to a powerful CEO has its perks, Colin Fisher's body and soul have paid for these benefits with every case. From stopping a crime spree by a demon pact wizard to killing a relentless ice demon, he's been on the job. Yet he still doesn't know what happened to his fiancée on the night he gained his magic.To solve that mystery, he will have to pay the highest price yet. On the floor of his arcane sanctum, in a self-induced coma, he's trying to peel back the layers of time and solve the enigma. But if he does, he may never wake up.Meanwhile, the two women who love him have their hands full trying to keep him alive while he's on his spirit journey. Veruca Wakefield, demon blooded assassin, and Andrea Deveraux, FBI trained agent, will have to work together if they are to defeat both threats and save Colin.**********"This fantastical thrill ride is filled with perfectly timed pop-culture references, stunning plot twists, and the snarky (and sometimes offensive) stylings of Colin's inner voice. Well-researched and creatively presented humor and action perfectly blend with moral quandaries in this outstanding debut."" - Publisher's Weekly Starred Review ¿¿¿¿¿"Bloody action underscores a plot in FACELESS in which...everything works well together to pave the way for future installments." - Publisher's Weekly ¿¿¿¿¿

Meet Akantha. Protector. Destined. Cursed. If there was anything Akantha hated more than the Nazis, it was Damianos. For twenty-four hundred years, Akantha has dedicated her life to defending mortals from destruction, yet the Nazis are determined not just to rule the world but destroy it. Working as a spy for one of Hitler's highest ranking officers, she learns that the Nazis are set to get their hands on the ultimate weapon, the Spear of Destiny. She will need the help of the one man she hoped she'd never see again to stop them.Loving Damianos was never a problem. Trusting him is another story. Forgiving him is impossible.Akantha is the Nazis' most wanted as she races them through Europe to locate the spear. The road is lined with bullets, betrayal, soldiers, and heartbreak. She must navigate it all, along with her past with Damianos, if she is to find the spear. Her life and the fate of the world hang on her success...or failure.Fans of Indiana Jones and Wonder Woman are sure to love this fast-paced adventure about a new form of immortal hero. Not quite a goddess, not a mere mortal. A woman with a curse and a destiny she isn't sure she is ready to face.AUTHOR INTERVIEWQ: Why do you co-write?A: We had such different schedules when we met in a comic book chatroom that we were often the only people awake in the middle of the night. We started out co-writing to do something creative and discovered that our different views and writing strengths complimented each other and made the stories better. We wanted to write what we liked to read. The bonus is that our solo projects are better as well. We each have an available first reader to take a look and make suggestions.Q: What do you co-write?A: Paranormal urban romance for adult and new adult genre. Our main focus has always been paranormal romance fantasies. Our books take normal, everyday life happening in everyday places and add a dash of paranormal flavor. Everyone is hiding something. Some secrets are bigger than others. Some are more dangerous. We explore those secrets and how they affect the people around them, and find a little romance while we're at it.Q: Why should readers pick up your books?A: Our books will appeal to a wide variety of readers looking for a good story with touches ofparanormal fantasy. Romance will abound, but the heroines and heroes have to work for it. Nothing worthwhile comes easy. We think readers will appreciate the twists and turns along the way. Hopefully they'll fall in love with the characters for the same reasons we do.Be sure to scroll up and hit that BUY NOW button to jump into a world of adventure, fantasy, paranormal, and of course, romance!

Afterlife management is a tricky business, especially for a living soul broker. Juggling normal life with her otherworldly responsibilities-like helping departed souls cross to the other side while collecting grief from the living through her empathetic connection-just got a whole lot more complicated. Her guardian spirit bosses, who make the mafia look tame, don't like the side jobs she's been taking to help living souls in peril. But they don't know the half of it. She's been working in secret with Lazarus Darkmore, a grim reaper and unlikely ally against the guardians' hold on her. When a rogue guardian sends an ominous message that threatens to expose the alliance unless she stops, she has no choice but to put her trust in the reaper. But can a creature as dark and terrifying as Darkmore keep her safe, or will his appetite for cruelty and terror be her undoing? With a spirit world energy crisis looming and guardian spirits closing in, Vivian must choose-toe the line with the guardians, plunge into darkness with the reaper, or join a rebellion that could unleash hell on earth.

A third Victoria has ascended the throne of a steam-driven country where enormous clockwork giants walk the streets and airships carry news of the Ottoman threat in the East.In the wake of a calamity that engulfed all of Europe, Inspector Vanessa Hargreaves of Scotland Yard is given the dubious task of policing steamcraft crime. Along with flamboyant detective Arturo C. Adler, she stumbles upon a conspiracy to use a horrific plague in an effort to prevent war.But even as dastardly forces converge upon her, our high-heeled detective struggles with her devotion to Queen and Country, and the shadows under the Union Flag grow ever deeper.Can she put a stop to this new disaster before her country is devoured by a Spectre of War?SPECTRE OF WAR is at once detective story, political intrigue and giant robot fantasy in a fabulous, international, and multicultural steampunk riot!