Why did the latest supernatural predator have to show up underwater?

Mastering the four elements is no joke. My mentor Guntram has me practicing hours each day drawing the underwater breathing sigil, but no matter how hard I try, I can’t get it right. Why is it so hard to draw one stupid magic symbol?

I don’t have a lot of time to perfect my form, though, not when I’m facing off against a creature who swims like a fish. Too bad it also has claws and a vicious personality. Game warden Vincent Garcia thinks he can help me fight it, but what can a vanilla human do? I’ve got all the magic in the world, and this vaettur’s always one step ahead.

Here’s hoping I get the hang of water magic soon before this thing drags me under… permanently.

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Breathing Water is the second in the action-packed Magic of Nasci urban fantasy series that chronicles Ina’s journey to becoming a full-blown nature wizard. If you like sarcastic protagonists, colorful side characters with secrets, and the allure of forest magic, this series is for you.

Everyone wants to be normal – but no one wants to be ordinary.

When my most hated enemy, Bastion, comes to me for help, I tell him to take a long walk off a short pier. I’m not helping the griffin assassin that killed my lover. But when the Crone visits my coven, she tells me that I must help him find his daughter or I won’t achieve my full potential.

I want greatness like others want wealth. You can keep your fame and fortune, I want to make sure my life matters. I reluctantly agree to help locate the missing griffin. If greatness is on the cards, I’m willing to play – no matter who deals my hand.

When a raven with broken wings lands on my balcony, I know that a black witch has entered the game. Finding the griffin suddenly becomes a lot more complicated. I’ll have to awaken my sentient grimoire to help me find the answers I seek – and that always has a price.

Only time will tell whether it is one that I can afford to pay.

Don't miss this witchy series if you like humour, heart and a strong heroine with a slow burn, enemies to lovers, fade-to-black romance.

Written in British English.

Don't miss all the books in the Other Realm (Listed in optimal reading order)!

The Glimmer Series - a Jinx Sharp adventure

Glimmer of the OtherGlimmer of DragonsGlimmer of HopeGlimmer of ChristmasGlimmer of DeathGlimmer of Deception

The Other Wolf Series - a Lucy Barrett caper

Protection of the PackGuardians of the PackSaviour of the Pack

The Court Series - A Jinx Sharp tale

Challenge of the CourtBetrayal of the CourtRevival of the Court

The Other Witch - An Amber DeLea grimoire

Rune of the WitchHex of the WitchCoven of the WitchFamiliar of the Witch

The start of the series that won back-to-back RT Magazine Reviewers' Choice Awards!

As the smallest dragon in the Heartstriker clan, Julius survives by a simple code: keep quiet, don’t cause trouble, and stay out of the way of bigger dragons. But this meek behavior doesn't fly in a family of ambitious magical predators, and his mother, Bethesda the Heartstriker, has finally reached the end of her patience.

Now, sealed in his human form and banished to the DFZ--a vertical metropolis built on the ruins of Old Detroit--Julius has one month to prove he can be a ruthless dragon or kiss his true shape goodbye forever. But in a city of modern mages and vengeful spirits where dragons are considered monsters to be exterminated, he’s going to need some serious help to survive this test.He only hopes humans are more trustworthy than dragons...

Winner of the 2015 Audie Audio Book Award in Fantasy!"For all lovers of urban fantasy, this book will be a welcome addition to their shelves. Rachel Aaron brings her charismatic humor and superb characterization to this story while also developing a very unique world"- Fantasy Book Critic"A deliriously smart and funny beginning to a new urban fantasy series about dragons in the ruins of Detroit...inventive, uproariously clever, and completely un-put-down-able!"- SF Signal"Super fun, fast paced, urban fantasy full of heart, and plenty of magic, charm and humor to spare, this self published gem was one of my favorite discoveries this year!"- The Midnight Garden

"The Blade Mage delivers big-muscled magic and high-octane thrills."

- Gary Phillips, DC Comics Novels – Batman: The Killing Joke

The sword chooses its wielder.

I never asked to be Blade Mage. My fellow wizards weren’t thrilled, either. Unfortunately, those weird old druids have a strict no returns policy.

So I left, and for the past few years, I’ve hidden from my responsibilities. But I always knew one day the Cabal would come looking for its precious sword.

And so they have, but only because a heinous crime has occurred…

A sorcerer has used forbidden magic to slay a fellow wizard. It’s an open and shut case. The killer admitted it. He also stands accused of kidnapping a child, who is still missing, but they say that isn’t my problem. No, as Blade Mage, I’m not supposed to play paranormal detective. The Cabal only expects one thing of me—they want me to play executioner.

Problem is…

The accused is my best friend.

And before I chop off his head, I want to know the truth. But the path is filled with shifty wizards, fearsome witches, insidious demons, and supernatural conspirators at every turn.

It ain’t easy being the Blade Mage.

The Blade Mage is a gritty Urban Fantasy mystery and adventure with a smart-mouthed, sarcastic lead. If you enjoy witty wizards, mythical creatures, and magical mayhem with a side of humor… Well, grab your wizard staff and summon up the Buy or Read Now button and let the fun begin!

"Witty, action-packed, and never one to shy away from the unexpected. Phillip Drayer Duncan is not to be missed."

- J.H. Fleming, Music the Gathering: A Most Inconvenient Curse

After Ember Brycin finds her mother brutally murdered, her mind begins to see things that shouldn’t exist, like creatures that belong in scary fairytales. The more she feels her sanity slipping, the more bizarre and inexplicable things start happening around her, even burning down one of her schools, turning Ember into an outcast.When she and her stepfather, Mark, move to Olympia, Washington, they think it will be a new start. However, things only continue to get worse.When the latest school explosion lands her in a facility for troubled youth, she meets Eli Dragen—a hot as hell, darkly mysterious, bad boy from a notorious biker gang. Their connection is full of passion, danger, and secrets. Secrets that lead her down a path she never imagined, exposing her to a world hidden in the shadows...Where she is hunted by deadly beasts that dwell in the dark.

Almost twenty years after the barrier between Earth and the Otherworld fell in the Fae Wars, Budapest is balancing on the precipice. A battle for dominance is brewing between the elite fae and the privileged humans in Eastern Europe. The prejudice between the sides is bubbling with hate and violence.Nineteen-year-old human, Brexley, has grown up in privilege, but not without heartbreak. After being orphaned, she is taken in by General Markos, living in a walled city rife with power grabs and ruthless political games. Then one night the course of her life changes, and Brexley is thrown into the most feared prison in the east. Halalhaz, the House of Death—where you go in but don’t come out.She must learn to live with the worst of fae and human criminals. The rule of hierarchy puts humans on the bottom, where the only way to survive each day is to make alliances with the fae.Here she meets the sexy, vicious legend, Warwick Farkas. A myth among man and fae. He is as brutal, cruel, arrogant, and as lethal as the lore says he is, ruling the prison with unchallenged authority. Brexley can’t deny an intense draw to him, one that might cost her life.If The Games don’t take her out first—A fight to the death where only one survives.*This series is set in the same world as the Darkness>Collector>Lightness Saga, but can be read alone. Though, there are a lot of hidden gems from the other books in here!