A Magic Collectors Series
A cursed half-magic and a mischievous enchantress team up to save their king and kingdom from the powerful Dark Mage.
This series features Devryn from The Rose and the Wand and is set about 50 years before To Catch a Magic Thief and the frame timeline of The Rose and the Wand. I anticipate it being three or four books long with additional standalone books about other characters from the story. It is not necessary to have read the other Magic Collectors to read this series.
Other books are coming in the series, though I am a slow writer, so I am sure when. My hope is to complete it in 2025 or 2026.
THE KING’S SPELL
Book 1
Only a king can banish sorcerers and strip enchanters of their power. Only a king is immune to spells and potions. Only a king knows the truth behind the legends. Until now.
Magic Collector Devryn Ashby may have deserved the curse that saps his magic-manipulating abilities, but it certainly won’t help him with the task King Reginald has assigned him. Instead of allowing him to continue hunting for those who stole the powerful Enchanter’s List, the king makes Devryn trainer-in-magic to the mischievous enchantress Lady Meredith Lofton.
Except for an occasional matchmaking exploit, Lady Meredith has little use for her power of enchantment—until the king asks her to train in magical warfare techniques. This both excites and terrifies her. And irks her, for she refuses to be bossed around by the critical Devryn Ashby, a man she’s not even sure she should trust.
But as dangers increase and the sorcerers’ schemes unfold, Devryn and Meredith must choose whom to follow—their own desires and prejudices or their king. Only a king knows how much the kingdom depends on their choice.
The King’s Spell is available for purchase here.
THE KING’S ENCHANTRESS
Book 2
Only a king has no magic and yet the command of it. Only a king does an enchantress serve. But even a sorcerer can be a king to some.
Devryn Ashby has reluctantly accepted his appointment as Guardian—a trainer in magic—to enchantress Meredith Lofton, but the effects of his curse are getting worse. If he can’t get find a way to get around it or cure it, he might be forced to reveal his secret to the Loftons and King Reginald. He’d do almost anything to keep his curse a secret. And the Dark Mage knows it.
But with Meredith and her beloved street urchins in danger and something both magical and animal hunting enchanters for the Dark Mage, Devryn must learn to overcome his curse. Or work with an enchantress.
The King’s Enchantress is available for purchase here: