Used Spells for Sale
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Ryann Toliver has spent the last twenty years collecting and selling used spells, while dreaming of returning to the United States, away from the choking grip of Naples’ preeminent family, the Ricchetti family.
When the head of the Ricchetti family’s daughter is murdered by a wrongly combined spell, everyone looks to Ryann, including the Family itself, as she is the only known used spell merchant in the city. Ryann must figure out what really happened before the Ricchettis decide to settle matters their own way….
This novelette is part of Taylen Carver’s standalone fiction:
Touched by Faelight
Used Spells for Sale
Veilbound
Contemporary fantasy, fantasy.
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Taylen Carver is an Aurealis Award finalist, and is the pen name used by bestselling author Tracy Cooper-Posey. As Taylen Carver, she writes contemporary, epic and urban fantasy stories and novels. As Tracy Cooper-Posey, she writes romantic suspense, historical suspense, fantasy and science fiction romance, plus women’s fiction. She also writes science fiction, including best-selling space opera, under the pen name of Cameron Cooper.
She has published over 200 titles under all pen names since 1999, been nominated for five CAPAs including Favourite Author, and won the Emma Darcy Award. She turned to indie publishing in 2011. Her indie titles have been nominated four times for Book of The Year. Tracy won the award in 2012, a SFR Galaxy Award in 2016 and came fourth in Hugh Howey’s SPSFC#2 in 2023. She has been a national magazine editor, is currently a city magazine editor, and for a decade she taught romance writing at MacEwan University.
She is addicted to Irish Breakfast tea and chocolate, sometimes taken together. In her spare time she enjoys history, Sherlock Holmes, science fiction and fantasy and ignoring her treadmill. An Australian Canadian, she lives in Edmonton, Canada with her husband, a former professional wrestler, where she moved in 1996 after meeting him on-line.
