The Dangerous Lady

A Lost Ancients Standalone Novella

by Marie Andreas

Editions:ePub: $ 2.99

Pages: 74

Jadiera lives a simple life as a courier between the islands of the kingdom she calls home. Hauling small wares isn't exciting--but it keeps a ship under her feet.

Until the day she is mistaken for someone so dangerous, people only speak of her in hushed tones.

And a bunch of mythological faeries fly into her life.

Having a calm and steady life becomes nothing but a wish for Jadiera as she and her new faery companions fight off pirates and evil gnomes.

Life will never be the same.

This is a standalone novella that ties into The Lost Ancients extended series. It can be read without having read the other The Lost Ancients books.

Published: December 9, 2021
Cover Artists:

Julie Nicholls

Genres:

Fantasy, Fantasy - Comedy, Fantasy - Faery & Fae, Fantasy - Sword & Sorcery

Tropes: Found Family
Word Count: 22200
Setting: different world
Languages Available: English
Tropes: Found Family
Word Count: 22200
Setting: different world
Languages Available: English

About the Author

Marie is a multi-award winning fantasy and science fiction writer with a serious reading addiction. If she wasn't writing about all the people in her head, she'd be lurking about coffee shops annoying total strangers with her stories. So really, writing is a way of saving the masses.

Her first fantasy series, The Lost Ancients, starts with The Glass Gargoyle. The rest of the series is complete at six books total. A continuing series follows another adventure and started with The Seeker's Chest.

A space opera trilogy, The Asarlai Wars, launched with Warrior Wench, and continued with the Victorious Dead. The final book, Defiant Ruin, is available now. More adventures in a second trilogy start with Traitor's Folly!

A steampunk adventure, A Curious Invasion, followed by The Mayhem of Mermaids, will conclude in 2023 with An Intrigue of Pharaohs.

Like portal epic fantasy? The Essence of Chaos is the first book in the books of the Cuari series. The third book, Destruction of Chaos, releases in 2023.

Lighter romantic fantasy can be found with the completed Magic & Sorcery Chronicles. Three royal sisters face challenges and romance on their way to the throne.

When not saving the masses from coffee shop shenanigans, Marie likes to visit the UK and keeps hoping someone will give her a nice summer home in the Forest of Dean or in northern Wales.

Marie is also a member of SFWA (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association) and NINC (Novelists, INC).

To find out more about the books, and future series, please visit her website at www.marieandreas.com--especially if you happen to have a small cottage to give her.

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