The work week begins. I quickly slip into my business suit and head back into the office to save a few innocent people. But while I try to fool myself into being excited about the grind, deep down, I’m not, so I’m going to escape dreary reality by reading some great books.

Today, I find myself finishing off several books I’ve been reading for the last couple of weeks (The Muiread and Alcatraz) while trying to fit several novellas from my favorite fantasy series of the moment into the schedule.

Best Left in the Shadows by Mark Gelineau & Joe King

Genre: Fantasy

Series: Best Left in the Shadows #1

Publisher: Self Published (November 15, 2015)

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Length: 80 pages

A Highside girl. Beaten. Murdered. Her body found on a Lowside dock. A magistrate comes looking for answers. For justice.

Alys trades and sells secrets among the gangs and factions of Lowside. She is a daughter of the underworld. Bold. Cunning. Free. When an old lover asks for help, she agrees. For a price.

Together, they travel into the dark heart of the underworld in search of a killer.

Purchase the novella at Amazon.

Faith and Moonlight by Mark Gelineau & Joe King

Genre: Fantasy

Series: Faith and Moonlight #1

Publisher: Self Published (December 15, 2015)

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Length: 104 pages

Roan and Kay are orphans.

A fire destroys their old life, but they have one chance to enter the School of Faith.

They are given one month to pass the entry trials, but as Roan excels and Kay fails, their devotion to each other is put to the test.

They swore they would face everything together, but when the stakes are losing the life they’ve always dreamed of, what will they do to stay together?

What won’t they do?

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Broken Banners by Mark Gelineau & Joe King

Genre: Fantasy

Series: A Reaper of Stone #2

Publisher: Self Published (February 15, 2016)

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Length:  90 pages

Slaughtered and left for crows, soldiers of the King’s Army lay dead in a field. A grim reminder: the king’s law ends at the gates of the capital.

Elinor fought for what she believed and now she is an outcast. No soldier will follow her. No officer will stand with her. Yet when she finds her brothers and sisters slaughtered, she cannot turn her back on them.

Long ago, they swore an oath. Not to the king, but to each other.

And woe to those who break that bond.

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Skinshaper by Mark Gelineau & Joe King

Genre: Fantasy/Horror

Series: Rend the Dark #2

Publisher: Self Published (March 15, 2015)

Author Information: Website | Twitter

Length: 48 pages

Barricades broken.

A mining town empty.

One survivor swings in a cage, waiting to die.

Ferran’s tattoos burn as horrors near. They should run. They should seek help. But to save a few, they must journey deeper into the heart of the nightmare to face an ancient foe.

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