J R Pearse Nelson: 14 books

You shouldn’t tread in the woods alone. In the arms of night. Shouldn’t tread in the woods alone. In the arms of night… When Micah finds his pregnant wife suffering from a high fever and a vicious rash, he dreads the diagnosis. The Arms of Night have been known to...

For those born at the seam in the veil... Alana has always seen spirits, but after her parents death they are her only company. Lonely and hungry, she seeks out the spirits on Samhain night – her seventeenth birthday – hoping that on this night they can tell her the purpose her second sight...

The story of a lifetime. The end of a life. Jennifer and her laid-off reporter husband are on a spur of the moment road trip to lighten Larry’s unemployment blues. There turns out to be more to see in the desert than they imagined. Can Jennifer turn their troubles around with the story of...

Noctua is not free. Choices are few, and precious. Lili has been raised in the warmth of her grandmother’s kitchen. But ever since the Comandante closed the city when Lili was small, Grandmama has been fomenting revolution inside the safety of these walls. And the freedom sought in Mother...

Sometimes a dream is just the beginning. Isa's dreams hold power. The entire village knows it, which is why she is not yet married with a home of her own. At the end of a long cruel winter, she receives a dream that she can't stop thinking about. Could the dream be the answer to her family's hunger? Might she finally prove her worth at the same time?

School was hard enough when she didn’t have to avoid the sun… Angel Rose Channing didn't ask for the added drama of being turned into a teenage vampire. Her old problems with boys and gossipy friends sound downright easy compared with struggling not to murder people. She used to be able...

The crazy things a goddess will do for love… Stricken by jealousy, the goddess Freyja curses her human lover to the shape of a giant boar during daylight. Otta is too beautiful and unwittingly competes for the attention she’s accustomed to receiving. Still he loves her and will not leave...

So many secrets, under the surface of the world you think you know. Have you ever had cause to wonder…reallywonder…just what you are? Maybe you’re one of the lucky ones. Both parents accounted for and all on the up-and-up. But not everyone has it so good. Water Rites is the first...

Suspicion and stubbornness have never served Sage so well… There are moments when the panic swells in me as I realize afresh what I have done. To betray the immortal I was raised to serve… What was I thinking? But those are just moments. Every day I live with the consequences, and they’re...

Stubborn and suspicious are two qualities that don’t go over well in the Queen family… Where does my story truly begin? Maybe with the birth of twins to a soon-dead witch. Or possibly with the name bestowed on me by the Lady, the immortal we serve. She called me Sage, and my sister Wren....

In the centuries old struggle for territory between selkies and finfolk, Lorelei is something new. Can she survive the novelty? Crestfallen is the second book in the Water Rites fantasy trilogy, where there’s more to sea storms and the ocean’s depths than we mere human mortals understand....

Beware the stinging vengeance of tiny people... Mr. Gordon was a practical man. He believed church was for holidays, if then, but was religious about his semi-annual dentist visits. He believed in eating a good, hearty breakfast after his morning workout, and letting the cat out before he left...

Trouble is coming. Selkies and finfolk are enemies for a reason. Lorelei can’t afford to forget it. Castle and Crown is the final book in the Water Rites fantasy trilogy, where there’s more to sea storms and the ocean’s depths than we mere human mortals understand. Where the legends live...

So many secrets, under the surface of the world you think you know. Have you ever had cause to wonder…really wonder…just what you are? Maybe you’re one of the lucky ones. Both parents accounted for and all on the up-and-up. But not everyone has it so good. ***A series collection...