Rhodren, baron of the Bois Argent, is commanded by his king to investigate the disappearance of two troops and a caravan, lost at the abandoned citadel of the Archais, deep in the desert. Yet when he and his men reach the border, a flock of crows and ravens attack.

Surviving that attack, Rhodren and his men are then confronted by slavering panthers. Inkeri comes to their aid.

Idros Ahdreide has predators aplenty, all willing to feast on the wariest of travelers. What enemy marshals these dangers? What evil lurks at the Archais?

Will a wielder of elemental Water and a leader of mortal men discover the truth without becoming prey for the desert predators?

To Curse the Wyre ~ the concluding Novella in the trilogy Spells of Air

Hunter. Hunted. Who is who?

Ebook only. Part of the Spells of Air series, featuring the not-wizard Oriella and the mercenary Rhoghieri named Grim.

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08XKBFGCC

The Riven Gate ~ The Center Novella in the trilogy Spells of Earth

Bloody fate balances death on one scale, destruction on the other. Will Desora and Brax survive their next encounter with an eldritch monster?

Ebook only. Book 2 of the Spells of Earth series.

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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09WJQHL2S

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Celebrations in January

Posted on January 5, 2026December 26, 2025 by writer35_bg

Start January off Right!

Three Books to Enjoy!

From M.A. Lee, we have two Regency mysteries with a dash of suspense.

From Remi Black, we have the second novella in the Fae Mark’d World series, Spells of Air.

Mysteries Fused with Romance

First up, we have two of the three Key titles in the Hearts in Hazard series. All three have strong male protagonists. With The Key for Spies, Lee also achieved 1.5 million published fiction words. With all the titles that she’s published since 2019, she’s over 2 million published words.

The third book in the subseries is The Key with Hearts. We’ll celebrate that novel in February.

On January 15, The Key for Spies.

Spies and traitors. Lies and treachery. Unexpected love where bullets fly.

One traitor destroys loyalty. What will two traitors destroy?

Here are three links.

View the trailer for The Key for Spies: https://youtu.be/Ehc7VxUxCp4

The ebook and paperback can be published at online distributors everywhere or ask for it at the library:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MTSQTY7
Barnes and Noble / Kobo / and others https://books2read.com/u/3RKYpj

On January 20

The Key to Secrets, book 7 in the Hearts in Hazard series, published in 2018 and featuring one of Lee’s recurring characters, Constable Hector Evans.

Dark Hearts and Sharp Knives.

Hector Evans has plenty of suspects for a bloody death—including the woman he once loved.

View the trailer at this link: https://youtu.be/1Sj7NfvxzXg

The ebook and paperback can be found at online distributors or ask for it your library.

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0795F86YW

B&N / Kobo and more: https://books2read.com/u/mZj0Ke

Fantasy Fused with Romance

On January 25 is Remi Black’s To Charm the Wind, second in the trilogy Spells of Air.

When Haven isn’t a Sanctuary—

When the untried wizard Orielle enters the Wilding on her journey to Iscleft Haven, she expects threats from bears and mountain lions, vipers and hornets.

She certainly doesn’t expect the creatures of legend: wraiths and gobbers, shape-shifting wyre, and the Dark Fae called the Kyrgy.

Grim, an outcast from Iscleft Haven, is the keen steel that stands with her against these dangers.

Yet when they reach the Haven, the elder arrests Grim. The Haveners aren’t interested in a renewed alliance with the Wizard Enclave.

Is her mission for the Enclave in vain?

Will she ever escape the Wilding?

Buy the ebook at online distributors:
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TY6HLWY
Online at other retailers: https://books2read.com/u/bzeJ7E
Buy the paperback bundle containing To Wield the Wind, To Charm the Wind, and To Curse the Air, entitled Spells of Air, only at Amazon: Spells of Air: Fae Mark’d World 1 to 3: Black, Remi: 9781737422648: Amazon.com: Books
Watch the bundle trailer here: https://youtu.be/PqjouEJtbjY

Enjoy January and look forward to February.

The thaw is coming!

Who is the Fae Mark’d Wizard in Weave a Wizardry Web?

Posted on August 5, 2025March 19, 2026 by writer35_bg

Fantasy Set In A Renaissance World

Weave A Wizardry Web by Remi Black

Least becomes great. Greatest becomes least.

Two wizards travel sharp-bladed roads in Weave a Wizardry Web.

Wizard against sorcerer.
Fae against dragon.
Wyre against Rhoghieri.

As children in the Wizard Enclave, Camisse and her niece Alstera recited that catechism daily. Yet the war against sorcery seems far from the Enclave, and the current leaders have forgotten that childhood chant.

What happens when forbidden magic lures wizards?

How many die when shape-shifting wyres invade the Wizard Enclave?

Can Alstera escape the spidery lure of corrupted magic? Or will she become the shifters’ next target?

Meet Alstera at this link.

Meet Camisse in this excerpt.

Click here for information about Web and the Enclave:

https://remiblack.blogspot.com/2021/05/weave-wizardry-web.html

To view on Amazon, click here.

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Twisted Magic in Weave a Wizardry Web

Posted on August 4, 2025March 19, 2026 by writer35_bg

Twisted magic. Foul sorcery. Dark corruption.

Weave a Wizardry Web

Frost Clime threatens the Wizard Enclave. Sorcerers and their servants, shape-shifting wyre, have stolen into the city of Tres Lucerna, home to the Enclave.

Alstera is the greatest of the young wizards in the Enclave.

She’s treated like the least.

Alstera is desperate to join the war against Frost Clime, but the chief wizards refuse. Denied her wish, Alstera explores other ways to increase power.

A Fae disguised in glamour courts her aunt Camisse … but for what purpose? Does Camisse have latent power that the Fae will control? Will a forbidden linkage unlock her magic?

And what of Alstera’s cousins, who have joined an outland wizard’s circle? They dabble in twisted magic.

Danger walks the streets of Tres Lucerna, yet the chief wizards refuse to acknowledge it. Rumors fly … of a taboo nexus of power, of vile blood spells, and of enemy shape-shifters in the heart of the Wizard Enclave.

Then wizards are murdered.

A grim future awaits any wizard lured into forbidden Twisted magic,

And a grimmer death awaits wizards caught by the shifters.

Can Alstera escape the spidery lure of corrupted magic? Or will she become the shifters’ next target?

A dark fantasy of twisted magic, Weave a Wizardry Web by Remi Black is first in the Fae Mark’d Wizard series. Dream a Deadly Dream and Sing a Graveyard Song continue the series.

Visit remiblack.blogspot.com to connect with Remi Black.

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View the Trailer

https://youtu.be/jePz27U2Y6U

Weave a Wizardry Web :: free glimpse of the Fae Pearroc Seale

Posted on August 3, 2025March 19, 2026 by writer35_bg

Here’s a free glimpse at an opening chapter of Weave a Wizardry Web, by Remi Black, available exclusively from Amazon

Weave a Wizardry Web ~ book 1 in the series Fae Mark’d Wizard

Why has the Fae Pearroc Seale assumed the glamour of a Wizard?

What’s his goal?

Chapter 1

Pearroc Ciele poured Fae power into the newly learned wizard spell. Even as it flashed lightning bright, he recognized the weakness that shattered through the spell.

“If you are to pass yourself off as a wizard during the Trials, you must defend as a wizard would, not as a Fae would.”

He twisted his shoulders. The aged man never missed a point when teaching

wizardry. He might be too weary to rise from the chair provided by the arena master, but his black eyes snapped onto a flaw and his quick mind decoded the reason for that flaw. Fae spell contorted to look like wizardry: most wizards would miss the foundation hidden by the swirling energies. Pater Drakon never missed it.

Sine Pearroc’s springtime arrival, Drakon had trained him. Pearroc had selected the aged man, one of the few clan leaders who supported Faeron. A Blade sent in secret to the wizards by his queen the Maorketh Alaisa, he fumbled like a child at some lessons. He didn’t regret his apprenticeship to the master wizard, but it was High Summer, and still he trained.

The old wizard had a point. The Fae sparked power from the tangible element: a flame for Fire, soil for Earth, and on to Air and Water. Then they built the spell based on the power borrowed from the element.s Wizards needed nothing to spark power; it came from their essence. Though Pearroc wielded wizard-shaped power, he still needed a tangible element to initiate his spells. And as he fought to twist his spells to match to wizardry, he often dropped back to the easy Fae wielding.

The sudden clash of steel against steel jerked his head around. Power sparked at his fingertips.

“Stand down,” the Drakon clan leader said. “It’s a practice arena. Are you expecting someone to assassinate me?”

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