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Colleen Cowley

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Colleen Cowley writes romantic fantasy in warped real-world settings with wizards, amazing women, swoony pining and swoopy coats.

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Average rating: 4.08 · 5,369 ratings · 713 reviews · 12 distinct works • Similar authors

	Subversive (Clandestine Magic, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 1,990 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Radical (Clandestine Magic, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 1,135 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revolutionary (Clandestine Magic, #3) 4.06 avg rating — 991 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Opposite of Magic 3.93 avg rating — 494 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Into the Bargain: A Clandestine Magic Fairy Tale 4.06 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clandestine (Clandestine Magic, #0.5) 3.74 avg rating — 65 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clandestine Magic (Books 1-3): A romantic fantasy series box set 4.41 avg rating — 44 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Interlude: A Clandestine Magic Short Story 4.03 avg rating — 39 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Contrariwise 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clandestine Magic, Books 1-3: A Romantic Fantasy Series Box Set by Colleen Cowley (Goodreads Author), Leanne Woodward (Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Down the rabbit hole (for eight years)

This is the problem with wild ideas: They tend to eat up your life.

I went down the rabbit hole for one of those ideas eight years ago, and I'm coming up for air now with a completed romantic fantasy trilogy. (What's been happening the past eight years? Anything I should know about?)

The Clandestine Magic series is for readers who like determined-as-heck female protagonists, problematic wizards, po Read more of this blog post »

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Published on September 27, 2020 14:45 • Tags: alternative-history, fantasy, gaslamp-fantasy, romance, romantic-fantasy, strong-female-characters, wizards, women-s-rights

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“I don’t know.” She frowned. “It’s exactly like a word on the tip of your tongue or a memory just beyond your grasp. Maddening.”
― Colleen Cowley, Subversive

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“If you narrow someone’s options to nurse, schoolteacher, secretary or wife,” Beatrix said, “you’ll get Bettys who aim their ambition at powerful men, or in this case the son of one.”
― Colleen Cowley, Radical

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Making Connections: 1804. - THE OPPOSITE OF MAGIC by Colleen Cowley	21	62	Dec 09, 2013 08:08AM
Aussie Readers: * What Are You Currently Reading? (doesn't have to be an Aussie book)	15617	2523	Mar 07, 2016 06:26PM
Making Connections: 5917. Subversive (Clandestine Magic #1) by Colleen Cowley	7	31	Dec 26, 2020 11:37AM
Turn of a Page: 12 Days of Christmas	46	126	Dec 18, 2024 05:59AM
A Million More Pages: * TBR Series Challenge - December 2024	12	25	Dec 26, 2024 04:48PM
A Million More Pages: Let's Party!	33	67	Dec 31, 2024 10:40PM
Turn of a Page: December 2024 Read-a-thon	39	69	Jan 01, 2025 06:40AM
A Million More Pages: Amber J's TBR Series Challenge 2025	5	11	Jan 15, 2025 11:50AM
Turn of a Page: Take the Plunge	43	144	Jan 16, 2025 06:10AM
Turn of a Page: January 2025 Read-a-thon	51	100	Jan 17, 2025 08:41PM

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“The only crime she'd ever commited thus far was being born.”
― L. Penelope, Song of Blood & Stone

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