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J.A. Ironside

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Urban fantasy and historical fiction author J.A. Ironside masquerades by day as member of the county library service, which strangely enough has less to do with books than you would think.

Jules grew up in Dorset in a house full of books, which probably explains a lot about how her mind works. You might think that folklore, fringe science, history, physics, magic and supernatural mystery wouldn’t go all that well together, but she’s hell bent on proving they do. Her urban fantasy series Harker & Blackthorn is now ten books long and counting. It features a sentient museum because someone needs to keep track of what’s going on. Unveiled – another UF series set in the same universe – is now complete.

Jules is also determined to show that histori
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J.A. Ironside So sorry. I missed this. Please feel free to post a promotion - there's the book market folder and a promotions folder so whichever fits your needs be…moreSo sorry. I missed this. Please feel free to post a promotion - there's the book market folder and a promotions folder so whichever fits your needs best. If you are after reviewers again, please do say.(less)
J.A. Ironside I was hoping to get Take the Low Road out this month, however a number of factors have thwarted me (health, work, other projects etc). So I'll aim for…moreI was hoping to get Take the Low Road out this month, however a number of factors have thwarted me (health, work, other projects etc). So I'll aim for early February 2025 BUT if I can bring the release date forward, I will.

At present, Take the Low Road is almost done on its final edit. The following few books - Winter's Teeth, Born to Endless Night, She Who Fights Monsters - are all written. And the final book - The Evil that Men Do - is about 20k words off being complete (hoping to finish that first draft over Christmas).

I really was hoping to get the rest of Season 3 of Harker & Blackthorn out in 2024, but life got in the way. Definitely be releasing the rest of the series in 2025. (less)
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“You know why I really hated you? With all that you had you were just so oblivious to it all. You didn't use your beauty. You didn't ever try to get what you wanted. You didn't deserve what you had. I did because I would have used it. And you just...loved me. Loved me no matter what I did. You have no idea how I despised you for that. I wanted you gone."

'The Yielding”
J.A. Ironside, A Chimerical World: Tales of the Unseelie Court

“She was everywhere. She was screaming in her tortured body. She was watching from cameras in every room. She was the false weather system and the storage devices. She was the gate keeper, throwing six shirts over her swan-brothers necks...opening six doors for her brothers to step through as young men, though their bodies were long gone, used up by the organ banks of the upper castes.

A Lamentation of Swans”
J.A. Ironside, A Seeming Glass: a Collection of Reflected Tales

“Every time I had things straight in my head about
him, I saw him smile or crook an eyebrow, and all my sensible reasons on why I couldn’t have feelings for him seemed redundant.”
J.A. Ironside, I Belong to the Earth

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