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J.A. Ironside

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in Dorset, The United Kingdom

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Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Thriller

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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.

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Average rating: 4.46 · 1,441 ratings · 355 reviews · 59 distinct works • Similar authors

	Revolt (The King's Knight #1) 4.26 avg rating — 284 ratings — 3 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
	Treason (The King's Knight #2) 4.42 avg rating — 204 ratings — 3 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
	Tyrant (The King's Knight, #3) 4.56 avg rating — 164 ratings — 3 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
	I Belong to the Earth (Unveiled, #1) 4.39 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2015 — 9 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
	Slice of Death (Harker & Blackthorn #1) 4.24 avg rating — 67 ratings — 3 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
	Loch & Quay (Harker & Blackthorn #2) 4.41 avg rating — 37 ratings — 4 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
	Where Wolves Fear to Prey (Harker & Blackthorn, #11) 4.86 avg rating — 28 ratings — 3 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
	Acquainted with the Night (Harker & Blackthorn, #3) 4.50 avg rating — 30 ratings — 3 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
	For the Dead Travel Fast (Harker & Blackthorn, #7) 4.75 avg rating — 28 ratings — 3 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 Sea in Darkness (Harker & Blackthorn, #6) 4.57 avg rating — 28 ratings — 3 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

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Series by J.A. Ironside

The King's Knight (3 books)
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Harker and Blackthorn (15 books)
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4.53 avg rating — 450 ratings

Unveiled Series (17 books)
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4.61 avg rating — 212 ratings

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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

tags: dark-elves, folk-lore, norse-mythology, revenge, sisters

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“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

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“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

tags: fantasy, fiction, ghosts, mystery, paranormal-romance, paranormal-thriller, possession, romance, supernatural, ya

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“They say a person needs just three things to be truly happy in this world: someone to love, something to do, and something to hope for.”
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“I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.”
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“Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable.”
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“Everyone has talent. What's rare is the courage to follow it to the dark places where it leads.”
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“I shouldn't think even millionaires could eat anything nicer than new bread and real butter and honey for tea.”
― Dodie Smith, I Capture the Castle

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