New Fantasy Novel: The Sought-After and the Scorned out now!
The Sought-After and the Scorned
Esper is honored to be chosen. As the most powerful witch of her generation, she’s on the path to follow in her father’s footsteps in the Citadel, where talented wizards rule the large city of Aelindor. She jumps at the opportunity to infiltrate the Revolt and finally free her people from the young rebellion stirring in her city. She’s honored. She’s powerful. She’s going to change the world.
She isn’t supposed to fall in love with one of the people trying to kill her. And she really isn’t supposed to sympathize with their plight.
As Esper navigates the strange space between these two polarized sides, she has to decide what she’s willing to compromise for the admiration of her father, and if his pride is more important than new friends and a woman whose touch is made of gold.
#2 Above the Blistering Sea
The story of Cassia and her friends continue as they journey into the uncertain, war-torn country of Thyria. While some stay behind in Atlas to deal with the continued murder of innocent civilians, the others head east to confront the mysterious leader of the human rebellion, Shae, who has plans for her new fae recruits. Shae has heard tale of a pirate who is more god than man. Someone who has dominion over the sea. Someone with power to calm crashing waves and swirling storms. A man whose silver marks have all turned black.
As Cassia follows the trail south, her own silver marks turning black one by one, she comes face-to-face with the realization that the Summer King might have taken more from her than she thought.
Join Cassia and her friends in this second installment to The Flaring Moon series, where painful truths are laid to light and desperate longings finally given name.
#1 Under the Endless Sun
In a land of endless summer, trouble is brewing. With magic outlawed and offenders systematically executed, the people of Ellery are kept under strict orders to never stray from the path the Summer King lays before them. The servants, soldiers, and stable-hands in the castle know the boundaries of the king's goodwill all too well. Bonded by their servitude, a group of fast friends are faced with a choice as a wave of brutal murders shatters the illusion of peace in the castle: to remain complacent in the face of oppression or summon the courage to stand together and fight for a brighter future. But the cost of their defiance may prove higher than they ever imagined.
About M.J. Wood
M.J. writes sapphic fantasy filled with magic, rebellion, and morally questionable decisions. If there’s a throne, it’s probably stolen. If there’s a prophecy, it’s probably ominous. And if there’s romance, it’s definitely angsty and full of yearning.
When not writing, M.J. can usually be found running, plotting fictional betrayals, or staring dramatically into the distance like one of their protagonists.
Their books are available on Amazon, and you can find them lurking on Bluesky @mjwoodbooks.bsky.social
Contact: mjwoodbooks@gmail.com