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By a Silver Thread

Book 1 of the DFZ Changeling series

A new DFZ series! 

In the world's most magical metropolis where spirits run noodle  shops and cash-strapped dragons stage photo-ops for tourists, people  still think fairies are nothing but stories, and that's exactly how the  fairies like it. It's a lot easier to feast on humanity's dreams when no  one believes you exist. But while this arrangement works splendidly for  most fair folk, Lola isn't one of the lucky ones. 


She's a changeling, a fairy monster made just human enough to dupe  unsuspecting parents while fairies steal their real child. The magic  that sustains her was never meant to last past the initial theft,  leaving Lola without a future. But thanks to Victor Conrath, a very  powerful--and very illegal--blood mage, she was given the means to cheat  death. 


For a price. 


Now the only changeling ever to make it to adulthood, Lola has served  the blood mage faithfully, if reluctantly, for twenty years. Her unique  ability to slip through wards and change her shape to look like anyone  has helped make Victor a legend in the DFZ's illegal-magic underground.  It's not a great life, but at least the work is stable... until her  master vanishes without a trace. 


With only a handful left of the pills that keep her human, Lola must  find Victor before she turns back into the fairy monster she was always  meant to be. But with a whole SWAT team of federal paladins hunting her  as a blood-mage accomplice, an Urban Legend on a silent black motorcycle  who won't leave her alone, and a mysterious fairy king with the power  to make the entire city dream, Lola's chances of getting out of this  alive are as slender as a silver thread.

Available now in these formats:

Ebook and Kindle Unlimited

Print Edition in glorious 6x9 Trade Paperback

Audiobook narrated by Naomi Rose-Mock

Print is widely available:

Lola's 1st paperback is a 6x9 trade size. Unlike the eBook and audio though, print is available widely in most places that sell physical books. You will probably need to place an order though as its not widely stocked.


Barnes & Noble

Bookshop.org

Request it from your local bookstore. Anyone with an Ingrams account can place an order. Use ISBN: 9781952367212 


By a Silver Thread should also be accessible to libraries so don't be shy about requesting it.


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