I’ve been getting some questions about my Mythos Academy young adult urban fantasy series, which wrapped up with Killer Frost, book six, last year.

As of right now, I don’t have any plans to write any more Mythos Academy books. Instead, I will have a new young adult urban fantasy series out in 2015. Woot!

It’s called the Black Blade series, and it features magic, monsters, and mobsters. The heroine is Lila Merriweather, a 17-year-old thief who does her best to avoid the Families (mobs) that run her town, a total tourist trap known for the monsters that haunt the area. But, of course, Lila finds herself in the middle of a feud between two of the Families. There’s a cute guy in the mix too. As of right now, there will be three books in the series.

Cold Burn of Magic, the first book, will be released on April 28 by Kensington.

Dark Heart of Magic, the second book, is tentatively set to be released on Oct. 27. The third book will probably be out in May 2016, but that is subject to change.

Cold Burn of Magic is up for pre-order at the following sites:

Amazon Kindle / Amazon paperback / Barnes & Noble / Books-A-Million / iBooks / IndieBound / Kobo

And here is the book description:

THERE BE MONSTERS HERE…

It’s not as great as you’d think, living in a tourist town that’s known as “the most magical place in America.” Same boring high school, just twice as many monsters under the bridges and rival Families killing each other for power.

I try to keep out of it. I’ve got my mom’s bloodiron sword and my slightly illegal home in the basement of the municipal library. And a couple of Talents I try to keep quiet, including very light fingers and a way with a lock pick.

But then some nasty characters bring their Family feud into my friend’s pawn shop, and I have to make a call—get involved, or watch a cute guy die because I didn’t. I guess I made the wrong choice, because now I’m stuck putting everything on the line for Devon Sinclair. My mom was murdered because of the Families, and it looks like I’m going to end up just like her…

You can read the first chapter of Cold Burn of Magic here. Scroll down and click on the Read Excerpt tab.

I hope that everyone enjoys Cold Burn of Magic when it is released.