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Leah R. Cutter


A Sword's Poem

Leah R. Cutter

Hikaru and her one true love Norihiko defy their families and kitsune (fox fairy) tradition by getting married. However, an evil magician ambushes them on their first pilgrimage. He kills Norihiko, steals his soul, then re-forges it into a sword. Hikaru seeks the sword, determined to break the curse and bring back her one true love, no matter the cost to herself or her family.

Paper Mage

Leah R. Cutter

Set during the T'ang Dynasty, Xiao Yen, with the help of her aunt, becomes a paper mage: she folds paper into an animal or a thing, then does magic, so the paper becomes what she's folded. However, she is still a woman trying to fill a man's roll. The only people who will hire her are foreigners. She must leave her beloved home and travel with them, protecting their cargo, from the end of the Silk Road to the northern reaches of the Middle Kingdom. She accepts her obligation to them and her aunt, though she's torn between her duty and a longing for a normal life, with children of her own.

Just before she leaves, Xiao Yen loses her lucky amulet. Things get worse after that, between misunderstandings with the foreigners, the dangers of the trail, and their traveling companions. Before long, Xiao Yen gets involved with a goddess' battle against a northern warlord. But attacking a rat dragon, and destroying a Taoist immortal, are the least of the battles Xiao Yen must face.

The Caves of Buda

Leah R. Cutter

Zita made some bad choices during college. Now, she has a stable job, a stable relationship, but she isn't happy. Plus, her grandfather, Laci, is showing signs of dementia, complaining that demons are attacking him. He insists he must return to Budapest because demons don't die: They must be killed.

When Laci runs away to Hungary, Zita must follow him, striking out on a new path that will completely change her life.

The Immortals' War

Leah R. Cutter

Tong Yi lives in Taiwan and works as a messenger for Huli Transport--a company that specializes in delivering messages and packages for non-humans. He values his oath to the company and makes heroic efforts to ensure the messages entrusted to him arrive safely and on time.

However, between the awesome motorcycle he rides who insists of "dancing" with him by fishtailing and trying to dump him every chance she gets, and the brewing war between the non-humans, "...or die trying" seems more likely with every message he delivers.

And then his brother turns up as a combatant, and possibly his enemy...

If you enjoy Chinese myths and legends woven into a modern story, you'll love "The Immortals' War."

The Jaguar and the Wolf

Leah R. Cutter

Tyrthbrand the Viking wears the band of Tyr on his sword arm, and has achieved much through the grace of his god. But Tyrthbrand wants to be his own man, completing deeds that he alone can claim. When he accidentally kills a man at Leif Erikson's camp in Vineland, he flees south with his ship and crew, seeking a land free of skraelings and gods, where he can gain riches and fame.

Lady Two Bird, former Mayan high priestess of Ix Chebel, has watched her power fade with age. Forced into retirement, she is afraid of fading into the earth without seeing her name written on the temple stairs.

Thrown together into an unlikely alliance, Tyrthbrand and Lady Two Bird must save each other in the coming battles between the Itza city-states, as well as survive the collision of the Viking and Mayan gods that threatens both Heaven and earth.

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