Sometimes there’s no way to be right. Sometimes you must simply show up and hope that wrong will be enough...

Genevieve, mother to a teenage girl, believes that if she does everything right she can prevent life’s pain from touching either of them. But 15-year-old Kaitlyn failed to get the memo. She’s sullen, sulky, and resentful.

All the patience, humor, and active listening in the world aren’t worth spit when a teen refuses to talk.

And when Kaitlyn declares that Genevieve isn’t her mom—with good reason—their mother-daughter relationship hits crisis. Unless Genevieve can let go of her parenting strategies and tactics to simply be present, Kaitlyn will take a crippling blow to her identity.

Right, Wrong, and Amazing plunges straight to the heart of the dilemma that faces all parents: what do you do when your stellar skills prove powerless against one of life’s curveballs? If you enjoy emotional intensity and rites of passage, you’ll love J.M. Ney-Grimm’s intimate story of how a friend’s secret upends the balance between mother and daughter—and the choices they face to restore it.

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When utter defeat confounds you, where might victory hide?

Uzuri, a new-minted astronomer on her first posting, can’t wait to observe the stars from deep space. But when she awakens unable to form or hold new memories, probing the mysteries of the universe must surrender to unravelling the mystery of her own loss.

She finds the space station entirely deserted and all its floors coated by a black, gritty ash. Alone and without recourse, Uzuri hunts answers.

When she learns the truth of what happened, she must abandon the comforting path of retreat to face disaster, no matter the agony, or suffer her soul’s death.

Read-Only Ash is a science fiction tale of valor in extremity. If you enjoy heroic last stands, grab-by-the-throat intensity, and ultimate peril, you’ll love this ringing-the-changes-on-catastrophe story by J.M. Ney-Grimm.

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What if you fail to wake from dream’s beguiling beauty?

Exhausted but fulfilled by the labor of primordial creation, a god of the ancient world lies sleeping.

When the legions of an aggressive empire march to conquer his river valley, burning villages and salting fields, the river people beg their god to awaken and lend them his strength.

But slumber’s thrall holds him fast. Unless the dreaming titan wins free to take up his daylight calling, his people will perish before the invaders’ swords.

Titan Invictus is a legend of the ancient mythos. If you long for lyrical prose, vivid imagery, and primal archetypes brought to life, you’ll love J.M. Ney-Grimm’s tale of a sleeping colossus.

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Half the key to his escape beckons from cold solitude, the other half from hottest battle...

Coehlin, a merchant-mage and sometime scholar, pursues the ordinary goal of recovering his fortune after the wars—with snatches of arcane reading on the side.

All that changes when he follows his curiosity to a haunted circle of ground. Wielding philosophy and magic where he shouldn’t, Coehlin metamorphoses into a monster trapped in a cursed maze.

As he labors to walk on a pair of bull’s legs and see through bull’s eyes, the maze lures others into its deepening evil. Coehlin must not only devise his own escape, but fight to protect these innocent wayfarers from death.

And when the troll-watch musters to slay the monster in the maze, Coehlin must reach beyond his daily survival. Unless he learns to embrace the serenity hidden beneath his frantic striving and restless scholarship, he and his newest charge will perish in the coming assault.

“To Haunt the Daring Place” is a story of J.M. Ney-Grimm’s troll-infested North-lands. If you enjoy engaging characters, inventive plots, and intricate world-building, then you’ll love her twist on a classic myth.

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More Tales from the North-lands

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When girl confronts demonic citadel, who wins?

Fae awakens without memories, locked in a deserted castle. Who she is and where she comes from—all gone.

By day, beauty from the ages graces the castle—medieval towers, renaissance columns, and gothic vaults—but a miasma of malice and mockery tarnishes its splendor. Once darkness falls, unseen and intangible foes inflict agonizing wounds on any still abroad in its halls.

Worse, Fae suspects that someone she trusted delivered her to this demon-hammered place.

As she hunts for food and water, subtle clues trigger cascades of memory—running races with her cousins, evading discipline from aunts and uncles. She realizes that her survival and theirs depends upon piecing together an elaborate puzzle, with escape its prize and unending imprisonment its penalty.

But unless Fae learns that the power to choose who she will be lies within her own heart, the true key to the mystery will elude her. And if one of her absent cousins grabs the wrong key first—magic or might—primordial chaos will erupt to destroy them all.

Caught in Amber is a mythic tale of family and betrayal with all the twists and moments of sheer joy that J.M. Ney-Grimm brings to epic fantasy.

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What if Beauty faces not only her angry Beast and his curse, but a curse threatening every mage alive?

As a bespelled north-bear, Prince Kellor fights confused rage and wracking pain. Any curse possesses loopholes, but his requires his childhood friend to put her head in the noose for him.

Elle lost track of Kellor long ago and now longs to play flute in the city. But her father insists she forget her musical ambition and marry a local lad. Interrupting the long-running argument, Kellor arrives on their rural doorstep in beast form.

When Elle accompanies Kellor to his lonely, magical and musical palace, her quest to break his curse founders on a hidden proviso at the spell’s heart and the linked urgencies of three strangers: a boy seeking to learn what really happened the day his mother was buried; a healer-turned-bureaucrat longing to cure the afflicted who die on his watch; and a voiceless ghost who haunts the palace halls and yearns to speak her truth.

Confounded by mystery and beguiled by the marvels garnishing Kellor’s home, the pair’s grace period evaporates when Elle unwittingly triggers a trap inherent in the curse. The troll-witch who cast it sweeps in to carry Kellor—and the uncanny miracle he’s devised—away to her frozen citadel.

Both Kellor and Elle must seize destiny by the neck—and refuse to let go—until they make their dreams come true. Or else Kellor will marry the witch’s daughter, while Elle loses him forever.

Troll-magic is a lyrical Beauty and the Beast tale that pits down-to-earth friendship and stirring-the-oatmeal love against malice and distorted will. If you enjoy beguiling characters and intricately braided plots spangled with scintillas of thrilled wonder, you’ll love J.M. Ney-Grimm’s fresh take on an old fairy tale.

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PRAISE FOR TROLL-MAGIC

"...Troll-magic has a certain poetic style I've yet to come across elsewhere. Descriptions are...evocative, characters are natural and complex..." —James J. Parsons, GoodReads

"This is the kind of book that you keep thinking about... All through the day you will find yourself hoping for just a few minutes to pick it up again. Loosely based on a familiar folk tale, the world depicted is magical, but the people are very real." —M.A. Dunn, Smashwords

"Troll-magic was a fun read... This story mixes adventure, romance, life lessons and, of course, magic. J.M. Ney-Grimm has created a fascinating new world. Her detailed descriptions and colourful writing style bring the world of Silmaren and the Norse-lands right off the page and into life." —W. Walsh, Amazon

"Her work compares favorably with Robin McKinley and Patricia McKillip... if you're looking for an intelligent, fun and interesting read, I highly recommend this book." —Mira, Amazon

EXCERPT FROM TROLL-MAGIC

He stood on all fours, his giant clawed paws pushing against the cold flagstones of the hillcot’s terrace. He could manage short intervals of standing on his hind legs—for sniffing the wind or freeing his forward limbs for knocking on a door—but he would be intimidating enough as it was, without looming twelve feet tall.