“Snarky banter, old enemies, and twists and turns that will keep you guessing to the end—this book has it all.”
The Hellgate Chronicles · Book 2
Reverie
Some enemies don’t stay in the past.
Meg barely survived the chaos of her homecoming. She thought she could catch her breath. The universe disagrees.
An old enemy has returned, fractured friendships hide new dangers, and her found family is under threat. Protecting them means confronting her past—and herself.
Your kind of trouble?
An old enemy returns
The past has unfinished business.
Found family
The people she loves are in danger.
Fractured friendships
Trust is anything but simple.
Secrets and conspiracies
Every answer opens another question.
Dream magic
Reality is no easy refuge.
A heroine over forty
Experience, baggage, and very little patience.
Reverie · Chapter One
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The soundtrack: Bianca’s playlist.
Listen to Bianca’s playlist →Somewhere outside Bellingham
November 2015
“This isn’t the way home,” Allison pointed out, her voice tinged with confusion as I pulled onto the freeway ramp for I-5 heading south.
She’d been pretty quiet since we left the basement of Ziya’s childhood home. Normally, her silence would’ve worried me, but my plate was already overflowing with troubles. Unless she was gushing blood or spontaneously combusting, her issues would have to take a number.
From her spot next to the window, Sam chimed in. “Are we taking Mom back to Elysian?” Once she’d woken up fully, her questions had come at us rapid fire. “I don’t think that’s a good idea. I mean, they’re the ones who lost her to begin with.”
“We’re not taking her back,” Allison said. Her eyes fixed on me with that all too familiar We Need to Talk look.
Bianca gave me a similar look.
I gave both of them my Yeah, No Shit look.
We couldn’t talk about anything right now without Sam hearing. If Allison had told Sam the truth, we could’ve had a real conversation instead of relying on coded glances and hand gestures. But crammed into my truck, that wasn’t happening.
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Jocelyn Lindsay
I give grown women magic. They bring their own baggage. I write The Hellgate Chronicles, where saving the world doesn’t get you out of dealing with your life.
Read the whole series.
Start with Reunion. Read Refuge between Reunion and Reverie. Relic is the prequel, set forty years before Meg’s story. Rapture is coming soon.
Before you start
Can I skip straight to this disaster?
Start with Reunion. Reverie is Book 2 and continues Meg Walker’s story. The baggage makes more sense when you know who packed it.
Where does Refuge fit?
Read Refuge between Reunion and Reverie. The companion novella follows Allison Brooks and her promise to protect a child.
And Relic?
Relic is the prequel novella, set forty years before Meg’s story. It’s free when you join my newsletter.
What kind of trouble am I getting into?
Reverie is adult urban fantasy with found family, fractured friendships, dream magic, and an old enemy who refuses to stay in the past.
Still a heroine over forty?
Still forty-two. Meg Walker brings experience, baggage, and very little patience to protecting the people she calls family.
Publication details
- Paperback ISBN-13
- 9781965215036
- Kindle ISBN-13
- 9781965215029
- Publisher
- Red Glasses Publishing
- Published
- Kindle: April 3, 2025; paperback: April 10, 2025
- Length
- Kindle: 396 pages; paperback: 394 pages
- Formats
- Paperback and Kindle ebook