Nelson & MacIlwraith
Moon Murder Mysteries
Jared
"K. Sterling continues to amaze me. This book was sooo good, and it really had so much going for it: excitement, tension, mystery, high stakes, lovable characters, spicy romance, fun twists, I could keep going!"
Mx T Books
"this trilogy was amazing: the murder mystery, the characters, the magic, the multiple interwoven storylines, the love story... LOVE IT!"
Patti M
“Came for the mystical mystery, stayed for the top notch UST and food descriptions that left me with an oddly powerful craving for oatmeal”
Moon Murder Mysteries #1
No one wants a witch for a partner.
Time is running out, and the deck is stacked against Professor Lennox “Nox” MacIlwraith, unorthodox expert on the occult, rumored psychic, and witch. Six girls have been abducted and now another has been found dead, tied to a tree. The FBI is refusing to see they’re connected, but Nox suspects a serial kidnapper and killer connected to an ancient Celtic cult is to blame.
Everyone in the FBI hates Agent Grady Nelson. Nelson’s ready to kiss what’s left of his career goodbye when he’s ordered to work with the crackpot “sketchy professor” on what should be a nuisance case. The investigation turns into a professional minefield, but all Nelson cares about is solving the case before the next full moon. If not, he fears the remaining girls will be sacrificed to a mythical god-king.
Rules are broken and lines are crossed as Nelson falls under Nox’s spell and begins to suspect his partner might be a real witch.
Nox is a little bit witchcraft, Nelson is a little bit Federal Bureau. Together, they’re a wickedly good team, but can they find the missing girls before it’s too late? Nox is prepared to sacrifice his own career and his life to save them. He’d also like to save Nelson, but is Nox ready to sacrifice his heart too?
Moon Murder Mysteries #2
What’s it like having a witch for a partner?
Nelson has figured out that keeping Nox satisfied is the key to his freedom during the day. But he’s afraid their mystical connection could be harming Nox. And that’s not their only problem. They’re still working on the Moon Murder Mysteries and now, suspects and witnesses are dropping like flies. And their murderer is getting far too close to home.
Nelson & MacIlwraith: Moon Murder Mysteries #2 is a paranormal mystery book, with an MM couple, plenty of spice, a murderer to catch, and a continuation of the overarching magical storyline based on Celtic mythology.
Nox is a little bit witchcraft. Nelson is a little bit Federal Bureau. Together, they’re a wickedly good team, but can they solve the puzzle and catch a murderer before Nox’s fate catches up with them?
Moon Murder Mysteries #3
The Moon Murder Mysteries conclude…
Nelson & Nox are hunting for the real killer behind the Moon Murder Mysteries, but they’re having to do that while preventing a god from getting what he wants.
With Nelson learning more than he ever thought possible about sex magick, Nox needs to make peace with his past and come to terms with who he is, but can he do that while curses abound and the killer is far too close to home?
Nox is a little bit witchcraft. Nelson is a little bit Federal Bureau. Together, they’re a wickedly good team, but can they solve the puzzle and catch a murderer before Nox’s fate catches up with them?
Back In The Hunt
Your soul is his to take. And he takes that very seriously.
After a string of gutting losses, Everly Wells has given up on life. But a near-death experience and an encounter with a cocky paramedic with glowing green eyes, gives Everly a new reason to live…and powerful allies fighting to keep him out of danger.
Bryn Cadwalleder and his twin brother might be descended from the hounds of the Wild Hunt, but there are limits to their powers. When Bryn saves Everly’s life, refusing to take the lost mortal’s soul onwards, he realises darker, stranger forces are at work. Rattled but determined to save Everly’s life, Bryn looks to a very different, but uniquely qualified pair of investigators.
FBI Agent Grady Nelson and Professor Nox MacIlwraith.
To track a foe who uses both modern and ancient means, Nelson and Nox must use their knowledge of the occult and experience fighting crime and evil to help Bryn thwart this new, mystical threat. Can they save Everly, or will Bryn be cursed to an eternity hunting for his lost love?
Formerly listed as The Case of the Curious Cadwelleder, Back In The Hunt is a hurt-comfort, paranormal mystery romance. It overlaps with the epilogue of Nelson & MacIlwraith: Moon Murder Mysteries #3, and references some events from the Moon Murder Mysteries trilogy, but can be read as a stand alone.
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The Tides Of March
Welcome to Pooles Island. Population: 1 very grumpy merrow.
That’s all that Anthony Costa knows about his destination. Weak and barely clinging to consciousness after being attacked by an undead changeling, Tony is left in the care of Ronan O’Sullivan. The young anthropology professor’s fate hangs by a thread and the hideous merrow is Tony’s last hope.
Scorned and abandoned, Ronan has no use for men until he finds a beautiful Roman castaway on his beach. Bound by an ancient oath, Ronan has no choice but to care for Tony. But being a merrow means that Ronan is also burdened by a strong desire to claim the human inhabiting his bed.
There’s more to Tony’s story than he ever imagined and Ronan finds out he’s more than an ugly face, but a mysterious foe has unleashed an ancient horror upon Pooles Island. Ronan sets Tony free in an attempt to fight it on his own and finds himself outmatched by a kraken. Will Tony and his friends make it back in time to save Ronan, or will their love story get swept away with the tide?
**Tides Of March is part of the Nelson & MacIlwraith universe and includes MANY spoilers for the original trilogy.**
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Dead Air
He hid in the woods to escape a monster but found a demon in his bed.
Six years ago, rising political star Niall Gilpatrick was living a lie. A fearless and vocal activist, he hid that he was himself a victim. After a brush with death, Niall ran, starting over as a park ranger in the Shenandoah Mountains.
But now, strange dreams and an impossibly dashing biologist have upended his tranquil existence.
And that was the point.
An ancient Irish demon, Chance Curn was sent to tempt this surprisingly wholesome mortal into selling his soul. He’s haunting Niall’s dreams and playing with his heart, but it is Chance who finds himself in a dangerous trap.
Since when did demons have feelings?
Now, Chance has to decide if he’s willing to risk it all for a mortal and Niall must face his fears to trust a demon with his heart and his life. Can they save each other or will they become dead air?
Dead Air is a paranormal MM romance set in the mountains of rural Virginia. There’s Celtic mythology, an evil plot to foil, and an isolated cabin where no one can hear you scream. Dead Air is set in the world of Nelson & MacIlwraith, but can be read as a standalone.
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The Night Vision
A vision of a corpse in a stream. A man with a heart too wild and a soul too pure for this world.
Parks Service investigator, Agent Silas Shelby, isn’t supposed to chase prophecies. But when an oracle named Tony shows him the skull of a man he’s never met, obsession takes hold. The trail leads him to Tighe Ossor—a descendant of ancient warrior-hunters hiding in the Appalachian wilds.
Tighe walked away from his brutal pack to live free, only to be hunted by a necromancer bent on power. To protect him, Silas must rely on anthropology professor Lennox MacIlwraith, Agent Nelson, and their magikal found family of witches, hellhounds, and medics.
Together, they must outwit dark sorcery before the oracle’s vision comes true. But with destiny, danger, and desire colliding, can Silas save a man fate has already marked for death?
*The Night Vision can be read as a standalone but it includes numerous spoilers for the rest of the series and the original trilogy.
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New God Rising
Their love made him a god. Could it be his undoing?
Professor Lennox MacIlwraith has fought to hang onto his humanity and a life he wasn’t supposed to have. Doomed to be the vessel of an ancient Celtic god, Nox outwitted destiny and death to defeat the Dagda. He found love with his soulmate and has a family again but every day is a battle to suppress his inner deity.
Serve the god, protect the man.
Agent Grady Nelson may have found a higher calling than the FBI but loving a living demigod isn’t for the faint of heart. He’s protected Nox from all manner of evil and now, Nelson faces his greatest challenge. A sadistic and unscrupulous nemesis has discovered that their bond is the source of Nox’s strength… and his greatest weakness.
Gather the hunt.
An unlikely team has formed around Nox and Nelson, ready to settle old scores and prevent a reign of chaos and darkness. What no one can predict or comprehend is the true nature of a god, especially one as capricious as Nox, the new God of Wild Things.
Or what he’d do if anything should happen to Nelson.
Love is powerful enough to create new gods and rewrite legends, but it can turn gods into monsters and inspire unspeakable acts of betrayal. Will Nox and Nelson’s love for each other and their found family of witches, humans, hellhounds, halflings, and demons be enough to save them, or will it be their undoing? Will it be the world’s?