Writing as Layla Lawlor
Keeley & Associates (2020-present) – Urban fantasy/mystery
James Keeley has a magic gun with a mind of its own and a 1920s flapper’s ghost haunting the basement of his office, and the first decent case he’s had in a long time is a dragon hiring him to solve a locked-room mystery. James never could resist a puzzle, but sometimes, curiosity killed the sleuth…
1. Dragon & Detective
2. Ghost & Gumshoe
3. Fae & Flatfoot
4. Dick & Demon
5. Ghost & Gambler
6. Shamus & Shifter
7. Sleuth & Psychic
Keeley & Associates Collection #1 (collecting #1-3 + a bonus story)
Keeley & Associates Collection #2 (collecting #4-6)
Gatekeeper Chronicles (2020) – New Adult Urban Fantasy, F/F pairing
When legends go rogue … call an expert! Art student Kay Darrow never signed up to be the owner of a lifebonded magic sword, but it chose her anyway. Now she’d better ace Monster Hunting 101, because there’s no do-over for this final exam.
1. Rogue Myths
2. Echo City
3. Hollow Souls
Complete series collection (ebook only)
Standalones
The Girl Who Loved Mountains – A fantasy novella about a wandering collector of other people’s stories who finds herself becoming part of a dark fairy tale herself. Download a free version here!
Perfect Apples & Other Stories – A “best of” collection of short fiction from my mailing list, sent out from March-Oct. 2020. Twelve short stories – and one novelette – to bring you a little everyday magic. Download a free version here!
Keep reading for my other pen names …
Julie Ecker
This is my cozy mystery pen name. Visit Julie’s website.
Alaska Campground Cozy Mysteries (Vicki Vandermoon)
- A Midlife Mountain Murder
- A Case of Moose-Taken Identity
- A Locked Outhouse Mystery
- A Haunted Mountain Murder (forthcoming)
Mistletoe Falls (Christmas mysteries)
- Maisie’s Christmas Cottage Murder
- Maisie’s Christmas Carousel Murder (forthcoming)
Lauren Esker
This is my M/F romance pen name. Visit Lauren’s website.
Warriors of Galatea (M/F science fiction romance, 2018-22)
Shifter Agents (M/F paranormal shapeshifter romance, 2015-17)
- Handcuffed to the Bear
- Guard Wolf
- Dragon’s Luck
- Tiger in the Hot Zone
- Shadow Dragon (forthcoming)
Misc books and standalones
- Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
- Keeping Her Pride
- Werewolf Hunter (forthcoming)
Mar Delaney
This is my F/F paranormal/fantasy romance pen name. All books are standalones.
Books
Zoe Chant
Unlike the above pen names, this is a shared pen name – not all me! I’m one of a group of writer friends who write tropey, commercial M/F paranormal shifter romance under the shared pen name Zoe Chant. As Zoe, I’ve written multiple series and several standalones; listed below are all the books that are mine. Visit Zoe’s website.
Stone Shifters (currently in progress, 2021-present)
- Stoneskin Dragon
- Stonewing Guardian
- Stoneheart Lion (forthcoming)
Westerly Cove (complete with three books, more might be added, 2022-23)
Bodyguard Shifters (open-ended, new books added occasionally, 2017-present)
- Bearista
- Pet Rescue Panther
- Bear in a Bookshop
- Day Care Dragon
- Bull in a Tea Shop
- Dancer Dragon
- Babysitter Bear
Bears of Pinerock County (complete series from 2015-17)
- Sheriff Bear
- Bad Boy Bear
- Alpha Rancher Bear
- Mountain Guardian Bear
- Hired Bear
- A Pinerock Bear Christmas
- Pinerock Boxed Set #1 (books 1-3)
- Pinerock Boxed Set #2 (books 4-6)
Standalones (more recent, 2021-22)
Standalones (older, from 2015, the first paranormal romances I wrote)