{"id":32,"date":"2016-06-26T16:49:07","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T00:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/laylalawlor.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2025-05-30T11:59:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T19:59:01","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/laylalawlor.com\/wordpress\/books\/","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Writing as Layla Lawlor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keeley &amp; Associates (2020-present)<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Urban fantasy\/mystery<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1014\" src=\"https:\/\/laylalawlor.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/covers2022-keeley-1024x1014.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laylalawlor.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/covers2022-keeley-1024x1014.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/laylalawlor.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/covers2022-keeley-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/laylalawlor.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/covers2022-keeley-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/laylalawlor.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/covers2022-keeley-768x761.jpg 768w, https:\/\/laylalawlor.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/covers2022-keeley-1536x1521.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/laylalawlor.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/covers2022-keeley-1200x1189.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/laylalawlor.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/covers2022-keeley.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>James Keeley has a magic gun with a mind of its own and a 1920s flapper&#8217;s ghost haunting the basement of his office, and the first decent case he&#8217;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&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B08JM5NZVV\/\">Dragon &amp; Detective<\/a><br>2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B08JM3JLFC\/\">Ghost &amp; Gumshoe<\/a><br>3. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B08NT5Y36G\">Fae &amp; Flatfoot<\/a> <br>4. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B08PVZHW5D\">Dick &amp; Demon<\/a> <br> 5. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B09JYMBJQ9\">Ghost &amp; Gambler<\/a><br>6. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B09X9W73H8\">Shamus &amp; Shifter<\/a><br>7. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0BTKD7FP7\">Sleuth &amp; Psychic<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B097LF2HW7\">Keeley &amp; Associates Collection #1<\/a> (collecting #1-3 + a bonus story)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0CHPZ3D26\">Keeley &amp; Associates Collection #2<\/a> (collecting #4-6)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gatekeeper Chronicles (2020)<\/strong> &#8211; <em>New Adult Urban Fantasy, F\/F pairing<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B08CHHY23N\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"511\" src=\"https:\/\/laylalawlor.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/covers2020-gatekeeper-1024x511.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laylalawlor.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/covers2020-gatekeeper-1024x511.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/laylalawlor.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/covers2020-gatekeeper-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/laylalawlor.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/covers2020-gatekeeper-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/laylalawlor.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/covers2020-gatekeeper-1536x767.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/laylalawlor.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/covers2020-gatekeeper-1200x599.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/laylalawlor.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/covers2020-gatekeeper.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When legends go rogue &#8230; 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&#8217;d better ace Monster Hunting 101, because there&#8217;s no do-over for <em>this<\/em> final exam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B084X2J1R1\">Rogue Myths<\/a><br>2. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B08BG72H91\">Echo City<\/a> <br>3. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B08F3VL1WS\">Hollow Souls<\/a> <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B08P9XVXYC\/\">Complete series collection<\/a> (ebook only)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Standalones<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B084RN9TR6\">The Girl Who Loved Mountains<\/a> &#8211; A fantasy novella about a wandering collector of other people&#8217;s stories who finds herself becoming part of a dark fairy tale herself. <a href=\"https:\/\/dl.bookfunnel.com\/ceqagsxsrq\">Download a free version here!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B08QG4DBLG\">Perfect Apples &amp; Other Stories<\/a> &#8211; A &#8220;best of&#8221; collection of short fiction from my mailing list, sent out from March-Oct. 2020. Twelve short stories &#8211; and one novelette &#8211; to bring you a little everyday magic.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dl.bookfunnel.com\/j9k034u6ri\">Download a free version here!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Keep reading for my other pen names &#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Julie Ecker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is my cozy mystery pen name. <a href=\"https:\/\/julieecker.com\/\">Visit Julie&#8217;s website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"underline\" style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Alaska Campground Cozy Mysteries <\/span><\/strong>(Denali Park mysteries)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0C42G7YSB\">A Midlife Mountain Murder<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0C9L5Y985\">A Case of Moose-Taken Identity<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0C9L21K2D\">A Locked Outhouse Mystery<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\" class=\"underline\">Mistletoe Falls<\/span><\/strong> (Christmas mysteries)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0CKMYYVX5\">Maisie&#8217;s Christmas Cottage Murder<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/MaisieCarousel\">Maisie&#8217;s Christmas Carousel Murder<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"underline\" style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Aunt Alice&#8217;s Bookshop<\/span><\/strong> (Bookish mysteries)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/BookshopAlice1\">Murder in the Marginalia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/BookshopAlice2\">The Cat and the Codex<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lauren Esker<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is my M\/F paranormal romance pen name. I have over 40 books out as Lauren, so it is probably easiest to just direct you to my Lauren website where you can read about them! <a href=\"https:\/\/laurenesker.com\/\">Visit Lauren&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mar Delaney<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is my F\/F paranormal\/fantasy romance pen name (currently on hiatus). All books are standalones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Books<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B094HGT1ZB\">Moose Madness<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B09H55TGXK\">Wolf Country<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B09J294WBF\">Finder&#8217;s Keeper<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writing as Layla Lawlor Keeley &amp; Associates (2020-present) &#8211; Urban fantasy\/mystery James Keeley has a magic gun with a mind of its own and a 1920s flapper&#8217;s ghost haunting the basement of his office, and the first decent case he&#8217;s had in a long time is a dragon hiring him to solve a locked-room mystery. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/laylalawlor.com\/wordpress\/books\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Books&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-32","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laylalawlor.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laylalawlor.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laylalawlor.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laylalawlor.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laylalawlor.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":64,"href":"https:\/\/laylalawlor.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":722,"href":"https:\/\/laylalawlor.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions\/722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laylalawlor.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}