Tag: fantasy

And finally, the omnibus, which will contain all 3 of the Quicksilver stories!

The pirates of Charleston’s Golden Age aren’t as dead as you might think.

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In her centuries-long life, Kulika Yadav has chalked up more than her fair share of regrets. Deserting the crew of former pirate king Bartholomew Roberts is not one of them. She vowed she would never return to his Charleston mansion, knowing that doing so would mean captivity or death. Now, two hundred years after she left, she has no other option: her new master is dying, and the person who holds the key to his cure has disappeared on Bartholomew’s turf.

But Kulika isn’t the only woman on a mission in South Carolina. Patience Quick has been searching for her best friend for six months now, along with enough other missing people to fill a whole deck of cards. She’s willing to do just about anything to find her friend, even if it means following a midnight lead to a colonial-era mansion, where a never-ending pool party is about to turn sinister.

As Bartholomew’s great revelation approaches, his mansion is a powder keg of untrained vampires, and what little control he holds over them is beginning to disintegrate. While Kulika knowingly confronts the man who gave her immortality, Quick is left scrambling to understand the nature of the creatures whose nest she has unwittingly disturbed. When the two women’s paths cross, blood will fly.

The QuickSilver Omnibus edition is a complete collection, containing all three books (Kill Me Quick; A Quick Study; Quick and the Dead) and all six short stories (A Shanty in the Key of F You; Dolce Evita; Ex Marks the Spot; Cara Mia; Bella Donna; Ciao Bella) in Josie Jaffrey’s QuickSilver series, a sapphic dark fantasy series set in Charleston, South Carolina.

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Coming 9 October 2025

More info and order details on Josie’s website

Book 3 today, pirate vampires galore in The Quick and the Dead!

This is how the world ends: with a drip, drip, drip…

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All is not well with the crew of former pirate Bartholomew Roberts. As the day of his great vampire revelation dawns, his mansion is a powder keg of untrained Silver, and what little control he holds over them is beginning to disintegrate.

Kulika is concerned, but she’s even more concerned about what he’s been keeping in his wine cellar. With the whole world about to descend on the mansion for the launch of his new regime, it feels like a bad time to be messing around with mutated zombies and long-incarcerated Silver.

At least Quick is out of harm’s way. Now that she’s found her best friend, they’re getting on the first plane out of Charleston while the going’s good. Quick might not understand why Bartholomew’s letting them leave, but she’s not stupid enough to hang around asking questions either.

All she has to do is get to the airport.

That’s not a lot to ask, is it?

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Quick and the Dead is the third book in Josie Jaffrey’s QuickSilver series, a sapphic dark fantasy series set in Charleston, South Carolina.

Coming 11 September 2025

Visit Josie’s website for more!

Today I’m sharing the cover for book 2 in the Quicksilver trilogy – A Quick Study!

​A covenant in blood can never be broken.

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In the aftermath of the Casting, Kulika and Quick are both irrevocably changed: Quick by Kulika’s blood, and Kulika by her love for Quick.

Under normal circumstances they might be celebrating, but not only is Quick struggling to control her powers, she’s also sworn to Bartholomew and his crew by a blood covenant she cannot break. With Kulika bound to Quick, and Quick bound to Bartholomew, they’re both detained at Bartholomew’s pleasure for the foreseeable future.

As if that wasn’t bad enough, Kulika’s mission is an abject failure. The person she came to South Carolina to find has simply vanished, which means no cure for the fatal poison that’s killing her new master. Soon she’ll have no master at all, and no home to return to.

That’ll work out just fine for Bartholomew. With Quick’s life in his hands, he has all the leverage he needs to force Kulika back to his side.

Kulika is left with a terrible decision: surrender herself to Bartholomew’s covenant, or die trying to free Quick from his control. If Quick’s ever going to learn how to use her powers, then she’d better do it, well, quick.
 

A Quick Study is the second book in Josie Jaffrey’s QuickSilver series, a sapphic dark fantasy series set in Charleston, South Carolina.

Coming 24 July 2025

Visit Josie’s website for more!

Today, I’m sharing the cover for the first book in Josie’s upcoming trilogy – Kill Me Quick.

The pirates of Charleston’s Golden Age aren’t as dead as you might think.

In her centuries-long life, Kulika Yadav has chalked up more than her fair share of regrets. Deserting the crew of former pirate king Bartholomew Roberts is not one of them. She vowed she would never return to his Charleston mansion, knowing that doing so would mean captivity or death. Now, two hundred years after she left, she has no other option: her new master is dying, and the person who holds the key to his cure has disappeared on Bartholomew’s turf.

 But Kulika isn’t the only woman on a mission in South Carolina. Patience Quick has been searching for her best friend for six months now, along with enough other missing people to fill a whole deck of cards. She’s willing to do just about anything to find her friend, even if it means following a midnight lead to a colonial-era mansion, where a never-ending pool party is about to turn sinister.

 While Kulika knowingly confronts the man who gave her immortality, Quick is left scrambling to understand the nature of the creatures whose nest she has unwittingly disturbed. When the two women’s paths cross, blood will fly.

Kill Me Quick is the first book in Josie Jaffrey’s QuickSilver series, a sapphic dark fantasy series set in Charleston, South Carolina.

Coming 5 June 2025

Visit Josie’s website for more info!