Thursday, July 31, 2025

NEIGHBORLEE VISITORS GUIDE: Book for August, SHRUNK: THE EXILE OF MAURICE

 

Welcome to the Visitors Guide to Neighborlee, Ohio.

 The most important thing you need to understand: Neighborlee is magic. Some people say the town is alive. It exists to protect the weird and wonderful (and sometimes a little bit scary) from the cold, practical, material world.

More important, Neighborlee protects the outside world from the weird and wonderful that come to visit … and sometimes come to stay.



Come in and explore. Meet the people who guard Neighborlee. Share their adventures of magic and wonder, danger and sacrifice. You never know who or what you’ll run into as you walk the streets and listen to the stories of their lives.

 Each month of 2025, we're focusing on 1 book in the Neighborlee series. You'll hear the first chapter of the featured book here. Please visit Ye Olde Dragon Books to find out more, read excerpts, and even play games to earn points toward free books.

 Ready to get a taste of this month's featured book? Here we go!

 

AUGUST's BOOK:

SHRUNK: THE EXILE OF MAURICE

Maurice used his Fae magic to help the downtrodden and abused. But when he went too far, the Powers-That-Be decided he needed to learn humility, self-restraint, and mercy. They took away most of his magic, shrunk him down to five inches, and slapped wings on his back that no self-respecting Fae would be caught dead in. Then they exiled him to the Human realms, to work out his sentence helping Humans. 

His destination: Divine's Emporium, a curiosity shop touched with magic, on the edge of the odd town of Neighborlee, Ohio. 

His parole officer: Angela, the proprietress of Divine's Emporium, touched with magic and a shadowy past of her own. 

His sentence: Help the Humans who come into Divine's to find answers, freedom, their own magic, and true love. Not necessarily in that order. 

His problem: How does a five-inch-tall Fae, invisible to most Humans, win the heart of the ugly duckling who has caught his interest, his sympathy, and then his heart -- when she can't see or hear him?


Check back for excerpts all month, and a quiz to earn points toward free books!

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