The Castle in Kilkenny: Fairy Tales

Being a single mother is hard enough without murderous Fae in your living room.

The only things that American folklorist, Maura Robinson, wanted from her contentious divorce was custody of her two young children—and an Irish castle. She ends up with her ex’s teenage kids, plumbing problems… and an unexpected doorway from the Fae world.

First there are horned women spinning and carding in Maura's living room, demanding the blood of her children. Then she gets an extra child to raise, along with a deer who spirits Maura back to the third century (accidentally). A patchwork man plucks her kindergartener out of her tree fort—into a world that definitely didn’t exist yesterday—and the teens run off to save her.

With nothing but pure mom grit, Maura is determined to outsmart the dark side of folklore, and bring everyone home safely to the ancient castle she is filling with love.

Read now to join us in the Castle in Kilkenny, where the veil between ourselves and the Fae is thin and shimmering.

The Horned Women and Other Stories: Contemporary Retellings of Irish Fairy Tales (The Castle in Kilkenny: Fairy Tales)

Being a single mother is hard enough without murderous Fae in your living room.

The only things that American folklorist, Maura Robinson, wanted from her contentious divorce was custody of her two young children—and an Irish castle. She ends up with her ex’s teenage kids, plumbing problems… and an unexpected doorway from the Fae world.

First...

The Knight and His Magical Armlet (The Castle in Kilkenny: Fairy Tales Book 5)


He’s got this hero gig down…
until he meets a woman who changes the rules

Rian is used to the enchantment that yanks him through time to rescue people—just so long as he makes it home for his adopted son’s holiday visits. When a new lady-in-waiting shows up at his boss’s castle, Rian sees immediately that Maura is from another time. He’s...

The Boat on the Lake of Regret (The Castle in Kilkenny: Fairy Tales Book 6)

He has one last chance to be a fairy tale hero.
But she didn’t agree to be the damsel in distress.


When her longtime boyfriend unexpectedly slides a ring on her finger, Hannah is whisked from her everyday bedroom to a medieval ball. Hannah knew that Dylan would do anything to prove to her parents that he’s husband material, including going into...

The Squire and His Magical Library (The Castle in Kilkenny: Fairy Tales Book 4)

This latest novella goes back to Heroic Ireland and the age of Finn McCool. Blurb and cover reveal to be announced!

Rian doesn’t want to leave his loving family, but the druids predict he will be a great warrior. At his foster father’s castle, he empathizes more with the young newly-blind princess than the other young men in training. But what...

The Knight of Terrible Valley and Aiden of Florida (The Castle in Kilkenny: Fairy Tales Book 3)

Aiden’s little sister has been kidnapped into a magical world. Armed with nothing but a wet mitten and a hurley stick, he’s determined to bring her home…

Sixteen-year-old Aiden Robinson is just trying to learn to play hurley and fit in with his new Irish classmates, when a patchwork-caped stranger snatches his little sister, leading Aiden and...

The White Deer of Kildare (The Castle in Kilkenny: Fairy Tales Book 2)

A Winter Solstice fairy tale retelling

All Maura wants is a peaceful winter holidays in her Irish castle, but her ex is threatening her with family court, and her second grader has invited a strange—completely unclothed—friend, to spend the holidays with them. Oh. And the friend’s dog, which is not actually a dog but probably one of the white...

The Horned Women: A Contemporary retelling of an Irish fairy tale (The Castle in Kilkenny: Fairy Tales Book 1)

All that American folklorist, Maura, wanted from her contentious divorce was custody of her two young children–and an Irish castle. She ended up with more than she bargained for, including her ex’s teenaged kids, plumbing problems, and now…twelve horned women carding and spinning in her living room.

The Horned Women demand tea, then cake...and...