Righteous anger…or mindless rage?

Marla Shrike is not happy. In fact, you might say she’s overwhelmed with anger. Or just plain pissed off.

Rebecca York will thrill you with romance, kill you with danger and chill you with the supernatural. –Patricia Rosemoor

Mail order bride, Carin Tully, arrived on the frontier planet, Palomar, hoping for a better life–with her new husband Gabe Cooper. Like all the guys on Palomar, he hadn't seen a woman for fifteen years--since the plague that had sent men and their sons fleeing to this outpost on the edge of civilization. Carin wants to seduce Gabe and prove she's up to the job of farm wife, but she's hiding a secret that could destroy their marriage before it has a chance to succeed.

The Best of Deep Magic: Volume Three— fantastical worlds, gripping magic, immortal prisoners, and missing husbands are here for you to devour — stories with depth, strong protagonists, high tension, all told while pulling at your heart strings, or making you smile with understanding. In this anthology, you’ll find fifteen stories, including many novelettes. Go on adventures with heroes old and young, a couple of war pigs, and visit many new fantasy worlds. Watch out for the dragons!

An anguished warrior, a mysterious mentor, and a monstrous host collide at the edge of the known world. The Penitent’s Path is frontier epic fantasy about the costs of power and the long road back from the wrong’s we’ve done.