Sarah Ashwood

ALLi Author Member

Location: United States of America (the)

Genres: Fantasy/SciFi/Speculative, Young Adult (YA)

Don't believe all the hype. Sarah Ashwood isn't really a gladiator, a Highlander, a fencer, a skilled horsewoman, an archer, a magic wielder, or a martial arts expert. That's only in her mind. In real life, she's a genuine Okie from Muskogee, who grew up in the wooded hills outside the oldest town in Oklahoma, USA, and holds a B.A. in English from American Military University. She now lives (mostly) quietly at home with her husband and four children, where she tries to sneak in a daily run or workout to save her sanity and keep her mind fresh for her next story.

Sarah Ashwood's books

Stones of Fire Box Set

"Protect me? You're going to protect me from what? Monsters like you?"
"Believe it or not, kid, there are way worse things than me out there."


Shapeshifters exist. Monsters are real. And no good deed goes unpunished.


Saving a child's life shouldn't toss you into a war between monsters, but that's exactly what's happened to nursing student, Ellie St. James. Caught between two powerful factions of feuding shapeshifters who embody creatures of myth and legends from around the world, Ellie's one chance of survival is Carter, a lethal shifter from Greek mythology. Ordered by his boss, a top shifter leader, to protect Ellie, Carter will do anything to keep her safe—including a secret marriage of convenience. But with nightmarish beings seeking their lives and a dedicated cop on their tail, the odds of actually getting out of this mess are slim.

In the end, if Ellie and Carter are both to survive, they'll have to learn to do the impossible. Trust each other. For a kind-hearted nursing student and a bloodthirsty shapeshifter? That might be the hardest part of all.

This box set includes
#1. Ashes on the Earth
#2. Down into the Pit
#3. Fire from the Midst
#4. Repairer of the Breach

Ashes on the Earth

"This was a war between monsters. And I was caught in the middle."

Shapeshifters exist. Monsters are real. And no good deed goes unpunished.


Nursing student Ellie St. James didn’t mean to get involved in a war between rival gangs of shifters, but saving the life of a local mob boss’s child has dragged her into one. When Ellie’s life is threatened because of her involvement, she’s forced to go on the run, protected by Carter Ballis, head of security for the mobster’s family, and a lethal shifter himself.

Blood, fire, and warfare weren’t part of Ellie’s plans, but even if she survives, her life will never be the same. The world is more than she knew, and she’s seen too much. People capable of morphing into deadly creatures from legends and folklore around the globe are coming for her.

The cost of staying alive means trusting Carter to defend her, and he’s every bit as frightening as the creatures that want her dead…

Down into the Pit

Following a narrow escape from the secret world of warring shapeshifters, Ellie St. James works at building a new life under an assumed identity—until Carter Ballis, head of security for mob boss and shifter leader Sean Costas reenters her life, bringing the perils of his job with him. This time, it’s not just Ellie’s life at stake, but Carter’s too, as Sean’s rivals close in on them both. Far outmatched, Ellie refuses to crumble when it comes to protecting those around her. However, when a partial translation of the magical Stones of Fire, coupled with a terrible misunderstanding, thrust Ellie into the gravest danger she’s faced yet, even the Talos himself may not be able to reach her in time...

Fire from the Midst

With Ellie’s fate hanging in the balance after Nosizwe’s brutal attack, Carter is forced to make a life changing decision—the consequences of which threaten to tear Ellie and him apart. Permanently. However, teaming up again may be unavoidable. Nosizwe, convinced Carter as the Talos is the key to unlocking the Stones of Fire, throws everything she has at him, endangering not only Carter but Ellie as well.

When the plots of a traitor allied with the shifter queen shove the two into an unescapable outcome, only the highest form of self-sacrifice can preserve Ellie’s life. But Carter’s act of heroism may cause their entire world to go up in flames.

Repairer of the Breach

Mysteries will deepen. Worlds will collide. Destiny will have its say.

After passing with Carter through a fiery portal, Ellie finds herself stranded in a strange new world. There, cryptic messengers and signs point to Carter, the Talos, fulfilling prophecy as the Repairer of the Breach, and Ellie is tasked with a vital job: keeping him alive. At any cost.

However, returning home is also paramount. Back in Fort Worth, an explosive showdown between Nosizwe and Sean Costas is brewing. Loyalties will be tested and sacrifices made. The fate of all shifters hangs in the balance. Only Carter can save his people in both realms—if Ellie can first save him from himself.

The Sunset Lands Beyond Box Set

“An entire world is in danger, and I’m supposed to save it. Only…it’s not my world.”

Before saving another realm, she must learn to save herself.

Meet Hannah Winters, an ordinary college student from an average, middle-class family. She’s nothing special…until the day she discovers that she is.

Being told you carry latent magic and are the fulfillment of ancient savior prophecies in a parallel world, Aerisia, isn’t something anyone expects. Hannah is no exception. However, a brand-new realm filled with fairies, dragons, immortal warriors, Moonkind, giants, and more are depending on her to save them from the encroaching Dark Powers. When there’s no one else, you have to rise to the occasion.

Join our reluctant heroine as she uncovers the truth of her heritage, navigates a foreign land, learns to wield magic, and wades through the murky waters of treachery, deceit, and love, to one day make a stand against the most powerful evil in Aerisia.

This boxed set contains the three books of the Sunset Lands Beyond trilogy. Read on for page-turning adventure; slow burn, enemies-to-lovers romance; and plenty of heart-stopping drama in this epic, portal fantasy trilogy.

#1. Aerisia: Land Beyond the Sunset
#2. Aerisia: Gateway to the Underworld
#3. Aerisia: Field of Battle

Aerisia: Land Beyond the Sunset

An entire world is in danger, and I’m supposed to save it. Only...it’s not my world.

Before saving another realm, she must learn to save herself.

Hannah's college plans didn't include becoming the savior of a parallel world and getting tangled up with an immortal warrior.... The mystery of other worlds is not one Hannah Winters ever dreamed she’d solve. She also never counted on meeting an elderly stranger bearing an enchanted moonstone during her evening run, a stranger claiming to have crossed from another world in search of that realm’s promised deliverer. Her.

Protests have no sway with the visitor, and Hannah finds herself transported to Aerisia, a mysterious land beyond Earth’s sunsets. Here, Hannah is believed to be the Artan, a legendary heroine prophesied to oppose the dreaded Dark Powers. Majestic fairies, the immortal Simathe, and the peaceful Moonkind are all willing to help her discover her true identity, but Hannah’s just an ordinary college student from Earth. She doesn't have any latent magical abilities and she’s not the Artan.

Unfortunately, her allies aren't seeing it that way. Neither are her enemies. In fact, Hannah’s life is in jeopardy from the moment she arrives in Aerisia, which means becoming the Artan may be the only way to survive....

Aerisia: Gateway to the Underworld

Discovering she is another world’s prophesied heroine was not something Hannah Winters could have ever predicted. However, having accepted the mantle of Aerisia’s Artan, Hannah must now move beyond the pain of the past and conquer her magic in order to save this land. Will the pitfalls awaiting her—suspicion, rumors, lies, betrayal, murder, warfare—halt her quest? Who is Hannah’s ally, and who only appears to be? Will shocking revelations about her heritage push her away or convince her that she’s walking the right path? With the Dark Powers growing bolder every day, Hannah’s pursuit of answers leads her to the Underworld, a place where even immortals dare not tread, on a journey from which she may not return…

Aerisia: Field of Battle

As the Dark Powers and their dreaded champion gather their forces, all of Aerisia holds it breath while Hannah Winters, their long-prophesied Artan, continues her quest in the Underworld. Should she overcome its deadly snares, is warfare against the Dark One all that awaits? Or is there a chance for love with the immortal Simathe High-Chief, and a lasting peace for her adopted homeland? To fulfill prophecy, she’ll have to triumph where other Aerisian champions have failed, which means surviving betrayal by friends and contesting the full might of the Dark Powers. To succeed and live, she’ll have to defeat an enemy no one could have predicted with a power no one knew she possessed. Friendship and treachery, love and hatred, faith and despair, and life and death will all be played out on the final field of battle, in an epic struggle not only for Aerisia’s survival, but its Artan’s, as well…

Aerisian Refrain

Good has triumphed over evil, and the land of Aerisia is finally at rest. Until ancient beings, long imprisoned, begin to stir…


Entertainment superstar Annie Richards is enjoying an unparalleled musical career that has lately become endangered by haunting visions that threaten her sanity. A journey home to convalesce is disrupted when creatures straight from her nightmares bring down her plane. Annie awakens in a mysterious, parallel world.

Aerisia.

Here in Aerisia, Annie discovers her musical gifts translate into magical powers, but power comes at a price. Her magic is the legacy of the banished race that invaded her dreams, brought her to a new world, and seeks to wield her as their weapon. Mistrusted by Aerisian rulers because of her heritage, Annie will either defy both her ancestors and the Aerisian leadership to seize control of her destiny, or risk becoming the reason Aerisia itself is torn apart.

Aerisian Waning

A world slipping into darkness. An outcast warrior with secrets. A woman bound to the light.

Trouble between fairy factions and the Simathe having been successfully avoided, Aerisia is at peace…until Moonkind healer Rittean Wis’ Curlm senses trouble afoot. Moonkind elderly are dying at an alarming rate, with no viable explanation. Determined to uncover the truth, she enlists the help of her cousin, the Artan, little knowing the answers she seeks may bring Rittean, herself into grave personal danger.

Meanwhile, The Hunter’s isolated lifestyle is fragmented by his ties to the Artan, the palace, the new fairy leader, and their need of his services. Try as he might to maintain distance between Rittean, the Moonkind, and himself, when the woman he still loves is threatened The Hunter will do anything to defend her. Including divulge truths of magic, thousands of years old, that could safeguard Aerisia or destroy it.

Moonkind deaths, Moonkind magic, a hidden killer, and ancient mysteries threaten to collide in an explosive conflict that will either bring The Hunter and Rittean together in defense of their homeland, or shatter them—and Aerisia—forever.

Can a warrior’s secrets and a woman’s soul save a world in peril?

Knight's Rebirth

“My name is Buckhunter Dornley, and I am dead.”


This isn’t your average fairy tale, and Sir Buckhunter Dornley isn’t your average knight. He’ll tell you that himself. Winning tournaments, fighting cyclopes, and slaying dragons? All in a day’s work for the mightiest knight in the empire, but that knight is about to meet his match in Mercy, the charming and outrageous princess of Merris. The bigger they are, the harder they fall, and Buck falls hard. What he doesn’t know is Mercy lives under an ancient, terrible curse. When he finds out, Buck swears he’ll do anything to break it.

There’s just one little problem.

He’s dead.

For there to be any chance of happily ever after, the knight determined to rescue the princess may need the princess to rescue him too.

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