From the Ashes

From the Publisher The "Magick" of Renaissance Faire Reaching for home in the eyes of the past In a world that borders both fiction and reality, two women meet under unusual circumstances and begin a friendship that will change their lives forever. Author Meghan Brunner introduces her readers to these women as they go through life in the "magickal" world of the Renaissance faire in her urban fantasy novel From the Ashes. Welcome to Pendragon Renaissance Faire, where faeries live and the magic never ends. This recreated old-world marketplace enchants visitors with music and merriment, but for Ryna, who has lived within this world since childhood, it is simply home. As Pendragons season begins, Ryna catches the attention of Bea, an apprentice "rennie" or faire performer. Can Ryna, who seems "Magickally" familiar, help her find a sense of belonging? Can Bea reawaken Rynas sense of wonder about her world? They have only seven weeks to find out before Ryna and her family pack their trailers and travel to the next faire. A heartwarming and enthralling narrative, From the Ashes awakens the readers kinship with its characters through familiar life situations. The authors expertly woven plot and brilliant use of language seduce the reader into an unforgettable realm. Product Description An urban fantasy tale of two women who overcome heartbreak, history, and the Shadow Fae to find happiness, themselves, and each other against the Magickal backdrop of Pendragon Renaissance Faire. From the Author The intensity of working a year at a Renaissance Faire has always fascinated me. Youre pushing yourself to the limit, both physically and emotionally. It seems that nothing is by halves things are either fantastic or unbearable. So much happens in seven short weeks. How could I not write a book about it? Also, I wanted to correct a lot of the misconceptions people have about Ren workers that were there for the drugs, the sex, the money, and the booze. Were not. Were there for the family, for the knowledge that weve made a memory someone might carry for years. I wanted to show people Faires soul. I wanted everyone else to if not fall in love with Faire themselves, at least understand its beauty, maybe take away a scene or two that made them smile. From the Inside Flap Do you believe in Magick? More than a picture you once saw of a place youve never visited? More than the idle wish youd like to see come true? Ryna does. But then, shes grown up among the culture of Renaissance faires, where "fantasy" and "reality" share more than a handshakes acquaintance and "impossible" is not a word often used. Bea doesnt. But with a little help from karma, shes about to discover the world within that picture... and herself. For, during the seven-week run of Pendragon Renaissance Faire, anything is possible... ... Magick, heartbreak, joy, hatred, True Love, True Evil... Anything. About the Author While still in junior high school, Meghan Brunner accidentally discovered the fantasy section of her local library. Things havent been the same for her since, and she doesnt regret it one bit. Among those metal shelves she found the brain-children of authors who believed worlds existed beyond the one in which we tread. Such bards were the kin of her soul, people who saw the Magick in the world and instead of laying it aside by "growing up" as society dictates, they enfolded it with words and set it loose upon those who cared to revel in its beauty and truth. At sixteen, Meghan was tossed into the romping, colorful, Magick world of Renaissance faires/festivals . . . and naturally fell as madly in love with them as she had with fantasy novels two years previous. Whether serenading a privy with a pack of scruffy peasants, peeling potatoes, debating Renaissancian politics with patrons, dancing to the beat of doumbeks, or singing beside the fire, she threw herself into her task with joyous abandon. Given