Books with author L. C. Mawson

Freya has been alone as long as she can remember.Always moving from foster home to foster home, never finding a permanent family.With her mother dead and no leads on her father, the first clue to her heritage comes in the most unlikely form.An outburst of impossible magic, and the appearance of a ghostly guardian Freya’s mother tasked with watching over her.With her newfound abilities, finding her father should finally be within Freya’s reach, but her new guardian cautions restraint.Freya still doesn’t understand the magical world, she claims, or its dangers.If Freya wants the truth, it may mean going it alone once more.And putting her guardian’s warnings to the test.HUNT is the first book in the Freya Snow urban fantasy series, which starts out as YA and follows Freya’s magical adventures through to university and into adulthood. If you like kick-ass, sarcastic heroines, immersive magical worlds beneath our own, and love that crosses the lines of magical feuds, then you’ll be instantly hooked on L.C. Mawson’s fast-paced urban fantasy series.Download the book to get your fix of strong heroines and immersive fantasy today!

Lily Snow awoke in a medical facility with no memory of who she was or how she came to be there, bloodied and battered.She's told that she was attacked by magical beings, simply for being human. She's told that she's there for her own protection. She's told that the medicine she's taking is to help her recover.But as her memories start to return, she's not so sure that any of that is true. Not to mention the ghost who keeps appearing, and telling her to get out. Before it's too late.TRAPPED is a prequel to the Freya Snow series.Other Freya Snow BooksHUNTTHE SHORT STORY COLLECTIONWHITEWINGS

A hero's life means death.Claire never wanted to be a hero.The Aspect Guardians protect the last cities of Earth from the creatures that were left there by their alien ancestors.Remnants of a forgotten civil war.Claire is all too familiar with the alien creatures. They killed her mother, leaving her all alone.But those chosen can't refuse. The Aspect powers embody emotions, and those most in tune with those emotions are called to take the mantle.And they're lucky to survive more than two years.Some Aspects aren't even that lucky, however, and the Aspect of Love is notorious for only having a few months at best.So, when the Aspect of Love dies and Claire is chosen as her successor, all of her nightmares are made real.She must face the monsters of her childhood. And they will likely kill her.But strength comes in unlikely places, and finding the means to survive may mean Love turning to Hate.You'll love this F/F YA sci-fi superhero book because the fast-paced writing will keep you hooked until the end.Get it now!

Ancient curses. Blocked memories. And an Academy for young witches that might just hold the answers.I should have known something was wrong when my weird aunt arrived in town just as I started getting killer headaches.But how was I supposed to know that it was a sign of repressed magic?Or that an ancient witch had escaped her tomb and sent demons after me?Demons who cursed my mother.I wanted to stay with her, even if she wouldn’t wake, but I was sent to Ember Academy for Young Witches instead. Somewhere the demons hopefully can’t get me.I need to find a way to lift the curse, but there’s a block on both my magic and memories that everyone is refusing to lift.A block that might hold the answers as to why an ancient witch is after me in the first place.If I can figure her out, maybe I can figure out this curse.My teachers don’t want me digging into it, worried about the danger.But I don’t care.My mother was cursed because of me, and I’m not going to rest until she’s safe again.BASICS OF SPELLCRAFT is the first book in the Ember Academy for Young Witches YA Urban Fantasy Academy series. If you love kick-ass heroines, Sapphic slow-burn romances, and magical boarding schools, you’ll love this latest fast-paced series in L.C. Mawson’s Snowverse.

Okay, so maybe taking powers from an ancient, unfathomable being wasn't the best idea...When the school was in danger, taking a helping hand from Nature seemed like the only option.But now the Council of Light are asking to examine my magic, and I get the sense that I'm just a pawn in their game of political chess.If they decide that my connection to Nature makes me a threat, or worse, discover my connection to Maria Brown, the criminal they're still trying to catch, I'm screwed.If I want to survive, I'll have to learn the rules of their game. And fast...ETHICS OF MAGIC is the fourth book in the Ember Academy for Young Witches YA Urban Fantasy Academy series. If you love kick-ass heroines, Sapphic slow-burn romances, and magical boarding schools, you’ll love this latest fast-paced series in L.C. Mawson’s Snowverse.

Ruth had never cared for men.The thought of a husband makes her ill.She would much rather focus on her inventions. Even if she has to build them under the cover of night and pass them off as the work of an imagined man.But social rules dictate that she must find someone to take away her freedom and become a nuisance in her home.So, there’s only one thing for a desperate inventor to do.Build her own husband.One with no interest in taking her to bed or getting in her way.The problem with clockwork men, however, is that no one else is interested in them as husbands.They want them as soldiers.Follow Lady Ruth through this trilogy of steampunk novellas as she fights to keep her schematics from those who would use them to do harm.You’ll love this trilogy of quirky steampunk novellas because adventure, airships, and androids abound.Get it now!

Freya has been alone as long as she can remember.3 books. Over 600 pages of magical adventures, kickass heroines, and forbidden romance.Always moving from foster home to foster home, never finding a permanent family.With her mother dead and no leads on her father, the first clue to her heritage comes in the most unlikely form.An outburst of impossible magic, and the appearance of a ghostly guardian Freya’s mother tasked with watching over her.With her newfound abilities, finding her father should finally be within Freya’s reach, but her new guardian cautions restraint.Freya still doesn’t understand the magical world, she claims, or its dangers.If Freya wants the truth, it may mean going it alone once more.And putting her guardian’s warnings to the test.The Pup Trilogy collects together the first three books in the Freya Snow urban fantasy series, which starts out as YA and follows Freya’s magical adventures into adulthood. If you like kick-ass, sarcastic heroines, immersive magical worlds beneath our own, and love that crosses the lines of magical feuds, then you’ll be instantly hooked on L.C. Mawson’s fast-paced urban fantasy series.

A real job? In this economy? Maybe robbing banks isn’t such a terrible idea after all…3 novellas. Over 300 pages of magical misbehaviour, murder, and manipulation.Kara had always been good with computers. She is autistic, after all, and sometimes stereotypes exist for a reason. But when she finds herself caught in the middle of a bank heist and able to see impossible things, she starts to figure that there might be more to it than that.After losing her job, she’s out of options, so when a woman appears in her house claiming to be some kind of witch, telling Kara that she has the ability to magically control machines, and offering her a job with her heist crew, Kara hesitates before throwing her out.Maybe there are worse places for a quasi-magical autistic woman to be than on the wrong side of the law…THE ALMOSTS: THE COMPLETE TRILOGY compiles together all three books in The Almosts series of paranormal heist novellas set within L.C. Mawson’s urban fantasy Snowverse. If you’re a fan of the dark character progression of Breaking Bad and the absurd humour of Saint’s Row, you’ll love this deceptively ridiculous venture into the chillingly cutthroat world of magical crime.Buy the boxset to get your darkly absurd fantasy fix today!Content warning: This series deals with graphic violence, including sexual violence. Readers of other Snowverse series will find darker content that isn't present in most of the Snowverse.

Demons were simple. Freya could handle Demons. Fae? Not so much.Finishing her GCSEs should have been a cause for celebration for Freya Snow, the now renowned Demon hunter. Especially with her guardian promising to show her the rest of the city's magical community.But when a girl runs from prom at midnight, losing her shoe, and another pricks her finger and falls into a coma, it becomes clear that they're acting out fairy tales.When her foster mother sends an assassin to kill her and retrieve her heart, Freya realises that she's under the curse too.And she's playing Snow White.Some day her prince may come, but Freya's not big on waiting.WHITE is the second book in the Freya Snow YA fantasy series.

Follow Freya Snow's adventures between the first and second book.GhostsFreya never liked Halloween.Every year on Halloween, Freya could swear that she was being watched.Of course, now she knows that she has been, by a ghost no less, since she was born, but her unease refuses to fade.Maybe Amber’s not the only thing that goes bump in the night…ColdWith the whole family over for Christmas, it’s perhaps the worst time for Freya’s powers to go on the fritz.It’s been a few months since she learned about magic, and Freya finally feels that she has a handle on her powers. At least, until she gets a cold.With every sneeze causing an explosion, keeping her secret throughout the holiday seems impossible.Whoever said Christmas wasn’t stressful for the kids?CandlesFreya always hated that her birthday was on Valentine’s.With Damon entertaining his new girlfriend, Amber distracted by the anniversary of her mother’s death, and her sister in Japan, Freya predicts a lousy day of eating cake alone.She doesn’t predict the Demon looking for revenge.TestFreya tries to multi-task by catching up with her sister while hunting Demons.Probably not her smartest plan...The Freya Snow Short Story Collection is made up of various YA paranormal romance free short stories following Freya on her adventures between her first and second book.Freya SnowBook One: HuntBook Two: White

What good is free will when you have no options?Ever since Freya lost a week of her memory, she has been starting to burn out. Her grades are tanking, she can't sleep for dreams of the Shadow Realm, and she hasn't so much as spoken to Damon since they broke up.So, when Fate gives her the opportunity to get out of the city to hunt down a missing Oracle, Freya jumps at the chance to leave.But Freya quickly starts to get the feeling that the Oracle doesn't want to be found, and that Fate may not be all that she seems.When faced with the one being more powerful than her, all Freya has left is her wits. The question is, does she still remember how to use them?Oracle is a YA urban fantasy with a dash of sci-fi.Other Freya Snow BooksTRAPPEDHUNTWHITEWINGS

To suddenly lose her powers was a curse to Claire. But to her sister? It was all she ever wanted...Claire thought that she could live in peace, using her powers to reclaim more land from the wastes. But when a strange blue light appears and strips away her powers, she finds herself up against her toughest adversary yet.And even worse, her sister doesn't want to destroy the technology making them vulnerable.Without her powers, could Claire ever stand a chance against those who would see her dead?EMPATHY/PAIN is the third book in the Aspects YA sci-fi series.