Two of her goals are eating fried tarantulas and traveling to Antarctica. In her spare time, Janeen enjoys sword-fighting, reading, pyrography, and eating brownie batter.

She’s also the cohost of the podcast Indie Book Magic. She’s an experienced teacher, editor, author coach, and is the leader of Uncommon Universes Press, a small science fiction and fantasy publishing house. She writes urban fantasy and steampunk, and creates writing resources, including the reference book World Building From the Inside Out and the creative writing guide Irresistible World Building For Unforgettable Stories. Janeen Ippolito believes words can (and should) transform worlds. While a political marriage suits Nula, the bond’s side effects are obnoxious-and potentially deadly.Īided by an unexpected cat-dragon and a mysterious unicorn, Nula and Tiers must track down the rogue dragons before their dangerous bond tears them apart.įortunately, Nula is used to impossible odds-and this time, she has a dragon on her side.Ī steampunk fantasy novella with espionage, cat-dragons, snark, and a side of romance. But during her first meeting with dragon diplomat Tiers Sunscaler, they are attacked by rogue dragons-one of them Sunscaler’s former tactical partner, who is bitterly determined to keep the sham war in action and turn the diplomat to his side.Īt the same time, Nula and Tiers discover a startling connection: an embermate bond. And you get see the cover for it today.Ī little ambition can turn into a lot of trouble, even for the city’s wiliest double agent.Īfter years of rebel spywork in the dragon-human war, Nula Thredsing is ready to claim her legacy.Īs the Scepter of Commerce’s new liaison to dragons, she’s one step away from the old family seat on the city council. Well Author Janeen Ippolito is getting ready to publish a companion novella called Priceless. Maybe you remember last year when I hosted the cover reveal for a book called Lawless. I really wanted to think of something clever to call cover reveals but I couldn’t, so I made this graphic instead.

Lawless by Janeen Ippolito