Book cover for Desert Fae: A Sapphic Urban Fantasy by Dharma Kelleher

Desert Fae

A Sapphic Urban Fantasy

2026 Released
334 Pages
5-7 Hours
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Dark Pariah PressISBN 9781952128509
A Neurospicy Half-Fae Witch. A Stolen Artifact. A Heist in the Faerie Realm.

Morgana Quinn's life is a mess. She has a screenplay due in three weeks. She's still learning to open up to her new girlfriend, Roxy. And she owes a debt to Grandmother Raven, a terrifying ancient wereraven.

Morgana attempts to focus on her writing career, but Grandmother Raven forces her to pull a heist and steal back an ancient relic from the Desert Fae. Should she fail to retrieve it by the new moon, Morgana will be burned alive by the wereraven's curse.

While she'd rather fulfill this quest alone, her best friends, the Sand Witches, insist on coming with her. Roxy, who specializes in healing magic. A werepuma who teaches desert survival. A goth tarot reader with attitude. And a journalist who keeps her spells in mini liquor bottles.

They cross into the bizarre realm of the Desert Fae, an unforgiving world of rival Faerie queens, questionable allies, and cruel monsters with a taste for human flesh.

When the heist goes sideways and Roxy is taken by ogres, Morgana must choose between fulfilling her oath to Grandmother Raven or saving the woman she loves.

Desert Fae is the second book in the Witches of Wiccanburg series: sapphic witchy urban fantasy with a heist set in the realm of the Desert Fae and a diverse cast of characters.

Readers of Jim Butcher's Dresden Files, Seanan McGuire's October Daye, and Kim Harrison's The Hollows will fall hard for Morgana Quinn and the Sand Witches.

Dharma Kelleher

Dharma Kelleher writes urban fantasy and crime thrillers where queer women kick ass. Her action-packed stories entertain readers with a diverse cast of characters, while exploring themes of justice, trauma, community, and representation. Learn more about Dharma and her work at https: //dharmakelleher.com.

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