Ivy by Hollow Ryan
Prideful Magick Collection
Book One
© 2015
Cover Design: Jordyn Nehmsmann
Cover Pictures: Leah Alvord
Interior Design: Christiana Nehmsmann
Ivy Graphics: Kyla Andersen
Editing: Leah Alvord and Elizabeth Aguilar
That is a lot of names. It's only a fraction of the many people involved with making a book go from dream to reality. Several people have offered aid, time, and advice into bringing this novel into the world, and I am grateful to each one of them.
This is the third book I have published, the first under this pseudonym, the first in this series, and the first I have been so involved with. When I self-published my previous novels, it was through a company that did it all for me. I never had to buckle down and work this hard to put a book into my readers' hands. I have been a part of this process before, however, when the time came for my friend to publish. Which is why I knew we could do this.
We. It's such an innocuous thing, until you realize there's something you can't do by yourself. Then there's this instant flood of relief when you realize that you don't have to. When you're assured beyond a shadow of a doubt that you have help. It's a remarkable feeling, and one I'm pleased to have experienced several times now. Because most of these talented women are with me constantly, ready and willing to offer aid on a moment's notice. And they're damn good under pressure.
Anyway, I have plenty of people whom I've thanked in my Acknowledgements, but these women really deserved some credit, here.
So onto the book:
Ivy is the first book in my five book series the Prideful Magick Collection. Each of the five books covers a period in the life of Alexandria 'Lex' Ryder, a powerful young witch. In Ivy you're given the chance to experience Lex's first brushes with ghosts and magick at the age of nine. And you get your first heavy doses of 'Ryder Pride.'
The full blurb is:
This is how a house in New England should look.
It is the first thought nine-year-old Alexandria Ryder has when she sees her new home. Covered with lush ivy, she can't help but feel as if it is concealing something beneath the thick foliage. A mystery that will sink its claws into her that very first night.
A spirit from 1922 still trails the halls of the aging house, and she has enlisted Alexandria's aid in setting her free. Yet, it will take far more nerve and skill than even Lex's "Ryder Pride" can conjure. For that, she seeks out Morgan, the Witch of Old Grove Road. With her help, she may finally discover the secrets beneath the ivy.
This is the first step in experiencing Lex's journey. It is far from the last.
