Published under the name Rose Corcoran, The Styx Trilogy is a teen fantasy series that set in the goblin-run country of Styx and features a cursed princess, magicians-turned-maid-and-butler, and goblin queen with a taste for the chaotic.
Miscast Spells
Book One in the Styx Trilogy
Mad bombers, matchmaking, magic spells—what's a butler to do?
Meet Bostwick von Dogsbody, a sardonic door-to-door magician, and his white rabbit, Emmaline, who just happens to be a cursed human princess. The two are traveling through the goblin-run continent of Ataxia in search of the legendary Domino of Nonpareil—a mask that allows the wearer to become anything he desires—in order to return Emmaline to normal. Their journey has finally led them to Styx Castle, where they meet Millicent, a human maid who wound up in Styx due to mysterious (and embarrassing) circumstances, and Delilah, a goblin queen with a taste for the chaotic.
But Bostwick’s theft of the Domino does not go unnoticed. To avoid a harsher punishment, he agrees to be Delilah’s butler for a hundred years. Before he can escape the queen’s clutches, he’ll have to face mad bombers, an all-bugbear police force, romantic schemes gone awry, and a mysterious goblin-turned-cat named Sebastian who also has designs on the Domino. And as if that wasn’t enough, he soon learns that Millicent is also a magician—and needs him to teach her!
Outcast Shadows
Book Two in the Styx Trilogy
Airships, experiments, immortal beasts—A maid’s work is never done!
After being betrayed by a goblin they thought was an ally, Bostwick and Emmaline must help Queen Delilah collect the map of Styx, which lies scattered across Ataxia. Aided by a flying machine, they encounter corrupt dictators, clumsy goat girls, immortal beasts, and—most frightening of all—a love potion gone horribly wrong.
Meanwhile, Millicent finds herself in the mysterious, monochromatic city of Chiaroscuro. Sebastian reveals that the city is in danger, and he needs her to cast a spell from her old magic books—a spell that she alone knows. But who wrote those books in the first place, and what do they have to do with Chiaroscuro? To explain, Sebastian shows Millicent visions of life at Melieh’s Academy of Magic hundreds of years ago. As she learns more about the school, Sebastian’s past, and the truth behind the test that barred her from the Academy, she must make a choice that could mean life or death.
Recast Light
Book Three in the Styx Trilogy
Diplomacy, double-cross, and the Domino’s last stand—out of the shadow and into the fire!
Though Chiaroscuro is safe from the crumbling shadow that once surrounded it, it is now threatened by a massive, Gremlin-made bomb with no one to stop it but Delilah, Emmaline, and… Balder Spleenbeck? Sebastian is in no position to help his city. As his contract with Alcea goes into effect, she controls his actions and forces him to go after friend and foe alike.
In order to rescue Chiaroscuro’s ex-king, Bostwick and Millicent reexamine the spells in Alistair’s book, discovering that there may be more to them than they thought. But even if they find a way of dealing with Sebastian, Alcea won’t give up what she wants without a fight. How can you stay one step ahead of someone who’s lived for hundreds of years?
In the final installment of the Styx Trilogy, get ready for spur-of-the-moment treaties, accidental love confessions, dancing, scheming, and, just maybe, one last magic show.