Hello Readers! I am technically on vacation. I say technically because the husband was called into work on day one — a “minor” work issue that took half a day — so I tagged along, sat there very helpfully, and at least got a free lunch out of it. Vacation: so far so good.We are now attempting to reset, tackle some house projects, and pretend that laundry and clearing out clutter count as relaxing. The rain has arrived in the desert — genuinely welcome, genuinely needed — and it is doing its level best to slow down every outdoor project involving anything that needs to dry. I need that stain to dry. The rain does not care. The desert needs the water more than I need a dry afternoon, and I know this; I accept this; I am fine with it. Errands, at least, remain unaffected. Small victories. Now. Let’s talk books. The Richmond Academy Series — The Full PictureFive books. One year. All of them either in your hands or on the way.Before Trial by Air lands in October, this is the perfect moment to catch up, start fresh, or finally convince that friend who keeps saying they’ll read it someday that someday is now. Here’s everything:  Trial by Fire — Book One Available now and on Kindle Unlimited.Shayla arrives at Richmond Academy as the girl who can’t control her spark — a Phoenix Guardian in a school full of students who can. What follows is a story about finding your power, your people, and your place in a world that wasn’t built for you. Everything starts here.  Trial by Sea — Book Two Available now and on Kindle Unlimited.The stakes are higher. The secrets are deeper. Georgios has a mermaid heritage with a very inconvenient price tag, and Shayla and Georgios are pulled into a series of deadly underwater trials that push their trust to the breaking point. Just when they think they understand what’s happening around them — the tides shift.  Trial by Earth — Book Three Available now and on Kindle Unlimited.The pivot point of the series. Darker twists, earth powers, and Georgios’s Minotaur heritage stepping fully and finally into the light. This is the middle of a five-book arc — and if you know anything about what the middle means, you already know things get heavier before they get better. They do. Worth every page.  Trial by Air — Book Four October 2026. Pre-orders are open now.This is the one I have been waiting to write since the very beginning.From the moment I started building the Richmond Academy series, I knew I wanted Shayla to fly. She is a Phoenix. Flying was always part of who she is — but letting her get there too early wouldn’t have worked. The series needed her to earn it, element by element, trial by trial, until she was finally ready.Book four is where she gets there. And I cannot wait for you to read it. Pre-order Trial by Air  Trial by Spirit — Book Five December 2026. Pre-orders are open now. The finale.Shayla’s ending. The conclusion of a five-book arc I have been living inside for over a year. I’m writing it now, and I have feelings about it that I don’t yet have words for. Pre-order Trial by Spirit A Question for You If you were a student at Richmond Academy — which element would you want to master? Fire. Sea. Earth. Air. Spirit. Hit reply and tell me. I genuinely want to know. Bonus points if you tell me why — and bonus points if your answer changes depending on your mood.  The Not As Written Series Not Your Maniac Pixie Dream Girl is out now, and Wisteria Creed is waiting to meet you. Half-Pixie, half-Sidhe Fae, graveyard-shift radio host, firm policy against being anyone’s idea of harmless. A Wendigo situation in San Diego that turns out to be considerably more complicated than advertised. A reluctant partnership with the one detective in the city willing to take her seriously. A slow-burn romance and a found family built in the margins of a city that doesn’t know what it’s looking at.  Read Not Your Maniac Pixie Dream Girl now And coming later this year — Not Your Book Boyfriend, book two of the Not As Written series. Wisteria has the life she fought for. New Avalon is about to send someone perfect to watch over her. Perfect is not what it looks like. More soon. Anthologies Still Available  Once Upon A Fairytale — Original dark fantasy fairytales, available for pre-order at $0.99. My contribution: Half-Coin Promise — two best friends, a split coin, and a promise that carries them through labyrinths, fog-wrapped citadels, and cursed valleys to their happily ever after.  Seasons of Magic: Summer — Out now. My story, The Flames of Lammas, is inside — emotional, transformative, and the kind of magic that stays with you.  Pre-order Once Upon A Fairytale for $0.99  Grab Seasons of Magic: Summer Thank you for being here even on the quiet vacation weeks. You make every issue worth writing — even the ones written while waiting for stain to dry.Happy Reading, Wendy P.S. Trial by Air is the book I have been building toward since book one. Shayla is a Phoenix. She was always going to fly. October is almost here — and so is the moment she finally does. Pre-order so it lands right on your Kindle the day it drops.