An omnibus of Annie Bellet's first three Twenty-Sided Sorceress books, Justice Calling, Murder of Crows, and Pack of Lies, is free at
Amazon US and
Kobo at the moment. (Or you could pick up the first one free and 99˘ for the other two individually - check your libraries if needed.)
Bellet self-publishes these electronically, with enough success that Saga picked up the physical rights and has been printing omnibus editions. I've read the first one; I wasn't blown away, but I found some elements interesting enough to make a note to keep an eye out for sales. My main quibble was that these are short books, maybe novellas, and I was dubious of the regular price point for the length. Free works.
These are urban fantasy, and there appears to be a love interest, but on a scale from 0 = "love triangles for the win" to 10 = "no love cooties," the first was probably about a 4 or 5, I'd say - it's an element but not a focus.
Quote:
Book One- Justice Calling:
Jade Crow lives a quiet life running her comic book and game store in Wylde, Idaho. After twenty-five years fleeing from a powerful sorcerer who wants to eat her heart and take her powers, quiet suits her just fine. Surrounded by friends who are even less human than she is, Jade figures she’s finally safe.
As long as she doesn’t use her magic.
When dark powers threaten her friends’ lives, a sexy shape-shifter enforcer shows up. He’s the shifter world’s judge, jury, and executioner rolled into one, and he thinks Jade is to blame. To clear her name, save her friends, and stop the villain, she’ll have to use her wits… and her sorceress powers.
Except Jade knows that as soon as she does, a far deadlier nemesis awaits.
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