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  • When quiet artist Sewell of Landers and soulful selkie Rhyannon fall in love, they yearn to marry as soon as possible. But their families have doubts about the match, for they come from different worlds. Rhyannon is a peasant, while Sewell is not onl...



  • Lycora drifts off to sleep one night in her tower chamber and awakens a century later to snow falling through the crumbling roof over her bed. Stunned and grieving her lost world, she discovers her cousin also shares the curse. They set out together ...



  • Far across the sea from the mortal world lies a vast wilderness where phoenixes have existed for a thousand years. They guard the dream garden, a sacred place of untapped spiritual power. Now that Dominic of Landers has vanquished the warden of the w...



  • When a warlock steals an egg from a phoenix nest and brings it to the afterlife, he hopes to bargain his way out of Hell. However, the thief's wicked scheme doesn't work out quite as he plans, and the egg winds up in the possession of Hades, the rule...



  • Book Four of the Phoenix RealmGrieving the death of one family member and the loss of another, the remaining Landers draw even closer than before. Together, they search for the means to recover their lost wife and sister and daughter, in the process...



  • Book Three of the Phoenix RealmThe Landers have so far foiled the sorceress Saranay's attempts to lure their beloved bird-girl Avreal to the Eldest Realm. Desperate and thwarted, Saranay sinks to new lows to gain power over her prey. Meanwhile, th...



  • Book Two of the Phoenix RealmOne spring night under the scimitar moon, Princess Kelene of Numer and her mother frolic as mermaids in the ocean waves, unaware until it's too late that her youngest brother has followed them--and drowned. When this tra...



  • Book One of the Phoenix RealmAvreal of Landers just knows there is something wrong with her, despite her family's protests to the contrary. She has no navel, and she loses her voice on occasion, sometimes unable to talk for months at a time. Her ol...



  • Book Four of the Landers SagaWhat if tragedy forced the one you love best to become the world's most powerful weapon? What would you tell your children?The Landers are no strangers to international intrigue. However, when bizarre circumstance sudde...






  • Book 3 of the Landers SagaAn embittered priest. A hidden history of ancient magic, long suppressed. An ambitious noble family with too many secrets. And at the center of it all, a witch artist named Safire . . ....



  • A Prequel to the Landers Saga In the wake of her mother's death, young Safire fights for her footing as an artist and a witch in a skewed Renaissance world that punishes those who step outside its rigid boundaries. Can she defy the family she loves a...



  • Book 2 of the Landers SagaWhen Queen Jazmene of Sarneth assassinates her brother with the help of her lover Lord Toscar and the witch Undene, she hopes to gain control of her ancestral throne. However, the unexpected birth of an heir thwarts her pla...



  • The odor of burning flesh and the screams of those condemned to the flames disturb the dreams of young Safire of Long Marsh. Safire struggles to keep the curse of her psychic abilities secret, lest she be burned at the stake as a witch in her native ...


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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Karen Nilsen has published 13 books.

Karen Nilsen does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Siren and the Selkie, was published in July 2025.

The first book by Karen Nilsen, The Witch Awakening, was published in March 2010.

No. Karen Nilsen does not write books in series.