NEIGHBORLEE VISITORS GUIDE: Book for August, SHRUNK: THE EXILE OF MAURICE
Welcome to theVisitors Guide to Neighborlee, Ohio.
The most importantthing you need to understand: Neighborlee is magic. Some peoplesay the town is alive. It exists to protect the weird and wonderful (andsometimes a little bit scary) from the cold, practical, material world.
More important,Neighborlee protects the outside world from the weird and wonderful that cometo visit … and sometimes come to stay.
Come in and explore.Meet the people who guard Neighborlee. Share their adventures of magic andwonder, danger and sacrifice. You never know who or what you’ll run into as youwalk the streets and listen to the stories of their lives.
Each month of 2025,we're focusing on 1 book in the Neighborlee series. You'll hear the firstchapter of the featured book here. Please visit Ye Olde Dragon Books to findout more, read excerpts, and even play games to earn points toward free books.
Ready to get a tasteof this month's featured book? Here we go!
AUGUST's BOOK:SHRUNK: THE EXILE OFMAURICE
Maurice used his Faemagic to help the downtrodden and abused. But when he went too far, thePowers-That-Be decided he needed to learn humility, self-restraint, and mercy.They took away most of his magic, shrunk him down to five inches, and slappedwings on his back that no self-respecting Fae would be caught dead in. Thenthey exiled him to the Human realms, to work out his sentence helpingHumans.
His destination:Divine's Emporium, a curiosity shop touched with magic, on the edge of the oddtown of Neighborlee, Ohio.
His parole officer:Angela, the proprietress of Divine's Emporium, touched with magic and a shadowypast of her own.
His sentence: Helpthe Humans who come into Divine's to find answers, freedom, their own magic,and true love. Not necessarily in that order.
His problem: How doesa five-inch-tall Fae, invisible to most Humans, win the heart of the uglyduckling who has caught his interest, his sympathy, and then his heart -- whenshe can't see or hear him?
Check back for excerpts all month, and a quiz to earn points toward free books!
