Brittney Joy

Brittney Joy writes from the Oregon countryside, where the household runs to horses, chickens, sheep and two badly behaved goats. Her Red Rock Ranch books are equestrian stories for younger readers, set on an invented ranch in the foothills of Mount Hood, while the Maple Bay and Knitted in Love titles are small town contemporary romance. Over Ruled, OverRun and OverThrown make up a separate trilogy of young adult fantasy in which magic is treated as property, something a person can hold, lose or have taken away. The opening book sets a commoner imprisoned by a vindictive queen against a princess hemmed in by her mother's rule, both of them carrying power enough to save the kingdom or ruin it, and the plot turns on court intrigue and a buried secret rather than battlefields.