The Walled Garden

A young woman with a turbulent past discovers a secret world under New York City in the 1980s. Here there be magic, and monsters…

After surviving a brutal attack at college, Mireya Rodriguez must choose whether she will live her life, or simply survive. A seemingly chance encounter with a man named Jonathan Mellon leads to magic, romance, and danger in a secret world hidden under the streets of NYC.

This is an expanded version of the story that originally appeared in The Mammoth Book of Time Travel Romance, also available as a collection from Amazon.

"Gorgeous story. Mireya's a champ." ~Tez

"As for The Walled Garden, I really enjoyed it. It was nicely paced and not the perfect fairy tale. The damsel-in-distress is flawed and not your average cookie cutter damsel. She has already survived a life-altering altercation that both broke her and made her stronger.... The hero is very subtle at first and leaves you wondering but at the end he is quite direct and strong. All in all, I really enjoyed this story.”
~Beth