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HL Bernabe

HL Bernabe writes in multiple genres, but primarily fantasy. She's a geeky, chaotic-good cat lady and mom of two grown-ass kids. She lives in the high desert of Central Oregon and likes to waste all her precious spare time playing with Canva and Midjourney creating illustrations for stuff she will likely never use.

HL also enjoys doing beta reading, critiquing, and some developmental editing.

By Her Grace

If you liked Legends and Lattes, you'll love this novella.

Halfling chef Paisley Dell lives in Aspenwood, a small town at the meeting of two major trade roads. The Dells own the Rosebud Inn and are pillars of the halfling community.

Paisley is happy, but… something is missing. She feels unfulfilled and restless. On her Becoming Day, she meets a mysterious young human, pregnant and on the run, and through her Paisley glimpses a world she desperately wishes she could know. A world of spice, elves, and exotic, faraway places.

With every recipe Prilani teaches her, Paisley’s desire to save her new friend from her pursuer grows. Protecting Prilani means facing an evil she has never known. Is the risk worth it?

Paragons of Virtue

Kaz wanted to know what I wanted to do for Mother's Day, and I told them I wanted to write a story together. So we did. We went with my friend Louise Pachella's prompt of dismembered body parts. That prompt got both of our brains whirring!

Writing an urban fantasy short story about cultists, murder and a delightfully gruesome treasure hunt was a wonderful day to spend the day. We had SO MUCH FUN!

One of our beta readers said: "Oh, the body retrieval was DELIGHTFULLY disgusting... Nauseating. 10/10"

Another reader said, "Paragons of Virtue was a quick read, but it was engrossing and kind of gross, delightfully playful and had a surprise ending that actually made me laugh out loud."