Book One of the Flindering trilogy

Two mismatched colleagues work for a wily entertainer — with lies, secrets, and a lot of banter — in a world of mischievously unreliable magic.

In Flindering, the magic is mischievous… and entertainment is everything. Long after the island was closed to sightseers, Flindering's "moonshine" entertainment is still restricted. But laws and licenses can never keep a good moonshiner down.

At first glance, Ten and Ginger are the unlikeliest people to work in the moonshine entertainment business. Ten is a cynical young man with a tough job: helping people fall out of love. Ginger doesn't need a job. She's a young woman with a lot of money… until she gives it away to escape gold-digging suitors.

But when Ginger and Ten start working for a famous moonshiner, they're drawn into the sly schemes of Flindering's entertainment industry. Their first job? Faking the ghost of another entertainer. The problem? She may not be dead yet.

The bigger problem: to avoid discrimination, some people in Flindering are encouraged to hide parts of themselves. Yet that kind of magic doesn't come cheap. So there's a new magical invention for "disadvantaged" folk… along with an impish colleague whom Ginger finds a little too attractive.

Now, Ten and Ginger must deal with contrasting social hierarchies, eccentric publicity stunts, and a tangle of inconvenient secrets.

Throughout it all, they must remember one thing — in Flindering, never trust a moonshiner.

Don't Pine for the Moonshine was:
* A multi-category Hot New Release on Amazon.com in 2022
* Longlisted for the Santa Fe Writers Project 2022 Literary Awards
* Winner of the Reader's Choice Sci-Fi/Fantasy category, 2022 Kindle Book Awards

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This is the first book in the Flindering trilogy, which follows a group of mismatched colleagues in a divided world of magical entertainment. Best read in order, these novels are full of the comedy-drama of colleagues becoming a found family. They may therefore appeal to fans of Zootopia, Ted Lasso, and the Discworld City Watch. Along with buddy-comedy and found-family storylines, the Flindering books have a bit of romance and a lot of banter.

The Flindering trilogy:

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