W. L. Hawkin writes and publishes The Hollystone Mystery Series for Blue Haven Press. This is a cross-genre series (urban fantasy, mystery, thriller, time-travel, LGBTQ) suitable for Teens+ due to expressive language and adult situations.
The series features a contemporary coven of West Coast witches from Hollystone Coven who solve murders using ritual magic and a little help from the gods. The books follow Estrada, a flawed magician and coven high priest, as he endeavours to save his family and friends while sorting through his own personal issues.
Each cover in The Tattoo Editions features a tattoo worn by one of the characters. Yasaman Mohandesi designed and drew the tattoos by hand after reading the text.
BOOK 1
A Wicca Coven. A terrifying prophecy. A seventeen-year-old girl and a serial killer hunting witches. Can Estrada stop him or is he too caught up in the charm?
When a third witch vanishes from Vancouver, the witches of Hollystone Coven spin a charm to catch the killer. But spells spin ripples and in the ensuing chaos, an innocent girl gets caught up in the charm. As obsessed with the killer as the killer is with him, their high priest, Estrada, vows to find the man and stop him—a quest that takes him to Ireland.
W. L. Hawkin weaves threads of Macbeth, ancient Irish myth, and edgy love into this mysterious urban fantasy.
BOOK 2
A friend jailed for murder in Scotland. A lonely lover targeted by a vampire in Canada. Can Estrada save them with his wit, his spells, and his gods?
When a renegade archaeologist discovers an Egyptian artifact in Scotland, Dylan McBride’s world implodes. Imprisoned for murder, he summons his friend, the Wicca Priest, Estrada, to solve the crime and set him free. Unable to turn down Dylan’s cry for help, Estrada abandons his melancholy lover in Canada where he is targeted by a vicious vampire.
Estrada faces his inner demons. After playing vampire for years, Michael Stryker confronts a real vampire in a life-changing showdown. And, sweet, virginal, Dylan McBride, faces his greatest fears in one of Scotland’s most terrifying prisons. Who will survive?
A fast-paced murder mystery spiked with edgy urban fantasy, that opens portals into the realm of witches, faeries, and vampires.
BOOK 3
Diego wants blood. Estrada wants his baby back. What will the high priest sacrifice to bring his daughter home? A sexy Hitchcockian thriller that demystifies Vampire and illustrates the power of love.
Estrada is High Priest of Hollystone Coven, a shaman and magician. But is he a match for a vengeful vampire? When Diego steals his daughter from her crib, the Hollystone witches converge. The same night, a woman is murdered and another abducted. All three scenes are marked by roses that point to Michael Stryker, Estrada’s lover and best friend—a man with a strange dark virus brewing inside him. When the witches journey up the Pacific coast, emotions run raw in the close confines of a yacht and heighten the tension between Estrada’s jealous lovers. And then they meet the ravens!
BOOK 4
Sorcha just wanted to warn Ruairí of his fate until she saw him and fell in love. How could she leave him to be ritually murdered and cast in a bog to cure for two thousand years?
Though he’s grieving the loss of his lover, when Estrada realizes Sorcha is trapped in Iron Age Ireland, he demands that Cernunnos take him and Dylan back through time to rescue her. How can Sorcha, the fiery archaeologist, survive this warrior culture? Assuming she’s fey, Ruairí’s rival wants her power; worse still, Ruairí’s lover, the wicked Crow Queen, wants her dead. Can Estrada use his Wiccan powers and magician’s skills to defeat Iron Age Druids and bring his friends home? A romantic, time-travel, prehistoric thriller.
BOOK 5
Twin wolves howled beneath a turquoise crescent moon, their bushy manes wild and ruffled and knotted by the winds of change. “It’s us. You over my heart, and me beside you. It’s our destiny.”
In the captivating sequel of To Kill a King, ancient magic collides with modern trickery as a Wicca high priest embarks on a thrilling journey to defy the boundaries of time and challenge the very fabric of destiny. While attempting to prevent the tragic outcome of To Render a Raven, Estrada struggles with the complexities of love; archaeologist Sorcha O’Hallorhan slips into her own time warp with a woman she once adored; and Conall Ceol, an Iron Age Druid bard, walks into the future to challenge Michael Stryker for Estrada’s attention.
