A.D. Enz
author | editor | bookbinder
Ashlee is an author of YA and adult fantasy and romance novels. She was first introduced to Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine, which transformed her into a book dragon that cannot hoard enough novels.Ashlee is currently querying WHISPERS AMONG SPIRITS, a 88,000-word adult fantasy. This novel evokes the atmospheric forest magic of North is the Night by Emily Rath, lush folklore from Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher, and the Norse-inspired worldbuilding from the show Vikings.If she's not writing, she bookbinds, creating one-of-a-kind special editions you can't find anywhere else.
Current Works in Progress
Curious to see Ashlee's current projects? Feel free to explore them below!
Ashlee mostly writes dark fantasy romance, but is exploring other genres.
Adult Fantasy Romance
Whispers Among Spirits
Elin tries to stop a poisoned skogsrå with the help of a cursed slave, but their growing bond becomes dangerous when saving him means becoming a monster herself.
tropes
Grumpy vs Sunshine
Forced Proximity
Dark Forest Magic
Cursed Transformation
Vikings vs Dryads
STATUS: querying
YA Dark Fantasy
Where thieves bleed
To free her sister from the brothel, Dex must steal a god-controlling artifact for The All-Seeing, a feared soothsayer guild, but handing it over will doom the city, and if she refuses, they’ll take their revenge on her sister.
tropes
Enemies to Lovers
Slow Burn
Dark Academia
Unreliable Magic
Ancient Secrets
STATUS: Querying
YA Fantasy
Dreams of Dark Sands
Cursed and hunted, seventeen-year-old Harlow is running out of time before the darkness under her skin consumes her. When a mysterious nomad named Velho rescues her from execution, he reveals her curse is the key to finding relics that could heal—or destroy—the world.
tropes
Slow Burn
Forbidden Magic
Touch is Deadly
Cursed Healer
STATUS: Drafting
Adult Dark Fantasy
The Broken
Coming soon!
tropes
Lost Love
Broken Magic
Evolved Monsters
Ancient Secrets
STATUS: Drafting
