Lendle

Tarbaby Trouble is the first book in the Mudflat urban fantasy series. This book won the 2009 EPPIE for Best Fantasy.
When you grow up in Mudflat and have a troll in your basement, magic doesn\'t come as a total surprise. So when Claire, a Seattle woman on the run from a pair of crooked brothers, stumbles into another world, she\'s ready to play the role of resident \"Stargazer.\" Especially if it keeps her from losing her head to all those broadswords being swung around by the blond barbarians.  

But one really cute warrior might make her lose her head in another way. Can Claire convince Tarvik, the warlord\'s son, that she\'s really just a peace-loving Seattle girl who needs her coffee? And how do you find your way home when there\'s a war about to break loose in the castle? Can she outwit the magician, the sorcerer, the poisoner, and the enemy\'s fast-approaching army? If Claire and her Tarbaby are going to survive, they need more than a little help from the stars.

Categories:  Urban Fantasy
Word Count: 96,000
Heat Level:Low

\"My past novels include adventure, romance, fantasy, pointing me toward contemporary paranormal with the Mudflat stories. I get hung up on questions like this: can a self-sufficient vegetarian pacifist and a spoiled barbarian warrior prince join forces in love and war? Also, I know what happened to Joel Chandler Harris\'s fox and rabbit, but whatever happened to the tarbaby?\" ~Phoebe~