Thrown into the path of a notorious gang of criminals named The Loose Ends, Renji is keen to help them even the score; and once an unfair gas bill threatens to leave the city’s poorest freezing in their own homes, he finds himself with a chance to do just that. Teaming up with a gruff single dad on a mission, a laid-back hacker DJ, and her furious bruiser of a sister, Renji has a plan involving an audacious heist of tonight’s company Christmas fundraiser– but in order to pull it off, he’ll have to dodge his vicious former boss and avoid his terrifying aunt, all while gaining the trust of his new allies.

What could possibly go wrong…?

Hit The Ground Running is the first novel in the No Loose Ends series, a collection of quirky heist novels that will appeal to fans of Rivers of London, or the InCryptid series. Sort of like Leverage, only gayer and with more cyberarms.

Click here to read a two-chapter sample! 

The digital version is a downloadable e-book, which will be provided in a zip file containing mobi, epub and PDF formats. Please email me at kate@kateashwin.com if there’s a different format you’d like.

The book’s cover was drawn by the truly excellent Ben Fleuter, and the pro-tier editing was done by No Stone Unturned!

Having made a rather explosive exit from her previous career, Lei picked up a new job as a flunky for the self-proclaimed World’s Greatest Bounty Hunter, Verity Cunningham, thinking it would be a good opportunity to turn things around and get herself onto the right path. But now the repentant former villain has found herself setting off on a journey of discovery, it turns out to not quite be the one she was hoping for.

Traveling across the globe on the trail of an eccentric and sinister American millionaire, Lei and Verity set sail on the mysterious magically-powered cruise ship The Good Intentions, and soon discover that all aboard is not exactly as shipshape as it should be.

An A5 (210 x 148 mm) 100 page volume, featuring 2 pages of book-exclusive content!

At least… that’s the plan. As long as he can hold off the hosts of Heaven, travel across dimensions, and keep his own minions from backstabbing him and each other, it should be simple…

An amoral fantasy tale that can’t keep a straight face, this is the first of two volumes collecting the long-running webcomic Darken, which contains updated art, author commentaries, and other extras.

The first of two printed volumes of Darken, and the only time you’ll be able to see much of the older art updated to be cleaner and less terrible.

Black and white, 350 pages, which covers the first fourteen chapters.

Flung into the past and faced with a foe with an endless appetite for the finer things in life, it’s down to her and a mismatched kitchen staff of maids, criminals, housewives and more to figure out how to escape the never ending buffet.

Can Alexa uncover the Hotel’s mysteries before she and her fellow cooks end up on the menu?

An A5 (210 x 148 mm) 116 page volume, beautifully printed!

A monster is coming to Widdershins, and it’s down to Wolfe and his colleagues – a fussy wizard and a grumpy yet gifted vagrant – to discover what it wants, and how to stop it.

An A5 (210 x 148 mm) 124 page volume, beautifully printed, with 4 pages of extras!

Decades later, the town of Widdershins is under attack, but before Henry’s equally bold granddaughter Harriet Barber can save it, she needs to know what she’s fighting. Can his tale from the past help her to save the future?

An A5 (210 x 148 mm) 128 page volume, featuring a book-exclusive 11 page extra story about Henry and Izzy’s wedding!

They may have everything they need to save the day, but when you’re fighting monsters of your own making, your own worst enemy may be yourself…

An extra-thick A5 (210 x 148 mm) 238 page volume, including an extra 4 page Guide To Widdershins, somewhat annotated by Sidney.

Nervous, studious and sweet by nature, Vincent is desperate to avoid performing his first execution- even moreso after meeting the charming, foolish and condemned student wizard Will Sharpe, who is set to hang the following morning. But is Will guilty of the despicable magical crime he’s been accused of, or is he a single unwitting thread in a terribly tangled truth?

Aided by his best friend, conspiracy theorist extraordinaire Eliza Swift, Vincent has just one night to unravel the mystery, before he and Will are due their deadly appointment on the gallows.

An A5 (210 x 148 mm) 104 page volume, featuring 5 pages of book-exclusive notes from the Fourth Anchor Society!

After her part in saving the town of Widdershins, Harriet deserves a holiday… But this is definitely not what she had in mind. Trapped on the other side of the world and seemingly alone, she’ll be forced to face the one enemy she is absolutely unprepared for: herself.

Back at home, Jack O’Malley the guardian and witch of Widdershins, has vanished- and that’s the least of the town’s incoming problems. Overeager investigators, rogue Americans and unexpected parental visits are all set to conclude in a chaotic collision. Can the witch be found before it’s too late?

An A5 (210 x 148 mm) 104 page volume, featuring 2 pages of book-exclusive content!

The PDF bundle here is offered at a discount- £20 for all ten volumes, £5 cheaper than buying each volume seperately!

Shipping information- Sometimes it works out a little cheaper for you if I parcel up these into more than one envelope, so don’t worry if your collection arrives in two separate parcels.