Ellen B. O'Brien, Author

Sorsha doesn’t want anything anymore—she has a decent job, a loving family, a nice house, a respectable whiskey collection, and peaceful solitude. But her perfect life is upended when the black pony her nephew rides at the fall festival talks, claiming to be a púca trapped in his pony shape for five hundred years. She agrees to break the curse, but when Ciarán appears in human form to reward her, she is first suspicious, then unwillingly attracted. He treats her to a delicious festival date, kisses her, then disappears into the night.

She thinks it’s over…until he shows up on her porch as a black cat. He begs for her help to find his way in the modern world, and soon he’s settled in her house as her pet, her roommate, her drinking buddy, and then her lover. But their affair reopens the half-healed wounds of Sorsha’s past and reawakens the dreams she gave up years ago. As her perfect peace tumbles into colorful chaos, Sorsha must choose between the safe life she’s carefully built and the shapeshifter who has made all her walls tumble down.

Whiskey Pooka Foxtrot was written for the Monster Brides 13 Nights of Halloween event and first released via Bookfunnel on October 1, 2025.