Cover Reveal and Preorder

 

Cover Reveal and Preorder!   I am so happy to show tell you about my next release, Immortal Sentry. I fell in love with the cover by CJ Romano and wrote the book to reflect the image. It's already up for preorder on Amazon and will be released on October 19. A gargoyle? A highwayman/prince in disguise? A grouchy mage? What more can anyone want?  Oh, but there's a bonus. A highwaywoman.  Here's the blurb: Honor, redemption, destiny, and magic. As captain of the king’s guard, Kerric should have laid down his life for the royal family. Now, the king and his heirs lie dead. Kerric deserves death, too, yet the court mage has another punishment in mind. For their failure on the fateful day an enemy invasion killed the king, Captain Kerric and his men will forever guard the castle as gargoyles, both as a curse and as a warning. His one chance for redemption is to put a rightful heir on the throne. How can that happen when there are no living heirs, and he’s encased in stone? Eron doesn’t remember much about his time before being rescued by notorious highwayman Lord Night and taught to live the life of a noble by day and brigand by night. There’s much more to Lord Night than meets the eye and much more to Eron’s destiny than purses of gold and nightly conquests. A mysterious mage appears, saying it’s time for Eron to return home, overthrow an evil usurper, and take his rightful place. As king.   Preorder here!

New Release- Lighting the Darkness - A Carnival of Mysteries Story
 

I've got a new release for you!

This year I participated in the multi-author project Carnival of Mysteries, and my offering is now available at Amazon and on KU. Lighting the Darkness is a side story to my recently released Darkness, but it can be read as a standalone. 

Only Light can balance Darkness.
 

Lio wakes in someone else’s battered body with plenty of questions but no answers. Who is he? Who are the strangers who rescued him? Why do they call him Tenebris and Darkness? And why does everyone treat him like a feral dog about to attack?

Bel Am’I’s home world of Domus died moments after his escape, trapping him in the human realm with a clear mission. As Light, he must prevent Darkness from destroying Terra and the Domusians who’ve escaped there. Failure will doom billions to certain death, but how can he locate and balance a single, hidden being who doesn’t want to be found?

A mysterious carnival unites Lio and Bel, who must work together to uncover Lio’s true identity and stop him from accidentally annihilating the world. Yet someone doesn’t want them to succeed, someone who will stop at nothing to achieve the total destruction of both realms—even pitting Light against Darkness.

The battle for the end begins…

Lighting the Darkness is part of the multi-author Carnival of Mysteries Series and a side story to Eden Winters' Darkness. Each book includes at least one visit to Errante Ame’s Carnival of Mysteries, a magical, multiverse traveling show full of unusual acts, games, and rides. The Carnival changes to suit the world it’s on, so each visit is unique and special. This book contains characters from Darkness as well as new ones, alternate realms, a twist on soul mates, and bad guys. I mean, evil, horrible, terrible guys. Definitely the type you wouldn’t bring home to Mother. And one cookie-baking demon.

Now available at Amazon and on KU!

 

All about the Carnival of Mysteries
 

I've told you a bit about the Carnival of Mysteries above, but this trailer might help. The multi-author project is in its second season, and there are currently twenty-five novels. Most are standalone, some are sequels, and some are like mine, which reference an author's previous work. 

Check here for a complete listing of novels by some of your favorite authors, and some new to you authors who might become more of your favorites. 

Season one was released last year and contains novels by L. A. Witt, Sara Ellis, Kayleigh Sky, Elizabeth Silver, EJ Russell, Rachel Langella, and TA Moore

Season two, which is in the process of releasing, has stories by Kim Fielding, Megan Derr, Liv Rancourt, BL Maxwell, Kaje Harper, Eden Winters, R.L. Merrill, Ander C. Lark, Nicole Dennis, Rachel Langella, Morgan Brice and ZA Maxfield. 

It's amazing to see all the different takes on this project. I'm definitely enjoying 

Stay tuned, as I'll soon have another preorder for you. 

Darkness - Now Available for Preorder

 I'm so proud to announce that the urban fantasy novel I've been working on for two years is finally up for preorder. 

Darkness follows Lieutenant Morrisey James.

As an Atlanta PD detective, Morrisey understands the worst atrocities the city has to offer—or believes he does. His recent cases present something new: a killer who unleashes unbridled terror in victims before moving in for the kill. Morrisey has an edge, though, the terrifying ability to gain flashes of insight from each victim.

Most people assume Farren Austin is a shallow, pretty boy, but he’s so much more. Agent Austin keeps secrets as part of the FBI’s Alternate Entities Task Force, a unit created to monitor travelers from another realm. Although they might look human, they’re anything but.

And they’ve taken a special interest in Morrisey.

Partnered with Farren, Morrisey finds himself in the middle of demons trying to possess his body, a succubus sidekick who wants to cook him breakfast, accusations of being a powerful destructive force, and a growing number of people calling him “Darkness.” Not to mention a sudden overwhelming attraction to his new partner.

It’s going to take the mysterious Farren’s help to keep the latest case from being Morrisey’s last.

Available for Preorder at Amazon

Happy Pubersary to Me!

 

On January 28, 2010, Torquere Press (now closed) released The Wish, my first book with a publisher. It was re-released in 2020 by Rocky Ridge Books.

I was terrified of how it might be received, but still thrilled to become a published author, which I couldn't have done without my friends and support system. Since then, I've written twenty-nine more novels and countless novellas, short stories, and anthology contributions.

Thank you, everyone, for making this journey with me. 

Happy 14th (official) Pubversary to me!

Family. Sometimes even death can’t stop the meddling.

Byron Sinclair might be gone, but he has unfinished business before his spirit can rest: watch over his much-older partner Alfred Anderson, and see his lonely nephew Paul settled in a meaningful relationship.

With Alfred’s nephew, Alex, who hasn’t yet realized how badly he needs someone to see past the spoiled rich boy façade and love him for himself. They’d be perfect together, once Byron works out a few small problems.

Alex is convinced Paul is an opportunistic suck-up with the morals of an alley cat. Paul, from humble beginnings, isn’t impressed with aloof and arrogant playboy Alex, either. Both swear they know all they need to about the other, and need not look further.

But Byron sees what could be if they'd give each other half a chance, a romance for the ages like what he shared with Alfred. He's going to see their nephews happy together, or di…

Well, he’s already died, but he won’t stop trying.

Find it at Amazon:

Sale!

 For a limited time, the price of Warrior King had dropped from $5.99 to .99 cents on Amazon US and £0.99 on Amazon UK. This is a limited-time offer, so get your copy soon!

One man is the son of a traitor. The other is the son of a tyrannical emperor. Together, they discover the fine line between duty and justice.

Commander Draylon Aravaid doesn't hide his lineage as the emperor's son but doesn't advertise his origins either. Loyal to a fault, he relies on his hard-won reputation rather than his family name, which his duplicitous father uses to full advantage.

Prince Yarif DiRici trained his entire life to become a consort in a political marriage--all while secretly yearning for love. The death of his father and older brother suddenly thrusts an unwanted crown upon his head, and Yarif into a whirlwind of dangerous plans within plans as he and Draylon are forced into marriage.

The political game is set, and Yarif is kidnapped. It's up to Draylon to mount a daring rescue to prevent all-out war.

The two men must get past each other's mistrust, find common ground, and defeat an enemy neither knew they had...and may not survive!

New Christmas Novella

For a while there, I worried that feel-good holiday romance Must Love Dogs wouldn't be ready for release this month. I'm proud to announce that it's now up for preorder at Amazon, releasing December 16. 

I think I should warn you, though, that this novella is different from my usual work. No one gets arrested or killed, there are no evil mages, and there's no angst. Nada. Zip. Not even a little. What's there is a lot of fluff and cute dogs. 

Does a good deed outweigh a white lie?

With his family away this holiday season, Nathan Johnson faces his very first Christmas alone in a new city. Unexpectedly taking in the neighbor’s dog leads to a series of white lies, all designed to set his sister’s mind at ease. After all, Nathan really is spending the holidays with a stunning ginger named Oscar. He simply leaves out the part about Oscar being a dachshund.

Who knew Oscar would play furry little matchmaker and introduce Nathan to a gorgeous veterinarian who just might make Nathan’s dreams come true?

Order your copy at Amazon. 

New Novel and Map of the Warrior King World

It's been awhile, but I finally have a new novel to tell you about: Warrior King, Warrior-Book 1 in a duology. Fantasy, enemies to lovers, opposites attract and forced marriage. The story has them all. 

One man is the son of a traitor. The other is the son of a tyrannical emperor. Together, they discover the fine line between duty and justice. 

Commander Draylon Aravaid doesn't hide his lineage as the emperor's son but doesn't advertise his origins either. Loyal to a fault, he relies on his hard-won reputation rather than his family name, which his duplicitous father uses to full advantage. 

Prince Yarif DiRici trained his entire life to become a consort in a political marriage--all while secretly yearning for love. The death of his father and older brother suddenly thrusts an unwanted crown upon his head, and Yarif into a whirlwind of dangerous plans within plans as he and Draylon are forced into marriage. 

The political game is set, and Yarif is kidnapped. It's up to Draylon to mount a daring rescue to prevent all-out war. 

The two men must get past each other's mistrust, find common ground, and defeat an enemy neither knew they had...and may not survive!

Warrior King is now available for preorder on Amazon, releasing August 25.

While writing Warrior King, I started a map to keep locations clear in my mind, and to figure distances, times to destinations, etc. I intended to put the map into the book, but it made the ebook file size massive. So I'm going to show the empire of Cormira here, and will likely put a link into the book. 

I am currently working on plotting the second book, King's Warrior, which features two secondary characters from Warrior King.