General musings

  • Happy holidays!

    No matter how you celebrate, I hope everyone has a great holiday season filled with food, family, friends, and lots of love and laughs. Stay safe out there.

    Happy holidays! ? 

  • Happy Thanksgiving!

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    Here’s a picture I took a few weeks ago at a local park. Aren’t those leaves gorgeous? I think maples (and pear trees with their red leaves) are so pretty during the fall season.

    I hope everyone has a great holiday weekend filled with food, family, friends, football, and lots of love and laughs. Stay safe out there.

    Happy Thanksgiving! 😎 

  • Happy Holidays!

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    I will be taking a blogging break for the holidays. I hope to spend some time with family and friends, eat some good food, and watch football and holiday rom-coms.

    I’ll be back in January with info about my 2021 books, other books to add to your TBR pile, and more.

    However you celebrate, I hope that you have a great (and safe) holiday season. Cheers! 😎 

  • Happy Thanksgiving!

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    Happy Thanksgiving! 🙂 

    Eating turkey, dressing, and more. Putting up my Christmas tree. Watching football and holiday rom-coms on TV … I’m looking forward to all that and more. This is usually my favorite weekend of the year.

    However you celebrate, I hope that you have a great (and safe) holiday weekend. Take care!

  • Reminder — Kill the Queen on sale for $2.99 …

    REMINDER: Kill the Queen, book #1 in my Crown of Shards epic fantasy series, is on sale for $2.99 during May. Woot! 😎 

    You can get the ebook at all the usual retailers:

    GET THE EBOOK:

    Amazon Kindle B&N Nook Google Play Apple Books Kobo

    GET THE PRINT BOOK:

    Amazon print B&N print Books-A-Million IndieBoundWalmart

    GET THE AUDIOBOOK:

    Amazon audiobook Audible audiobook Google Play Kobo LibroAmazon MP3 CD

    Fun fact: Lauren Fortgang, who narrates the audiobooks for my Elemental Assassin urban fantasy series, is the narrator for Kill the Queen. You can listen to a clip of Lauren’s narration by clicking on the SoundCloud excerpt box below:

    KILL THE QUEEN DESCRIPTION:

    The thrilling first novel of the Crown of Shards epic fantasy series combines magic, murder, and adventure when a member of the royal family becomes a contender in a clash for the crown… 

    In a realm where one’s magical power determines one’s worth, Lady Everleigh’s lack of obvious ability relegates her to the shadows of the royal court of Bellona, a kingdom steeped in gladiator tradition. Seventeenth in line for the throne, Evie is nothing more than a ceremonial fixture, overlooked and mostly forgotten.

    But dark forces are at work inside the palace. When her cousin Vasilia, the crown princess, assassinates her mother the queen and takes the throne by force, Evie is also attacked, along with the rest of the royal family. Luckily for Evie, her secret immunity to magic helps her escape the massacre.

    Forced into hiding to survive, she falls in with a gladiator troupe. Though they use their talents to entertain and amuse the masses, the gladiators are actually highly trained warriors skilled in the art of war, especially Lucas Sullivan, a powerful magier with secrets of his own. Uncertain of her future—or if she even has one—Evie begins training with the troupe until she can decide her next move.

    But as the bloodthirsty Vasilia exerts her power, pushing Bellona to the brink of war, Evie’s fate becomes clear: she must become a fearsome gladiator herself . . . and kill the queen.