 The Smashwords End of Year sale starts today and runs through January 1st, and all of my books are 50% off for the sale. It's a great time to try one of my books if you've been waiting or to catch up on anything you missed. You can find To Love the Dragon King here, and the Chronicles of Tournai and Elemental books over here. Happy reading! 
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Happy Ace Week! I'm going to share some book recs for Ace Week in a separate post, but I wanted to do a quick post letting you know about my books with ace spec main (and supporting) characters. While I don't use the words demisexual, asexual, etc on page because these are fantasy worlds, the main characters' orientations are explained on page. With supporting characters, it isn't always as clear but I've explained what to expect with them below.   It's time share the cover of To Know a Dragon Spy. If you're subscribed to my newsletter, you saw this in October's edition, but this post also includes an excerpt, which wasn't in the newsletter. If you're a newsletter reader, you also know that I meant to have this book finished and released this past spring, but post covid issues completely messed up all my plans for the past year. Natasha Snow (who is amazing) made this gorgeous cover for me with that anticipated release date in mind, and I've been sitting here with it since then. I'm tired of keeping it a secret. I'm still not certain when To Know the Dragon Spy will make it into your hands, but I'm doing my best and I'll let you know as soon as I know. In the meantime, feast your eyes on this gorgeous cover, and if you can tear your eyes away from it, read the draft blurb and excerpt from the beginning of the book (just as a warning, both will probably change as I finish the book).  The Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook asks its members to share six sentence snippets from their work each weekend. Check out the group's Facebook page to read all the snippets and add lots of great books to your TBR. You'll find all sorts of books with the common thread that the main character identifies as LGBTQ. To Love the Dragon King is the first book of my Dragons of Ivria series (I promise I'm working on the second book and it will be out as soon as possible!). King Lysander has discovered a treasonous plot against his country and himself and, with the help of his most trusted confidantes, is trying to find all the conspirators before they can put more people in danger. Along the way, he meets Sascha, a beautiful man who is being used as a pawn in the plot against Ivria. Lysander is immediately attracted to him, but can he trust someone connected to traitors? I've skipped ahead briefly in the scene I've been sharing snippets from to give you the first time Lysander sees Sascha.  Alan’s sharp knock sounded at the door before it opened. He stepped aside and ushered a younger man into the room. And everything else faded away. Objectively, Sascha—for this had to be Sascha—was beautiful. His hair was a rich, deep red and his skin a flawless ivory. Lysander couldn’t see much of his body because he was huddled in a white fur-trimmed cloak, but his face... His features were so perfect Lysander couldn’t believe it possible, and his large eyes were a blue that brought to mind the finest sapphires. Lysander’s first thought was that he wanted to shower Sascha in the gems. His second was that too much fear filled those eyes. Sascha held himself tensely as if he were poised to flee. The realization acted as an icy douse of water, extinguishing the flame of his wayward desire. You can find out more about To Love the Dragon King here. Thanks for reading!
The Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook asks its members to share six sentence snippets from their work each weekend. Check out the group's Facebook page to read all the snippets and add lots of great books to your TBR. You'll find all sorts of books with the common thread that the main character identifies as LGBTQ. Life got in the way and I missed a couple of weeks of posting Rainbow Snippets, but I'm starting up again and switching over to snippets from To Love the Dragon King, which came out one year ago this month.To Love the Dragon King is the first book of my Dragons of Ivria series (I promise I'm working on the second book and it will be out as soon as possible!). King Lysander has discovered a treasonous plot against his country and himself and, with the help of his most trusted confidantes, is trying to find all the conspirators before they can put more people in danger. Along the way, he meets Sascha, a beautiful man who is being used as a pawn in the plot against Ivria. Lysander is immediately attracted to him, but can he trust someone connected to traitors? This week's snippet follows directly after last week's.  He allowed himself be ushered into a small room off the entry, likely where unexpected guests were left to wait, with Kirill and Romilly and two soldiers at the door. He paced to one side of the small, sparely decorated room, then turned to pace back. Kirill and Romilly remained standing. Neither would sit before he did. “Sit, both of you. Just because I don’t want to doesn’t mean you have to be uncomfortable.” Romilly was the first to move. They glided over to one of the chairs and sat gracefully, then wrinkled their nose. “It’s probably more comfortable to stand, Your Majesty.” Kirill only shook his head. You can find out more about To Love the Dragon King here. To Love the Dragon King is $1.99 in ebook at all retailers, through Monday August 26th—don't miss out on a great sale! Thanks for reading!
The Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook asks its members to share six sentence snippets from their work each weekend. Check out the group's Facebook page to read all the snippets and add lots of great books to your TBR. You'll find all sorts of books with the common thread that the main character identifies as LGBTQ. Life got in the way and I missed a couple of weeks of posting Rainbow Snippets, but I'm starting up again and switching over to snippets from To Love the Dragon King, which came out one year ago this month.To Love the Dragon King is the first book of my Dragons of Ivria series (I promise I'm working on the second book and it will be out as soon as possible!). King Lysander has discovered a treasonous plot against his country and himself and, with the help of his most trusted confidantes, is trying to find all the conspirators before they can put more people in danger. Along the way, he meets Sascha, a beautiful man who is being used as a pawn in the plot against Ivria. Lysander is immediately attracted to him, but can he trust someone connected to traitors? This week's snippet follows directly after last week's.  “Your Majesty, if you and Master Kirill and Honorable Romilly would please come with me?” Alan gestured toward the left. “Jannik has been located, but some of his guards are fighting back, and it would be safer for you to not be in the open.” “We’re hardly defenseless, Commander.” He, Kirill, and Romilly all had the dragon Talent in sufficient strength to allow them to transform into dragons—which was how they’d all come here. “I’m aware, Your Majesty, but as the king, you should not take unnecessary risks.” Alan stared at him levelly. “Let us do our work.” He’d been king long enough to know there were times when risk was avoidable and times when it wasn’t. This situation wasn’t one where he had to go charging into battle. His part would come after. “Fine.” You can find out more about To Love the Dragon King here. Thanks for reading!
The Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook asks its members to share six sentence snippets from their work each weekend. Check out the group's Facebook page to read all the snippets and add lots of great books to your TBR. You'll find all sorts of books with the common thread that the main character identifies as LGBTQ. Life got in the way and I missed a couple of weeks of posting Rainbow Snippets, but I'm starting up again and switching over to snippets from To Love the Dragon King, which came out one year ago this month.To Love the Dragon King is the first book of my Dragons of Ivria series (I promise I'm working on the second book and it will be out as soon as possible!). King Lysander has discovered a treasonous plot against his country and himself and, with the help of his most trusted confidantes, is trying to find all the conspirators before they can put more people in danger. Along the way, he meets Sascha, a beautiful man who is being used as a pawn in the plot against Ivria. Lysander is immediately attracted to him, but can he trust someone connected to traitors? This week's snippet directly follows last week's.  “The commander seems to have the situation well in hand.” Someone sighed softly behind him, the sound almost inaudible—and probably meant to be—among the noise echoing in the room. Likely Kirill, but Romilly was behind him too. Neither was a soldier or fighter, but they were two of his best negotiators and diplomats and they had discovered the treasonous plot that brought them here today. They were also both leaving Ivria soon, and though they would be well placed, he would be sad to lose them here. But he would use their skills and minds for the time they remained in Ivria. The soldiers were imposing order rapidly, herding frightened but cooperating servants in one direction, coming and going with reports for Alan. Faint sounds of conflict came from somewhere beyond the entry hall, and Alan dispatched more soldiers in that direction before returning to Lysander. Thanks for reading today!
The Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook asks its members to share six sentence snippets from their work each weekend. Check out the group's Facebook page to read all the snippets and add lots of great books to your TBR. You'll find all sorts of books with the common thread that the main character identifies as LGBTQ. Life got in the way and I missed a couple of weeks of posting Rainbow Snippets, but I'm starting up again and switching over to snippets from To Love the Dragon King, which came out one year ago this month.To Love the Dragon King is the first book of my Dragons of Ivria series (I promise I'm working on the second book and it will be out as soon as possible!). King Lysander has discovered a treasonous plot against his country and himself and, with the help of his most trusted confidantes, is trying to find all the conspirators before they can put more people in danger. Along the way, he meets Sascha, a beautiful man who is being used as a pawn in the plot against Ivria. Lysander is immediately attracted to him, but can he trust someone connected to traitors? In this snippet from chapter one, Lysander has just arrived at the home of one of the conspirators to apprehend him.  The Rainbow Snippets group on Facebook asks its members to share six sentence snippets from their work each weekend. Check out the group's Facebook page to read all the snippets and add lots of great books to your TBR. You'll find all sorts of books with the common thread that the main character identifies as LGBTQ. Since it's Mother's Day here this weekend, I thought I would share a snippet of a character with their mother, and the first one I thought of is actually the book I'm writing now. To Know a Dragon Spy is the second Dragons of Ivria book. There's more intrigue and a new romance and dragon shifters, of course. Natasha Snow has already done the cover, and I can't wait to share it because it's just gorgeous but that's for another day. Today, I have a snippet for you of Felix with his aunt/adoptive mother, the former queen (and mother of the current king, Felix's cousin). They don't get to see each other too often since she moved away, but she has come back to attend the king's wedding. I'm sure this will end up edited and changed before the book is finished, but here's Felix and his mother settling in for a good chat. If you read To Love the Dragon King, you've met Felix before, but Elysande is making her debut in this book.  Felix sat and reached immediately for the pot on the table to pour himself a cup of the tisane, the bright scent rising on the steam. He inhaled deeply, then paused when he heard voices and then light footsteps coming in his direction. A moment later, Felix smiled when a woman appeared in the doorway. “Aunt.” Felix stood, but Aunt Elysande had crossed the room to embrace him before he could move. “I didn’t know you would be here this morning. I was going to visit you later.” “I thought it would be easier if I came and saw you all at once.” She took the chair he offered her. “I went to Lysander’s rooms, but he was in a meeting. So I visited the children, then I came to see my second son.” Those last few words warmed him through, because she meant them and the love in them was so apparent to him. He didn’t remember his parents well; he hadn’t had them long. His aunt and uncle could’ve treated him only as a ward, though they never would have, or as a beloved nephew, as they had before his parents’ deaths, but instead, they'd opened their hearts to him as their son, a third child they treated no differently from the other two. And they became a second set of parents to him. “I’m so glad you did.” I'll have more about To Know a Dragon Spy for you soon. Until then, check out the first Dragons of Ivria book, To Love the Dragon King, here. Thank you for reading today!
 It's time that time of year again—yes, the holidays, but also the Smashwords End of Year Sale! The sale begins today and runs through January 1st, and all of my books are 50% off, including To Love the Dragon King, which has never been on sale before! This is a great time to start or catch up on or binge a series... |
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