Category: Elemental Magicae Duology

Rainbow Snippet April 13-14

4/12/2019

It's weekend, and time for more Rainbow Snippets. 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+.

I have more from A Harmony of Fire and Earth for you today, though I may start mixing it up and sniping from other things again next week. This snippet follows not long after last week's. I went a little over six sentences—sorry!—but I thought it was necessary with this one.

“I don’t want to stop kissing you,” Rhys gasped out.

Gaz’s breath hitched. He buried his face in Rhys’s neck. “We have to.”

Before Rhys could begin to tense, Gaz continued, “You left your sister in there, and sooner or later, she or Meraud will come looking for us. I’d rather neither of them caught us doing what we know will follow if we keep kissing. I’m trying not to think about the risk we’ve taken already. Just imagine it.”

“I’d rather not.” Rhys laughed at Gaz’s dramatic shudder. “And you’re probably right. But...we can find time to keep kissing later, right?

Find out more about A Harmony of Fire and Earth here. Thanks for reading today!

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Rainbow Snippet April 6-7

4/6/2019

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Gaz stared at him, his brown eyes serious and intense, as if he were weighing something. He was silent for so long that disappointment crept over Rhys. He began to drop his hand from Gaz’s cheek and step back, but Gaz’s hand came up. It closed over Rhys’s and held it in place as he stepped in close and wrapped his other around the back of Rhys’s neck, pulling him into a kiss. Rhys made a soft sound of surprise that was lost in the kiss and then closed his eyes and let himself sink into it.

Find out more about A Harmony of Fire and Earth here. Thanks for reading!

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Rainbow Snippet March 30-31

3/30/2019

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Rhys lifted a hand hesitantly and brushed a lock of Gaz’s fiery tipped hair behind his ear. A fine shiver went through Gaz’s body. Rhys didn’t think it could be because of the cold in the snug, warm stable. “Gaz...”

“We shouldn’t do this.”

“You’ve said that before.” He cupped a hand around Gaz’s cheek, gently, and a rush of warmth spread through him when Gaz leaned into it just slightly. “I won’t touch you again if you don’t want me to. I would never do anything you don’t want. Do you want me to kiss you?”

You can find more about A Harmony of Fire and Earth here. Thanks for reading today!

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Rainbow Snippet March 23-24

3/23/2019

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It's weekend, and time for more Rainbow Snippets. 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+.

I have another snippet from A Harmony of Fire and Earth for you this week. I've switched to a snippet about Rhys and Gaz, the book's other couple, today. Here, Rhys and his sister Briallen have arrived at Gaz's home with a request.

She nodded and went to the door while he walked their horses around the side of the cottage to the stable where Gaz and Meraud’s horses were housed. Though small, the building should have room enough to at least get their horses out of the weather. It was icy cold, and the flurries were likely to turn into heavier snow before night fell. He pushed open the door of the neat little building and stopped short when he was confronted with Gaz.

Gaz’s eyes widened, and his full lips parted just a fraction, the only indications of his surprise. Rhys had never known anyone who could conceal their emotions so well; he’d think Gaz felt nothing if he hadn’t learned to notice those little indications.

“Rhys?” A wealth of puzzlement infused the one word, as if Gaz couldn’t quite believe Rhys was in front of him.

“Gaz.” He smiled, charmed a bit by Gaz’s befuddlement.

You can find more about A Harmony of Fire and Earth here. Thanks for reading today!

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Meet Gaz from A Harmony of Fire and Earth

3/20/2019

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Meet Gaz:

-semi-reclusive (just let him draw and study, he'll be fine)
-powerful wielder of Fire magic
-with a BIG secret
-has been trying not to fall for Rhys for years (...because of that big secret...)

Get to know him in A Harmony of Fire and Earth.

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Rainbow Snippet March 16-17

3/16/2019

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It's weekend, and time for more Rainbow Snippets. 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+.

I have another snippet for you from A Harmony of Fire and Earth, which came out on Monday. (Yay!) I was going to check in with the book's other couple today, and then I decided to give you another snippet of Arden and Edmund first. They've survived the royal wedding and everything associated with it, and they're finally alone on their wedding night.

In their bedchamber, the curtains were already closed, candles providing a soft light, a fire in the fireplace warming the room. He went to the bed and pulled back the blankets. Arms wound around his middle, and he went willingly as Edmund pulled him back against his chest and pressed a kiss to his cheek.

And found himself turned and tossed among the pillows. Arden let out something close to a shriek in his shock, but it turned to laughter as Edmund climbed into the big bed with him. Arden opened his arms and drew Edmund close, welcoming his familiar weight, curling one leg around Edmund’s thighs to keep him close. They were smiling as they kissed, smiling still when Edmund leaned back enough to look into Arden’s eyes. “What do you want tonight? What would make you happy?”

Find out more about A Harmony of Fire and Earth here. Thanks for stopping by!

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Meet Rhys from A Harmony of Fire and Earth

3/14/2019

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Meet Rhys:
-Bisexual wielder of Earth magic with a talent for plants and healing
-He'd really rather be in his greenhouse
-Or probably knitting
-A little in love with Gaz from the first moment he saw him

Get to know him in A Harmony of Fire and Earth.

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A Harmony of Fire and Earth is Here!

3/11/2019

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A Harmony of Fire and Earth is out in the world today, and I'm so excited (and, as always, anxious) for you to read it. I'm a little sad too. This book marks the end of the the Elemental Magicae duology, and I didn't realize how bittersweet it would be to see it end. I love these characters and this world. The first book, A Dance of Water and Air, got me writing again during a tough, stressful time. I fell in love with Arden and Edmund and their friends and family, and I did the same with Rhys and Gaz in Harmony. I'm happy with where I've left them all, but I hate to let them go. I might return to this world one day and write another story. For now, though, it's time these characters get their happily ever afters.

The two couples in Harmony are made up of characters who are demisexual, bisexual, gay, and trans, and there's a supporting character who's asexual. Harmony picks up right where Dance left off, and I do think it's best to read them in order. Dance ends with Edmund and Arden, two princes who had to flee danger and did all they could to be together and keep their countries out of war, trying to find a way to protect their home from the real enemy and dealing with a shocking revelation—the day before their wedding. In Harmony, they get that wedding and more of the after the happily ever after as they continue to work to save their kingdom. We also meet Rhys, an Earth wielder, and Gaz, a Fire wielder with a big secret, and follow them as they find their way to HEA (that's not a spoiler—my books guarantee HEA!). They'll deal with magic and intrigue and danger, and also find love and family and acceptance. I hope you enjoy the journey with them.

About A Harmony of Fire and Earth:

[Note: The following blurb contains spoilers for book 1, A Dance of Water and Air. Read at your own risk if you haven't read that book!]

Prince Edmund of Thalassa and Prince Arden of Aither are eagerly anticipating their upcoming wedding, but the danger to their kingdom hasn’t lessened. They have a plan, but they won’t be able to carry it out alone: they need a strong wielder of each Element, whom they can trust implicitly, to carry out the magic.

Rhys is a commoner and wielder of Earth magic. He and his sister have made a living from the use of their magic for years and have become highly respected in scholarly circles, though he prefers a more simple life with his plants. When a message from Prince Arden reaches them asking for their help, they don’t hesitate. They stop only to request that Gaz, a strong Fire wielder and the man Rhys has long been enamored of, accompany them on the journey to Thalassa’s royal palace.

What no one knows is that Gaz was once known as Prince Gareth of Thalassa and is Edmund’s younger brother, long believed dead. He fled his home after his Fire Affinity made itself known and put him in danger, and he had no intention of ever going back. But he can’t keep himself from going to his brother’s aid, despite the risk of discovery and of the weight of his secrets potentially crushing his fledgling relationship with Rhys.

Working against time, they must find a way to come together in a magical working the likes of which none of them has ever imagined, or their homelands will surely burn.

Add A Harmony of Fire and Earth to your Goodreads shelf.

Buy A Harmony of Fire and Earth:
NineStar Press
Apple
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
Smashwords
Kobo

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Tomorrow!

3/10/2019

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About A Harmony of Fire and Earth:

[Note: The following blurb contains spoilers for book 1, A Dance of Water and Air. Read at your own risk if you haven't read that book!]

Prince Edmund of Thalassa and Prince Arden of Aither are eagerly anticipating their upcoming wedding, but the danger to their kingdom hasn’t lessened. They have a plan, but they won’t be able to carry it out alone: they need a strong wielder of each Element, whom they can trust implicitly, to carry out the magic.

Rhys is a commoner and wielder of Earth magic. He and his sister have made a living from the use of their magic for years and have become highly respected in scholarly circles, though he prefers a more simple life with his plants. When a message from Prince Arden reaches them asking for their help, they don’t hesitate. They stop only to request that Gaz, a strong Fire wielder and the man Rhys has long been enamored of, accompany them on the journey to Thalassa’s royal palace.

What no one knows is that Gaz was once known as Prince Gareth of Thalassa and is Edmund’s younger brother, long believed dead. He fled his home after his Fire Affinity made itself known and put him in danger, and he had no intention of ever going back. But he can’t keep himself from going to his brother’s aid, despite the risk of discovery and of the weight of his secrets potentially crushing his fledgling relationship with Rhys.

Working against time, they must find a way to come together in a magical working the likes of which none of them has ever imagined, or their homelands will surely burn.

Add A Harmony of Fire and Earth to your Goodreads shelf.

Preorder A Harmony of Fire and Earth:
NineStar Press
Apple
Amazon
Barnes & Noble
Smashwords
Kobo

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Rainbow Snippet March 9-10

3/9/2019

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It's weekend, and time for more Rainbow Snippets. 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+.

A Harmony of Fire and Earth will be available everywhere on Monday, and I'm both excited and nervous, as always. I'm sharing another snippet from it today. Today's snippet follows not long after last week's. Edmund and Arden have just gotten married and are waving to the crowds gathered outside to witness the wedding of the two princes.

They held hands and waved until the carriage arrived to take them back to the palace where they would receive well-wishers. Perhaps they could steal away for a few moments before that obligation. Edmund wanted nothing more than to be alone with Arden—he’d take a few moments if it was all he could get. As soon as the carriage door shut behind him, Arden pulled Edmund against him and pressed his lips to Edmund’s.

Edmund gasped, and Arden pushed farther into the kiss, clutching Edmund to him for a thorough kiss. He pulled away after another moment and smiled at Edmund, putting a gentle hand to his cheek, even as his chest heaved. “I’m sorry. I couldn’t wait.”

You can find more about about A Harmony of Fire and Earth, including preorder links and a longer excerpt, here. Also, the first book in the Elemental Magicae series, A Dance of Water and Air, is 50% off at Smashwords (along with two of my other books). It's a great time to pick it up and dive into both books. Thanks for reading today!

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