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+.

This week's snippet is from The Sorcerer's Guardian. Loriot and Savarin were caught out in a horrible storm and arrived at the inn to find there's only one room available, so they're going to have to share. We're in Loriot's point of view here.

​His skin was damp and clammy, and he shivered even though the room was warm. Grabbing the towel from the corner of the screen, he dried himself off. More noise came from the other side of the screen, water being poured into water.

“The tub is full for you, Loriot,” Savarin called.

​“Thank you.” He wrapped the towel around his waist and gathered his wet clothes from the floor, now puddled with water. When he came out from behind the screen, he found Savarin in the bath, his knees sticking out of the water because his legs were far too long for the tub. It would have been funny seeing the elegant sorcerer scrunched up in the too-small tub if it wasn’t for Loriot’s uncomfortable awareness of Savarin being naked. 

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If you'd like to know more about The Sorcerer's Guardian, you can find it here. Yesterday, I shared the cover for The Merchant's Love, the next Tournai book. You can find that over here if you missed it. Thanks for visiting today!

​Today only, The Sorcerer's Guardian is just $3.99 in Dreamspinner's Daily Deal. If you haven't read it yet, it's a great time to pick up this fantasy romance between an arrogant sorcerer and a loyal guard captain thrown together on a mission for the prince.

My other Dreamspinner titles are on sale too—30% off in DSP's World Book Day sale, which ends today. Don't miss out!

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+.

This week's snippet is from The Sorcerer's Guardian. Sorcerer Savarin has been drained to almost nothing after performing powerful magic, and Loriot is taking care of him. 

If you'd like to know more about The Sorcerer's Guardian, you can find it here. Today only, The Sorcerer's Guardian is $3.99 in Dreamspinner's Daily Deal, so it's a great time to grab it! My other Dreamspinner titles are 30% off in their sale ending today too. Thanks for stopping by!

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+.

​This week's snippet is from The Sorcerer's Guardian. 

If you'd like to know more about The Sorcerer's Guardian, you can find it here. Thanks for reading!

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'm snippeting from The Sorcerer's Guardian this week. Loriot thinks Savarin needs to take a break...

​“I’m aware of the importance of your work,” Loriot said and came toward Savarin in what could only be described as a prowl. “But you can’t work all night.”

Savarin pushed aside the stirrings of heat in favor of annoyance at the amusement he could hear in Loriot’s words, and stepped backward. “This is serious, Loriot. Treat it as such.”

​“Oh, I am. You need to relax sometimes or you won’t accomplish anything.” With a wicked smile, Loriot kept advancing, crowding Savarin back until he came up against the door. “You’ll be far more clearheaded if you allow yourself a little enjoyable distraction.” 

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If you'd like to know more about The Sorcerer's Guardian, you can find it here. Thanks for stopping by!

Dreamspinner is having a sale on all of its titles that were winners, runners up, and finalists in the Rainbow Awards. The Sorcerer's Guardian is included and on sale for only $4.50 through the 16th. There are a bunch of other great titles on sale too. Don't miss out!

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'm still kind of giddy that The Sorcerer's Guardian took runner up for Best Bisexual Fantasy Romance and was a finalist for Best Bisexual Book in the Rainbow Awards, so I decided to snippet from it this weekend. Here is a slightly random snippet for you. Savarin has performed some complicated that magic that almost completely drained him, and he's been unconscious for quite a while and then drifting in and out. This is what happens as he's finally waking up.

​It occurred to him that he should be worried about having an unknown person near when he was unaware and vulnerable. But it took too much work to pull himself closer to wakefulness. When he finally managed it, though he wasn’t quite able to drag open his eyes, he shifted slightly on the... mattress—he must be in a bed? Wasn’t he in the woods?—and everything ached. He groaned.

Movement next to him, the creak of a chair, and then, “Savarin?”

​The voice... he knew the voice, knew it well in all its permutations, or thought he had. There was a tightness to it now that was new. “Loriot.” 

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If you'd like to know more about The Sorcerer's Guardian, you can find it here. Thanks for reading today! And congratulations again to all the winners, runners up, finalists, and honorable mentions in the Rainbow Awards!

I'm thrilled to announce that The Sorcerer's Guardian is the runner-up in the Bisexual Fantasy Romance category of the Rainbow Awards!

Here's what some of the judges had to say:

"A perfect score from me for this elegantly written tale of wizardry and enduring love. Savarin is a master wizard, Loriot, the captain of the royal guard - an unlikely and reluctant pairing when Lorriot is directed to guard Savarin on his quest to shore up the magical defenses of Tournai. At first irritated by the wizard's seeming arrogance, Loriot grows to admire Savarin's strength of character and bravery. Their relationship is beautifully written, slow to start then a tumult of passion and desire that heated up the pages to a delicious degree. I loved this story and recommend it to anyone who likes well-crafted tales of alternate worlds and magic."

"The Sorcerer's Guardian was a touching, well-written, and absolutely solid fantasy. I settled into it easily, immersing myself in a believable world filled with complex characters, both main and supporting. I appreciated the internal struggles that the main characters went through to build their relationship, and that the plot was not dominated by a world-ending threat or violent conflict. I'd definitely recommend the Sorcerer's guardian to anyone who wants a good, and feel good, fantasy story."

"Engrossing story of magic, romance, and love, and the care that must be taken to skillfully manage each one."

I'll just be over here dancing around in excitement! Congratulations to all of the winners! Go check them out and add to your TBR list. And if you'd like to know more about The Sorcerer's Guardian, you can find it here.

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 thought I'd share a snippet from The Sorcerer's Guardian today. It will be a year on Tuesday that this book came out, and since then, it's received an Honorable Mention in the Rainbow Awards. Loriot and Savarin have been sent out on a mission for the prince and have been clashing with each other the whole journey so far. So they obviously need to be thrown together even more, right? (I went over six sentences with this one—sorry!—but I thought it was necessary.)

“Good evening,” Loriot replied. “We need two bedchambers for the night—well, likely more than one night, if the storms continue as they’re supposed to.”

​“Ah, well,” the innkeeper said, “as you can hear, the inn is quite full.”

Savarin straightened further. Loriot could feel the tension in his muscles just standing next to him. But Loriot wanted to slump to the floor.

“Are you saying you don’t have chambers for us?” Savarin said.

“No, no. Not exactly.” The man stuttered over the words, and Loriot wondered if they were really that intimidating. He didn’t feel intimidating dripping water all over the stone floor.

“What do you mean, then?” Savarin prompted, and Loriot had to concede that however Savarin looked, his tone remained intimidating.

“I’m sorry, sir. I meant that I don’t have two chambers for you, but if you would be willing to share, I do have one left vacant.” 

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If you'd like to know more about The Sorcerer's Guardian, you can find it here. Through November 27th, The Sorcerer's Guardian is 35% off at Dreamspinner, along with my other DSP books, in case you need some weekend reading. Have a great weekend, everyone!

Happy Halloween! I hope you're having a fun holiday!

I found out today that The Sorcerer's Guardian received an Honorable Mention in this year's Rainbow Awards. The words of the judges just made my day. Winners will be announced on December 8th, but I'm so excited just to have gotten this far and in such wonderful company.

The Sorcerer's Guardian is on sale through the 31st, along with all my other books (and so many other great books too). You can find them at Dreamspinner and NineStar.


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I'm also visiting the NineStar Press blog today to talk about baking and writing (and procrastination...), and I'm sharing a favorite cookies recipe: Oatmeal Pumpkin Chocolate Chip. Yum!