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New free short!
Hey, everyone!
It's a long time until Sweet Clematis is released but people have been asking for some more beings. (And also I needed something fun and short to write, sooo.)
So please enjoy this tiny future glimpse of a character from Clematis's book.
Loup Affamé Renard Insensé
It's a long time until Sweet Clematis is released but people have been asking for some more beings. (And also I needed something fun and short to write, sooo.)
So please enjoy this tiny future glimpse of a character from Clematis's book.
Loup Affamé Renard Insensé
upcoming releases!
First things first--CLEMATIS!
Dreamspinner has announced the release date for Sweet Clematis, Book Nine in the Being(s) in Love series. November 27th, that pretty fairy is all yours, though you can pre-order now.
Cover reveal should be in September, but you can still put in an order without that.
Can a curse be a blessing?
Clematis works hard to embody every fairy stereotype. He can be a sulky prince or a submissive flirt, slutty and arrogant or silly and soft. He makes himself into whatever causes someone to want him. Combine that with beauty that’s incredible even for a fairy, and everyone wants him sooner or later… just not for long.
Well, everyone except the fairy Clematis secretly adores. But then, he’s never expected happily ever after, not when he’s spent years burying his emotions and making himself unlovable to push people away and protect his heart.
But his curse changes all that, and Clematis can no longer prevent his feelings from rising to the surface. He’s terrified that when his few friends see him for who he really is, they’ll abandon him, just like his parents did.
It’s hard to imagine friends who see past his act to the sweet person within, but maybe happiness has been in front of him the entire time, waiting for the real Clematis to break free and blossom.
Sweet Clematis
If you need something a little sooner than that, don't worry, Book Three of Familiar Spirits will be out at the start of October on both Smashwords and Amazon.
Nothing More Certain
Emery Elward returned to Trinity Creek with no intention of doing anything but repairing the farmhouse he grew up in, starting a business, and tending to the graveyard linked to his family’s property. He has no interest in renewing past friendships. But one old friend is determined to get Emery out from behind the cemetery’s iron gates.
Crafty, delicate Ezra Bell, who tailors his coal-black suits, knits gloves to warm his cold hands, and couldn’t make a plant grow if he tried isn’t someone Emery can ignore. Ezra was Emery’s best friend all through school, his first crush, and his first kiss. Then Ezra stepped back without ever acknowledging that anything happened between them and Emery left town. But now Ezra is free to tell Emery the secret that kept them apart—the town is steeped in magic, the old families are witches, and some of them, like Ezra, are a little bit more.
Amid gray skies, falling leaves, and the paper cut-outs of skeletons that decorate the town in anticipation of Halloween, Ezra is going to woo Emery back to land of the living. If anyone can convince Emery that he is wanted, that Ezra still loves him, and that magic is real, it’s Ezra. Emery may be stubborn, but he is about to discover that nothing is more certain than Ezra.
!!!!!!
And now, I'm off to work on the next thing. *whew*
Dreamspinner has announced the release date for Sweet Clematis, Book Nine in the Being(s) in Love series. November 27th, that pretty fairy is all yours, though you can pre-order now.
Cover reveal should be in September, but you can still put in an order without that.
Can a curse be a blessing?
Clematis works hard to embody every fairy stereotype. He can be a sulky prince or a submissive flirt, slutty and arrogant or silly and soft. He makes himself into whatever causes someone to want him. Combine that with beauty that’s incredible even for a fairy, and everyone wants him sooner or later… just not for long.
Well, everyone except the fairy Clematis secretly adores. But then, he’s never expected happily ever after, not when he’s spent years burying his emotions and making himself unlovable to push people away and protect his heart.
But his curse changes all that, and Clematis can no longer prevent his feelings from rising to the surface. He’s terrified that when his few friends see him for who he really is, they’ll abandon him, just like his parents did.
It’s hard to imagine friends who see past his act to the sweet person within, but maybe happiness has been in front of him the entire time, waiting for the real Clematis to break free and blossom.
Sweet Clematis
If you need something a little sooner than that, don't worry, Book Three of Familiar Spirits will be out at the start of October on both Smashwords and Amazon.
Nothing More Certain
Emery Elward returned to Trinity Creek with no intention of doing anything but repairing the farmhouse he grew up in, starting a business, and tending to the graveyard linked to his family’s property. He has no interest in renewing past friendships. But one old friend is determined to get Emery out from behind the cemetery’s iron gates.
Crafty, delicate Ezra Bell, who tailors his coal-black suits, knits gloves to warm his cold hands, and couldn’t make a plant grow if he tried isn’t someone Emery can ignore. Ezra was Emery’s best friend all through school, his first crush, and his first kiss. Then Ezra stepped back without ever acknowledging that anything happened between them and Emery left town. But now Ezra is free to tell Emery the secret that kept them apart—the town is steeped in magic, the old families are witches, and some of them, like Ezra, are a little bit more.
Amid gray skies, falling leaves, and the paper cut-outs of skeletons that decorate the town in anticipation of Halloween, Ezra is going to woo Emery back to land of the living. If anyone can convince Emery that he is wanted, that Ezra still loves him, and that magic is real, it’s Ezra. Emery may be stubborn, but he is about to discover that nothing is more certain than Ezra.
!!!!!!
And now, I'm off to work on the next thing. *whew*
Updates, and a gift
Just a reminder--Sweet Clematis, Book Nine of the Being(s) in Love series will be out on November 27. FINALLY!
The day after that, I believe, I will have a short interview in the HEA section of USA Today, where I will answer all sorts of geeky writer questions you may or may not care about. :)
This December, probably shortly after the 25th, I will be releasing a smol, fluffy little fantasy short. Something not at all in the holiday spirit, for people who just want a break from it all. It's called How to (Not) Train a Firecat and I will have more details soon.
And in a last bit of news, every year around my birthday, I try to write a fun, easy, short story or snippet for people. This year it got a little out of hand. But I posted it anyway. It's been a stressful year. People should have a nice thing. It's free (or reader sets the price) at Smashwords.
Green Tea and Pink Apples
Hope you all enjoy it! I'll post again in a few weeks to scream about Clematis and other fun stuff!
The day after that, I believe, I will have a short interview in the HEA section of USA Today, where I will answer all sorts of geeky writer questions you may or may not care about. :)
This December, probably shortly after the 25th, I will be releasing a smol, fluffy little fantasy short. Something not at all in the holiday spirit, for people who just want a break from it all. It's called How to (Not) Train a Firecat and I will have more details soon.
And in a last bit of news, every year around my birthday, I try to write a fun, easy, short story or snippet for people. This year it got a little out of hand. But I posted it anyway. It's been a stressful year. People should have a nice thing. It's free (or reader sets the price) at Smashwords.
Green Tea and Pink Apples
Hope you all enjoy it! I'll post again in a few weeks to scream about Clematis and other fun stuff!
Sweet Clematis stuff
Official Promo Post reminder that Sweet Clematis will be released November 27!!! The long-awaited (seriously, it's been a year) story of everyone's favorite heartbreaker dealing with the fairy curse Tulip leveled him with.
Available in all the usual places, Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Barnes & Noble online.
Also, for anyone interested, I have a small interview in the Happily Ever After section of USA Today, due out the 28th! (Weird. I have no idea if I answered okay. But I tried my best!)
And then I will also be sharing a post on the Dreamreaders of Dreamspinner group on Facebook on Thursday, November 29th! (busy week, let me tell you. All this socializing! I will need a nap!) I will be sharing my "Favorite Five" and maybe talking about Clematis a bit. Feel free to comment or just lurk. <3
And now, because I want people to take care of themselves, here are the content tags for Sweet Clematis. These are going to look dark, but people tell me this book has one of the happiest endings of anything I've done. So. There is that.
(Tags should be hidden under spoiler tags. But that sometimes doesn't work for whatever reason. So if you don't want to see, don't read beyond this point.)
<spoiler>Depression
Dissociation
Casual, anonymous sex
Dubious consent (referenced)
Sex as a coping mechanism
Sexual abuse (referenced but not shown)
Sexual abuse of a minor (implied)
The presence of hate groups
Child abuse through neglect (referenced)
Public sex
Hostile work environment
Mistreatment by police/authorities
Light dom/sub feels</spoiler>
There. Hopefully that helps!
That's enough promo for now. Back to writing.
Available in all the usual places, Dreamspinner Press, Amazon, Barnes & Noble online.
Also, for anyone interested, I have a small interview in the Happily Ever After section of USA Today, due out the 28th! (Weird. I have no idea if I answered okay. But I tried my best!)
And then I will also be sharing a post on the Dreamreaders of Dreamspinner group on Facebook on Thursday, November 29th! (busy week, let me tell you. All this socializing! I will need a nap!) I will be sharing my "Favorite Five" and maybe talking about Clematis a bit. Feel free to comment or just lurk. <3
And now, because I want people to take care of themselves, here are the content tags for Sweet Clematis. These are going to look dark, but people tell me this book has one of the happiest endings of anything I've done. So. There is that.
(Tags should be hidden under spoiler tags. But that sometimes doesn't work for whatever reason. So if you don't want to see, don't read beyond this point.)
<spoiler>Depression
Dissociation
Casual, anonymous sex
Dubious consent (referenced)
Sex as a coping mechanism
Sexual abuse (referenced but not shown)
Sexual abuse of a minor (implied)
The presence of hate groups
Child abuse through neglect (referenced)
Public sex
Hostile work environment
Mistreatment by police/authorities
Light dom/sub feels</spoiler>
There. Hopefully that helps!
That's enough promo for now. Back to writing.
