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Dive into Cord & Asher's story with the first book of their duet, TASTE OF BLOOD. Blurb as follows:

Foreveris a long time for a vampire.

Ialways thought Asher Winston was my forever.

That’swhy cutting him out of my life was like cutting off a limb.

Butit had to be done.

IfI’d stayed, we would have killed each other.

Forten years I avoided him.

Goingthrough the motions.

Emptyand alone.

Andthen that chance meeting on the street.

NowI’m caught in his web again.

Iknow where this will lead, but I don’t have the strength to end it.

Becauseas much as I hate it, the only time I can breathe is when he’s near me.

Release date October 13, 2025. Preorder HERE

 

Ever since I commissioned the cover for The True Soul I was dissatisfied with it. It looked like a trashy romance novel (a reader even recently told me that), which, while there are aspects of this book that place it in the category of paranormal romance, is not reflective of what the book is really about. It's a love story, true, but it's also a story of a lost culture. I suppose that's why, when I created the hardcover version, I went with another cover.

When I decided to reformat all my books to be more reader-friendly (many were published in 10pt Times New Roman, which is not a reader-friendly font face or size), I naturally needed to redo all the covers because the page counts had increased. And I figured, as long as I was doing that, I might as well commission an upgrade. This is what we came up with. I believe it now reflects the more fantastical elements of the book because there is a sense of magic in the relationship of Sharla and Flies With Wind, as well as in the tribe's existence.

The True Soul is available in ebook, paperback, and hardcover HERE.

 

I'm in the process of removing all my books from KindleUnlimited so I can sell them on other outlets like Barnes & Noble, Apple,Kobo, Smashwords, etc. While no longer in KU, they will be available on KoboPlus. Right now the first four books of my Sacrifice series have been uploaded, awaiting publication. As my currentKU obligations expire, more will follow with updated links provided on the My Books page.

 

 

I’ve seen it countless times by authors in online forums–howdo I embed fonts in a PDF document? I did some research on it for my ownpurposes and came up with this instructional document.

I’m going to assume you’re working with an MS Word document.If so, first embed the fonts in that document by the following method:

File>Save As

Then choose the folder where you want to save your document(even if it’s already in that folder). When the dialog box opens, click Tools(at the bottom)>Save Options then check the box next to Embed Fonts in This File.Uncheck any of the boxes below that.

Click OK>Save.

Now we move onto the PDF portion. Under File, click Print.

Select Adobe PDF>Printer Properties (see image 1 below)

Click Advanced. In the dialog box, click the Paper/Qualitytab, then click on the Paper Size drop down menu and scroll down to PostscriptCustom Page Size (see image 2).

Enter the trim size of your book, then click OK.

Go to the Adobe PDF Settings tab, and under DefaultSettings, click Edit (see image 3 below)

Under Fonts, scroll down the Windows/FONTS listed and clickto Add any to Always Embed box (see image 4).

Click OK, then a box will come up with a job number (notimportant). Click Save, then when it closes, click OK.

Now click Print and your PDF will be created. When you open thePDF file, click File>Properties and check the fonts. It should list all thefonts you added.

A word about nonstandard fonts. I have had little success inadding them, but you can try adding them manually.  When I want to use a decorative font for a chapterheading, I usually just create a graphic of it.

If you would like a PDF copy of this post, let me know in the comments below. Please include an email address where I can send it.

 

 I just dropped a new video for my Sacrifice urban fantasy series. I'm pretty proud of this one.

 WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD.

This is a YouTube recording of a podcast reviewing my dark paranormal romance The Cruelty of Thorns. If you haven't read it, you might want to skip listening because it contains spoilers on the ending.

 I've created a new promo video for RELEASE, Book 5 of The Sacrifice series. Short and sweet.

 

JUST RELEASED! My new dark paranormal romance, The Cruelty of Thorns.

JULIANUS

I’m a sensualist, born to chase desire. I’m also abloodthirsty monster. The ruinous events that led to that fate have ruled mynights and haunted my dreams throughout my centuries of existence. Until I saw her. Now I can’t get her out of my mind,even though another man commands her attention. Every instinct is warning me tostay away, but how can I do that when she could be the key to my redemption?

 

MYRA

I came to Whitfield College for a new beginning. To forgetthe tragic event that stole my creativity and forced me to swear off romancefor good. Until now. Now I find myself faced with a dilemma I never dreamed I’dhave. Two gorgeous men, one mysterious and exciting, the other grounded andsweet. Both determined to claim me as their own, and my life could depend onwhich one I choose.

THE CRUELTY OF THORNS is available exclusively on Amazon for kindle and paperback. Read for free on Kindle Unlimited.

TRIGGER WARNINGS: This book contains content recommended for those 18+, toinclude:

BDSM, MF and MM sex, polyamorous sex, sexual assault,nonconsensual sex, murder, torture, blood play, and suicide (off-page)

 

I finished my dark paranormal romance, The Cruelty of Thorns, on Sunday and created a book trailer for it. See below:

 

A while back, after I published my latest novella, Skinned, I created a video short to promote it. It was just the above image with an excerpt from the book. I posted it all over social media with no problem, but for some reason, the PTB over at TikTok took exception to it and banned my account. I've tried reaching out to them to protest this to no avail. There was no warning, no slap on the hand, just my account disappearing. I even tried opening a new account with a different email address, but when I posted that video, it received the same treatment. Two accounts banned.

You can view the video for yourself and see what you think. Is this worthy of being banned?

View it here: SKINNED: A Descent Into Obsession