Katherine Harbour's Blog - Posts Tagged "faery"

Bones and Heart, the ebook short, will be included in the Thorn Jack paperback! It's Jack's origin story. When he's sent on a mission by Reiko (a month before Finn's arrival), to the sinister Fata Mr. Bones, a creator of Grindylow, Jack recalls his first encounter with the Fatas in London with his exorcist father.
There's also currently a Goodreads giveaway taking place for Thorn Jack!

Thorn Jack will be out in trade paperback tomorrow, with a new cover and the bonus story "Bones and Heart." There's a Goodreads giveaway until March 17 and I'll be answering questions until then as well, through Goodreads. https://www.goodreads.com/author/7273...

Time's running out for the Briar Queen advanced reader copy giveaway, which ends April 27!
As Finn and Jack attempt normal lives, the Wolf king arrives in Fair Hollow to take Reiko Fata's place and a mysterious young man named Moth reveals a secret that means Finn, Jack, Christie, and Sylvie must venture into the perilous Ghostlands.
Briar Queen: A Night and Nothing Novel

Congratulations to the winners of the Briar Queen arcs! Your signed copies are in the mail, sent USPS priority, 3-day!

Here's a list of songs I listened to while writing Thorn Jack, in order:

1)I Go to Sleep (Sia)

2)Hypnotic (Zella Day)

3)Young Blood (Birdy)

4)A Man You Don't Meet Every Day(The Pogues)

5)Whispering (Alex Clare)

6)Tam Lin (Fairport Convention)

7)House on a Hill (The Pretty Reckless)

8)Lucky You (Deftones)

9)Back to Black (Beyonce & Andre 3000)

10)I Know Places (Lykke Li)

11)I'll Follow You into the Dark (Death Cab for Cutie)

12)Wide Awake (Katy Perry)

You can listen to some of them here: https://soundcloud.com/katharbour/sets

The Mirk and Midnight Hour

This story based on Tam Lin, a Scottish ballad about a girl rescuing her lover from the queen of the faeries, takes place during the Civil War. The tough and genteel heroine, Violet, has grown used to the horrors of war, and nurses the Confederate soldiers brought to town. One day, she finds a wounded Union soldier, a young writer named Thomas Lynn, who is being hidden in the wild by the mysterious Van Zeldts, a trio of young Africans who live with a strange white man who is both a witch doctor and a real physician...but he hides something sinister. Violet accidentally befriends the young Van Zeldt woman. But when Violet learns the otherworldly Van Zeldts plan to sacrifice Thomas to a strange god, she has to stand against their terrifying enchantments. This was such a new and compelling approach to an old theme, I felt I was reading a wholly original story. The Van Zeldts were fantastic creations, African faery folk.

I'm running a few giveaways on my blog It's All About Story this summer. The first one ends on June 26!


Nettle King

This giveaway is for a Nettle King arc, a Cinderella journal, sugar skull notepad, and a Lucky Troll doll.

You can enter here: http://katherineharbour.blogspot.com/...

The Falconer

Steampunk and faeries and a red-haired girl seeking vengeance was a book I couldn't resist. In an alternative Scotland, 1844, Aileana hunts malignant faeries with diy weapons. She's capable of taking care of herself, but her partner in crime is Kiaran, a faery boy trained in martial arts. Her father is distant and blames her for her mother's murder by the evil faery woman Aileana hunts. Aileana's other allies are a childhood friend, Gavin, who can see faeries, and a male version of Tinkerbell named Derrick.

When Aileana learns a seal is breaking and the bad faeries will be entering the world, she and Kiaran try to stop this disaster in a fierce battle.

I loved Aileana. And Kiaran is darkly fascinating. Gavin isn't a distant second either, with his gentlemanly concern and flask of alcohol. And, despite Aileana's mission, it is the aggravating traditions and prejudices of her time that she struggles with as much as her fights against the faeries.

I'll be sending out the 5 signed copies of Nettle King Mon or Tues the 23-24 January. I hope you love the conclusion to Finn and Jack's story!

Rosemary and Rue
October (Toby) Daye is a half human/half faery living in San Francisco. She is a knight serving the faery king of that region. After a case nearly destroys her life, she is lying low. Then an old frenemy is murdered, but not before cursing Toby to find her killer.
Toby has connections with each court in the city, some of which are perilous and tricky. There is a water faery in the Japanese gardens, the feral and sexy king of cats, and a criminal overlord who has a shady past with Toby. It's a murder mystery with a fierce heroine and a fun and fascinating cast of characters perfect for the setting. Best of all, it's only the first in a series.