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Sons of Fire Cover Reveal
Sooooo excited to finally be able to show the gorgeous cover by @shayneleighton to the world!
SONS OF FIRE comes out on January 14th.
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One brother destined to rule…
…The other cursed to exist
Tell me what you think!
Tour Schedule
As I have a bunch of local author events coming up, I just wanted to get my appearance schedule all in one place. Feel free to stop by! I’ll be promoting the Fragments Series as well as my stand-alone urban fantasy book Sons of Fire.
10/19 12:00-5:00 – The Long Island Book Fair – The Holiday Inn Westbury
10/25 7:00 PM – Local Author fest – Syosset Public Library
11/2 11:00-2:00 – Coffee House Tours – Mongo’s Coffee House in Syosset
11/16 2:00 -5:00 – Long Island Author Fair – St. Stephen’s Church in Hicksville
12/7 – 1:00 – 4:00 – Coffee House Tours – Starbucks Bay Terrace
Sons of Fire Cover Reveal Coming Soon!
I can’t wait to show my shiny (or matte?) new cover off to the world! Stay tuned.
When Keegan’s father, the Demon King of Fire, attempted to produce an heir, a surge of light energy interrupted the process. One tiny piece of the newly forming demon broke off. That piece is Keegan. For years, he has attempted to lay low, watching from the shadows while his monstrous brother Aidan, the true Prince of Fire, is groomed for the throne.
Keegan’s shaky status quo is shattered when one of his father’s power-plays goes horribly wrong. He is cast to Earth and forced to work with a suddenly powerless Aidan. The two brothers must cooperate to complete an impossible task and avoid being cast forever into the abyss. As if having to spend time with his beastly other half wasn’t bad enough, Keegan must adapt to living on Earth, wielding his new human vessel, and dealing with his demonic appetite without harming the human creatures for whom he has always cared.
As Keegan and Aidan work to save themselves, questions arise. What exactly was the King of Fire up to, that sparked their Master’s interest enough to cast them from the Demon Realm? Can Aidan be trusted in his new human form, complete with emotions, or is he the same unfeeling creature he’s always been? And why are so many demons suddenly invested in the outcome of the brothers’ trial? The only thing Keegan knows for certain is that whether he succeeds or fails at the task, the consequences for the Demon Realm and for Earth itself will be catastrophic.
Reviews Keep Books Alive.
All authors know that reviews are the lifeblood that flows through our veins, the air we breathe, the very fabric of… I can get even more dramatic if you’d like!
In that vein (see what I did there?) I am going to run a one time promotional opportunity for anyone who hasn’t left a Goodreads and/or Amazon review of The Sin Soldiers.
Leave a review this week on Goodreads and Amazon starting right now (an HONEST review), anytime this week, until next Sunday (9/1) and be entered in a random drawing for a chance to win a limited edition Sin Soldiers t-shirt.
Modeled here by yours truly!
Heartfelt thanks to all those who read and review every day.
Please comment on this post to let me know you’ve left a review!
Fragments #2………
I’m so excited to finally be able to post the title and prospective release date for the second book in the Fragments series! THE CRYSTAL WAR is currently undergoing line edits with my publisher, getting ready to make its debut in the spring of 2020.
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Review of Lineage by C. Vonzale Lewis
Smart-mouthed Nicole Fontane has a way of getting herself into trouble. She’s been fired from every job she’s had but still refuses to work in her father’s apothecary shop because of his practice of Earth Magick. On Tulare Island where Nicole grew up, Magick has always been a way of life—one she’s determined to avoid at all costs.
With less than two hundred dollars in the bank and rent due, Nicole is forced to take a job at Tribec Insurance as a last resort. Little does she realize, the moment she sets foot inside the building, she becomes a pawn. A sinister force has set its sights on her and will stop at nothing to use her in a sadistic game.
Tribec’s proprietors, the Stewart family, are curiously preoccupied with the Naqada, the mysterious pre-dynastic Egyptian society. Nicole finds it creepy, but on the bright side, the job reconnects her with her estranged friend, Marta. Yet the eerie atmosphere, disappearing Magick wards, and the smell of blood inside Tribec bring Nicole to a startling conclusion—the Stewarts are practicing Blood Magick, the deadliest of the Five Principles. By the time Nicole uncovers the truth, Marta and her four children have gone missing, and all signs implicate the Stewarts and an archaic blood ritual to an Old One, a Naqada god imprisoned on Tulare Island.
Battling the evil of Blood Magick will demand Nicole to confront a hidden past and unlock the Magick buried within. But can she set aside her deep-rooted fears to work with a team of vigilante Mages? Or will the clock run out on Marta and her children—and on Nicole?
My Review:
| Dark magic, a snarky main character, and a fast-paced high-stakes mystery made for a fun (if intense) read. A few scenes sent chills up my spine and violence was for sure a critical aspect to the book’s intensity.
In this magic-infused mess that our main character Nicole finds herself entangled in, we get to meet a lot of really cool, mysterious side characters, from the ‘patient’ Jonah and his barely contained violence to the swoony Alex and his tortured past. Lineage was an intense, pull-no-punches thriller, and I’m excited to read the next book in the series. |
The Wicked King by Holly Black
The Wicked King
(The Folk of the Air #2)
by
You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring.
The first lesson is to make yourself strong.
After the jaw-dropping revelation that Oak is the heir to Faerie, Jude must keep her younger brother safe. To do so, she has bound the wicked king, Cardan, to her, and made herself the power behind the throne. Navigating the constantly shifting political alliances of Faerie would be difficult enough if Cardan were easy to control. But he does everything in his power to humiliate and undermine her even as his fascination with her remains undiminished.
When it becomes all too clear that someone close to Jude means to betray her, threatening her own life and the lives of everyone she loves, Jude must uncover the traitor and fight her own complicated feelings for Cardan to maintain control as a mortal in a Faerie world.
My Review
Ah, Holly Black…. how I love your worlds! I’ve been waiting for this one for a long time, because I’ve been feeling a lot of withdrawal from Holly’s rich words, revels, and debauchery. She paints a vivid image of magic rules, unearthly figures of terror and beauty, and most importantly, the complexity of human emotions entangled among the cruelty of immortals.
Jude isn’t my favorite of Holly’s characters, if only because, just like the warrior girl herself, I need her to be soft when she cannot be soft. Her stubbornness and inability to trust became a hindrance to some of the relationships I needed to see in this book. My other request – more Cardan!!!! The subtleties of his rich, complex character were wasted on cameos.
I’m hoping for Cardan to become the major player he deserves to be in the third book. Yikes….the wait!!!
Writing Through Life
Ready for the next step…
- Obtained an agent
- Went on submission with my sci-fi/fantasy trilogy
- Wrote another book- stand-alone urban fantasy
- First book in my Sci-fi/fantasy trilogy picked up by a publisher
- Second book offered and acquired by same publisher
- Amicable parting of ways with agent.
- 2nd and 3rd books in trilogy picked up by publisher
- Currently working on edits for anticipated fall release of my first upcoming books
Dark Fairytale Dreams and Dystopian Nightmares 