Yes, I know. I’ve been gone for a while. Between internet issues and doing a re-edit on several books I have the rights back for, it has been a little busy, with not much news.
But, later this month, you should see links for the re-release of Gambler’s Folly, Jareth, First Lord, and Viviane, First Lady. They all have new covers and have been re-edited for re-release. I’ll be publishing all of them as an indie author this time, so watch Smashwords and Amazon for them.
I also hope to release Gambler’s Folly Book 3–The Russian later this month. I think you’ll like the Russian. He’s a little rough around the edges, but he has been around for quite a while. And that’s enough to make anyone a little thick-skinned.
I believe the heat is backing off just a little. While it has been pretty warm, it hasn’t been 100 degrees out for a while.
How are things in your world?
I’m working on Lady Calloway, the next book to be published as Sultonna Nadine. Set in an alternate timeline of Victorian England, the church and state are one and the same.
Add in the fact that the church employees people with psychic abilities to seek out and destroy heresies, and “confess” sinners back to righteousness, and you’ll get the idea behind the plot.
Liora grew up in a small village. When Kerrick came through on church business, he is immediately attracted to her. Soon, they are married and living in Londre, where he works in a position between the two halves of the church–the secular and sacred sides of their world.
Three months into their marriage, they are both miserable, and Kerrick finally discovers his wife has been taught and firmly believes the heretical teachings of her priest concerning sex in marriage. As an employee of the church, it is his duty to turn her in for confession, but he can’t bring himself to do it.
Taking a short holiday to the coast, he hopes to convince her to change her beliefs, until his father contacts him and tells them to run. The church has sent confessors and wardens to bring her in. Her village is been decreed to be in heresy and will soon be crawling with confessors and wardens to root it out.
On top of the original heresy, both Liora and Kerrick have begun to develop abilities condemned by the church. If this is found out, they are both in danger.
How will this end?
I haven’t figured that bit out yet, but I’m working on it. In the meantime, Book 3 from Gambler’s Folly–The Russian— is with the editor and should be available later this summer.
How is everyone doing with this weather? I don’t know about you, but the temperatures here in the southeast are brutal. With the highs near 100 degrees already, I don’t even want to think about August…
So, what to do when the heat keeps you inside?
Read, of course!
A little romance, a little fantasy, and maybe a little magic along the way.
Yes, I know summer doesn’t officially begin until June 21, but let me tell you, it’s hot outside. Temperatures are up in the 90’s here and near 100 out at the coast. It is way to early for this stuff.
But, if you’re trying to escape the heat, take a seat in your favorite place, grab a book, and enjoy the AC with a nice glass of tea.
Who’s with me here?
What are you reading these days?
If you haven’t read the books in my two series, give them a try. Go on over to Amazon or Smashwords and take a peek.
Esperance is set on a highland world, ruled by First Lords with psychic abilities.
Gambler’s Folly is on a futuristic world full of shape-shifters of varying sorts.
And there is enough mischief and magic for all, along with romance, of course!
Don’t forget my stand-alone, Master of the Fleet, written under the pen name Sultonna Nadine!
So go inside, stay cool and comfortable, and take a virtual trip to a different world.
Paranormal Fantasy Romance, where the games are dangerous and the stakes are high.
While Karianna had been planning to divorce her husband because of his gambling, she never expected him to put her on the table to cancel his debts.
Now the possession of the most powerful of the underworld leaders on Gambler’s Folly, Damiano Leone, she struggles to find answers, while adjusting to her glamorous new life amidst deadly, behind-the-scenes games.
DANTE’S ANGEL—Book 2 — Dante wouldn’t have missed his boss’s wedding for the world, but he’s never been off his home planet, Gambler’s Folly. And attending the wedding only accentuates his very single status. He gets tongue-tied asking a woman out for dinner. What must it be like to meet your soul mate?
But Dante’s troubles haven’t even begun until he meets Damiano’s cousin, Angela. A bit on the wild side, and with quite the attitude, their initial meeting leaves them both irritated. But their second meeting in the olive grove leaves them breathless, as they try to figure out how to break the news to the family that they are soul mates.
Dante’s Angel is on sale at Amazon now through May 18. So if you haven’t read it, go check it out before Book 3–The Russian–is released.
THE RUSSIAN –Book 3 — He is Dmitri Ivanovich Volkov, a wolf-shifter often referred to as The Russian. Born over five hundred years ago, he’d had a soulmate once. When she died, she took his heart with her to the grave. Since then he has been a lone wolf. He has avoided long-term relationships. But maybe the universe is giving him a second chance at happiness.
Danni works for The Agency in Speranza on Gambler’s Folly. Most of her time is spent working or caring for her mother. She’s been lucky up until now, but tonight she’s accosted by one of the street gangs and is sure she’ll soon be dead.
Until The Russian steps in, saves her life, and captures her soul.
Have you been over to Smashwords yet? All of my books there are $0.99 through May 4.
So if you feel like trying something new, or have been waiting to buy the next book in a series, head on over to Smashwords. Follow the link to my author page, scroll down, and choose a book to read this weekend.
Yes, it looks like it’s going to be another wet Friday. After last week’s eight inches of rain, I’m not feelin’ it. Know what I mean?
The sun has been playing hide and seek all day long and we’ve had a few small showers, but tomorrow should be wet.
A good day for reading.
What have you been reading lately? Anything to share?
I’ve been reading The Painted Lady Inn Mystery Books, by M.K. Scott and I thoroughly adore them. I like to write fantasy romance, but my reading preferences share the romance with mysteries.
So if there’s a book or series you just love, feel free to share it with us! I need something to read this upcoming rainy weekend…
The weather was something else today, with nearly five inches of rain. My back yard looks like a swamp. But it was a lovely day to visit with our daughter and her family and enjoy a nice girls day out.
It’s Friday night, the full moon is high, and I’ve finished the first quick run-through of an old WIP I drug out of my archives. I think with some work, it will be a good book.
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend. Stay safe with all the storms going on out there.
