Happy Day After April Fools
I'm going with that excuse for being late again!
Hello Kittens!
Life has been a bit of a roller-coaster the past couple of weeks. I feel like I keep say that, but sheesh, life has been a ride this year. It just keeps jumping out at me and rocking my shit. From quitting the job that I had been at for over a decade, to transitioning to being a stay at home parent has been a challenge. And revamping where and when I write has been challenging.
This past month, I’ve had the amazing privilege of writing with one of my all time favorite people. If you haven’t picked up any of Shelly Ferguson’s books, you need to run to KU and start with Scarlett. She writes the sweetest small town cozy romances with a twist of mystery. I highly recommend them (and I’m not saying this cause she’s my best friend, and I make her covers. I devoured the entire series in a week, and barely paused to sleep.) Our first co-written book, Ember, will be out in just a few weeks.
From sick kids to back pain, I haven’t been writing as quickly as I would like. Sadly, this has meant that Fitzgerald is delayed. But its coming so soon, followed by more co-writes with Mariah (my beautiful bestie and fearless editor) and Miri our favorite NZ hedgehog. More MC romance, more aliens and more shifter fun is in the works.
Home stuff is fantastic. I love picking up the kids after school and actually having time to spend with them. We’ve been to the park, to new restaurants (now that we’re starting to peak our heads out of the house after three long years) to grocery shopping, I’ve had so much fun with them. Looking for a new job right now isn’t exactly fun, but the ability to spend time with my children is priceless.
The books will come. Some just take more time to germinate than others, and sometimes life gets in the way.
What’s in this Edition:
Aliens on Earth - This massive anthology will drop into your favorite ereader on May 9th!
Ember - Is being edited. I’m so excited for you all to read this book and experience the mash-up of cozy southern romance with MC shifters and my personal brand of steam.
Fitzgerald - Will be finished before the end of April. That is a guarantee. It’s ready to be read. (and look out for preorders for the next in the series, can anyone guess who’s book is next?)
Reading Recs & Bookfairs - Spring break is next week! And its time to fill up those ereaders with some fantastic new-to-you authors!
Aliens on Earth
Real quick I’m going to give you four amazing reasons that you should grab a copy of Aliens on Earth.
It’s only 99 cents! There are nearly 100 authors signed on to write stories (yeah that’s less than a single penny per story) and boy are there some awesome authors signed on.
It’s a charity anthology with it’s proceeds going to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.
I have two stories in this anthology! One with the amazing Miri Stone and one with my bestie Mariah Thayer. Both are part of current series we are writing!
If that’s not enough to entice you, then how about this? There are two stories coming from myself and two of my book wives!
Mariah Thayer and I are writing an installment of the Blood Moon Riders MC series, with all the magic and mayhem that you’re used to, along with a little alien spice (and some special alien anatomy action that you can’t miss).
Dragons are the name of the game for my collaboration with book wife Miri Stone. We have been dreaming up a series of Why-Choose Dragon Shifter Aliens for a while, and this just seemed like the perfect place to drop a series novella.
Ember and her cousins scattered to the winds after college, but a mysterious letter from their aunt pulls them back home.
Being a baker in New York isn't all it's cracked up to be. Ridiculous hours, bare minimum pay, and a tiny efficiency apartment with her cat wasn't exactly what Ember was expecting when she left Culinary School with top marks. But going home to Peach Licker, Georgia, and admitting defeat was not what she had planned. Then the letter came. An urgent call to come home to her ailing aunt and take over the family shop with her cousins may just change the course of Ember's life.
Thor, president of the Barbarian Kings Motorcycle club, never felt a tie to anywhere. Along with his brothers, Loki and Tyr, he had been traveling the country for as long as he could remember. Other members came and went, but their bond was absolute. And all because they had been on the run from (Who? Again?). But one foot, or wheel, into Peach Licker, and he instantly knows its time to put down roots and stage his last stand. Definitely has nothing to do with the pretty new bakery owner in town.
Ember is the first book in the Southern Bell Coven by Shelly Ferguson and K.O. Newman. Set in a tiny coastal town near Savannah where things are far from normal. Preorder your copy now so you don't miss this hot new series!
Being a grizzly means you're on the top of the food chain but in the world where shifters are experimenting on their own even apex predators are fair game.
Rebekah O’Mahony has found herself an orphan without a den and running for her life. Alone and on the run from enemies who want her back in their clutches, she turns to the one man who she thinks can help her find her brother and keep her safe. A man she's never been able to forget, no matter how much time has passed. With evil nipping at her heels, the Lords of Khaos are more than willing to bring a lost sister back into the fold.
Fitzgerald Kavanaugh doesn't see himself as the hero in anyone's story, not even his own. But when a childhood friend reaches out to him desperate for help, he does the only thing he can, and steps up. When he realizes that Bex has only barely escaped Longshot–the same cutthroat club that LOKI has been looking for–and their fearsome allies, he's more determined than ever to protect her. Getting one step closer to unraveling the mystery he and his brothers have been chasing.
Only thing is, seeing one another for the first time in two decades yields an unexpected twist. On the verge of war Fitz has found the fated mate he didn't know he'd lost, and wasn’t aware that he needed, only to find that Longshot poses a threat to his future on a much more personal level. As the Lords of Khaos prepare to go to battle, will the promise of love and a happily ever after be enough to see Bex and Fitz through? Or will the danger that is lurking just outside of Ironwood’s gates be more than they can handle?
Reading Recs & Bookfairs
If you’re looking for the next book to add to your TBR, I have all of them. Don’t forget to click on my books as you go through! Pre-Orders for Fitzgerald, Ember, Bartender Mate and Aliens on Earth, but also grab your copy of Malachai if you haven’t had the chance to dive into my world of the Lords of Khaos: Ironwood. Or Crow Moon—live in the Blood Moon Riders Universe, with the first book in the series!
Awww. I love you too bestie! And she is right people. ember is so good.