The Shadow of Theron: Coming February 2023
The first book in the Age of Shadows duology that blends adventure and romance with sword and sorcery. Here's the blurb:
The powers of old are fading. A new Age is dawning.
Holy relics are all that remain of Theron's sacred legend.
Now those relics, the enchanted weapons forged by the Three-Faced Goddess to help Theron defeath the wicked Sorcerer Argoss, are disappearing.
Lysandro knows the village magistrates Marek is responsible, and he searches for proof disguised as the masked protector the Shadow of Theron.
But when Marek wounds him with an accursed sword that shouldn't exist, Lysandro must fine a way to stop Marek from gaining any more artifacts created by the Goddess or her nemesis.
The arrival of the beautiful newcomer Seraphine, with secrets of her own, only escalated their rivalry.
As the feud between Lysandro and Marek throws Lighurma into chaos, a pair of priestesses seeks to recover the relics and return them from safekeeping. But the stornes warn that Argoss is returning, and they must race to retrieve Theron's most powerful weapn. But as they risk their lives for a legend, only one thing is certain. The three temples to the Goddess have been keeping secrets: not just from the faithful, but from each other.
Wheel of Time readers and fans of Sebastian de Castell, Sarah Maas, Saladin Ahmed, and Trudy Canavan will delight in this fantasy adventure duology infused with romance.
Curse of the Amber: Available Now from City Owl Press
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Curse of the Amber is my answer to so many “man out of time” stories that have such great potential, but always end up being rather flat. It takes as its premise the return to life of a bog body, slumbering in the peat of the Welsh countryside by pagan magic. He is awakened by a young, unsuspecting archaeologist with ghosts of her own. It has required the most preliminary research of any of my fiction projects to date. I’ve come to know everything about bog bodies, archaeological study and preservation, museum policy, archaeology in the academy, British paganism and lore, Egyptology, and Roman expansion in the British Isles, Aside from the material facts, this project will draw inspiration from M.Y. Halidom’s The Woman in Black and The Mummy by Anne Rice.
An archaeologist unearths a cursed, ancient Roman and draws the ire of an evil witch in this romantic urban fantasy from the author of A Vision in Crimson.
Quintus is a dutiful son and soldier, sent to Britannia to improve his marriage prospects and ensure the Druids never rise again. Roman soldiers destroyed the last Druid stronghold in a battle of blood and fire. So, he never expects to be sacrificed to their sacred bog, trapped forever by the gods below.
Two thousand years later, Asenath Hayes discovers the most well-preserved body in history. And the last thing she needs is for him to wake up.
As the young archaeologist delves into Druidic rituals to grasp why Quintus was offered to a Welsh bog and then resurrected, she is forced to complete her research with the "missing" body, dodge her ex-lover and mentor with his own agenda, and keep her gorgeous new houseguest under wraps.
But, smitten with her as he seems, Quintus says he wants to go home.
Asenath is drawn to Quintus by the secrets they share, even if it scares her. As Asenath is pulled deeper into the mysteries of the bog, she must risk everything to keep him from hell's cold grasp as she uncovers forbidden rites, awakened deities, and an attraction that transcends the ages.
Quintus is a dutiful son and soldier, sent to Britannia to improve his marriage prospects and ensure the Druids never rise again. Roman soldiers destroyed the last Druid stronghold in a battle of blood and fire. So, he never expects to be sacrificed to their sacred bog, trapped forever by the gods below.
Two thousand years later, Asenath Hayes discovers the most well-preserved body in history. And the last thing she needs is for him to wake up.
As the young archaeologist delves into Druidic rituals to grasp why Quintus was offered to a Welsh bog and then resurrected, she is forced to complete her research with the "missing" body, dodge her ex-lover and mentor with his own agenda, and keep her gorgeous new houseguest under wraps.
But, smitten with her as he seems, Quintus says he wants to go home.
Asenath is drawn to Quintus by the secrets they share, even if it scares her. As Asenath is pulled deeper into the mysteries of the bog, she must risk everything to keep him from hell's cold grasp as she uncovers forbidden rites, awakened deities, and an attraction that transcends the ages.
THE FROSTBITE SERIES- Coming in 2024 to City Owl Press!
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BOOK ONE: A VISION IN CRIMSON
| Too much in my head, this man |
What was originally meant as a stand- alone novel, grown from a germ of fan fiction, has ballooned into an epic fantasy series, wrought with romance, adventure, classical myth, and a healthy dose of the gothic and paranormal. You can still buy the original edition, but City Owl's revamp is going to be AWESOME.
Katelyn knows her magic is risky, but Icaryan light is fading fast and she is desperate. Her narrowing path leads her to Luca, a vampire hybrid living on the outskirts of humanity. Mutual attraction ignites their weary hearts. The rogue hunter follows Katelyn into a world teeming with wonder and danger, forsaking his own quest to root out his father.
But his father has not forgotten him.
A Vision in Crimson is the first book of a dark epic fantasy fraught with passion, peril, and magic.
BOOK TWO: DREAMS OF ICE AND SHADOW
I'm very excited about the second installment of this series. It's got action, danger, romance, magic-everything you loved about the first book, only more, and more of the world to discover. Grab your copy today!
Luca has discovered his father’s hideout. He hunts the legendary vampire alone, pushing Katelyn away to safety. Luca’s pursuit of his father drags him to the edge of his sanity. But Dracula is not so easily bested. He evades Luca so he can tap into Katelyn’s power—the magic that lies at the heart of Icarya. Luca’s heart sinks as his father draws him further and further from his eternal love.
Across the Great Sea, Katelyn is summoned to the slave city Likhan. After the death of Seht Reza, Likhan teeters toward revolution as her nephew Darien seeks the throne. To help him, Kate must work alongside Alaric, the assassin who will stop at nothing to win her back in Luca’s absence. The dark forces mounting against Darien leave Kate vulnerable to the destructive pull of her elemental nature.
When Kate attempts her most powerful spell yet, her life, Luca’s happiness, and the existence of all Icarya hang in the balance.
Dreams of Ice and Shadow is the heart-stopping second volume of the Frostbite series, where gothic terrors invade epic fantasy, and Katelyn and Luca’s passions burn brighter than ever as the dangers facing Icarya threaten to separate them forever.
Across the Great Sea, Katelyn is summoned to the slave city Likhan. After the death of Seht Reza, Likhan teeters toward revolution as her nephew Darien seeks the throne. To help him, Kate must work alongside Alaric, the assassin who will stop at nothing to win her back in Luca’s absence. The dark forces mounting against Darien leave Kate vulnerable to the destructive pull of her elemental nature.
When Kate attempts her most powerful spell yet, her life, Luca’s happiness, and the existence of all Icarya hang in the balance.
Dreams of Ice and Shadow is the heart-stopping second volume of the Frostbite series, where gothic terrors invade epic fantasy, and Katelyn and Luca’s passions burn brighter than ever as the dangers facing Icarya threaten to separate them forever.
BOOK THREE: NIGHT OF STORMS
This will be the third (but hopefully not the last) installment in the Frostbite series, recently acquired by City Owl press for re-release. Yay!!! And I swear, I will finish typing it up, even if my eyes fall out.
For those in the know: Alaric & Darien are key players, along with a certain vampire lord, and there's something lurking in the Indigo Forest.
NOTES FROM THE UNDEAD: COMING SOON
Notes from the Undead is about a man who comes to think he has transformed into a vampire, and whose reality deteriorates in very short order. The idea came to me as I was reading Hideyuki Kikuchi's series of novels VampireHunter D when, once again, D cuts off his sentient hand, infested by a nameless symbiote, and sends it off like Thing from the Addams Family to do his bidding. “What if,” I ventured, “what if this idiot just thinks his hand will come back to him? What if he just maimed himself, and sent his dead hand flopping to the floor, with a ‘chop chop! Hurry up now!’” Insanely grotesque. Immediately I began imagining the possibilities to address the state of vampire fiction, and contribute something innovative to it at the same time. As I pondered the modern application of vampiric tropes in my fiction, I stumbled into one seldom used—displacement, the longing for home soil. This story has been boiling around in my brain for over five years, and has been in an out of revision as I constantly think of Rick and what his story needs to be complete. Rod is literally sucking the life out of me. But I'll be goddamned if I'm not gonna do this one right. I'm exhausted. And proud.
Works in Progress
The Transported Man (Working Title): Outlining
I honestly didn't think this book was going to be next on the roster. More like the second one, after the gothic romance, but it's being REALLY push! More of the story is taking shape in my mind, along with more out characters and dialogue, which can only mean one thing: my mind has rested enough from Theron and is ready to start crafting a new story. It will likely be drafted very very son. This portal fantasy will be fun to write, with a blend of German superstitions, tarot decks leading to alternative dimensions, and a changeling princess. All at Coney Island. Go figure.
The Winds of Summer: Outlined
This title will be dark and adventurous and romantic, with an empres taken captive and a trio of old friends brought back together by tragedy.
Only in My Dreams...For Now
I can't even begin to explain all the stories that are in "Raw Development," or, in other words, books that I'm thinking about but haven't begun outlining yet. Here are the only breadcrumbs I'm willing to divulge, to give you a window into my head and a sense of what's to come:
A Gothic romance or three: with a historical bent and a taste for the phantasmagoric, (this one is up next, I swear) the spirit world with a domestic mystery, & a cursed prince
A dark twist on a classic fairy tale with passion, politics, and poison
Two more horror tales on the way, one with mermaids and another in the Himalayas at the end of the world
A portal fantasy, maybe a short story, that examines how secondary worlds might be affected by our own climate change.
An epic romantic fantasy inspired by the gret stories of war & love in Asia
A paranormal/New Adult fantasy investigating occult architecture
A dark fantasy romance by Orpheus and Eurydice
A period horror thriller with troupers, wolves, and a restoration
A dystopian romance where the humans are the infection
A foray into romantic sci-fi, influenced by my love of colonization and expertise in Atlantis
A couple of kids picture books about monsters & mice, one based on a true story
A dark fantasy romance by Orpheus and Eurydice
A period horror thriller with troupers, wolves, and a restoration
A dystopian romance where the humans are the infection
A foray into romantic sci-fi, influenced by my love of colonization and expertise in Atlantis
A couple of kids picture books about monsters & mice, one based on a true story
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