New Cover!

New Cover!

I am so excited to reveal book 3's cover. The cover artist from book 1, Princess of Tyrone came back to make this one and I couldn't be happier. Andrea is so talented and captures ideas in ways I never would imagine.

Now, enjoy the pretty!

Review: Falling for a Fraud (Star Bride Chronicles #2) by Betsy Love

From Goodreads:
“Beauty is skin deep, but ugly is to the bone.”


That’s what Kat’s grandfather used to say. With the global games only a few months away, her jump team encounters serious financial troubles. Their only chance is for Kat to take the enticing, though questionable investment offer from Lorenzo Watt. One look at his handsome face reminds her of Granddah’s warning. She wonders if Lorenzo is worth the risk of a deeper look.


Lorenzo knows his looks are a commodity, an asset to charm and manipulate gorgeous women into marrying off-worlders. To him, it’s just a job that repays a debt.


Complications arise when he is assigned to lure Kat into being a starbride. He didn’t expect her to be quite so challenging, nor did he anticipate the lure of her beauty.

My Thoughts:
This is the second book in the Star Brides series by Betsy Love, and it's as sweet as the first! What I enjoyed most about this is that the "villain" from the first book was turned around and his background exposed. I do't want to giveaway spoilers, but I enjoyed seeing the motives behind his betrayal in the first book.
Also, since the book remained on Earth, the world was developed more. I can feel it snapping together piece by piece as the series continues, and I'm eager to learn how Earth got to be "ruled" by an alien race and everyone is okay with that.
This is a sweet, clean romance for all those people out there who are always asking me for feel good reads. You're welcome. And Love, keep them coming!

Cover Reveal for My Book: Myths of Mish (Fairytale Galaxy Chronicles #2)

With Son of a Pitch in full swing, I completely neglected to set up a post for my own cover reveal! I'm such a dorkus ha ha!

But, here it is! I'm excited for the release on March 28th!

Myths of Mish (Fairytale Galaxy Chronicles #2)

Upper YA Space Opera

Release: March 28, 2017

Curiosity Quills Press

Goodreads

Blurb:
Hansel and Gretel Herrscher survived the witch in the woods, but the experience has made Hansel paranoid for the past ten years. He sees dark magic at every turn. When Gretel has a marriage arranged to a much older man, and Hansel discovers he's about to be sent halfway across the galaxy, he knows something sinister is afoot. 

Wilhelmine Nordon has plenty of experience with Hansel's quirkier side. So when she catches him and Gretel running away in the middle of the night, she follows to keep them from getting killed. The siblings have never left the capital of Mish on their own, so they need a babysitter. Except when she's discovered, Hansel gives her his usual cold shoulder, and Gretel secretly begs her to take them back. 

The problem is, Hansel's paranoia turns out to be well founded, and they're all being hunted.

Read Book 1 before the release!

Son of a Pitch Entry: Neodymium Exodus

Title: Neodymium Exodus
Age and Genre: YA SF Space Opera
Word Count: 95,000

Query:

Lem’s diseased, and she’s not interested in a cure. They say she’s got a contagious brain infection, or maybe she’s a witch, a portal for an evil energy-being invading our universe–but actually Lem’s a freedom-fighter who’s spent her childhood evading the paramilitary group that hunts her for talking to her invisible friend, Njandejara. Njande’s kind and strange, like that odd sunbeam in the middle of a rainstorm, and he’s only interested in knowing Lem better, not destroying her world.

When the paramilitary group captures Lem, she’s sent to a re-education camp to be “cured”. She resists the treatment. Fed up with her shenanigans, Lem’s captors kidnap her space-lemur adopted brother, Cinta. If Lem bows, Cinta goes free. As Lem’s resolve fails, Cinta warns her there’s more at stake than his life: their connection to Njande might be key to saving the universe from impending thermonuclear collapse. Lem questions his sanity (and her own!) but if he’s telling the truth, she’d better find a third option fast–or she’ll lose someone she loves either way.

First 250 Words:
Lem wasn't a big fan of warnings, but the people who ran her life were, so she gave the meat-market businessman a loud one the moment he made eyes at her little sister.

“She ain't for sale, Skins,” she said, stirring the dregs of her shake with her straw. She said it for everyone in the ice cream parlor to hear.

The businessman's green hair puffed in offense; his slit-eyes gleamed bright as his ruby scales. “Mind yourself, witch,” he sneered.

Witch, huh? Lucky for him he didn't call her crazy.

A loud slurp silenced the whole parlor as Lem finished off her shake.

Four seconds later Lem had chopped down the businessman like an overgrown holly bush. No one interrupted. No one helped, either. The space-lemur policeman in the corner stared at the phone in his paws, ears perked even as he pretended not to see; the Wonderfrog server behind the counter tapped his bulging fingertips on his skull like desserts really worried him.

Lem tightened her grip on the meat-man's wrist, spitting through her teeth as she ground his face harder into the plastic table. “Whatever I am, everyone in here knows you're selling little girls to the greys, and one day I'll prove it and get Officer Scritch there off his duff for a change.” Her voice dropped to a husky whisper. “But the day you talk to my sister again? Officer Scritch won't be lookin' for you. Won't be a you to find.”

Meat-man grunted.

Book 2 of my Fairytale Galaxy Series is Officially Signed!

You heard it here, folks! With Book 1, Princess of Tyrone, mere weeks from release, Book 2, Myths of Mish has begun its journey down the road to publication, having signed on with Curiosity Quills Press. The goal is to have the books release a year apart, so hopefully you will get to read this baby in March 2017.

With no further ado, here's a short description:

Hansel and Gretel Herrscher survived the witch in the woods, but the experience made Hansel paranoid for the past ten years. He sees dark magic at every turn, and when Gretel has a marriage arranged to a much older man, and Hansel discovers he's about to be sent halfway across the galaxy, he knows something sinister is afoot. 

Wilhelmine Nordon has plenty of experience with Hansel's quirkier side. So when she catches him and Gretel running away in the middle of the night, she follows to keep them from getting killed. The siblings have never left the capital of Mish on their own, so they need a babysitter. Except when she's discovered, Hansel gives her his usual cold shoulder, and Gretel secretly begs her to take them back. 

The problem is, Hansel's paranoia turns out to be well founded, and they're all being hunted.

Yay! This is Hansel and Gretel meets.... well, you'll just have to wait and see! If you've been following along, you will know that, along with being fairy tale retellings, this series uses the seven deadly sins, one for each book. With Princess of Tyrone focusing on Wrath, Myths of Mish has... Gluttony! I wonder if that's a nice little teaser for you to ponder over for the next 12 months or so.

Anyway! I'm excited to keep this journey rolling and hope you follow along with me with these fab characters.

Cover Reveal for my novel Princess of Tyrone!

Thank you to YA Bound for hosting this cover reveal today. Also, a huge thank you to the team at Curiosity Quills that pulled this concept together from my random ramblings and herming and hawing, especially Andy, the artist who created this final amazing cover.

So, let's get to what you've been waiting for....

Ta da!!!

Do you likie? I Love!!!

Here is the blurb for you. Release will be March 31st.

Apolline is happy hunting magical creatures on her pirate infested outer-perimeter planet. She is a fantastic shot, and doesn’t flinch at the blood and guts of her kills. Never once did she consider she could be the missing Princess of Tyrone.
All her life, she has heard the story of the Princess, cursed to sleep for eternity, unless her betrothed, the Prince of Oran, gave her true love’s kiss. Although Apolline knows she is betrothed, she thinks her fairy guardians arranged it out of ignorance of human ways. The thought she could be a princess is inconceivable.
Then Allard appears. Handsome, charming—but he’s not hers to have. He’s betrothed, too. Her guardians warn her against her new found friendship, but she and Allard meet in secret anyway. Despite her rough exterior, he sees beyond her gun-slinging bravado, and their love blossoms.
But the deadline for the sleeping curse is approaching. If Apolline falls in love with the wrong person, she could end up sleeping forever.
A quirky, adventurous retelling of Sleeping Beauty, with a less than princess-ly princess! 

My New Book Deal - The Princess of Tyrone

New Book Deal: The Princess of Tyrone has signed with Curiosity Quills Press. The Princess of Tyrone is the first of seven books in the FairyTale Chronicles, based in a magical and technologically advanced galaxy.

The query -

Apolline is happy hunting magical creatures on her pirate infested outer-perimeter planet. She is a fantastic shot, and doesn’t flinch at the blood and guts of her kills. Never once did she consider she could be the missing Princess of Tyrone.

All her life, she has heard the story of the Princess, cursed to sleep for eternity, unless her betrothed, the Prince of Oran, gave her true love’s kiss. Although Apolline knows she is betrothed, she thinks her fairy guardians arranged it out of ignorance of human ways. The thought she could be a princess is inconceivable.

Then Allard appears. Handsome, charming—But he’s not hers to have. He’s betrothed, too. Her guardians warn her against her new found friendship, but she and Allard meet in secret anyway. Despite her rough exterior, he sees beyond her gun-slinging bravado, and their love blossoms.

But the deadline for the sleeping curse is approaching. If Apolline falls in love with the wrong person, she could end up sleeping forever. 

So yes, a fairytale retelling. All them them are loosely based ion fairytales, thus the name of the series. Some follow the fairytales closer than others. But they're all fun, adventurous and with great heroes and Heroines. Princess of Tyrone was originally a stand alone novel I wrote when I was eighteen/nineteen ish, but recently, I wanted to expand the world and use it to develop a deeper string of plots.

I'm excited to get this endeavor up and running. The whole series is already well under way and planned out... and half written lol! 

I hope you all enjoy, and I'll keep you up to date with this crazy, fun read: The Princess of Tyrone.


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