Shadow’s Price Preview

If you’ve read Winter’s Power, you’ll recognize the prologue; feel free to read it again OR skip down to read Chapter One.  Prologue The Vales Two Years Ago Katrina’s power dropped her in the mountains. When, on her various travels, she’d glimpsed the peaks from afar, they had not looked like much. A distant range […]

How to Grab Books on Kickstarter

But first… why would you want to? Why ‘shop’ for books on Kickstarter?  I’ll do a longer post about this later with more examples. IMHO, Kickstarter is one of the best things to happen to readers — especially fantasy readers — in a long time!  It’s such a wonderful (and underutilized!!) spot for readers to […]

Winter’s Fate Bonus Scene

SPOILER WARNING!!!! If you have somehow found your way here without having finished Winter’s Fate, be forewarned: this is the final scene from the MMC’s point of view, and it WILL spoil the ending of the book!  DO NOT READ ON if you haven’t finished Winter’s Fate! Spoiler Buffer Commences Now! . . . . […]

Winter’s Power Deleted Scene

SPOILER WARNING!!!! This deleted scene could be considered to contain minor spoilers for Winter’s Power (Poisoned Kingdoms #2).  Below, there’s a brief explanation about where this would have landed in the book.  Just be aware that though it is from the beginning, there are still spoiler-y aspects.  . . . . . . . . […]

Hollow & Venom: Chapter One

Chapter One – Neve     The fortress smelled of frying dough and cinnamon, and not in a good way.     Sugar coated the back of Neve’s throat as she passed the outer walls, choking back the sensation of having stepped into a pastry oven. Every breath was a cloying, caramel-infused mess, the warm air making […]