Cover reveal for the first book in author Abigail Manning’s Ruby Realm series, “Crimson Claws”.

Now available for pre-order!

A girl and her grandma… separated by an entire pack of beasts.
A Retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.

Roisen Karro and her grandmother run the most beloved bakery in the province of Omaira. Ever since her father disappeared seven years ago, Ro has decided there is no place for a man in her heart, especially an obnoxiously flirty woodcutter. Unfortunately, her granny has no issue encouraging the young man’s advances toward her.

At the far end of Omaira, a strange foreigner washes up on the shores and finds himself amongst the ranks of a nefarious group of beasts. With no knowledge of the Ruby Realm or even a grasp on their language, the foreigner agrees to do their dirty work until he gets back on his feet. All they asked him to do was kidnap some girl from a bakery, anyway…

As Ro discovers there is more behind her father’s disappearance than she knew, she finds herself entangled in the schemes of a sly new foe. With only the clothes on her back and a pack of wolves on her heels, Ro must find her way back to her granny before it’s too late for them both. Will Ro be able to survive the hunt? Or will the beasts swallow her family whole…?

The Ruby Realm is a collection of clean, intercepting stories, inspired by classic fairy tales.
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Cover reveal and release day for USA Today Bestselling author Patricia McLinn’s latest book, “First Date: Divorce”, the first in her new Wyoming Marriage Alliance series.

Now available!

Going undercover as a couple on the brink of divorce is the perfect role for K.D. and Eric. After all, neither of them believes in marriage. The one snag is they’ve never met before.

Locals think there’s something wrong going on at the Marriage-Save facility that wants to take up permanent residence in a historic building in Bardville, Wyoming. While he investigates from the outside, the sheriff recruits his friend, Eric Larkin, to look into the matter from the inside, along with deputy K.D. Hamilton, as a couple desperately in need of counseling.

It’s a match made for divorce.

K.D. never has believed in marriage, with her view strengthened by watching her mother’s current marriage restrict and change her.

Eric’s family is filled with good marriages, leaving him unprepared for the possibility of a bad one. His was a stinker. The divorce from his ambitious ex was even worse. As he told someone, “For me it was getting hit in the head from behind with a cement block. After the first blow, it’s all a little foggy.”

So, they’re all ready for the relationship-headed-for-divorce part of this assignment. But to fool everyone at the Marriage-Save facility, they also need to persuade them there was enough between them once to fall in love and get married.

This could be trickier than either of them ever expected/bargained for.

The Wyoming Marriage Association – Helping love find a way
Characters from Patricia McLinn’s Bardville, Wyoming and A Place Called Home trilogies, the Wyoming Wildflower series, and Ride the River come together to bring together people they hope will find love and happiness as they have.

Readers’ raves for USA Today bestselling author Patricia McLinn:
“Wyoming Wildflowers series is full of joy, sadness, letting go, coming together, love, and the true meaning of family.”

“Even if you never read the other books you’ll love this one. … Great read; love all these characters like family!”

“Love the story! Ms. McLinn continues to impress me with her creativity and characters!”

“If you love emotional stories with complex characters, especially strong heroines and heart-stopping heroes, don’t miss” the A Place Called Home trilogy.

On Bardville, Wyoming: “Wonderful cowboy stories (that) touch the heart”…”Adventure, romance, and intrigue in a good blend.”


Titles connected to The Wyoming Marriage Association
Wyoming Wildflowers series
Wyoming Wildflowers: The Beginning (Snowberry)
Almost a Bride (Indian Paintbrush)
Match Made in Wyoming (Fireweed)
My Heart Remembers (Bur Marigold)
— A New World (prequel to Jack’s Heart)
Jack’s Heart (Yellow Monkeyflower)
— Rodeo Nights (prequel to Where Love Lives)
Where Love Lives (Threadleaf Phacelia)
A Cowboy Wedding
Making Christmas

Bardville, Wyoming
A Stranger in the Family
A Stranger to Love
The Rancher Meets His Match

A Place Called Home
Lost and Found Groom
At the Heart’s Command
Hidden in a Heartbeat

Ride the River: Rodeo Knights (romantic suspense)


About the Author
Patricia McLinn is the USA Today bestselling author of more than 60 published novels cited by readers and reviewers for wit and vivid characterization. Her books include mysteries, romantic suspense, contemporary romance, historical romance and women’s fiction. They have topped bestseller lists and won numerous awards.

Check out the cover for author T.A. Lawrence’s “A Word so Fitly Spoken”, book one of The Severed Realms.

Now available!

One stunning bride.
One wedding.
One night with the king.
One execution come morning.
Rinse and repeat.

When the fae king of Naenden returns home to his palace only to find that his human queen has committed treason by conspiring to assassinate him, he has the queen executed and decrees that once every mooncycle, he’ll marry a human woman from the kingdom, only to execute her the following morning.

Unless…

Unless one woman offers herself as a sacrificial bride for the rest.

Asha isn’t worried about being chosen, of course. The decree was quite clear about beauty being among the top criteria for being selected as one of the king’s unfortunate brides. And Asha is no beauty, all thanks to the illegal magic that inhabits her body, leaving her scarred and missing an eye. The same magic that occasionally possesses her voice so it can amuse itself by telling a never-ending story with a string of horrible cliffhangers.

The problem is, Asha might not be a beauty, but her sister Dinah is. When Asha realizes Dinah is in danger of being selected as the king’s sacrificial bride, Asha decides she can’t live with that risk. So she offers herself instead.

Except on the night of their wedding, the king grants Asha a final request.

Naturally, she asks to tell her sister one last bedtime story.

Naturally, the king eavesdrops.

The question is…

Will the story save her life…or ruin it?

A tale of love and betrayal, vengeance and sacrifice, magic and romance, this imaginative retelling of 1,001 Nights will keep you guessing with each turn of the page.

Cover for the third book in author Annette K. Larsen’s Tales of Winberg series, “The Swindler’s Daughter“.

Now available!

Miriam left her thieving past behind.
But now she’s fallen for an outlaw, and the only way to protect those she loves may be to become one herself.

Growing up the daughter of a thief and con man taught Miriam how to steal. But it also convinced her that’s not the lifestyle she wants. Having escaped that life with her brother, she now values her place on the right side of the law. However, when the new magistrate of Murrwood Village starts taxing the people and stealing their goods, Miriam finds herself an unwitting part of Rowan Lockley’s unconventional and illegal form of justice.

He has a tragic past and deadly aim with an arrow, but as Rowan and Miriam fight over the question of right and wrong, Miriam must also fight her growing feelings for him. How can she possibly fall for an outlaw when that’s the life from which she ran? She’ll have to decide whether obeying the law and doing what’s right are always the same thing. And if they’re not, will she have the courage to embrace the thieving skills she’s shunned for so long in order to help those who need it most?

Full of danger and daring, this romantic adventure reframes the classic tale of Robin Hood, as it forces Miriam to choose between loyalty to the brother who saved her and the love of a man who’s given up on the law.

Happy release day and cover reveal for the final book in author Deborah Grace White’s The Vazula Chronicles, “A Kingdom Restored”.

Now available!

When the end of the world is coming, there’s no time to think about your heart

Merletta is out of time, and so are the triple kingdoms. She can’t outswim her mistakes, and if she can’t expose the Center’s lies, so many will pay the price. Matters of the heart have no place—whether on land with Heath, or in her underwater search for her family.

Heath has accepted that there’s no simple way for him and Merletta to be together. With the wrath of the dragons hanging over Merletta, and the increasingly desperate need to clear Percival’s name, Heath has never felt more torn between worlds.

Merletta is ready to give everything in this final fight, and Heath’s attempts to protect everyone have caused his magic to grow far beyond what he once imagined. But they both know it still won’t be enough—even if they could achieve the impossible and save their two worlds, there’s no future where their paths don’t diverge.

There’s nothing to cling to but hope. And yet hope is the most tenacious and powerful ally of all…

A Kingdom Restored is the final book in The Vazula Chronicles, a YA fantasy series of four installments, which should be read in order. In addition to irritatingly inscrutable dragons, the series features a clean slow burn romance between a mermaid and a reluctantly magical human. If you enjoy adventure, fantasy, mystery, and hard-won happily ever afters, discover the world of The Vazula Chronicles today!

Cover reveal for author Jordan Antonino’s “Linked: Rewritten”.

Linked: Rewritten coming soon to ebook, print, and hardcover on Amazon! A new urban fantasy book continuation of Linked. Both are standalones. Linked book 1 is available now on Amazon.

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Five hundred years ago, Princess Eria stood in line for the throne of Acaia. With the death of her mother, the Acaia Crystal, which held powerful magic, was to be hers. On the day of the ceremony, Eria waited patiently for the Acaia Crystal to join with her. Instead, she was shocked when the crystal went instead to her younger sister, Isadora, who then became the next queen of Acaia. Eria was furious and burned with jealousy. This was intensified over time as Isadora ruled Acaia and bore two heirs, Princess Atalia and Prince Arden.

Eria decides to steal the crystal, but the warlock, Thane, unleashes the demon, Varmu, and uses the powers of necromancy to destroy Acaia. Her sister dies, but before Eria could claim the crystal, it goes to her niece, Princess Atalia, who uses the powers of the Acaia Crystal to reincarnate her loved ones, the people and the kingdom. Thus, 500 years pass before Atalia’s wish can come true. Now known as Jocelyn Anderson, the powerful sorceress and former Princess Eria reawakens and regains her magic in present day Acaia. She is again hellbent on stealing what she feels is rightfully hers, no matter the cost. Using the power of the blood moon coupled with dark magic, the sorceress unleashes a tsunami of evil, using Thane’s daughter, an ally of Rebecca’s family along with stolen blood to erase everyone’s memories and magic. When the sorceress awakens, she finds she is the sole caretaker of the Acaia Crystal.

Lilly Bryan and Ryan Thompson, both sixteen, wake up in their hometown to find their lives and everyone else’s have drastically changed. Their stories are rewritten, and they discover that they are two of only a few people in Acaia who still have their magic and memories. The pair of teens realize Jocelyn is targeting members of the royal family to make sure she remains the sole caretaker of the Crystal. 

While coming to terms with their growing feelings for each other, Lilly and Ryan discover a link of their own! The pair must reunite their loved ones and convince them that magic is real as well as the lives they lived before the curse. And it must be done before the next blood moon waxes and makes their new reality permanent. 

Check out the cover for the first book in author Jane Hedwig’s Lady Jack Mystery series, “Something in the Heir“.

Now available!

London 1887 ~ When dubiously acquired American fortunes are exchanged for respectable British titles. Everybody’s doing it!

Raised by a man with no heart, heiress Kate Dellamort swore she’d never marry ~ until she lost her head to Jack Penrowan, a British lord low on funds but full of fun. Now the honeymoon’s over and Jack’s always away at his club, and though Kate’s new relatives are thrilled with her fortune, they find her American self appalling. Then people start dying ~ and an otherwise seemingly intelligent detective from Scotland Yard seems to think Kate’s to blame!

The Gilded Age has a dark side.

When a body turns up on the Penrowan estate, Inspector Gabriel Hart would like nothing better than to arrest Lord Jack. The last time the man killed someone, he got away with it. There’s only one small problem—it seems the murder was ordered by an American-based terrorist organization bent on disrupting the Queen’s Golden Jubilee—a group known to have ties to the father of Jack’s dollar-princess bride.

Cover reveal for the ninth book of author Camille Peters’ The Kingdom Chronicles, “Beacon”.

Now available!

As the daughter of a lighthouse keeper, Marisa spends her days exploring the different locations the enchanted lighthouse takes her to—as well as developing her magical ability to manipulate water. But when her magic inadvertently causes a tragic accident, she chooses to pay penance by giving up both her voice and her magic.

For years, Marisa is content with her self-imposed silence…until the day she saves Prince Owen from drowning. What begins as a noble rescue soon entangles her in a fake engagement…one whose promised reward might not be worth the risk should Prince Owen’s intended discover their deception.

Marisa makes every attempt to protect her heart during their façade, but the endearing prince makes it increasingly more difficult to remember it’s nothing but a ruse. The closer they become, the less of a charade their relationship feels, and the more Marisa misses the words that are no longer hers, yearning to finally free herself from her guilt and reclaim her voice.

Inspired by “The Little Mermaid”

Cover reveal for New York Times Bestselling author, Melanie Karsak’s latest Chancellor’s Fairy Tale, “The Vintage Medium“.

Now available!

People think being haunted is a bad thing.
That’s because they’ve never visited The Curiosity Curio.

The spirits who linger in my store dance the jitterbug, look after the plants, and gossip about long-dead relatives. Even though no one believes me about my mediumistic gifts, it’s my job to aid these lost souls. I can help them, even if I gave up hoping to find someone who understood me long ago. Call me a vintage-items peddler, but it’s my duty to match ghosts—and the objects to which they are attached—with the people who need them.

That’s where James comes in. James Herringbone, the high-end antique dealer who looks like he just stepped out of an expensive cologne ad, possesses a pocket watch I desperately need. Until I get it back, the spirit of a flapper girl who haunts my shop will let me have no rest. Talking to James isn’t necessarily a bad thing. I mean, he is perfection in glasses and a tweed jacket, even if he looks down on junk-item antiquarians like me.

But when I try to bargain with James for the pocket watch, things get…complicated.

Of course they do.

Because this is Chancellor, where magic lives on every corner.

Introducing the new covers for author Helen Goltz’s The Clairvoyant’s Glasses, Volumes 1-3.

Now available!

Volume One

When Sophie Carell was eight-years-old, her eccentric, clairvoyant great aunt, Daphne, predicted Sophie would be one of the greatest clairvoyants of her time. Sophie wanted to be a movie star. Her mother said not to worry about it—Aunt Daphne was daffy. When Sophie is called to the reading of Daphne’s Will, she is given a pair of glasses that will change her life. But that’s not all she acquires. Along with the glasses, Sophie ‘inherits’ a protector—the handsome and powerful Lukas Lens; plus brooding Detective Murdoch Ashcroft who is keen for Sophie to fill her aunt’s shoes and put her talents to work for him.Sophie has to decide if she will focus on her acting career or explore her new-found clairvoyant skills. But danger lurks around the corner…

Volume Two

Sophie Carell is making a name for herself and it is not on the stage or screen where she once planned a career. Accepting the cursed glasses bequeathed by her Great Aunt Daphne that gave her the gift of clairvoyance, Sophie has helped Detective Murdoch Ashcroft close several cases and her skills are in demand. But Sophie has to decide – will she continue auditioning and acting, or will she fill Great Aunt Daphne’s shoes, including helping to solve the cold case mysterious death of a beauty queen?

Trouble brews around Sophie as her protector, the handsome and powerful, Lukas Lens, is not sure he can fulfil his role, and the brooding Detective Murdoch Ashcroft looms as her potential enemy. Friends and enemies cross lines in the second volume of The Clairvoyant’s Glasses.

Volume Three

Since accepting the cursed glasses bequeathed by her Great Aunt Daphne giving her the gift of clairvoyance, Sophie Carrell is being lauded as the hottest clairvoyant in town – in talent and looks! But there’s a complication… Sophie is losing her heart to Detective Murdoch Ashcroft. The encounters she is having with him in her dream world are enough to make her blush in his presence during the daytime. There’s just one small problem, Murdoch is the Raven—the enemy—and she is his prey. But it’s not the return of Murdoch’s former lover or the men vying to be her protector in this new generation that will separate them. That is all Sophie’s own doing.