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Now Available in Print! HIS BATTLE LORD'S CURSE, The Battle Lord Saga, Book 8

Now Available in Print!

HIS BATTLE LORD'S CURSE
Book 8 of The Battle Lord Saga
Sci-Fi/Futuristic/Post-Apocalyptic Romance
Word Count: 65.9K
$3.99 e / $9.99 p

Things seem to have settled down among the people of Alta Novis. Normals and Mutah are working together, and families are thriving. The compound is filled to capacity and brimming with new life, but their good fortune can only last for so long.

Winter is setting in, and the surrounding countryside is being plagued by unexpected swarms of wild animals. In addition, a horde of rats is contaminating the food supplies and destroying goods, but why? Where are all these creatures coming from? And why is it happening now? It all seems to point to one man – a sorcer who shows up at the compound and demands obedience, or else he'll bring down a devastating curse upon them all. A curse that threatens to take away all Yulen D’Jacques holds dear.

The Battle Lord finds himself at odds between fact and fiction, but he’ll stop at nothing to save his family, as well as his dynasty. But sometimes the real enemy can’t be seen, making it an almost impossible battle to fight, much less win.

Warning! Contains contamination, infestation, rats and possums and bears (oh, my!), revenge stew, a proposal, the start of a beautiful relationship, and a series of catastrophic losses that could include Yulen and Atty's children if the battle lord isn't able to stop a madman from fulfilling his promise.       

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Please Welcome Helen B. Henderson as She Tells Us About Her Fantasy Romance, WINDMASTER LEGEND

Windmaster Legend
Fantasy Romance
by Helen B. Henderson

A forbidden love. An impossible quest. Threats to life and career. If love survives, there is one more challenge—the accusation of witchcraft.

Fate conspired to keep Iol and Pelra apart. Friendship is allowed between members of competing trading houses, but nothing more. He loves the sea and wants his own ship. She hates the deep blue and has worked too hard to allow her dreams to be sidetracked by the lure of magic.

Despite a beautiful woman on his arm every night, Leod wanted the one he couldn’t have—Pelra. His kin on the ruling council did more than put him on the fast track to his own ship. It provided him the power to fulfill his desires, or to ruin those who refused him. 

Exiled to distant posts, given impossible challenges, and subject to Leod’s machinations, Iol and Pelra only have the hope of a future together to sustain them. But can their love survive the accusation of witchcraft?
 
Cast off and fill the sails for love and adventure. But be warned before a destiny is fulfilled, decisions must be made. Choose well.

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It's Gumroad Day! And I'll Get 100% of the Profits!

You may notice, when you visit an author's website, that they may list their books for sale directly from that site. There is a major reason for that -- they get the majority of the book's list price from that sale.

When you buy an ebook from a retailer such as Amazon, B&N, Apple, or Google, the author receives anywhere from 35%, 60%, or 70% (depending on the price of the book). I personally use Gumroad to sell direct from my website, and I earn 91.5% of each sale.

Yes, you read that right. I get 91.5% of each sale.

Another reason why I urge my readers to use my website first is because my new releases always show up there before they do on the other platforms. Once I upload to my website, it's instantaneous. But it can take 24 hrs, and sometimes as long as 36 hrs. or more to appear on the other sites. Readers can get their hands on my new releases faster by going through my website!

Today, and today only, Gumroad will be giving 100% of every sale to the creators. Which means for every book you buy from me TODAY ONLY, I will get 100% of the profit.

So, please shop my website in support of my writing. (And because my birthday was April 2nd, it would make a really nice belated birthday present!)

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Happy Birthday to Me! I Want to Give YOU a Gift!

Today is my birthday, but I want to give YOU a chance to win some gifts!

I'm hitting the big 6-5 today, so I'm giving away SIX ebooks (winners' choice) and FIVE print books (winners' choice).

That's right! Eleven lucky people will win either an ebook or a print book!

All you have to do is use the Rafflecopter below to tell me title of the ebook (and format) you'd like to win if your name is drawn, and the title of the print book if your name is drawn during that segment.

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Thank you so much for your support in the past, and in the future!

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KNIGHT OF DARKNESS is My 99c Special for the Month of April!

From April 1st to 30th, you can get the ebook for just 99 cents! (Available at this price only on Amazon and my website. Note: Click BUY EBOOK to get the Nook or PDF version.)

KNIGHT OF DARKNESS
Sci-Fi/Urban Fantasy Romance
Word Count:  45.4K
$0.99 e / $9.99 p / $19.95 a

Sorrow Knight knew that at any time the U'Nar would attack Earth, but he needed a few more days to come out of chrystasis before he could fight the deadly enemy. With his soul sword, Rall, he and the handful of other Surge Knights would gather wherever the enemy landed, and drive them off this world. A world with so many wonderful sights and surprises. A world that contained a woman named Rachel, who had captured his heart and his imagination, but who was forbidden to him by his laws.

Rachel Grohl often wondered about the skinny, dishwater-blond young man living in the apartment across the breezeway from her. His shyness, as well as his clean but well-worn clothes, tugged at her heart. They'd barely spoken a dozen words to each other since he moved in a few weeks ago, but she had to thank him for helping her the other day. Maybe asking him over to dinner would work.

They shared one dinner, one touch, and one kiss that led to one night of love. A love which could ultimately avert the total eradication of the human race.

Warning: Contains tiny men skirts, lasagna, human metamorphosis, glass table tops, IOUs, comrades-in-arms, bomb shelters, an invading alien force that will haunt everyone's nightmares, and two people's determination to find love despite the increasing danger.

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Please Welcome Tobie Easton as She Tells Us About Her Fantasy Romance, Immerse, Mer Chronicles, Book 3

Immerse

Mer Chronicles, Book 3

by Tobie Easton

Genre: Fantasy

Publisher: Month9Books

Date of Publication: March 19th

ISBN: 978-1-948671-23-1

ASIN: 1948671239

Number of pages: 396

Cover Artist: Beetiful Book Covers

Book Description:

Immerse is the spellbinding and breathless final installment of the Mer Chronicles series where descendants of the Little Mermaid must face deadly magic, shifting alliances, and the dangers of forbidden love.

Lia can’t wait for her parents’ coronation. Now living in the sparkling palace beneath the waves, she sneaks off to Malibu whenever possible to see Clay. Tucked away in an abandoned seaside mansion, Lia and Clay devise a plan to ensure they can stay together forever.

But when an old enemy resurfaces and Lia is restricted to the palace for the safety of all Merkind, she and Clay are ripped apart once more.

She fears not only for Clay, but for her best friend Caspian, who seems to be swimming down a dangerous path. He has invited the conniving Melusine to the coronation ball, convinced she’s capable of change. And no matter how hard Lia fights it, showing up on Caspian’s arm is just the start of Melusine’s insidious return to her life.

With threats Below growing more ominous by the day and a powerful ancient ritual looming, soon the two girls can’t escape each other. As their fates grow increasingly intertwined, Melusine might be the only one who can help Lia find the answers she desperately needs to save everyone she loves and to achieve her happily ever after. But can Lia trust her?

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I wish Clay were here to see this. The thought flits through my mind again and again. When my family and I swim through the sparkling entrance of the palace, I wish I could grab his hand. As we’re greeted by hundreds of nobles swishing their tails in applause, I imagine the excited words he’d whisper in my ear. And as we start down the center aisle toward the thrones at the other end of the cavernous chamber, I yearn to show him how beautifully this room has been restored since he and I were last here.

Approaching the thrones, we process over an exquisite mosaic made up of abalone, mother of pearl, and troca shell pieces. It takes everything in me to keep my face neutral, to keep my head lifted and my sunbeam crown upright. This is the spot where, not so long ago, Clay risked his life to save mine. I glance around me at the splendor and the celebration. Clay’s sacrifice made today possible, and he’s not even here to see it.

What is it about this book that makes it special?

My series, the Mer Chronicles, offers a peek into a world where Mermaids aren’t just real but live secretly among us on land. 

The first book in the series, Emerge takes place 200 years after Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid.  It adds on to the end of his story—by explaining that the Little Mermaid unleashed a curse on all Merkind.  That curse has led many modern-day Mermaids to live on land in Malibu, California, keeping their true identities secret.  Lia, a descendant of the Little Mermaid, lives in this secret Community.  Lia’s story and is filled with magic, danger, and romance that I hope readers will really enjoy. 

When I’m writing, I start the world-building by asking a series of questions and using logic to flesh out the world.  The question that sparked this entire series for me was “What if Mermaids lived on land?”  That led to, “Where would they live?” Well, in beach houses with secret, underground grottos and sea caves where they could use their tails.  “How would they keep their secret?”, “How would they get legs?”, “What would the rules of their Community be?”, “What would human school be like for them?”, “What language would they speak and what expressions would they use?”, “What would their culture be like, from its history, to its food, to its thoughts on marriage and love?” Moving through those kinds of questions one by one helped me figure out what a Mer society in the human world would be like.  And the answers to those questions are what readers can learn from the Mer Chronicles series.

In the third book specifically, I wanted to go even deeper and explore facets of the Mer world that readers hadn’t seen yet in the earlier books.  One way to do that, aside from spending even more time under the waves than we had in the previous books, was to add a second perspective to Immerse.  Melusine, the villain from Emerge, was raised in the ocean instead of in the land-dwelling Mer community in Malibu like Lia was, so adding her as a point of view character meant that the third book in the trilogy could give readers an even deeper understanding of Mer life and culture. And the interplay between the two perspectives means readers get more insight into both characters and the moral gray area that often surrounds their decisions, especially when ancient magic is involved. 

The Mer Chronicles allows readers to time amongst the Merfolk.

About the Author:

Tobie Easton was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, where she’s grown from a little girl who dreamed about magic to a twenty-something who writes about it. A summa cum laude graduate of the University of Southern California, Tobie hosts book clubs for tweens and teens (so she’s lucky enough to spend her days gabbing about books). She and her very kissable husband enjoy traveling the globe and fostering packs of rescue puppies.

www.TobieEaston.com  

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