What would you do to free the love of your life from
prison?
Not For the Faint of Heart
Madcap Adventures Book 1
by Rene Vecka
Genre: Epic Fantasy Mystery Romance Adventure
What would you do to free the love of your life from prison?
Magic and mayhem meet mystery and humor in a four-way rumble. Romance gets a
few licks in as well. Set in a post-Ragnarok world with dual protagonists. If
you loved the Dresden Files, you'll love Madcap Adventures.
As Rory proposes to Ingefær, the Shrine they're visiting is set ablaze. Ingefær
is jailed and threatened with hanging. Rory investigates, but is hounded at
every step by soldiers. While Ingefær searches for ways to defeat the jail's
magic wards, the Shrine's healer vanishes in a puff of smoke.
Will the couple get the chance to solve the Shrine fire mystery before the law
postpones their nuptials forever?
Kirkus Reviews: ...In Vecka’s fantasy novel, lovers are torn apart
by a false accusation and must prove one’s innocence before a rigged
trial...Vecka creates compelling difficulties and character challenges that
help drive the fast-paced plot and add to the already exciting mystery
narrative...A fun and entertaining fantasy that will keep readers guessing.
I've been a reader of fantasy and science fiction since I
was ten. Lord of the Rings is still my favorite. I now read Butcher (Dresden)
and Salvatore (Drizzt), as well at Sanderson and others. The Mid Dreki Realm
got its start with a comment with my then fifteen year old son. That kernel
grew into a book, which split into two, and is now a five book series. I
retired at 57 and began the process of becoming a writer. I've attended a half
dozen conferences, read numerous books on the art of writing, joined critique
groups, and immersed myself in the craft. I'm a member of Apex, a group founded
by David Farland (Runelord).
I live in the foothills between Colorado Springs and Denver
with my wife. Deer, turkeys, bear, coyotes, and my three children and 2
grandchildren occasionally drop by.
On an alternate earth, a cataclysm has altered a subset of
the population. Talents are persecuted for their psychic and physical
mutations, giving rise to two conflicting societies based upon maintaining
genetic purity. And the Source, a shadowy corporate entity dependent upon the
exploitation of captive Talents, is hunting them…
Chaos rules the city of Glynfyls.
And all Flynn Scot can do is watch. With the hill frozen in
the shadow of the coming Incursion, and the commons giving into a bacchanal
madness, the city’s chances of survival are dire. His hands tied by mandates,
in order to do what he knows is right and give them a fighting chance, Flynn
will have to risk everything by doing wrong.
Meanwhile, Kara can’t hide her declining health.
The Triam’s location remains elusive, and the window to get
the treatment she needs is closing. Unwilling to give in, or idly await her
fate, she hatches a daring plan to help save the city, even if it ends up
destroying her politically.
Because Titus’s army is marching closer to Glynfyls, and
they’re not alone.
With them comes a monster that threatens not only the city,
but the entire Breaker hierarchy. As the world watches on tenterhooks, Flynn
and Kara race against the clock to save their people, but there’s no guarantee
they can save themselves.
AK Nevermore enjoys operating heavy machinery, freebases
coffee, and gives up sarcasm for Lent every year. A Jane-of-all-trades, she’s a
certified chef, restores antiques, and dabbles in beekeeping when she’s not
reading voraciously or running down the dream in her beat-up camo Chucks.
Unable to ignore the voices in her head, and unwilling to
become medicated, she writes Science Fiction and Fantasy full time.
She pays the bills editing, wielding a wicked hot pink pen
and writing a column on SFF. She also belongs to the Authors Guild, is a
chapter treasurer for the RWA, teaches creative writing, and on the rare
occasion, sleeps.
Could these three
words articulate distinct spiritual essences to fuse together?
Opaline’s
Discovery
The Witch DNA
Trilogy Book 1
by Sonja Gunter
Genre: Fantasy
Romance, Romantasy, Urban Fantasy
Love. Magic.
Danger.
Could these three
words articulate distinct spiritual essences to fuse together?
Bookstore owner,
Opaline Lunn, facilitates a Speed Dating Event, in hopes of finding her
soulmate. She meets attendee Detective Eamon Dayan, who wasn’t looking for
love, but sparks fly at their first kiss.
Together they
unearth Opaline’s powers which lead to the discovery that she has two sisters,
and someone called The Ancient One who wants to kill them.
Unraveling a
myriad of mysteries, with Opaline’s newfound ability to do spells, the
soulmates must find her sisters by her twenty-fifth birthday to be able to
confront the evil force and save all of them.
I was born and
raised in the cold and beautiful Minnesota, but I escaped to Illinois for
seventeen years to raise my two boys, and now I call Florida home. My husband
Andy, who’s always been my hero, has put up with my late night computer typing
and endless stacks of papers with my stories on them. We have one furry friend
as family: Chip, a sixteen year old ragdoll cat.
Life has been
full of ups and downs, but I’ve made it through the hard times. I love to
travel and go to Disney World to trade pins.
I’ve been a bowler for many years, and you can catch me writing my next
novel at the lanes.
I encourage you
to check out my web site, www.sonjagunter.com
for more info and don’t be surprised if I let my Norwegian heritage come
through in my stories.
Get your motor revving with this action-packed and
fast-paced
MC Romance Cover Reveal!
Outlaw Redemption
Berzerkers MC Series Book 4
by Linny Lawless
Genre: MC Romance
Ajax is a dangerous, over-the-top alpha outlaw and a
Berzerkers MC Maryland chapter member. His ego is damaged when his VP patch is
taken from him, but he rides to the Virginia chapter as a Nomad. Ajax meets Lou
and saves her from a brutal attack. He knows Lou wants more from him, but women
are for one-night stands. His path in life is riding and fighting. Ajax doesn’t
do complications, but his world is turned upside down when Mick shows up in
town.
Will redemption be the new path for Ajax, and can he find
his place with the Berzerkers MC Virginia chapter?
Linny grew up, resided, and worked in Northern Virginia,
close to Washington, DC. She's a bookworm, biker chick, and international
best-selling indie author. Linny published her debut novel, “Salvation in
Chaos,” in January of 2018, and she's very passionate about writing suspenseful
and action-packed stories. If Linny is not busy traveling, working, and
writing, she spends her days at home in Front Royal, Virginia, with her
husband, Norman, and 4 Brussel Griffons named Verdy, Simon, Daisy, and Emma.
A small-town vet discovers she's the prophesied multimorph
who can transform into any animal and must unite rival clans against an ancient
evil while navigating a dangerous romance.
Shifters Awakening
Shifters Destiny: Willow Creek Shifters Book 1
by SK Prince
Genre: Paranormal Romance
A small-town vet discovers she's the prophesied
shifter who can transform into any animal and must unite rival clans against an
ancient evil while navigating a dangerous romance.
Emma Carter's life as a small-town veterinarian is turned upside down when a
violent attack reveals her hidden ability to shift into any animal. Thrust into
a world of rival shifter clans and ancient prophecies, Emma must quickly master
her newfound powers.
With the help of the enigmatic wolf shifter Logan, she discovers she's destined
to unite the warring factions against a common enemy. But as Emma struggles
with her feelings for Logan and the jealousy of other shifters, an ancient
sorcerer threatens to destroy everything she's come to love. Can Emma embrace
her destiny and her heart in time to save the shifter world?
If you love sexy shifters, action-packed battles between good and evil, and
Alpha vibes that sizzle on the page, you’ll love Shifters
Awakening from paranormal and urban fantasy romance author SK
Prince.
SK Prince lives in Texas where she gets to write about every
shifter she can, gleefully making mischief when their fated mate steps into
their lives. Her books are full of misdirected magic, supernatural sass, and
hot alpha-holes just begging to be tamed. She’s always planning the next
weekend research adventure, even though she can’t wait to get home.
A tea shop owner
good girl and a reformed microbrewer bad boy reunite in this wonderfully wicked
love story.
Sometimes the
second sip is sweetest.
Brewing Up a Bad Boy
WiCKed Sisters Book 3
By Katherine Garbera
Genre: Small Town Cozy Romantic Comedy
A tea shop
owner good girl and a reformed microbrewer bad boy reunite in this wonderfully
wicked love story.
Sometimes the second sip is sweetest.
In the cozy town of Birch Lake, tea shop owner Poppy Kitchener thought she’d
left her mistakes, and her failed marriage, in the past. But when her
ex-husband, Alistair Miller, turns up—as charming and irritatingly handsome as
ever—those old feelings float to the surface. To top it off, he has a puzzling
proposition: pretend they’re still married for his cousin’s wedding in exchange
for a lucrative business deal with his family.
Easy enough, right? After all, this could be Poppy’s last chance to get
closure, grow her business and use Alistair’s knowledge of
microbrewing to help her finish that winning recipe for the tea competition.
But even after all this time, he still knows how to make her laugh. And he’s
changed in ways that make Poppy wonder about the man he’s become… Can she trust
this new Alistair with her heart, or will a second chance brew up disaster?
From showing up to glowing up, the characters in Afterglow Books are on the
path to leading their best lives and finding sizzling romance along the way.
Don’t miss any of these other fun titles…
She’s kind of
a witch. He’s definitely a nerd. And this Halloween they’re
letting their geek flags fly in this playful romantic comedy from USA TODAY bestselling
author Katherine Garbera.
Dungeons and dragons and nerds, oh my…
The spooky season is almost here, and occultist and tarot reader Liberty
Wakefield is already feelin’ it. But ever since her sick nan muttered the name
of Liberty’s mysterious biological father, nothing feels normal. Not her
friends, her family, nor the quirky shop she runs with her besties. So maybe
it’s time for Liberty to track down the father she’s never met. Of course, that
means getting a little help from the sexy nerd she’s been not-so-secretly
vibing since last summer…
Merle Rutland hasn’t met anyone like the vivacious, bubbly Liberty. Part of him
wishes he was more like her—instead of hiding his geekery from his
hyper-athletic family. The other part just wants to pull the curvy redhead
close, steal a kiss and hope he doesn’t roll a critical fail.
Only, somewhere between Dungeons & Dragons campaigns, pumpkins and a few
ridiculously hot sexy-times, Liberty and Merle discover their respective weirds
might be a match. Yet as Halloween draws closer, it
seems everyone has skeletons in the closet…and nothing spells
disaster quite like being haunted by the past…
A witchy,
witty, wickedly sexy romance about love, books, friendship and the unexpected
connections that bind us together…
Bookbinding (verb): the art of creating something magical out of fabric,
leather and paper.
As a lonely foster kid, Serafina Conte sought refuge in handmaking journals—and
writing her wishes within their pages. Now, in the quirky new age store she
shares with her two best friends, Sera’s intentions have paid off. Her journals
are in the spotlight—and rumored to manifest great things. Whether it’s witchy
skills, real magic or not, Sera’s finally ready to be the leading lady of her
life story…
Until her plot hits a twist.
After the death of her mentor, Ford Sitwell, all the loneliness and insecurity
of her past returns. The only balm is the box of antique books he left to her.
But Ford’s suspicious brooding grandson, Wes, is ready to think the worst of
her—and get his grandfather’s books back! The first part doesn’t bother her.
The second? Forget it. Sera won’t give Wes the books so easily. But it’s clear
he’s seeking something more, an emotional connection no book can replace. So
she offers a deal—work in her store for six weeks, and in return, she’ll help
him get closure by sharing memories of his late grandfather.
Yes, Wes seems grumpy, but actually he’s hot…and maybe kind? Deep down?
And when desire and vulnerability work their charms, Sera begins to wonder if
the best stories aren’t the ones you intend, but the ones that take you where
you least expected…
From showing up to glowing up, these characters are on the path to leading
their best lives and finding sizzling romance along the way.
Katherine Garbera
is bestselling author of more than 100 novels which have been translated into
over two dozen languages and have sold millions of copies worldwide. A strong
believer in happy endings, her love of books led her to her dream career
writing novels. She is the mother of two incredibly creative and snarky
grown children, Katherine enjoys champagne, reading, walking, and travels with
her husband. A Florida native, Katherine now lives in the UK.
It’s official: Extasy Books will no longer be selling
directly from their site. This change was implemented on January 1, 2025, and
is due to rising costs of publication and more. It was decided after a long and
difficult deliberation by the owner, Tina.
Please note that Extasy Books is not
going out of business. They are changing their business model to something
closer to what we see at Decadent Publishing, where Eternity’s Gamble is published. We’re just not going to have our
books published directly on Extasy’s site, only third party sites like Amazon,
Barnes & Noble, and Indigo for example. We’re still able to get the print
versions of our books if they’re over a certain word count, and in pretty much
every format in ebooks.
The amount of new releases will be a lot less than
they have been in the past, so it may be a while before some of the authors
have sequels and new releases hit the shelves. So please do not get upset if
your favorite Ex author doesn’t have a new release for a bit. Edits, revisions,
cover art and more take time.
All
of the books I have published via Extasy Books will remain under
their banner indefinitely. I don’t know when I’ll
be submitting another story, due to how slow I write as a rule, and other
variables hitting me between the eyes this last year. More on that later.
You can still see the new releases, and find our books
via Extasy Books’ site. We’re all submitting our Books2Read or Amazon profiles
to be included on the main site so it’s easy to find us and our books on the
third party retailers.
Honestly, I’m not really upset about the change in
format for Extasy publishing their books. Most of my sales came from third
party sellers like Amazon as it is, and I’m used to not seeing a book for sale
directly from the publisher, due to being with Decadent Publishing for the last
three years (already?!???). I’m
determined to strut along as usual, just posting my Books2Read link instead of
the Extasy Books one for the six books I have out with them. It’s not a big
change.
Upcoming
Books… And a New Venture!
In lieu of Extasy Books’ change in publishing, I’ve
decided to take a huge leap and do something really crazy…
I’m going to be publishing at least one novel as an
Indie author. His Reasons to Fight,
the finale of the Feathered Tartan
series, will be coming out sometime in 2028 or 2029. It depends on how fast I can
write it, edit it, have my friend/editor Jon edit it, and more.
I’m working on the cover now, and I will be doing a
cover reveal about a month or so before the release date. This is the happy
ever after to my latest book, Could Have
Been, which was published in May 2024. I’ve decided to take it Indie so I
can publish it when I want to, on my own schedule, and so fans can partake in
it being on Kindle Unlimited for a while before it goes wide – to places like
Smashwords, Indigo and more.
I also have another book in the works, a love story
called Thorns of the Rose. I’m not
giving away any details other than I have the cover completed, and this has
been in the works for a couple of years, but with Could Have Been taking up a lot of my time, and more, it was on the
back burner. Now that I have a bit of direction with His Reasons to Fight, I’m working on this one when I hit a
roadblock with the other book. It’s slow going but both are starting to come
along nicely too.
Again, I’m looking at a 2028 or 2029 release for this
one. I’m not sure if this one will be going Indie or not. I have to see how
things go with His Reasons to Fight
and a third idea I’m working on with my friend Xek. (More on that shortly!).
The cover reveal – if this goes Indie – will probably
be in November of 2027 at the earliest. Otherwise, it may be sooner or later
than that. So many variables…
I’m also in the extremely early planning stages of
another paranormal-horror romance that was prompted by a chat with an extremely
good friend of mine. No, not sharing yet. Let’s call it “Super Secret Project the Second”.
And I have another series in its ultra-early planning
stages, one that I hope to get on the go as soon as I’m done the three I’m
working on now, including the crime drama one I’m working on with Xek. Again,
not sharing details because nothing is set in concrete. I don’t share details
with anyone outside of a few people like my editor/friend Jon, a few of the
people at Extasy Books, and a few extremely close friends. I’ve always been a
bit cautious about sharing things about my WIPs, and I’m even more so now. I’ll
update as needed, like on my author areas and in my Facebook group, etc.
Computer
Woes
A month ago, my computer started acting strangely, and
when I stood up to check something, I accidentally knocked the plug out of the
socket, which turned it off. It would not start after that, creating the loud
whine of death.
Thankfully I still had the computer that my former
Business Tech instructor gave me in 2023, not long before the semester ended. After
trying to get the old computer started for two days, I got the newer system,
set it up and installed the old computer’s disk in it.
The dratted thing decided it was going to repair the
disk. Two days of fighting with it. I finally gave up and decided to skip the
repair… Only to have Windows do a forced update, and then I saw it…
The dreaded Blue Screen of Death…
Three times.
It took a lot of thinking, quadruple checking, and
more, but after forcing a system restore, I managed to get it up and running again.
If you know me at all, you probably just saw me in
your mind, cursing a blue streak so long that it hit the Oort Cloud and
returned something like 20 times over that weekend. There was a lot more cuss
words bouncing off the Oort Cloud again, after the forced updates f**ked up the
computer for a while.
Finally, things were setting up nicely. Then I tried
accessing my User Folder on my old drive.
Access
denied.
I cried. All of my manuscripts were in that folder,
and I had forgotten to back them up in recent months, not since Could Have Been was published. Thorns of the Rose was there, as was
what little I had for His Reasons to
Fight.
I kept trying to get access for two whole weeks. I was
ready to give up then tried right clicking on the dang thing and hitting “open”
when the menu came up as a last resort.
Boom!
Access granted!
I screamed in victory and almost fainted in relief. I
had my graphics, my manuscripts, and everything else again.
I immediately backed everything up on the external
drive as well as my Google drive to be extra safe. The incarnations of those
stories and others that were there when the old system croaked will stay there,
and I’ll be putting backups on that drive too. Triple backups, not double, to
be extra safe.
Remind me to never be that negligent again…
*Note: If you laugh about anything you think is “bad” or “karma”
for me, you are one of the worst people on this planet. It shows the world the
kind of person you are, not who I am. Keep that in mind before you think it’s
only fitting I’ve had a few issues, your karma may wind up biting you in ways
you’re not realizing, or you’re blaming on others.*
Other
News…
Son is still at his transition school but this is his
last year. He’ll be graduating from there in June, and we’ll be sad to say
goodbye to his friends and teachers there. He had a good two and a half year
run with them, and he’s come a long way since he started there in 2023. He’s
become so much more independent, from cooking his own meals in the microwave or
the toaster oven, to purchasing his own groceries and more. I’m so proud of
him. He’ll probably be living here for the rest of my life, and I’m okay with
that. He’s great company and such a good person. The best out there.
He’s also participating in a work placement that
teaches him skills like stocking shelves, shredding papers, using various
things like cash registers and so much more. They also have a lot of recreation
like trips to museums and more included in the program so he’s always on the go
with them too. He’s there three days a week at the moment, while he’s at his
transition school only twice per week until graduation. This is a year round
thing, and we started doing the work placement over the summer, so I’m able to
work more during July and August instead of taking those two months off like I
had been during his full time tenure as a student. Bonus!
My art has picked up a bit, notably after hitting
Michaels’ crafts for the first time this summer. To say I can spend hours in
the art area alone is an understatement. It is so relaxing to walk the aisle of
art supplies, from acrylics to watercolors and pastels, to the pretty wooden
cutouts and the beautifully huge canvases they have in stock, and so much more.
I always wind up going somewhat broke after hitting that store, and it’s become
a running joke here. Don’t go to Bayer’s Lake Shopping Park without stopping
into Michaels’, or else V.J. will lose it. Since I get my occipital nerve
blocks in another part that park, there’s always time to make a short – read two
hour – stop into the store… And to their location of my favorite national
thrift store chain. I’m always looking for a bargain, and I’ve found a lot –
from a leather fall/spring coat to art supplies, and from a full length (read
down to my ankles) leather winter coat with a hood to a designer purse I didn’t
realize was one until I got it home. I only picked it up because it has purple
roses on it, my signature as an author, and its colors are my signatures too –
black, purple, white and silver. It’s a Betsey
Johnson original, and it’s so pretty! I love it.
Inside of the Betsey Johnson purse. So pretty!
Outside of the purse. Purple roses!
I do have a lot more on the go, but I’ve rambled on
too much as it is. I’ll drop another update when I remember to… Hopefully
before summer rolls around in six months!
Happy 2025, everyone. May this year be gentle for all of us.
I leave you with “What About Love” by one of my
favorite bands, Heart. Nancy Wilson is my favorite female guitarist of all
time, and she rocks circles around most of her male counterparts in my opinion…
Anyway, enjoy the song! Have a great first weekend of 2025, everyone.
