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Thirteen Covens Academy: Coven Born #RH #Academy #Romance #Witches

Not being a witch isnt an option when youre Coven Born.

I wasnt raised a witch.

I didnt even know I was coven-born until my parents died, allegedly from a curse. After being uprooted from San Francisco and moved across the country to Upstate New York to live with my uncle, I was thrust into a world of witches and magick.

Yeah real witches and real magick. IKR?

Now, my eccentric uncle believes I have some kind of rare magick and the only way to find out is by sending me to the prestigious...

Top 5 Indie Author Myths #amwriting #writer

During my web travels, in just about every author group out there, I come across a variation of the following post:

“Indie authors suck. They need to quit publishing and learn basic English and grammar, and how to tell a story. They’re only good at promoting themselves, and they only self-publish because real publishers wouldn’t publish them. I bet most of them barely have a high school education and I’m pretty sure they don’t read.“

Oftentimes it’s revealed the person posting is getting...

Thirteen Covens: Cult of Lucifuge #ThirteenCovens #ChooseASide

The One is rising and a dark secret from the past could destroy the future.

Mark Spears, head of the Cult of Lucifuge, has his hands full with an over-indulged wife, a rebellious teenage daughter, and a secret order to pacify. When The Order mandates that Mark bring Chris Bain of Temple Dagon to their side, Mark is forced to right a wrong from the past, and it may be up to his daughter Lisa to defy the Thirteen Covens High Council to do what Mark and The Order cannot.

Choosing a side is...

Thirteen Covens: Darkness #OTS #ThirteenCovens

A witch-war is brewing, and I’ll be damned if I’m choosing a side.

My name is Elizabeth Tanner-Katz, Daemonolatry magician and program director of the Black Magick Network. When a wealthy acquaintance invites Mike and me to Haileyville, New York over Beltane, I jump at the chance. Who wouldn’t want to see what it would be like to live in a small town where everyone practices magick?

Upon our arrival, the coven high council calls me in and asks me to be an impartial third party to...

Something Wicked #cozymystery #wickedways

Silver bullets, full moon.

I’m Elise Marybell Marple, owner of the magic shop Wicked Ways. When Jasmine Jeffreys, resident plant murderer turned botanist, shows up in my shop begging for a silver amulet and a pound of wolfsbane, I think nothing of it. She’s a strange one, after all. But then someone stole an old book from the library, and another customer made a strange request. Suddenly, everyone is seeing werewolves, and the town is speculating a list of suspects that includes Alex. I...

Upcoming Daemonolatry Books #demonolatry #occult

People have been wondering why I haven’t released any new Daemonolatry books lately. There are a few reasons for this.

I’ve covered the bulk of the basics already and for the most part, I’ve written all the beginner material already, minus a few topics that other authors have covered, alleviating the need for me to weigh in.I am moving toward writing religious/liturgical texts for traditional/generational groups (which is where I began this whole journey), and that’s what I’ve been doing for...

Captive Vampire #ParanormalUnderworld #PNR

Becoming a vampire wasn’t part of his plan.

Kevin

I never imagined I’d be involved with a woman like Mistress Catalina. She’s out of my league. I’m beginning to learn that Catalina leads a dark life- that she’s part of an underworld much more terrifying than organized crime, dealing with creatures scarier than the ones in monster movies.

I’m not sure I want to be part of it anymore. Yet I can’t just walk away. I’ve fallen in love with her, but she wants something from me thatI’m not ready to...

To My Readers

Dear Readers,

I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support and continued readership. I am always thrilled to learn that you enjoyed one of my books or that a book I wrote inspired you or helped you in some way.

I wish I had time to respond to every PM, every blog/video post comment, and every email. Unfortunately, long gone are the days where I have time to respond personally to every reader email. (If you get a personal response, you are one of the rare, lucky ones.)

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Hot Pre-Orders! #PNR #Paranormal #UrbanFantasy #SteamyRomance

Becoming a vampire wasn’t part of his plan.

Kevin

I never imagined I’d be involved with a woman like Mistress Catalina. She’s out of my league. I’m beginning to learn that Catalina leads a dark life- that she’s part of an underworld much more terrifying than organized crime, dealing with creatures scarier than the ones in monster movies.

I’m not sure I want to be part of it anymore. Yet I can’t just walk away. I’ve fallen in love with her, but she wants something from me thatI’m not ready to...

Live Intentionally

Each year in December, I choose a keyword or phrase that will inspire the coming year. At the end of 2018, I realized that I had lost the joy I usually found in my work. Writing had become a difficult chore that I dreaded. With that revelation, I had to stop and re-evaluate, and discover what, exactly, I had lost. Why was I dreading something that used to be my happy place? I came up with a list:

I was spending too much time on other people’s agendas instead of my own.I was dreading the...