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June 29, 2021
That “Ugly” Cover Has Got to Go!
“Despite having an ugly-ass cover I finally forced myself to pick it up and holy $#*@ it was SO good!“ – third similar review this week.
ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT I GET THE POINT! A new cover for The Girl Who Talks to Ashes has officially been commissioned!!
Stay tuned, folks!!

June 24, 2021
Signed Book and $50 Giveaway!
IT’S JUNE 24TH – my favorite protagonist’s birthday!
To celebrate the occasion, I’m throwing a Big Ol’ Giveaway! 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗮 𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘄𝗮𝗴, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗮 𝙁𝙄𝙁𝙏𝙔-𝘿𝙊𝙇𝙇𝘼𝙍 𝘼𝙈𝘼𝙕𝙊𝙉 𝙂𝙄𝙁𝙏𝘾𝘼𝙍𝘿!! (YUP! Fifty bucks, no strings attached!)
To enter, just comment on the original FB post!

June 23, 2021
Pre-order THE RECKONING!
BIG, BIG NEWS!
The pre-order link for THE RECKONING, the 4th and FINAL installment of The Lightning Conjurer series, is LIVE!! Get your copy HERE!

𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒑𝒔𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑶𝒓𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒔 𝑨𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒅; 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒖𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏, 𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒂𝒘𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝒏𝒆𝒘 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒘𝒂𝒚. 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆, 𝑨𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉...
June 15, 2021
The Reckoning is coming!
Surprise! The Reckoning, Book 4 of The Lightning Conjurer series, is coming September 13!

(And yes, the series was only supposed to be three books… Guess I didn’t use [literary] protection )
Keep an eye on the Facebook and Goodreads pages for more info!!
(I’VE NEVER BEEN MORE EXCITED!!!!!)
March 25, 2021
“𝐴 𝑌𝐴 𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑡𝑦𝑝𝑒 𝑜
Thank you so much to @BreysReviews for sharing your thoughts on TGWTTA!
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𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝑊ℎ𝑜 𝑇𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝐴𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑦 𝑅𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑙 𝑅𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑠𝑐𝑖-𝑓𝑖, 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑦, 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑌𝐴 𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑎 𝑡𝑦𝑝𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒.
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𝐿𝑖𝑙𝑎ℎ 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑎 15 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑑. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑖𝑧𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑖𝑧𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟. 𝐻𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑛𝑠 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠.
𝐿𝑖𝑙𝑎ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐽𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑤 ‘𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝐼 𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑛’𝑡 ...
March 2, 2021
The only thing better than finding a new read is getting it for free!
To celebrate its brand-new gorgeous hardcopy version, THE GIRL WHO TALKS TO ASHES is currently 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 on Amazon from now through Friday! If you’ve been hankering for a new read, check out the synopsis below!

𝗦𝗬𝗡𝗢𝗣𝗦𝗜𝗦:𝐹𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑛-𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟-𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑓 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦, 𝐿𝑖𝑙𝑎ℎ, 𝑤ℎ𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑝𝑠𝑦. 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝐿𝑖𝑙𝑎ℎ’𝑠 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑔𝑙𝑎𝑧𝑒 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟, 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛: 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑙, 𝑓𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑔𝑜𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑜𝑡 – 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤’𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔, 𝑎𝑢𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑛 ℎ...
February 16, 2021
Huge Giveaway + $110 Amazon Gift Card!
Guys, check out this amazing Giveaway! 11 different books to win plus $110!! Join the New Adult & College Fantasy Addicts FB group to enter!

NEW ADULT & COLLEGE FANTASY MASSIVE INTERNATIONAL BOOK GIVEAWAY
Do you enjoy fantasy genres centered around characters in their 20’s? This group is for you! Join us to nerd over your favorite NA Fantasy books, provide recommendations, and make new friends. Simply Like and Follow our page for a chance to win! One lucky winner will receive FREE signed p...
February 3, 2021
⚡THE LIGHTNING CONJURER… en español!⚡
DISPONIBLE ESTE AÑO!

February 1, 2021
Free autographed books and gift cards, oh my! 📚💰
𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐡, 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠!
One of my groups, Indie Fantasy Addicts, is rewarding reader reviews every single month with it’s brand new 𝐈𝐅𝐀 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞!
RULES:
· Join Facebook’s Indie Fantasy Addicts group
· Post your reviews in this format: #[MONTH]ReviewChallenge #1, #2, #3 etc.
(For example, your 4th book review in February would be #FEBRUARYReviewChallenge #4)
· Every single review counts as one entry i...
January 15, 2021
Free glimpse inside The Girl Who Talks to Ashes!

The Girl Who Talks to Ashes is currently FREE on Kindle Unlimited, but since many folks don’t have a KU membership and therefore can’t take advantage of a free glimpse inside, I’ve decided to post the prologue in its entirety here. Happy reading and have a lovely weekend ahead!
Cheers,
Rachel

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