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A Bewitching Thursday

How to keep your plant addiction alive and thriving with Niki McAlister #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/ZBWn50AG347

WIP it so Good: UF author Avery Kilpatrick + giveaway #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/wT1Q50AG2Wu

Scoundrel’s Vengeance by Sky Purington #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/FJtL50AG3jD

Calypso’s Heart An Orion’s Order Novel Book One M.C. Solaris - Paranormal Romance - Sexy Shifters. Hot Vampires. Intriguing Immortals. #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/pbtD50AG2YM

Meet the Author - LESSIA by Lucas Ryan Maloney #authorvideo #authorinterview #bewitchingbooktours https://paranormalists.blogspot.com/2...

Echo of Eternity by Skyler Patterson #timetravelromance #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/SeUL50AG33l

Scoundrel’s Vengeance by Sky Purington #hisrom #historicalromance #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/hSlW50AG32B

Djinn Serving the Scales Prequel by Niki McAlister - Adult Fantasy - From Silver Spoon to Silver Tongue #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/REe250AG31G

Calypso’s Heart by M.C. Solaris #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/NvS650AG2Zw

Beyond Twilight Storybundle #vampires #vampireromance #PNR #fantasy #urbanfantasy

Dare to go Beyond Twilight…
Beyond Twilight Storybundle 
This limited time story bundle will only be available  July 22 through August 13



 Notes from the Beyond Twilight Storybundle Curator Michelle Fox

Michelle Fox
A psychic FBI agent, the vampire hunting her, and the killer that stalks them both. 
Okay, it’s weird to hype my own books. Here’s what I’ll tell you: both books have never been bundled together before making this a BOGO deal for this Story Bundle, and readers have compared the stories to Ilona Andrews’ Kate Daniels series. My heroine, Mel goes way beyond Twilight because she’s too smart to be impressed by a fancy pair of fangs. The mysteries in each book are intricate and not easily solved even though Mel is psychic...and has an extra, secret super power.
Laura Bickle
Garnet has the blood of the legendary Morrigan – and legions of vampires and witches will go to war to possess that power. 
I’ve been blessed to  know Laura for decades now and she is a lyrical writer with a sly, sardonic sense of humor. Her work has received widespread critical acclaim (starred reviews from Publisher’s Weekly and her work’s been blurbed by Charles freaking de Lint) and I’m so pleased to offer you the first look at her Celtic vampire story. Her take on Morrigan is hypnotic and magical and takes vampires to a whole new level.(And there are murders of very cool crows. Read it just for that alone. Laura is giving me ideas for the crows in the woods behind my house LOL. ) Morrigan’s Blood is also exclusive to this bundle.
Sedona Venez
If Gia had only stayed away from Devin, he would not be facing the darkness that will now haunt him for eternity. But now it’s too late. Devin’s been turned into an abomination, a creature that will never again be free.
Sedona is a writer who writes romance stories that are intense, dark, and addictive, and I’m excited that her vampire story is exclusive to Story Bundle. Blood Darkness brings us a vampire, Gia, who knows better than anyone what it’s like to have her world ripped out from under her, forced into the darkness, never to walk in the sun again. So when she finds herself to blame for an innocent human, Devin being turned, she knows that it’s up to her to save Devin’s life. 
Tami Lund 
Two vampires fighting over control of Chicago, with one human woman caught in the middle. 
Tami takes us on a wild ride with vampires from Chicago to Jamaica and back again in this two book duet exclusive to Story Bundle. I’ve known Tami for years and she writes great stories that have you racing through the pages to see what happens next.

Ann Gimpel
Vampires don't exactly qualify for the endangered species list, but I'm done skulking in shadows. Gloves off, baby! 
Ann writes lush, kickass characters, bringing the lens in close. Her vampires feel like, well, vampires. They’re not just people with a set of fangs tacked on. Ariana Hawke has been running from her past, vampire style, for centuries. Nickolas was once a master vampire. A scouting trip to add to his seethe goes horribly awry and strands him in a future he’s ill-equipped to deal with. Add a shapeshifting wolf, who’s not a shifter at all, to the mix, and the stage is set for a page-turning, midnight-oil-burning binge.

KN Lee
In a world where Greek Gods rule, vampires stalk the night, and shifters walk amongst us, ancient goddess Inanna is the only one who can save us. But, her ex boyfriend Hades has another plan. 
It’s not often you find a vampire story that involves the pantheon of Greek Gods and this one is a delight. KN has a way of sucking you (pun intended!) in and making you afraid to blink because you don’t want to miss anything. You won’t be able to put Wicked Immortals down.

Marissa Farrar
College isn't easy when you're half-vampire and a local carnival has come to town…
Marissa is a powerhouse who writes riveting can’t-look-away stories. Her vampire has just started college and keeps getting flashes of the future while fighting to control her bloodlust. This is a vampire who strives to be more than her nature, who won’t let the monsters win. Come explore vampires who want more in Twisted Dreams.
Annie Nicholas
Live bait works the best when hunting vampires.
Annie shares a devious murder mystery set in Budapest packed full of vampires and slayers. The imagery and descriptions in Vampire Bait will make you feel like you’re overseas, a welcome escape for 2020. And we go beyond Twilight with a heroine determined to stand on her own two feet and tackle vampires on her own terms.

Liza Street
Three things annoy the hell out of Gracie Boswell: noisy saloons, handsy cowboys, and vampires. 
Liza told me Gracie had been rattling around in her brain for a while, and the Beyond Twilight bundle gave her the nudge she needed to finally get the story down. Gracie came to life in the span of a month, and I was lucky enough to beta read one of the early drafts. I literally told my entire family about this book even though none of them cares about vampires. I was like, “Listen, this was amazing. Whhhhy don’t you love vampires toooo?” Even better, this phenomenal read is exclusive to Story Bundle. Gracie is full of homespun, plucky charm and the story takes vampires well beyond Twilight and into the wild, wild west. 

Marcella Burnard
Witch Rose Buchanan was only supposed to investigate some arcane runes, not let a rogue vampire assassin catch sight of her. 
Marcella is a wry writer with a fine eye for detail and I’m delighted that her story is exclusive to Story Bundle. Blood Knife brings us a vampire who must choose between duty and freedom and the witch who will make that choice hurt. Rose is the strong, stalwart heroine we all need on our side. 
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A Bewitching Wednesday

INTERVIEW - CALYPSO'S HEART (Orion's Order, #1) by M.C. Solaris #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/Pt8h50AEYZd

Interview Djinn by Niki McAlister #fantasy #authorinterview
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Interview: A Stream of Darkness by Avery Kilpatrick #urbanfantasy #authorinterview #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/ZzQI50ADTf6

Book Spotlight ~ Djinn (Serving the Scales, Prequel) by Niki McAlister @Niki_McAlister ~ Adult Fantasy #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/NZG450AEZ1P

Now scheduling a one week tour for The Road Not Taken by Susan Rubin #scfi #timetravel
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Beyond Twilight Storybundle #vampires #vampireromance #PNR #fantasy #urbanfantasy https://storybundle.com/vampires

Now scheduling a two week tour for Caught by Kimberley Cale #fantasyromance
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Echo of Eternity by Skyler Patterson #timetravelromance
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Djinn by Niki McAlister #fantasy
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A Stream of Darkness by Avery Kilpatrick #urbanfantasy
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A Bewitching Tuesday

Interview: A Stream of Darkness by Avery Kilpatrick #urbanfantasy #authorinterview #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/ZzQI50ADTf6

Echo of Eternity by Skyler Patterson #timetravelromance #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/FalV50ADT8F

Review Djinn by Niki McAlister
https://www.rajivsreviews.com/2020/07...

Virtual Book Tour: Calypso’s Heart by M.C. Solaris #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/fn9w50ADTiv

Djinn by Niki McAlister
https://www.lisasworldofbooks.net/202...

Lessia Spotlight Tour
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A Bewitching Monday

Author Interview - Calypso’s Heart by M.C. Solaris #PNR #authorinterview https://paranormalists.blogspot.com/2...

Author Avery Kilpatrick #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/ApOg50ACNtB

Djinn by Niki McAlister #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/lQyl50ACNBa

LESSIA by Lucas Ryan Maloney #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/pbvX50ACNCl

The Assassin’s Daughter (The Hybrid Chronicles, Book One) by Shana Vernon @AuthorShanaV ~ Urban Fantasy #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/1Epu50ACNMf

Echo of Eternity The Zulu Chronicles Book One Skyler Patterson #bewitchingbooktours http://ow.ly/3NDo50ACNDO

Calypso’s Heart by M.C. Solaris | Blog Tour
https://unchartedroutes.com/2020/07/2...

Guest Blog - Helplessly Hoping by Douglas Kent #memoir
http://www.roxannerhoads.com/2020/07/...

Echo of Eternity by Skyler Patterson #timetravelromance
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Free Audiobook Courting Moon: Vampyre’s Desire by Adom Sample #PNR #freeaudiobook https://fang-tasticbooks.blogspot.com...

Djinn by Niki McAlister #fantasy
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The Assassin’s Daughter by Shana Vernon
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Free Audiobook Courting Moon: Vampyre’s Desire by Adom Sample #PNR #freeaudiobook

Courting Moon: Vampyre’s Desire
The Bloods Passion Saga
Book One
Adom Sample


Genre: Fantasy / Paranormal RomancePublisher: Adom SampleDate of Publication: March 15, 2020Word Count: 88,500
Cover Artist: OA Book Covers
Tagline: Where There Is Love . . . Death Follows.
Book Description:
Those in power are suppressing the truth, and it all stems from the Coven of Vampyres strict law: Human and Vampyre fraternization—strictly forbidden. When living in a society where love, passion, and desire are restricted it isn't long before someone dissents. I just never thought that someone would be me.
The day I met him, the vampyre Sebastian of Orias, everything changed. Never in my life did I think someone like him, the son of a Count, would pursue a human like me. But he did. He stalked me . . . and now he wants me.
We chose to break the rules, defy the Coven, and embrace this connection, regardless of the dangers that may unfold. However, I fear that our passion may reveal secrets the Coven is willing to kill to protect.
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Excerpt:
The dark meadows and midnight air blast through her hair giving off a scent that would attract any Vampyre for miles. It was there he sensed her. It was there he could no longer deny himself the pleasure of getting to know who she was. The rules were set, and the laws were written, but none of that could keep him restrained. Not anymore.His emotions fluttered, leaving him no other choice. He must take that chance, regardless of the prospect of rejection. For months, he watched her, lurking in the shadows of their lands, never giving thought as to what would happen if he were to be discovered. It was a risk he was more than willing to take, if only just to get a second glance of her beauty. He was, after all, the son of a count, and he knew the rules better than anyone. Fraternization between Vampyre and human was strictly forbidden. The rules were imprinted in his brain from birth, but he had to choose differently. Was it her human frailty or the smell of her blood that drew him there every night? Whatever this enchanting spell was that led him to her lands took total control, forcing him to do things he thought he’d never do. Romantic love was forbidden and after months of obsessing over this human woman, he was beginning to understand why. All rational thought escaped his mind whenever he was near her. The erratic and irrational impulses that made him sneak out of his room, cross the neutral territory, and enter their lands each night had overwhelmed him. He’d lost control, yet refused to do anything about it. This was who he wanted to be.Henceforth, that night in the dark meadows, basking in the midnight air, he made his approach. Would she welcome him or fear him? What stories would she have heard about his kind that could force her to be reluctant by his presence? He had no choice, for it was too late to turn back now. She was alone, and he would never have an opportunity like this again. He pushed back the bushes, taking slow steps toward her. Hesitant, he thought about turning around and forgetting about her. He knew where this would lead. Still, he interjects his reason and pushes aside all logic, giving in to his wanting desire. “Hello,” he whispered softly from behind. She froze. She knew the end was near. She knew the Vampyre creeping up behind her would make her his supper if she didn’t run, and quick. Without thought, she took off screaming for her life. Her action to his bold move didn’t surprise him at all; the only thing that entered his mind was how beautiful she looked when she ran away. He didn’t pursue right away. He stood there paralyzed, fearful that he would be discovered. If anyone heard her screaming it would be the end of him. Before she could get too far, he headed her off, and in a flash was right in front of her. They had collided. She ran right into him. The touch of her soft warm skin sent a sense of inner peace and tranquility through this entire body.They had their arms wrapped around each other like lovers in need. That sensual gaze he gave her forced the fear to melt away only to be replaced with apprehension and embarrassment.“I will not harm you,” he said in a passionate whisper. “What do you want from me?” Her voice trembled.“Simple conversation.” “You mean to kill me?” “Of course not. But far be it for me to make you my meal someday.”“Who are you?” She gave him an uneasy glance. He stared into her eyes and smiled, brushing his fingers through her soft, long hair. And thus that single encounter, that bold embrace set forth the path they would go through together; placing things in motions that would tear the very boundaries of everything they’d ever known. Forever.     

About the Author:
Adom Sample is an independent author who enjoys reading and writing romance, erotic, and paranormal stories. Writing is his passion and he lives to give others ideas and inspire stories to push the limits of creativity.
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Echo of Eternity by Skyler Patterson #timetravelromance

Echo of EternityThe Zulu Chronicles Book OneSkyler Patterson
Genre: Paranormal Romance/Epic Fantasy/Time TravelDate of Publication:  January 2020ISBN: 9781687892270ASIN: B07NBTGVG1 Number of pages: 349Word Count: 77,000 words
Book Description:
Trina Loveless is a young, beautiful female Lawyer living in New York City. She has it all. She is wealthy. She has the glamorous clothes. The flyest exotic supercars! She has jewelry and the multi-million dollar Penthouse. She and her girlfriends are living their best lives in Manhattan. She is a savvy Lawyer, yet Trina has no luck with men!
Trina is searching for that one, perfect love in all of the right places. All she finds is playboys and creeps!  She continues to be cheated on, and disrespected by men. Trina is biracial. She is half African American and half Irish. Her father hails from Africa, her mother is from Ireland. Trina has never met her father’s family. Trina goes to Africa to locate her relatives on her fathers’ side of the family there. Trina undergoes a life-changing journey of cultural awareness and self-discovery. She meets her relatives that are of a legendary tribe of African Zulu warriors. She begins a pilgrimage and an epic journey across the continent of Africa, to reach her ancestral tribal clan. Trina while searching the tribal history of her ancestors finds herself somehow 200 years into her past in ancient Africa .
Trina finds herself in the middle of the rise of the legendary African King Shaka  Zulu! She finds herself in the middle of tribal warfare and slavery! Trina falls hard for a handsome young African Prince named Adawande. But the Zulu’s think she is a spy! Also the tribal monk/sorcerers called The Shama Majite might want her dead! 
How would Trina get back to 2019! And could she leave the love of  her life, that  she could  not find in the  21st century? 
Bear witness to an epic, time- traveling, romantic adventure like no other! Filled with love, lust, skullduggery, sorcery, and the paranormal. A romantic tale for the Ages!
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Excerpt from Chapter 1 TRINA LOVELESS
I was a loser at love until I won. But first my heart was broken in my dreams. My young, red heart broken in a dream. A nightmare of bliss. It was strange. But was  my  dream  a  nightmare  or  a  bliss? It was both. How could this be? Let me tell you. First there was the strangeness that happened before the nightmares. It all  began with  that  clock  that  I  bought to  place in my  kitchen upon the  wall. Now I didn’t need a clock. I mean they are practically obsolete as everyone uses cell phones nowadays to check the time. But I having recently moved into my incredible  Penthouse decided   that  I  should  have  a  nice  clock in my kitchen. I  placed  it right above my kitchen  table  to  gaze up at in the mornings, while I  sipped upon my coffee. Everything was fine at first. It “tic-tocked”. Then one morning I awoke and the clock was on the floor.  So I just placed it back up on its nail and all was well right? Wrong. When I returned from the office that night guess what? That clock was back on the floor! Again! What the hell! What did I do? I hung it more securely with a bigger nail.  And the next morning it was on the floor again! That’s when I took that friggen clock and tossed it in the garbage! I tossed it down the garbage chute in the hallway! I heard it slip and slide into its glorious disappearance! I went to bed that night and slept well. When  I  awoke in the  morning to  get my  eggs  and bacon what did  I  see?   You guessed it. There it was up there on the wall again! What in the hell?! Was I becoming delusional? Maybe it was my hard partying.  I will admit me and my girlfriends we partied hard. But what of it?  Maybe it was the alcohol.  But no! I mean  I  did see that  damn  clock  on the ground  after I  placed it securely on that nail! I saw it again as it slid down that garbage chute. I gazed up at that thing. I sighed and I could hear it “tic-tocking”.  Suddenly that clock it stopped! I froze in   horror as I saw the hands slowly reversing! That did it! “What in the hell is happening here”! yelled I!  My hands are on my head!  I snatched  the   clock  off of  the  wall and  tossed  it to  the  ground! The clear plastic cover shatters! It is slow-motion shattering like a hundred, broken dreams! I stomp upon it! Pieces are everywhere upon the kitchen floor! I swept them up and tossed the broken clock into the trash. I awoke the next morning and well guess what? I look up and there it is! Again! In perfect, working condition tic tocking! I give up!  Was it the alcohol that I might be drinking too much of? Is it the drugs I sometimes partake of on the weekends with my girlfriends? Was it the marijuana and those assortment of pills?!  No! I know I am not crazy! Not yet anyway! I was  going  to tell my   girlfriend  about  this,  but  kept it to myself so that  she  would not  think  me  full- blown  “coo-coo loco”!   So  when  I  sat  there  in the kitchen  eating  supper  with  my  best  friend  Gabrielle  Goodlyn . I said not a word about that damned- haunted clock!  And I was free of any other “Paranormal Happenings” until that clock fell down and landed on the kitchen table! “Boom”! “What the hell Trina”?! exclaimed my girlfriend Gabrielle. And worse! It was the way that clock fell! It glided off the wall sideways and fell on the table! It didn’t fall down straight as gravity had promised! “Boom”! It knocked over our wine glasses! The red wine spilled upon the floor! “What the hell?!! Girlfriend your Penthouse is haunted! Get a priest! But damn! I wouldn’t leave the floor to ceiling glass windows and swimming pool for no friggin ghost!” said she. And then there was the thing about those nightmares!  Oh yes! I every few days would wake up in the night in a cold sweat.  And what a bizarre dream. I am lying on my back upon the ground outdoors somewhere!  I am on some type of battlefield! What?! Why?! I stare upwards and I can see vultures circling above me! I am wearing some sandals, tiger loincloths and I am clutching a spear. Really?! Loincloth?!  A spear?! Why! What the hell?!  I slowly raise myself up and I see nothing but smoke! As I look around I see dark - skinned people in front of me and behind me! Thousands! I hear animals!  I hear drums! Loud drums! Tigers are roaring!  And  then  I  am in  slow-motion spinning, twirling  a long  spear hand  to  hand in the air! I gaze in front of me and I can see 3 females in long red, hooded robes! Side by side they are standing! Their backs are to me. Their hoods are drawn over their heads! Their hands are moving in some, slow-motion -graceful -synchronization!  Their long robes of red are snapping in the winds. Suddenly their hands explode into a sizzling electricity! Then their hands are bursting into flames and black smoke is whooshing off of them! It was as if they were casting some incendiary spell of sorcery! Suddenly I run ahead of them! I lunge forward! I am slow-motion throwing my long spear into smoky darkness!  Suddenly a man’s dark body falls towards me from the smoke! He falls on his side with my spear right through him!  I pull it out and I spit on his corpse! I yank an elephant mask off of his face! His face is in that wide-opened stare of death! What?!  Why did I do that?! What in the hell kind of dream is this anyway?! And then I hear it! Shrieking elephants stampeding towards me! Elephants?!  Why?! What in the hell?! Beneath my feet, the ground is shaking! I can hear some female voice chanting/singing in African speech! But who is singing?! Drums! I can still hear them now! Loud! They are everywhere! Who is playing them! The ground it rumbles more beneath my feet! I lose my balance! I fall down! Suddenly I see a tall, dark, muscular, shirtless, man in loincloth approaching me! He emerges from the smoking darkness!  He is bald of head. He is calling out my name! He is reaching down to me!  He picks me up! He is kissing me! His tongue is in my mouth!  Mist and black smoke block his face from my view!  We slowly collapse down to the ground!  His strong arms wrap round me! Holy Shit! He is still kissing me!  I cannot see anyone’s face! I cannot see his face! Damn!  We are on the ground! We are kissing! It feels so good! He moves slowly between my legs! He cups my face with his two hands!  But wait! Those elephants are still bearing down on us! They are about to crush us and stampede us when suddenly! Suddenly! Suddenly I wake up! Damn it! But what does it all mean?! The clock?! The battlefield?! I am afraid yet enthralled at the same damned time! Who was that man?! Who were those 3 women?! I am breathing heavily. I gaze around my darkened bedroom. I  just knew  that  I  needed  to  buy some  friggen sleeping pills because   I  loved  the  part of my  dream  that had  HIM  in it!   I told Gabby about my nightmares. Do you know what she told me? she said: “Girl, you know what it means is that you are gonna quit your cushy job as a lawyer and get a minimum wage job at the Bronx Zoo!! Tee Hee Hee—““---Oh you got jokes huh”. I respond. Who am I?  My name is Trina Loveless. I am a wealthy, young, bi-racial, African American female lawyer living in Manhattan. I love New York City. Oh my life! My plight: Can I learn to love less the material things. Things like Vanity, Jewelry and Money. Can I instead learn to love more about my own true- self? Can I learn more about what makes me, me? Can I learn more about my culture and how my past has made me who I am today? Can I refrain from making unwise decisions? Can I stand up for myself and others without doubting myself? And most important of all:  Can I find a true love? Does true love even exist?  Yes, I live in New York City. The city that never sleeps.  I should know. Me and my girlfriends we party so hard that we don’t sleep! Yes that’s always me stumbling into work on Mondays. I ask myself how did I get so trashed?! Oh, yeah it was the “Comedy Nite’ on Wednesdays. “Happy Hour/Buffet” Thursdays. That House music club on Fridays. That Hip –Hop club Saturday, and that meringue club in the “Boogie -Down Bronx’ on Sunday! You know the place  where the  guys  rub  you  so  close you  swear  you  just  had sex!  And where you could have sex in the bathroom if you got lucky! The music is pounding! The lights flashing! My world is slow-motion now. We are the partying people dancing in the flickering, neon darkness. Us with our hands in the skies! Us dancing! Touching! Kissing men! My world speeds back up. Us exchanging Facebook and Instagram with the fly ones and telling the creeps: “Fuckouttahere!” Us in the bathroom smoking the Mary- Jane-Juanna and popping the Xanax pills.  And that’s how I stumble into Monday. But what of it.  I sometimes go to church on Sundays and pray away all the sin. My Irish mom she says:’ Stay in Queens! The suburbs! Trina why live in Manhattan? In her Irish Gaelic. You wanna try and be like “Sex and the   -Urban folk—‘ “---Hell no! Mom, I just wanna have sex IN the city! Tee hee hee”! “My daughter has a potty mouth”! says she. “Tell it to the judge mom! I do”! That’s me on Monday at the Law firm of Clarke, Williams and Levitz. That’s me in my office checking my caseload. I fight the law cases. The cheating husbands. The reality show stars caught in Bloomies shoplifting. The murder trials... The rape cases. The “Black Lives Matter” cases and the very sad soap opera that is my love life. Or my lack of a love life…I would tell you that I am just like any other girl. I struggled like everybody else. I chased boys and boys chased me. And I guess you could say that I was daddy’s little girl. My dad he doted on me. Mom said he protected me and made sure that he was always there to fight our battles. Until my father needed to fight his own battles. My dad was a soldier. He fought in the Desert Storm war of the 90’s. He fought battle after battle there. And then one day my father lost his battle... That day was June 8, 1995. He died from his injuries from the war. I was born earlier that year. And that  was when I  began to  realize  that I  would need to  fight my own  battles. My mother accepted the folded flag that draped over daddy’s coffin. The soldiers trumpet echoed in the air. And somewhere along the line, I began to help others fight their battles. I became a lawyer. I was a loser at love until I won…




About the Author:
Skyler Patterson is an independent author from New York City. He began writing in 2016.
Skyler  had never  written  any type of  book  before  and  woke  up  one morning and  decided  to  write  himself a  novel.
Skyler Patterson’s books have given him fans from all over the world.  He is a versatile writer  who  writes  adult fiction as well as YA.   
https://www.facebook.com/Skyler-Patterson-The-Author-1637568183177650/
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13345712.Skyler_Patterson

Djinn by Niki McAlister #fantasy

DjinnServing the ScalesPrequelNiki McAlister
Genre: Adult FantasyPublisher: Niki McAlisterDate of Publication: August 1, 2020ASIN: B08BTTKJK1Number of pages: 132Word Count: 45,690
Cover Artist: Niki McAlister
Tagline: From Silver Spoon to Silver Tongue
Book Description:
Born into a wealthy family on the west side of the Naga Kingdom, Djinn De’monte has always lived a life of undeserved luxury. He parties every night courtesy of his father’s money and, with a flick of his hand, can bed any woman he chooses.
Why would he ever give any of that up to settle down and work a regular job? Everything he needs is right at his fingertips, but when an unexpected tragedy strikes the rug is suddenly yanked out from under him. Djinn is forced to sink or swim.
Join him on his forced pilgrimage as he reluctantly discovers that there is more to life than having everything served to you on a silver platter. Will he learn just what he stands for, or will he be swept up with the rest of the garbage?
In this short prequel we travel back to Djinn’s youth to find out exactly what transpired before he met a very unusual servant girl. This story can be read before Serving the Scales, after, or by itself. Though Djinn’s story isn’t part of the Serving the Scales Trilogy, it is an important part of the history that took place in Iruli.
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“You can’t go in there right now, he’s in a meeting!” The butler elf cried, trying to insert himself between me and the double doors of my father’s office. I slapped him aside with a brush of my tail, sending him clattering into the wall. As he sputtered in surprise I threw open the doors, my faded green locks whipping in the artificial breeze as I met my father’s deadpan stare.“Djinn, now isn’t a good time.” He said, dismissing me with his hand but I would have none of it.“Are you directly responsible for the suffering of countless pregnant women and children?” I seethed, glaring directly into my father’s eyes.“Djinn..” Dad’s face was blank as I heard someone clear their throat to my left.Councilman Wartez was seated on a cushion there, looking up at me in disapproval—but I didn’t care. “Well? Are you?” I repeated.“Djinn if you could come back later I’d be happy to—”“No, we’re going to talk about this now dad.” I huffed, raising my tail to tower over him.Dad sighed. “Where are you hearing this from? Is this about Jess? I assure you she received the best care.”“Why aren’t all of the pregnant nagas in the East city receiving that type of care? Are you aware that they’re being treated on the damp ground?”“Surely those people must be used to doing things on the damp ground.” Councilman Wartez snickered beside me.“Are you fucking with me right now?” I spun around to the councilman. “People are dying and you’re over here making jokes? Why isn’t the council doing anything to help?”Dad glared up at me through his tiny glasses. “Not that you’ve ever cared before, but we’ve been conducting tests on the female naga’s issue for decades. We’ve informed everyone that, should they find themselves pregnant they should seek proper medical care.”I slammed my hands down on his desk, remembering all the times he’d had the maid whip me for touching his desk. His eye twitched as he looked down at my hands. “You do realize that most of the citizens in the East city can’t afford to see a doctor, right?”“That’s being quite presumptuous. I’ll have you know that we installed Deklyn over there to care for the elves ten years ago. They’re being cared for better than they ever did in that backwoods place they hail from.”“You know damn well I’m not talking about the elves.” I seethed.He shrugged, making my blood boil. “You and your council buddies could easily extend a hand to these women but you’re not!”“That’s enough Djinn.” Dad rose, grabbing my hand and pulling it off his desk.“It’s not nearly enough dad.”“I must ask you to go home and we’ll discuss this at another time.”“Fuck you.” I spat. “You’ll just send Natasha over with more money or a fucking fruit basket to shut me up, you bastard.”“That’s enough!” Dad boomed, coming around the side of his desk. “One more word out of you and I’ll cut you off.”“I dare you.” I grinned, spitting on the ground in front of him. I raised my gaze back to his face to relish in the shock I’d caused but to my surprise I felt my father’s fist collide with my cheek as he snarled at me. I flew backward, hitting my head on the back wall of the office and pulling down a bunch of books as I slumped to the ground.
“I’m sorry for this outburst Councilman Wartez.” Reginald was saying, shaking the councilman's hand. The last thing I remembered was both of the councilmen looking over at me in amusement as I passed out.
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Niki McAlister is an avid reader of romance and fantasy. She’s always lived in a little world inside her own mind, often getting herself in trouble while daydreaming. She currently resides in Tennessee with her husband, two boys, and many pets.
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