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October 5, 2015
Sneak Peek
I'm going as fast as I can because I'm juggling a few different things at the moment, but here's a sneak peek of the next part of Mercy's story. Let me know if you like it:
My memory is a cracked and treacherous thing, but I remember—
The silence of thousands as the sun went dark above the Andaman Sea and an aurora flamed across the hot, noon day sky in vivid bands of red and green. The ground had begun to shake beneath our feet—as fluid as the skin of some vast, waking animal. And people fell to the earth as if it were ending. Then the screaming began.
And, as Ryan and I crossed the equator, chasing the heat, chasing life, I remember—
The evening sky suddenly peppered with light: hard, bright flashes filling the horizon from end to end. One after another, pop, pop, pop, high overhead as if the stars themselves were exploding. Cars, buses, people—everything stopping to see, to wonder at the signs.
My memory is a cracked and treacherous thing, but I remember—
The silence of thousands as the sun went dark above the Andaman Sea and an aurora flamed across the hot, noon day sky in vivid bands of red and green. The ground had begun to shake beneath our feet—as fluid as the skin of some vast, waking animal. And people fell to the earth as if it were ending. Then the screaming began.
And, as Ryan and I crossed the equator, chasing the heat, chasing life, I remember—
The evening sky suddenly peppered with light: hard, bright flashes filling the horizon from end to end. One after another, pop, pop, pop, high overhead as if the stars themselves were exploding. Cars, buses, people—everything stopping to see, to wonder at the signs.
July 26, 2015
Working on some new Mercy
For the patient people who have been asking, yes, I'm working on the next instalment in Mercy's story and I'm hoping to have something to my publisher in a couple of months.
If you're missing Mercy's world you might want to check out Azraeil's cameo in "The Astrologer's Daughter" and the first "reveal" of his kingdom, Sheol, in "Afterlight". Everything in my slightly freaky universe is connected...
If you're missing Mercy's world you might want to check out Azraeil's cameo in "The Astrologer's Daughter" and the first "reveal" of his kingdom, Sheol, in "Afterlight". Everything in my slightly freaky universe is connected...
June 21, 2015
Afterlight: Global Giveaway #2
* Comp now closed, congrats to Obsessive Girl, look out for one more Afterlight giveaway next week xx *
To celebrate the release of Afterlight in the Southern Hemisphere this week, I've got one signed copy to give away to the first reader (from anywhere in the world) to PM me their postal details.
Giveaway closes 29 June 2015 x
To celebrate the release of Afterlight in the Southern Hemisphere this week, I've got one signed copy to give away to the first reader (from anywhere in the world) to PM me their postal details.
Giveaway closes 29 June 2015 x
June 9, 2015
Happy US Release Day to The Astrologer's Daughter
The Astrologer's Daughter releases today (June 9) in the US and is available via Amazon, B&N, Target, Indigo, Bookdepository and good bookstores throughout North America.
If you're keen on a complex mystery/thriller that celebrates female tenacity and is set in a fictional world that is ethnically and socio-economically diverse (just like ours is), it could be for you.
Look out for Global Giveaway #2 next week. X
If you're keen on a complex mystery/thriller that celebrates female tenacity and is set in a fictional world that is ethnically and socio-economically diverse (just like ours is), it could be for you.
Look out for Global Giveaway #2 next week. X
June 1, 2015
Global Giveaway #1
** COMP CLOSED - congrats to Stephanie! A signed copy of Mercy is headed your way x **
People who have read and enjoyed my YA books will know that I love a flawed heroine who will meet the worst, head-on, with tenacity.
To celebrate the publication of "Afterlight" on June 24, 2015, this global giveaway (the first of two) is for true fans of the Mercy series: readers who have been willing to be challenged and engaged by Mercy's evolution across all four books.
The prize for the first correct answer to the following question? A signed and personalised copy of your favourite of the four Mercy titles, posted with love and gratitude, all the way from Oz.
Here's the question: only ONE of the Archangels has the power to transmogrify the celestial state of another Archangel. No other Archangel has this power and no other Archangel could have brought about the bargain made for Ryan. Which Archangel is it?
You've got a week! PM me if you think you know, and nominate your favourite title so that I can get it to you, if you win.
If you're not a fan but you know someone who is, let them know. And let them know there will be more to Mercy's story x
People who have read and enjoyed my YA books will know that I love a flawed heroine who will meet the worst, head-on, with tenacity.
To celebrate the publication of "Afterlight" on June 24, 2015, this global giveaway (the first of two) is for true fans of the Mercy series: readers who have been willing to be challenged and engaged by Mercy's evolution across all four books.
The prize for the first correct answer to the following question? A signed and personalised copy of your favourite of the four Mercy titles, posted with love and gratitude, all the way from Oz.
Here's the question: only ONE of the Archangels has the power to transmogrify the celestial state of another Archangel. No other Archangel has this power and no other Archangel could have brought about the bargain made for Ryan. Which Archangel is it?
You've got a week! PM me if you think you know, and nominate your favourite title so that I can get it to you, if you win.
If you're not a fan but you know someone who is, let them know. And let them know there will be more to Mercy's story x
February 25, 2015
The Astrologer's Daughter in the US and UK
The Astrologer's Daughter is out now on Edelweiss and Netgalley for any interested reviewers and bloggers.
Official release date for the US is 9 June 2015 and for the UK is 25 June 2015.
Hope you love it x
Official release date for the US is 9 June 2015 and for the UK is 25 June 2015.
Hope you love it x
February 12, 2015
The Astrologer's Daughter
Just sharing the beyond-beautiful cover of my latest YA novel, "The Astrologer's Daughter" because I'm a huge fan of the photographer, Jessica Lia, who is based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Look up her gallery, you will not be disappointed. She has an amazing eye.
If you loved "Mercy" and the crazy genre mash-up of YA mystery / thriller with touches of paranormal and romance in that, grab "The Astrologer's Daughter" which is available in (e)book and Kindle now everywhere, and is coming out in the US in July 2015.
If you loved "Mercy" and the crazy genre mash-up of YA mystery / thriller with touches of paranormal and romance in that, grab "The Astrologer's Daughter" which is available in (e)book and Kindle now everywhere, and is coming out in the US in July 2015.
December 12, 2014
"Mercy" free in the Apple store for a limited time
Excited to let you know that "Mercy" will be free in the Apple store from 16 December 2014 to 14 January 2015.
Wishing you a wonderful Christmas and New Year x
Wishing you a wonderful Christmas and New Year x
August 26, 2014
Reading at The Moat, Melbourne
I'll be at The Moat (the bar under the Wheeler Centre's main space) on Little Lonsdale Street, Melbourne on September 8th between 6.15 and 7.15 pm if anyone wants to come and say hello. I'll be reading from The Astrologer's Daughter and there will be readings from other authors, too.
August 7, 2014
Book signing gig for National Bookshop Day
To celebrate National Bookshop Day on Saturday 9 August 2014, I'll be at Dymocks, 234 Collins Street, Melbourne between 1.30 and 2.30 pm signing copies of my new book The Astrologer's Daughter. Come by and say Hi if you're in the vicinity x
