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Fairy tales as you've never seen them before!

 I love fairy tales and have rewritten a number of them: East of the Sun, West of the Moon (The Road Past Winter), Beauty and the Beast (the Summer Garden), Cinderella (Fashionista, Bride of the Midnight King), Sleeping Beauty (Spite, A Dream of Sun and Roses) and on and on. I've joined this collection of slightly twisted tales to revisit "Bluebeard" and give it  a vampire gloss. I think it's going to work.

In the meantime, here's a link where you can preorder the set for only 99 cents. 

Pre-order prezzies...CALL OF MAGIC

 

 

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CALL OF MAGIC

A Multi author Anthology

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56338689/

Genre: Fantasy / PNR

Release Date: October 26

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Featuring stories by:
Maggie Alabaster
Krista Ames
Ashley Amy
Marissa Ann
K. N. Banet
R.C. Barnes
Becca Blake
Dora Blume
Margo Bond Collins
Faedra Rose
Cate Cassidy
R. L. Caulder
Jude Cocaigne
C. L. Coffey
Ariel Dawn
Tia Didmon
Elizabeth Dunlap
Anna Edwards
Faera Fenix
Poppy Flynn
Tina Glasneck
K. Gorman
Jarica James
Finley Jameson
Leigh Kelsey
Zelda Knight
Angela Kulig
Nikki Landis
N. R. Larry
Ember Lawless
A.J. Macey
M.J. Marstens
Claire Marta
Stacey Jaine McIntosh
K.M. McKenna
Jennifer M. Miller
Morgan Jane Mitchell
LJ Night
Helena Novak
Naomi Panthera
Kat Parrish
Krystal Pena
Joe Quackenboss
Maya Riley
Kira Roman
Lavinia Roseknight
Karine Saint Jacques
Silvana G. Sánchez
Angela Sanders
DJ Shaw
Avery Song
Rosalie Stone
Crimson Syn
Bex Taylor
Marley Tobin
Suki Williams
Aria Winter
Harper Wylde
Jenn D. Young
A.C. Wilds
J.D. Woolf

 

Blurb: 

When power beckons, anyone can answer. Let the call of magic charm you! 

Curses and hexes haunt the worlds of the witches, werewolves, dragons, vampires and the hunters who stalk them in the night. Fall under the spell of these fantasy, urban fantasy, and paranormal romance stories by over 50 New York Times, 

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Cover Reveal Coming Soon

 I am part of a list-aiming collection of fairytales called Fairy Tales That Bite, publishing next year, but you'll be hearing a lot about it. What makes this collection a little different is that it's not just about rewriting fairy tales, it's rewriting them and including a vampire element. That worked well for my Shadow Palace Trilogy , which started out with a vampire take on Cinderella, so I thought it would be fun to try my hand at another. I'm going to use the fairy  tale "Bluebeard" and can't wait to see how it'll come out.

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Runaway's Ruin is Live!

 

THE RUNAWAY’S RUIN, Part 1

Book 3 in The Runaway Series

By HELEN BRIGHT

AMAZON

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Available to read in Kindle Unlimited.

Blurb:

Motherhood suits Tess, and though being married to Kolya Barinov means living under a high level of security, she’s learned to cope with being the wife of an arms dealer. Kolya’s business often keeps him away from home, so he and Tess plan to spend quality time together, but you know what they say about the best laid plans…

When an ongoing threat makes their move, Tess’s world comes crashing down around her. In a time of chaos and devastation, she learns the hard way that friendship and love are not always as they seem.

With a broken heart and her life in ruins, will Tess ever feel safe or loved again?

 

Also Available in the Series

The Runaway & The Russian

Book 1 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075RH5XFC/

The Runaway In Love

Book 2 https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HJW839B/

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'Tis the Season for Romance

 Under various names, I have a number of holiday stories coming out. I'm really excited about the one I'm writing for this collection. It'll be under my Katherine Moore pen name, and another Silver Birch story. Think HEA to the max. And there will be cocoa. And wine. And snickerdoodles, which are my favorite cookie.

You can preorder it now for $2.99 directly from Amazon or for all the platforms through Draft2Digital. 

Think of this collection as a whole lot of Hallmark Christmas movies gathered under one cover.

The book publishes on November 1, 2021 so you have almost two months to get into the Christmas spirit!

Heath Lowrance's I Was Born a Lost Cause

 

I am a huge fan of Heath Lowrance's short stories. I've read a number of the ones in this collection and I look forward to re-reading them and discovering new ones. Look for a review soon. And in the meantime, buy your own copy here.

Freebie for Halloween

 I know it's more than a month until Halloween, but I am feeling it! 

I recently offered this short story (written under my Kit Blackwood pen name but suitably dark for those who prefer my noir-ish side) to my newsletter subscribers and they seemed to like it. If you'd like it too, just click the SUBSCRIBE button on this page or email me at: kat (at) katparrish (dot) com with the message X and I will send you a pdf copy. 

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Royal Pride has arrived!

 

A limited edition boxed set with shifters galore, Royal Pride is now available at all ebook outlets.

Here's the blurb:  

Each page of this anthology offers enchanting tales of transformation and seduction from royal prides to foxy thieves. Lions, tigers, dragons, gargoyles, werewolves, mermaids, and more inhabit each magical story. Fall in love with a shapeshifter in this limited edition collection of shifter romances brought to you by thirteen New York Times, USA Today, and international bestsellers, as well as hot new authors!

FEATURING:
Lion's Bride © 2021 Imani Jay
Stolen Mate © 2021 Juliet Moon
Breaking Chains © 2021 Margo Bond Collins
Cat Among the Demons © 2021 Lillia Hunter
For the Love of a Mermaid © 2021 Diana Dawn
Earthen © 2014 RaeLynn Blue
Ritual Island © 2019 J. P. Uvalle
Tricks, Treats & Trial by Fire © 2021 Sapphire Winters
Wings © 2021 Sofia Aves
Bonded © 2021 Isabeau Moon
Pride of a Lioness © 2021 Katia Kozar
Serpent’s Nest © 2021 W.M. Dawson
Foxy Heist © 2021 Zelda Knight

Coming Soon!

 I'm writing stories for a fair number of boxed sets this year. I'm really excited by Pride of a Lioness, which is in the same series as The Heart of a Tiger, which is already out. (Soul of a Leopard will be out in the winter.)

The story will be a part of Royal Pride and is available for preorder here. The preorder price is only 99 cents.

I bought the cover for Heart of a Tiger as a premade from Danielle Ritter of Locus Solus Cover Design, then commissioned the other two covers. I LOVE these designs.

Fire in a Haystack by Erez Aharoni

 I bought this book in 2015 and it's been sitting in my kindle for more than six years. Which turns out to be a shame, because I really enjoyed it. It's a legal thriller and the author, Erez Aharoni, is a well-respected attorney himself. (Among his other talents, which are many.) 

Set in Israel, with a prologue in 2005 and the rest in 2015, but the story feels fresh and very timely. I loved the local color. I loved Ofer Angel, our hero, an intern at a law firm who gets involved in murder, bad corporations and a danger that reaches into his past.

Here's the blurb:  What would you do if you discovered that a lethal virus is incubating in your body and would kill you within a week?

Unless an antidote is somehow found.

Ofer Angel’s life has never been simple. When he was a teenager - his father committed suicide after being rumored to be involved in shady business deals. When he became a man - he had to deal with difficulties at home, but thanks to his determination, he managed to finish law school and was admitted as an intern at a renowned law firm.

Ofer is sent to spend the night with an expert witness for the firm’s most important case. The following morning, he finds the witness dead in his hotel room, a flask from which they had both drunk whiskey on the previous night by his side, infected with the bubonic plague virus, supposedly eradicated from the world.

Before long, Ofer discovers that a certain unknown element is interested in framing him, perhaps even in bringing about his death. But even if that mysterious element is unsuccessful - the virus now incubating in Ofer’s body would eventually kill him anyway within the week, unless an antidote is somehow found.

Will Ofer manage to solve the secrets of his past?

Will he discover who tried to kill him and why?

Is there enough time to find an antidote?

    There's a lot to like here. Dead bodies piling up. Clandestine meetings. Evil corproations manufacturing deadly viruses. Great sense of place and an egaging hero.