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Audiobooks and stuff

Hello hello!

I know it's been a while since I've been here. I just wanted to pop in and let you know that the Graveyard Guardians books are all in Audio, except book six which will publish in ebook soon.

These turned out soooo good!! I'm really excited to finally have 3,4 & 5 in audiobook format.

We are still working on the Arcadia Falls books. For now, books 1 - 6 are available.

As an added bonus, if you are in the UK, I still have a lot of FREE ones at THIS website.

Everything else is available at Amazon/Audible.

Other than that, stay tuned, I have LOT coming up in the future.

Stay Awesome!!

The Extroverted Introvert

I have always been the book nerd. The girl who sat at the lunch table with her book instead of hanging out with her friends. I am the girl who would rather be alone with her thoughts and her notebook than in a crowd of people. I don't care for parties or big gatherings at all.

I am shy. I always worry I am saying the wrong thing and doing anything new or going somewhere new is pretty much cause for a panic attack.

So, it's probably safe to say that I am an introvert.

But am I really?

At the same time as all of the above, I am extremely good with people. Meeting new people is always interesting to me after I get through the initial nervousness of the meeting. I enjoy most people and the stories they have to tell.

My day job is in sales. I am a marketing consultant and this requires me to go beyond stepping out of my comfort zone and basically jump off a cliff. For me to excel at my job, I need to make cold calls, go pop into businesses and meet clients, and set up meetings with people I don't know. This part of the job is the hardest thing. I have been there three years and I still have to pump myself up just to pick up the phone and make the call. I sit in my car in the parking lot of a business and tell myself it's going to be fine. Just go in, smile and it's going to be okay.

I hate rejection and every day I go to work I am facing the possibility of a whole day of it. Over and over again.

But, I'm really, really good at my job. People are drawn to me for some reason and I'm okay with that. As I said, I'm afraid of rejection, so getting along with most people is definitely a plus on that end.

It's hard being both the shy introvert, and yet being so extroverted for a day job. I wouldn't say it's exactly like putting on a mask, because feels like I'm a fake. I won't lie though, it does take some extent of "fake it till you make it" to step out of a comfort zone.

And once I'm out of that comfort zone, the rewards of meeting wonderful people and helping their business succeed is more than fulfilling.

The introvert in me dislikes this so much. She wants the comfort zone where she can please people with her writing without having to talk to them.

My mind is a constant battle between the introvert and the extrovert. They are both me. They both have good qualities and finding the balance is the only way I make it through. I don't know about everyone else who has this issue, but for me. The best thing I can do is make sure that I'm giving the introvert what she needs, after all the extroverting that she's doing all week.

I know this can be hard. I have five kids, a husband, a house with chores and property that needs to be maintained. I get it, that time can be hard to find, but we have to find it.

I know this blog totally made me sound bi-polar. And I can get into that in another blog, but sometimes there are indeed, two very different personalities inside a person. And that is okay, Now that I'm writing this last bit, I will definitely be doing another post for this.

Just remember, feed both the introvert and the extrovert for balance and it really helps.

It took me a long time to realize that it's okay to be both.

Fall is here and I am not ready! Tips for living in the darkness.

Fall is here. It moved in quickly on us. Mother Nature went from 85 to 50 like she saw a cop car.

Typically, I love Fall. I love the temps, I love the smells, I love the vibes. I get in the mood to bake and even cook some nice dishes for my family or co workers. I just love everything during this time.

Except...

The darkness.

It is getting darker earlier and earlier. In a month, my kids will be walking home from the bus in the dark at 4:45 in the evening. And I'm talking DARK, not just, oh the sun went down and its a bit dim, but full on darkness.

I hate the dark. I grew up in a place where it didn't get that dark that early, EVER.

This is why I am not ready for Fall. Fall, means Winter is Coming and that is something we don't want yet.

Where we live, you have to prepare for Winter. And we aren't prepared. We will be, we will bust our behinds and get things situated and then we will be fine. But the appearance of Fall makes me feel like Winter is rubbing her hands and watching us in some magic crystal ball and mumbling, "I'm coming for you bitches. I'm going to smother you with my darkness until you are so depressed you don't want to get out of bed for anything. I am going to sink the temperatures and make it snow so hard that you won't be able to leave work. You will be stuck there forever! Hahahahahahaha.... I may even throw in a snow storm then freeze it after so all your tree branches break off and hit your house. I am Winter, bow to me!"

Yeah, that is what I make up in my head, because I'm super dramatic and make everything extra. But seriously, the dark is a concern for a lot of people who live in this area. SO, if you happen to be one of those people, here are a few ideas for what to do help keep that darkness depression at bay.

Before I begin, let me just say that I joke about this whole thing, but our mental health is SUPER important to watch when you live in a place that is dark when you wake up at 6am and dark by 4:30pm some people who work inside aren't getting any natural light at all and that is not good for you. We don't even notice it until too late. So please, take steps and precautions to avoid it. If you already suffer from depression and anxiety ... like me, we are even more susceptible to depression sinking in.

Okay,

1. Exercise;

I know, I know! Tell me to go away right now. But, it's the truth and there is a reason it is #1 on my list. It WORKS! Join a class for after work, I used to do a Hit class and a spin class alternating days after work. (Until I worked to far away, but now I'm back to where I can! YAY) My gym bag is always ready in my car. I get home and repack it for the next morning to throw in my car. If you can't go to the gym and you don't have any equipment at home, then you tube something, you will find something that will get your blood flowing, I promise.

2. Artificial light:

There are lamps and bulbs that are basically artificial sunlight. These are always good to have, even in the spring and summer. I mean why not. You can get these at any basic hardware store or online.

3. Vitamin D:

While the artificial light might help create vitamin d in your body, you may want to take a supplement. I know one gal who went to the doctor and her vitamin d was so low they had her on a crazy bit dosage of it. But seriously, you can go to the vitamin section in the grocery store and grab a bottle and add it to your daily regime of vitamins (which you should be doing !) and it's that easy.

4. Eat healthy.

I can hear you now. I know what you're thinking. "Girl wants to take away my carbs, Oh HELL no!" Yeah, that is part of it. But same as any other season, eating healthy helps your mental health and basic well being. I love carbs as much as anyone, but we will be far better equipped to fight the darkness depression if we aren't stuck on the couch with chip crumbs littering our chests and laps. (Oh wait, that might just be me) So, think of healthy food as your armor to fight the dark. We want to have a good impenetrable armor to protect us.

5. Stay motivated.

This is my last tip, because I'm getting tired of typing. There are a ton more tips out there but it basically rolls up into this. Stay busy, stay motivated. Do not let yourself fall into the trap of doing nothing just because it's winter. Get out, get active. By active, I don't mean you have to exercise (Though, remember #1) . My family likes to go skiing, I do not ski or snowboard, but it is a good idea for me to tag along and sit at the lodge, watching people and working on my writing. Make plans with your friends to hang out. Keep busy and Winter will pass by before we know it.

Of course, there are weirdos like my hubby out there who LIKE winter. This still applies to you crazies. Take care of yourselves and it will make your winter experience even better.

Okay, I'm out. I need to go work on my yard.

Have a good one peeps!

Teaser Time! Chapter 1 from Keeper of Truth!

Happy Sunday Friends,I have a treat for you today. For those who have been anxiously awaiting the release of Keeper of Truth, I am giving you the first chapter today! The release is coming soon, still no solid date though. Sorry about that, but I do hope you enjoy this chapter. CHAPTER ONESTEPHHer brush stroked gently across the canvas, leaving a thin trail of blue in a space that would eventually be a sky at sunset.Steph sat on a stool holding her palate and staring contemplatively at her work. She wasn’t sure yet what the painting would be in the end, but she was working and that was a good thing. She hadn’t had much time for her art since her father died.This was where she was most comfortable and the place that gave her the most peace. The farmhouse came in second, but nothing compared to having her own little space where she could work, surrounded with the various supplies and materials that were used for all of her different projects.When she was in school, most of her art teachers tried to get her to focus on one medium, claiming that if she is good at many, she could be great at one. That didn’t work for her though. Art was part of her soul, she worked on whatever she felt like working on at the time. Sometimes that would be painting, other times it might be sculpting or her junk art sculptures that she had a passion for.She also was one of the lucky few to make a decent living being an artist. A few galleries in Napa Valley and the Bay Area had bought some paintings from her, but it was really her digital art that brought the dollars in. She spent a lot of time working on stuff intended for those sites alone.Music from one of her many playlists drifted through the wireless speakers that she had set up throughout the apartment and the windows were open, letting in the crisp winter air. Luckily, she could play her music at a fairly decent level and not bother any of her neighbors. After moving in, she’d asked each of the other residents how they felt about it and all had told her that they didn’t mind as long as it wasn’t in the middle of the night or anything.Her apartment was located on the edge of town, off the highway that led to The Springs. The building was a two-story Spanish Revival, that housed four units within. Steph had grown up admiring the building, with its white walls and terracotta roof. It was set off the road, hidden by a large, white stone wall that had ivy crawling all over it. An iron gate, that always stood open, provided entry onto the grounds.The first thing one could see once entering the gate was a paved, circular drive with a fountain in the center. The fountain was dry, since California was on a water shortage, the fountain hadn’t been full in years. The owners did, however, keep their lawns green. In addition to that, a gardener was often on site, maintaining the plethora of flowers and plants that covered the grounds.Growing up, Steph thought of the property as Summer Hollow’s very own secret garden and it had become her goal to live there someday. Everywhere you looked ivy crawled up walls or trellises. Bright, blooming flowers of every color were located in garden beds and planters all over. A fenced vegetable garden took up a large portion of the backyard, it was maintained by the owners and the gardeners. Herbs were potted and had their place on the patio, but the larger weed type plants like mint and lemon balm could be found in their own area of the back yard.She achieved her goal and had been able to secure one of the units in the building when she was nineteen. James had wanted them to share a place to make it easier financially, but she had shut that down fast. She loved her twin more than anything, admittedly, more than her other siblings. He was a part of her and always would be, but she needed her own space and living with her brother wouldn’t have been good for that.James eventually came to terms with the fact that he was going to have to get his own place or stay at the farmhouse, so he ended up in a studio garage apartment that belonged to a widower.Lenora Hutchins had a very nice home in town. Her husband passed away and she was having a hard time getting things done around the house and yard. So, in exchange for room and board, James did stuff around the place for her. He also worked part time at the mechanic shop in town … like really part time now, Steph actually wasn’t sure if he even had a job anymore because of all the time off he had taken lately.In any case, Lenora was awesome. She was sweet and always invited Steph in for cookies and tea if she happened to see her. Lenora also fed James all the time, since the woman couldn’t get out of the habit of cooking for two, she always had extra. Steph knew that her brother tried to tell her to freeze the extra so that she would have another meal for days she didn’t want to cook, but Lenora never did that.Both she and James got pretty lucky when it came to where they lived, she knew that. There were three other units on the property besides her own and all were occupied by long time residents. She was the youngest of all of them, but they didn’t seem to care how old she was.Two of residents were elderly, but in good shape so they didn’t need a lot of extra care. George was one of them. He was a thriller novelist who had never been married. ‘I’m married to my work.’ He told Steph once, when she asked about it. She actually got along great with George. The two of them would sit in the gardens, silently working on their mediums together. George also enjoyed movies and television, so other times they would have coffee or drinks and chat about something they had both seen.Juan was the other older man, he was hilarious and made the best Mexican food she had ever eaten. He founded one of the Mexican restaurants in Clear Lake, and ran it for most of his life. He was retired now, but still loved cooking. ‘I will always cook. It is my art, just as you have yours.’ She loved that he was passionate about what he did. It also didn’t hurt that she would often find a burrito or a wrapped plate of food waiting for her on her table when she got home.No, she didn’t lock her doors.Any stranger that set foot on the property would have to go through Millie before they could get anywhere else.Millie was probably around fifty, though, Steph had no idea what her actual age was. Millie had long, beautiful gray hair and she only had a few wrinkles around the eyes. Millie did morning yoga in the backyard and knew every herb and plant in the place. She was an earthy, peaceful woman, but at the same time one of the loudest, most outspoken people she had ever met in her life.So yeah, anyone who wanted to break into her house better be prepared to confront Millie on the way. A criminal might prefer jail time over dealing with a pissed off Millie any day.As far as neighbors go, Steph couldn’t have been happier with hers. However, she had been spending a lot of time at the farmhouse since her father had passed away and Jack had come into their lives. Even though she was a Keeper and it was her duty to protect the souls, living in Summer Hollow had been a pretty peaceful existence up until then.The sunset had formed on her canvas while she was lost in thought. The blue sky had become an explosion of yellow, orange and red surrounding a sliver of sun as it slipped behind a mountain range. Below the mountains, she began the workings of what would be a town. She didn’t know what town it was, or if it existed somewhere in reality, but for now it was purely her imagination which she drew from.Her mind always wandered while she worked. It was almost as if she went into some kind of trance while her brain checked out and her body simply took over. Sometimes, she would come out of her thoughts, and there before her would be a work that she hadn’t realized she had done. Sometimes it would be a finished product, sometimes not. It was always strange to look upon something you know you did, but didn’t remember having done it. It was creepy, though not uncommon for artists or those of like minds to drift off into another world while they were creating.While she had painted a sunset, she had missed the one that had been happening right outside her windows. Putting her brush and pallet down, she stood and stretched, then went to one of the windows to get a look. Darkness hadn’t quite taken over yet. The sun was no longer visible above the hills and the land had gone completely gray. It was that time in the evening when it wasn’t dark, but it wasn’t bright out either.Tonight was her turn on rotation in the graveyard. The week since the group had come back from Florida had been very quiet. They still didn’t know anything for sure about the Empress, but Emily’s vision had told them she had lived through the blast and the gunshot wound. They believed in Emily’s visions, so if that is what she told them, they had to assume it was true.The family needed a little while to decompress after this last mission. Jack was wounded and probably an emotional wreck, though he didn’t show the emotions part of that at all. Liv and Aiden had been hiding away at Liv’s place, Ethan was basically MIA and hadn’t been around except to do his shifts. She figured he was still trying to stay away from Jack and Lucy. It wasn’t a secret that he had been in love with her sister since they were kids. He was dealing with it okay, but he still avoided them whenever he could.Dan was keeping busy, he didn’t do well with down time, so he was working on a remodel project for the back patio at Knight’s Bar and behind the bar with Reese when they were open. Steph didn’t know how he did it, but it seemed that her brother could be around the drinking and booze and it didn’t cause him any problems. He seemed to really enjoy working the bar, in fact. Steph just hoped that it would stay that way. His relationship with Reese was still pretty new, so she didn’t want to think about what would happen when they had their first huge fight.Greg had been holing up with Emily in his room when he wasn’t showing her all around Summer Hollow. Steph loved Emily, she didn’t know why or what it was that made her instantly part of the family, but that was how it was. Emily was quiet, soft spoken and appeared as if she were delicate, all of those things were the total opposite of any one of her siblings. But Greg, of all of them was the most gentle and even tempered. Probably because he was the first born and had more time as an only child. In any case, Steph liked Greg and Emily together. Unlike the other recent relationships in her family, they were taking it nice and slow, getting to know each other and letting the attraction grow at an organic pace. Granted, the relationship was unexpected, but Steph totally supported it.Hannah and David were at the farmhouse most of the time right now. Hannah didn’t like being very far away from Lucy, and David didn’t like being away from her, so they just hung out at the farmhouse. It was strange to Steph, after David came back, it was like he had never been gone at all. She was glad that her sister finally got to settle down with her true love. When everything was finally over with the Reapers and the Empress, they would truly be able to relax and settle.So there it was, all her siblings hooking up and finding love, and here she was single and loving it. Her twin said he felt the same, but she knew that he was lying. He hadn’t even had a girlfriend for years because of the whole Keeper thing. It was hard living in small town Summer Hollow and having to roam a graveyard and occasionally fight Reapers. That wasn’t exactly something that you could easily explain to a date when they asked what you did in your spare time.Steph could really care less. She did online dating for fun and sometimes ended with sex, but she only dated guys in other cities and never let them know where she was really from. It was fun and she didn’t have to commit. She didn’t want to be tied down for anyone or anything. That was the awesome part about being adult and single. Your life was entirely yours. Well, except for her family. Her family meant more to her than anything else in the world and she absolutely loved that they were all as close as they were. Who needed friends, she had all she needed with her brothers and sisters.After cleaning and putting away her supplies, she slid on a pair of black jeans and a dark blue form fitting turtleneck sweater. She pulled her long hair into a high pony tail and secured tightly. The last things she added to her outfit were over the knee black boots and a short leather jacket, also black, like most of the outfit. Even though a Reaper could see them by their silvery auras, Keepers did try to stay inconspicuous. Wearing dark colors kept the chances low that someone would wander by and see any of them hanging out in a cemetery for no reason in the middle of the night.Her phone rang just as she was zipping up her boot. The sound of the song ring tone she had picked out specifically for her twin, echoed through the room. Yanking the zipper up all the way, she hopped to her feet and grabbed her phone off the dresser. Clicking the button, she cut the ring tone and answered, “Hello.”“Hey.”“Hey.”“Where are you?”Steph had spent the week away from everyone, hiding out in her apartment. It wasn’t often that she and James were apart for very long. He had gone to Florida with the group and she had seen him that day and the next, but since then she had been taking some time out for herself. “I’m still at home.” She held the phone up to her ear with her shoulder and bent to pick up a large duffel bag off the floor by her dresser and moved it over to her bed.“Well hurry up and get over here.”“Aww, do you miss me?” Steph teased as she unzipped the bag and withdrew a shiny dagger made of silver.“Duh. Of course I do. We haven’t been apart this long since we were like ten and you went to that summer camp when Dad was trying to encourage us to be individuals.”Steph laughed. “I remember that. Camp was fun, even though you weren’t there.” She didn’t tell him that she knew that he had tried to ride his bike over sixty miles to the camp to try and get to her. Sheriff Davis had spotted him about fifteen miles outside of town and called their dad. Greg senior hadn’t even known that James was on a mission to reunite with his twin and hauled ass in the pickup truck to retrieve his son. Steph didn’t know the whole story, but she had heard that much from Liv. James never told her that he’d done that.“Anyway. Just get over here. I’m having twin withdrawal.”She lifted her belt out of the bag and set it on the bed. It had a holster for her gun and two knife sheaths on it. She wouldn’t put it on until she got to the farmhouse. “I’ll be there in like fifteen minutes.”“See you then.” James clicked off the line and so did Steph. She threw her phone on the bed and checked the weapons in her belt to make sure her gun had a full clip and that the daggers were secure in the sheaths.“Perfect.” She shoved everything back into the bag and zipped it back up. Grabbing her keys and phone, she hefted the bag over her shoulder and headed out the door.

Recognizing Burnout & Doing Things That Make You Happy

Hellooo my amazing friends!Well, it has been a little while since I've posted anything. I'm also not that great at blogging in the first place. I just feel like I never know what to say, which is definitely strange as I am a pretty opinionated and outspoken person. Today, I got home from work and did a little house cleaning, then sat down to do some work. Not writing, not writing related, but work from my day job. Then, I put it aside, because it can wait until tomorrow. Instead, I turned on Netflix and watched an episode of my show, and then sat down to work on some writing related tasks. This ^^^ you guys, this is what caused me to burnout. Well, it didn't help matters any. I have realized that I am a workaholic. I can't ever just be still. Even if I'm watching TV, I have to be doing something productive at the same time, like making graphics, crochet, writing ... or something. Being someone who works hard is a good thing. Being someone who is passionate about doing a good job and excelling at what they do is also a good thing. But believe me folks, the day is going to come crashing down hard when you realize that you need a break from everything.For those who don't know, I am also a mother of five. I still have four kids at home. They are 17, 15, 11 and 9. Two of those kids have their own jobs I have to cart them around to until they can drive on their own. I have a house to care for, I have a huge yard that needs maintenance. I am an author, of course, so there are TONS of associated tasks for that. Finally, for my day job, I am a marketing consultant in advertising for small paper, which is part of a very large media company. We don't just sell paper ads, we offer digital marketing, print, commercial print, and probably some other stuff. What we do would blow your minds. (So if you have a business and need a boost, gimmie a call! ... Yeah, I had to, or I wouldn't be good at my job. lol) So, long story short. I bring my work home. I'm always available to my clients. I do the home thing which is wrangling the crazy kids, and everything that goes along with that, the cleaning, the yard work .... And I am good at it all. Not perfect, but definitely good. Last Monday, I came back to work after an especially emotional weekend to hear a few, ah hem... constructive criticisms from my boss. Now, listen. My manager is the bomb. He would bend over backwards for his team and constantly has good things to say to me and the others on our team. So I know, as hard as it is to hear, when he's telling me that something his wrong with my performance, that there is something to that, and it's out of concern for me .... and the company of course, that he has to say it. So... I listened. I tried not to make excuses, because excuses get you nowhere. There is always an answer for an excuse and I own up when I'm in the wrong. After a while I realized. I'd been barely getting through the days. With the pandemic, it had been a VERY long few months for me. There is a lot that I won't go into but, I'd been doing a LOT at work. The last month I'd been making mistakes, forgetting things and just scatterbrained. That isn't normal for me. That sort of behavior will lose accounts and clients. I did lose one. I hardly ever take days off unless it's for my kids or something I need to do for the kids or an appointment of some kind. This time, I said, you know what, I need a break, and I asked for the rest of the week off. Six days, you guys! SIX DAYS! I won't lie. I totally did a ton of yard work, put up my pool, did house work, took care of kiddos. But I did my best to not do anything day job related. And I went back to work this Monday feeling awesome. I didn't even know how much I needed those days to myself. I didn't notice until it was THAT bad. So the question is. How to we recognize it and what do we do about it. Not everyone can just stop and say, hey boss can I take time off. I'm lucky that I have vacation days. But a lot of people don't. How do we help ourselves and other to nip the burnout before it happens?I know for me, one of the things I have vowed to do is write more. I get CRANKY when I don't write. It helps my mind and spirit, so for me, it is don't bring work home and write a little every single day. Oh... and exercise, but that's another blog. Well friends, I'm sure you see the moral of the story here. Take care of yourself. Do things that make you happy, even if it means letting stuff go a little bit. Delegate some tasks if you can. I know it's hard when you are a control freak and a hard worker like I am, but it is bound to catch up sooner or later. More to come with the blog soon! Also, make sure to check out the books and audiobooks (Graveyard Guardians 3, 4 and 5 are in production right now! Whoot)Take care and talk soon!Jenn

Graveyard Guardians Book #5 is AVAILABLE NOW!!

Hello friends!Well, I have some great news for you today. Keeper of Destinies (Graveyard Guardians Book 5) is now available. I know this book has taken me a lot longer than normal to get out. I had a big change in life with getting a day job in marketing/advertising, plus managing the family. It just made it hard to keep going sometimes. Thank you all so much for sticking with me through all of it. And I assure you, book six will be coming out much faster. I am already a good portion of the way into it. This book in series is a bit mellower than the others. Once you read it you will understand why, but the sexy snark of the Estmond Keepers and our beloved Reapers will definitely be prominent in Keeper of Truth, book six in the Graveyard Guardians series. Again, I just want to say thank you. I couldn't ever do any of this without all of you who read and support me. Check out Keeper of DestiniesHERE!Love you all! ~Jenn

Teaser Time!

Hey everyone, So, Keeper of Destinies is nearly finished and should be dropping in March. It has been a lot longer than I ever wanted to release this, but with four kids and a day job, this last year has been crazy busy. I have a little bit of a teaser for you today. Remember this is not edited, so be gentle. I hope you enjoy.... ****Finally, the water stopped. “Hurry up!” Lucy shouted.The bathroom door flung inward and a cloud of steam billowed out into the hall. And out of the misty cloud strode James, soaking wet with a towel wrapped loosely around his waist. He glared down at his baby sister, “I’m not done, so make it quick.” He told her and then stepped aside so that she could rush past him and slam the door shut behind her.Emily found herself unable to take her eyes off of James. Drops of water slid over his muscles, running down his chest and over his abdomen. He reached up and ran his hand through his wet hair, which happened to be a much darker red when it was damp. Her gaze slid over his body, she couldn’t help it, a girl would have to be dead not to appreciate a body like his.A sigh from Steph had her snapping back to attention. Her eyes lifted, only to be met with the humored gaze of the man she had just been ogling. So, yeah, that was great, he was totally aware that she had just been visually eating him up like man candy.Great.“I’m going to get coffee.” Steph announced.Emily turned her way and cleared her throat. It was obvious that Steph had just witnessed her staring at her twin. She wasn’t sure how she felt about that, but embarrassed was at the top of the list, for sure. “I’ll come with you.” She managed to make the words.“Great. Let’s go see if anyone left some for us.”Emily let her gaze slip back toward James and found that he was grinning mischievously at her. Heat rose up in her cheeks and spread through her face like molten fire. It was ridicules that she was this embarrassed. She had men flirt with her before, but she’d never been caught staring at a nearly naked man in his own home. This made her feel like a freaking teenager again, and not in a good ‘I’m young and free’ kind of way.Steph rolled her eyes and turned to her brother. “Quit acting so smug, you’re a dude version of me so of course your good looking. Get over yourself.”If you haven't started the Graveyard Guardians Series, you can find it onAmazon. The first book is always FREE.

Get Books 1 & 2 FREE!

Hey gang, for the rest of today and all of tomorrow you can get the first two books in the Graveyard Guardians Series totally free! Time to get caught up before book five releases!Enjoy! Click to visit myAMAZONpage!

New Year - New Books

I can't believe that it has been almost a year since I have made a post here. That is just crazy.I'll try harder to keep you guys updated. So, 2018 was a year full of change for me. I had A LOT happen and it was definitely all for the better, except that for several months starting in April, I didn't write anything. Many of you know that I have a big family, I live in the country and things are always rough for us. So, in late March. I saw a job opening on my Facebook for a job in advertising/marketing. I thought to myself, I could do that. Really, a lot depended on that though, like hours and flexibility if something happened with my kids. I had my sister help me and we put together a resume. This resume consisted mostly of things I'd taught myself or classes I'd taken online. I updated my testimonials page for Storytime (The book marketing business I created) and on March 22nd, my birthday, I went to my first interview. Long story short, I got the job. I was so happy to not have to worry for a little while. I got benefits, pay that is steady, and I could finally spend time with my family when I was at home, instead of working 24 hours a day and not getting anywhere. So, I just stopped writing after that for a while. The love of writing had left me because it was something I HAD to do to make a living. I was beginning to resent it. Now. Nearly a year later here I am and I'm back in the game. I've done a TON of outlining for all the books I want to publish this year. So hopefully the releases will come fast, starting in late Jan or Feb. For now, I have put the Graveyard Guardians Series in Kindle Unlimited and there is also a box set available with the prequel novella included. So, re read or start reading and enjoy while you wait for book five to publish. I'm excited. More to come very soon.Love you all!~Jenn

I'm taking orders for signed books!

I am placing an order for signed books soon. This is the perfect time to grab some paperback copies. Here are the details. :) The next order is being ordered from the distributor on (or before) March 25th . Funds from your orders will be used to purchase the books. Then they will be sent to me. Once they get here I will sign and send to you so please allow sufficient time for this. I will send notification and tracking numbers when they have been sent to you. No books will be ordered for anyone who does not pay the invoice. My available print titles are: Arcadia Falls Chronicles Omnibus $14.99 Immortal Ties $10.00 TVHD collection: $10.00 Savior $13.00 Keeper vs Reaper $10.00 Keeper of the Peace $10.00 Keeper Under Fire $10.00 All orders in the US will be charged $5.00 shipping for two books or less. $8.00 for three or more. If you aren't in the US, I can figure out the shipping online, depending on how many books you want. If you order 4 or more books you will get a 10% discount for bundling. I will invoice via Pay Pal soon after receiving your order.If you would like to place an order for signed books, please fill out THIS FORM.Thank you!