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February 27, 2023
Uncanny Harvest is out now!
Ready for a new magical midlife read? Uncanny Harvest is now available in ebook and paperback. The second Moon Garden Mystery centers on friendship and magic in cozy Crescent Bay.
A new life in a new town. But keeping secrets is not my style.
I moved to Crescent Bay because of my cat. I inherited Thomas along with Nanna’s old Victorian house. When his antics uncovered a family secret in the woods behind Covett House, I suddenly found myself guarding a moon garden for a pair of snooty fae princesses.
To top it off, I’m keeping secrets from my best friend. Important stuff. Magical stuff. Soon they’ll know how much I’ve been hiding.
Finding a body is a twist even I couldn’t worry up.
Maribel Santos fell from the clifftop at North Beach, just before her famous boyfriend competed in a surfing event sponsored by my family’s foundation. Was Maribel’s fall an accident? Or did Crescent Bay just have its second murder this year?
Add in an Otherworld connection – and the fact the victim was somewhat related to David Clark, an old friend who’s aged so well you’d think he was fine wine – and I have to investigate.
I don’t recognize much about my life since moving to Crescent Bay. Most of it would read like a midlife fantasy. Outside of a fairytale, who discovers a secret garden by moonlight and gets their best advice from a tree? (Er…a dryad. Grisel would be so mad if she heard me say that…)
But it’s real. The enchanted garden, the fae, and the cat who adopted me with all of his big, loud heart.
Now if I can stay out of trouble for a while and enjoy it…
Welcome to the Moon Garden Mysteries paranormal cozy mystery series, a magical blend of paranormal women’s fiction and cozy mystery for those who believe forty marks a new beginning, cats can talk (and you’d better listen), and when you’re guarding a fae portal, chocolate is a girl’s best friend.
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If you’d like to catch up before reading book two, you can start the series with Secrets by Starlight.
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January 7, 2023
Water Rites and the Age of Fantasy
This is the last month to get my novel Water Rites free. Snap it up before I move it back to a paid book at $4.99 in February. It’s been a good ride at free, culminating in a lot of positive reviews and many thousands of downloads over the past couple years. Changing it up will be good for the longevity of marketing that series, so change it is!
Now for the positive part for YOU – the entire Water Rites fantasy series is on sale through January!! You can get Crestfallen at $0.99 and Castle and Crown at $2.99, or pick up the trilogy collection at $3.99. So if you’ve read the first book, now is a great time to pick up the rest of the series. In February the whole lot go back to full price.
If you’ve read Water Rites and you’d like to help Lorelei’s story reach new readers, please consider reviewing the series wherever you find or buy books. Reviews make a very big difference to an independent author like me. And THANK YOU to those of you who have reviewed my books over the years — I appreciate you!
You can find Water Rites as well as free offerings from about fifty other fantasy authors at the Age of Fantasy page during the month of January. This page is bursting with fae, magic, knights & dragons, and all sorts of other goodies. Get lost in the options and find something great to read while the winter weather is raging outside. 
Wishing you a happy, healthy start to 2023 and a teetering stack of awesome books to read this winter!
Take care,
J.R.
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January 4, 2023
The PNR Portal: Paranormal Romance Reads
In need of a new paranormal romance read? The weather outside is … not inviting. But our cozy reading habit will be there for us all through the winter! Yay!
Stock up on paranormal romance at The PNR Portal: Paranormal Romance Reads page hosted by BookMojo.
Featured authors, in addition to yours truly, include:
➤ Jena Gregoire
➤ Amber Lynn Natusch
➤ Tracy Cooper-Posey
➤ Beth Dolgner
➤ Brandy Dorsch
➤ AC Adams
➤ Aisha Urooj
➤ Alicia Banks
➤ Allie McCormack
➤ Amy Proebstel
➤ Ava Dune
➤ Barbara Donlon Bradley
➤ Brantwijn Serrah
➤ Brittany White
➤ Elizabeth Dunlap
➤ Fluffy Fox Publishing
➤ G.R. Loreweaver
➤ Harper A. Brooks
➤ Jade Alters
➤ Juliette N Banks
➤ Karina Espinosa
➤ Kassandra Cross
➤ Kate Rudolph
➤ Katie Zaber
➤ Laura Greenwood
➤ Lauren M.D.
➤ Lilliana Rose
➤ Lilly Wilder
➤ Lisa Blackwood
➤ Lisa Manifold
➤ Matilda Reyes
➤ Naomi Sparks
➤ Nika Gray
➤ Nikki Grey
➤ Quell T. Fox
➤ Ravyn Wilde
➤ Rosemary A Johns
➤ Sabrina C Rose
➤ Stephanie Flynn
➤ T.K. Eldridge
➤ This Beautiful Book
➤ TK Lawyer
➤ Whitney Morsillo
Happy new year! Wishing you all the best reading in 2023!!
Take care,
J.R.
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December 3, 2022
Free Mythic Fantasy Romance Books!
Through December 31, you can find new-to-you fantasy romance authors and their free book offerings on the Call of the Ancients page. My books Storm Crossing (Aeon Society #1) and Sworn by Blood (Of the Blood #1) are both in this list. If you’re seeking your next mythic read, or if you want to stock your Kindle for holiday travel, check it out!
Wishing you all sorts of fun in December, and some cozy reading time, too!
Take care!
J.R.
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November 8, 2022
Fantasy for All! Free books from new-to-you authors!
Now through the end of November, a bunch of fantasy authors have teamed up to bring you our fantasy, fantasy romance, and space opera offerings — for free! — in the Fantasy for All promotion. Check it out for new books and new authors to try. My books Sworn by Blood and Water Rites are both included, and more than a hundred books from other authors. Happy reading!
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October 15, 2022
Secrets by Starlight is out now!
You can find Secrets by Starlight in ebook on all retailers as of today! The paperback will be out in a few days.
Step inside the Moon Garden Mysteries.
When the cat’s antics unravel a family secret…
The key flashed in the moonlight and a shiver went down my spine.
There wasn’t a garden down this path. The path wound down to Covett Creek. I’d run my crazy out in these woods as a child, chased by nothing but my imagination. I’d whiled away many an afternoon darting between sun and shade, foraging under cover of the trees, slipping my shoes off to wade in the burbling creek.
But there was no garden. I was sure of it. I’d never seen a gate that needed a key.
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Welcome to the Moon Garden Mysteries paranormal cozy mystery series, a magical blend of paranormal women’s fiction and cozy mystery for those who believe forty marks a new beginning, cats can talk (and you’d better listen), and when you’re guarding a fae portal, chocolate is a girl’s best friend.
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October 7, 2022
Fantasy Romance Freebies to Heat Up Your Ereader!
Now through October 15, you can grab fantasy romance reads at the Fantasy Romance Freebies page. My novel Sworn by Blood is in this promotion, if you haven’t read it before. Check out the other books on the page!
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September 18, 2022
Welcome to the Moon Garden Mysteries!
Secrets by Starlight is the first novel in my new Moon Garden Mysteries series. It’s coming October 15, 2022, and you can preorder it on retailers now. I hope you love it as much as I do!
Secrets by Starlight
I always knew I’d inherit Covett House. But the timing couldn’t be worse.
My divorce is still fresh. I’m not even forty. Quite. The last thing I need is pressure to step right into the life Nanna made for herself in Crescent Bay. What do I need with an 1888 Victorian mansion in a tiny northern California coastal town? I live by myself now.
But I’m not alone here. There are those half-heard whispers in the night, the reappearance of Nanna’s lost cat…and then there’s the murder.
Cherise Tillson died on the floor of the Museum of the Odd and Wondrous, the most eccentric piece of my inheritance, the day after I got to town. But why did she have my name on her person? And what was she doing in the museum at night?
To clear my name – and my way out of this small town – I need answers.
Nanna’s secrets are more than I bargained for when the cat’s antics reveal an old, ornate key. The key to a hidden garden in the woods behind Covett House, where pale blooms glow under the waxing moon. Where the creatures are strangely attentive. And a dryad waits to give me a piece of her mind.
The moon garden threatens what little is left of the life I knew.
But discovering midlife magic has made me bold. Or maybe that’s all the strong coffee I’m currently running on.
Either way, I’ll make a better life with this second chance.
Welcome to the Moon Garden Mysteries paranormal cozy mystery series, a magical blend of paranormal women’s fiction and cozy mystery for those who believe forty marks a new beginning, cats can talk (and you’d better listen), and when you’re guarding a fae portal, chocolate is a girl’s best friend.
You can preorder this title at:
Paperbacks will be available around October 15th.
Happy reading and best wishes for a fun and cozy start to autumn!
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September 2, 2022
Modern Witches Free Reads for Spooky Season!
Hello all! I don’t know about you, but I can feel spooky season sneaking up on me, and I love it! I’m excited for cooler, darker nights and mornings, and eager to slip into my fall routines. I’ll have a book coming out this fall and I’m writing the second book, but in between, I plan to read and watch a bunch of spookier stuff. One thing I know is on tap — my kids are finally old enough to watch Buffy with me!! Hooray!!
If you’re seeking a new book, head on over to the Modern Witches free books promotion, where authors have gathered with our best offerings of witchy fantasy and mystery. There are some GREAT books in this one — go check it out for the pretty covers if nothing else! My novel Queen Witch is in this giveaway, if you haven’t had a chance to read it before.
Enjoy the start to fall and all that cozy spookiness! You know I will be!
Take care!
J.R.
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August 5, 2022
Add More Love & Magic to Your Summer!
Hello readers! Happy August!
My life is hectic at the moment, but in good ways. Another summer is going too fast, and it’s so different from the last couple of summers. Not only have my kids grown into a teenager and almost-teenager, but we’ve all been stretching to fit in ALL THE THINGS we missed these last couple of years.
I’m not finding it easy to focus on finishing the next book…I’m at that stage where I need focused time at my computer, and my day job is absorbing all of that sort of energy at the moment. But I will have the first book in a NEW SERIES ready to share with you in the next couple of months.
I hope life is treating you well and you’re enjoying your summer, too! Hey, we all need to escape sometimes, and when you’re ready for a new book, check out the Love & Magic free urban fantasy and paranormal romance page. Find new authors to follow and add their books to your TBR anytime in August. Who doesn’t need more love and magic in their life?
Enjoy the remaining days of summer!
J.R.
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