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February 23, 2021
FIRE AND CINDER #1 on Amazon
Great news! My latest novel, FIRE AND CINDER, is now numero uno on Amazon for children’s myth books! I’m still reeling because last month’s release of BACULUM also got a first place listing. Time to buy a lottery ticket, methinks.
:::knocks wood:::
The book is all about Elle (never call her Cinderella) and Alec… as well as Agatha (her not-so-evil stepsister) and the elf prince, Jacoby! Read on for more details…
SEE IT ON: Amazon / GooglePlay / Apple / Kobo / Nook / Smashwords
Meet the Magicorum: modern folks who are supernaturally locked into fairy tale life templates. For eighteen-year-old Elle, that role is Cinderella. Meanwhile, Agatha is her evil stepsister. Things go downhill from there…
Cinderella On The Run
Elle—never call her Cinderella—has found the love of her life in Alec Le Charme, the prince of a jewelry dynasty. But when Alec gets spirited away, Elle must ditch her Manhattan home for the perilous Faerie Lands. To save Alec, Elle must also swap her glass slippers for a flying carpet. But will switching templates from Cinderella to Aladdin snap Elle’s sanity?
Whatever. Bring on the straight jacket. Elle is one Cinderella who’s determined to save her prince, no matter what.
Evil Stepsister or Elf Queen?
Agatha always accepted her role as Elle’s evil stepsister. Then her life template changes from nasty sibling to evil elf queen. Agatha has one thought on that score. Thanks but no thanks. Agatha refuses the regal life, even though stepping away from her crown means ignoring her lifelong attraction to the elf prince, Jacoby.
Then everything changes. Agatha discovers that Elle’s life is at risk… and the only way to save her Cinderella is by teaming up with Jacoby. Trouble is, that’s a lot of togetherness. Working with Jacoby could easily end in disaster, not only for Agatha’s heart, but also for Elle and Alec’s lives.
Fairy Tales of the Magicorum
Modern fairy tales with sass, action, and romance
1. Wolves and Roses
2. Moonlight and Midtown
3. Shifters and Glyphs
4. Slippers and Thieves
5. Bandits and Ball Gowns
6. Fire and Cinder
7. Fairies and Frosting
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February 22, 2021
Happy Book Birthday, FIRE AND CINDER!
TITLE: FIRE AND CINDER, Book 6 of the Fairy Tales of the Magicorum
GENRE: Young Adult Paranormal Romance
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PRICE: $4.99
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Fire And Cinder
Fairy Tales of the Magicorum Series, Book 6
By Christina Bauer
EBOOK ISBN 9781946677594
PRINT ISBN 9781946677600
SEE IT ON: Amazon / GooglePlay / Apple / Kobo / Nook / Smashwords
Meet the Magicorum: modern folks who are supernaturally locked into fairy tale life templates. For eighteen-year-old Elle, that role is Cinderella. Meanwhile, Agatha is her evil stepsister. Things go downhill from there…
Cinderella On The Run
Elle—never call her Cinderella—has found the love of her life in Alec Le Charme, the prince of a jewelry dynasty. But when Alec gets spirited away, Elle must ditch her Manhattan home for the perilous Faerie Lands. To save Alec, Elle must also swap her glass slippers for a flying carpet. But will switching templates from Cinderella to Aladdin snap Elle’s sanity?
Whatever. Bring on the straight jacket. Elle is one Cinderella who’s determined to save her prince, no matter what.
Evil Stepsister or Elf Queen?
Agatha always accepted her role as Elle’s evil stepsister. Then her life template changes from nasty sibling to evil elf queen. Agatha has one thought on that score. Thanks but no thanks. Agatha refuses the regal life, even though stepping away from her crown means ignoring her lifelong attraction to the elf prince, Jacoby.
Then everything changes. Agatha discovers that Elle’s life is at risk… and the only way to save her Cinderella is by teaming up with Jacoby. Trouble is, that’s a lot of togetherness. Working with Jacoby could easily end in disaster, not only for Agatha’s heart, but also for Elle and Alec’s lives.
Fairy Tales of the Magicorum
Modern fairy tales with sass, action, and romance
1. Wolves and Roses
2. Moonlight and Midtown
3. Shifters and Glyphs
4. Slippers and Thieves
5. Bandits and Ball Gowns
6. Fire and Cinder
7. Fairies and Frosting
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Delay Alert – FIRE AND CINDER on Apple Books
What’s Up: If you pre-ordered my book, FIRE AND CINDER, through Apple Books, then you may see a two-day delay in receiving your book. So you’ll get it Thursday, February 25th instead of Tuesday, February 23rd.
Why It’s Happening: Apple’s most recent operating system update renders Mac computers incompatible with iTunes Producer, which is the tool we indies use to upload books. Guess what I downloaded? Yup, the new OS. Apple came up with a workaround using a website, but there’s now a long conga line of folks waiting for their books to be processed. FIRE AND CINDER may have to wait its turn. Or not. But I want to give y’all a heads up.
My Take: Having worked for Microsoft in my old day job, I know that software glitches happen. Apple is such a great partner in terms of supporting independent creative folks like me. They’ll fix it fast, I’m sure. So, it’s all good.
Questions? Concerns? Feel free to email me directly cbauer (at) monsterhousebooks.com
Fire And Cinder
Fairy Tales of the Magicorum Series, Book 6
By Christina Bauer
EBOOK ISBN 9781946677594
PRINT ISBN 9781946677600
SEE IT ON: Amazon / GooglePlay / Apple / Kobo / Nook
Meet the Magicorum: modern folks who are supernaturally locked into fairy tale life templates. For eighteen-year-old Elle, that role is Cinderella. Meanwhile, Agatha is her evil stepsister. Things go downhill from there…
Cinderella On The Run
Elle—never call her Cinderella—has found the love of her life in Alec Le Charme, the prince of a jewelry dynasty. But when Alec gets spirited away, Elle must ditch her Manhattan home for the perilous Faerie Lands. To save Alec, Elle must also swap her glass slippers for a flying carpet. But will switching templates from Cinderella to Aladdin snap Elle’s sanity?
Whatever. Bring on the straight jacket. Elle is one Cinderella who’s determined to save her prince, no matter what.
Evil Stepsister or Elf Queen?
Agatha always accepted her role as Elle’s evil stepsister. Then her life template changes from nasty sibling to evil elf queen. Agatha has one thought on that score. Thanks but no thanks. Agatha refuses the regal life, even though stepping away from her crown means ignoring her lifelong attraction to the elf prince, Jacoby.
Then everything changes. Agatha discovers that Elle’s life is at risk… and the only way to save her Cinderella is by teaming up with Jacoby. Trouble is, that’s a lot of togetherness. Working with Jacoby could easily end in disaster, not only for Agatha’s heart, but also for Elle and Alec’s lives.
Fairy Tales of the Magicorum
Modern fairy tales with sass, action, and romance
1. Wolves and Roses
2. Moonlight and Midtown
3. Shifters and Glyphs
4. Slippers and Thieves
5. Bandits and Ball Gowns
6. Fire and Cinder
7. Fairies and Frosting
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February 21, 2021
SAVINGS ALERT – Magicorum Books 1-5 Only $2.99
WOLVES AND ROSES (Book 1)
Bryar Rose is supposed to live by a fairy tale life template: sleeping beauty. So why does she dream of ancient Egypt and a handsome young werewolf?
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MOONLIGHT AND MIDTOWN (Book 2)
Bryar Rose and her bestie Elle (never call her Cinderella) go shopping in hidden Manhattan stores run by faeries. Mayhem ensues.
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SHIFTERS AND GLYPHS (Book 3)
Bryar Rose discovers the secret behind her connection to the pyramids of ancient Egypt … and to the heart of a certain werewolf.
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SLIPPERS AND THIEVES (Book 4)
The story of Elle (never call her Cinderella) and Alec Le Charme, heir to Le Charme jewelry dynasty.
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BANDITS AND BALL GOWNS (Book 5)
The adventure of Cinderella continue! The story of Elle and Alec—as well as Agatha and Jacoby—get tricky when an evil elf named Nal’Adel enters the scene…
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NEW! FIRE AND CINDER (Book 6)
True plans and identities are revealed… and it means a final big battle against the evil elf, Nal’Adel, for Elle and Alec as well as Agatha and Jacoby.
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February 20, 2021
Savings Alert – SLIPPERS AND THIEVES $2.99 on Nook!
About SLIPPERS AND THIEVES
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Years ago, Elle—never call her Cinderella—escaped her evil step family in order to build a new life for herself in Manhattan. Today, Elle’s awful past is a distant memory. In fact, Elle even attends West Lake Prep, an exclusive high school where regular humans mix with members of the Magicorum, such as fairies, shifters and witches. Although she still must live in hiding from her evil step family, Elle always has found ways to get whatever her heart desires.
That is, until Alec Le Charme.
Alec is the heir to the Le Charme dynasty of high-end jewelers. He’s also kind, charismatic, has a knee-melting smile. Elle has fallen for him, hard. Unfortunately, thanks to Elle’s evil step family, Alec is absolutely off limits. In fact, if Elle and Alec so much as kiss, it will start a magical chain reaction that would end in powerful factions of witches and wizards going to war. As a result, Elle and Alec vow to stay friends, no matter what. Then West Lake Prep holds a masquerade ball. Identities get mixed up and forbidden kisses are finally shared.
Time for the Magicorum to go to war, and for Elle to confront her hidden past in ways she never thought possible.
“The best retelling of Cinderella!” – Brandi, Amazon
“Above and beyond all other books in this series!” – Linniland
“This Cinderella version is by far the best. I was at the edge of my seat!” – Booprican
“Best of the series and oh, so romantic!” – CS, Amazon
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February 17, 2021
Barnes & Noble Names DARE “Top Indie Favorite!”
Check out the title here: https://tinyurl.com/nook-dare
Huge thanks to Barnes & Noble for supporting Indie Authors!!!
About DARE (Book 3 of the Pixieland Diaries)
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What happens when a pixie outcast seizes the throne of Faerie… while her beloved elf prince becomes a wanted criminal?
Sassy pixie Calla loves the prankster life, even if it does make her an outcast among other fae. But everything changes when Calla’s magic erases an evil blight destroying the Faerie realm. That’s when the pariah pixie becomes something unexpected: a Fae Queen.
Yet no sooner does Calla take the crown than a new and unstoppable plague appears. Things get even worse when Calla’s longtime crush, the elf Prince ‘Dare’ Darius, appears to have masterminded the outbreak before fleeing to the mountains. According to the Faerie elders, there’s only one way to end this disease…
Calla must hunt down Dare and destroy him.
Yeah. Like that will ever happen.
Instead of killing anyone, Calla vows to cure the plague while proving Dare’s innocence. And if she must pull a few mega-pranks to make it all happen? Not a problem. Even so, the path ahead is still fraught with trouble. Secret enemies scheme to manipulate the outbreak—as well as Calla’s feelings for Dare—in order to bring our favorite prankster down, once and for all.
Pixieland Diaries Series
1. Pixieland Diaries
2. Calla
3. Dare
4. Winter Prince
5. Ley Queen
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February 16, 2021
New Raffle – FIRE AND CINDER
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February 7, 2021
Preorder Alert – FIRE AND CINDER (Magicorum #6)
SEE IT ON: Amazon / GooglePlay / Apple / Kobo / Nook
Meet the Magicorum: modern folks who are supernaturally locked into fairy tale life templates. For eighteen-year-old Elle, that role is Cinderella. Meanwhile, Agatha is her evil stepsister. Things go downhill from there…
Cinderella On The Run
Elle—never call her Cinderella—has found the love of her life in Alec Le Charme, the prince of a jewelry dynasty. But when Alec gets spirited away, Elle must ditch her Manhattan home for the perilous Faerie Lands. To save Alec, Elle must also swap her glass slippers for a flying carpet. But will switching templates from Cinderella to Aladdin snap Elle’s sanity?
Whatever. Bring on the straight jacket. Elle is one Cinderella who’s determined to save her prince, no matter what.
Evil Stepsister or Elf Queen?
Agatha always accepted her role as Elle’s evil stepsister. Then her life template changes from nasty sibling to evil elf queen. Agatha has one thought on that score. Thanks but no thanks. Agatha refuses the regal life, even though stepping away from her crown means ignoring her lifelong attraction to the elf prince, Jacoby.
Then everything changes. Agatha discovers that Elle’s life is at risk… and the only way to save her Cinderella is by teaming up with Jacoby. Trouble is, that’s a lot of togetherness. Working with Jacoby could easily end in disaster, not only for Agatha’s heart, but also for Elle and Alec’s lives.
Fairy Tales of the Magicorum
Modern fairy tales with sass, action, and romance
1. Wolves and Roses
2. Moonlight and Midtown
3. Shifters and Glyphs
4. Slippers and Thieves
5. Bandits and Ball Gowns
6. Fire and Cinder
7. Fairies and Frosting
8. Towers and Tithes
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February 5, 2021
Evil Clowns & Other Stuff I Changed in BACULUM
Dear Readers,
I just launched a new book, BACULUM (Angelbound Lincoln #4). This novel tells the story of how Lincoln fights Norse monsters in the Viking Games. When a story works, it feels like it’s always been there. But this tale took a lot of turns before it settled in.
With that preamble, here are some of the things I changed while writing BACULUM!
Send Out The Evil Clowns
Originally, I did not have a Norse theme for the book. It was more of a circus thing. And the handlers were all evil-looking clowns (who are actually super nice). I even had Harvey, a seemingly evil clown that befriended Myla. Then one day over breakfast, my husband saw the following image for the clown in question.
My husband almost choked on his bagel. I decided that including the evil clown might not be a great idea. At the time, one of the fights did include a Nordic creature, so I played around with extending that Viking myth to the whole fighting circuit. The Fighting Circus became the Viking Games, and it worked much better to have an alternate gladiator arena experience to contrast with Myla’s life. So the evil clowns met the delete key.
The ‘Big Bad’ Moved From A Nebbishy Loser Into A Badass Elf
When I first imagined the antagonist—a character that I also call the ‘big bad’ as in the ‘big had wolf’—he was a milquetoast thrax who was just too much of a loser to stop the Viking Games. This is what the first Kell looked like in the beginning.
One writing rule I live by I that your protagonist is only as good as the antagonist they defeat. This version of Kell looks totally bored with life. He just wasn’t working. By pulling in the Norse theme, I made the big bad come from that universe, which happens to have both light and dark elves. Kell became a dark elf mage and this is the image I decided upon for him!
The Sentinel Becomes A Different Kind of Protector
Speaking of the light elves, I wanted there to be someone who was in charge of this group of Norse folks. At first I went with a very literal interpretation and picked someone who wielded actual weapons. This was my first take on the character of the Sentinel.
This is another direction that just didn’t work. It just kept raising questions. Who wears a helmet without any other major armor? Why hold the halberd in that impractical way? How come she uses weapons at all… elves are known for magic? So I changed directions to select someone who looked tough and wielded the dual power of information and magic.
This version of the Sentinel was simply perfect. I love how her strength includes a kind of steady resolution about leading her people. The Sentinel was born!
Here’s more information about BACULUM…
About BACULUMSEE IT ON: GooglePlay / Amazon / AppleBooks / Kobo / Nook
Watch Lincoln battle Norse monsters in the Viking Games!
As King of the Thrax, Lincoln leads the most powerful demon fighting force in the after-realms… yet he cherishes nothing more than his Angelbound love, Myla. Which is why the king loses his freaking mind when the sinister Ringmaster Kell targets his pregnant wife.
So. Not. Happening.
Ringmaster Kell runs the infamous Viking Games, a series of battles where participants take on the identity of a Norse monster and fight to the death. Sounds good to Lincoln. The king sets aside his crown and enters the arena with one goal only: destroy Ringmaster Kell.
Sometimes, a warrior just needs to ignite his baculum sword and kick a ton of evil ass. But is Lincoln protecting Myla or walking into a trap?
Perfect for readers who love Vikings, Norse mythology, hot princes and cool heroines.
ANGELBOUND LINCOLN
Stories from the perspective of Mister The Prince
1. Duty Bound
2. Lincoln
3. Trickster
4. Baculum
5. Angelfire
6. Rixa
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January 31, 2021
Review Round-Up: BACULUM
SEE IT ON: GooglePlay / Amazon / AppleBooks / Kobo / Nook
Watch Lincoln battle Norse monsters in the Viking Games!
As King of the Thrax, Lincoln leads the most powerful demon fighting force in the after-realms… yet he cherishes nothing more than his Angelbound love, Myla. Which is why the king loses his freaking mind when the sinister Ringmaster Kell targets his pregnant wife.
So. Not. Happening.
Ringmaster Kell runs the infamous Viking Games, a series of battles where participants take on the identity of a Norse monster and fight to the death. Sounds good to Lincoln. The king sets aside his crown and enters the arena with one goal only: destroy Ringmaster Kell.
Sometimes, a warrior just needs to ignite his baculum sword and kick a ton of evil ass. But is Lincoln protecting Myla or walking into a trap?
Perfect for readers who love Vikings, Norse mythology, hot princes and cool heroines.
ANGELBOUND LINCOLN
Stories from the perspective of Mister The Prince
1. Duty Bound
2. Lincoln
3. Trickster
4. Baculum
5. Angelfire
6. Rixa
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