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January 15, 2021
Savings Alert – TRICKSTER is only $.99
TRICKSTER (Angelbound Lincoln Book #3) is only $.99 for a limited time on Amazon, GooglePlay, Apple Books, Kobo, Barnes & Noble & Goodreads
It’s all to celebrate the launch of BACULUM (Angelbound Lincoln Book #4) later this month.
About TRICKSTER
Aldred, the dreaded Earl of Acca, is at it again. After discovering a new kind of fighting arbor, Aldred rips open a gateway to another world called the Primeval. The earl’s goal? Release the arbor, lock in an easy kill, and show off some supposed prowess as a slayer of unusual big bads.
After all, how hard can it be to kill a freaking tree? Super hard, as it turns out.
The earl unleashes none other than the Contagion, an uber-evil wizard in tree form. What happens next is nothing less than a disaster. The Contagion races through the portal, steals the life force of local children, and then escapes back into the Primeval. No one wants to chase after the cruel wizard, even if destroying the Contagion means healing the injured innocents.
Cue our hero, Lincoln, and his fiancée, Myla.
While everyone else runs away, Myla and Lincoln break into the Primeval with a single goal: hunt down the Contagion. Unfortunately, the couple’s only guide to the strange realm is Peli, a trickster monkey who may be in the Contagion’s service. And that isn’t the only possible treachery that Myla and Lincoln face, either. Powerful forces could be deceiving our favorite couple about the very nature of who they are and what they want.
Talk about tricksy.
BONUS: Read sample chapters now!
“Lincoln’s hot, powerful, and so damn sweet” – Four Eyed Cat
“Love Lincoln’s POV” – The Book Junkie Reads
“An amazing book boyfriend!” – Belle, Goodreads
ANGELBOUND LINCOLN
Stories from the perspective of Mister The Prince
1. Duty Bound
2. Lincoln
3. Trickster
4. Baculum
5. Angelfire
Author’s Note To Readers: This book takes place between Angelbound Origins Book 2 SCALA and Book 3 ACCA.
Author’s Note to Self: Why do I write things out of sequence? Wasn’t SCALA published a while ago? To which I say to myself: self, this is how our gift works. Just be happy it does. And go eat more cookies. We like those.
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January 11, 2021
Savings Alert – LINCOLN is only $2.99
LINCOLN (Angelbound Lincoln Book #2) is only $2.99 for a limited time on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, Kobo & GooglePlay!
It’s all to celebrate the launch of BACULUM (Angelbound Lincoln Book #4) later this month.
Experience ANGELBOUND from the prince’s point of view with LINCOLN!
About LINCOLN
When it comes to fighting, Prince Lincoln is the greatest demon killer in the history of his people, the thrax. Now Lincoln faces his hardest fight yet…and it’s not on a traditional battlefield.
The part-angel prince has fallen for a quasi-demon girl. Hard.
Trouble is, Lincoln’s people see any quasi-demon as an enemy be hunted. Soon the girl who’s stolen Lincoln’s heart, a quasi named Myla Lewis, becomes the number one target of Lincoln’s own warriors. It’s something the High Prince of the Thrax won’t stand for. At all.
No matter what, Lincoln will protect his Myla.
“Such an excellent read!! I love the whole story!!” – Jaime, Goodreads
“So addicting! Highly recommend!” – Diary Of A Wannabe Writer
“I. LOVE. LINCOLN.” – Antonella’s Book World
Angelbound Lincoln Series
1. Duty Bound
2. Lincoln
3. Trickster
4. Baculum
5. Angelfire
See It On: Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Apple Books / Kobo / GooglePlay
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January 2, 2021
Excerpt: Young Myla from BACULUM
The scene is set in the kitchen of her Purgatory home with a very-worried Mom, Camilla, who doesn’t want her baby going anywhere dangerous. Walker changes the subject in an effort to help Myla escape and have fun…
BACULUM – MYLA – AGE FIFTEEN
“Greetings.” Walker stares at my plate and gasps. “What are you eating?”
I hold up my fork. “A frozen dinner made by my ghoul overlords.” I angle the utensil so Walker can see the eyeball in my forkload of gray slop.
At this point, Walker launches what I call a Dual Maternal Distraction. Not only has my honorary older brother appeared in our kitchen—which is a great nice way to derail Mom’s Worry Train—but he’s also circling the conversation back to my ghoul-made meal of casserole du eyeball. Beautiful.
Mom clasps her hands beneath her chin. “Help me, Walker,” she pleads. “Myla needs to eat something before she goes to the arena.”
Mom doesn’t know I’m hitting a new arena tonight–as in the Viking Arena–but she certainly suspects I have secret plans. I’m not volunteering the truth, either. If I did, I’d never leave the house.
“Well, she’s not chowing down on that.” Walker scoops up the plate, crosses the room and scrapes the eyeball-goo into the trash. Next he reaches into the loopy sleeves of his ghoul robes, pulls out a handful of demon bars, and tosses them in my direction.
Best not-a-brother ever.
I catch one bar in my right hand and the other in my left. Meanwhile, my tail pops up and grabs the third.
And yes, I have a tail. It’s all part being both a resident of purgatory and quasi demon. We quasis all have a power across at least one of the deadly sins, as well as a tail to match. In my case, my sin powers are lust and wrath, while my tail is a sweet pokey number that’s covered in dragonscales. So cool.
Mom frowns at me. “Demon bars are a not a meal.”
“Yeth they are,” I say through a mouthful of chocolatey goodness. I scan the wrapper to offer up a few helpful ingredients as evidence. “It says here that Demon Bars are packed with psychocholoro-something, monosodium superyum and artificial other good stuff.”
Mom gives me the side eye. “That’s not helping your case. At least, that eyeball loaf was a warm meal.”
“Ha!” I point at Mom’s nose. “So you admit there were eyeballs!”
Walker turns to focus on Mom. “What about you, Camilla? Where’s your dinner?”
Like every ghoul, Walker has all-black eyes. Only unlike the rest of his fellow undead, Walker’s are super big and soulful. Plus, the man knows how to work them like a pro. Take this moment, for instance. Walker is giving Mom a look that’s all concerned and watery. It’s like the world will stop spinning if Mom doesn’t chow down on a snack.
And here’s where the magic happens. As Walker does his thing, Mom’s worry about ‘what I’m truly up to tonight’ vanishes. I’d say it’s a coincidence, but there’s no such thing when it comes to Walker. The man is a maestro of manipulation.
“I’ll find something to eat later,” says Mom. “Myla comes first.”
Walker reaches into his other sleeve and pulls out a small cup marked ‘freeze-dried chicken and ramen.’ He offers her the container. “You always liked these.”
Mom’s face brightens. “This is from before the ghoul takeover. I didn’t know any were left.”
Walker winks. “I have my sources.”
Once more, I hit a crossroads. In one direction, there’s the evening of warrior fun at the Viking Games. But the opposite path might be far more interesting.
I’m talking about this ramen soup revelation.
Mom never talks about her past or who my father really is. The fact that she used to chow down on ramen noodles? That’s big news. Freeze-dried stuff is the meal of choice for someone who’s knee-deep in work. I wasn’t around when Mom was a noodle hound, so what was she busy with, exactly? The undeadlies weren’t running things yet, so it’s not like she had her current job of mending ghoul robes.
Every cell in my body wants to push for answers. Not that I haven’t tried before. Mom and I have regular ‘what’s the deal with your past’ battles. I haven’t gotten anything out of her yet, but I’m confident she’ll break eventually. Another key consideration here is the fact that I’ve finished all my Demon Bars, so I can really drive my points home without worrying about stuff like chewing.
I raise my pointer finger and open my mouth, ready to unleash my verbal Kraken.
Walker glide-walks to stand right between me and Mom. He now blocks my line of sight… and throws off my attack. Walker locks his gaze with mine. A kind of electric tension fills the air as Walker and I hit a standoff about the evening’s activity. In essence, we transform from honorary older brother and amazing younger sister into two gunslingers straight out of the human’s Old West. Both of us have ideas about what happens tonight, and there’s only room enough in this town for one of our concepts. Walker takes the first shot in our verbal battle.
“Ready for the arena?” he asks. Walker puts extra emphasis on the word ‘arena,’ which means he’s reminding me of our real goal for the evening. The Viking Games.
I tap my chin. “I’ve been thinking.”
Translation: I really want to yell at Mom about ramen noodles.
Walker steps closer. He’s crazy-tall and uses that height to his advantage. “But I’m the one portaling you around.”
Translation part two: I hate being in the middle of your fights. And without me, you’d never leave this house to go anywhere fun.
Needless to say, the tumbleweeds roll on by, I reset my verbal six shooter, and Walker wins this standoff in a big way.
I hop up. “Let’s hit it.”
–end of sample–
Future excerpts will be in Lincoln’s voice! Check back soon!
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December 31, 2020
Cover Reveal – CROWNED
Dear Readers,
I’m redoing the covers for my Beholder series, including Book 4, CROWNED. Why update stuff? The chick on the first cover turned out green… and once I noticed it, I couldn’t unsee it. Over the years, it made me more and more nutso. So I updated Book 1. After that, I had to fix all the others so they matched. Refreshing the covers is also supposed to help with sales, so there’s that as well.
Plus, cover design is fun. That’s important.
So without further ado, here’s the new cover for CROWNED. You can see the new before-and-after below. Be sure to scroll down to the bottom to see the full cover in large size!
-CB
Here’s the before and after...
Now for the source art from artist Majorgaine. She builds everything as 3D computer art.
Check out the full print wrap cover…
ABOUT CROWNED
SEE IT NOW: Amazon
At last, Elea has found the love of her life. Unfortunately, the evil Tsar Viktor is about to unleash an army of twisted mages bent on killing everyone Elea cares about… including the man who’s stolen her heart.
So what’s a powerful witch to do? Why, organize a league of magical warriors, of course!
Elea recruits and trains a fighting force to take down the Tsar. That’s challenge enough, but on the eve of battle, Elea realizes that her true enemies may be far more powerful than even Viktor: The deities Oni and Yuri could be out to destroy her as well. With major battles brewing on two fronts, Elea’s not sure that she’ll win, but with true love to inspire her, she’s certainly ready to fight.
***An Amazon Exclusive***
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December 28, 2020
New BACULUM Description!
Check out the updated description below…
About BACULUM
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 kings and cool heroines.
ANGELBOUND LINCOLN
Stories from the perspective of Mister The King
1. Duty Bound
2. Lincoln
3. Trickster
4. Baculum
5. Angelfire
6. Rixa
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December 16, 2020
My MACK Playlist
To celebrate the launch of my latest book, MACK, here’s some of the music I obsessive over while writing it…
Kung Fu Fighting
This song is featured in one of Mack’s dreams early in the book. Honestly, I don’t know how I pulled this one out of my butt. I swear, I haven’t thought of it in years. In terms of the story, I think this tune helps to set a light and funny tone. You can’t take yourself too seriously as a writer while listening to Kung Fu Fighting.
Burning Down the House
This is a remake with Tom Jones and the Cardigans. MACK includes multiples scenes with fire-breathing dragons, so this is what I listened to while writing those battles.
That’s Not My Name
The character of Kaps is misunderstood my many folks in this book… except for Mack. For me, this tune by the Ting Tings really captures Kaps attitude toward it all.
Total Eclipse Of The Heart, Dance Remix
This over-the-top emo song inspired me while writing the parts where Mack and Kaps weren’t sure if they’d stay together. Plus, it always makes me smile.
Right Back Where Started From
This tune is what I’d play while cfrafting the HEA!
About MACK
Amazon / Nook / Kobo / Google Play / Apple Books
I’m Mack, a regular human who happens to run a secret league of vampire hunters. For most of my nineteen years, my daily routine has been to kill bloodsuckers, rinse and repeat.
But if I thought the vampires were trouble before, now stuff is about to get downright apocalyptic.
Why? The clock is ticking. The magical city of El Dorado will reopen soon. And once that happens, the vampire leader, Roman, will enter and create an army of bloodsuckers who do more than just kill humans—these vamps also take the shape of the last person they murdered. With thousands of supernatural warriors behind him, Roman will wipe out humankind and repopulate the world with vampires.
Not on my watch.
Trouble is, Roman knows I’m coming for him, so he’s targeting the woman I love, Kaps. There’s no way I’m putting her in danger, so I tell Kaps we’re through and go after Roman on my own.
But my woman is a badass dragon shifter who wants to end Roman as much as I do. When it comes to saving humanity, Kaps won’t let anyone stop her.
Even me.
The Angelbound Offspring Series
1. Maxon
2. Portia
3. Zinnia
4. Rhodes
5. Kaps
6. Mack
7. Huntress
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December 15, 2020
My MACK Photo Album
Dear Readers,
When I’m writing a book, I always have a personal photo album of inspiration pics. Time was, I kept this stuff on Pinterest. Then I realized that these images were so central to the story, they needed to get into the book itself. Folks liked that, so I thought I’d share some of there background on why I selected each image in a photo album.
Take a look at these images from my newest release, Angelbound MACK!
Christina
I love this image of the main character, Mack. In looking at it, I got obsessed with why he was toting around this particular sword. I developed a whole backstory about how magic wands can be made out of anything, including toilet brushes and swords. Sometimes, I make up this stuff and it doesn’t work. This is one of the cases where its fit in.
I love this picture of Kaps as well! She’s so confident, despite the fact that she’s about to step through a portal into the hidden city of El Dorado. Yay, Kaps!
Speaking of El Dorado, I went through dozens of inspiration pics of the hidden city. I simply kept coming back to this one. There’s a lot more detail in the book, but this gives you a general idea of the splendor!
How freaking cool is this picture? A bug lady with bat wings coming out of her freaking head? I found this one a year ago and forgot about it. While writing MACK, I was like: bug-lady-bat-head is a villain here! One fo the challenges of writing this book is that there is the back story of El Dorado (which has villains) and the present day (which has a different set of related villains). Hopefully it makes sense when you read the book, but Vision is a villain in the back story of El Dorado!
Lady Aurelian is the queen of El Dorado. I can’t say much more without giving secrets away!
Wyverns are dragons with wings that stretch between their arms and torsos versus coming out of their backs. This book is lousy with Wyverns and explores their unique history (which I totally made up!)
There you have it… hope you enjoyed my scrapbook!
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December 14, 2020
Happy Book Birthday, MACK!
ANGELBOUND MACK IS HERE!
TITLE: Angelbound MACK, Book 6 in the Angelbound Origins Series
AVAILABILITY: Amazon / Nook / Kobo / Google Play / Apple Books
RELEASE DATE: December 15, 2021
LIST PRICE: $3.99 (ebook)
GIVEAWAY: https://tinyurl.com/raffle-big
SAVINGS: Angelbound KAPS is only 99 cents! https://tinyurl.com/kaps-discount
About MACK
I’m Mack, a regular human who happens to run a secret league of vampire hunters. For most of my nineteen years, my daily routine has been to kill bloodsuckers, rinse and repeat.
But if I thought the vampires were trouble before, now stuff is about to get downright apocalyptic.
Why? The clock is ticking. The magical city of El Dorado will reopen soon. And once that happens, the vampire leader, Roman, will enter and create an army of bloodsuckers who do more than just kill humans—these vamps also take the shape of the last person they murdered. With thousands of supernatural warriors behind him, Roman will wipe out humankind and repopulate the world with vampires.
Not on my watch.
Trouble is, Roman knows I’m coming for him, so he’s targeting the woman I love, Kaps. There’s no way I’m putting her in danger, so I tell Kaps we’re through and go after Roman on my own.
But my woman is a badass dragon shifter who wants to end Roman as much as I do. When it comes to saving humanity, Kaps won’t let anyone stop her.
Even me.
“Mack is a force unto himself. And Mack with Kaps is phenomenal.” – Phoebe’s Randoms
The Angelbound Offspring Series
1. Maxon
2. Portia
3. Zinnia
4. Rhodes
5. Kaps
6. Mack
7. Huntress
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Meet The Hosts – MACK Launch Tour
Great news!!! From December 14th through December 19th, there will be a book launch fiesta for my newest release, MACK (Angelbound Offspring #6)!!! It’s a story of dragons, vampires and Nazis… what’s not to love?
SEE MACK ON: Amazon / Nook / Kobo / Google Play / Apple Books
Take a look at the list below; you may discover your next favorite book blog!
December 14th
–Rockin’ Book Reviews
–El rincón de Becks
December 15th
–Incidental Inspiration
–Westveil Publishing
December 16th
–The Book Junkie Reads . . .
December 17th
–The Bouncing Tigger Reads
December 18th
–Jessica Reads It
–Archaeolibrarian – I Dig Good Books!
December 19th
–breen.rb
–The Avid Reader
About MACK
“How I love Mack! This book is full of fun, action, humor, great characters, snarky dialogue and chemistry. Fantastic!” – The Wooly Geek
I’m Mack, a regular human who happens to run a secret league of vampire hunters. For most of my nineteen years, my daily routine has been to kill bloodsuckers, rinse and repeat.
But if I thought the vampires were trouble before, now stuff is about to get downright apocalyptic.
Why? The clock is ticking. The magical city of El Dorado will reopen soon. And once that happens, the vampire leader, Roman, will enter and create an army of bloodsuckers who do more than just kill humans—these vamps also take the shape of the last person they murdered. With thousands of supernatural warriors behind him, Roman will wipe out humankind and repopulate the world with vampires.
Not on my watch.
Trouble is, Roman knows I’m coming for him, so he’s targeting the woman I love, Kaps. There’s no way I’m putting her in danger, so I tell Kaps we’re through and go after Roman on my own.
But my woman is a badass dragon shifter who wants to end Roman as much as I do. When it comes to saving humanity, Kaps won’t let anyone stop her.
Even me.
“Mack is a force unto himself. And Mack with Kaps is phenomenal.” – Phoebe’s Randoms
The Angelbound Offspring Series
1. Maxon
2. Portia
3. Zinnia
4. Rhodes
5. Kaps
6. Mack
7. Huntress
SEE MACK ON: Amazon / Nook / Kobo / Google Play / Apple Books
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December 9, 2020
ANGELBOUND – LOL Fantasy
“The World Needs More Funny Fantasy” – Wired Magazine
“ANGELBOUND made me laugh so hard, I snorted my coffee!” – Megan, Amazon
SEE ANGELBOUND ON: Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Kobo / Apple Books / GooglePlay
Eighteen-year-old Myla Lewis is a girl who loves two things: kicking ass and kicking ass. She’s not your every day quasi-demon, half-demon and half-human, girl. For the past five years, Myla has lived for the days she gets to fight in Purgatory’s arena. When souls want a trial by combat for their right to enter heaven or hell, they go up against her, and she hasn’t lost a battle yet.
But as she starts her senior year at Purgatory High, the arena fights aren’t enough to keep her spirits up anymore. When the demons start to act weird, even for demons, and the King of the Demons, Armageddon, shows up at Myla’s school, she knows that things are changing and it’s not looking good for the quasi-demons.
Myla starts to question everything, and doesn’t like the answers she finds.
What happened seventeen years ago that turned the quasi-demons into slave labor? Why was her mom always so sad? And why won’t anyone tell her who her father is? Things heat up when Myla meets Lincoln, the High Prince of the Thrax, a super sexy half-human and half-angel demon hunter. But what’s a quasi-demon girl to do when she falls for a demon hunter? It’s a good thing that Myla’s not afraid of breaking a few rules. With a love worth fighting for, Myla’s going to shake up Purgatory.
SEE IT ON: Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Kobo / Apple Books / GooglePlay
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