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TOUCHED WITH SIGHT Summary Up!!!
I just posted the Summary to my up-and-coming book, Touched with Sight!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Catherine Pierce is a black beast, a shape-shifter that has no settled form because of the magic-infused witch blood that runs through her veins. This anomaly brought her to the attention of the ruthless Council that governs her kind. Unfortunately, their corrupt delegate has taken a vested interest in Catherine.
Crown Prince Phineas Riordan is a powerful witch who has mastered three of the four elements. The one thing he can't master is his sexual deviancy, which, if discovered, means his life and his kingdom are forfeit. Because witches and shape-shifters are not allowed to fraternize. Ever. But that won't stop him from using the disappearance of Catherine's childhood friend--and romantic rival--to his advantage.
Meanwhile, the Slayer threat is growing stronger. Catherine and Phineas are on the brink of uncovering the secret organization forming within the bowels of the school...but they're being watched, as well. A war is brewing, and it promises to be an apocalyptic nightmare even worse than the Great War that happened between their kind 200 years ago.
Catherine has seen how the world ends in her dreams: it will be not by fire, or by ice, but by shadow. For she is...touched with sight.
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What do you guys think? I write my own blurbs, which means I have to compete with all those awesome paid-blurb-writers! Hopefully not too cheesy? ^_^;
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Catherine Pierce is a black beast, a shape-shifter that has no settled form because of the magic-infused witch blood that runs through her veins. This anomaly brought her to the attention of the ruthless Council that governs her kind. Unfortunately, their corrupt delegate has taken a vested interest in Catherine.
Crown Prince Phineas Riordan is a powerful witch who has mastered three of the four elements. The one thing he can't master is his sexual deviancy, which, if discovered, means his life and his kingdom are forfeit. Because witches and shape-shifters are not allowed to fraternize. Ever. But that won't stop him from using the disappearance of Catherine's childhood friend--and romantic rival--to his advantage.
Meanwhile, the Slayer threat is growing stronger. Catherine and Phineas are on the brink of uncovering the secret organization forming within the bowels of the school...but they're being watched, as well. A war is brewing, and it promises to be an apocalyptic nightmare even worse than the Great War that happened between their kind 200 years ago.
Catherine has seen how the world ends in her dreams: it will be not by fire, or by ice, but by shadow. For she is...touched with sight.
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What do you guys think? I write my own blurbs, which means I have to compete with all those awesome paid-blurb-writers! Hopefully not too cheesy? ^_^;
Endgame Broke 100 Ratings!! Also, I FINISHED WRITING TOUCHED WITH SIGHT!!!
I'm so excited about Endgame because it's probably one of my favorite books, although I know a lot of people don't like it because it's trippy science fiction. :3
Also, I JUST FINISHED WRITING the sequel to BLACK BEAST! Like, I just put the last period in it about an hour ago and then my beta sent me the corrections.
My goal is to have it published and ready for purchase by July 25. I want to rewrite the whole thing one more time just to make sure it flows smoothly, because it was cobbled together from like five different drafts.
Anyway, today was an awesome day. :D
Also, I have a giveaway for three of my books!!!! (And an interview with Inge!)
http://bookshelfreflections.com/2014/...
Also, I JUST FINISHED WRITING the sequel to BLACK BEAST! Like, I just put the last period in it about an hour ago and then my beta sent me the corrections.
My goal is to have it published and ready for purchase by July 25. I want to rewrite the whole thing one more time just to make sure it flows smoothly, because it was cobbled together from like five different drafts.
Anyway, today was an awesome day. :D
Also, I have a giveaway for three of my books!!!! (And an interview with Inge!)
http://bookshelfreflections.com/2014/...
Know Anyone Who Would Like to Join the "Sidewalk" Team for My New Book?! :D
I've never really liked street teams. I feel like they put a lot of pressure on the individuals in question to like the book. I also feel like they can create a really hostile and toxic environment sometimes that results in honest (but negative) reviewers getting "punished" on behalf of the author.
I don't want that.
So here's the thing. I'm starting a "Sidewalk" Team for my new book coming out next week. It's called the Sidewalk Team because I don't want my readers getting hit by a figurative mack truck. The sidewalk is a safe place to be, and I want reviewers to feel like they can be honest (and safe) when they review my books. Hence the name.
So! If you are a blogger who is interested in my Shadow Thane series, or know a blogger who might be, let me know! I'll give you a free copy of BLACK BEAST and then, on the day I release it, a free copy of TOUCHED WITH SIGHT. If you hate BLACK BEAST, you can opt out of my Sidewalk Team and I won't feel insulted. You tried something new and that's all I ask.
What do you guys say? :D
I don't want that.
So here's the thing. I'm starting a "Sidewalk" Team for my new book coming out next week. It's called the Sidewalk Team because I don't want my readers getting hit by a figurative mack truck. The sidewalk is a safe place to be, and I want reviewers to feel like they can be honest (and safe) when they review my books. Hence the name.
So! If you are a blogger who is interested in my Shadow Thane series, or know a blogger who might be, let me know! I'll give you a free copy of BLACK BEAST and then, on the day I release it, a free copy of TOUCHED WITH SIGHT. If you hate BLACK BEAST, you can opt out of my Sidewalk Team and I won't feel insulted. You tried something new and that's all I ask.
What do you guys say? :D
I Finished TOUCHED WITH SIGHT Early!
So I submitted it for publication!
You can buy it now on Smashwords!
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
(It should be available on Amazon tomorrow.)
WHEEEEE.
You can buy it now on Smashwords!
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
(It should be available on Amazon tomorrow.)
WHEEEEE.
TOUCHED WITH SIGHT Now Available for Amazon Kindle!
You can obtain a copy HERE.
or obtain a copy through Smashwords HERE.
ALSO! BLACK BEAST and several other of my works are enrolled in Smashwords' seasonal promotion! Enter the code SW100 to download it for free!!!
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
or obtain a copy through Smashwords HERE.
ALSO! BLACK BEAST and several other of my works are enrolled in Smashwords' seasonal promotion! Enter the code SW100 to download it for free!!!
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
Touched with Sight Playlist!
My new book is out on both Smashwords and Amazon! Here's the playlist for it. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4dHM...
Song list--
♫ Sing for Absolution - Muse
♫ Leave My Body - Florence + the Machine
♫ Fear - Sarah McLachlan
♫ Canvas - Imogen Heap
♫ Hunt - Goldfrapp
♫ Forever - The Birthday Massacre
♫ Dark Horse - Katy Perry
♫ Kings - The Pierces
♫ Seven Devils - Florence + the Machine
♫ Maneater - The Bird and the Bee
♫ Empty Streets - Late Night Alumni
♫ 24 - Jem
End credits:
♫ Shatter Me - Lindsey Stirling Feat. Lzzy Hale
Enjoy! And happy reading! <3
xNenia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4dHM...
Song list--
♫ Sing for Absolution - Muse
♫ Leave My Body - Florence + the Machine
♫ Fear - Sarah McLachlan
♫ Canvas - Imogen Heap
♫ Hunt - Goldfrapp
♫ Forever - The Birthday Massacre
♫ Dark Horse - Katy Perry
♫ Kings - The Pierces
♫ Seven Devils - Florence + the Machine
♫ Maneater - The Bird and the Bee
♫ Empty Streets - Late Night Alumni
♫ 24 - Jem
End credits:
♫ Shatter Me - Lindsey Stirling Feat. Lzzy Hale
Enjoy! And happy reading! <3
xNenia
CROWNED BY FIRE TEASER
*********WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR BOOKS 1 & 2**********
********Don't say I didn't warn you********
“You were born a killer, and you'll die a killer. Fight that, and you'll die sooner,” he said.
“I don't believe that.”
“I've watched you narrowly avoid death four times now,” said Finn. “What does that tell you?”
“That you're bad luck.”
He slammed his fist against her car. “You are going to die.”
She turned around, and seemed surprised to find him standing so close to her. She was so vulnerable, this shape-shifter. Her large, hazel eyes were so innocent, they were almost naked.
“Are you planning on killing me yourself, witch?”
He had tracked down hundreds of shape-shifters, hauling them in to meet their fate—and their deaths. But in all those years of hunting, he had never met a shape-shifter quite like this one. She was a Glamor, and they made a point of assimilating to humankind, which perhaps explained why. She was very good, but couldn't quite hide the instincts that boiled beneath the surface.
And she was devastated over the loss of her family. Shape-shifters were social animals; even though they were territorial, they were fiercely protective of their families and their mates, and felt such losses acutely. Catherine had lost both her mate and her family in one sweep.
It would be so easy, he thought, to get her to let down her defenses, to let him get close. As much as she hated him, she had no one else. When she had been trapped by that Slayer, she had even called for him by name. He reached out, and she flinched when his fingers touched her lip.
“I should.”
********Don't say I didn't warn you********
“You were born a killer, and you'll die a killer. Fight that, and you'll die sooner,” he said.
“I don't believe that.”
“I've watched you narrowly avoid death four times now,” said Finn. “What does that tell you?”
“That you're bad luck.”
He slammed his fist against her car. “You are going to die.”
She turned around, and seemed surprised to find him standing so close to her. She was so vulnerable, this shape-shifter. Her large, hazel eyes were so innocent, they were almost naked.
“Are you planning on killing me yourself, witch?”
He had tracked down hundreds of shape-shifters, hauling them in to meet their fate—and their deaths. But in all those years of hunting, he had never met a shape-shifter quite like this one. She was a Glamor, and they made a point of assimilating to humankind, which perhaps explained why. She was very good, but couldn't quite hide the instincts that boiled beneath the surface.
And she was devastated over the loss of her family. Shape-shifters were social animals; even though they were territorial, they were fiercely protective of their families and their mates, and felt such losses acutely. Catherine had lost both her mate and her family in one sweep.
It would be so easy, he thought, to get her to let down her defenses, to let him get close. As much as she hated him, she had no one else. When she had been trapped by that Slayer, she had even called for him by name. He reached out, and she flinched when his fingers touched her lip.
“I should.”
Character Interview with Sweet Books: Catherine Pierce
I did a character interview with the awesome bloggers at Sweet Books! Catherine Pierce (from my Shadow Thane series) answers questions for your viewing pleasure. :)
Check it out here: http://sweetsbooks.com/1/post/2014/08...
If you would like to read more about Catherine, you can get the books at Smashwords ([1], [2]) and Amazon ([1], [2])
As always, I thank you for your support of me as an author. Opportunities like these really help me out. It's not easy being indie! ;)
♥
Crowned by Fire Teaser!
I wrote 15,000 words today! Most of that was editing what I'd already sent off to my beta (Wart), but a lot of it was new material.
Anyway! Here is a teaser. No killing the author, now! *runs and hides just in case*
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She was standing in a ring of flames as the ground around her crumbled away into unseen water. She could hear the splashes the chunks of granite made, loud, like a tidal roar. Or maybe that was the screaming she heard. Hundreds of voices, perhaps thousands, shrilling their collective agony as the city was razed around them.
Dead, barren, swathed in darkness. Only the glow of the fires provided any light. And then, even that was extinguished as a heavy rain began to fall.
Someone was holding on to her as the ground split away. Tightly, as though afraid to let go. Or just afraid. She could hear another chorus now, just below the screams. A high, keening that reminded her of recordings of whales she'd once heard.
But no whale on earth had ever managed to sound so sinister, so inherently evil.
No, the sound frightened her, and sent all the animals inside her, predator and prey alike, clamoring for safety. Because whatever creature it was that was making those sounds, it was insanely powerful, and it was hungry, and it was hunting—hunting her.
Thunder filled her ears, and she thought it was the storm rolling in until she felt the tremor beneath her feet, the splitting crack, and then the ground was yanked out from beneath her feet, and she and her unseen companion were falling into a black abyss.
Splash.
The water ripped her protector away. He—it was a he, now, she realized—cried out only once before the water silenced him. She dove, as graceful as a dolphin in the black water, searching desperately, blindly, beneath the surface.
Where had he gone? It had been seconds—ten at most. There was no way he could have sunk so far, so fast. But he had vanished without a trace, leaving her alone.
Not quite alone.
(If one fails, then so shall all—
Bring death to those of Evenfall.)
She heard a laugh. There, in the darkness, someone was declaiming.
A wave crashed over her head, plunging her beneath the violent waves. It was dark, so dark she couldn't see her nose in front of her face, and cold. So, so cold. All the heat was leaving her body, and she could no longer fully breathe. She thought she might be dying.
“Beast of shadows, touched with sight.” It was the voice from before, louder now, and all the more menacing because of it. “Come to me.”
The water wrapped around her limbs. It was a water spell, she realized, similar to the one the witch had used on her what seemed like a century ago. She jerked violently, and sucked in a frightened breath as something brushed against her throat, halfway between a caress and a threat. “No,” she said weakly, shivering. “No.”
“Blood will flow like wine.”
She thought it could not possibly get any darker than this.
She was wrong.
“The Shadow Thane will lord over all.”
The last thing she saw was the sky.
“And the world shall be slave to his dragons.”
There were no stars.
Fleeting pain, a quiet snap. Her throat had been pierced, her spine broken. And as her eyes began to fill with the milky glaze of death, the darkness began to flake and crumble, swallowed up by a golden light as the heavens crashed to earth.
And then, she saw nothing more.
Anyway! Here is a teaser. No killing the author, now! *runs and hides just in case*
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She was standing in a ring of flames as the ground around her crumbled away into unseen water. She could hear the splashes the chunks of granite made, loud, like a tidal roar. Or maybe that was the screaming she heard. Hundreds of voices, perhaps thousands, shrilling their collective agony as the city was razed around them.
Dead, barren, swathed in darkness. Only the glow of the fires provided any light. And then, even that was extinguished as a heavy rain began to fall.
Someone was holding on to her as the ground split away. Tightly, as though afraid to let go. Or just afraid. She could hear another chorus now, just below the screams. A high, keening that reminded her of recordings of whales she'd once heard.
But no whale on earth had ever managed to sound so sinister, so inherently evil.
No, the sound frightened her, and sent all the animals inside her, predator and prey alike, clamoring for safety. Because whatever creature it was that was making those sounds, it was insanely powerful, and it was hungry, and it was hunting—hunting her.
Thunder filled her ears, and she thought it was the storm rolling in until she felt the tremor beneath her feet, the splitting crack, and then the ground was yanked out from beneath her feet, and she and her unseen companion were falling into a black abyss.
Splash.
The water ripped her protector away. He—it was a he, now, she realized—cried out only once before the water silenced him. She dove, as graceful as a dolphin in the black water, searching desperately, blindly, beneath the surface.
Where had he gone? It had been seconds—ten at most. There was no way he could have sunk so far, so fast. But he had vanished without a trace, leaving her alone.
Not quite alone.
(If one fails, then so shall all—
Bring death to those of Evenfall.)
She heard a laugh. There, in the darkness, someone was declaiming.
A wave crashed over her head, plunging her beneath the violent waves. It was dark, so dark she couldn't see her nose in front of her face, and cold. So, so cold. All the heat was leaving her body, and she could no longer fully breathe. She thought she might be dying.
“Beast of shadows, touched with sight.” It was the voice from before, louder now, and all the more menacing because of it. “Come to me.”
The water wrapped around her limbs. It was a water spell, she realized, similar to the one the witch had used on her what seemed like a century ago. She jerked violently, and sucked in a frightened breath as something brushed against her throat, halfway between a caress and a threat. “No,” she said weakly, shivering. “No.”
“Blood will flow like wine.”
She thought it could not possibly get any darker than this.
She was wrong.
“The Shadow Thane will lord over all.”
The last thing she saw was the sky.
“And the world shall be slave to his dragons.”
There were no stars.
Fleeting pain, a quiet snap. Her throat had been pierced, her spine broken. And as her eyes began to fill with the milky glaze of death, the darkness began to flake and crumble, swallowed up by a golden light as the heavens crashed to earth.
And then, she saw nothing more.
CROWNED BY FIRE Published + Shadow Thane #1-3 Omnibus Edition WITCHFIRE Published!!!!
I finished CROWNED BY FIRE earlier than I had planned, so I published it on Smashwords (Kindle version to come).
You can buy a copy here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
It's a little shorter than I wanted, so it's only $1.99. (What a steal!)
I've also published WITCHFIRE: Shadow Thane #1-3. It's an omnibus edition of books one through three of the Shadow Thane series. You can buy it for $5.99 and save yourself a whole dollar! OMG! THAT'S SO KEWL!
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
It should be available in the Kindle store tomorrow, too. :D
You can buy a copy here: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
It's a little shorter than I wanted, so it's only $1.99. (What a steal!)
I've also published WITCHFIRE: Shadow Thane #1-3. It's an omnibus edition of books one through three of the Shadow Thane series. You can buy it for $5.99 and save yourself a whole dollar! OMG! THAT'S SO KEWL!
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
It should be available in the Kindle store tomorrow, too. :D
