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Sneak Peek - Nightingale: The Apprentice, Volume 6

Breaking volume 6 of the Twelve Systems Chronicle into two full-length novels for release in early 2019 has proved even more challenging than imagined. Nonetheless, both The Nightingale: The Apprentice, Volume 6, and Bond Proof: The Apprentice Volume 7 are on track. There is still much to be done, but in the meantime, a brief excerpt from The Nightingale.

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The rumble of the propulsion systems softens as the vessel reaches the maximum velocity allowed for intrasystem transit. As the transport passes the second moon, Metricelli Prime is naught but a small green ball.

Milord’s fingers close on Lilian’s. “When did you last review the odds managers’ positions on you?”

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Indie Spotlight on Romance: Mystery and Magic

October 5th, I moderated a fantastic panel discussion on writing adult content that is steamy not stinky at InD'Scribe Con & Book Festival. It was a great discussion where the panelists demonstrated both insight and humor. Panelist, Marc Sanderson authors romance that features mystery and fantasy.

Undercover in Jenns Cove: A Jenns Cove Eco-romance

Jake Weston is on a mission. He needs to find a project site for the ECOSYSTEM SERVICES INSTITUTE before it loses its funding. When his friend from the Department of Justice’s Environmental Crimes Unit asks him to go undercover in a small Northern California coastal town called Jenns Cove to investigate a corrupt corporation, Jake sees the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone. He can find his site and possibly bring a big polluter to justice. What he doesn’t expect is to meet Maggie Gallagher, a local attorney, single mother and possibly the woman of his dreams.

Only one problem: Jake can’t tell her who he really is or why he’s come to Jenns Cove. Anyone in the small town could be involved in environmental crimes, even the local hotshot attorney, and his investigation is strictly confidential.

When Maggie meets Jake, she can’t believe her bad luck! The first man she’s been interested in for a very long time, and he’s only in Jenns Cove for a short time. She’s not the type of person to indulge in a fling, but that might be all she and Jake can have. He lives three hours away in San Francisco and her life is in Jenns Cove. When her friends and even her family encourage her to go for it, Maggie decides to live in the moment—just this once—and go with her heart. She only hopes that Jake isn’t too good to be true.
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The Emerald Wiccan

The Emerald Wiccan, the first novel in the Crystal Wiccans series, follows Sarah De Guerin, a wiccan-cop, part of whose job is to find young earthborn wiccans before the Shadow Servants can and take them to Terra Magica, the wiccan world. This time, instead of the kid she expects, she finds Alexander Denmann, a handsome college professor who is mysteriously coming into magical powers years later than he should.

After dodging murderous Shadow Servants and convincing Alex to make a magical leap of faith and travel to the wiccan world, Sarah finds herself irresistibly drawn to her earthborn. As she introduces Alex to the wonders of a world where magic is the norm, she is forced to battle society’s prejudices and her family’s expectations.

As Sarah and Alex are drawn ever closer together, wiccan society is coming apart at the seams. Their newfound love must struggle to survive amidst the political intrigues of Sarah’s powerful family, the violence of the Shadow Servants, and the rise of the vicious New Order.
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Indie Spotlight on Romance: Highlanders

October 5th I will be at the InD'Scribe Con & Book Festival leading a panel discussion on writing steamy passages. Fellow panelist Suzan Tisdale is a USA Today Bestselling Author, storyteller and cheeky wench, who writes Scottish historical romance/fiction, with honorable and perfectly imperfect heroes and strong, feisty heroines. And bad guys she kills off in delightfully wicked ways.

Since December, 2011 when she published her first novel, Laiden's Daughter, she has published fifteen titles, with two more being released in the spring of 2017. To date, she has sold more than 350,000 copies of her books around the world. They have been translated into four foreign languages (Italian, French, German, and Spanish.) You will find her books in digital, paperback, and audiobook formats.

With such a wealth of material, I recommend exploiting one that is currently free, and awarded 5-stars by InD'Tale ezine.

Ian's Rose

They should never have stolen his wife.
Ian Mackintosh and his bride, Rose, return to McLaren Lands to rebuild all that was destroyed by the previous laird. Believing bad times and evil men are behind them, they've let their guard down. Ian's world is turned upside down one cold winter's night when Rose is kidnapped.
Desperate, he is willing to make a deal with the devil himself in order to ensure her safe return. And he may have done just that when he agrees to work with the brother of the man responsible for tearing his world apart.

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And for those who must start a series at the beginning, Ian's Rose is the first of the Mackintoshes & the McLarens, a follow on series to the Clan Graham set; Rowan's Lady and Frederick's Queen.

Rowan's Lady

He built impenetrable walls around his heart....
The Black Death showed no mercy when it took Rowan Graham's beautiful, young wife. With his clan nearly decimated, his heart torn to shreds, he is left to raise his newborn daughter alone. Rowan tries to keep the promises he made to Kate on her deathbed, save for one: He is unable to give his heart to another.

She has built walls around her own... Lady Arline is forced into yet another arranged marriage -- loveless and lonely. Behind Garrick Blackthorn's good looks lies a cruel, vindictive man. She wants nothing more than her marriage to end so that she might gain the freedom she has longed for. Fate will bring those walls tumbling down....

Just before her marriage comes to a bitter and ugly end, her cruel husband kidnaps a sweet, innocent child. Arline does not realize the child belongs to a man from her past, a man who has haunted her dreams for more than seven years, until the night he comes to rescue his daughter.

Rowan Graham is surprised to learn that his enemy's wife is a woman he met but for a few short moments seven years earlier when dark times had fallen across Scotland. The same woman who had helped insure the freedom of his foster father and brother has been risking her life to care for his daughter. Fate brings them together...but others are determined to pull them apart.
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Panels, Workshops, & Book Fair

InD'Scribe is only two weeks away and it is super exciting, so I couldn't resist another  pre-convention post with all the latest information.

Not only does there promise to be a record reader turnout, but I'll be mingling with amazing New York Times and USA Today besting selling authors, several of who have agreed to participate in my  Thursday afternoon panel discussion  on  what makes a steamy read hot. My fellow panelists:

Marc Couarcaud writes the  Jenns Cove  Eco-romance series under the pen-name as MARC SANDERSON. The series features  mystery, suspense, romance, and respect for the environment.   He’s also an editor, reviewer and occasional article writer for InD’tale Magazine.  A fan of the outdoors, when he’s not writing he can be found hiking or volunteering with the Morro Bay National Estuary Program. 

Susan Griscom is a  USA Today Bestselling and Award winning author. She writes paranormal and contemporary romance - steamy and sexy are the way they usually turn out. She's a huge fan of superheroes and bad boys confronted with extraordinary forces of nature, powers, and abilities beyond the norm mixed with hot, blow-your-socks-off romance.

Lexi Post is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of romance inspired by the classics. From hot paranormals to sizzling cowboys to hunks from out of this world, Lexi provides a sensuous experience with a “whole lotta story.”

Sawyer Stone writes all kinds of books under all kinds of names. The world needs more stories about quirky characters falling in love.

Susan Tisdale is a USA Today Bestselling Author, storyteller and cheeky wench. She writes Scottish historical romance/fiction, with honorable and perfectly imperfect heroes and strong, feisty heroines. And bad guys she kills off in delightfully wicked ways.

Friday, is the  world building workshop  where I will do my best to provide  a glimpse into the challenges of constructing an alternate reality that is both engrossing and coherent.

Saturday is the book fair and book signing where I will be sharing a table with author Reina Torres.  Reina's novels feature Scottish Lairds, Medieval Knights, Regency Gents, Rough and Tumble Cowboys, or handsome modern Heroes. She loves them all! There was always another hero and heroine to follow through page after page of breathless love! In one of those twists that belong in a novel, Reina and I are new friends and live at opposites ends of the USA; Maine and Hawaii.

And, of course, there are dozens of other sessions and activities that offer insights on writing and publishing from bestselling authors. InD'Scribe offers single day tickets for readers who want to attend a specific session or meet a favorite author. And for those who just like to read, there's a free admission book fair on Saturday.   For the first time, there will be Twelve Systems Chronicles swag ~ no purchase necessary, just come by the table.

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InD'tale Feature Article on EG and The Twelve Systems Chronicles
 

To learn more about the Twelve Systems Chronicles and how they came to be, check out the in-depth interview in the February issue of
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Where Duty and Passion Collide: Bright Star 99c Sale

Where duty and passion collide. 99c through 9/12!

In a society where honor is revered and love is a luxury, a woman in peril and ruthless warrior enter into a dangerous contract. To survive, Lilian vows to give Lucius her complete obedience. To achieve his ambitions, Lucius vows to keep Lilian alive. Keeping those vows will prove more difficult than either of them could have imagined.

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In the second volume in the Twelve Systems Chronicles Lilian’s enemies are more determined than ever to see her destroyed. A ghost from her past will imperil her future and threaten to destroy Lucius’ slowly developing trust. To survive the next set of challenges Lilian will need to find new reserves of courage, wit, and determination.When Lucius’ motivations and ambitions are revealed, they are far more extraordinary than Lilian imagined. His rivals are about to increase in number and ferocity as they seek to limit his expanding wealth and power. They will use any means to undermine and destroy his plans including his notorious apprentice. To advance his ambitions, Lucius must be more ruthless and devious than ever before. To succeed, Lucius requires Lilian’s brilliance. To make use of it, he must keep her alive. It is going to prove more difficult than he anticipated.

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Lilian is twenty-four, well-educated, disgraced, destitute and desperate. Raised to wealth and power, her expectations of a bright future were destroyed when her father was executed for foul crimes. Her family name is erased, their cartouche melted, their property forfeit. Determined to survive and protect what remains of her family, Lilian becomes the apprentice of a powerful warrior. For three years, he will train her for a position in the Cartels. In return, Lilian will yield him absolute control of her mind and body.

Lucius Mercio is the preeminent warrior of his Cartouche, and the Cartel it dominates; the Serengeti Group. Ruthless, clever and ambitious, Lucius’ wealth, influence, and power are exceeded by few within the Twelve Systems. It is not sufficient. Lucius intends to take his Cartel to unimaginable heights with the aid of Lilian’s brilliance. He faces only one obstacle. Lucius must keep Lilian alive.

Bond Proof: Sneak Peek II

WIP is coming along. Here's a sneak peek from Bond Proof.
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Indie Spotlight on Romance: Rock Stars, Bad Boys, and Vampires.

October 5th I will be at the InD'Scribe Con & Book Festival leading a panel discussion on writing steamy passages. Today's post features fellow panelist Susan Griscom a Bestselling and Award winning author. She writes paranormal and contemporary romance - steamy and sexy are the way they usually turn out. She's a huge fan of superheroes and bad boys confronted with extraordinary forces of nature, powers, and abilities beyond the norm mixed with hot, blow-your-socks-off romance.

Her heroes tend to be rock stars whether the dangerous vampires of Immortal Hearts of San Francisco or the bad boy Beaumont Brothers. Add in steam, and it's romance with a sizzle.

Tempted by a Vampire

Cian DeMarco is a talented musician--and a vampire. He's content living the single life in San Francisco, playing with his band at Club Royal each weekend...until he meets a human woman he can't resist. The scent of Magdalena's blood has him completely undone, and he begins to question his felicitous existence when his desire for her grows out of control.

Magdalena De la Rosa and her best friend recently moved to San Francisco. She's started a new job and is living in a gorgeous apartment. Everything is just the way she's imagined... until she ends up at an up-scale nightclub and is suddenly swept off her feet by the sexy as sin lead singer of the house band.

A temptation they can't resist leads to a future they never imagined as passion sizzles between the two until a threat from Cian's past returns to wreak havoc on their lives.

Will their love outweigh the reality of what Cian must do to keep Magdalena safe?
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Beautifully Wounded

Sometimes the only way to salvation... is to take a leap of faith.

What would you do if you had no place to go and no one you could trust?

"The lyrics are about you, Lena," he confessed, and I watched his mouth as the tip of his tongue moistened his lips before he leaned his head down. Then those beautiful lips were on mine, soft, tender at first, then his tongue glided over my lips, breaking the seal. My pulse throbbed and quickened as his tongue swirled around mine. Taking and controlling, and... and I wanted this, needed his touch. I went limp in his embrace, and the heat rose under my skin, my body vibrated against his strong powerful one. Was this really happening?"

Jackson Beaumont prides himself on being a nature-loving, guitar-strumming, carefree sort of guy. When the mysterious Lena Benton walks into his bar looking scared and defeated, it's not something he can ignore. He's immediately consumed by concern for her and driven by his desire to help. She's just so beautiful. So wounded.

After being shuffled from one foster home to another growing up, Lena Benton dreamt of finding her prince charming. When the captivating Troy Harington sweeps her off her feet shortly after high school graduation, she's certain she's found her happiness. Unfortunately, Troy's true colors surface shortly after their marriage and things turn ugly. Lena only has one choice. She has to leave him. She has to run...

Lena's escape has brought her to Jackson, and he clearly wants to be there for her, but can she trust anyone again after what she's gone through? And will Jackson be able to help her heal without losing his heart?
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Indie Spotlight on Romance: 2018 Rone Finalists - Cops, Jocks, and Cowboys

Today's post features 2018 Rone Finalists featuring Cops, Jocks, and Cowboys. All finalists have received 4 1/5 or 5 Star reviews from InD'tale's professional reviewers.

Securing Kiera's Love

Can love be renewed after a thirty-year separation?

David Haggerty longed for many years for his lost love, Kiera. Now in his fifties he believes it will never happen. He’s been married and divorced and now finds solace in his security business.

Kiera loved David with all her heart, but life took over. She was the only one who could save her father’s life. But, to do that, she had to leave David. Battered and broken, Kiera sees David again after more than thirty years. Will he forgive her? Can he?
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Redemption

Nearly the last remaining member of Olivia Cattenach's family has just died overseas and left her overcome by grief. But when a soldier shows up at her ranch with a final message from her brother, she finds new purpose. Nathan Roldan is as formidable as they come. Bulging muscles and inked to boot, he looks like every bit the bad boy he claims to be. Except, under his shuttered gaze and behind his walls lies a gentle giant. Determined to carry out her brother's wishes, she chips away at Nate's layers and discovers more pain than any person should ever have to endure. And a passion she never dreamed was possible.

He's not the hero she thinks he is...

Nate's mistake got a fellow comrade killed, and a deathbed promise to take care of the guy's sister lands him in Wyoming with the hope of redemption. But he wasn't expecting...her. Beautiful, witty, and sweet, Olivia is everything he doesn't deserve. Born a nothing, he'll die a nothing. Though guilt is a living thing, temptation is too hard to resist. Somehow, she's unleashing his restraint and unearthing feelings he buried long ago. He wants her. More, he's worried he needs her. She's trying to save him, but when she learns the truth, he'll lose the only happiness he's ever known.
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Someone Like You: A Contemporary Romance

I was about to parachute into enemy territory, when my wife informed me via Skype that she was leaving me for some Wall Street broker and taking my daughter with her.

Yeah, that burned. Being a SEAL prepares you for a lot in life - but not for a blow like that.

A year later I wind up in New York instead of re-enlisting. The crazy city, civilian life--I'm not gonna lie: it's hard. I'm pretty sure clubbing in New York requires night vision goggles, too.

I can handle anything if it means being in my daughter's life, though. She's all that matters. So the last thing I want is to fall for someone, especially some rich Manhattan elitist with walls ten feet high.

Grace Parker-King. Even her name sounds uptight. She's off-limits for so many reasons, but at the moment, I can't seem to care. And when her seemingly put-together life starts to spin out of control, and my instincts to protect and save kick in, I should turn away.

But I don't.
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Wounded Love

Ten years ago, Ellie Fairfield left Rocky Harbor brokenhearted and pregnant…

Trying to take care of her son the best she can, the single mother returns to the town close to her heart to run a local inn. Ellie knows it will be tough moving back to Rocky Harbor, and that old memories will haunt her. But the last thing she expects to find on her doorstep is the man who abandoned her when she needed him the most.

Angry at the war, the world, and himself, Colton Riley’s homecoming isn’t a pleasant one…

Being medically discharged from the Marines is one of many disappointments Colton has suffered over the years. A decade ago, he lost a chunk of his heart when the love of his life betrayed him. A year ago he lost his leg. Now, half the man he once was, Colton tries to put back the pieces of his life by accepting a construction project at the local inn, but he didn’t count on finding Ellie standing on the front porch.

The more time they spend together, the more they realize the love they shared years ago hasn’t died…

Even though Ellie is still hurt and angry, she knows her heart belongs to Colton. It’s not easy letting go of the past, especially with the secret she’s hiding from everyone. But when an illness puts her little boy’s life in danger, she has no choice but to tell Colton the truth—a truth that threatens to destroy their love once and for all.

With a past spun together in a web of lies, will Colton and Ellie be able to mend their wounded love?
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Indie Spotlight on Romance: 2018 Rone Finalists - Historical: 17th Century to Regency

Today's post features 2018 Rone Finalists in Historical Romance: 17th Century through Regency. All finalists have received 4 1/5 or 5 Star reviews from InD'tale's professional reviewers.

Satyr's Son

London, 1786. Lord Henri-Antoine has returned from the Grand Tour to a life of privilege and excess. A vast inheritance allows him every indulgence, free from responsibility. Yet, Henri-Antoine maintains a well-ordered existence, going to great lengths to conceal an affliction few understand and many fear.

Miss Lisa Crisp is a penniless orphan who relies on the charity of relatives to keep her from the poorhouse. Intelligent and unflappable, Lisa will not allow poverty to define her. She leads a useful life working among the sick poor.

Under startling circumstances, Henri-Antoine and Lisa meet. There is instant attraction. When they find themselves attending the same wedding in the country, Henri-Antoine offers Lisa a scandalous proposition, one she should refuse but yearns to accept. Following her heart could ruin them both.
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The Reluctant Wife

Captain Fred Wheatly's comfortable life on the fringes of Bengal comes crashing down around him when his mistress dies, leaving him with two children he never expected to have to raise. When he chooses justice over army regulations, he's forced to resign his position, leaving him with no way to support his unexpected family. He's already had enough failures in his life. The last thing he needs is an attractive, interfering woman bedeviling his steps, reminding him of his duties.

All widowed Clare Armbruster needs is her brother's signature on a legal document to be free of her past. After a failed marriage, and still mourning the loss of a child, she's had it up to her ears with the great lout of a captain who can't figure out what to do with his daughters and the assumptions she doesn't know how to take care of herself and what she needs is a husband. If only the frightened little girls didn't need her help so badly.

Clare has made mistakes in the past. Can she trust Fred now? Can she trust herself? Captain Wheatly doesn't need his aristocratic family; they've certainly never needed him. But with no more military career and two half-caste daughters to support, Fred must turn once more--as a failure--to the family he failed so often in the past. Can two hearts rise above past failures to forge a future together?
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Kilty Secrets

Highlander adventure. Highlander Romance. Kilty secrets abound in this romantic comedy!

As the chief's second son, Ewan MacKinloch resents being offered up as the sacrificial lamb in a marriage arranged to end a 300-year feud with the MacCarrons.

Ewan trades places with a one-armed clansman in the hopes Shona MacCarron will refuse to go through iwth the wedding, but unbeknownst to him, Shona, too, has traded places with an aunt known as Lady Lazy-Eye so she can avoid the marraige arranged after the recent death of her father.

Confusion reigns when alchemy draws them to each other and they risk aiding the cause of factions ambitious to usurp the hereditary MacCarron chieftaincy.

Will each discover the other's KILTY SECRETS?
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The Laird's Reckoning

Pirate or Laird…?

Birk Bane was born the second son, the unwanted son, the unneeded son. Crossed by family and falsely accused of a crime, he flees Scotland to the sea where he’s recruited by a pirate. Five years later, he’s captain of his own ship and embraces his new life, though an ache for the woman he left behind remains. When he receives word of his father’s death and his clan is floundering, Birk begrudgingly returns home. Little does he know there’s more he left behind than a title…much more.

Sheena MacRae helped Birk escape to safety years ago, always expecting he’d return. Time passes and she believes him to be dead. With her clan being terrorized and slaughtered, she accepts she is the only one who can stop the suffering by agreeing to marry Laird Gordon, the man behind the assaults. The man who is also poised to rule Birk’s clan. Despite the crushing need to hold Birk in her arms once more, his reappearance changes nothing. Sheena has too much to lose if she reneges the betrothal to Gordon. And while Birk’s intentions are to return to the sea after reclaiming his clan, she didn’t count on her pirate lover’s plan for revenge…

The longer he’s home, the more betrayal Birk uncovers. There will be a fiery battle ahead for Birk and his brethren. If he survives, how will he choose between the life he loves and the love of his life?
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When a Rogue Loves a Woman

Notorious rogue, Lord Nathaniel Kingsley always tended to leap without thinking. Becoming a smuggler, adopting a sheep, getting engaged to Miss Patience Grey…

Patience has no need for a fiancé, or a husband. For once in her life, she wants to prove she’s just as good as a man and she does not need Nathaniel Kingsley getting in her way. With her brother injured, it is up to her to continue her family’s work…and that means tracking down a French spy and ensuring said spy will turn.

Unfortunately, no one believes she can do it alone. Which is where Nathaniel comes in.

Nate is happy to be of service. Why pass up the opportunity to repay an old friend, especially with a little intrigue along the way? Find the spy, play escort to Patience, return home to continue smuggling. Easy.

Or at least it would be if the stubborn Patience would let him do his job. The breeches-wearing woman is determined to do it all alone and, he has to admit, there’s something quite distracting about a woman in men’s clothes.

Can he keep his attention from her long enough to complete their mission and persuade Patience to let him do his job and protect her? A job he’s beginning to find he’s enjoying a lot more than he thought he would…
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The Devil of Dunmoor

Ethan Standish, fourth Duke of Dunmoor, is a man cursed by a past that refuses to let him go. Twenty years after enduring captivity as a prisoner of war, he has withdrawn from society, living ensconced at his estate. He takes no visitors and no risks. He needs nothing and no one, finding comfort in his solitude, with only his demons to keep him company.

That all changes the day Catherine Kirkcaldy arrives on his doorstep.

The governess for the children of the late Earl MacLendon, Cat has come to the estate of the enigmatic Duke of Dunmoor to inform him of his new status as their guardian. Despite her initial misgivings, she finds herself drawn to this contradiction of a man, a man with a fearsome reputation but a kind heart no one is allowed to see.

A single letter exposes a shared connection with their pasts, setting Ethan and Cat on a path of danger and revenge. But even as Ethan pursues retribution for the past that should have never been, he finds himself falling for Cat, a woman with a ready smile and an open heart. Can he bury his long-held demons in exchange for a future with Cat? Or will he forever be the Devil of Dunmoor?
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The Demon Duke

Behind every good man is a great secret.

Banished to Yorkshire as a boy for faults his father failed to beat out of him, Damon Blackbourne has no use for English society and had vowed never to return to his family’s estate at Thorne Hill, much less London. However, when his father and brother die in a freak carriage accident, it falls on Damon to take up the mantle of the Malford dukedom, and to introduce his sisters to London Society–his worst nightmare come to life.

He never planned on Lady Grace Mattersley. The beautiful debutante stirs him body and soul with her deep chocolate eyes and hesitant smiles. Until she stumbles across his dark secret.

Shy and bookish Grace much prefers solitude and reading to social just-about-anything. Her family may be pressuring her to take on the London Season to find herself a husband, but she has other ideas. Such as writing a novel of her own.
But she has no idea how to deal with the Duke of Malford.

Will she betray him to the world? Or will she be his saving Grace?
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IndScribe 2018 – 2 Workshops, a book fair, and Twelve Systems Swag

My first book festival. I’m excited and super nervous. I’ll be participating in a panel discussion on Thursday, October 4, at 4pm: Steamy not Stinky ~ how to write erotic scenes that are hot and not silly. I’m also conducting a workshop on World building without info dumps at 2:30pm on Friday. I was confident when I signed up for these sessions, but now it’s nail biting time. Not only do I need useful and entertaining content, there is an incredible crowd of other authors attending and presenting. It’s more than a bit intimidating.

InD’Scribe offers single day tickets for readers who want to attend a specific session or meet a favorite author. And for those who just like to read, there’s a free admission book fair on Saturday. For the first time, there will be Twelve Systems Chronicles swag ~ no purchase necessary, just come by the table.

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