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February 11, 2022
Feature Friday – Monstrous Matchmaker
In Monstrous Tales, Ari met her monstrous friends (and her special love-muffin). Now she’s setting out to make sure those monsters are as romantically happy as she and Liam are.
That’s right! The matchmaking nymph is open for business.
Monstrous Matchmaker: The Complete Series is a compilation of books 1-8 of the Monstrous Matchmaker series and it contains:
a nymph who uses a loose definition of helpingmonsters, monsters, and more monstersmonsters bangingforgivenessfound familya Happily For Now (although they’re all HEAs in my head!) for everyone Ari meetsSpreading love is kind of Ari’s thing. Both literally and figuratively, as it turns out. And all that love spreading is the foundation Ari both builds her matchmaking business on AND how she approaches everything in life.
Because if you don’t have love, what do you have? – Ari, probably
Monstrous Matchmaker: The Complete SeriesAmazonRelease Date: August 7, 2016
Pages: 347
Genre: Monster Erotica
The nymph with a plan has a gift for hooking couples up…and she’s determined to use it.
Ari Colton knows monsters. She’s made friends and found both her mate and herself among them. Wanting to give back to those who have accepted her so readily, she sets up a matchmaking service to bring her beloved supernaturals together.
A bunch of oversexed monsters led by a nymph who can’t keep her panties on—the possibilities for the future are endless…
Monstrous Matchmaker: The Complete Series contains:
Operation Werewolf
Operation Dragon
Operation Merman
Operation Naga
Operation Minotaur
Operation Gargoyle
Operation Sasquatch
Operation Date Night
<< Monstrous Tales: The Complete Series - Monstrous Revelations: The Complete Series >>
{Monstrous Matchmaker serial page}
Looking for a few extras in the Monstrous world? Check out these series shorts…
Never Say Never (Ari)Date Nights, Sprites, and the Truth of Hidden Things (Liam)Making Plans (Ari and Liam) – Part 1 of 3The Drive (Liam and Ari) – Part 2 of 3Inner Peace (Ari and Liam) – Part 3 of 3Territorial Leanings (Thisseral and Io)Coffee and Cupcakes (Ella and Ari)Dinner Plans (Max and Siri)Even Monsters Like Sweet Things (Cin and Vane)The Thrill of the Chase (Akakios and Liz)A Hundred Types of Kisses (Lon and Ivy)A Very Special Night (Amanda and Jerinth)Alone Time (Michael and Ella)Damn Lucky (Liam)Baking Lessons (Cin and Ari)No Ordinary Muffin (Michael and Ari)Going a Little Crazy (Ari)All’s Fair in Love and Cinnamon Rolls (Ella)Her Gargoyle (Cin)Damn Fabulous (Ari)Interesting Lives (Ari and Cin)Kitchen Duty (Liz)‘Tis the Season (The Pumpkin Spice Season) (Ella)A Monstrous Night Out (Ari)A Life Lived Loudly (Liam)A Plan for Everything (Ella)Famous Last Words (Ari)Unexpected (Ari)The Morning After (Ari)The post Feature Friday – Monstrous Matchmaker appeared first on Kelly Apple.
January 21, 2022
Feature Friday – Monstrous Tales
Let’s back to where it all began…Ari Colton and her insatiable ways. Heh.
Monstrous Tales: The Complete Series is a compilation of books 1-10 of the Monstrous Tales serial and it contains:
one over-sexed co-eda gentle monster with tentaclesa whole lot of other monsterssexy times in the woods and a cave and a lake and a labyrinth and…well, anywhere you can imagine, reallythe start of a monstrous revolution (although, to be fair, the monsters don’t know that yet)
Ari is a little immature and a lot wild when we first meet her, but I like to think she grows as the series continues. She might not know what she wants (or what direction she wants her life to take) at the beginning of this book, but she’s starting to figure things out by the end. Kind of.
And she changes things for her monstrous friends in a BIG way down the road.
But before we get to that, she has to bang her way through the monstrous community, find true love, and save the day for her monstrous honey.
Monstrous Tales: The Complete SeriesAmazonRelease Date: November 9, 2014
Pages: 522
Genre: Monster Erotica, Paranormal Romance
Ari Colton’s always been a little different. She has a thing for monsters of all shapes and sizes, but she’s resigned herself to loving them only in her dreams. That is, until the day she’s abducted by one and finds an entire supernatural world right under her nose.
Now she has all the monsters she can handle and she’s loving every minute of it.
Monstrous Tales: The Complete Series contains:
The Wicked Woods
Wicked Games
The Wicked Wolf
The Wicked Dragon
The Wicked Merman
The Wicked Naga
Wicked Dreams
The Wicked Minotaur
The Wicked Gargoyle
The Wicked Sasquatch
The Wicked Lovers
The Wicked Ever After
Wicked Mating
Monstrous Matchmaker: The Complete Series >>
Looking for a few extras in the Monstrous world? Check out these series shorts…
Never Say Never (Ari)Date Nights, Sprites, and the Truth of Hidden Things (Liam)Making Plans (Ari and Liam) – Part 1 of 3The Drive (Liam and Ari) – Part 2 of 3Inner Peace (Ari and Liam) – Part 3 of 3Territorial Leanings (Thisseral and Io)Coffee and Cupcakes (Ella and Ari)Dinner Plans (Max and Siri)Even Monsters Like Sweet Things (Cin and Vane)The Thrill of the Chase (Akakios and Liz)A Hundred Types of Kisses (Lon and Ivy)A Very Special Night (Amanda and Jerinth)Alone Time (Michael and Ella)Damn Lucky (Liam)Baking Lessons (Cin and Ari)No Ordinary Muffin (Michael and Ari)Going a Little Crazy (Ari)All’s Fair in Love and Cinnamon Rolls (Ella)Her Gargoyle (Cin)Damn Fabulous (Ari)Interesting Lives (Ari and Cin)Kitchen Duty (Liz)‘Tis the Season (The Pumpkin Spice Season) (Ella)A Monstrous Night Out (Ari)A Life Lived Loudly (Liam)A Plan for Everything (Ella)Famous Last Words (Ari)Unexpected (Ari)The Morning After (Ari)The post Feature Friday – Monstrous Tales appeared first on Kelly Apple.
December 31, 2021
Feature Friday – Heart of Stone
I just can’t keep away from that grumpy gargoyle and his sweet, human mate.
This book contains:
family – of both the blood and found varietysexy times in semi-public places (heh)new friendsa deserted old-West town because WHY NOT?!?!a grumbly gargoyle and his sometimes clueless brothera human lady who started something big with one little wishold godsblood feuds that aren’t nearly as bloody as one might thinkmagic and mayhem and curse-breaking, OH MY!Vane and Cin were already fun to write and then I got to throw in that deserted old-West town. HA! I have a great weakness for deserted and/or broken places so building Cobalt’s town was a hoot.
A road trip to find a brother and a journey to face the past. BOY did I like this one!
Heart of Stone: The Complete Series(Heart of Stone Complete Series #1, Monstrous World #1)
AmazonRelease Date: December 9, 2020
Pages: 380
When the gods wake, the impossible can happen…
For Cin Malone, wanting to know more about her gargoyle mate’s people seems like a no-brainer. Finding out Vane has a brother potentially living close by is the perfect opportunity for a road trip.
After all, spending time with her grumbly honey is no hardship and meeting family is part and parcel with the mate thing, right?
Who would have ever guessed that one innocent road trip would have the power to change the world. Plus, you know, there might be some curse breaking, some treasure finding, and the type of family reunion no one was expecting.
Warning: This book contains family. Not all of which is good. Fortunately for Vane, the good far outweighs the bad. Double fortunately, this road trip gives Vane and Cin the opportunity to connect in plenty of places, if you know what I mean.
<A Rock and a Hard Place
Don’t forget to grab your copies of Gravel Bound (Heart of Stone #5) and Best Laid Stones (Heart of Stone #6) while they’re FREE!
They’re only free through Sunday so grab ’em while they’re HOT!
Looking for some bonus snippets to enjoy? Check out the various series shorts Vane and Cin have played parts in…
Even Monsters Like Sweet Things (Cin and Vane)Baking Lessons (Cin and Ari)Her Gargoyle (Cin)Interesting Lives (Ari and Cin)The post Feature Friday – Heart of Stone appeared first on Kelly Apple.
December 30, 2021
Looking for FREE reads as we close out the year?
Oh heyyyyyyyy!
It’s that time again! Time for freebies freebies freebies! Because REALLY what better way to close out the year than with free books, AMIRITE?!?!?!
You might know the drill, but if not…
Hop on over to the Romance Book Worms website, pick your platform, download books. Easy, peasy, RIGHT? You’ll find me in the Paranormal Romance category, in case you’re wondering.
This time around, I’m offering up books 5 and 6 in Vane and Cin’s story. Gravel Bound (Heart of Stone #5) and Best Laid Stones (Heart of Stone #6) are currently FREE at Amazon! (And if you want to see how their story plays out, THE COMPLETE SERIES IS OUT NOW. No waiting. You can experience the glory of Vane and Cin’s road trip from beginning to end.)
Anywho!
the stuff your ereader freebie eventHappy reading!
The post Looking for FREE reads as we close out the year? appeared first on Kelly Apple.
December 24, 2021
Happy Holidays
Oh, heyyyyy. We’re heading toward the end of the year and how did that even happen? LOLOLOL! (
Anywho. 2021 has been weird (for me, at least), but I have a surprise or two in store for my readers before we roll into 2022. Which means I have a surprise coming up next week.
So…Happy Holidays and keep your eyes open (and your clicking fingers at the ready!) for what’s coming!
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December 17, 2021
Feature Friday – Cursed Heart
Welcome to Grimwood!
Sure, sure. It’s a little dangerous and you’ve got curses running wild and the forest is dying and things are a little shady, but WELCOME ANYWAY!
At the heart of all this craziness is the Grimm family. One tiny wish turned into a clusterfuck of epic proportions when the witch in the woods comes for payment. Five hundred years later, the Grimm family is scattered, the woods are rotting from within, and the legacy the family was supposed to uphold has all but been forgotten.
WHEW!
Yeah, the Grimms are a little messed up, but they find their way. Eventually.
Oh, heyyyy. It’s time for Lorianne’s story. She’s…well, the lady is a mess. She was the catalyst for what happened to her family and watching them fall apart pretty much destroyed her.
BUT…she deserved her HEA as much as anyone. More, possibly. With her children finding their happiness, it only seemed fair that she’d get the one thing her heart desired most. Her family reunited.
But first, her honey bunny. He’s sleeping the sleep of the dead in a tower in the center of the forest and Lorianne needs to find him to break him free.
Enjoy this gender-flipped retelling of Sleeping Beauty in the epic conclusion…
Cursed HeartAmazon | Barnes and Noble | iTunes | KoboRelease Date: April 25, 2018
Pages: 230
Genre: Paranormal Romance, Twisted Fairytale
Lorianne Grimm is a woman broken. Her children lost through thievery and curses, she retreated to the woods to grieve. Finally coming to terms with her loss, she emerged and was dealt one last blow… her husband had disappeared and she, herself, had been cursed to remain eternally young.
Unable to face her pain, Lorianne once again fled into the heart of the woods and tried for five hundred years to forget.
But lately there have been whispers on the wind that speak of great change within Grimwood. Magic is coming back to life and for it to properly take root Lorianne will have to take her place in the tale.
Hidden deep in Grimwood is a castle. The stories say only those with the purest heart will be able to find it and navigate the treacherous path inside. With all the hatred churning within her for what was done to her family, Lorianne hardly considers herself pure. But the whispers tell of one last thing, a Grimm who was cursed into an enchanted sleep nearly five hundred years ago after losing his family. A Grimm who only waits for his lady love to awaken him.
For the chance to be with her husband again, Lorianne will follow her heart and risk everything. Including her life.
Looking for a few extras in the Grimwood world? Check out these series shorts…
Apple Wine and Kisses (Zel and Geneva)Home Is Where the Heart Is (Lucy and Connor)Broken Things (Isobel and Cade)The Heart of a Romantic (Adria and Micah)The Well in the Garden (Fen)The post Feature Friday – Cursed Heart appeared first on Kelly Apple.
December 10, 2021
Feature Friday – Cursed Lives
Welcome to Grimwood!
Sure, sure. It’s a little dangerous and you’ve got curses running wild and the forest is dying and things are a little shady, but WELCOME ANYWAY!
At the heart of all this craziness is the Grimm family. One tiny wish turned into a clusterfuck of epic proportions when the witch in the woods comes for payment. Five hundred years later, the Grimm family is scattered, the woods are rotting from within, and the legacy the family was supposed to uphold has all but been forgotten.
WHEW!
Yeah, the Grimms are a little messed up, but they find their way. Eventually.
It’s Fen’s turn to shine. The youngest of the Grimm children, he had (potentially) the most normal life out of all of them. Well, until he was cursed to turn wolf-y and stay forever young (because a curse isn’t a curse if you don’t suffer the loss of your wife and children and get to live lifetimes with the guilt, amirite?!?!) and he retreated to the woods to live the life of a hermit.
Gretchen is a wake-up call of sorts to Fen. She shakes him out of his apathy and reminds him of the obligations that tie his family to the land.
This is a very loose (VERY LOOSE!) retelling of Goldilocks. It’s not even gender-flipped because I needed Fen to be the grumpy bear (well, wolf) in the forest whose life Gretchen disrupts when she wanders into his orbit. She might not eat his porridge or sleep in his bed, but she upends his existence all the same.
So enjoy this next step in the story of how the Grimms took back their legacy and worked on restoring Grimwood to the glory it used to be.
Cursed LivesAmazon | Barnes and Noble | iTunes | KoboRelease Date: February 3, 2018
Pages: 192
Genre: Paranormal Romance, Twisted Fairytale
Growing up wild in Grimwood, Gretchen Malloy knows her corner of the woods like the back of her hand. Stumbling over a previously undiscovered cabin to explore is the highlight of her lazy summer days.
Only, the cabin she found isn’t empty and the brooding, angry man who chases her away is almost too much excitement for her tastes. For all she might not be wanted, Gretchen’s terminal curiosity sends her back again and again until an unexpected friendship blossoms.
Fen Grimm knows exactly what he is—the crusty old loner who’s given up on the world outside his cabin and who wants nothing to do with Grimwood or any of its many inhabitants. He’s already loved and lost enough and he has no need to watch another mortal age and die before his eyes.
If only Grimwood didn’t need him, he’d be content to live out the rest of his long days alone. But when the magic in the wood calls, a Grimm must answer.
<< Cursed Touch - Cursed Heart >>
Looking for a few extras in the Grimwood world? Check out these series shorts…
Apple Wine and Kisses (Zel and Geneva)Home Is Where the Heart Is (Lucy and Connor)Broken Things (Isobel and Cade)The Heart of a Romantic (Adria and Micah)The Well in the Garden (Fen)The post Feature Friday – Cursed Lives appeared first on Kelly Apple.
December 3, 2021
Feature Friday – Cursed Touch
Welcome to Grimwood!
Sure, sure. It’s a little dangerous and you’ve got curses running wild and the forest is dying and things are a little shady, but WELCOME ANYWAY!
At the heart of all this craziness is the Grimm family. One tiny wish turned into a clusterfuck of epic proportions when the witch in the woods comes for payment. Five hundred years later, the Grimm family is scattered, the woods are rotting from within, and the legacy the family was supposed to uphold has all but been forgotten.
WHEW!
Yeah, the Grimms are a little messed up, but they find their way. Eventually.
It’s Adria and Micah’s turn to find their HEA and unlock the next part of the un-cursing. Adria is a Grimm descendant who believes if she sets foot off her mountain, the wolfen curse in the Grimm bloodline will strike. So she doesn’t leave her mountain. Ever.
Enter Micah Redfield (Connor’s brother). He kinda, sorta sets them out on an adventure into the heart of the mountains and starts falling for the prickly Adria along the way.
This was supposed to be a land-locked, gender-flipped retelling of The Little Mermaid and it’s probably the only one I feel like I missed the mark on as far as the retelling part went. To be fair, Micah did “wash up” on Adria’s doorstep and she’s more or less the princess of the mountain, but I didn’t get to wriggle a sea witch (mountain witch?) into the story and that’s a crying shame!
Still! Enjoy your gender-flipped retelling(-ish) of The Little Mermaid and the next piece of the Grimwood puzzle getting worked out!
Cursed TouchAmazon | Barnes and Noble | iTunes | 24 Symbols | Kobo | InkteraRelease Date: December 27, 2016
Pages: 141
Genre: Paranormal Romance, Twisted Fairytale
Adria Grimm lives at the highest point in Grimwood. The stories of what would befall her if she ever ventured down the mountain to the forest’s edge are cautionary tales she’s always lived by. Becoming a slave to the curse that hides in her blood isn’t the fate she dreams of for herself.
When an injured man collapses on her doorstep, Adria reluctantly nurses him back to health. The man is aggravating and demanding and Adria can’t wait until he’s well enough to be on his way.
Waking with little memory of what brought him to the mountains, Micah Redfield has to piece his past together before he can complete the quest that drove him to this remote location. As it turns out, Adria has the answers he’s been looking for, but deciphering the clues she’s been left is only the beginning of their journey.
Working together, they will have to find a way to unlock the ancient magic hidden in the heart of the mountain before Grimwood itself falls.
<< Cursed Bones - Cursed Lives >>
Looking for a few extras in the Grimwood world? Check out these series shorts…
Apple Wine and Kisses (Zel and Geneva)Home Is Where the Heart Is (Lucy and Connor)Broken Things (Isobel and Cade)The Heart of a Romantic (Adria and Micah)The Well in the Garden (Fen)The post Feature Friday – Cursed Touch appeared first on Kelly Apple.
November 26, 2021
Feature Friday – Cursed Bones
Welcome to Grimwood!
Sure, sure. It’s a little dangerous and you’ve got curses running wild and the forest is dying and things are a little shady, but WELCOME ANYWAY!
At the heart of all this craziness is the Grimm family. One tiny wish turned into a clusterfuck of epic proportions when the witch in the woods comes for payment. Five hundred years later, the Grimm family is scattered, the woods are rotting from within, and the legacy the family was supposed to uphold has all but been forgotten.
WHEW!
Yeah, the Grimms are a little messed up, but they find their way. Eventually.
Cursed Bones is Isobel and Cade’s story. Isobel, as you might recall, is the Grimm twin left behind. The one who grew up petulant and spoiled thanks to the heaping dose of grief and guilt her parents dealt with after Zel’s abduction. When Cade finds her, she’s living in a decaying manor house deep in Grimwood and she’s pretty darn close to feral. But then, countless years alone with nothing but the dying woods for company can have that effect on a person.
A little more of the magic (and curses!) of Grimwood are revealed in this gender-flipped retelling of Beauty and the Beast.
Cursed BonesAmazon | Barnes and Noble | iTunes | 24 Symbols | Kobo | InkteraRelease Date: September 21, 2016
Pages: 143
Genre: Paranormal Romance, Twisted Fairytale
Once upon a time, Isobel Grimm had been the favored daughter of one of the oldest families in Grimwood. Prideful, arrogant, and vain, she found out the hard way that not all those she saw as beneath her are weak. Fleeing to her family manor hidden in the depths of the great forest seemed her only option when a powerful curse stole her looks and made her a monster in the eyes of most.
When an intruder invades her sanctuary, Isobel is forced to face some painful truths—she’s lived in solitude far longer than she realized and her problems are only the precursor for something far more deadly. For the trees in the forest are dying, stricken by a mysterious disease rotting them slowly from the inside.
In the manor hidden away from prying eyes, a pact has fallen and the entire forest is paying the price. As a Grimm, it’s Isobel’s duty to right this wrong and reverse the curse spreading across the land.
If she can’t, all of Grimwood may fall.
<< Cursed Wolves - Cursed Touch >>
Looking for a few extras in the Grimwood world? Check out these series shorts…
Apple Wine and Kisses (Zel and Geneva)Home Is Where the Heart Is (Lucy and Connor)Broken Things (Isobel and Cade)The Heart of a Romantic (Adria and Micah)The Well in the Garden (Fen)The post Feature Friday – Cursed Bones appeared first on Kelly Apple.
November 19, 2021
Feature Friday – Cursed Wolves
Welcome to Grimwood!
Sure, sure. It’s a little dangerous and you’ve got curses running wild and the forest is dying and things are a little shady, but WELCOME ANYWAY!
At the heart of all this craziness is the Grimm family. One tiny wish turned into a clusterfuck of epic proportions when the witch in the woods comes for payment. Five hundred years later, the Grimm family is scattered, the woods are rotting from within, and the legacy the family was supposed to uphold has all but been forgotten.
WHEW!
Yeah, the Grimms are a little messed up, but they find their way. Eventually.
Cursed Wolves gives us Lucy and Connor’s story. While Lucy isn’t one of the main cursed Grimms, she is a descendant of the family and…she has a bit of a curse of her own. Namely, she becomes a wolf every so often.
We also get introduced to the Redfield family. Connor’s brother plays a part in a later book and, well, I like those Redfields. Lucy likes them too. Mostly Connor, really, but you know what I’m saying.
Enjoy this gender-flipped retelling of Little Red Riding Hood and stray a little deeper into the wood.
Cursed WolvesAmazon | Barnes and Noble | iTunes | 24 Symbols | Kobo | InkteraRelease Date: August 16, 2015
Pages: 134
Genre: Paranormal Romance, Twisted Fairytale
Lucy Grimm knows what it’s like to be on the outside. Ever since her curse kicked in on her 18th birthday, she’s lived in the woods on her own, cut off from everyone but the other cursed and slave to the cycles of the moon. Her one joy in life is spying on hunky Connor Redfield while he works at his grandmother’s inn.
Connor knows someone’s out there watching him, but he can never get close enough to catch them in the act. When he decides to take matters into his own hands and lay down a trap for the peeping tom, he doesn’t expect to end up with a bundle of nervous woman who runs every chance she gets.
He certainly doesn’t believe she’s one of the legendary cursed wolves that roam the woods.
For all that she’s fighting against herself, Lucy can’t help but like the burly lumberjack with a heart of gold. With the moon coming up on full, Lucy doesn’t dare trust herself when her wolf takes control. But Connor remains unconvinced and the more time Lucy spends with him, the more she longs to stay.
Can a cursed wolf find love with a mortal man? Or will her beastly side destroy her heart’s desire?
<< Cursed Blood - Cursed Bones >>
Looking for a few extras in the Grimwood world? Check out these series shorts…
Apple Wine and Kisses (Zel and Geneva)Home Is Where the Heart Is (Lucy and Connor)Broken Things (Isobel and Cade)The Heart of a Romantic (Adria and Micah)The Well in the Garden (Fen)The post Feature Friday – Cursed Wolves appeared first on Kelly Apple.
