The Blender’s Bargain is Now Available on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited!

“It's been a long time coming…” I have the opening of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour movie stuck in my head for this announcement. The Blender's Bargain is now available as an ebook! I have put it on Amazon and into Kindle Unlimited, and I plan on it being in Kindle Unlimited for about 3-6 months before I move it to other stores.

I have been working on this book since October 2023. Yes, more than 18 months. Why, you ask? You've probably heard that I'm one of those authors that uses AI to just press a button and get a book? (Cries a little with laughter.)

Well, that couldn't be further from the truth. I really love to tell stories and getting those stories out of my head and into a book has always been challenging. Even adding in some AI tools to my workflow didn't make that faster, though it did make the process marginally easier. AI helped me refine my ideas, write my first drafts, and edit the parts I hated. I was in complete control the whole time, and I loved the fact that I never had to face the blank page. The story stuck with me over the months, and I came back to it over and over.

But I'm also a busy person, running more than one business at a time… and I seem to start a new business every quarter. Ugh. I am chin-deep in work! I wanted to finish this story and publish it in 2024, but that didn't happen. I was only able to work on this book in drips and drabs when I had time and then 2024 became 2025.

I also tried an experiment earlier this year where I started putting the chapters up on YouTube as audio, to see if that was a way people wanted to consume my stories. Spoiler alert: It wasn't! And that's fine. It was way too much work for someone who has limited time. Lol.

Anyway, this is all to say, that the book is here, and it's on Amazon and in Kindle Unlimited. If people love it, I have two other stories to tell in the same universe. If people don't love it, that's fine. It stands alone on its own too.

She's a kind-hearted teacher nursing a freshly broken heart; he's her loyal colleague secretly nursing a crush. Their biggest worry? Surviving the last week of school. (Famous last words, am I right?)

Archie Sapnu just wants to get through the end of the school year and maybe, just maybe, forget her ex, Lex (who, by the way, was as deep as a puddle). Garrick Elliott, her fellow teacher and all-around good guy, is mostly trying to pluck up the courage to tell Archie how he really feels. Life on their planet, Latara, is pretty predictable, or so they thought. Then BAM! A cosmic syzygy lights up the sky, and suddenly, Archie’s trusty blender is spouting ancient wisdom (and a fair bit of grumbling) from a trapped magician named Ysroth, while Garrick’s toaster starts dispensing surprisingly calm advice from another wizard, Arvid.

Turns out, ancient magicians are now stuck in household appliances all over the planet, and it’s up to these two unsuspecting teachers to reunite them on sacred ground. Easy peasy, right? (Spoiler: Not even a little bit.) Guided by a gruff wizard in a blender and a serene sage in a toaster, Archie and Garrick must journey across a magically awakening Latara, from the familiar streets of Stellura to the distant, ominous mines of Rumblestone. Along the way, they'll discover their own latent magical abilities, dodge possessed bicycles, and navigate their complicated feelings for each other — all while Garrick's alluring ex, Marlo, and her magical mixer, Branwen, threaten to derail everything.

To save the magicians, restore balance to their world, and maybe, find their own happily ever after, Archie and Garrick will need more than just their teaching skills; they’ll need courage, friendship, and a whole lot of magic.

The Blender's Bargain is the electrifying first adventure in the Appliance Uprising Series. If you love quirky urban fantasy, a dash of Arthurian legend reimagined, laugh-out-loud moments, and romances that simmer amidst chaos, then you’ll be utterly charmed by S. J. Pajonas’s latest enchanting tale.

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