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Nicki J. Markus / Asta Idonea was born in England but now lives in Adelaide, South Australia. She has loved both reading and writing from a young age and is also a keen linguist, having studied several foreign languages.

She launched her writing career in 2011 and divides her efforts not only between MM and mainstream works but also between traditional and indie publishing. Her works span the genres, from paranormal to historical and from contemporary to fantasy. It just depends what story and which characters spring into her mind!

As a day job, she works part time as an administrator and part time as a freelance editor and proofreader, and in whatever spare time she can find she enjoys music, theater, cinema, photography, and sketching. She ...more

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	Time Keepers 4.13 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Running Blind (Time Keepers, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ragnarök Chronicles 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Day-Walker 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Timings (Time Keepers #4) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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New Release: Pirates of Romance by Asta Idonea

Today I am super excited to announce the release of my first self-published MM title!

Pirates of Romance is a contemporary MM romance short story and I hope you will enjoy it.

Pirates of Romance
Asta Idonea
7 April 2020
10,500 words
MM/Contemporary/Short Story

Cover Art & Formatting by Alina Popescu

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Published on April 06, 2020 18:32 • Tags: asta-idonea, contemporary-romance, gay-romance, lgbt-fiction, mm-romance, short-story

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Short Stories in Japanese: New Penguin Parallel Text

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Sep 17, 2014 05:47PM

Thanks for connecting on GR Nicki! Have an awesome weekend. :)

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message 16: by Eugenia (Genie In A Book)

Sep 04, 2013 03:38AM

Hi Nicki,

Thank you for accepting my friend request :)
Looking forward to reading and discovering more of your work.

Best wishes for more books in the future,
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message 15: by Avry15

Jun 01, 2012 01:50AM

Hi MS Nicki,

Thanks for the friend request and for entering my blog giveaway, I hope you win..:)

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Apr 17, 2012 04:33AM

thanks for being my friend

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Mar 13, 2012 09:28AM

Nicki, thank you for the friendship.

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Mar 08, 2012 06:52PM

Thanks for accepting my friend request, Nicki.

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Feb 01, 2012 02:25AM

Thanks for the add, and congrats on your book contract!

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Jan 21, 2012 07:46AM

Hi Nicki, thanks for the friendvite! Look forward to chatting with you.

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Jan 18, 2012 04:27PM

Hi Nicki :)

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Jan 09, 2012 02:29AM

Thanks for the friendvite:)

Happy reading!

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Thanks for the friend request!

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Dec 22, 2011 06:50AM

Thanks for adding me! :)

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Dec 17, 2011 03:00PM

Thanks for friending!

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message 4: by Nicki

Dec 13, 2011 04:15PM

Iselin wrote: "Hey Nicki, danke für die Freundschaft :) Wie kommt es, dass du so gut Deutsch kannst?

Und noch nachträglich Glückwünsche zur Hochzeit!"

Vielen Dank Iselin. Ich habe Deutsch fuer 5 Jahren in die Schule studiert. Ich habe ein paar Brieffreundinnen in Deutschland und Oesterreich und kann Deutsch noch ein bisschen schreiben. Ich liebe auch ein paar Buecher jedes Jahr auf Deutsch zu lesen. Ich bin etwas aus der Uebung aber hoffentlich vergesse ich nicht alles!

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Dec 13, 2011 03:39PM

Hey Nicki, danke für die Freundschaft :) Wie kommt es, dass du so gut Deutsch kannst?

Und noch nachträglich Glückwünsche zur Hochzeit!

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Hey Nicki, Thanks for the friendship. :)

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