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New Release! Rise of the Dawn Dragon

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He’d do anything to save his people. Even make her his queen.

High Prince Rohan faces war with his northern neighbor, a necromancer’s taint on his lands, and growing civil unrest. He needs the gods to send his bride so he can become king, unite his people, and legitimize his rule. A bride they have sent for every previous high prince. Rohan will marry any woman They send. Even one that wears the armor of his enemy. Even one that rejects him. After all, he never expected to love her.

As a Knight of Valor blessed by the gods Themselves, Makayla has given up everything for Them. Even love. She thought she was ready for anything They asked of her. Until a magical accident finds her in a foreign kingdom deprived of the gods’ light and married to its new king without ever having said “I do”.

But the sham marriage to a man she refuses to fall in love with is the least of her worries.

An ancient evil followed her, an evil that stalks the land and threatens to destroy everything in its path. It will take more than either of them can do alone to stop it. Together, they might just be strong enough, but only if they can accept the gods’ greatest gift: love.

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Cover Reveal!

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Rise of the Dawn Dragon

I am super excited to share the cover for a new series!

New series, you ask?

Yes!

I did tell my mailing list a few weeks ago. If you would like to be the first to know, please consider signing up. And, you get two free stories as well!

The new series still takes place in the same world as the Knights of Valor, and will even feature a Knight of Valor in the first story. But it will all take place in a distant land that has never heard of the Knights of Valor.

Until now.

A Short Hiatus

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His hair looks better than mine today.

I am taking a short hiatus from blogging.

While I have enjoyed crafting the micro fictions, they take up a lot more time than I had planned.

I am also struggling a lot with the demands of work, home, and writing in the time of COVID. While I keep hearing some people have more time than ever, I have found the opposite experience.

To be totally honest, I had considered putting all of the hours I have spent writing the micro fictions into writing a longer piece that I could either post here or simply give away to you for free.

With that in mind, I am taking the month of December off of Micro fictions and use it to focus myself on getting my bearings on blogging, my writing and how I am going to fit it all in with a demanding day job and family.

Free Book! Hunting a Dragon

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Careful. Sometimes you find what you’re searching for. 

Boredom is an enemy the powerful wizard can manage most of the time. And it’s better than danger. At least until he’s offered the opportunity to search for a long-extinct dragon.

Best of all, it means the beautiful, if by-the-book, Knight of Valor he’s secretly admired will be coming with him.

And they’re not really going to find a dragon…

If you are currently signed up for my mailing list, then you should already have received a link from me to download a FREE copy of Hunting a Dragon.

If you haven’t signed up yet, you can sign up now, and I will send you a link for a Lesson in Seduction AND Hunting a Dragon.

A Quick Update

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I have come into a bit of wisdom…

Normally, you would see another short in my serial shorts today.

But, as I tend to do, I have stretched myself too thin.

I am going back to taking weekends off of blogging. I truly need the time to focus on my writing. My day job and family have become more demanding, not less during the pandemic.

I may eventually move to a Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule again. I don’t want to, but we will see.

I have also moved almost completely off of Twitter. I found it was sucking too much energy whenever I checked it. There’s a lot of great people there, but there is also a lot of negativity. I am trying to protect myself from that now more than ever.

You can still join me over at Facebook. I tend to offer little snippets of research for current projects, things that inspire me or the like.

As always, that you for understanding. This has been a long journey for me, and it is always changing.

Micro Fiction: Making of a Shadowguard 19

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19 Jade

“From today forward, you will work for the city guard. I will take you to the palace where you will begin your training,” the elegant woman said.

“Am I really going to work for the city guard?” Jade asked.

The elegant woman smiled. “You will use your skills for the Crown. That might take you to the city guard. Occasionally.”