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We are the destroyers of worlds. The scourge of the weak and the masters of creation. We are as one fist, one blade, one almighty force. We are horde.  ~Unknown, Ranked Warrior of the Azteka Horde
Bhyr, leader of the Azteka Horde, is committed to saving his species from extinction. Taking the human female as a breeder is his divine right. He will breed her, anoint his spawn, and then rid himself of the complications that come with a mate. But when the time comes, will he be able to strike down the one he loves most?
Indira is abducted from Earth and leashed to an alien barbarian. He wants one thing of her: an heir. Vowing to escape his clutches, Indira begins a revolt that causes ripples throughout the galaxy. But as she strives to thwart the most feared being in the universe, she must question how the warrior she defied became the darkest desire of her heart.
Warning: violence, profanity, psychological trauma, forced seduction and sexual content.
Book three in this series. Yaaas! *hands in the air* This is the shortest one, coming in with a word count of 137k. I was ruthless with cutting this time around. This story was much, much longer, but in the end, I thought it read better shorter.
Confession time. I don't love Indira (heroine). We wouldn't be besties. I like her, but she's too hardcore for me. I respect/fear women like her. I so wanted to portray her strong personality and mixed cultural heritage to the best of my ability, without her coming across as cold or bitchy. Bhyr (hero) was difficult. He's a bad man. But no individual is all one characteristic, and somebody's villain is another's hero. He's complicated and misunderstood. He needs forgiveness in a Big Way, and that is a huge theme in this book. Forgiveness. Not much of that around nowadays, and it fascinates me how much we all want it, but refuse/are unable to give it. There is a darker, more sinister tone to this book than the previous two because of the subject matter. I didn't go mad on the storyline, either. I pretty much coloured within the lines, but I pushed several scenes to the extreme... so... you were warned.

For the cover, I didn't follow the background colour scheme of my previous two books in the series. The yellow/orange just looked better against his blue skin and popped more in thumbnail size.

Funnily enough, two of the things I mentioned (moaned) about last time I wrote a blog post have changed for the better. Adobe Photoshop has changed–again– but is a tad more user friendly. At first, I wasn't thrilled, but after re-doing the Bhyr cover, I'm used to it now.

The KDP reporting for books enrolled in Kindle Unlimited has also improved. Massively. However, I chose to upload my book everywhere (iBooks, Kobo, Nook, Googleplay, etc). In the last four years, I first uploaded on Kindle exclusively for three months in their Unlimited programme. What I've seen is a huge drop off in purchases on any site but Amazon. This could be a matter of readers simply switching over to Kindle or losing interest in my books on those platforms. Who knows. I'm going to go back to publishing across all platforms first, and then cycling books into the Unlimited programme.

As usual, I'll be sending out my newsletter once I'm happy the book has uploaded and I've looked at them and checked nothing has gone wonky.

Peace and love. Pxx

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A King, his commander, an Earthling and her kin.

Trekking through outer space to distant galaxies.

Feasts, a storm, annihilation and rebirth.

This tale is about the bonds between family and friends. A saga of the love between a woman and two aliens.



Warning: violence, profanity and sexual situations.

Well now, the second book in the

Releasing a book is always cathartic. :) I haven't done a novella since Lunar Light and I enjoyed flexing those muscles. Writing a good shorter novel is as difficult as writing a 600 page bruiser. I adore Science Fiction Romance (have been working on the Alien Warrior series almost exclusively for the last 18 months) and this story came to me sometime in early August. I did try to set it aside,

So Venomous is still performing wonderfully. The reviews (for the most part) are amazing, and I got a Kindle Unlimited Badge for being one of the most read authors in the program for January!

I got a $500 (about £320) bonus for this, which is nice.

My Author Rank looks pretty at the moment too. It's something I haven't paid attention to as "Rank Mania" is easy to get sucked into when it

I'm over at indie author Nicole MacDonald's blog today talking about book one of my new Alien Warrior series Venomous.


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Abducted from Earth and transported to a slave planet in an unknown galaxy, Lumen finds herself, shackled, naked and put on display before an alien horde. Told the males will battle for the right to slake their lusts with her body, she would become the slave of slaves.

Venomous One, a proud warrior enslaved, has given up hope of returning to his home world and finding a life mate. When

Okay. It's difficult to explain where this book came from as it wasn't on my writing schedule. It lurked in the back of my mind and wouldn't go away. Other writers know how distracting that can be. So I wrote it. Ta Da! It turned out much longer than expected (two normal sized books in one).

There is quite bit of humour, lots of quintessential Britishness and a sprinkling of paranormal (cause I

*collapses to floor* Burn listings will be appearing on iBooks, Nook, etc within the next few days. It has already popped up on Kobo and Kindle. The ebook is also available direct from my website in ePub format. My next newsletter will contain as many links as I can find.



Just in case you are new to the Dragon Souls series this is book two. Smolder is book one. The paperback edition will be

I am happy to announce Burn will be released at the end of December. I can't give a specific date as it takes a few days for the listing to appear once published (amazing considering it used to take weeks when I first started in 2010).



Smolder (Dragon Souls)


In celebration of this, I’ve joined up with other fantasy romance authors and put Smolder in a holiday sale. It and the books in the

UPDATE 10.12.2013: I changed distributers. Glamour ratings have reset.




I have not blogged in forever because, gosh, how other writers find the time when your busy with life, writing, learning more about your craft and publishing I'll never know.

The focus of this post was exciting enough to break through my self driven exile.

Apple iBookstore (US) has launched a promotion called Breakout