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Kathlena L. Contreras

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in California, The United States

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I've been writing pretty much forever. At the age of eight, I wrote a story about a saber-toothed tiger that encounters a time machine. The story was three paragraphs long. Many years and many paragraphs later and here I am, still writing about weird things.

I have a thing for dark lords, dark heroes and antiheroes. I tend to root for villains, because they're usually a lot more interesting than heroes. But they have to be nuanced villains, not totally evil. I love variations on the Beauty and the Beast story, awkward courtships and slow-burn romances. Think "Pride and Prejudice," not 50 Shades. It's all about the relationship!

I live with my husband, four dogs and assorted livestock on the edge of the woods above the valley east of Albuquer ...more

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	Familiar Magic by Kathlena L. Contreras (Goodreads Author), K. Lynn Bay 3.94 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2013 — 3 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
	Springtime in Hades by K. Lynn Bay, Kathlena L. Contreras (Goodreads Author) 3.67 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2013 — 3 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
	Crooked Magic (The Land of Enchantment, #3) by Kathlena L. Contreras (Goodreads Author), K. Lynn Bay really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 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
	Do You Believe In Magic: a Land of Enchantment short story 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2013	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
	Could It Be Magic: A Land of Enchantment Romance 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Shadowbound 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	This Magic Moment: a Land of Enchantment short story really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings	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 Land of Enchantment Collection - 3 Novels & 2 Short Stories: Familiar Magic, Do You Believe in Magic, Crooked Magic, This Magic Moment, Could It Be Magic by Kathlena L. Contreras (Goodreads Author), K. Lynn Bay 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings	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
	Fated Magic: A Land of Enchantment Novel 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 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
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New Cover – Springtime in Hades

The talented MrsMancuspia did such a gorgeous job on artwork for Darkness, Take My Hand that I asked her to do a cover for Springtime in Hades, my modern take on the Persephone and Hades myth. I’m thrilled with what she did!

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“Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can, impatient to restore everybody not greatly in fault themselves to tolerable comfort, and to have done with all the rest.”
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“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.”
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