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So, as I stated in a previous post, Fractured Souls is now officially on the coming soon list on the DS website, set for release on Jan 23.

Centuries ago, a group of Aranken mages left their homeland and became the ancestors of the Nikari. Now a Nikari prince will return, seeking truth and finding far more than he expected.

Shuri Fezenda has one goal in mind when he departs for A���rankin���to identify the culprit behind the conspiracy targeting Ivy, his brother���s consort and a man Shuri cares for deeply. But when he meets Prince Tynare���Or���Therar, Shuri���s world is turned upside down.

Beautiful and mysterious, Tynare draws Shuri like no other. The secrets he whispers taunt and tease, but Shuri���s treacherous heart races and his body responds when Tynare shoots him a knowing smile. And then Shuri meets Tynare���s twin brother, Nari, and in Nari���s kindness and blind eyes, he finds refuge and a love beyond anything he thought he could feel.

Torn between duty and confused emotions, Shuri faces an A���rankin on the brink of civil war and a foe he didn���t count on���the neighboring land of Shyrn. At the heart of the conflict, one question remains. Who is Tynare really, and who is Nari? Shuri is almost afraid to learn the answer.

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So I’ve been really lazy when it comes to updating the website, but I finally have everything set up, and just in time to show you the amazing cover I’ve just received from the very talented Anne Cain.

Beautiful, isn’t? It’s my exact image for Shuri, the main character in Fractured Souls. The book will probably be available for pre-order any moment now. In the meantime, my thanks to everyone who purchased, read and reviewed book 1, as well as my other works. Your words and feedback are much appreciated.

Hi everyone. Update! In just a few weeks, the first book in my Elemental Lovers series will be out! Elemental Lovers is a high fantasy m/m. The second book in the series has already been contracted and is due out in early 2015.

Across the centuries, the Nikari, a race of vicious elemental mages, have built an empire, bringing an entire continent to its knees. The course of history seems set… until one innocent Andari mage changes everything and claims a greater prize—the heart of the Nikari emperor.

Behnivyr ‘Ivy’ Erethe knows his duty is to wed another Andari Pure-Blood. Craving one moment of freedom before his loveless bonding, he escapes his father’s suffocating protection and goes to a masquerade ball, only to unexpectedly meet a mysterious Nikari named Kris. Kris makes Ivy ache with a need he barely dares to acknowledge. One kiss, one dance—and Ivy’s life changes forever. Unbeknownst to Ivy, Kris is actually Kristelien Fezenda, the Nikari emperor. Forced to make a difficult choice, Ivy picks love over duty and becomes Kris’s concubine.

Poorly prepared for the whirlwind of emotion Ivy summons inside him, Kris now faces the hardest battle of his life. In a ruthless world where all weakness is exploited, where allies become enemies in the blink of an eye, where love can mean death, he will have to defeat more than his own personal demons to breach the rift between him and Ivy.

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 So I received the beautiful cover art for my very first novel, a sci-fi m/m called Electrify His Heart. Check it out below!

As of yesterday (yes, shame of me, I’m behind on updating the site), Soul of a Merman is officially out. Adding the buy link again and the awesome banner DS provided. I will also be updating the website with a brand new page of published books. Go me!

So I decided to finally post a wrap up of my coming soons in the following months.

My next release will be a sci-fi m/m romance called Electrify His Heart. The novel is in editing, and I will be posting the cover art when I receive it. It is due to come out around September. For the moment, here is the final version of the blurb.

After a deadly virus swept over the planet killing billions, Uriel Noah is forced to lead the newly formed state of Eden. He is the Guiding Light—the only new-born who survived and the last pure human. But unbeknownst to all, Uriel lives in a gilded cage, deprived of basic affection and used as a pawn, and he craves freedom and love.

When the virus short-circuited cybernetic implants, killing and crippling many people with high cybernetic coefficients, it created a divide between “machine people” and the less enhanced purists. Cyborg Raze Hartman is the leader of the resistance, fighting the purist system for his people’s equality while struggling to keep his father alive. In a last desperate effort, he resorts to investigating the Guiding Light. What he finds changes his life, and Uriel’s.

After sneaking into a purist ceremony, Raze sees past Uriel’s façade of strength and aloofness. The instantaneous attraction between them is literally electric. But a chasm separates them, as wide as the difference between flesh and metal, and the secrets of Uriel’s past may be the undoing of them all.  

In the following months, I will have four more releases, two epic fantasy novels (my new Elemental Lovers series) and two paranormal novellas. The order of release is as follows:

Elemental Lovers 1. Beyond the Rift

Confessions of a Werewolf Editor 1. All’s Fair in Mate Bonds and Publishing

Elemental Lovers 2. Fractured Souls

Splat!

I’m currently working on several projects, including sequels of my current series. Will update things as I go along.

My very first DS release is now on the coming soon list:

Synopsis:

Centuries ago, the sorrow of a spurned mermaid cursed the ocean. Now the fate of the sea rests on the shoulders of her great-nephew, Prince Caspian of Atlantis. Upon inheriting his ancestor’s magical voice, he is also entrusted with breaking her curse by finding true love with a human. But Caspian doesn’t believe love comes at the swish of the tail, at least, not until he meets oceanographer Stefan Firth.

In spite of the bond that forms between them from the beginning, Stefan’s skepticism and his heartbreak over a lost love keep him from even considering a relationship with Caspian. Caspian has no choice but to follow the path his great aunt once did and resort to the Sea Witch’s assistance. He must help Stefan love again if he is to break the curse and bring them their fairytale ending.

Buy link: http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=5153&cPath=55_1141 (Release date: 25 June 2014)

Just got my cover art for my very first DSP release: Soul of a Merman, and I had to share it.

Amazing, isn’t it? Thanks to the talented Paul Richmond. The actual book will probably be available for pre-order soon. Until then, I’m going to retreat to do some more writing!

Allrighty, so I finally got around to posting an introductory blog post – largely because I hate the first page of the blog comes up barren :)

As I’m writing these words, I doubt anyone really knows much about me – but I hope that will change soon. At present, I have three contracted stories, all with Dreamspinner Press: a paranormal novella, and two novels, one sci fi and another fantasy. I have a few more submissions on the line, so keep your fingers crossed for me.

My first story, Soul of a Merman, will be out in a few months. It is a novella inspired from H.C. Andersen’s The Little Mermaid. The blurb has been uploaded on my coming soon page. Hopefully, I’ll have the cover soon and when I do, I will post it here.

I look forward to every single opinion from my readers. Constructive criticism always helps.

Until then, I’m returning to writing :) Happy reading!