One good demon deserves another.

 One good demon deserves another.

Alexis Hawthorne would give anything to have her old life back. Even her role as a demon soldier in Rhiannon's legion of warriors was an improvement over where she is now. Chained up in the Mage Circle's dungeons.

Cole West came to New York with the clothes on his back and a boatload of secrets. Too bad he can’t tell anyone who—and what—he really is. But being sworn to secrecy by the Queen of the Fae means he has to keep his word. Or die.

As Alexis fights to survive, Cole West hasn't given up searching. When he finds the Mage who took her away from him, he’ll burn the Circle to the ground.

Even if it is made out of marble.

Being dead doesn’t mean you can’t recognize a hot shifter when he shows up glowering on your doorstep.

 

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Being dead doesn’t mean you can’t recognize a hot shifter when he shows up glowering on your doorstep.

The Forbidden Fangs tattoo parlor is Marla’s business, her calling, and her hideout as she tries to escape her sire, “The Collector”—a creepy old man who “collects” vampires with special talents. 

As a vampire, she always feels cold, but she’s thinking the best way to warm up would be to snuggle in close to the shifter who just arrived spouting nonsense about her thieving cat, His Lordship King Snugglebumpkins.

Wolf shifter Grayson has two missions in Forbidden: 1) decide whether or not to invest in the bed and breakfast, and 2) find the perfect plush animal for his nephew. But when he meets Marla, his two missions transform to 1) evading her evil cat, and 2) making Marla fall in love with him. 

He seems well on his way to succeeding in his new missions, until an ominous vampire from Marla’s past shows up, and his mission changes once again: protect Marla. She might be undead, but she’s also his mate.

The Reluctant Wolf and his Fated Mate by Lisa Carlisle

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Mates were trouble. That's why Damon would never commit to one.
Even if the temptation is strong...

Sophie escapes to the White Mountains with her friend for a ski weekend. When she skis off trail and gets lost in the mountains, she stumbles into the path of a wolf. Only it's bigger than any she ever thought existed, and it's baring its fangs at her...

Damon has refused to ever find a mate after his father went mad. When Damon meets a woman his wolf recognizes as the one, the call is more difficult to ignore. And when he catches her scent on the mountain, he can't fight it any longer. He tracks her through the forest to ensure she's safe.

Only Sophie has stepped into another pack's territory.

If Damon crosses the boundary, he'll break the treaty between their packs.

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Follow three women and the sexy, fearless dragon shifters who'll do anything to claim them! This collection features an arranged marriage, an enemies-to-lovers romance, and more.

BETROTHED TO THE DRAGON (Book 1)

What's worse than being hunted down and killed?

Being married to a dragon.

BELONGING TO THE DRAGON (Book 2)

My body wants to say yes to this billionaire dragon shifter.

But to mate Lucas is to condemn him to death.

BONDED TO THE DRAGON (Book 3)

I thought he was helping me escape...

Instead, he imprisoned me all for himself.

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Mates & Mayhem New Boxed Set

 

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Mates and Mayhem includes 12 true mate love stories from New York Times, USA Today, and bestselling paranormal romance authors. These romances will capture your heart and keep you reading long into the night.

Axel: Single Daddy Shifters #1 – Tasha Black
When Delilah is mistaken for a nanny, she plays along… But she never expects to fall for her sexy employer and his adorable son! Axel’s bear craves the beautiful, curvy human — but can the single father convince Delilah that they’re meant to be a family?

The Warlock Lord – Juliana Haygert
When Luana loses the spot of alpha of her pack, she joins forces with Keeran, the only warlock alive. While gearing up to take on the new alpha and reclaim her pack, they discover a hidden warlock coven that wants Keeran to join them. Now the two must decide between their newfound feelings for each other, or their separate destinies.

Roman’s Gold – Ann Gimpel
Devon’s a cop sworn to eradicate shifters. Mountain lion shifter Kate is his latest assignment. She’s the enemy, but he can’t get her out of his mind. As he tracks her, the line between hunter and hunted thins, blurs, and finally shatters.

Kenya Calling – Tori Knightwood

Ryenne is a kick-ass shifter hunter in a world where most shifters are law-abiding, but rogues like to make trouble. When a new client forces her into competition against a sexy French shifter hunter with a dangerous secret, she’ll have to choose to follow her fee or her heart.

First Moon – Michelle Fox
A wildlife rehabilitation specialist, Audrey usually does all the rescuing, but now she's the one who needs help. In ten days, she’ll be covered in fur and howling at the moon while the wolf who bit her is out there, waiting to claim her as his own…whether she wants to be his or not.Into the 

Light – Tami Lund
Despite the animosity between their species, shapeshifter Tanner rescues Lightbearer princess Olivia and heads cross-country to return her safely to her magically hidden home. Easy enough, if only his heart would stop suggesting crazy ideas like slipping down to the beach and stripping her naked and…

Filthy Vandal – Liza Street
Grant, a mountain lion shifter, never should’ve been in the Junkyard. As an enforcer, he was the good guy who dragged the bad guys in. Now that he’s stuck here, though, he has accepted his fate…until Caitlyn shows up.

Taming Her Bear: Beckett – J.K. Harper. 
Beckett can hardly contain his unruly bear on the best of days—until he meets captivating Pix. Although she soothes his savage beast, he can tell she’s hiding something from him, and it threatens to drive his bear mad. Yet the fiery vixen is his mate—and he’ll do whatever it takes to spend the rest of his life with her.

Earth – Zoey Indiana
When Ria and her mother come into his pack’s territory, desperate for protection against the wolf shifters they left behind, Nikolas promises their safety… in exchange for Ria as his mate. With the window of opportunity to mate closing quickly, a traitor is circling in on the Alpha, and with magic no shifter should have, Ria and Nikolas must figure out a way to work together if they want to survive.

Bearly Dreaming - Ellis Leigh
As one world crosses a continent to reach out to another, two kindred souls must find the means to communicate, entrust their deepest secrets in one another, and defy clan law if they are to have a shot at a future. If Nyla can risk trusting the heart of a stranger and Kian can put faith in his visions, they just might have their dreams come true—or die trying.

Night Revelations – Godiva Glenn
Charlotte was raised human, but a chance meeting brought her to a real home among the Lupine—wolf shifters. While she hunts for love in this new world, she learns that her long-lost family is searching for her. Will she walk away from the pack that took her in to dig up secrets that may be better left buried?

Plus a complete trilogy from Violet Vaughn and more!

Pumpkins, psychic poetry and other author rabblerousing...

 Hello foxy readers. Hope you're reading your butt off (because that'd be a cool way to get fit, right?).

The big news, the biggest news, beyond any book is... 

We found canned pumpkin! So apparently the secret is to complain in my newsletter. So let's try something and see if the universe provides. If it works, I'll share...

Remember when you could buy a billion dollars at the grocery store and not even think about it? Well, it's been out of stock for months now. Ugh. How am I going to be rich without it? 

Give that a little bit of energy and let's see if anything happens. LOL.

Aside from pumpkin hunting, I've been doing a lot of research for Mel's book and teasing out what is going to be an intricate plot. So last week was crime. This week was magic and poetry psychics.

Wait, I already know what you're going to ask...

What is a poetry psychic?   

See how amazing my powers of perception are?

A poetry psychic is unique interactive performance that uses poetry for psychic readings. It's very interesting. I joined a session on Zoom where you pick a number and the 'psychic' (aka the performer because this is a performance not really a psychic reading) reads you the poem and you analyze it's 'message' from there. 

My poem was The Man Who Gave Birth to a Panda by Idra Novey. It's about the push-pull between what you want, what you should do and what is and what's done and rare things worth saving. It gave me A LOT to think about.  

Poetry readings are an interesting prism through which to think about your life. If you'd like the artist's contact information, let me know and I'll forward it to you. 

I've also been reading about magic looking for plot nuggets. Which, apparently magic is real, but also incredibly boring. Wowza. I got buried in a book that looked at the science and managed to make it all very dull with graphs and numbers that were probably satanic calculus.

But yes, magic appears to be able to generate statistically relevant results. However, it's incremental at best (or the real masters aren't working with the scientists, which given how horridly boring they are, I can that see being a thing).

So I guess think harder on that billion dollar idea above because it could work??? And keep reading! 
  
Xoxoxo
 
Michelle

If books were pumpkins, I'd pick these...

One girl, five monsters, one hell of a ride.  Taken from the Pit where she was raised, Aisha believes all vampires are horrifying…  Then she finds herself in Dashiell’s possession.   Powerful, handsome, and charismatic, Dashiell is not what she thought her master would be.  His dark desires draw her into his world, and things heat up between them.  But with a demon gargoyle scratching at her window, and wolves sniffing at the door, Aisha might not stay in the vampire’s grasp for long.  Danger and temptation surround her on all sides, but Aisha is determined to fight them all.  US: https://amzn.to/36EoFUI    UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08JM67V34

13 Slayers. 13 Missions. 13 Standalone Stories Set within a Universe of Violence. 13 Slayers. 13 Missions. 13 Standalone Stories Set within a Universe of Violence. Welcome to the world of E.V.I.E. A place where vampires come to die and slayers come to kill. All proceeds from E.V.I.E. will be donated to Best Friends Animal Society.   Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2GJrKrC Amazon International: mybook.to/EVIE13 All other retailers: books2read.com/EVIE13

https://amzn.to/34qenoA (Furrree in KU) Local news celebrity Sasha Dane and her mother are fixated on one goal—leverage their media presence to make life supremely difficult for the invading Preor. They want the aliens gone from Earth and for their unnatural hold on human females to end. Permanently. That’s how Sasha found herself at Preor Choosing Station Tau attending a Preor Choosing. Her job? Gather as much dirt as possible. If only that had gone according to plan…

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E.V.I.E Where slayers come to kill... Fantastic box set. All proceeds go to charity.

 

13 Slayers. 13 Missions. 13 Standalone Stories Set within a Universe of Violence. 13 Slayers. 13 Missions. 13 Standalone Stories Set within a Universe of Violence. Welcome to the world of E.V.I.E. A place where vampires come to die and slayers come to kill. All proceeds from E.V.I.E. will be donated to Best Friends Animal Society.   Amazon US: https://amzn.to/2GJrKrC Amazon International: mybook.to/EVIE13 All other retailers: books2read.com/EVIE13

Night Captive - a new dark reverse harem romance!

 

One girl, five monsters, one hell of a ride.  Taken from the Pit where she was raised, Aisha believes all vampires are horrifying…  Then she finds herself in Dashiell’s possession.   Powerful, handsome, and charismatic, Dashiell is not what she thought her master would be.  His dark desires draw her into his world, and things heat up between them.  But with a demon gargoyle scratching at her window, and wolves sniffing at the door, Aisha might not stay in the vampire’s grasp for long.  Danger and temptation surround her on all sides, but Aisha is determined to fight them all.  US: https://amzn.to/36EoFUI    UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08JM67V34

October is for writing, reading, and decapitating pumpkins...

What I'm Reading....

Local news celebrity Sasha Dane and her mother are fixated on one goal—leverage their media presence to make life supremely difficult for the invading Preor. They want the aliens gone from Earth and for their unnatural hold on human females to end. Permanently. That’s how Sasha found herself at Preor Choosing Station Tau attending a Preor Choosing. Her job? Gather as much dirt as possible. If only that had gone according to plan…   Read now (Free in KU)

About the writing and decapitating...

Happy October! Despite the neverending pandemic, we are looking forward to fall over here. When I'm not working, I'm preparing for my tween's birthday and we're watching Dancing with the Stars and the Great British Bake Off.  I hope you are well and that there's lots of cider and cozy reads in your fall.

I've been in full baking and cooking mode over here, however, grocery stores are not fully stocked. I don't know about where you live, but where I am, canned pumpkin has been MIA since the start of the year. They never restocked after the last holiday and the prices for what's left online are crazy high. So we're going to be decapitating pumpkins this weekend and making our own pumpkin puree for holiday pies and muffins/cakes. 

I make a mean pumpkin pie and an amazing pumpkin cake. No way will my family feel the holiday spirit without these. So the hubby is breaking out the machete and we're going to find out if we can split a pumpkin without severing an artery. 

Meanwhile, we keep working on the house. My mom is just about to move into her in-law suite. Now we just have the rest of the house to finish. Yowza. It's a big project, you guys. I think we overestimated our DIY efficiency, but hopefully this next phase goes fast.

I'm writing, writing, writing. It's slow going, but I have such a great mystery for Mel. You're going to love it. The research rabbit hole was awesome. I learned so many interesting things about crime...that I don't want to mention or else I'll spoil it. But super cool stuff coming your way.

My black lab, Comet, keeps plotting to run away, but is foiled by our constant vigilance. I've never had a dog who could set an agenda and stay focused on a goal. It seems to me, if she's that capable, she should be doing more than stealing food from the kitchen counter and stalking the side door for just the right moment to slip out, but that's her main thing. I guess it's good to have goals?

More importantly and the reason why we're all here, I have new books coming. Two box sets. First up is a Dragon Box Set, Kissed by Fire (major points to anyone who recognizes that as also being a title of one of my books). We decided there weren't enough box set for dragons, so we put this together for those of you who have big, bright flames in your hearts. I contributed Dragon Burning Bright to this one. 

And there's a juicy fated mates box set also coming. I don't yet have links for that, but I'll get them to you as soon as I can. That one will have First Moon.

Sanctuary Texas Boxed Set ~ Complete Series!

Have you visited Sanctuary, Texas yet? Want vampires, shifters, and ALPHA males that will make your toes curl? Grab the complete series set and get swept away into a world where vampires and sirens and many other mythological creatures work together to save supernaturals from an evil that would see them all burn.   Read now

Claimed by the Alpha - Lia Davis

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Alpha wolf of Ashwood Falls, Luna Raines has the weight of her pack’s safety on her shoulders. She doesn’t need the complications of facing her fated mate, who walked out on her when she needed him most. Together, Luna and Rafe work with a rebel group, a spy, and new allies to take down a mad man, ending the shifter war.

Claimed by the Alpha is the explosive finale of the Shifters of Ashwood Falls series by USA Today Bestselling Author Lia Davis.

The War by SR Jones

I took her to protect her. To keep her safe.

Now she wants more.

She wants to claim my heart.

She says she will fight for me, for us.

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Claimed by the Alpha by Lia Davis

Alpha wolf of Ashwood Falls, Luna Raines has the weight of her pack’s safety on her shoulders. She doesn’t need the complications of facing her fated mate, who walked out on her when she needed him most. Together, Luna and Rafe work with a rebel group, a spy, and new allies to take down a mad man, ending the shifter war.

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A note about Facebook's Systemic Racism and Misogyny...

Perhaps you have heard that many companies will be boycotting Facebook this month in an effort to push the company to better manage its platform.

The latest revelation is that ads with white supremacist language and hashtags were allowed on the platform in droves.

In *droves*.

Not an accident. 

Approval. 

At scale.

Meanwhile, did you know that romance authors (mostly women) can lose their ad accounts if they use the word kiss or romance in an ad? Bare shoulders, a light embrace...all denied and flagged and occasionally used to justify shutting down author ad accounts. Sometimes Facebook flags our links to book retailers and shuts us down for that.

I and other authors have had ridiculous amounts of harassment from Facebook over ads for romance and fantasy books.

The harassment is constant.

(Clearly authors should've been creating products for white supremacists, that's the green light apparently.)

I've learned to work around it, (and I even teach authors how to do that too), but it's weird since Zuckerberg is a self identified free speech absolutist.

On Facebook, women can't write about love, but men can pimp white supremacy.

Let me say that again, but louder...

ON FACEBOOK, WOMEN CAN'T WRITE ABOUT LOVE, BUT MEN CAN PIMP WHITE SUPREMACY.

I actually didn't ever think all the ad harassment was sexist until I realized that white supremacists (largely men) were allowed to trade on hate undeterred. I can't unsee it now.

So I absolutely support the boycott, but as a small business I can't afford to join it. Not yet. (Okay, and no, Facebook would not even notice if I stopped giving them money. I'm so tiny compared to the big brands pushing the boycott.)

But I did want to say, Black Lives Matter and NAACP receive monthly donations from me and those are directly funded by the work I do on Facebook. Weaponize their mistakes, right?

However, I will be working to grow other marketing outlets so that I can participate in a boycott like this in the future. It'll take some time, but this is a major priority now. I can't be subject to another company's crappy problems without recourse. I need to build my own lifeboat.

It's really frustrating though to see this happening. Facebook built an amazing platform that has been a boon to small business unlike any other in the modern era, but then they filled their operating system with systemic racism and misogyny. 

If they don't change, I won't be there.

COMMENT POLICY: Keep it civil. This is my house. I don't come spew things on your feed, right? No memes. Comments will be moderated because there's always someone who doesn't get it and doesn't want to get it and wants to be sure we all know it, but I'm not hosting that.

His Feverish Embrace by Celia Kyle & Marina Maddix

One night of passion. Two secrets revealed. Three lives changed forever.

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Chosen by the Alien Commander by Nicole Zoltack

Picked for her brain. Chosen for her body. Is it possible for love to enter the picture?

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Werewolves Only by Carrie Pulkinen

In the shadows of New Orleans, demons are on the hunt. Can Macey, with her special gift, solve the case? She’s tried to put the past out of her mind, but the scars remain. Macey may be emotionally damaged, but her brilliant mind, and gift of sense, make her a top detective. This case, though, has one problem… Someone is stealing the evidence.

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Hunted by Erica Woods

For eighteen years I’ve suffered at the hands of the Hunters. For eighteen years they’ve done their best to break me, to tear me open and unleash the terrifying monster that lives within. Until the day they go too far.

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Shifters of Ashwood Falls: Collector's Bundle by Lia Davis

There comes a time when setting your differences aside isn’t just necessary, it’s a means of survival. After losing over half of their dens to a group rogue shifters, the wolves and leopards merged as one Pack, but living together is much more of a challenge then they expected...

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Grizzly Lover CD Gorri

Teresa Witherspoon has been on the run for the past two years. She’s traveled across the country and back again fearing the day her father and his henchmen find her and her son. Caring for Thomas has kept her going this far, but when an accident leaves her hospitalized she has no choice but to call the one person she swore to stay away from. Will the Grizzly Bear Shifter she’d once loved help her in her time of need? Amazon  Kobo  Apple  Nook

Heart Bandit by Rosalie Redd

When a feisty human steals a gargoyle’s spirit-stone, all bets are off…

Gargoyle night guardian Beaumont prides himself on his stellar fae kill record, but his life is upended when a feisty, human female challenges him to seduce her and steals his spirit-embedded stone. As he hunts her down to retrieve his precious gem, she stirs a passion he didn’t know existed…and can’t resist.

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