Summer 2022 Continues!

I announced all this in my newsletter last week (and if you aren't subscribed already, I highly recommend that you do so!) but I'm thrilled to announce that both Blood of the Queen in hardcover and Of Gods and Jotuns in paperback have launched into the world! If you were waiting on either one, go forth and grab your copy!!

I'm also BEYOND excited to tell you all about what's coming next in my Playing to Win contemporary romance series, writing as Amalia Theresa! And it's kind of a lot!!!

First up, on July 28th, I'm releasing a novella that takes place between the last chapter of Playing it Safe and the epilogue inside that book! 

Settling Up is written from the perspectives of Kate and Nic and explores how they got through the awkwardness of having both been involved with Sully and ultimately became friends with one another. 

Add it on Goodreads!

But it isn't JUST a story about their friendship. It's also a story about how sometimes the Happily Ever After that comes after a true commitment requires a little bit of massaging. Both Will and Nic AND Kate and Sully are working through the practicalities of what being together really requires, up to and including how they'll navigate things socially. 

Yes, Kate and Sully did back me into the spanking corner again. (I can't take the two of them anywhere without it becoming some kind of foreplay.) And yes, there is no shortage of sexiness in this little novella. So don't worry, if that's what you're looking for in an Amalia Theresa read, I've definitely still got you covered! (Over on my Amalia Theresa website, I've got exactly what scene you'll want to skip if spanking isn't your thing, too, along with content warnings for the rest of the books if you need them.)

NOTE: If you're a patreon patron at the $5 level, you're getting access to this novella on July 7th! A downloadable epub edition coming right at you, if you're already patroned-up! If you're NOT, well, I still have a deal for you--you can pre-order for $1.99. But do it now! The price will go up to $2.99 before release day!

But of course that's not all. I also have a holiday special for you coming this fall!! 

YES!!!
I have finally finished Winter Games, at last!!!!

More details on that book coming soon--but for now, go find it on Goodreads! And do make sure you're all caught up on Playing to Win books 1-3 before October!! You are definitely going to want to have read at least a couple of the first three books to get the most out of Winter Games, which picks up just about 6 months after the conclusion of Playing House! 

If you're a patreon patron, you've already gotten a couple peeks at Winter Games, and there's definitely going to be more to come in the lead up. And there's also two whole other serialized novels over there if getting a jump on Winter Games isn't enough of an enticement! Including the EXCLUSIVE TO PATREON FOREVER, Cost of Living, my billionaire romance. You can click over and read the first two chapters for free, patron or not, if you like!

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Summer 2022, Go!

I'm a little early, I know, but I wanted to give you all a little progress update!

First: the BLOOD OF THE QUEEN hardcover print proof has arrived and it looks extremely pretty! 

I'll be doing one final read through and then I'll be hitting publish either this month or early in June! Hooray!!!

Second: I'm also going to be releasing OF GODS AND JOTUNS very shortly (again either this month or early in June--whichever thing gets done first is what I'm hitting publish on even though I know I just said I was going to release OF GODS AND JOTUNS this month for sure over on Patreon, like yesterday! I'm living a wild life right now, what can I say? In my defense though, OF GODS AND JOTUNS is MOST LIKELY To be first since the proof I'm waiting on is just to double check the cover and story headers, not the text itself.)

This short story collection will be PAPERBACK ONLY, unless you're a patreon patron, in which case later this summer you'll also get limited time access to a patreon exclusive ebook download also at the ThorsBFF tier ($5/month). 

The flash stories are all already available online to read for free either here on the blog or elsewhere, and the short stories individually are either for sale in wide release or exclusive to patreon--but this collection brings everything together in one place in a nice little paperback (as requested by my mom), along with an author's note giving readers a little bit of context for each story!

Cover Copy:

One Novelette, three flash fiction stories, and five short stories, previously digitally published or otherwise released independently, but collected all together in print for the first time, including:

Favor of God
The Foundation of Rome
Imaginary Friends
Frost Bitten, Twice Shy
A Norse Lullaby
I am Europa
The Rule of Fate
Ned Thrall
Refuge

Encompassing subjects from Samson and Delilah and the founding of Rome, to the thread of myth and even the experience of the divine in our present day, and onward to the far future of advanced science and its role in how we make sense of the limits of our DNA and the ramifications of genetic modification, there’s something for everyone in this story collection: fantasy, historical fiction and mythic retelling, romance, contemporary fiction, and even some sci fi!

THIRDLY:
I have one more semi-secret project tentatively planned for release in July--it'll release first to Patreon Patrons, who will get a limited time ebook download at the ThorsBFF tier, and then go out into the wider world, after, if everything goes according to plan. More on that next month! 

If you want to stay super on top of all this stuff (and get first dibs on my shorter works as well), I definitely recommend coming on over to Patreon where I share all this stuff first, now! You can patron up for as little as a dollar a month and still get access to a TON of content, including the entirety of COST OF LIVING and SON OF ZEUS!

Which reminds me of a fourth item:

I'll be doing an EXTREMELY limited print run of COST OF LIVING which will ONLY be available directly through me--if you want to be absolutely sure you get a copy, you definitely want to be on Patreon which already has a tier ($25 ThorLover) for signed paperback copies of anything I release! Patrons get first dibs and this book is going to be limited to a maximum of 50 total copies EVER. This book is never going to be for sale through other outlets--it will remain an exclusive Patreon serial, digitally, and the physical editions won't be distributed via any other outlet that isn't just me at a table somewhere, probably.

Here's a peek of that book, too, which looks mighty fine also, even if I do say so myself!

I haven't set a date yet for this but I'll let you all know when I know when it's actually happening and I'm getting ready to place the paperback order. But again, Patreon is your best bet to make sure you hear about it, since patrons get the news delivered directly to their inboxes.

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Orc Saga Update!

So the most exciting news for all of you, I'm sure, is that I'm making some real progress in Orc3 at lasst!!!! I know you've all been eager for it, and while it still is likely only about half-done (assuming it is a normal book length book and not something monstrous), I'm really excited to have some momentum again. 

Patreon Patrons have gotten some sneak peeks of the multiple rounds of prologues I've written and some teasers from the earliest chapters, and if you follow me on twitter, I've been dropping snippets here and there as I decant this beast from the interior of my brain.

But I also have some OTHER fun news, too, for this series--and it comes in the shape of a Hardcover Edition for HONOR AMONG ORCS, with a brand new cover design and a beautiful new interior, all designed by myself--I taught myself Affinity Publisher just so I could insert these fun chapter header daggers, in fact! The FULL PRICE for this hardcover will be $24.95 USD, but through May 20th, it will be on sale for just $20.95! So take advantage of this special release sale while you can!

 
But HONOR AMONG ORCS isn't the only book getting a new cover design--I'll be updating BLOOD OF THE QUEEN soon, and THE QUEEN AND HER BROOK HORSE's new look is live now in paperback and for kindle. I thought it was only polite to give you a glimpse of them all together now that HONOR is out in the wild:

Those of you who prefer matching sets on your shelf, don't worry! Book Three, THROUGH BLOOD AND STARLIGHT, will still get a paperback release with the original matching artwork by Melissa Stevens--but I'm not revealing anything until I've got the first draft done. (Let's just not jinx anything in the meantime, yeah?) 

I'm still working on the new interior layout for BLOOD, but I'm hoping to get the new edition proofed, finalized, and out into the world sometime in late June or July!

Friends, I have been sitting on these covers for so so long, terrified about their reception--so I hope you love them as much as I do! If the response is good, I'll update the kindle editions soon too. 

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While I've got you here--don't forget that SON OF ZEUS releases on May 20th! Go get your pre-order on if you haven't, and/or grab the paperback, which is already out in the wild!

I've got a fun interview on May 19th with Abigail on her Kingdom of Thirst podcast, talking about Pirithous and Thalia and all the drama that comes with poking at the same book for a FULL DECADE now, so mark your calendars for that, too!

Son of Zeus links:

⚡Pre-order on:
Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08ZSZWWZD
Nook, Kobo, Apple Books, etc: https://books2read.com/u/4AOzr0

Add it on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57299295-son-of-zeus

And you can still read the first two chapters on Patreon for free, too--
Ch.1: https://www.patreon.com/posts/son-of-zeus-one-30190895
Ch.2: https://www.patreon.com/posts/son-of-zeus-two-30267524

I think that about covers it for this installment! Shout in the comments if you like the new art or you're stoked about Pirithous or whatever! I miss you!

OH. Also. My AMALIAD newsletter is back up and running AT LAST. So look for that in your inboxes again too! Or subscribe if you haven't yet and I'll try to keep you all up to date more properly going forward!

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Orc1 and Orc2 Update

Hi Readers!

This is just a quick housekeeping note--

HONOR AMONG ORCS and BLOOD OF THE QUEEN are in the process of being unpublished on one end* and republished on the other, so if you notice availability isn't quite right or broken links, that's why. I'm working as hard and as fast as Amazon will allow to get this sorted and the books live again with as little disruption to potential new readers as possible!

What you can expect:

• The KINDLE EDITION of HONOR AMONG ORCS is already up and running! Huzzah! If you haven't checked out my Orc Saga, now is as good a time as ever will be! With a bonus of helping me recover some of the long-term-algorithmic ranking xp if you buy it now :)
• HONOR AMONG ORCS PAPERBACK IS NOW LIVE!! I have suspicions that the paperback of HONOR might get bounced back on some pagination technicality, and if that happens, it's going to take me a while to get it sorted out--I don't have the final final correct word doc from which to rebuild a new pdf without reproofing the whole book and doing some reformatting so your patience will definitely be appreciated if it comes to that.
• BLOOD OF THE QUEEN is now LIVE in paperback AND for kindle! is just waiting for Amazon to give it a thumbs up--all the files are submitted and updated and looking pretty, so hopefully they won't make me wait too much longer. I DO have the final final word doc for BLOOD so any paperback formatting issues can be quickly addressed if KDP gives me grief. (Fingers crossed/knock on wood we can transition smoothly.)
• THE QUEEN AND HER BROOK HORSE will remain available and is completely unaffected! Available for kindle AND in paperback! It is also enrolled in Kindle Unlimited if you prefer to read by subscription!

I'll update you all on Facebook and Twitter when the new editions go live and replace the old main links (on the orc saga page and the sidebar) when I have new ones that work! (If you buy the new editions and notice anything amiss, please let me know. I did my best but--mistakes creep in with every file edit.)

Thanks again for your patience and happy reading!!!

*the first two Orc Saga titles were originally published via my agency when I was but a newb and knew not what I was doing--they were very kind to hold my hand through the initial self-pub process and I am so grateful for the work they did in getting me my one and only bookbub feature, among other things! 

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Cover Reveal for THE QUEEN AND HER BROOK HORSE!

If you're a newsletter subscriber, you've already seen this--but for the rest of you, the moment you've been waiting for is HERE! The Queen and her Brook Horse cover art, AT LAST!!!

Before Arianna met Bolthorn, Signy, queen of Gautar, made a bargain with a brook horse. But brook horses are fickle creatures and their magic is wild at best; if Signy cannot keep her promises, it will cost them both--and the blood that's spilled between them will be the least of it.

And it's up on Goodreads, now, too--so be sure to add it!

THE NEXT ISSUE OF THE AMALIAD WILL CONTAIN A LINK FOR THIS NOVELLA, FREE FOR SUBSCRIBERS. It'll be a downloadable pdf!

I am not going to promise that the link will stay good and live forever, because authors needs to eat, but I promised you a freebie and even though it's about 3 times longer than I had hoped, you're going to get it.

That said, AFTER subscribers get the novella first first firsty-first, I'll be putting it up on Amazon for kindle and also (!!!!) because of the length of this monster, I'm 99% sure I'll be able to do a print edition too. Which I am personally excited about! Timing of getting it up for SALE is a little nebulous because I can't do what needs to be done to make that happen until I'm done editing, which starts TODAY.

REMINDERS:

• If you read this novella before reading Blood of the Queen you will spoiler yourself and we will all be sadder because of it. It's Book 2.5 in the Orc Saga for a reason. :)
• No, Bolthorn is not in this novella.
• This is a fantasy with romantic elements, but NOT, I repeat: NOT, a Romance.

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