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This summer has been all about closing out chapters and starting a new one. Or, maybe I should say finishing one book and starting the next! After a lot of soul-searching, our home was put on the market and my husband moved back to his home state while I stayed here in Washington. My son was already away at college, and my daughter, after turning 18, has ventured out to be her own adult/person. So. Here I am.

Where, exactly is that? Well, at the moment, I'm sitting in my beach cottage on the shores of the Pacific Northwest, facing the glorious San Juan Islands. After owning my own home since I was 19, I am renting this gem for the next ten months. Finding myself? Maybe. Although, I think at my age I am already quite confident in who I am. It's more of a slow metamorphosis into singleness. ;) My goal is to eventually write full time, and I think this beach house is the perfect setting!

 This is literally my backyard (don't hate me)

This is why I've been lacking the past few months in both posts and publications. However, I plan on changing that! Starting with a free run for book #7 in the Samantha Wolf Mysteries!

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The Case of the Curious Canine

The next best thing to owning your own dog is having a job where you get to take care of them. That's what Sam figures when she, Ally, and Cassy all volunteer at a local animal shelter. But they don't expect the trouble that comes along with the work.

When dogs start showing up at the shelter with odd symptoms, the director doesn't seem concerned. However, strange coincidences start to happen and Sam doesn't believe that they're random.

Confronted with the hard decision of following either her heart or her nose for a good mystery, Sam faces an emotional dilemma. Sometimes, the right path is the most difficult and this is one challenge that's going to take all of her friends to help solve.

Now, while this is book #7 in the series, it can absolutely be read as a stand-alone. If you would like to start with book #1, The Mystery of Hollow Inn, take a peek at my author page where you have a couple of options. (individual ebook @ 2.99 free w/Kindle Unlimited OR a box set)

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Stay tuned for several announcements over the next month. I have some 'stuff' in the works that's pretty exciting!

Looking For a Great Fantasy Series? Check Out This New Release!!

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Legacy of Luck

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It's here! Book #3 in the Druid's Brooch Series! A mix of adventure, romance, and a wee bit of fairy magic!

(Although part of a series, it CAN be read on it's own!)

Éamonn is a Traveler at a horse fair in Ballyshannon, Ireland. He loves gambling, women and drinking, not necessarily in that order. But he’s entangled in a true mess when he falls for a fiery redhead after dallying with her sister. When she is married off to a Scottish Traveler without her consent, he must travel to Scotland to find her, with the help of her sister, his cousin, and a magical brooch his father gifts to him. Their quest takes them along the coast of Northern Ireland and the west coast of Scotland, all the way to the Isle of Skye. Along the way, they encounter war, betrayal, death, and in the end, he must make his own luck, and learn how to use his powers without danger.

Christy Nicholas, also known as Green Dragon, has her hands in many crafts, including writing, digital art, beaded jewelry, writing, and photography. In real life, she's a CPA, but having grown up with art all around her (her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother are/were all artists), it sort of infected her, as it were. She loves to draw and to create things. She says it's more of an obsession than a hobby. She likes looking up into the sky and seeing a beautiful sunset, or seeing a fragrant blossom or a dramatic seaside. She takes a picture or creates a piece of jewelry as her way of sharing this serenity, this joy, this beauty with others. Sometimes this sharing requires explanation - and thus she writes. Combine this love of beauty with a bit of financial sense and you get an art business. She does local art and craft shows, as well as sending her art to various science fiction conventions throughout the country and abroad.     

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Up For a Fun Paranormal Fantasy?

Guarding Charon

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One should always read the fine print...especially with an inheritance from a relative you didn't know existed.

In a rut doesn't even begin to describe Grace's life at 22. Her ex is using his position as a cop to stalk her, getting her fired from every job she finds. Her parents, not knowing how abusive he could be, believe all her problems would vanish if she'd simply marry him.

After losing yet another job, a lawyer arrives. A relative has died and left her entire estate in Maine to Grace. Eager to shake the dust of Bruce and small town Texas off of her for good, she leaps at the chance. She even changes her name.

Then she learns that her great aunt was a Witch...and the house has some big secrets. Secrets that she has to protect for six months if she hopes to inherit the entire estate and truly be free of her past.

Born in the late 60's, KateMarie has lived most of her life in the Pacific NW. While she's always been creative, she didn't turn towards writing until 2008. She found a love for the craft. With the encouragement of her husband and two daughters, she started submitting her work to publishers. When she's not taking care of her family, KateMarie enjoys attending events for the Society for Creative Anachronism. The SCA has allowed her to combine both a creative nature and love of history. She currently resides with her family and two cats in what she likes to refer to as "Seattle Suburbia".

You can find KateMarie at the following sites:

Twitter:  @DaughterHauk

FaceBook:  http://www.facebook.com/pages/KateMarie-Collins/217255151699492

Her blog:  http://www.katemariecollins.wordpress.com

Bibliography for KateMarie Collins:

Daughter of Hauk – Book 1 of The Raven Chronicles(released March, 2012)

Son of Corse – Book 2 of The Raven Chronicles (released August 2013)

Wielder of Tiren – Book 3 of The Raven Chronicles (released March 2016)

Mark of the Successor (released May 2013)

Consort of the Successor (released December 2016)

Kick the Can (released July 2013)

A Stab at the Dark (released December 2013)

Looking at the Light (released December 2013)

Challenges Met (released February 2014)

Fin’s Magic – A Book of the Amari (released March 2014)

Alaric’s Bow – A Book of the Amari (released December 2015)

Emile’s Blade – A Book of the Amari (released August 2016)

Amari – Three Tales of Love and Triumph (released October 2016)

Permafrost (released August 2014)

The Rose Box (released October 2014)

Arine’s Sanctuary (released August 2015)

Guarding Charon (released June 2016)

Siaira (released September 2016)

Grab a Great Audiobook!

This is a three-hour read from author Krista Wagner.

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THE GOLD

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Ten-year-old Amanda is constantly teased and tormented in school. Her home life is less than satisfactory where her widower father, who is often away on business trips, leaves her in the care of her indifferent teenaged sister. Worse, not a day goes by when Amanda doesn't miss her mom. To escape reality, Amanda creates fantasy stories, but when she discovers a talking golden pebble, her imagined world turns into a new-fangled reality.




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New Release! A Compelling Fantasy

My friend and author, Laura Matthias Bendoly, has a new release that you will want to check out!

LAERKA

Laerka Summary:

Laerka is a Southern Gothic thriller featuring Stella, the sixteen year old daughter of an out -of-work Savannah fisherman and Laerka, a mysterious Danish girl who leaps off a container ship into the Savannah River. Stella appoints herself as Laerka's rescuer. Both Laerka and her sister Aleksandra have been kidnapped by a Russian trafficker and forced to work in the off-highway strip trade. Together with a band of teenage skater punks, Stella busts the gang of traffickers, but not before discovering that both he and Laerka have a secret supernatural skill -- she, to morph into the Rusalka mermaid and he into the Vodyanoy water dragon. 

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Author biography

Laura Bendoly is a writer, photographer and teacher of writing in Columbus, Ohio. She is the author of the 2016 urban fantasy, Laerka and the 2015 thriller, The Estate. When not researching a book, she photographs architecture, landscapes, animals and people. She also does yoga and cycling, she runs, kayaks and swims and loves long walks in the mountains. Recently moved from Atlanta, she had a long career in the museum field and worked at the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, the Atlanta History Center, the High Museum of Art and the Indiana University Art Museum. She has lived in France, England and the Czech Republic, all of which have influenced her writing in one form or another. Laura currently lives in Columbus, Ohio with her husband and two children.

Find out about appearances and correspond with Laura at one of her social media channels:

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Got Zombies?

NEW RELEASE!

From Author Alex McGilvery

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Zombies are cool in movies, but everyone knows they aren’t real. Pranthi meets a woman who tells her there are zombies in nature. Soon after Pranthi’s camera catches a man turning zombie. This isn’t the plague like the movies. Life goes on, more or less normally, until it doesn’t and nothing will ever be the same.

The Gods Above is the latest of Alex’s work to reboot classical monsters, in Sparkles and Blood he tackles witches, vampires and carnivorous frogs.

For the remainder of this year, anyone who purchases The Gods Above from his website will receive a free ebook of Tales of Light and Dark, which is a collection of somewhat twisted fantasy.

Alex McGilvery is an author who lives and writes in Flin Flon, MB along with his wife, two dogs, and nice scotch collection.

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