Ooh, I’m so excited for this! My brain is working overtime on what, exactly, my story in this anthology will be. I have some tantalizing ideas and cannot wait to get started on the writing. And just look at this gorgeous cover!
A Wicked Night, a Halloween anthology, will be released in October!
Prepare to fall under the spell of six paranormal romance stories of angels, fae, dragons, griffins, and more winged creatures! Set during Halloween night, this is sure to be one spooky and electrifying anthology!
Each story in this limited edition anthology is new and exclusive, featuring unique magical abilities and spell-binding romance you won’t soon forget!
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A WICKED NIGHT is an anthology of Halloween Paranormal Romance tales from your favorite indie authors!
I’m much more of a look-forward than a look-back kind of gal, but it is important to celebrate accomplishments, so I’m gonna force my ass to sit down and recount all the books I published this year. Ready?
I’m including a universal link for each book, so if you haven’t snagged it yet, you can now!
(Oh, and I’m leaving out boxed sets and anthologies because…I’m tired, hahaha.)
Sooooo that’s 2020! Book-wise, it’s been great. Everything-else-wise, not so much. I am so looking forward to 2021, and that’s what next week’s post will cover! ❤
I’ve been writing shifter romance since 2016—a little earlier if you count some terrible books which shall never see the light of day. However, I started reading shifter romance much earlier than that, probably in the early 2000s.
Early into my reading, I found that I loved the different paranormal “worlds” almost as much as the characters themselves. They each had their own set of rules, and I was eager to figure them out with each new series I picked up.
My Fierce Mates universe has a few rules that I wanted to follow from the start.
I wanted my shifters to be apex predators,
clothes don’t shift with my shifters,
there is no shifter virus—you’re either born a shifter or you don’t shift,
shifters can sense lies and other emotions along with having heightened senses, and
the “mundane” world is unaware of shifters and supernatural beings in general.
None of these rules is original in and of itself—I’m not treading new ground or anything like that.
Why have the rules to begin with? Isn’t it limiting? What if I want a hamster shifter? What if a story is just begging for a hapless heroine to be bitten by a wolf so she can become one, herself? Some might think that having the rules in place, and continuing them through several series, would be limiting. For me, however, it has been freeing. When I know the boundaries, I can play through them, stretching my universe where allowed. At times, I can subvert those rules. Shifters can sense lies…but what happens if they meet someone who can successfully lie to them? I tried that in my book Ruthless Misfitand I loved how it turned out. The hero, also a shifter, had been forced to hone dishonesty by a terrible childhood.
When I first started writing shifter romance, in my Sierra Pride series, the only paranormal beings present were shifters. But I never specifically said that vampires didn’t exist, so when I wanted to expand the universe in the Corona Pride series, I was able to do that. Recently, witches were added to the mix, and beings with different abilities, too.
Why not have these other supernatural characters from the start? To be honest, when I started in 2016, I didn’t know how far I was going to take my Fierce Mates world. I’d never published a book on my own, and if this whole independent author thing didn’t work out, I was fully prepared to walk away. But the Fierce Mates books started gathering a small, devoted audience. I needed to write more books. But I wasn’t going to be happy repeating the same stories over and over again, so I made the world bigger by introducing new groups and new supernatural creatures. Some shifters got new abilities—Matt in Ruthless Misfit can tell lies. Doug in Savage Penance can complete his shift from human to animal in half a second. Bryce in Ruthless Outlaw can walk through dreams.
This process has shown me the beauty of creativity, especially within the playground of the paranormal. As I develop a new series, Junkyard Shifters, I’m once again starting with the basics—shifters. And as the world expands, so do the possibilities.
Snuggle up with the Silvertip Shifters series! If you love growly bear shifters who have a soft spot for their fated mates, the charming details of a small shifter town, and the power of true love to save the day, this box set is for you.
She’s got a thing for bad boys, and he’s as bad as they come! Bowie Atiqtalaaq was new to Barvale, but not to the prejudices of man and Shifter alike. He’d heard the vicious slurs against him for the way he’d been conceived for most of his life.
Sparks fly as Thea and Ezra confront an evil that’s trying to cause bloodshed at a world famous motorcycle rally, and Thea rediscovers the Alpha animal inside her…and that she wants sexy Ezra for her mate.
Lily’s the prime suspect in a murder investigation. She’ll do anything to clear her name, even team up with an annoying bear shifter who stirs desires within her she never thought she’d feel.
Curvy psychologist—and panther shifter—Tallan Walden gave up on men a long time ago. That is, until the Shifting Hearts Dating Agency sets her up on a blind date with a sexy-as-sin bear shifter. He’s gorgeous, he’s funny, and he’s hot for her generous body.
Six sexy bodyguards, three bears and three dragons, might be too much for April to handle while she’s hiding from the primordial entity chasing her. Or maybe they’re just enough.
