Thorn Bearer: Thornraven, Volume 3, and the concluding volume of the The Twelve Systems Chronicles has been nominated for an InD’tale 2022 RONE (Reward for Novel Excellence) award. To reach the finals and the judges, Thorn Bearer needs reader votes. To vote, go to InD'tale and select Thorn Bearer in the Science Fiction/Time Travel category. It's a little bit... Continue Reading →
Thorn Bearer Nominated for 2022 RONE #SFR #ScifiRom
Thorn Bearer: Thornraven, Volume 3, and the concluding volume of the The Twelve Systems Chronicles has been nominated for an InD'tale 2022 RONE (Reward for Novel Excellence) award. Of the hundreds of novels InD'tale reviews every year, only a handful are nominated. It's a huge honor to make the list once. Six of the ten... Continue Reading →
Spotlight Indie Romance: Enhanced Space Soldiers #SFR #Sci-fi #Military
Enhanced soldiers keeping the galaxy safe is a staple of sci-fi and sci-fi romance. In a creative change-up, Sandy Williams' Anomaly series casts the heroine, Ash, as the enhanced human with extreme tech and military skills, while the hero, RIP, is the one trying to keep up. Non-stop action and dramatic tension from page one, the narrative seamlessly... Continue Reading →
Spotlight Indie Romance: Gothic #Romance #Suspense #Gothic #Mystery
Gothic romance is a subset of historical romance that includes paranormal elements. Dark and ominous mansions or castles are a must, as are brooding heroes. Erica Ridley's Gothic Love Stories meet those criteria with the exceptional character development that makes the author so popular. I did find that the first two books in the series... Continue Reading →
Nightingale and The Twelve Systems Chronicles take silver in the PRG Awards #SFR #ScifiRom
Nightingale: The Apprentice, Volume 6, and The Twelve Systems Chronicles received second place awards in the annual Paranormal Romance Guild Reviewer's Choice Awards. This is the third year in a row that one of the Twelve Systems Chronicles has been recognized by the Paranormal Romance Guild, and the second award for the series as whole.... Continue Reading →
Spotlight Indie Romance: Mobster Mystery #Mystery #Romance #Suspense
A fan of Pauline Baird Jones' Project Enterprise sci-fi series, I was curious about her contemporary mystery series set in New Orleans, The Big Uneasy. As with the sci-fi books, I found this first volume to be imaginative, well-crafted, and the romance well developed relative to the overall story. Crime solving is a family affair-and a Family affair-in the... Continue Reading →
Work-in-Progress Update #UrbanFantasy #PNR #Romance #Suspense #Steamy
After a decade devoted to The Twelve Systems Chronicles, I'm trying something new: Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy Romance. Working Title: Elemental Fire Working Blurb: Sin Marchant is one of the rare humans who can see through glamor. When the hidden came out of the veil with the treaty of 2010, the magical visitors flowed into the... Continue Reading →
Nightingale Needs Votes! #SFR #Romance #Suspense #Steamy
Super thrilled to have Nightingale and The Twelve Systems Chronicles nominated for Paranormal Romance Guild Reviewer's Choice Awards. Votes are needed to receive the award. Please follow the link. There are two places to vote: once for the series and once for the book. Just look for the Nightingale cover. Thank you! VOTE HERE Sign... Continue Reading →
Spotlight Indie Romance: Aliens-Need-Brides Duo #SFR #Romance #Suspense #Steamy
The popular aliens-need-brides trope has a wide variety of approaches and heart-throb aliens. Authors Sue Mercury and Skye MacKinnon both use the intergalactic dating agency device but to very different, and enjoyable, results. An alien mercenary in Scotland. Thorrn only travelled to Earth to find women compatible with his species, even though he expects to stay alone for the rest of... Continue Reading →
Vote for THORN BEARER Cover! #SFR #Romance #Suspense #ScifiROM
Thorn Bearer's cover is included in InD'tale's Creme de la Cover contest for the week the 1/23! Please vote. Winning comes with free advertising and a shot at the monthly Creme de la Cover contest! Vote Here Scroll past the cover images to the voting buttons at the bottom. Login is needed. Sign up for... Continue Reading →