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The Laurent Blood Legacy

COVER REVEAL – Blood Interwoven

I thought I’d share my new Magic, New Mexico cover. By my next newsletter, I hope to have a release date and an Amazon link for you. The link to other retailers will be made available closer to the release date.

What I can share is the hero in the 4th book/novella in the Laurent Blood Legacy series is Laurent himself. Did you imagine in your mind what he looked like? Are you surprised?

I was visiting with my sister and brother-in-law in Jacksonville, Florida when I received the cover. My brother-in-law was able to determine one of the conflict points in the novella by looking at the cover. Have you figured it out?

The Laurent Blood Legacy

The newest in The Laurent Blood Legacy series

As many of you know, I live in Southwest Florida. The vast majority of people who live near me are snowbirds. Our sleepy little town during summer swells 300% during ‘season’. I thought wouldn’t it be fun to write a book or novella about a snowbird vampire.
Even though I’m a pantser, I had a certain idea about ‘The Snowbird Vampire’. The heroine would be visiting her ailing grandmother and catches a vampire’s eye. It turns out he had an earlier relationship with her grandmother. I thought I could take the idea and expand on it for the third book in The Laurent Blood Legacy. ‘Blood Intermingled’ begins with  an emotionally and physically scared heroine. We were introduced to Tom, a throwaway name, in ‘Blood Intertwined’. It was time to have the Viking vampire meet his soul mate.
From there, I let my imagination go. I surprised even my editor. With each vampire book, I try to introduce something new. After two series (The Nightshade Saga and The Laurent Blood Legacy) I thought perhaps I didn’t have any fresh ideas. Wrong!
I hope you enjoy ‘Blood Intermingled’.
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The Edit Process

Some authors love to write/create, while others love to clean it up. For me, I love the creative process. The editing, not so much. I go through several drafts before I send it to my editor.

When I get my content/developmental edit back, my editor points out what I’m missing, where I went off track, what’s confusing, etc. Tina is conflict crazy, if there’s not enough conflict in the book to keep her interest, she lets me know.

The line edit cleans up my grammar, misspelling, word duplication in a finite space, word selection, the infamous comma, etc.

Finally, a copy edit is preparing for publication. I still send it to a proof reader to catch the inevitable errors.

If all goes well, the reader won’t be able to put the book down. The last thing I want to do is slow down a reader with errors. How many times have you reread a sentence because it didn’t make sense? Horrors!

The edits are back on Blood Intermingled and I’m on schedule for my February 25th release.

Should he offer immortality to a suicidal woman?

After a vicious attack, Elizabeth Stevenson attempted to take her life twice. Every time she closes her eyes, her nightmare returns. While visiting her grandmother, she encounters a man who wants to bring light into both of their lives. Can she leave her trauma behind and begin a new life?

Darrason Rainfros has been a vampire since Vikings raided the English and French coasts. The Laurent blood legacy would allow him to once again walk in the sun. When he meets the soul mate required to activate the spell, things become complicated as she struggles with the decision to end her life or become an immortal.

Will their love be substantial enough to activate the blood legacy?

Currently available for pre-order on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082VP6R4T

Books, The Laurent Blood Legacy

Blood Intermingled

Blood Intermingled

The Laurent Blood Legacy: Book 3

Release Date: February 25th, 2020

Blurb:

Should he offer immortality to a suicidal woman?

After a vicious attack, Elizabeth Stevenson attempted to take her life twice. Every time she closes her eyes, her nightmare returns. While visiting her grandmother, she encounters a man who wants to bring light into both of their lives. Can she leave her trauma behind and begin a new life?

Darrason Rainfros has been a vampire since Vikings raided the English and French coasts. The Laurent blood legacy would allow him to once again walk in the sun. When he meets the soul mate required to activate the spell, things become complicated as she struggles with the decision to end her life or become an immortal.

Will their love be substantial enough to activate the blood legacy?

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Books, The Warriors of Eclipse

Endangered Mate

Endangered Mate

The Warriors of Eclipse: Book 1

Release Date: November 26th, 2019

Blurb

As a castoff bride, she had no future.  He was a hybrid-human who believed he was beneath her.
Laurel Brayton was raised to be one thing, a contracted bride. When her groom married another, her future appeared bleak. Victimized, she was determined to take control of her life despite the odds.
Gerard Holmes was in love with a woman he could never possess. When she came to him in desperation, he had no choice but to succumb to her wishes. Every decision she made placed her in greater danger, causing Gerard to reach deep inside himself and overcome his past insecurities.

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Books, The Worlds of Magic, New Mexico

Nightshade Magic

Nightshade Magic

Release Date: October 15, 2019

Blurb:

Too broken to return to the Nightshade universe, vampire Patrice is brought to Magic, New Mexico to recover. Her overworked mind can only focus on one thing, a shape shifter who is impacting her body and soul. Can he be the mate she was promised?

Because of his fractured family, Keith Hanover only dates pure-blooded jaguar shifters. After his mother’s death, he relocated to Magic to raise his younger half-brother. When a dangerous woman is placed in his care, the last thing he expects is for his charge to claim they are soul mates.

Anything is possible in Magic, but are these two destined to be together?

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Books, Shifters of Eclipse, The Worlds of Magic, New Mexico

A Shifter’s Yearning

A Shifter’s Yearning

Shifters of Eclipse: Book 2
The Worlds of Magic, New Mexico

Release Date: June 18th, 2019

Blurb:

An enchanted troll is cursed to fall in love with unattainable women…

Horse shifter Elle Thomas arrives in Magic, New Mexico to confront her late husband’s mistress. She’s distracted by a man whose soulful eyes are his only feature she can recall. Although she’s warned he’s dangerous, Elle’s helplessly drawn to him.

Billings Montana’s latest vision foresees his death or transformation. The presence of a new arrival activates the curse again, but she could also bring about its end. Nothing and no one will separate him from the woman who could be his salvation.

Will they fall victim to the curse or forge a new beginning?

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Books, The Laurent Blood Legacy

Blood Interlaced

Blood Interlaced

The Laurent Blood Legacy: Book 2

Release Date: May 21, 2019

Blurb

The vampire in her romance novels turns out to be more than a figment of her imagination…

Laura Simon turned her nightly visions of a vampire into a lucrative romance series. When she’s rescued by a man who bears a striking resemblance to the vampire in her head, Laura’s world is turned upside down.

Jack Monroe feels an immediate attraction to the woman who invades his solitude. When he reads one of her novels and discovers he’s the protagonist, his interest in the woman becomes something more. He reluctantly lets her go, only to chase after her when he’s told about the blood legacy.

Will he condemn her to an eternity in darkness for a chance to walk again in the light?
Can a centuries old spell save them both?

The blood legacy continues…

Excerpt

Her eyes fluttered and opened. “Jacques,” she whispered.

He froze. Her eyes widened in response to his reaction. For the second time, he saw fear reflected in her eyes.

“What do you know of Jacques Monreau?” His French accent reemerged.

Laura struggled underneath him. “Nothing. He’s a character in my vampire series, nothing more.”

He wasn’t buying it. “Your books are very specific about events and women in his life. Explain that.”

She pushed against his shoulder and he withdrew from her. In a fit of anger, she rolled out of bed, taking the flat sheet with her. “He’s a figment of my imagination.”

“I’m Jacques Monreau and I just read about my life in your books,” Jack struggled to control his anger. He didn’t like being lied to.

“Don’t be ridiculous. Jacques is a vampire who would be over six hundred years old if he existed.” She ran a hand through her tangled hair. “If vampires existed. God, I can’t believe I’m having this discussion.”

The conversation went nowhere. He’d get the answers he needed. Jack rose from the bed and opened his mouth, allowing his fangs to extend.

Laura backed into the wall, her chin and lips trembling. Her hands negligently released the linen she’d wrapped herself in.

Naked, she crumbled to the floor.

The blood legacy continues…

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Books, The Laurent Blood Legacy, The Worlds of Magic, New Mexico

Blood Entwined

Blood Entwined

The Laurent Blood Legacy: Book 1

Release Date: March 19, 2019

Blurb:

Left for dead after a vicious vampire attack, a compulsion drives fledgling Annie Gerard to Magic, New Mexico. After believing herself safe, she’s manipulated into being the bait to capture the creature who turned her into a vampire.

Hunter Marc Bouchard failed at his last assignment, destroying his self confidence. He moves to Magic to lick his wounds and begin a new phase in his immortal life. Asked to house a female vampire and the promise of a centuries old spell turns his solitary existence upside down.

Will the blood legacy spell save the two would be lovers? It can only be possible in Magic, New Mexico.

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Books, Shifters of Eclipse

A Cougar’s Longing

A Cougar’s Longing

Shifters of Eclipse: Book 1

Release Date: January 21st, 2019

Blurb
Samantha Harper, a cougar shifter, has been playing in the same bridge group for over a decade. When she meets a sexy, good looking younger man in a bar, the shifter truly becomes a modern day cougar. Things become complicated when she discovers he is the son of one of her bridge partners. She is torn between the sensual feelings she has never experienced and a friendship she has valued for years.

Barry Simpson has been in love with Samantha for as long as he can remember. When he spots her in a bar, Samantha doesn’t recognize him and appears interested. Instead of identifying himself as a wolf shifter, Barry dives into an affair that could jeopardize his place in the pack.

The two lovers are caught between the rules of each of their clans, the inappropriateness of their relationship, and the friendships that are in jeopardy.

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NOTE:
If you purchased the ’50 Shades of Shifters’ anthology (available 2/14/2018 thru 5/14/2018) you have ‘A Cougar’s Longing’. I waited to republish the book as a standalone novel until the second book was ready to go. In the meantime, I offered the paperbacks exclusively at the conventions I attended. The second installment in the Shifters of Eclipse series will be available in June.