Seven days into the month of August and I’m bringing you the first new release email of the season. Before you know it, maybe even next week for some folks, school will be starting for some of your children or grandchildren. Or, if you’re a teacher, you may already be back at work. We wish everyone heading back to school the next few weeks, teachers, parents, and students alike, the best of luck in adjusting to going back to school and a wonderful school year.
To help us ease into the new school year, I have 4 splendid books launching this week and the first of them is now available. That’s pretty sweet for a Monday!
This Week’s New Releases
Title: Wings of Valor
Series: Pixie Rebels Book 7
Release Date: 08/07/2023
Z Thornbrook and her pixie cousins are on their first leave from the Army. What do enlisted pixies do off base?
Try to stay out of trouble —and then find it anyway.
Z has tripped over a secret organization and there’s no time to go back to the commander.
Arbitum is up to something big – and dangerous – and the trio of tiny soldiers are determined to get to the bottom of it.
Sneaking into a private chapter meeting of the criminal organization’s more disgruntled grunts is just the start.
If the pixies want in with the bigwigs, they’ll have to convince a few criminal VIPs that they can fill some very big bad-guy shoes like the rest of them.
But can they really?
Just what exactly will Z and her cousins have to do to prove their “loyalty and dedication to the cause”? And where do the lines of their military oaths lie when the pixies have been toeing so many lines already?
It’s time for these pixie soldiers to go undercover—unofficially and on their own—to bring their commander the proof they need.
How long can the pixies play double-agent? Will they keep all their ducks in a row and secrets in place? Or will getting a little too comfy in their new roles blow the whole thing wide open?
Title: Victor
Series: Para-Military Recruiter Book 10
Release Date: 08/08/2023
Masterminding an egg-napping by royal decree lands Julie in hot water with her colleagues, the Great Lady, and the law.
When the dragons come to an agreement about their role in the war, it sparks a series of events that lead to every aspect of Julie’s life changing…forever.
Julie’s return to Avalon heralds the split of yet another para species.
Trouble in the Deep is the least of her worries, but all the worry in both worlds isn’t enough to eclipse the joy that comes with a leap in Eggy’s development.
If only Julie had time to spend relaxing with her dragon bond.
Someone tried to poison Queen Esmerelda, and it’s down to Julie, Bianca, and Morgan to find out who is responsible.
At the queen’s request, the trio get to work investigating the possibility a Lunar Fae was involved in the attempted assassination. While Morgan takes a magical approach, Julie and Bianca take the more traditional route of following the clues.
Starting at the Nox mansion.
Mina’s recovery from her time at the hands of the drow is not progressing, and that spells disaster for the Nox family in the form of a mad vampire roaming the streets of New York.
Julie may have bitten off more than she can chew, but Taylor and Malcolm are determined to save Mina from herself before she crosses a line she can’t come back from.
Otherwise, Taylor’s plans for the future may be doomed by more than the inconvenience of interruptions…
While their hidden enemy drives OPMA deeper into the inevitable war, Julie must face the hard truth that someone close to her has been hiding a secret that could lead to the downfall of the Throne.
Can a lie told in the name of protection be forgiven? Will Julie end up being the first para to fall when the truth comes out?
Title: Shadow of Darkness
Series: Gravitium Book 4
Release Date: 08/09/2023
Claire’s efforts prevented the city from tumbling like an inverted Atlantis, but there’s a much bigger world out there.
Drawn into a web of intrigue and lies, Claire and company find themselves drawn toward the Vampire Bastions by an old friend.
Once there, they find out that it’s not just a new town but a new world, and a strange one at that. This world has got some bite to it!
While helping to keep the peace, Claire also has to do everything she can to avoid being put on the menu.
But vampire politics is slippery stuff, and everything in this broken world of monsters and men is shrouded in shadows and secrecy. Claire may have saved Summerland, but her moment in the sun is a distant memory in these dark lands.
Can she trust allies who keep secrets? Was there hunger in that smile?
Title: The Tome of Brotherhood
Series: Legends Are Made Book 2
Release Date: 08/10/2023
Friends are the family you choose, and destiny is earned through choices and actions.
These are two truths that the Dragonlord cannot forget. But no matter how hard the Champions tried to outmaneuver fate, its unerring hand has brought him full circle.
Did they give everything to snatching victory from the Outer Ones, only to fail?
As Kemuri recounts his the moments that shaped his early life, he comes to understand that the resonation between his past and present cannot be denied.
Nothing is given for free except the ability to choose a path and commit to completing the journey. Sofia and her friends learn the truth of this when they encounter relics from the deep past that prove that the legends are not stories meant to inspire.
The time has come to decide if they are willing to do more than listen and become a part of the continuing legend.
To answer the challenge and fight for their future, they must unlearn everything they think they know about how magic functions and embrace the past.
A family member is taken and the friends must work past the discovery that they don’t know each other as well as they believed.
Can they learn to function as a team before it’s too late? Or will they fall at the first test?