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Book publishing updates for June 2025

I have multiple updates for you all. First, those who have been waiting for the paperbacks to be available on the rest of the Dragon’s Breath Series can finally purchase them. All the novels up to Cast by Flames are up on the retailers. I still need to do Galadon and will hopefully have it ready next month.

Next, I sent Oaths & Vengeance (book 1 of the Realm of Zadrya series) off to the editor this past weekend. It turned out even longer than expected at around 148,000 words, but since it’s a romantasy, that’s not uncommon. I want to thank my beta readers for their enthusiasm for this book and for their helpful suggestions that helped make it shine. It features a dual first-person point of view for the main female and male characters and is more explicit than the main Dragon’s Breath Series (although Galadon was another story). There will eventually be a crossover between the two series, so if you’ve missed the old gang, there will be a chance to see them again. Those who have read the epilogue in Galdon know exactly what I mean.

I’ve worked hard to be ahead of schedule for this one because I plan to have it ready a few weeks before the release date to give out ARCs and get the paperback formatted. With it being the first novel in the series, I want to get Oaths & Vengeance out to reviewers, so the word can spread. I will post more about that in late July, but if you’re interested, you can go ahead and apply to be on my ARC list HERE. In case you missed it, I recently posted the first two chapters of the book and character art so readers can see if this new novel is something they’d like to read.

In the meantime, I’ve started work on the next book in the Realm of Zadrya series. My hope is to have it finished and released in November or December of this year. I should have a solid idea in a couple of months for when to schedule its release date based on my progress. My goal is to keep the gap short between books if possible. Now that my youngest little terrorizer, I mean sweet, innocent little boy, will be starting school this fall, I will have a lot more time to focus on writing without the distractions.

That’s all my news for now, but you are welcome to ask questions below if you have them.

Oaths & Vengeance cover reveal

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So excited to officially reveal this cover designed by Hannah Sternjakob. She did such an amazing job, and I couldn’t be more pleased. Some of you have asked about what is coming next now that the Dragon’s Breath Series is complete, and I’ve mentioned some details briefly in other posts. Those of you who have read Galadon will have an even better idea.

This is a new romantasy series set in a different world with a fresh set of characters, but there are still some dragons in it, as well as other interesting mythical creatures. At some point, there will be a crossover with the Dragon’s Breath world. That’s all I’ll say about that for now.

Below is the cover for Oaths & Vengeance, retailer links, and other details about the first book in The Realm of Zadrya series. It will release on August 22nd, 2025. I’m very excited about this novel and will share more in the coming months.

SUMMARY

Darrow is powerful, ruthless, and her sworn enemy. The wickedly good-looking elf is also cursed never to love.

Aella should stay far away from him, especially considering he could kill her from a distance with little effort. Except that someone close to her is dying, and he is the only person in the realm with the means to help. She has strong powers of her own to offer in exchange, but to her dismay, Darrow wants a secret marriage as part of the bargain.

Fae marriages are forever, so she’d always be his.

With other factors pushing her toward it, she agrees to a private wedding that the king himself officiates while hiding the ceremony from her disapproving family. Aella suspects there is far more to Darrow’s motives if Zadrya’s monarch is involved. It isn’t long before she discovers that dark forces are circling, and it’s her rare magic they want to use or eradicate by any means necessary. Her new husband has drawn her into a dangerous conflict started centuries ago that could either end in the salvation or destruction of their world. If she wants to survive, she’ll need to trust Darrow with her body, but never her heart.

Note- This novel contains sentient, carnivorous plants that may result in gardener nightmares. It also contains spicy elements (no plants involved—at least not yet, hmm…). Read at your own discretion.

RETAILER LINKS

Feel free to ask questions below, and let me know what you think of the cover!

Publishing updates for April 2025…

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I’ve got a few updates for you all. The first is that Captured in Flames is now available in paperback…finally! It’s already showing on Amazon, but it may take a few days to appear on other retailers. I also just sent the necessary details to the cover designer to do the full covers for Torn in Flames and Cast by Flames. Hopefully, he’ll have those back to me soon so I can get them uploaded and approved. I know some of you have been waiting to get the rest of the series novels in hard copy. Once those are ready, I’ll announce it here on my website.

My second update is just a reminder that all the Dragon’s Breath series books are available in audio now. It’s hard to believe Aidan and Bailey’s story is complete. Still, you’ll get to see how they are doing down the line and whether their family expands further in Galadon. Speaking of the spin-off novel, it releases in ten days (April 24th)! Be sure to pre-order your copy, or you can wait until it is in Kindle Unlimited (around the 27th). Audio will likely follow a few months after that.

I’m also working on the first novel, Oaths & Vengeance, for a new Romantasy series. Those of you in my Facebook fan group have already gotten a sneak peek at the newly designed cover (which turned out amazing) and the book summary. I’ll do an official cover reveal with pre-order links later this month. Currently, I expect that novel to be out in August of this year. I’ve already written over sixty percent of the book and really love this new story. For those who are wondering, this is a slow-burn, enemies-to-lovers romance with fae, and there is plenty of spice even in the first installment. It will release wide first before moving to Kindle Unlimited.

I hope this covers everything about what is coming from me this year, but feel free to leave a comment below if you have any questions!

Writing and publishing updates

Cast by Flames is now in Kindle Unlimited

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First of all, I hope everyone has a Happy New Year! This is just a brief post to let you all know that Cast by Flames is now available in Kindle Unlimited, so if you’ve been waiting, you can finally borrow your copy. Thanks to everyone who has picked up the book already. It means so much to me that you all have stuck with me for this journey.

As for Galadon, I am making great progress with his book. I actually started writing it in November while Cast by Flames was with the editor and just finished chapter eleven yesterday. It will follow Galadon and Rayna’s journey after events from Cast by Flames, and you’ll see many of the other characters from the series. I didn’t do an epilogue for book seven because that would have cut into the story in Galadon, but there will be one for book eight that leaps forward years later to let you know how many of your favorite characters are doing. Stay tuned for progress on that, but my goal is to release it by late April!