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Newly Released: Persephone Errant

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She buried herself to escape her past, but now it’s followed her down to hell…

The dark queen anchors her soul in power—power as her husband’s beloved, power as the guide for shades seeking absolution. When the hero Orpheus invades hell to pluck the heartstrings of its rulers, his song reminds Persephone that beneath her sovereignty lurks weakness she persistently ignores.

Orpheus proves but the herald of another illicit visitor to the underworld. Confronted with her memories in the person of an old enemy, Persephone resolves to bury her past anew.

But hidden amongst congealed impotence, frustration, and swallowed rage lies an opportunity the queen banishes at her peril. If she refuses the challenge, she who saves the souls of the damned will lose her own.

Persephone Errant is the fifth tale in the enthralling Hades Cycle. If you enjoy deep mythology imbued with an intimate focus, you’ll love this rite-of-passage story in which a goddess confronts the choice that will define her for the ages.

Buy Persephone Errant now to face hard truth head on!
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Cover Reveal: Persephone Errant

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Persephone Errant will release January 7, 2023!

Initially it will be available on Amazon for purchase and in Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited subscription service for free download.

Persephone Errant is the fifth of seven tales in The Hades Cycle.

Some months after the seventh tale is released, Persephone Errant will leave the KU subscription service and be available for purchase on all major e-tailers, including Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Apple, Amazon, and more.

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Newly Released: The Smith and the Hermit

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With the hot breath and snapping jaws of the hounds too close behind, he runs . . .

Beran creates magical marvels at his forge. Obsessed with his art, he ignores the people of his household and town. When a corrupt and jealous rival falsely accuses the smith of a dangerous crime—and makes it stick—Beran lacks allies.

Turned over to a violent religious sect for execution, Beran refuses to go tamely, but the manhunt on his heels makes escape unlikely.

Unless Beran learns to value human connection—to choose it—the hounds will tear him down in his tracks.

The Smith and the Hermit is a fairytale of my fantastical North-lands. If you enjoy the urgency of the hunt, the once-upon-a-time style of Andrew Lang’s Red Fairy Book, and that magical moment when a character embraces change, you’ll love this story of invention and resource.

Buy The Smith and the Hermit to confront isolation’s snares today!
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Newly Released: Eurydice in Truth

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When Orpheus sings in Hades’ shadows…

Eurydice longs for life, sunlight on her face, and her lover’s embrace. But no shade ever escapes the dark and dreary land of the dead, until Orpheus dares the undareable, confronting death’s king to win Eurydice’s freedom.

Confused and disoriented by her time in the underworld, Eurydice struggles to remember who she is, why she lied to Orpheus in life, and what she really wants after death.

But unless Eurydice learns that seeking life in the past yields only tragedy, Hades will imprison her forever.

Eurydice in Truth is the compelling third tale in the inventive Hades Cycle. If you enjoy characters who step out of myth into vivid life and ever-ratcheting tension, you’ll love this heartstopping twist on an ancient legend.

Read Eurydice in Truth to challenge darkness with song today!
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#1 Greek & Roman Myth

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I’m super excited that Take from Hell was sitting in the number one spot this morning on Amazon’s Hot New Releases in Greek & Roman Myths & Legends. And Eurydice in Truth sat right next door in #2!

I’ve been running a sale for Cyber Monday, and my readers have been buying The Hades Cycle in droves. Thank you, dear readers!

To celebrate, I’m going to extend the discount prices another day—through Wednesday (November 30, 2022). So snap up your copies now!

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Happy reading!

Edited to add: The sale is over now, but if you sign up for my newsletter you’ll get the earliest notice for the next one I run.

 

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Newly Released: Take from Hell

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Pierced by the hero’s song, she prays hell’s queen will weep…

A nameless shade, newly arrived in Hades’ darkness, struggles to remember her past. As ghosts press around her, she suspects she descended to the underworld deliberately, with a purpose—not just because she died. But what that purpose might be eludes her.

When the mortal hero Orpheus appears—effulgent with the light of the living—the shade hopes she is his beloved Eurydice and that he has come to rescue her.

But unless she learns that her most essential self cannot be stolen and cannot be restored by another, hell will claim her forever, dooming her to silence and forgotten memory—her quest unfulfilled.

Take from Hell is the third tale in the gripping Hades Cycle. If you loathe the despair of lost memory, if you long for the splendor of light vanquishing darkness, if you believe in the power of love, then you’ll revel in this inventive riff on ancient myth.

Read Take from Hell and discover love’s valor today!
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Cover Reveal: Take from Hell

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Take from Hell will release in just a day or two!

Initially it will be available on Amazon for purchase and in Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited subscription service for free download.

Take from Hell is the third of seven tales in The Hades Cycle.

Some months after the seventh tale is released, Take from Hell will leave the KU subscription service and be available for purchase on all major e-tailers, including Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Apple, Amazon, and more.

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Newly Released: Artemis in Chase

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The goddess of the hunt burns for justice…

When Artemis discovers her handmaiden dead in the forest—slain by Dìs, lord of the underworld—she demands that Zeus punish the murder. But Zeus upholds Dìs, who boasts that he will steal a nymph away to his dark realm whenever he so desires.

The indifference of the other Olympians forces Artemis to take matters into her own hands.

Because Dìs wields powers beyond any Artemis commands, she crafts a complex scheme to secure the magical artifact she needs to bring Dìs to his knees.

But unless Artemis learns the essential truth at the heart of all vengeance, her strategy must fail. Will she do what she knows is wrong to defeat Dìs? Or will she do right and condemn her nymphs to death by his hand?

Artemis in Chase is the second tale in the immersive Hades Cycle. If you’re entranced by the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece—if you long to visit their mythic world, to witness their passions and triumphs—you’ll love this compelling story of revelation and revenge.

Read Artemis in Chase to hunt with the goddess today!
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Cover Reveal: Eurydice in Truth

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Eurydice in Truth will release in early November!

Initially it will be available on Amazon for purchase and in Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited subscription service for free download.

Eurydice in Truth is the fourth of seven tales in The Hades Cycle.

Some months after the seventh tale is released, Eurydice in Truth will leave the KU subscription service and be available for purchase on all major e-tailers, including Kobo, Barnes & Noble, Apple, Amazon, and more.

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