I re-read Hunting Wild as part of my preparation to re-release it. I originally published it in 2015, and incredible as it may seem, I’d forgotten many of the details! That was rather fun—reading my own story almost as though someone else had written it.

The result was that I did a touch of revision. There were some passages that I found confusing, so I clarified them. There were others that seemed to require grater emphasis, so I expanded them.

The changes aren’t huge—it’s still the same story—and there aren’t a lot. But the prose is not identical. I’d love to hear from a reader who has read both! What did you think?

When a king begs a dread boon, dare she refuse him?

Remeya—fosterling and maid-in-waiting to the king’s sister—worships the old and forbidden horned god alongside the princess.

Despite the centuries-old taboo, a few believers still perform the rites in secret. And the king quietly tolerates their heresy until Remeya retrieves a cursed sword from its watery grave and bestows it upon him.

As the king’s mind unravels into violence, no one near him remains safe, not even his best beloved. Especially not his best beloved.

Fearing for all their lives, Remeya frantically seeks a means of curbing the king’s wrath. Appeals to religious authority and personal displays of public piety prove fruitless, while leaving salvation to her god delivers no sign that he will act.

Unless Remeya learns to engage more deeply with her beliefs—beyond obedience, beyond devotion, and into surrender—the princess will lose her head and Remeya her soul.

Hunting Wild is the evocative second tale in the Blood Blade fantasy series. If you enjoy vivid characters, exotic worlds, and intensifying suspense, you’ll love this engrossing coming-of-age story in which a teen girl grapples with how to connect with her god.

Read Hunting Wild now to forge faith from desperation in the eleventh hour!

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