July is usually the month when I start going "What? The year's half over? What???" It's when I start thinking about what else I need to accomplish before the year's done, and when I look back at what I've managed to finish so far. This is typically a rather panicky exercise for me - then again, when am I not panicky?
The first half of 2023 yielded three new releases from three different series! All of them are now available for Kindle, paperback, Nook, and Kobo, and all of them provided very different writing challenges and indulgences in equal measure.
Within the improbable, extraordinary brood of Devin Green’s ten children, Raven is the one who’s managed to make a real-world success of herself. Runway model turned modeling agent, designer, and cover girl, she doesn’t need the club…but is loyal to it all the same, for her brothers’ sakes. That loyalty put her in the crosshairs of a powerful enemy, though, and though Abacus has been disassembled, Raven finds herself jumpier than usual: she can’t sleep, she drinks too much coffee, and she’s not ready to send her Lean Dog security escort packing just yet.
And then a grisly token arrives in the mail, and her anxiety is thrown into overdrive.
Post-Abacus, Anatoly Kobliska has been charged with keeping a close eye on Raven, posing as her assistant at her posh new modeling agency in New York, drawn to her, but very aware that he can’t make any sort of move. When someone starts stalking Raven, it brings his own past as a bratva foot soldier rushing in to crowd the present. He thought he left that old life behind, traded one sort of outlawry for another, but the bratva has other ideas.
Thrust into a cat and mouse game of club versus bratva, Raven and Toly must rely on one another for security…and find a little succor along the way. Seemingly different in every way, both of them know what it’s like to be caught between two dangerous worlds. Raven always told herself she’d never fall for a biker, but she never counted on Toly.
Nothing More is the fifth installment in the Dartmoor Series spinoff “Lean Dogs Legacy” series, and is intended for adult audiences. It is not a standalone, and references all previous series storylines.
War looms on the horizon for the kingdoms of Aeretoll and Aquitainia, a war they’ll fight together, as the allies begin to plan their cooperative marches through missives sent via falcon. But in Aeres, Náli arrives with news of the enemy: he’s met the emperor of Seles, Romanus Tyrsbane, beyond the veil in the Between, and the emperor, it seems, is searching for Oliver. With Náli’s help, the three Drakes must now learn how to go walking between worlds, guarding their minds and their magic from an enemy who can reach out and touch them from afar.
Restless in a way he’s never been before, confused by his anger and his new instincts, Leif takes his wolfpack and departs early, traveling quickly and in secret toward the Southern camp in Inglewood. At his side, urging him to let his wolf take charge, is Ragnar. Cousin, war prize, thrall, wearing Leif’s torq, and testing all of Leif’s patience. He knows it’s foolish to trust him, but Leif cleaves to him regardless, distrustful and resentful of everyone who cannot understand the man – the wolf – he’s become.
Leading a ragged army of Southerners and woodland outlaws, Amelia spends her days planning their next move, and her nights walking in a world of dreams, visited by a pair of wolves with blue eyes and an irresistible allure. A letter from Oliver forewarned of Leif’s arrival, but nothing could have prepared her for the way her first glimpse of the prince rattles her to the bone.
For Oliver, the long march South is full of sword lessons, saddle sores – and clandestine meetings in the Between with the emperor himself. He’s only spying, he reasons, and he can stop anytime he wishes…can’t he?
Fortunes of War is the fifth installment of the ongoing high fantasy Drake Chronicles series, which is intended for adult audiences. It is not a standalone, and the series must be read in order. Dragons, shapeshifters, family drama, and romance abound as our heroes march toward a terrifying enemy, at the mercy of the fortunes of war.
Deep in the swamps of New Orleans, the hunt for a predator leads local police to a cache of old, dumped bodies. Assigned to the case is FBI profiler Alex Bonfils, a New Orleans native with a knack for analyzing serial killers. The moment he sees the bodies, and learns their identities, Alex knows who dumped them in the bayou. The problem? These particular killings are the work of the older brother he never met: Felix Lécuyer.
In Knoxville, Tennessee, life within the club is busy, dangerous, and ever-expanding. Mercy and Ava are balancing parenthood and their marriage alongside the growing influence of the club. They know better than to think they’re safe, but they never expected the next threat to come in the form of another of Remy Lécuyer’s secret sons.
“The Good Son” is the first of a four-part serial that will altogether compose Dartmoor Book X, Lord Have Mercy, a truly “monstrous” endeavor that calls upon the sweeping, Southern epic style of book one, Fearless. Filled with suspense, intrigue, deception, and populated by all the beloved characters of the Dartmoor series, Lord Have Mercy brings the gator-hunting, storytelling Cajun killer, and his devoted fillette, back to the forefront of the action.
Be on the lookout for parts two through four, coming soon.
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There's lots more to do before Christmas, lots of fictional spills and chills and steamy moments - some figuratively steamy, some swamp-induced steamy - still to come.
Which is your favorite story so far? (Though I think I know the answer...)
Lord Have Mercy! That’s my favorite, but guessed already 🥰
ReplyDeleteFantastic books! I adore Mercy and Ava but love Toly and Raven, too.
ReplyDeleteI can't choose 😩 I love everything you write, I hope that doesn't sound creepy
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