Hi guys! I know, it’s been more than a month since I wrote a blog post…

But it’s in a good cause! I’ve been preparing for my holiday, and I’ve also been prepping to put out the preorder of the next City Between book, BETWEEN FRAMES.

The preorder isn’t quite ready yet, but I’ve got a blurb and a cover (by the always amazing Jenny at Seedlings Design Studio!) for you guys to look at in the meantime (or you can start on book one, BETWEEN JOBS, here).

Burb:

Two fae is company, but a company of fae is trouble.

Which is exactly what we’ve got. Trouble, I mean. Well, and fae. Lots of fae.

Something or someone is stalking and killing high-level fae around Hobart—tearing out hearts and leaving a trail of bloody bodies behind. Fae don’t like it when they’re the ones getting killed, so of course they came to hire my owners.

Owners, you ask?

Hi. I’m Pet. No, that’s not my name. I am a pet.

My owners? They’re fae. Well, two fae and one stroppy vampire.

Welcome to the world Between.

And now…for the cover!

I’ll make another post with the preorder link when it goes up! I’m looking forward to sharing this one with you guys!

You blokes probably already know, but I looooove fan art! Not just because there are some insanely talented people out there, or because I am not talented in a visual arts way; but mostly because it’s honestly so delightful to me that someone liked my work enough to be inspired by it to their own work of art.

Lately, I’ve come across some gorgeous work on Instagram by InkBlotted Beka and Storied Scribbles (here and here), from the Two Monarchies World; specifically, Spindle.

I was also sent a picture by the amazing Sarah G. who actually made me a dryad. I’m wildly excited for it to arrive in the mail, because it’s exactly what I imagined the dryad to be when I wrote it into my City Between books!

Not to mention the very cute, very hilarious, very short fan fic that was sent to me via email a little while ago, and a City Between artwork by M.C. Dwyer (who also writes amazing books!); Pet being held back by a protective Zero.

I suppose what I’m trying to say is, thanks! Thanks for loving my work. Thanks for being inspired to make your own artwork. Thanks even more for sharing that artwork with me. I never get tired of seeing what you blokes come up with.

Hi all! I’m resting easy this weekend because final edits for BETWEEN FLOORS are done, and now it’s just typo fixing before release date.

Well, I’m supposed to be resting.

So of course I’ve ended up working on book stuff, anyway. Most of the really hard work wasn’t mine, fortunately–it was done by the amazing Francesca at MerryBookRound, who rejigged a couple of premade covers and did up a third from scratch to recover my entire Shards of a Broken Sword trilogy!

They are gorgeous and I’m very happy with them. In addition to the fact that they now look great, I can now very shortly get around to making paperbacks of each of the single books. You guys can look forward to that in the next six months…

In the meantime, feast your eyes!

(Available on Kindle and Kobo)

Twelve Days of Faery

King Markon of Montalier is at the end of his tether. His son, Prince Parrin, is afflicted with a nasty curse that slaughters, maims, or brutally attacks any woman with whom he so much as flirts. After the rumour that sweeps around the kingdom, promising that any woman breaking the curse will be eligible to marry the prince, there is no shortage of willing volunteers.

Unfortunately, there is also no shortage of bodies piling up.

Markon needs to do something, but what? Can a visiting enchantress from Avernse help, or is she simply another accident waiting to happen? And will Markon be able to give her up to his son if she does break the curse?

Fire in the Blood

A princess in a dragon-guarded tower. The prince who is to rescue her. The prince’s ensorcelled dragon. And one enchanted keep that might just be enough to kill them all…

It’s widely known that Princess Kayami Koto is held captive in the Enchanted Keep by a dragon of great ferocity and skill. So when the bold, daring and crafty Prince Akish attempts to rescue her, it seems only sensible to bring his own dragon, Rafiq.

But the Keep’s dragon is only the first Circle in the Keep’s Seven Circles of Challenge, and both Rafiq and the prince will have to keep their wits about them if they’re to survive and rescue the princess.

There to help them is the princess’ serving maid, Kako. But why does Kako seem so familiar to Rafiq? Will she really help them, or does she have her own agenda? Rafiq isn’t sure, but he knows one thing: Kako may be the only person who can free him from his bondage to the prince, and that’s worth any amount of risk.

The First Chill of Autumn

Llassar is an occupied country—but nobody seems to know it.

Fae began to drift slowly into the land shortly after the birth of the crown princess, Dion ferch Alawn, fleeing a dark threat known only as the Guardians. But that was fifteen years ago, and now there isn’t a town in Llassar that isn’t populated by or under the control of the fae.

Smaller, weaker, and less talented at magic, Llassarians are quickly finding out that there’s no fighting the invasion that crept in so quietly and politely. Even the castle isn’t free of fae: Those closest to the king and queen are faery advisors.

As Dion ferch Alawn returns from a carefully sanitised tour of Outer Llassar, her carriage breaks down and she gets a taste of what the real Llassar has become: Desperate, enslaved, and ripe for rebellion. Getting home safely is just the first problem she faces; the real struggle begins when Dion returns to the castle. Her new knowledge is inconvenient and unwelcome—to declare it, treason.

Includes the short story, A TALE OF CARMINE & FANCY!

It’s time! BETWEEN FLOORS is finally up for preorder on Amazon! We’re working with an interim cover because I was too slow in booking a slot with my normal cover artist, but I think the interim is pretty amazing, too! Click on the link above (or on the cover below)–we’ll be live on January 31st! Blurb is below…

I’m not supposed to push through the boundaries of reality without supervision. I’m definitely not meant to drag a cop Between with me.

But stuff happens, you know?

Hi. I’m Pet. Well, not Pet, exactly. I am a pet.

Nothing too hard; I just cook and clean for the Behindkind who took over my house. Easy. But now one of my owners has gone missing. He’s fae, so it shouldn’t worry me, but if there’s something out there that can kidnap fae, I don’t wanna meet it.

Good thing I’ve got another two owners and a spare cop up my sleeve…

Hi again, everyone! This is the penultimate post of the year (for me, anyway), and I just wanted to let you all know that, thanks to you, I’ve been able to select a narrator for the Audiobook of Twelve Days of Faery!

Thanks for all your help–your input made the decision so much easier. As soon as I get the finalised MS to Findaway Audio, Nick Howden-Steenstra will begin recording. I’m very happy with the decision–and also very happy to know that when I start production of the Time Traveller’s Best Friend series, I’ll have a top contender for the narrator in Gordon Pelagi.

You guys have been fantastic! You can look forward to the first audiobook in the Shards of a Broken Sword series in 2018!

Soooo….

You guys remember I was going to get Spindle’s cover redone to match the rest of the Two Monarchies books?

Well, it’s done.

And it is BEAUTIFUL!

I mean, there was nothing wrong with the old cover (I loved it), but I wanted the series to look the same. So here we are!

I’ll do a proper post in a day or two, to update everyone on what’s going on (heaps! the answer is heaps!), but for the meantime, feast your eyes!