tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75681171572200744002024-02-22T05:37:41.377-05:00Christine Rains - WriterChristine Rainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.comBlogger1499125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568117157220074400.post-26774067799215310322021-08-16T13:40:00.001-04:002021-08-16T13:40:17.390-04:00I have moved!<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://christinerainswrit.wixsite.com/home" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="749" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3vsqo_kem_gc3-1C_Ph6VtwiosIHOt4de2YCmT28cUqGW7em3hrl7jfy1NOpI6NedPQKrFyWOAg4jofaYW5adT2VSdKPlMm0EuGFAdhKs170Q5EuEeaTqtKpAd98B4wKSEjoshXFEqlc/s320/clickherebooksfollow.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hello everyone! It's been a long time, but I'm getting a fresh start on a new site. Click on the above image to follow me to <a href="https://christinerainswrit.wixsite.com/home" target="_blank">my lovely new home on Wix</a>.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hope you're all safe and well.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Keep reading!</span></p>Christine Rainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568117157220074400.post-41731486623321022782021-05-17T02:00:00.067-04:002021-05-17T02:00:00.241-04:00A Quick Spell release & guest post!<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUuZuwJXHUO1U5bg8P3tc7ZM50HbM2r-y5xwsnqVdjQiKzOr7Da9O3B3Oq57_vi4gdFuh5LAUD7fiVSYIGD3xcrac-0amD-0fM1NLf-i6vCBMno2LKoZylvDkv5YntDZY5Io6x6xEVUSA/s1500/AQS+Blog+Post+Image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1500" height="134" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUuZuwJXHUO1U5bg8P3tc7ZM50HbM2r-y5xwsnqVdjQiKzOr7Da9O3B3Oq57_vi4gdFuh5LAUD7fiVSYIGD3xcrac-0amD-0fM1NLf-i6vCBMno2LKoZylvDkv5YntDZY5Io6x6xEVUSA/w400-h134/AQS+Blog+Post+Image.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: large;">Magic.</span></span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Myths.</span></div><div style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Fantasy.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We
are bewitched by what we can't see.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Conjure delight with a
fantastical collection of tales. Each story is told in exactly 200
words and designed to delight your imagination no matter how busy
your day is.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Will you believe?</span></div></span></span><p></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08S1YNZQY" target="_blank"><b>BUY THE BOOK HERE!</b></a></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p class="western" style="break-before: page; line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0.06in; page-break-before: always;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>The
challenge of writing short fiction.</b></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0.06in;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">You
may think writing a 200 word story isn’t that challenging, but it
couldn’t be farther from the truth. Some writers may actually say
it’s harder than writing a full-length novel, and I know a few who
don’t write shorter fiction because they can’t wrap their brains
around it. Their muse only works in long form.</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0.06in;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Writing
short fiction is different from a novel. With novels, you have an
unlimited number of words you can use to paint a picture for the
reader. Short fiction you have restrictions on word count. You may
only have 1000 words. You can even have as little as 50. When you
have that limit, you are forced to choose more carefully. Your
strokes have to be broader instead of going into minute details as
you can with a novel.</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0.06in;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The way I approach short fiction is similar to my novels. I just start
writing. I figure out the story as I go and when I get to the end, I
edit. I edit until the story is at the word limit I’ve imposed.
That’s done by cutting descriptive words. The sentence doesn’t
need the color of someone’s shirt for example. Thoughts the
character has might get axed as well. If it doesn’t serve the basic
story I want to tell, it can go.</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0.06in;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Sometimes
that doesn’t always work. Sometimes the story I’m trying to tell
needs to be longer. When that happens, I stop worrying about word
count and let it end as a novella or novel. I have a zombie
apocalypse story I hope to release in the future that I initially
intended to be 100 words. It ended at over 10,000!</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
</p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0.06in;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Writing
short fiction is a great exercise. It makes you think about word
choices and their importance to the story. I encourage anyone who
enjoys writing to give it a shot.</span></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"></p><p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><u><b>About
the Author</b></u></span></p>
<p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiv8jaFzTXXL0VkGpXCsRYK4xu8jVWOJgKnAyRuSlt7Bg7k1ZZAdDEJjJST10dyW22MGEMa42OFOAK4MfEN9SPssnhAbQlUwhikS2JTO8tktK-9vKuf18J4OXgx8gN7Z9sBJs5b6l4kiU/s2048/PatriciaLynneAuthorPic.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1381" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiv8jaFzTXXL0VkGpXCsRYK4xu8jVWOJgKnAyRuSlt7Bg7k1ZZAdDEJjJST10dyW22MGEMa42OFOAK4MfEN9SPssnhAbQlUwhikS2JTO8tktK-9vKuf18J4OXgx8gN7Z9sBJs5b6l4kiU/s320/PatriciaLynneAuthorPic.JPG" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><br />Patricia
Josephine is a writer of Urban Fantasy and Sci-Fi Romance books. She
actually never set out to become a writer, and in fact, she was more
interested in art and band in high school and college. Her dreams
were of becoming an artist like Picasso. On a whim, she wrote down a
story bouncing in her head for fun. That was the start of her writing
journey, and she hasn't regretted a moment. When she's not writing,
she's watching Doctor Who or reading about serial killers. She's an
avid knitter. One can never have too much yarn. She writes Young
Adult Paranormal, Science Fiction, and Fantasy under the name
Patricia Lynne.<br />
<br />
Patricia lives with her husband in
Michigan, hopes one day to have what will resemble a small petting
zoo, and has a fondness for dying her hair the colors of the rainbow.</span><p></p>
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<p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u><b>Social
Media Links: </b></u></span></p>
<p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Website:
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<p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Amazon
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<p class="western" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Draft
2 Digital - https://books2read.com/ap/xoOZX9/Patricia-Josephine</span></p><br /><p></p><p></p>Christine Rainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568117157220074400.post-11209746137790308602021-05-10T09:34:00.003-04:002021-05-10T09:34:47.472-04:00Harbinger of Betrayal release day!<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTqjTyI6nAgy1w-0IEWh64EeoeCL7DY9trki9h4u7iYTsqHD3rU0Y8REx81bazDKPJRESAhERcKgPz1Zza_RkG_RdgCzyPf7UzF0OHsI6kT2mcffx_hJjtJYbXZ1cjpeeVDg5weObyMBo/s500/HarbingeroB.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="325" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTqjTyI6nAgy1w-0IEWh64EeoeCL7DY9trki9h4u7iYTsqHD3rU0Y8REx81bazDKPJRESAhERcKgPz1Zza_RkG_RdgCzyPf7UzF0OHsI6kT2mcffx_hJjtJYbXZ1cjpeeVDg5weObyMBo/s320/HarbingeroB.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: inherit;">Meet Siobhan Cross, Banshee and Historian.</b></div></span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 700;"><br /></span></div><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Learning you’re a banshee is never easy, but the way it happened to Siobhan? It’s an experience that will never leave her.</span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Growing up an only child of divorced parents, she lived primarily with her overprotective and controlling mother. Siobhan was homeschooled almost half her life. But on her eighteenth birthday, her whole world was torn apart by tragedy and the revelation of her true self.</span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Picking up the pieces, she moved on and worked to make her father proud. Then, shortly after graduating college, she received a letter inviting her to Pyreshore, New Hampshire to train for one of the covet positions in The Keepers of Knowledge.</span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Arriving in the picturesque little town, she meets fellow banshee Ethan Hall, and discovers the depth of her talents. But when the pair is sent to Scotland in search of supernatural artifacts, intrigue ensues and Siobhan must risk her life to help uncover a thief. Will her newfound talents be enough to recover the artifacts safely, or will the secrets of her faction be the death of her?</span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After all, every secret needs a keeper.</span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">10 books, 10 authors, 10 keepers, 1 shared world.</span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08QD5VPHM" target="_blank">BUY THE BOOK HERE!</a></b></span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Keepers of Knowledge series is complete!</span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08V868829" target="_blank">Find the books here!</a></span></p></div>Christine Rainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568117157220074400.post-26351892162256802942021-04-26T10:40:00.000-04:002021-04-26T10:40:01.792-04:00Release day for Blood and Stone (The Keepers of Knowledge #9)<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKP7u8mTYzgKEVlVYAbj_0NVxiPPJa6HuuI7QtkpkAad3nNd4F2RlRrCNwuCgZ2u9iL0e3OV9uTmVkiCzrwFLRqtJM7uUDvsKbvkhLK7Tzu_vAiUY1nBvk9W2lh_kw1Qc5vuL_oIK7bG0/s500/41VIiqroZQS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="325" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKP7u8mTYzgKEVlVYAbj_0NVxiPPJa6HuuI7QtkpkAad3nNd4F2RlRrCNwuCgZ2u9iL0e3OV9uTmVkiCzrwFLRqtJM7uUDvsKbvkhLK7Tzu_vAiUY1nBvk9W2lh_kw1Qc5vuL_oIK7bG0/s320/41VIiqroZQS.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Meet Zack Mason, Gargoyle and protector...</b><br /></span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Having left his small hometown in Arkansas, Zack roamed from town to town and city to city, looking for purpose and a place to put his abilities to good use. While taking a job in D.C., he gets the letter: A literal embossed invitation to take one of the most coveted seats with the Keepers of Knowledge, a faction in the small town of Pyreshore, New Hampshire. Keepers, by their very name, research and defend the artifacts of the supernatural world's histories.<br /></span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">What he finds there is a bit more than just a job. When the town is threatened, Zack finds out how much the strength of his bloodline that flows within him will drive him to not only protect the town, but also the friends he makes and the love he finds.<br /></span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When the blood rises, only stone can hold back the tide.<br /></span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After all, every secret needs a keeper.<br /></span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">10 books, 10 authors, 10 keepers, 1 shared world.</span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08QG9KVWV" target="_blank">BUY THE BOOK HERE!</a></b></span></p>Christine Rainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568117157220074400.post-40280138767699654762021-04-12T02:00:00.064-04:002021-04-12T02:00:04.782-04:00Curse of the Hunted Release Day!<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIFjr__pcn2ymBVioKtSkn4_5Wk9-0NtiwyKBLLZtra2s-NapOwalcszebnwQibt1Eg4JffOgVY8vtj3PvzM1udhcmaXnP1pFXBsieukm0oAFN4PSfjawATW5VLJCaHTs5AQAM4ibC58M/s2048/Curse+of+the+Hunted_C_Rains+eb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1273" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIFjr__pcn2ymBVioKtSkn4_5Wk9-0NtiwyKBLLZtra2s-NapOwalcszebnwQibt1Eg4JffOgVY8vtj3PvzM1udhcmaXnP1pFXBsieukm0oAFN4PSfjawATW5VLJCaHTs5AQAM4ibC58M/s320/Curse+of+the+Hunted_C_Rains+eb.jpg" /></a><br /><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b>Meet Akila Levesque, Sphynx...</b></span><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="batext-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Akila's well-ordered world has fallen apart. Her delinquent brother, Cairo is the only family she has left after their mother's death. When she receives the letter from the High Council of the Supernatural to become a Keeper, she believes this could be a fresh start for both of them.</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">But the moment Akila presents a family heirloom to give to the Keepers as her part of her initiation, everything erupts into chaos as the cracked Egyptian statuette runs away. Corrupted by its broken aura, the rogue artifact hunts Akila in the ghost riddled seaside town.</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="backtext-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">It's doesn't help when the gorgeous Chaz Nowiki keeps turning up wherever Akila goes. She doesn't want a gargoyle in shining armor to save her, even when he looks so hot his firefighter's suspenders. Yet even with the help of a powerful guardian, things grow desperate when the relic targets Cairo as well.</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">Now Akila must risk everything to save her brother. But will that even be enough when she has no idea what it means to be a Keeper or a Sphynx?</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;">"After all, every secret needs a Keeper."</span><br style="text-align: left;" /><br style="text-align: left;" /><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">10 books, 10 authors, 10 Keepers, 1 shared world.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="backtext-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08Q7TK5GH" target="_blank">BUY THE BOOK HERE!</a></b></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56651279-curse-of-the-hunted?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=xnCq9LKy7r&rank=3" target="_blank">Add the book to read on Goodreads.</a></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: left;">I'm so excited to finally release this book to the world. It's been a marvelous experience working on a shared world series with several other talented authors. I've been reading each book as they're released, and I've been blown away by the stories. On of the big thrills was working with Catherine Stine and creating shared scenes between our protagonists. Indigo (her mermaid) and Akila became best friends!</span></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: left;">It was also fun writing about a supernatural being I've never wrote about before. I didn't want to go overboard with the sphynxes, but hopefully I've made them unique enough to be interesting.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: left;">Enjoy!</span></span></div>Christine Rainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568117157220074400.post-79586941219969222932021-04-01T02:00:00.048-04:002021-04-01T02:00:06.441-04:00WEP April Challenge - Freedom Morning<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPu-GzZUrGvWodekxb2Ko9XIHSZekh5EkHXC_KIwa6-NFktdIGXX98Dcd0JjQEl-wTFu5R70xddkwd4hfpIYk1s20gaIu5nBo8Dc3lMq7mLfhAKDC_8p9D4-1MdPrTcfyMcMJMvHIc7vM/s1000/WEPfreedom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPu-GzZUrGvWodekxb2Ko9XIHSZekh5EkHXC_KIwa6-NFktdIGXX98Dcd0JjQEl-wTFu5R70xddkwd4hfpIYk1s20gaIu5nBo8Dc3lMq7mLfhAKDC_8p9D4-1MdPrTcfyMcMJMvHIc7vM/s320/WEPfreedom.jpg" /></a><br /><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">It's time for <a href="https://writeeditpublishnow.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Write... 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Also read the other entries and comment.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I can't wait to read what you all come up with this month!</p><p style="text-align: left;">Good luck to everyone.</p>Christine Rainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568117157220074400.post-6188946049411581132021-03-29T08:51:00.002-04:002021-03-29T08:51:38.771-04:00Curse of the Hunted Cover Reveal & the Next Keepers of Knowledge Release!<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidENndMvBoKeKe3Ebcis_1qicwjYpTu7Nq1FECS7y6ZRe0FXtTpVbeDqfISuHuCeMYucYJC08tPoJbe5v53onn_JOFOpegsjPQ1yLI4-mzdgFM2aAc4kYDOtHasFF1Zv1tuiVkJiXjbMY/s2048/Curse+of+the+Hunted_C_Rains+eb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1273" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidENndMvBoKeKe3Ebcis_1qicwjYpTu7Nq1FECS7y6ZRe0FXtTpVbeDqfISuHuCeMYucYJC08tPoJbe5v53onn_JOFOpegsjPQ1yLI4-mzdgFM2aAc4kYDOtHasFF1Zv1tuiVkJiXjbMY/w249-h400/Curse+of+the+Hunted_C_Rains+eb.jpg" width="249" /></a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Meet Akila Levesque, Sphynx...</b></p><p style="text-align: center;">And one of the Keepers of Knowledge.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I'm so excited to share with you the cover for my upcoming release! It's purple and blue, my favorite colors. <a href="https://darkunicorndesigns.square.site/" target="_blank">Dark Unicorn Designs</a> created all the fabulous covers for The Keepers of Knowledge series.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqHbvNVb8HjjTMvF2DnQsQZMa0vBotMZRdiIbDJ_Qtnd866capy9seXx2UyHP8CNgxaGweynZSR3qz7-afKlCSCP7Y_XY1ivyOVSuSEcZLthTmkXUsxCJUjVT6e60o-LgRmcAVW1EJgdA/s2048/Curse+of+the+Hunted_C_Rains.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqHbvNVb8HjjTMvF2DnQsQZMa0vBotMZRdiIbDJ_Qtnd866capy9seXx2UyHP8CNgxaGweynZSR3qz7-afKlCSCP7Y_XY1ivyOVSuSEcZLthTmkXUsxCJUjVT6e60o-LgRmcAVW1EJgdA/s320/Curse+of+the+Hunted_C_Rains.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Curse of the Hunted</i> is the eighth book in this multi-author shared world series, and it is going to be released in two weeks! Right now, as it is on pre-order, it's only 99c, but the price will go up when it releases.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08Q7TK5GH" target="_blank">Pre-order here!</a></span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;">The thrilling seventh book in the series, <i>Ash and Scale</i> released today! Dragons. That's all I need to say.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisng3y_e2XoS1sF5aLeoMmkrJPjlrVHWYYVc9ldLuhQlkL-rMgoASjw6DbeE4aKMzw7A51EILYDRl6C-3BUUhgqy40ruFQVDup7_vOGgF6-BAacEi_d3KxvWMabxAO_e7q7KaPYVTk66A/s346/ashandscale.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="224" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisng3y_e2XoS1sF5aLeoMmkrJPjlrVHWYYVc9ldLuhQlkL-rMgoASjw6DbeE4aKMzw7A51EILYDRl6C-3BUUhgqy40ruFQVDup7_vOGgF6-BAacEi_d3KxvWMabxAO_e7q7KaPYVTk66A/s320/ashandscale.jpg" /></a></div><br /><h4 style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 4px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Meet Dex Long, the last of the dragon shifters.</span></b></h4><p style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Or so he thought…</span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">His curiosity piqued when the High Council of the Supernatural summoned him to the quaint little coastal town of Pyreshore, New Hampshire. The secret letter held more than just an offer to become a Keeper of Knowledge, a prestigious title, it held the hope that Dex might finally be able to find others like him. And in turn, a mate.</span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Being a bachelor wasn’t all that bad on the outside, but it was all a show. With the Council dangling an opportunity for him to learn more about his race, it was hard to ignore. Never did he imagine his journey would lead him to the one woman who could unravel everything, every secret, every hidden treasure, all within her grasp.</span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the end he will have to make a choice, hold the secrets, or claim her as his own.</span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After all, every secret needs a Keeper.</span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08QCPVLCB" target="_blank">Buy Ash and Scale here!</a></b></span></p>Christine Rainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568117157220074400.post-64472217072210848982021-03-22T11:41:00.001-04:002021-03-22T11:41:55.717-04:00Silver at Midnight & Secrets of the Mermaid are live!<p style="text-align: center;"> The next two books in the thrilling Keepers of Knowledge series are now available!</p><p style="text-align: center;">(Book #5 had a little bit of a technical hiccup. It's all better now!)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidFzu3MdurLdJf2mqgpU8nytnN6DGKKr4Q9EX5oKovqDSFmosYPBqgpt0v7l7fSLbtad9TwyFbl-dFSsdfY_bbtIOEyJIfChoH5QOjz3DbvZ5YkOxwkdPf4rsmKqX1VhapA96bZkO9EtU/s500/SilveratMidnight.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="320" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidFzu3MdurLdJf2mqgpU8nytnN6DGKKr4Q9EX5oKovqDSFmosYPBqgpt0v7l7fSLbtad9TwyFbl-dFSsdfY_bbtIOEyJIfChoH5QOjz3DbvZ5YkOxwkdPf4rsmKqX1VhapA96bZkO9EtU/s320/SilveratMidnight.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 4px; text-align: center; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Meet Aisling ÓCléirigh, Fae . . .</span></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">More specifically . . . <em>a Fae with a secret. </em>And if she’s not careful, it could get her killed.</span></p><p stylemargin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Once upon a time, a Fae and a human changed the course of the world in ways no one could have predicted. Ways that have left Aisling “Aish” O'Cléirigh with dangerous secrets she’s duty-bound to protect. Her race, her heart, her very life depend on keeping them safe.</span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Just as Aish begins to think she has everything under control, an invitation arrives at her door. Suddenly, every secret she’s been protecting is in danger of coming to light. The only way to safeguard her skeletons is to accept.</span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="bmargin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">She’s heard whispers about the clandestine society that offers her a position in its ranks, so she anticipates the Cloak and Dagger experience that awaits her in the coastal town of Pyreshore. What she doesn’t anticipate is finding the one person who could expose everything she’s worked to protect.</span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The stakes are escalating.</span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Time is running out.</span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Will her secrets unleash a war that could destroy the supernatural races? Or can she prove herself worthy of being a Keeper of Knowledge? After all, every secret needs a Keeper.</span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Silver-Midnight-Paranormal-Romance-Knowledge-ebook/dp/B08ZGNGZQ8" target="_blank">Buy Silver at Midnight here!</a></b></span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8L5v1m-LQjunlwaOeTnMI30iOt82YLkwUyiuB3Blhfw1X8bIOndIDASiuuBF-_XaIFjs0cZPh7uxPUqEadzcSD_Pizk4D_D6W-R-vsb_rvR8c9zeQmKwrNnQycOPhGpDG4Jp4K2IUDZA/s500/Secretsmermaid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="325" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8L5v1m-LQjunlwaOeTnMI30iOt82YLkwUyiuB3Blhfw1X8bIOndIDASiuuBF-_XaIFjs0cZPh7uxPUqEadzcSD_Pizk4D_D6W-R-vsb_rvR8c9zeQmKwrNnQycOPhGpDG4Jp4K2IUDZA/s320/Secretsmermaid.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Meet Indigo Rain, a beautiful but lonely mermaid.</span></span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: start;">Regretful of a dark past, she has vowed to remain alone and research ancient merfolk tribes. When she unearths a seabed burial site that even she cannot identify, she shares this with a High Council merfolk historian. But she keeps one shocking secret to herself.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Bay Finley is the flirty, dashing Royal merfolk Keeper assigned to teach Indigo on Pyreshore, a glamoured city of supernaturals tasked with keeping the invaluable knowledge alive. Indigo thinks Bay is a haughty know-it-all. She also thinks he’s dangerously handsome. He’s engaged to Abigail Torrent, a Royal, unlike Indigo. But he’s spending lots of time with Indigo in the lab…</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Indigo has three quests:</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Uncover the mystery of the burial tablet, resist falling in love, and never, ever reveal her biggest secret, even to the Keepers.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="ctext-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Some secrets heal, some kill. Other secrets change life as we know it.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">10 books, 10 authors, 10 keepers, 1 shared world</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Books can be read in any orde</span></span><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">r!</span></span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="cotext-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Mermaid-Paranormal-Romance-Knowledge-ebook/dp/B08QJSB14G/" target="_blank">Buy Secrets of the Mermaid here!</a></b></span></span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My book in this awesome shared world series, <i>Curse of the Hunted</i>, will be released April 12th! I'll have a cover reveal coming up soon. I haven't even seen it yet! I'm so excited.</span></span></p>Christine Rainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568117157220074400.post-48948334179506063372021-03-15T02:00:00.009-04:002021-03-15T02:00:05.184-04:00The Upside Down of Nora Gaines blitz & #giveaway<p> </p><div style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto 15px;">
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<p><strong>The Upside Down of Nora Gaines</strong><br><strong>Cathrina Constantine</strong><br>Publication date: March 5th 2021<br>Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal, Young Adult</p><blockquote><p>Nora has visions of horrific things. Things that lurk in the shadows and feast on bones. After moving with her mother into an old farmhouse, Nora discovers a blank journal that fills itself with an ominous warning. A cursed beast is coming for her and time is running out. When the blood moon rises, so shall the beast.</p>
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<p>Allies to turn to enemies. Fiction turns to fact. The past and the present collide. All in an epic battle to claim unfathomable power. Can Nora unlock the secrets buried within the farmhouse in time to save herself and those dear to her from a grisly fate?</p>
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<p>Nora liked birds, except when the choirs assembled at the break of dawn outside her window. Slitting one eye she peered into the dimness and grumbled. Ugh! She flipped onto her stomach and burrowed her head underneath her pillow. Drifting into a restive slumber was when she’d experience her crazy daymares. Normally, those frittered into nothingness, but, a few would haunt her… </p>
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<p><em>The beast’s strong fingers clamped the young man’s throat, not to strangle, but to subdue him. Suddenly, he felt bored. The thrill was gone. In spite for his jaded mood, he squeezed the man’s larynx, harder. </em></p>
<p><em>When the young man’s lips parted, to scream or to breathe, a visceral grin spread over the beast. The moment had arrived. The beast opened his mouth, drinking in all of him. But not his soul. His soul he couldn’t claim, only his spirited innocence, and this young man had zilch to quench his addiction.</em></p>
<p><em>With the deed accomplished, the beast wasn’t fulfilled as in years past. The unpalatable murdering of innocents lost its flavor, and there was no tolerance for the mundane. “You were too simple,” he grumbled at the young man’s ashen face as it purpled into a death mask, eyes open. “No struggle. No fight. You offered yourself without resistance. What fun is that. Your brother at least provided me incentive.”</em></p>
<p><em>He turned to the adjoining twin bed. “Youngsters can surprise me. You were tastier,” he said, peering down at another boy, roughly twelve, brown curls littering the pillow, eyes open, dead. “Fighting until the end. Your spirited demise has strengthened me. Thank you for that.” </em></p>
<p><em>He gathered the boy in his arms, carried him downstairs, and sat him on a chair facing the fireplace. Then the beast repeated his action with the young man, depositing him on the couch, between his sisters. </em></p>
<p><em>Grabbing the iron poker, he revived the flames. He set the poker aside and turned to admire his handiwork. “What a perfect family. You should be happy to spend eternity together on the same day.” Scrutinizing their faces, he reenacted each termination. “Mama in her shawl, and papa in his nightcap. What a hoot.” He readjusted papa’s cap, then swerved to his staged bodies. </em></p>
<p><em>“Demure Louisa, Elizabeth, and wimpy Stephen.” He shelved his hand beneath Stephen’s chin and raised it to speak to the young man. “You were born with a burden of wickedness, and groveled like a cowering worm before me. Pleading I took you anyway which was a grievous error. Your foul spirit embitters my gut even now.” He removed his hand from Stephen’s chin, letting it drop like a lead weight. </em></p>
<p><em>“Lastly, Edward. Ahh, Edward, you did not disappoint. An unsullied spirit.” The beast petted the boy’s hair. “Vulgarity and iniquity I have in abundance.” Forlorn tears bathed the beast’s eyes as if seeking absolution. “You must understand,” he sobbed, grimacing in anguish. “I crave virtue and purity. I need it to survive.” He spread his arms in front of his victims, begging for their forgiveness. </em></p>
<p><em>“I devour spirits. The more chaste the better, and they are hard to come by. Virtues keep my urges at bay.” He browsed his knuckles over Edward’s supple cheek. “My brave boy. Your purity astounded me. To lay down your life to save your family is a gift. Alas, I had already consumed their spirits.”</em></p>
<p><em> The beast’s face distorted into a scribbling mess as if whiffing rotting flesh. </em></p>
<p><em>Performing a flamboyant bow, he said, “Your hospitality was most welcome.” The phantom beast evaporated, leaving in his stead a wisp of vapor.</em></p>
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<p>A gasp parted Nora’s lips, snapping open her eyes. Her rapid beating heart slammed against her ribs like a warning mallet. She didn’t or couldn’t move, her body a frigid plank. Her eyes had the capacity to flit about the room, which was now bathed in sunlight.</p>
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<p>I am blessed with a loving family and forever friends. My world revolves around them.</p>
<p>I grew up in the small village of Lancaster, NY, where I married my sweetheart. I'm devoted to raising 5 cherished children, and now my grandchildren.</p>
<p>I love to immerse myself in great books of every kind of genre, which helps me to write purely for entertainment, and hopefully to inspire readers. When not stationed at my computer you can find me in the woods taking long walks with my dog.</p>
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<p> </p>Christine Rainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568117157220074400.post-61769921089947503992021-02-15T17:09:00.000-05:002021-02-15T17:09:03.477-05:00<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzRIxh8VrWJ-BQUIqj7MfFAHRfidptIlvgS3vxOPFgh3Mp0eRjBuR5M6HD5i-c76Y94ecgphQFwM8jaampbDDZKMPaaTSAmsasIvsUKNHZJ5gVQFOFhi7smP8C9PfnfYwac5B2pDlIz6U/s940/149886249_10220360894354637_2713701184502641810_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="788" data-original-width="940" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzRIxh8VrWJ-BQUIqj7MfFAHRfidptIlvgS3vxOPFgh3Mp0eRjBuR5M6HD5i-c76Y94ecgphQFwM8jaampbDDZKMPaaTSAmsasIvsUKNHZJ5gVQFOFhi7smP8C9PfnfYwac5B2pDlIz6U/s320/149886249_10220360894354637_2713701184502641810_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Meet Elandra Wells, vampire and biochemical engineer.</span><br style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;" /><br style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;" /><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">When Elandra receives an invite from the High Council of Supernaturals to train for a coveted spot within The Keepers of Knowledge faction, she jumps at the chance. After all, the secret program might help the doctor, who hates being a vampire, find the last ingredient to craft a special serum to eradicate her condition. But finding Vlad Dracul’s ring isn’t a simple endeavor. Locating it isn’t the problem. Snatching it while a council member questions her every move makes the task too difficult.</span><br style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;" /><br style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;" /><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Another obstacle? The sexiest, panty-dropping vampire she’s ever met. Camdyn Pryce. And he doesn’t trust Elandra.</span><br style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;" /><br style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;" /><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">What makes matters worse? Elandra struggles with her desire for Camdyn. Whenever they’re alone, she can barely control herself around him. He seems to be losing the same battle with the lovely doctor as well.</span><br style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;" /><br style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;" /><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">When Camdyn lets down his walls and tells her how he feels, she’s faced with a dilemma—be the doctor who develops a cure for her condition or follow her heart.</span><br style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;" /><br style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;" /><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">Will regaining her humanity be more important than finding love?</span><br style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;" /><br style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: start;" /><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">After all, every secret needs a Keeper.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px; text-align: start;">10 authors, 10 books, 10 Keepers, 1 shared world.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 15px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: large; text-align: start;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08QG5CNBP" target="_blank">BUY THE CRIMSON CURE HERE!</a></b></span></p>Christine Rainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568117157220074400.post-68827964150457710822021-02-01T11:17:00.000-05:002021-02-01T11:17:10.640-05:00New Moon Rising (The Keepers of Knowledge #3) release!<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf1TPEXPihVl99SE2wBwFgviEFQLxBYnCx6BP3cYEQ-dISxUxV2hMfvJHDYtT2WyoXlPaQom-E227bliTokQEWeCFY4dBqjT7e2vUZeTTkhKXlkYhNnIrcd-kxIRio00JtzrBhhBW1k-4/s500/51BD%252BN4mZjL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="325" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf1TPEXPihVl99SE2wBwFgviEFQLxBYnCx6BP3cYEQ-dISxUxV2hMfvJHDYtT2WyoXlPaQom-E227bliTokQEWeCFY4dBqjT7e2vUZeTTkhKXlkYhNnIrcd-kxIRio00JtzrBhhBW1k-4/s320/51BD%252BN4mZjL.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: start;">Meet Tamsin Grey, witch extraordinaire…</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">At least, she would be if the High Council would heed her family’s warnings.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">For decades her grandmother had tried warning the council that the supernatural races were not safe, especially the witches. She could feel the darkness that haunted the bloodlines, as could Tamsin as she got older.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">A hopelessness often troubled Tamsin’s dreams, dreams filled with secrets hidden in the dark wood. Secrets the council had tried to hide. She feared for the witch’s future, as well as the other supernatural races, if she didn’t unravel the dreams meaning. But how?</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">It wasn’t until three years after her grandmother’s death and a life outside of Pyreshore, New Hampshire that she gets her chance. A letter inviting her to become a Keeper. It was the ticket she needed to bring her home and give her the opportunity to right a wrong so many chose to ignore.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">But upon returning she finds that not only will she have to worry about the Witch’s Keeper watching her every move, but also Talon Strohm, son of the witches High Council. Talon tells Tamsin she can trust him but revealing the truth to him could put everything in jeopardy.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Tamsin will have to make a choice, trust Talon or let her only chance to save the witches slip away.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">After all, every secret needs a Keeper.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">The Keepers of Knowledge Series</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">10 books, 10 authors, 10 keepers, 1 shared world.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="text-align: start;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08QPMZ157/" target="_blank">Buy the book here!</a></b></span></span></p>Christine Rainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568117157220074400.post-47265969906446921632021-01-19T09:37:00.000-05:002021-01-19T09:37:14.720-05:00The Darkmoon Descendant (The Keepers of Knowledge #2)<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiEMhyRVZd9TIXln01UC2ehk8c_X8TIJl-qOjLJ3iKen3GmAPazMogFWjSdm59G5sTOqWgln_FSWMzFwLC7O8zrtjetnv_giVAjCdkEid16l0aNftOqePtOKQqmn3qF5Iv6jA2UwhAbNo/s500/darkmoon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="328" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiEMhyRVZd9TIXln01UC2ehk8c_X8TIJl-qOjLJ3iKen3GmAPazMogFWjSdm59G5sTOqWgln_FSWMzFwLC7O8zrtjetnv_giVAjCdkEid16l0aNftOqePtOKQqmn3qF5Iv6jA2UwhAbNo/s320/darkmoon.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: start;">Meet Katherine King, Werewolf...</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;"> </span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Some bloodlines run dark. Some darkness can’t be overcome.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;"> </span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">For Katherine “Kay” King, that could mean life or death.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;"> </span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">After losing her werewolf brother, Kay stumbled through a perpetual fog wondering what wrong she had committed so severely against the universe to have her best friend snatched away. It was a loss that left her feeling like she didn’t belong and didn’t have a purpose.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;"> </span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Until the day a perplexing letter arrived. An invitation to join a centuries-old assemblage of supernatural creatures charged with maintaining the history of all supernatural races—The Keepers of Knowledge. However, when the letter arrived, so did the nightmares of being hunted by a pack of gray-eyed Alphas hell-bent on collecting a mysterious treasure she possessed.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;"> </span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Even accepting the invitation of the Keepers and moving to Pyreshore to train didn’t put an end to the dreams. In fact, day one of training brought her face to face with the eyes that haunted her dreams. Eyes that do something to her in the light of day she doesn’t feel when she closes her eyes to sleep. Eyes she’s certain will be the obstacle she must overcome in her quest to secure her race’s artifact—the one she protects in her dreams. The one tied to a curse that has plagued her family for centuries.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;"> </span><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">Can she trust the man behind those eyes to help her retrieve the artifact and move her bloodline in a new direction? Or will her family’s secret pull her into the darkness as her ancestors before her?</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">After all, every secret needs a keeper.</span><br style="text-align: start;" /><br style="text-align: start;" /><span style="text-align: start;">10 books, 10 authors, 10 keepers, 1 shared world.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><span style="text-align: start;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Darkmoon-Descendant-Paranormal-Romance-Knowledge-ebook/dp/B08QH73DDH" target="_blank">Buy the book on Amazon!</a></b></span></span></p>Christine Rainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568117157220074400.post-56057074538173545902021-01-04T12:37:00.000-05:002021-01-04T12:37:04.379-05:00Happy 2021 and a new release!<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh545Rye6NiRsFsjIUi6gNJh7UsnImQAxysaXAxeGtPiBr4HA-WM6wgiYTJvmCUGz-W417BcpZ4TOAKpMsh80sbO2d-5WOQ7VLcml7ONnvkGwyZL7xLg6W-pnkVr92Pr9rmvkLK0BVfAXs/s1920/new-years-day-5847766_1920.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh545Rye6NiRsFsjIUi6gNJh7UsnImQAxysaXAxeGtPiBr4HA-WM6wgiYTJvmCUGz-W417BcpZ4TOAKpMsh80sbO2d-5WOQ7VLcml7ONnvkGwyZL7xLg6W-pnkVr92Pr9rmvkLK0BVfAXs/s320/new-years-day-5847766_1920.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cheers to you all!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Here's to a year of love, peace, and compassion.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And books!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The first book in the paranormal romance series, The Keepers of Knowledge, is now available. <i>Echoes in the Bloodline</i> by R.J. Lloyd kicks off a great shared world project. My novel, <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Curse-Hunted-Paranormal-Romance-Knowledge-ebook/dp/B08Q7TK5GH/" target="_blank">Curse of the Hunted</a></i>, will be available on April 12th.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf7p_kvKxZhbzkZjtK5biaQ1IYUSupE2TDlNUWpwvyS9_YcLe9LxIa_lQyWnO-rXjd5aB4lG3oTjnk0UrCeFBBi_24kP8r4028RpLEI57YTgQ_Y5BY_lkZ-KJZRA6ifyayTcE7JlIkaoU/s500/41pF-yrwGeL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="323" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf7p_kvKxZhbzkZjtK5biaQ1IYUSupE2TDlNUWpwvyS9_YcLe9LxIa_lQyWnO-rXjd5aB4lG3oTjnk0UrCeFBBi_24kP8r4028RpLEI57YTgQ_Y5BY_lkZ-KJZRA6ifyayTcE7JlIkaoU/s320/41pF-yrwGeL.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Meet Rowan LaForge, Mimic and former NYC foster kid...</span></b></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rowan’s story is an All-American tragedy. One that if Shakespeare were alive and writing today, he’d write one like hers. Orphaned at a young age, growing up in the foster care system in the NYC area. Bounced around until she discovered she had the ability to shift to look like another human…</span></div><span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Oh wait. Did I say Shakespeare? I mean King. Or maybe Koontz. Meyer? Well, either way, that’s where her story took a turn. Facing having to come to terms with the fact that those were not just bedtime stories her parents had told her before they passed, she has to learn what she is and how to harness it. And just when she thinks she’s got a handle on her life? She gets a letter.</span></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: inherit;"><em>Dear Rowan LaForge,</em></b></div></b><p></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This letter will change her entire life… and her world. As she’s thrust into the world of supernatural beings, she also learns a great deal about who and what she is, where she comes from and… well? Lee. She learns about Lee McKinnon. And that aspect of her life alone is worth it all.</span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">After all, every secret needs a keeper.</span></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">10 books, 10 authors, 10 keepers, 1 shared world.</span></b></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08RW5ZJSB" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Buy the book!</span></a></b></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">It's 99c for 3 days only!</span></b></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></b></p><p style="margin: -4px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">And meet all the new Keepers in the introduction book, <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08R66GLHF/" target="_blank">Arriving in Pyreshore</a></i>, for FREE!</span></b></p>Christine Rainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568117157220074400.post-65452614578906978022020-12-25T02:00:00.088-05:002020-12-25T02:00:00.135-05:00Happy Holidays 2020! #FREE Books<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGD_h2KFverq01E08JOuxAtuMwuCze3gh2vSaz91I3aQuyuq3xtz-5OIHhSMcHFfAIBiKpANCIwcAziHIvdLIA5djAZH1gcko-G1P50ySh-WWC0mT2-b11dTlVCwBBRLBgTpUPmv-iwCo/s920/MerryXmas2020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGD_h2KFverq01E08JOuxAtuMwuCze3gh2vSaz91I3aQuyuq3xtz-5OIHhSMcHFfAIBiKpANCIwcAziHIvdLIA5djAZH1gcko-G1P50ySh-WWC0mT2-b11dTlVCwBBRLBgTpUPmv-iwCo/s320/MerryXmas2020.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">I wish you love, kindness, and rest this holiday season. 2020 has been a rough year on every level, and 2021 isn't going to be easier. It's going to take the world a long time to recover, and we must be patient and compassionate.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I realize I've been quiet this year. Do know that I still sneak around and peek at your blogs whenever I get a chance. Usually I don't get on the computer during the day because my son needs it for virtual schooling, and by the time evening rolls around, I'm too drained to do much of anything. I don't expect 2021 to be much different on the school front. Cheers to all the families and students pushing forward with their education in a pandemic. It's tougher than I ever imagined, and I only have one kid!</p><p style="text-align: left;">Next year is going to bring on new challenges for my family. My husband was recently diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). It's indolent (meaning it's hibernating and could possibly not affect him for the rest of his life), so his outlook is very good, but we are still in a pandemic. I take nothing for granted.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Apart from everything else, it has been a good writing year for me. I've published two books under my pen name, <a href="https://authormorenasilver.wixsite.com/home" target="_blank">Morena Silver</a>, and I have two completed first drafts. Next year, I'll be releasing at least three books including my first shared world novel and my LitRPG.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Reading has helped me get through 2020. I want to share with you that gift. For the next five days, I'm offering three books for FREE!</p><p style="text-align: center;">Geeky and hilarious contemporary romance<br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N7W21CP/" target="_blank">LOOSE CORSET</a></p><p style="text-align: center;">When a fledgling vampire wakes in a funeral home run by demons<br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Sorrow-Christine-Rains-ebook/dp/B00U89TEGY" target="_blank">OF BLOOD AND SORROW</a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Dealing with the undead will seem like child's play when the Cult of Ammut comes calling<br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07JGDPLFC/" target="_blank">OF GODS AND SORROW</a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Don't forget about all these wonderful holiday reads!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://books.bookfunnel.com/festivecharms/9pbhqtibg3" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="680" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLkalWng7-B7XKbD412vYZRIHI9qsYABfBNEl9DagQjOcOWHL9bpaNj8kCgv-p7tjfgUgeJUmb3sjFTPOImVlxTBE8u5LjXA1bsmRKAsVZvPC3mrJqR6zoW8PIJRsDakJ6QEDl1cGKDbQ/s320/snowglobecharm3a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Christine Rainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568117157220074400.post-33249003638875527232020-12-22T11:28:00.000-05:002020-12-22T11:28:58.787-05:00Meet the new Keepers<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UpdjjSxj5bd2JaxOQT8EY5UggkThFBJIwcAT4ndAyZ6tiuMVqnn2sYzEDA8DuD7uTLVqskwbHOVDqeAfd32nbmDGhC7hrtoW5DZSgiAmDkls45dXqC8QhGTaYI9jb_ArrgezdVZ_4gM/s500/MeettheKeepers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="333" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UpdjjSxj5bd2JaxOQT8EY5UggkThFBJIwcAT4ndAyZ6tiuMVqnn2sYzEDA8DuD7uTLVqskwbHOVDqeAfd32nbmDGhC7hrtoW5DZSgiAmDkls45dXqC8QhGTaYI9jb_ArrgezdVZ_4gM/s320/MeettheKeepers.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Meet… the new Keepers of Knowledge…<br /></p><p style="font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Hidden within the world we live in are all the beings we tell tales about around the campfire, read about in books, watch in movies. They’re the ones we think about as going bump in the night, standing in the shadows as we walk through a dim area or following us down empty streets.<br /></p><p style="font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">But in reality, they’re the people standing next to in the bank, buying coffee before us at the local cafe and maybe even ringing you up at the grocery store. They’re everywhere – Vampires, Witches, Mimics, Shifters, Fae, Merfolk, Banshees, Gargoyles, Sphynxes and Werewolves. Blending in with society.<br /></p><p style="font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">However, despite their acclimation into the mundane world, they have factions of their own. A hierarchy within each race that all answers to the High Council of the Supernatural. And this council has recently deemed it necessary to add a member of each race to the Keepers of Knowledge.<br /></p><p style="font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">The Keepers – a faction of supernatural beings charged with the vital task of authenticating and recording every major historical event and artifact that exists within supernatural world around us… and all of its secrets. Here, within these pages, you will get to meet each of the new candidates for these coveted positions.<br /></p><p style="font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">Arriving in Pyreshore is a first look into this world, the town they live in, what brought about this change, and the characters you will come to love.<br /></p><p style="font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">They who hold the knowledge keep the secrets. After all, every secret needs a Keeper.<br /></p><p style="font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">10 books, 10 authors, 10 keepers, 1 shared world.</p><p style="font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Amazon Ember", Arial, sans-serif; margin: -4px 0px 14px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Find it on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08R66GLHF/" target="_blank">Amazon</a> & <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/arriving-in-pyreshore-rj-lloyd/1138509539?ean=2940165400551&fbclid=IwAR1qUVUxfs5F-l3wSvCAdB063-rtjqpywRYtan8FB7A38FMlY-yt7nDRHQ4" target="_blank">B&N</a>!</span></b></p>Christine Rainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568117157220074400.post-25976045333555623182020-12-19T02:00:00.046-05:002020-12-19T02:00:00.234-05:00Lords of Lies and Prophecies release day!<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL08GPsR_iLf27KwW5IIU9DPARc2cS-g2k0V7d7poa-IgtkFONzgJZBindTz6X2riU03mtathOCIG5n1I0yUbRLJpVVfeoOZIzO_TxjOQ4Fb889On5-K29LaBJktbkJ_TVOmMxHDPxZ9U/s1920/LordsofLiesProphecies.jpg" style="clear: left; color: #0bbee8; float: left; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL08GPsR_iLf27KwW5IIU9DPARc2cS-g2k0V7d7poa-IgtkFONzgJZBindTz6X2riU03mtathOCIG5n1I0yUbRLJpVVfeoOZIzO_TxjOQ4Fb889On5-K29LaBJktbkJ_TVOmMxHDPxZ9U/s320/LordsofLiesProphecies.jpg" style="border: none;" /></a></p><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #c3c3c3; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;">It will take an impossible alliance to save the remnants of their kind.</span></div><p></p><p style="color: #c3c3c3; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But will the shifters slaughter themselves even before the Devourer destroys the world?</span></p><p style="color: #c3c3c3; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" id="freeText7934558828422660894" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #dddddd; font-size: medium; text-align: start;">Morag, the great vampire stronghold, has fallen. Odran Rhys has led his people across the brutal desert to join with their enemy in the name of survival. But when they arrive at the shifters’ territory, he finds instead the threat of genocide at every turn.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Aderyn Wyndchaser is home at last, but her already tenuous position as Omega Alpha is further undermined by her sharing a bed with the vampire king. Now, she must not only convince her people that the alliance is needed, but that she is capable of leading them.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />As Odran attempts to strength Aderyn’s position, civil war erupts. Loyalties are divided. Truth and lies blur. And the rulers’ feelings for each other are tested like never before. But they must rise above it all before the Devourer arrives.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Because it will annihilate them all.</span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; text-align: center;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #f1c232;"><b>Buy</b></span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08FH1JNM2" style="color: #9fc5e8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08FH1JNM2" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #f1c232;">the book here!</span></a></span></div><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Heirs-Blood-Feathers-Remnants-Book-ebook/dp/B08DLLTWT1" style="color: #0bbee8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Buy Heirs of Blood and Feathers (Age of Remnants #1)!</span></a></div></span><p></p><p style="color: #c3c3c3; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="color: #c3c3c3; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;">Today is the day! I'm so excited for my co-author, <a href="https://pstormcrow.com/" style="color: #0bbee8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Pixie Stormcrow</a> and I to share this story with the world. It's not been an easy year for any of us, but this is one of the bright shining moments of 2020 for me.</p><p style="color: #c3c3c3; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 16px;">My talented friend also designed the cover. She does such fabulous work. <a href="https://covers.pstormcrow.com/" style="color: #0bbee8; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Check her covers out!</a></p>Christine Rainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568117157220074400.post-10083894170821640012020-12-07T02:00:00.044-05:002020-12-07T02:00:08.061-05:00Lords of Lies and Prophecies Cover Reveal<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL08GPsR_iLf27KwW5IIU9DPARc2cS-g2k0V7d7poa-IgtkFONzgJZBindTz6X2riU03mtathOCIG5n1I0yUbRLJpVVfeoOZIzO_TxjOQ4Fb889On5-K29LaBJktbkJ_TVOmMxHDPxZ9U/s1920/LordsofLiesProphecies.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL08GPsR_iLf27KwW5IIU9DPARc2cS-g2k0V7d7poa-IgtkFONzgJZBindTz6X2riU03mtathOCIG5n1I0yUbRLJpVVfeoOZIzO_TxjOQ4Fb889On5-K29LaBJktbkJ_TVOmMxHDPxZ9U/s320/LordsofLiesProphecies.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It will take an impossible alliance to save the remnants of their kind.<br /><br />But will the shifters slaughter themselves even before the Devourer destroys the world?</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" id="freeText7934558828422660894" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #dddddd; font-size: medium; text-align: start;">Morag, the great vampire stronghold, has fallen. Odran Rhys has led his people across the brutal desert to join with their enemy in the name of survival. But when they arrive at the shifters’ territory, he finds instead the threat of genocide at every turn.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Aderyn Wyndchaser is home at last, but her already tenuous position as Omega Alpha is further undermined by her sharing a bed with the vampire king. Now, she must not only convince her people that the alliance is needed, but that she is capable of leading them.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />As Odran attempts to strength Aderyn’s position, civil war erupts. Loyalties are divided. Truth and lies blur. And the rulers’ feelings for each other are tested like never before. But they must rise above it all before the Devourer arrives.<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Because it will annihilate them all.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #dddddd; font-size: 15.2px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span face="Roboto, sans-serif" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #dddddd; font-size: x-large; text-align: start;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08FH1JNM2" target="_blank">Pre-order the book here!</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Heirs-Blood-Feathers-Remnants-Book-ebook/dp/B08DLLTWT1" target="_blank">Buy Heirs of Blood and Feathers (Age of Remnants #1)!</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">I'm so excited for the release of this book on December 19th. My co-author, <a href="https://pstormcrow.com/" target="_blank">Pixie Stormcrow</a> and I had such fun writing this second book in the trilogy. There are so many layers. I love it! My talented friend also designed the cover. She does such fabulous work. <a href="https://covers.pstormcrow.com/" target="_blank">Check her covers out!</a></p>Christine Rainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568117157220074400.post-12812720836171737632020-12-01T11:58:00.001-05:002020-12-01T11:58:39.233-05:00Keepers of Knowledge series is coming soon!<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_H5FipP1d6OrMfribVnj2A5vT9xFE9waMwsgFYzPKFRKKYQnaLX3DA5SfoYCtCb09ghyphenhyphenh8Saef7A5C3NDvjnCBdsyx8J0HKIocjTbI_7CCexa4slUzykUD0UJEXBsohGrBT9eZoLpuY/s1993/Keeperspromoimage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1854" data-original-width="1993" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_H5FipP1d6OrMfribVnj2A5vT9xFE9waMwsgFYzPKFRKKYQnaLX3DA5SfoYCtCb09ghyphenhyphenh8Saef7A5C3NDvjnCBdsyx8J0HKIocjTbI_7CCexa4slUzykUD0UJEXBsohGrBT9eZoLpuY/s320/Keeperspromoimage.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #e4e6eb; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">They who hold the knowledge keep the secrets.</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">After all, every secret needs a Keeper.</div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #e4e6eb; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">10 Authors, 10 Books, 10 Keepers, 1 Shared World</div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #e4e6eb; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Welcome to Pyreshore, New Hampshire—a quaint coastal town with pristine landscaping, elegant architecture, attractive homes, and a robust economy. But Pyreshore has more to offer than meets the eye. It’s not a town any regular person would pay attention to. To most, Pyreshore is a dying, run down, former tourist community barely fit to even ignore.</div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #e4e6eb; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Yet, beneath the wards that keep this gem hidden from the mundane world is a thriving community of supernaturals. But not just any supernatural beings. Pyreshore is home to The Keepers of Knowledge. A small organization charged with the vital task of authenticating and recording every major historical event and artifact that exists within supernatural occurrences. They are the librarians, record keepers, and museum curators for all important things within the supernatural community.</div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #e4e6eb; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">One member from each race along with their families, heirs, and successor live there with a small cluster of others that both help run the town as well has have special abilities they lend to the Keepers. So, when one of the Keepers dies, a Mimic, it becomes apparent to The High Counsel that much of the Mimic’s histories may be lost with him. That’s when they decide it’s time to give every supernatural race a second keeper.</div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #e4e6eb; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">The Keepers of Knowledge Series is a shared world paranormal book series. Official cover reveals will be coming soon! Watch out for every book as they release!</div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q" style="color: #e4e6eb; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Dec 21 - The FREE promotional novella</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Jan 4 - R.J. Lloyd</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Jan 18 - B.K. Rae</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Feb 1 - Brandy Nacole</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Feb 15 - S.F. Benson</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Mar 1 - Bridgette O'Hare</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Mar 15 - Catherine Stine</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Mar 29 - M.R. Polish</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Apr 12 - Christine Rains</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Apr 26 - Michael J. Rinna</div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">May 10 - S.W. Walters</div></div><p style="text-align: center;">Keep up to date on all the Keeper news on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thekeepersofknowledge/" target="_blank">Facebook</a>.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">I'm so excited to be a part of this project. We have awesome authors, and everything is coming together wonderfully. I'm nearly done the first draft of my book, <i>Curse of the Hunted</i>. My protagonist is a Sphynx and the story has a paranormal cozy mystery feel. The covers you see in the promo image aren't the actual covers, but I still think they're really cool!</p>Christine Rainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568117157220074400.post-7849116543370315562020-11-23T02:00:00.017-05:002020-11-23T02:00:07.014-05:00Festive Charms Romance and Fantasy Sale<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb17VYJqgW3hn7_xDoS3Tngqq7ndJxnyMeK4m1dzJfQjZEP1ni6FvVB-kYMAaMiULQYZi87TPPqggukqlDweKVU6uQxz_lXAVSv6H-Od9-wQmcxteMFyuFV05l5XjDNEvznNEI8Q87YD0/s680/snowglobecharm2a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="680" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb17VYJqgW3hn7_xDoS3Tngqq7ndJxnyMeK4m1dzJfQjZEP1ni6FvVB-kYMAaMiULQYZi87TPPqggukqlDweKVU6uQxz_lXAVSv6H-Od9-wQmcxteMFyuFV05l5XjDNEvznNEI8Q87YD0/s320/snowglobecharm2a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Start your Christmas shopping early and fill every e-reader with these marvelous festive tales!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://fantasybookgiveaways.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Paranormal Candy</a> is happy to be hosting this awesome BookFunnel event!</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://books.bookfunnel.com/festivecharms/9pbhqtibg3" target="_blank">CLICK HERE!</a></span></b></p>Christine Rainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568117157220074400.post-37112986788601295132020-10-27T02:00:00.001-04:002020-10-27T02:00:05.003-04:00Happy (early) Halloween! And a bit of an update.<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7buLSe6bQgZkhelcdXl7r3ao7XsRZ9N5Q-j1PrIAWjVGw_85p5SCVjN50JdWqRV9-G9xUm8J3UC7OpcKfp0QYpE-aJT-QQg9ydjbSZYJdQm-OMUE-Eoc5S748zBdaN5EmE0g8sf-BC0/s667/witchHalloween.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="667" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn7buLSe6bQgZkhelcdXl7r3ao7XsRZ9N5Q-j1PrIAWjVGw_85p5SCVjN50JdWqRV9-G9xUm8J3UC7OpcKfp0QYpE-aJT-QQg9ydjbSZYJdQm-OMUE-Eoc5S748zBdaN5EmE0g8sf-BC0/s320/witchHalloween.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Happy Halloween! I know it's early, but I decorated before fall even arrived this year in September, because we need something a little fun in our lives these days. I hope you're all well and safe. Our household remains Covid free so far, and flu shots have been had. We might be going stir crazy, but we're playing it safe.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I've been busy these past few months promoting for my pen name. My co-author's PA kept us hopping, but I'm hoping to catch up on all the things which piled up. The first thing on my list, though, is to keeping writing. I have three projects in the works, and I barely have time for anything else. Yet next year will be a big release year for both me and my pen name.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Right now, I wanted to wish you all the Halloween fun of the season with some free books! From today through the 31st, I'm offering three free books!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KYAPC8K/" target="_blank">Dark Dawning (Totem #1)</a></i></p><p style="text-align: center;">Three sisters. Seven totems. One chance to save the world.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MTDBT8N/" target="_blank">Ghost Dancer (The Paramours #1)</a></i></p><p style="text-align: center;">Ghost hunting with a kiss.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">And from my pen name, Morena Silver...</p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bound-Ban-sidhe-Morena-Silver-ebook/dp/B07YCVCWV5/" target="_blank">Bound by a Ban-sidhe</a></i></p><p style="text-align: center;">On Samhain, the veil between the living and dead is at its thinnest.</p>Christine Rainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568117157220074400.post-3880283953388039462020-10-20T11:06:00.000-04:002020-10-20T11:06:00.963-04:00Attention Authors: Festive Charms BookFunnel Event signup!<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://dashboard.bookfunnel.com/bundles/board/cqa1ue4jbm" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="680" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbBzBhKZ58Ed3_suo2hD2D7rvet_QIkKb4Oppchuol_heo8YIpMRkqOziRqCImliJedGrPUdBkP3DF6Iyrk_yqbZte93rjprtt_77rX1cxYs2-AWKriX1tKgq1F5tweoxSgYD4bV0jSoI/s320/snowglobecharm3a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Fantasy Book Giveaways Blog is happy to host the Festive Charms romance and fantasy sale event! 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<p>The crunch of the shovel pounding into the snow and ice filled his ears. It was all he could hear. The rest of the street was silent beneath its wintry blanket. Breathing was difficult with the icy air clogging his lungs. His nose burned. His throat was dry and on fire. But he ignored it, focusing on his task.</p>
<p><em>Crack, crack, crack</em>.</p>
<p>He jabbed the shovel into a hunk of snow. On the third hit, it shattered into several pieces. He scooped them up and flung them to the side. He surveyed what remained. There was one big ball in the middle of the path that needed to be dealt with next. He moved over to it and struck it. That one impact had it severing in two. He was about to hit it again when something crashed into the back of his head.</p>
<p>Explosions of white light danced over his vision. Pain enveloped his skull. The shovel slipped from his fingers. Blackness cloaked his mind, coaxing him into its depths.</p>
<p><em>Beth</em>. Her name was a whisper in his head, as if his thoughts were being sucked into a wormhole.</p>
<p>His legs collapsed under his weight.</p>
<p>Cold. It seeped into him, consuming him. And then his consciousness fled down that same void that ate his thoughts.<br />
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<p> </p>Christine Rainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568117157220074400.post-4061365391827537392020-09-07T02:00:00.078-04:002020-09-07T02:00:01.401-04:00Cover Reveal: Shudder of Specters<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTcnOTkpCR1EJzkD-uE-_lmoR0451m7_08wlD9MYQZO5NhNU3oXZRE3lSPsFF8A1pVvkuOU-S35qgn4vcdg-d5Q0t0fPpQnc4WW9mQTR-y7TIGR2lDSVVW4VLQhmICOS64HlToEQkI7p4/s2048/Shudder+cover_kindle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1280" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTcnOTkpCR1EJzkD-uE-_lmoR0451m7_08wlD9MYQZO5NhNU3oXZRE3lSPsFF8A1pVvkuOU-S35qgn4vcdg-d5Q0t0fPpQnc4WW9mQTR-y7TIGR2lDSVVW4VLQhmICOS64HlToEQkI7p4/w320-h512/Shudder+cover_kindle.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In every one of their games, the bard dies first.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But this time, she may be the only one who can save them all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Nora Quinn wants to play a bard like no other seen before, and the newest tabletop role-playing game is her chance to show off her skills. Yet when Nora and her friends find themselves in the dark fantasy world of Khthonia, she struggles to be any type of bard at all. There, things aren't as straightforward as the games she's used to playing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If she and her friends want to get back to the real world, she has to lift the curse plaguing Khthonia for over a century. The fate of the realm and their way home rests in Nora's hands, but will she survive when the bard is always the first to die?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is LitRPG/GameLit for fans of <i>Dungeons & Dragons</i> and the <i>FATE</i> system which is designed around proactive players.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHAY1cvDlfgtDJeIdmQATotiMQO2D9Y2H6uG7_1gSeEklhTHMBomHlnKbC9o47I3I2TdOHh6FsW4No-X68W_MItEI0wiS9lKxb-8lt26sVtSonf-YS80YtViNiXKFOFqTOppjFkd_Fgto/s864/SoS+print+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="630" data-original-width="864" height="374" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHAY1cvDlfgtDJeIdmQATotiMQO2D9Y2H6uG7_1gSeEklhTHMBomHlnKbC9o47I3I2TdOHh6FsW4No-X68W_MItEI0wiS9lKxb-8lt26sVtSonf-YS80YtViNiXKFOFqTOppjFkd_Fgto/w512-h374/SoS+print+cover.jpg" width="512" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Isn't it gorgeous? I love this cover so very much. My terrific cover artist brought the image in my head to life. Thanks so much to the talented Pixie S. Crow. <a href="https://covers.pstormcrow.com/" target="_blank">Check out her site here!</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Shudder of Specters</i> is finished and sits at nearly 85,000 words. I apologize that I don't have a release date yet, but I have started on the second book in this trilogy. I had dreamed of a Halloween release, but I think I may wait until the new year to release this series. Still making changes, making it the best story it can be, but I couldn't wait to share the cover with you!</div><p></p>Christine Rainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568117157220074400.post-70851319108717756182020-09-01T02:00:00.050-04:002020-09-01T02:00:00.215-04:00Heirs of Blood and Feathers Release Day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsmQZRriRmjvz7JuwyaVChIoumSo9kVtq5urtSj_BdRG73tPe-708VLcbQFK_NMTSA5469xh9CFHeTsiVbP7c_C6x5w4dLbsCoXYn-zf7sAE-5cJONpdi1DSsq5__xtKfUgX9soiqiVxU/s2048/HoBF+-+cover-ebook-kindle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1311" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsmQZRriRmjvz7JuwyaVChIoumSo9kVtq5urtSj_BdRG73tPe-708VLcbQFK_NMTSA5469xh9CFHeTsiVbP7c_C6x5w4dLbsCoXYn-zf7sAE-5cJONpdi1DSsq5__xtKfUgX9soiqiVxU/w328-h512/HoBF+-+cover-ebook-kindle.jpg" width="328" /></a></div><div style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit;"><b>Two mortal enemies.</b></span><br /><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit;"><b>One shared prophecy.</b></span><br /><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit;"><b>They must unite to save the last remnants of their dying world.</b></span><br /><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit;">Driven by a prophecy of the shifter shamans, Aderyn Wyndchaser journeys through the broken world to the heart of her enemies' territory, home of vampires and their Mad King. But the last thing she expects is the charismatic and gorgeous ruler who commands as much respect as fear.</span><br /><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit;">Odran Rhys has no reason to believe the childish tales of the Devourer, the ancient evil responsible for the Withering, and is much more fascinated by his fierce and beautiful guest. Even when she shares with him the horrific vision and pleas for an alliance, he is convinced his kingdom will stand.</span><br /><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit;">But then a rash of attacks and murders rocks the vampires' loyalties to their lord while his growing attraction to the shifter ambassador makes his subjects question his sanity. Now Aderyn must work to help Odran hold his kingdom even if she does not understand what is growing between them.</span><br /><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit;">For if he falls, so will the world.</span><br /><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Heirs-Blood-Feathers-Remnants-Book-ebook/dp/B08DLLTWT1/" target="_blank">Buy the book<span style="color: #a08707;"> here!</span></a></b></span></div><div style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54822528-heirs-of-blood-and-feathers" style="color: #a08707; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Add to Goodreads.</a></b></span></div><div style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-size: x-large;">We're so excited to share this book with the world! The second book in the trilogy will be released mid-December. If anyone would like to read and review this book, please email me.</span></div><div style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #eeeeee; font-family: "times new roman", times, freeserif, serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-size: x-large;">To add to this excitement, next week I'm going to reveal to you my spectacular cover for my LitRPG, <i>Shudder of Specters. </i>My newsletter subscribers already got a look at it!</span></div>Christine Rainshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08263694662585963900noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7568117157220074400.post-24145725801582353092020-08-05T02:00:00.001-04:002020-08-05T08:45:14.935-04:00Heirs of Blood and Feathers Cover Reveal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit;">Driven by a prophecy of the shifter shamans, Aderyn Wyndchaser journeys through the broken world to the heart of her enemies' territory, home of vampires and their Mad King. But the last thing she expects is the charismatic and gorgeous ruler who commands as much respect as fear.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit;">Odran Rhys has no reason to believe the childish tales of the Devourer, the ancient evil responsible for the Withering, and is much more fascinated by his fierce and beautiful guest. Even when she shares with him the horrific vision and pleas for an alliance, he is convinced his kingdom will stand.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit;">But then a rash of attacks and murders rocks the vampires' loyalties to their lord while his growing attraction to the shifter ambassador makes his subjects question his sanity. Now Aderyn must work to help Odran hold his kingdom even if she does not understand what is growing between them.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit;">For if he falls, so will the world.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit;">I'm so excited about this book! I haven't released anything under my pen name in a while and it's about time. My talented co-author, Pixie Stormcrow is also the cover artist. She's set up her own website where you can have her design a cover for your too. Not only is she amazingly talented, she's fast too. <b><a href="https://covers.pstormcrow.com/" target="_blank">Check her site out here!</a></b></span></div>
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