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Going to Summertime

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ ** I received an ARC for an honest review ** Description Every suburban street holds secrets and ghosts, but Summerland Place holds more than most. The team from The Red Mullet Hair Salon head to Summerland Place to explore the abandoned houses there, on a prepaid, enter at own risk, explore every nook and… Continue reading Going to Summertime

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Cruel Nights

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ1/4 Description Charlie died in Nevada, 1973, after seeing Led Zeppelin live on stage and making the wrong choice on the long drive home. Corey meets him at a TAD gig seventeen years later and feels an immediate attraction. They both swear their night together will be a onetime thing, but neither can stay away.… Continue reading Cruel Nights

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This Machine Kills Billionaires

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Description Billionaires start dying in bizarre accidents, sending shockwaves through the markets and the media. But for philosopher Izanami (Izzy) Jones, itโ€™s just a vaguely amusing, if disturbing, item in the news.  Izzy is the reluctant employee of a Silicon Valley tsar. Sheโ€™s been tasked by him to give moral instruction to the worldโ€™s… Continue reading This Machine Kills Billionaires

events, Writing

Events: ConSYDeration

The next event Iโ€™m appearing at is ConSYDeration- a new convention from the Sydney Speculative Scribes and West Words to be held at the historical Old Government House in Parramatta, Sydney on 11-13 September. Iโ€™ll be speaking on 13 September in Marquee at 2pm on a panel โ€œUsing and abusing historyโ€ with Stephanie Russo, Gillian… Continue reading Events: ConSYDeration

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Winterbloom

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Description Several years into their marriage, Beauty and her once beastly husband are at a crossroads. Though they still love each other, they have not been able to have children nor talk about the problems that have beset them since the fairy curse was lifted. Instead, she devotes herself to the roses in their… Continue reading Winterbloom

Long Fiction, Writing

New Release!

New Release!! Love Lies Bleeding, the sequel to Bluebells is finally here! Love Lies Bleeding is available from PS Publishing in ebook (kindle formats too), hardback and deluxe signed hardbacks. Want to dive back into the gothic world of โ€œIn the Devilโ€™s Gardenโ€? More here! New to the gothic world of โ€œIn the Devilโ€™s Gardenโ€… Continue reading New Release!

Long Fiction, research

The French Revolution

In celebration of the release of Love Lies Bleeding: In the Devilโ€™s Garden Book 2 from PS Publishing, the second in the trilogy that began with Bluebells. Love Lies Bleeding begins in the town of Laon, France during the French Revolution. For a detailed history of events that occurred during the several decades of the… Continue reading The French Revolution

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Market of Loss

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ ** I received an ARC for an honest review ** Description There are many things for sale at the market of loss. Your mother's heart. A smile that makes you ache. A chance to feel alive for the first time, or the last. But remember, before you buy, everything at the market is really… Continue reading Market of Loss

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The Sourdough Compendium

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ ** I received an ARC for an honest review ** Description Within these pages, coffin-makers work hard to keep the dead buried and their own murderous urges in check; poison girls are schooled in the art of marital assassination; books carry forth stories and forbidden secrets; a young witch wreaks a terrible revenge on… Continue reading The Sourdough Compendium

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Countess

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Description Virika Sameroo lives in colonized space under the ร†cerbot Empire, much like her ancestors before her in the British West Indies. After years of working hard to rise through the ranks of the empireโ€™s merchant marine, sheโ€™s finally become first lieutenant on an interstellar cargo vessel. When her captain dies under suspicious circumstances,… Continue reading Countess