Good news, everyone! The Rove City series is now available on all retailers! Plus, Book 1, Midnight Wings is (sorta) free--and what I mean by "sorta" is that it's free everywhere, except sometimes Amazon messes with the price, so you might have to check back once or twice. And if you can't get Amazon to give it to you free, let me know and I'll send you a copy.
In addition, if you prefer to own your ebooks, you can purchase them through Payhip and have them delivered directly to your Bookfunnel app.
For those of you who have never tried the Payhip/Bookfunnel situation before, I wrote this blog post about how to own your own ebooks, and set up a 25% off coupon code for any of my books that is good for the month of July: ROVECITY721
Anyway, I wanted to pop in and talk for a few minutes about Rove City! I have been getting messages lately as people have made their way through the fifth book in the series, The Ungrateful Bot, wondering when the next book will be out. I'm excited to announce that Book 6, Rattled, is almost here! It's in the final stages of production, and I'll send out an email as soon as it's live on all retailers. It should be ready in less than two weeks. In the meantime, I thought you might like a small teaser, so I have the cover reveal for you, as well as the blurb so you can find out a little bit more about the book.
It is a retelling of Rumpelstiltskin, so if you don't remember that fairy tale from when you were a kid, definitely give it a gander.
Here's the book description:
Sophia’s life is a mess. She’s dating her boss. Working in a job she doesn’t want. And now, she’s being poached by the Queen’s Lab to work on a super-secret project she has no interest in. But when security shows up at her door to escort her to the Tower, she decides she might as well see what all the fuss is about.
There she meets Thorne, a mysterious, enigmatic colleague whose position at the lab isn’t entirely clear. But only moments after meeting him, he offers her a cryptic warning: keep your morals to yourself.
At first, she’s offended by this advice—but the reason quickly becomes clear: there’s nothing simple about trying to help people who are being eaten alive by living metal.
In only a matter of days, Sophia is drawn into a world of mystery, excitement, and danger, and as far as she can tell, there’s no way out.
I also thought you might be interested in seeing the book cover for Book 7, She-Bear. I do not recommend looking up the original of this story (also titled She-Bear) as it is a Grimm original and a pretty horrific one at that. It is definitely NSFW and not safe for children or teens.
That said, the book that I wrote is clean--I got rid of all the parts I didn't like, and kept only the non-terrible parts of the original story. In fact, my version of it is so different than the original, you could probably say that it was "inspired by She-Bear" and not even really based off it.
But I'm an artist and I reserve the rights to take liberties with my stories, what can I say, lol.
I've also recently hit an important milestone with Midnight Wings: over 100 reviews on Amazon (that's even after Amazon deleted a bunch)! And only a single 1-star, which I consider a big win. If you're curious, you can pop over and read all the one-, two-, and three- star reviews, but here are a couple of my favorites:
5-star: "I truly enjoyed the authors’ interpretation of the classic Cinderella story. Without giving any spoilers, I enjoyed the altered settings in which this all took place. I can’t wait to get into the next book. Kudos to this amazing Author." - Domaneke
4-star: "The writing was great, flowing easily, dialogue written well, prose good. And the story unveiled pretty naturally, with just a few stilted exposition passages for the backstory. Honestly, when I finished the story, my main complaint was: I want more!" - Rachel
3-star: "This was a cute story and a nice way of twisting the Cinderella story." - Tina
Alright, that's all for now. Stay tuned for the release of Rattled!