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Reconstructionist 2: cover reveal

An offer. Of immortality. Of power. Of a future without the trappings of the past. All I had to do was abandon those who loved me. All I had to do was die. – Wisteria’s and Kett’s story continues in Tangled Echoes, Reconstructionist 2 on May 4, 2017. Coming May 4, 2017 AMAZON – iBOOKS […]

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Reconstructionist 1: Meet Jasmine

“I found another dead teen,” Jasmine said, dragging her bag out through the international arrivals area at Vancouver International Airport. She was wearing a heathered brown merino-wool cardigan that fell around her knees, over a long-sleeved black V-neck T-shirt and skinny-legged black jeans. Her brown leather boots almost perfectly matched the laptop satchel slung across […]

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Spirit Binder: rebranding and a sale

I’m officially ‘releasing’ a rebranded version of one of my very first novels – the standalone fantasy, Spirit Binder – and launching it along with a week long $0.99 sale, starting today. For this rebranding, Elizabeth Mackey worked her magic on the cover, Pauline did a freshening proofreading pass, and I prettied up the interior with Vellum. The […]

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Reconstructionist 1: a view from a hotel window

I took these shots in the wrong season (Dec 31. 2016 and Jan 1, 2017 to be specific) and from a higher floor but I thought you might be interested in seeing the view from Wisteria’s hotel window in Catching Echoes, Reconstructionist 1. An excerpt from Catching Echoes, Reconstructionist 1, Chapter Two: I lapsed back into […]

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The work in progress.

I sent Reconstructionist 2 off to the editor for his story edit pass yesterday, which means that I have a few days in which to outline Reconstructionist 3. Unfortunately I made the mistake of showering and blow drying my hair this morning before work, so ALL THE STORIES waiting in the wings of my mind started clamouring […]

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Reconstructionist 1: paperback giveaway

GIVEAWAY CLOSED! LUCKY #26 HAS BEEN EMAILED.   This box of beauties just showed up in the mail (finally!!). So … that means it must be time for a giveaway! Yes? YES! To enter to win this autographed paperback of Catching Echoes (not including the bracelet and candle) all you need to do is comment below and let me know: […]

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A snippet of Reconstructionist 1.5

Reconstructionist 1.5 will be available exclusively to readers who preorder Reconstructionist 2 in the Spring of 2017. Then available widely in the Fall of 2017. The first book in the series, Catching Echoes, is now available.

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Reconstructionist 1: Wisteria meets Kett

I settled on the dungeness crab risotto to start, and had just reached for the wine list to find a Pinot Noir to pair it with, when I realized that someone was sitting across from me. Not just a someone. A vampire. A white-blond, blue-eyed, exceedingly pale, tremendously powerful vampire who I’d thought was dead. […]

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Reconstructionist Series: Introducing Wisteria

Wisteria Fairchild narrates my newest novel, Catching Echoes (Reconstructionist 1) aka the first book in the Reconstructionist trilogy. But I first introduced Wisteria in Dowser 3, then again in Dowser 4. From Treasures, Demons, and Other Black Magic (Dowser 3) Just before dawn, a knock at the suite door pulled me away from watching Mory sleep. […]

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Reconstructionist 1: immortality

Catching Echoes (Reconstructionist 1) AMAZON – iBOOKS – SMASHWORDS – B&N – KOBO