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Conduit Series: mythical creature shifters, part 1

*SPOILER ALERT FOR AWRY (CONDUIT 1)* Because these absolutely gorgeous mythical creature illustrations by Jade Merien are spoilers for Awry (Conduit 1) I’m posting them here without any extra info. If you are interested, and haven’t already, please read Awry (Conduit 1) for more info (and, presumably, please avoid reading the comments on this post). […]

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Conduit Series: Reck

RECK GUERRA Aka Carlos Guerra. Cu-sith shifter (pronunciation: coo-shee from the old Gaelic). Agent of the Authority, Major Crimes Unit, sergeant. Dark eyes and hair. Olive skin. 6’2” tall. Runner’s/swimmer’s build. Right hand crushed thirteen years before the events of Conduit 1. Bright green rims his eyes when his beast is present. DOB: April 1 […]

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Quick writing update, thank yous, and other things of minor interest.

I usually write a ‘day after a new release’ post and then a ‘week after a release’ post, but alas I have done neither after the release of Awry (Conduit 1). And not because the release wasn’t a success – it really was! Thank you all so, so much. At one point, likely for a […]

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Conduit Series: Illustration and an excerpt: Rath

I unlock the door as the engines of the vehicles shut off behind me. I don’t have to look back to know that Cayley is climbing out of the car, or that Grinder has returned with Doc Z and Presh’s brother, Rath. Their life force is so robust, I don’t need eyes with which to […]

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Conduit Series: Illustration and an excerpt: Rought

The engine hasn’t even died before the driver’s-side door is opening, and a male steps out — dark-blond hair, naturally tanned skin, and shoulders so broad I’m surprised that he slips out of the car so agilely. Though he is clearly a shifter. The moment his booted feet hit the ground and the energy underpinning […]

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Conduit Series: Illustration and an excerpt: Presh

“I can’t push you,” I say gently. “Some choices have to be your own. Not everything is determined by fate alone.” Startled, her eyes flick up to meet mine. “Can you get me home?” “I’ll die trying,” I say, aware that I’ve uttered my own destiny — a single, short thread of it, at least […]

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Conduit Series: Illustration and an excerpt: Muta

Muta. In his actual form. Although he looks like a snake — a long gold body with dorsal blotches of dark brown that form inverted triangles, ending in a horny spined tail — Muta is actually an aspect of the divine who was trapped in the body of a snake. As a punishment, perhaps. At […]

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Conduit Series: Illustration and an excerpt: The Gage Estate

Instead of unlatching the gate, I climb it. The fencing is about six feet high on this edge of the property. Grasslands allowed to go wild stretch from here up to the house, which is set back from the bluff. A long, sandy beach stretches out as far as the eye can see — with […]

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Conduit Series: Illustration and an excerpt: Zaya

I’m staring. Going from coldly enraged to numb … Because the gun I expected. It’s a lightweight, untraceable piece I slipped into the room myself ages ago. But … Zaya Gage — a slightly older version of Zaya, and looking like death warmed over — is sitting on a motel bed in Outcast territory. Alive.  […]

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Conduit 1: cover reveal, synopsis, and preorder links

On my way to investigate my aunt’s untimely death, I chance upon a teenager with purple eyes. Her destiny is so vibrant, so intertwined with the essence that fuels all our lives, that I cannot stand to see her caged and crushed. What I don’t know is that rescuing the teen isn’t chance or happenstance […]