Slipping through the cracks

Mar 04, 2022 9:31 pm

Hawthorns and Wyverns

I had a dream the other night that there was a woman and her child who had been living out of her car. Unfortunately, there weren't many places she could legally park overnight, and one time while they were out getting food, the car got impounded. So now she and her kid were both homeless and had lost all their posessions, including her paperwork and the car title, which was kept in the car as she had nowhere else to store it. In the dream I started to try to help her get her car back, but she needed the title, and to get a new title she needed ID (which had also been in the car) and to get a new ID she needed a permanent address. In the United States, it's easy to fall through the cracks like this.

I don't know what prompted this dream, but when I woke up I started thinking about Hawthorn's Hex. I had Tessali working at the Renaissance Festival in Shapeshifter's Turf because it seemed like that was a place where someone without any identification could survive. I knew some people in my Renaissance Festival days who could easily have been illegal immigrants or people who ran away from a bad home situation. Not everyone, of course, but places like that are good for those living on the margins.

When I was doing the publication work for Wyvern's Sigil, I went online to Goodreads and saw that Hawthorn's Hex didn't have any ratings or reviews. How did it slip through the cracks like this? Turns out, one of the versions of Hawthorn's Hex had been separated from the others. I just recombined them now, so it has a few reviews, but it could always use more. I just wrote two reviews of books I finished listening to this weekend, so I'm practicing what I preach. Thanks to everyone who wrote reviews of Wyvern's Sigil and my other books. It really helps!

Hawthorn's Hex

By hiring Tessali as a nanny, Kit thought she was solving her childcare problem while giving an innocent faerie girl a home and a job. But sometimes innocent people can bring the greatest danger into your life.

Hollow Oath

Her entire life, she had believed she was cursed. But what if all the odd things happened to her because she was meant for so much more? (Free)

The Witch and the Vampire King

Jessica is a young and powerful witch on a desperate mission to find her soul-mate—a hot vampire king who haunts her dreams with steamy memories of their blissful past life. But encountering the man of her dreams is only half the battle. Convincing him that she is his reincarnated love may prove to be next to impossible. (Amazon)

Supernatural Fight Club

Welcome to Supernatural Fight Club: forget winning— you'll be lucky to survive.

For one night only, Rebel gets her chance to free a kidnapped kid. But can she rise to the task? Or will the bloodthirsty bastards take her down? (Free)

Vampire Wars

I have spent my entire unlife fighting the eternal vampire war. The little girl with the bloodlines of both shifter and wraith in her was an abomination. It was my duty to destroy her. Only I bit her first, and she bit me. And that, unfortunately, changed everything. (Free)