😍 Greetings, ARC team! 😍

Got review copies to share with YOU in today's email, so if you've been chomping at the bit to dive into Skye & Karl's romantic story, here's your opportunity! I've been getting good feedback from my beta readers, so I'm pretty sure you're going to really enjoy this journey. Even though I wrote Gift of Wind at the absolute last second (as usual), I had a lot of fun with this one. Skye was an inspiring character to bring to life, and Karl gets a hard-earned redemption arc.

We've got 50 awesome readers on the Elemental Bloodliners team now, so let's see if we can toss a giant batch of reviews at Gift of Wind once it's out in the wild! I haven't gotten the pages set up on Amazon or the other retailers quite yet, so I'll be sending you another email in about 2 weeks with all of the links so you can let other readers know if Gift of Wind resonates with you. 💖

If you like a little mystery with your romance, it might intrigue you to know that my mom—whose favorite author is Agatha Christie—really got into Gift of Wind. Maybe I wrote enough chapters that ended on cliffhangers or something? 🤷‍♀️ I don't know; it's not a "mystery" in my mind, but apparently it's got some enigmatic concepts for readers to consider. You can be the judge of that....

Gift of Wind Cover & Blurb

Second chance or impending disaster? A scarred witch collides with her darkest muse.

Skye

The last time I saw Karl, life’s cruelty had not yet damaged me. A naïve teen with romantic daydreams. That was before my life combusted. Before Karl abandoned me. Before a ruthless elder demolished my hopes.

Now as I look my past in the eye, my body yearns to blend my wintry wind with his alluring ice. But my heart hesitates to trust the man who broke it long ago. This can’t end well.

Karl

I’ve made more mistakes than I can count since I became a Teuton priest. When an opportunity to right my wrongs arises, I can’t ignore it—even if it means facing Skye again. The witch whose magic wholly entrances mine.

But our years apart shattered us both. Skye might not believe I’ve matured, but I’ll do anything to prove my allegiance to her—and get her help against an insidious enemy.

Gift of Wind is a second chance paranormal MF romance set in the Teutonic Fantasy Realm. It is Book 5 in the Elemental Bloodlines series and is Skye and Karl's complete story.

BookFunnel Link To Gift of Wind

Here's a BookFunnel download link for Gift of Wind, so you can grab your copy after confirming your email. This link expires on December 4th, so get your ARC before it's too late!

https://bf.clcarhart.com/v5hododi6f

If you have any trouble downloading the file onto your reading device, please contact the helpful people at BookFunnel. They're tech wizards and I'm not, so they can definitely defeat any cyber gremlins that meander your way.

Typo FYI 🫢

The ARC version of Gift of Wind has 1 typo and 1 error that I've fixed in the final version that'll be on the retailers & my shop. The typo is in Chapter 21, and the error is in Chapter 22 where I said one of the kids was 6 years old (he's actually 5...oops). So if you happen to find either of those errors—or both of them—rest assured that they've already been addressed. 👍

If you run across any other errors or typos or things that don't quite make sense, please feel free to reply to this email to let me know! A couple of my ARC readers did that for my last big release—Gift of Water—and it's super helpful to have people looking out for stuff like that. Even though I don't just "brain dump" like "most" authors apparently do when they write books, I still don't manage to catch every single issue. So if you notice anything funky, please let me know so I can fix it! 💖

Now I'd better start setting up the files & book pages on Amazon & everywhere else, so we can wait impatiently to see just how long it takes all the retailers to let Gift of Wind loose into the reader world. In 2 weeks, I'll send you a reminder about leaving a review, and I'll include each link to pages where you can drop your 2 cents. Goodreads, BookBub, Amazon, other retailers, and my shop.

In the meantime, happy reading, and have a wonderfully weird week!

Talk to you soon,

C.L. Carhart