Springtime Reading
Sep 05, 2024 4:03 am
Between the Pages
Hi
If you're like me. you're relieved that the intensely cold days of winter are over. Spring is making itself felt around the neighbourhood, including in my front garden. The splash of colour is a welcome sight.
I'm having a spring-clean of sorts as well, reviewing my backlist of books and their covers. There are a couple of issues I'm considering, and I'd love your feedback.
Reminder
In case you didn't catch up with the news in the last newsletter, there have been some changes. The sender will be listed as Winsome Books, which is my publishing arm. I have books available written by Emily Hussey, Dorothy Shorne, and Rowena Wylde. All except Plan B: Secret Donor Baby are published by Winsome Books, and it has become easier to publish the newsletter under that banner.
In this newsletter
- Red Centre Series
- Tales from Harrow
- The Love Hexperts
- Vampire Destiny
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My most popular series remains the Red Centre Series, set in Alice Springs in the centre of Australia. More than once, I have contemplated writing a further book in this series, exploring the next generation. Is this something that you would look forward to reading? Let me know if you think this would be a good idea.
These are the three novels, and there is also a prequel introducing the protagonists in each of the stories. Although the books follow a timeline, each can be read as a stand-alone story.
Journey to the Heart - Prequel to the Red Centre Series.
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Time for a Re-cover?
The Harrow Series has been a challenging collection to categorise. It's romantasy, also known as urban fantasy, or even magical realism. It is set in Australia, but doesn't look like a conventional Australian series (no outback covers here). The covers also don't look like the conventional romantasy or paranormal books, because they aren't completely compliant with those genres either.
The readers who love stories based in Australia aren't sure if this would be their thing, and the readers who enjoy paranormal are also dubious. In fact, there is something for both groups of readers in these novels. I am starting the process of reviewing options for new covers.
Give me your opinion. Do you think this series would be better served with new covers, or you like those shown above?
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The Love Hexperts
Welcome to CovenFest!
Witches and warlocks, sorcerers and spellcasters, come for mayhem and magic surrounded by Enchantment Mountains. Monsters, too, are invited.
As the world's royalty of witchcraft and wizardry descend on Leavenworth in rural Washington State for their week-long annual conference, magic and romance ensues while the beer flows at Octoberfest.
The everyday folk have no idea witches and warlocks, sorcerers and spellcasters, and monsters and mages walk among them.
Heroes and heroines talk to the dead, howl at the moon, dance under the stars and summon the powers that lurk in the shadows at the Monster Mash Ball on Halloween.
Romance is definitely not on the conference program, but hexing your ex is, for a price. While secret crushes and enemies alike will be tormented and cursed, the witches and warlocks, monsters and magic users just might save the world. And find true love.
Sink your fangs into eleven wickedly swoony and deliciously spooky tales of witchy romance. Enjoy fairytales with a steamy twist where happily ever afters are guaranteed and will make you laugh and gasp.
Contributing authors are Sabrina Duval, Louisa West, Fiona M Marsden, HM Hodgson, Clarissa Morgan, Zelda Hartland, Sharyn Swanepoel, Emily Hussey, Melanie Pickering, Angelica Grymm and Savannah Blaize.
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Vampire Destiny
by Elvira Payet
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Uncovering her father’s past is a haunting but necessary quest. Hindered by a sexy detective hiding his own supernatural secrets, the search for truth will awaken her own growing powers and more.
Kelsey Richards’ life was a rollercoaster. The unanswered questions of her father’s disappearance and the death of her husband taints her past. Unwanted and uncontrollable psychic abilities hinder her present day.
She finds herself on a desperate quest to uncover the truth about her father, the search firing up strange visions that hint at events past, present and future.
Her search catches the attention of Detective Jake Anderson, a broody, sexy investigator who complicates her search, disturbs her composure and sets her body on fire.
Jake Anderson has a hidden agenda and a secret life. While outwardly supporting Kelsey in her search, he tries to keep her from digging too deep and putting herself and others in jeopardy. He harbors dark secrets of his own, entwined in the supernatural world Kelsey knows nothing about. He’s a vampire—torn between his duty to his own kind, protecting Kelsey and exploring the growing attraction between them.
Will Kelsey find the answers she seeks without putting herself and Jake in jeopardy?
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Kind regards
Emily Hussey
