BooksGloriousBooks Newsletter 15 March 2025
Mar 15, 2025 4:11 am
Hi Everyone
Since my last newsletter we have had a stay in Geelong, Victoria and after a week here in Warrnambool, tomorrow we will be moving on to Portland. We are now slowly working our way west to South Australia where I will catch up with a close friend and the young man who has 'adopted' me as his Nan.
Books In Sight Melbourne was wonderful. So good to chat with readers and author friends. Jolene and Danielle did an outstanding job of pulling together and hosting the event. I am hoping they will host one in Hobart when we are in Tasmania next year...fingers crossed.
The Protector of Dragons is done and Rule #8: Don't Dismiss the Teacher should be ready in the next few weeks. It's been somewhat busy with so many books releasing near each other. The Protector of Dragons will be in Kindle Unlimited for only 3 months and then I will be moving it to other platforms. My contemporaries will be going 'wide' in the coming months to see if I can stimulate sales.
As usual, if you ever want to touch base, I am more than happy to answer questions or just share a chat and if I am in your town, I'd love to catch up so contact me at horsnells@yahoo.com.au
Until next time, have a safe and enjoyable festive season, and thank you so very much for your ongoing support.
Sue
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PROTECTOR OF DRAGONS
Release Date: 23 January 2026
Aurora is a dragon shifter in the kingdom of Araleen; the result of a genetic emergence from her grandparents. Amidst the turmoil and threat of dark forces, she stands as a beacon of hope for her people.
From a neighboring kingdom, Faxon, another dragon shifter, arrives with others to aid in the battle against the encroaching evil of Amoux and his black dragons. Faxon, with his fierce determination, powerful magic, and noble heart, quickly becomes an essential ally.
As they fight side by side, Aurora and Faxon find themselves drawn to each other, their bond strengthening with each challenge they face.
Amidst the chaos of battle, love blossoms, adding a new dimension to their quest for peace. A peace that can only be found if evil is defeated.
Together, they embody the hope and strength needed to overcome the darkness threatening their worlds for if Araleen falls, Faxon’s home, Parlian will be next.
Cover by Covers by John.
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FIRST 20K WILL BE PUBLISHED IN TALES FROM THE HORDE ANTHOLOGY:
A DRAGON FANTASY ANTHOLOGY WITH 14 AUTHORS IS COMING TO AMAZON THIS JULY.
Cover Reveal will drop on the 17th March 2025.
BLURB:
Mythical…
Mystical...
Magical…
Come and join fourteen authors as they lead you on a journey of fantasy and explore the realms of dragons… good and bad… heroic and timid.
Will the dragons prevail in their quests?
Or will humans extinguish their flames and prevent them from burning brightly again?
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SONS OF CHAOS SERIES
Bodhi Farrer aka 'Snake' is a cop fed-up with injustice.
He is also president of The Sons of Chaos Motorcycle Club.
Together, the members take justice into their own hands.
But...
When Bodhi falls foul of the law, who will ensure justice for him?
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*****
SWEET ROMANCE
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*****
Easton Walker is the bane of my existence. A thorn in my side. And… my new fake husband.
As the hottest hockey player in the league, he has everyone eating out of the palm of his hand. Everyone except for me. I’m not falling for his crooked grin, chiseled jaw, or broad shoulders. I made that mistake once, before I knew who he was, and I still felt the sting of his rejection.
Now I’m stuck working with him. He does everything in his power to get under my skin, but no matter how much he vexes me, I can’t deny the electric attraction that sparks between us.
When my mom gets sick, he’s the last person I expect to come to my aid. I need a husband so I can access my trust fund to pay for her treatments. He needs to makeover his image to convince everyone he’s changed his playboy ways. So, he proposes a marriage of convenience.
In public, I’ll be his doting wife, and he’ll be my devoted husband, but behind closed doors our relationship will remain strictly platonic.
That is, until he catches me in a… compromising position. And all his tightly held control begins to unravel.
Letting Easton into my bed is probably a mistake, but letting him into my heart could be catastrophic.
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*****
TEXAS SUMMER SERIES
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*****
RULES FOR DATING A SINGLE DAD
Multi-Author Series
Coming in June 2025
A Clean Rules For Dating A Single Dad Romance
Love is strength, love is support, and love makes a family complete!
Single dads everywhere are about to learn that love doesn't come with an instruction manual. These devoted fathers, balancing career demands with the joys and challenges of parenthood, find themselves crossing paths with women who see beyond their "dad" label.
Each story in 'Rules For Dating A Single Dad' celebrates the unique journey of finding love as a single father, showing that sometimes the most rewarding relationships are built on a foundation of Lego bricks and soccer practice sidelines.
This sweet series will be brimming with tender father-child moments, blossoming romances, and the beautiful chaos of blending lives and hearts. Coming June 2025.
RULE #8 DON'T DISMISS THE TEACHER
Author: Susan Horsnell
A teenage daughter who thinks she knows all.
A schoolteacher who agrees with her opinion.
Will sparks fly when the two most important adults in Harmony's life clash in disagreement?
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*****
DEADWOOD SERIES OF BOOKS IN MULTI-AUTHOR SERIES
Release Date: 3 April 2025
Molly-Belle Jackson had always embraced a carefree and joyful spirit. Visiting a friend’s ranch that fateful day, she’d had an overwhelming desire to enjoy herself. To emulate the playful antics of the boys she had observed numerous times, before societal expectations required her to conduct herself as a proper lady.
Arizona Callahan had long held a silent admiration for Molly, yearning for the enchanting young woman from afar. However, ever since that day, she had consistently refused to acknowledge his presence.
A decade had elapsed, yet Molly remained far from achieving acceptance.
Could Arizona mend her wounded spirit, guide her back into the light, and, in doing so, claim her as his own?
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*****
Release Date: 1 May 2025
Maverick Carlysle was a man of means with a passion for nurturing the minds of young children. He was committed to his calling and equally as committed to living life as a bachelor since he had never encountered the right woman.
Until…
Fate intervened and he met beautiful store manager—Daisy-May Adams.
She was everything he wanted in a woman but had never found—Beautiful, intelligent, feisty, and stubborn.
And…
Her tiny daughter was as smitten with him as he was with her.
Would one error of judgement threaten their chance at love?
Or would Daisy realize her mistake and welcome him back into her life?
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*****
SERIES PAGE
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When Ruth, a Hollywood socialite with a love for nurturing horses back to health, is hired to help him care for Magnolia’s neglected animals, the two strike up a fast friendship. Little do they know what lies ahead…
Without much to distract the pair after hours, and with sparks simmering under the surface, Ruth and Sawyer agree to a no-strings relationship. After all, what’s the harm in a little off-duty fun?
As casual turns into something much deeper, neither can bring themselves to admit what’s happening. Sawyer believes Ruth is too good for him. She’s a glamorous Hollywood princess who leads a very different life. How could they ever make it work?
When Ruth’s father shows up on the ranch, pushing her back toward California and her roots, she faces an impossible choice: return home to her only family or stay at Magnolia Ranch and risk everything for the one man who could truly break her heart.
Can Sawyer and Ruth open their hearts to each other before it's too late, or will they keep running from the one thing neither of them knew they needed?
Ride Me Cowboy: Magnolia Ranch Cowboys is the final book in the Magnolia Ranch series. 1-Click today to finish this captivating series!
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*****
A human, a fae warrior, and the wicked Unseelie king walk into a bar. Just kidding. There is no bar. But there is a quest to find a missing queen. And tension. Lots of tension.
When she and her love, Rowan, went to the Unseelie Court, Gwyndolin only intended to ask the Unseelie king to stop his fae from attacking the humans and Seelie fae. She did not intend for him to insert himself into their quest to find the high queen. But who can say no to the wicked High King Aspen? He takes what he wants, and he doesn’t care who he hurts in the process.
His magic may be useful, but his arrogant, flirtatious attitude may cause a rift between her and Rowan. She hates Aspen, and he seems to only want to antagonize her. So, why does it seem like there’s something else he’s hiding? And will it threaten everything when she finds out?
This novella, set in the realm of the Fae-blessed series but sometime before that series, is full of love, betrayal, and villains. Who doesn’t love villains? Of Fae and Wicked Kings is a dark fantasy romance with:
✨ Enemies to lovers
✨ Villain gets the girl
✨ He falls first
✨ Touch her and die
✨ Burn the world
✨ Obsessive, morally gray MMC
✨ Dual POV with lots of plot twists
Prepare to fall in love with the villain.
This novella was initially released in the Romancing the Rogue: Falling for the Bad Boy Villain anthology, now with two more chapters, character art, and bonus scenes! While this book is shorter, the rest of the series will be full-length novels.
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*****
From USA TODAY BESTSELLING author Xavier Neal comes a laugh-out-loud, off-limits, hockey romance!
He wants her...even more than she hates him.
Loose lips sink ships...
Which isn't a problem unless it causes her twin sister - who you might be in love with - to hate you.
And, of course, if it could get you traded from your dream team due to becoming a PR problem you swore you wouldn't be.
I guess you could say this season won't be easy.
Especially for me, the stud.
TROPE CHECK:
Golden Retriever Hero
Black Cat Heroine
One Bed Problem
Mistaken Identity
Secret Romance
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*****
The factions in the College have split, some siding with the four Houses and some with Frankie and Heaven who wants her alive.
Turning the College into a veritable war zone.
Good news is, the boys have shown their true colors and have Frankie's back, protecting her against assassins and attacks, fighting at her side.
And sleeping at her side, which is… a bonus.
How can she resist them anyway?
When they are opening up to her.
Taking care of her.
Putting their lives on the line for her.
They still have the potential of breaking her heart but by now that's a given. Too late to back away now. Too late to run.
Things take a turn for the worse when dear old dad's name is revealed and the angels come down to get her – but Frankie may have a plan…
* Look inside for author notes and information as well as warnings on the books! *
* This series can be read on its own but you will have a much better reader experience if you read the Pandemonium Academy Royals series first! *
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*****
You want someone gone, a problem solved, but are too much of a pussy to do it yourself, then you call me.
I’m one of those hands on, kind of guys.
I don’t mind getting my hands dirty for the right price.
My rates may be high, but the quality of my work is exceptional.
I pride myself on making sure the job is done right and on time.
My reputation sometimes precedes me.
I have spent more time in Laguna Beach than I’d have liked over the past year, but I’m here to send a message.
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Luke. Ben, Kyle and Stephen lived for the beach.
They chased the sun, surf and of course the girls until they found themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time, becoming witnesses to a crime that sets off an irreversible chain of events …..
What did they witness?
All will be revealed in California Dreaming.
FREEBIE
*****
So, when a security job opens up in an exclusive gated community, she takes it. Better money, great perks, and best of all, no entities.
At first, her problems are solved—the job’s great, she’s made new friends, and a good-looking man has caught her eye. She even has time to cook her favorite Mexican dishes while her new cat watches, though there’s something not quite right about him.
But the fancy neighborhood she was hired to protect hides a secret: something supernatural is attacking the residents, and as Maddy tries to unravel the mystery, she discovers a secret of her own: she may have inherited magical abilities from her famous great aunt, a Mexican witch.
With monsters roaming the hilly streets, residents up in arms, and her boss breathing down her neck, Maddy must decide how far she’s willing to go to preserve her new life.
Barely Magic is the first book in Maddy Madrigal Mysteries, a new urban fantasy series from Debra Castaneda, the award-winning author of The Monsters of Chavez Ravine and the Dark Earth Rising series including The Root Witch and A Dark and Rising Tide.
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*****
Ever thought how love and loss can change your fundamental nature?
I loved a fair boy once, and he was taken from me. I’m back to avenge him, no matter the cost.
Every year the fae king organizes deathly trials with human tributes to please the gods.
This year, I am taking part in them.
My goal? To enter the palace in the aftermath and take the king out once and for all.
My advantage? I am no ordinary human. Not anymore.
My mistake? I hadn’t counted on my magic failing me, or Jai, the fae king’s arrogant dragon-summoner and shadow-weaver, volunteering in the trials to fight beside me.
I hadn’t counted on resurfacing feelings and memories. On the people surrounding me not being who they seem.
I am a thorn, a blade honed to fight, but I am foiled by prophecies and signs, illusions and lies.
Who is Jai? What is the truth?
And what price will I have to pay to find out?
*Look inside the book for warnings*
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*****
FROM STORY ORIGIN
Wanting him could destroy me, but it could also save me.Carson
I dreamed of being a Navy SEAL, but to achieve my goal, I had to choose. I could be gay or be a SEAL. Being a SEAL won out. You couldn’t miss what you had never experienced. I hoped being a team guy would fill the void left by denying who I was.
And it did, until terrorists took my teammate captive, and I watched two of my best friends find love. Now repressed thoughts and feelings plagued me, and I didn’t know if I’d be able to resist.
Especially not when my first and only crush showed up.Roman
Growing up in the bible belt was hard enough, especially when my dad, the town doctor, committed suicide. I hid in the closet until I left for college. There twosomes turned into moresomes, which somehow led to a drunken hook-up with a sorority girl. When she turned up pregnant, I married her, but she disappeared as soon as the baby was born, leaving me a single dad.
When Carson Wilcox returned to my life, he reawakened the want I’d always had for him. But the emotional wounds left by my father and wife still festered and I didn’t know if I could risk not only my heart but my daughter’s too.***
Wanting Him is an MM Military Romance set at the end of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell and picks up after Saving Him. While Saving Him doesn’t have be read before reading Wanting Him, it is strongly advised. The cast of characters from Saving Him appear in Wanting Him and will show up in all the SEAL Team books to follow.
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*****
Damaged almost beyond hope, a young woman is offered safety—by the man who killed her brother.
1880s Arizona Territory: Shunned by the village for her outlaw brother's deeds, Jesse is not sorry to hear he's been killed while robbing a bank.
Strangely enough it's Adam Donovan, the man who shot him, who brings her the news. Even more strange is this newcomer's offer to help put her ranch back on solid footing.
Traumatized by years of abuse, Jesse doubts she can trust any man—especially this Irish immigrant with his volatile temper and gunfighter's reputation. But a profound love for her canyon home outweighs her trepidation, and she accepts his assistance.
As they work together to improve her ranch, Jesse comes to believe that Adam's true nature is far removed from his notoriety. She feels the first stirrings of love―an emotion she's never known before.
But her nascent dreams of romance turn to nightmares when she discovers that not all of her brother's evil deeds died with him.
Deceptively simple and poetic, this heartfelt western historical romance will tug at your emotions, make you laugh, cry, and even get a little angry, as it handles difficult topics with a sensitive touch.
Finalist: The Coffee Pot Book Club Historical Romance of the Year, 2019: "An emotionally evocative story... brilliantly written and fabulously executed."
Can Jesse trust her heart and reveal the extent of her brother's treachery to Adam? Can they build a future encumbered by the past, or will her confession destroy her one chance for happiness?
Books in the Donovan Family Saga:
Whispers in the Canyon (1)
The Winds of Morning (Prequel)
The Woodsman's Rose (2)
Rainbow Man (3)
Without the Thunder (4)
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*****
One job interview changed my life forever….It was Storm, my ex-boyfriend standing in front of me as my future Boss.
Years ago, Storm and I were separated by his parents' misbeliefs.
Worst part was Storm did not support me and lost my trust.
Although I hated him, I accepted the job offer, because I was in need of money.
Day by day we made progress in our projects together and rebuilt trust in each other.
With our hard work, we received work awards.
On the other side our old memories resurfaced.
As old misunderstandings dissolved, and new friendships took hold.
I found myself drawn to him like never before.
Will this new beginning bring us together again?
Will Storm be pulled back down his old path?©2023 Dhanashree Dorage (P)2024 Dhanashree Dorage
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*****
their senior year when their jibes turn violent.
After the pair are sentenced to detention, emotions boil out of control leading to a confusing, romantic entanglement. Unable to deny their feelings, they agree to explore a relationship in secret.
But Ru can tell Ocean is holding back. When things appear to be going well, Ocean suddenly disappears, leaving Ru distressed.
When Ocean returns everything changes. Can Ru and Ocean overcome the new obstacles in their relationship? Or will Ocean’s truth be too much for their young love?