MC Solaris Aug Newsletter! :)

Aug 08, 2021 1:01 pm

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Welcome to M.C. Solaris’ August Newsletter

Helloooo fellow lover of all things romance and love! :)

Here’s a quick recap of what’s in this month’s newsletter:

Check-in
Rhyker’s Key Audiobook
Book Signing Event Highlight Video
Deacon’s Star Pre-Order
Upcoming Book Updates
Deacon’s Star Sneak Peek

So, keep scrollin’ through like a social media feed and ENJOY! :)

CHECK-IN

Hiiii! :)

Gonna keep things a tad shorter on the check-in portion of the program this month because last weekend was my first book signing event and—believe it or not—I’m still recovering from the party LOL!

On social media, I recently joked that the post-book signing hangover is no joke and honestly, it’s the truth! Haha

You may have caught on by now that I’m kinda sorta a major introvert and that I basically (happily) live in a hobbit hole. So, even though the book signing event was a blast, it was also the most people-ing I’ve done in a long, long time and, boy, am I wiped out! Meanwhile, my sister (AKA the human double for the character Starr in the Orion’s Order series) is already asking about when the next event is. Lol!

Okay, enough about my post-party zombie self!

How are you doing?

How’d July go?

Anything you’re looking forward to in August?

(I mean, other than Deacon’s Star release of course, right? Lol jk ;) )

Alright, I think that’s a wrap for this month! (Unless you’re on the ARC team, then you’ll definitely be seeing more of me in your inbox as we celebrate Deacon and Starr’s book birthday!)

XOXO

M.C. Solaris

PS: Don’t forget to make sure the email address mcsolaris@mcsolaris.com is SAVED AS ONE OF YOUR CONTACTS so these newsletters don’t get caught in your spam/promotions folder.

RHYKER’S KEY AUDIOBOOK NOW AVAILABLE

I’m so thrilled to officially announce that the Rhyker’s Key audiobook is now available! Woot Woot!

PS: Yes, we get to hear more of that sexy and masculine voice by none other than the talented voice actor and narrator, Jarman Day!

First Book Signing Event Highlight Video

DEACON’S STAR — COMING AUG 31st

Deacon’s Star (Orion’s Order Book 3) is coming to your ereader or bookshelf August 31st!

Deacon’s Star is available for PRE-ORDER!

If you’d like to order a SIGNED COPY (thank you!!), you can do this HERE.

Here’s to a wonderful book birthday to Deacon & Starr (and I’m honored to share my birthday with you two! :) )

UPCOMING BOOK UPDATES

On the book horizons in the world of species and M.C Solaris…

Deacon’s Star Release Date — COMING AUG 31st!

As mentioned above, Deacon’s Star will be published August 31, 2021 and is now on pre-order! Woot! :)

Orion’s Order Book 4 — COMING 2022!

OO book 4 (title to be revealed soon!) is currently in the works and is scheduled to release sometime next year. I can’t wait to share more of this one with you! ;)

Clyde & The Caswell Lion Pride

DEACON’S STAR SNEAK PEEK

Note: Yes, I shared this in last month’s newsletter but wanted to share it again in case you missed it! ;)

Prologue

By M.C. Solaris

“Starr, I’d like you to meet, Feura,” Mara said gently, with that warm, motherly smile of hers.

Starr eyed the shy young female standing before her with skin of burnt gold and midnight hair.

“She’s now a part of our family.”

“Hi, Feura.” Starr only said it to be polite because that was what Mara and the other castellans at the home—her home—had taught her. But she wasn’t interested in making another friend only to lose them either to being adopted or becoming better friends with someone else in the family because they thought she was just too “fiery” and “strong.”

At least, that’s what Jillian—her last and final friend and supposed “sister”—had told her after she had single-handedly ruined Jillian’s tea party by accidentally burning everything to smoking ashes (including the table, food, presents). Jillian even suffered a very minor burn by trying to save her favorite doll.

Starr hadn’t meant for that to happen. She’d only been trying to impress Jillian and the other females by lighting the candles on the cupcakes in a flashy way. Instead, she only managed to alienate herself further. The other females were now wary of her and she knew that they only sat next to her at the dinner table because Herb and Mara made them because the two head castellans were big on family.

“Hi, Starr.” Feura’s voice held a foreign lilt and was as soft and airy as a whispering breeze.

Timid eyes of fiery sunlight met Starr’s for a split second before gluing themselves to the floor.

“Feura’s only a year older than you and is a fire elemental just like you.”

Starr felt excitement burst inside of her. There had never been another fire elemental in their home before. But she quickly snuffed out the excitement that ignited within her. Fire elemental or not, Feura would soon find out that Starr was too flashy and fierce and that the other females steered clear of her now.

“Starr, honey, why don’t you show Feura around.”

“Okay.” Starr nodded, deciding to start with the outside. It was a sunny day and she didn’t want to waste the sun. Plus, she knew Jillian and the others were inside right now.

Feura was a silent shadow next to Starr as they walked around the house and toward the back.

“Your voice is strange,” Starr said with the innocent bluntness of a young. “Where are you from?”

“La Rivière Du Temps.”

“I don’t know where that is,” Starr’s brow wrinkled a bit in thought. “But I like the way your voice sounds.”

“Thanks. It’s near the Paris crossing.”

Starr nodded. She had heard of the Paris border crossing before because all young were taught about The Barrier and the major crossings into the human world as it was an important part of their world and history.

For the next little while, Starr showed her new “sister” around the home. Feura spoke very few words during the tour but her interest was apparent.

“Do you want to see where I practice my fire?”

Feura nodded, her eyes sparking with interest.

“It’s great. I can practice as much as I want and I don’t ever get in trouble for burning things. As long as it’s within the fire circle though. We’re not allowed to use our fire freely outside the circle without one of the adults though.”

Feura nodded.

Starr guided them to the practice area that had been built just for her. It was a large clearing of dirt far away from the house and anything that could catch on fire, including grass or trees.

“You can’t get burned, right?”

Feura shook her head.

“Can you make a fireball?” Starr asked, conjuring a ball of flame in her tiny palm. The flame was small but Mara said that one day she wouldn’t be surprised if Starr could conjure big ones, maybe even the size of a basketball.

Feura’s eyes lit up. “Woah. I can’t do that.” To show, she conjured a single flame that would perfectly fit the size of a small tabletop candle.

“I can go bigger,” Starr half-whispered, as if sharing a secret. “Do you wanna see?”

Feura nodded, thoroughly entranced.

Starr looked around to make sure no one else was near and then closed her eyes to concentrate. She called forth the inner flame within her core—called and called until she felt her entire hand tingle and burst to life.

At Feura’s delighted gasp, she opened her eyes to see a giant fireball engulfing her entire hand and part of her forearm.

“Woah. That’s so cool!”

“You wanna see if I can go bigger?” Starr asked, her soul singing and practically jumping for joy at Feura’s curiosity instead of frightened rejection.

Feura bobbed her head excitedly.

Again, Starr closed her eyes and concentrated hard—harder than she ever had before. She wanted to impress Feura so badly. Maybe then Feura wouldn’t leave her like the others had. Maybe then she’d have a friend.

She called forth her inner fire and kept calling and calling, even when her whole arm began to tingle, then her torso, then—

A deafening whoosh and slight boom sounded out along with a frightened cry.

Starr’s eyes flew open to see both her and Feura’s clothes had been burned to ashes. And there was now a large blackened circle on the dirt around them as if an explosion had gone off.

Immediately, Starr had flashbacks of the tea party with Jillian and other incidents caused by her fire. An awful feeling flooded her, dousing her excitement. She knew that she ruined everything. She knew that Feura wouldn’t ever talk to her again and instead, would go hang out with the other females and avoid her.

“I’m sorry! I didn’t mean—“

“Woah!” Feura laughed for the first time. “Can you show me how to do that?”

Even after a few years of Starr teaching Feura, her sister of all but blood had never been able to conjure as much fire power as Starr. But that hadn’t stopped them from becoming the best of friends and being attached at the hip wherever they went.

They had made pacts to be best friends forever and promises to go to school together and live together until they got mated, only to then have homes right next door to each other.

If only that was what the fates had blessed them with...

Author’s Note: I hope you enjoyed getting a tiny glimpse into Starr’s distant past… which absolutely plays a part into her and Deacon’s story! ;)

PS: If you haven't yet tried the Orion’s Order series, you can dive in at Calypso’s Heart (book 1) and then immediately continue on to Rhyker’s Key (book 2)!

INSTAGRAM LIVE VIDEOS A PLENTY

Watch my most recent INSTAGRAM LIVE VIDEOS to hear about all the things! Seriously, fellow readers and I have been busy chattin’ it up on IG live to discuss alllll things Orion’s Order.

PS: Follow me on Instagram @mcsolarisauthor as there will be more lives in the future too :)

M.C. SOLARIS READER FB GROUP

Did you know there’s a FB group to chat about all things of the species world and Orion’s Order? Join in the fun at Solaris’s Species (Official M.C. Solaris Reader Group) here!

SPECIES SWAG SHOP

Love book swag? Me tooooo! :) Check out the latest swag for all things Orion’s Order and the species world in the Species Swag Shop here.

PS: There’s a few special surprises in there I haven’t even announced yet! ;)

VIRTUAL BOOK FAIRS & FREE BOOKS

Calypso’s Heart is participating in a few virtual book fairs where myself and fellow romance authors team up and share their stories (most often in the form of free books and audiobook samples!). Check ‘em out below!

***CLICK ON IMAGES FOR FREE READS!!!***

https://mcsolaris.com/

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