Dear ,

This is not a very good newsletter.

"Why?" you ask (and also, "How dare you!").

Well, I think you will pardon my not-very-good newsletter because I'm focused on writing, writing, writing. I mean, that's basically the whole reason you're here, right? You want new books. So, I'm going to give you new books. And that means I'm busy, busy, busy.

Also, I'm amazed to see the wonderful graduation pictures that are being posted on social media from the US. And while I rejoice with all you youngsters who are now heading towards your brand new lives, here in British Columbia, most schools continue on until the end of June. So while you're sunbathing on some warm beach in Florida, please send a kind thought to us poor Canadian souls who will be sweating through the next three weeks of parent-teacher meetings, homework, exams, emptying out desks and lockers, attending end-of-school activities, graduation, parties, etc.

Do you have a favourite memory of your graduation? Let me know at raeknightly@gmail.com (Honestly, I don't remember anything memorable from my graduation, but a piece of paper says I passed my exams, so there's that.)

And, lastly, my mind has been insanely occupied by Ben Archer, who has dumped a truckload of adventures into my brain and forced me to write long plots, even though I never asked for them. Now I don't know what to do with them because I won't be able to get to them in a long while and also, because I don't know if readers would be interested. Stay tuned because we will need to have a serious conversation about this, someday.

MEGASTAR

Last month, I revealed the book cover for MEGASTAR, Book 2 in The Lost Space Treasure Series (coming Nov. 15th). You'll be happy to know that this week I'm sending the first draft to my editor, Cristy Watson.

Then its on to book 3, which will be called *whisper, whisper, something-or-other, you'll-never-guess* (Whoa! One thing at a time, people!). I can't leave Trin Moonrise hanging in the desperate situation she's in, so her story requires me to move onwards and forwards across the Magnus Star Cluster at lightning speed!

What's up in the neighbourhood?

Aside from writing and helping my children prepare for their last weeks of school, I'm experimenting with my garden. The weather is beautiful, new plants are in the ground and flowers are blooming. Fingers crossed I'll get some veggies this year, though my neighbour asked me to take care of one of his plants while he was away on vacation, and that didn't go too well. I may need to buy him a new plant. Veggie update coming next month. What about you? Do you enjoy gardening?

June 2023 reading list

The Forbidden: A Fantasy Romance Series (The Ancestors Saga, Book 1) by Lori Holmes

The unforgettable story of one woman’s perilous journey to save, The Forbidden. Begin your adventure 40,000 years into our own dark and forgotten past with The Ancestors Saga.

Rebaa’s adopted tribe lies slaughtered behind her. Rebaa’s lover, Juran, lays down his life for hers and now she must use all of her cunning and extraordinary powers to survive the inhospitable wilderness alone, ensuring that Juran’s sacrifice was not in vain.

But Rebaa’s battle for survival has only just begun...

Hunted by savage predators and more terrifying still, the nightmarish Eldrax, a murderous chieftain who will stop at nothing to possess Rebaa’s mysterious powers for his own, her very existence becomes a life or death chase in the pursuit and quest to reach the one place that surely offers salvation and a safe haven she can call home.

But what haven could possibly exist for one who bears... The Forbidden?

Will Rebaa find her salvation, or will crushing loss, hardship and the burden of carrying The Forbidden, first destroy her from the inside out?

Undead Menagerie: A Zombie Apocalypse Survival Thriller by A.M. Geever

When the world ends, you adapt or die. Can two strangers trapped in a zoo survive as zombies close in around them?

Zookeeper Imogen is flying high. She loves her work caring for endangered Iberian Lynxes and a promotion is on the horizon. Then a colleague throws her under the bus and her entire life goes into free-fall.

Mike dropped out of college to raise his sisters. Now, twenty years later, it’s time to live for himself. First step of his new life: marry his girlfriend. But an unwelcome surprise derails his proposal, and the future he’s longed for slips from his grasp.

When the zombie apocalypse strikes, Imogen and Mike are trapped inside the zoo. If Imogen wants to protect her lynxes, she’ll have to adapt. If Mike wants to find his family, he needs to survive.

Together, they must find a way out of the zoo—before it becomes as deadly as the ravenous hordes beyond its fence.

All the best!

Rae Knightly