Dear ,

In my last newsletter I said I'd stay off social media. I failed.

So let me try that again. I'm taking a break from social media during the month of August and will be back in time for my September 1st newsletter. Will I succeed? Follow me on social media and find out! 😅

Can you stay away from social media? Let me know at raeknightly@gmail.com

On to bits of news.

I've temporarily "muted/removed" my signed books from my Etsy store as I've found a new (cheaper?) way to mail books from Canada. I'm still in the testing phase but should be back up and running very soon.

Amazon invited me to take part in a KINDLE DEAL in the US and CANADA all through AUGUST. It means that Amazon is offering Ben Archer and the Cosmic Fall at a discounted price and marketing it for me (thanks, Amazon!). The ebook has been discounted from $2.99 to the astounding amount of $1.49 (and this is where you all go, "WOOOOOW!"). But wait! That's not all! I've jumped on board and discounted all The Alien Skill ebooks! So if you haven't read Ben Archer's adventures yet, this is your cue! Prices go back up on September 1st, 2023.

Last month we played a little summer game and six of you won Alien Skill and Knowledge Seeker bookmarks. Congratulations to:

The 3 winners of The Alien Skill bookmarks:

1. Diana Hardt,

2. Edward Henrichsen

3. Carolyn

The 3 winners of The Knowledge Seeker bookmarks:

1. Daniel StJames

2. Josette Dinishak

3. Meenaz Lodhi

If you haven't contacted me yet, please check your inbox (or spam mail) for an email from raeknightly@gmail.com so I can send you your prize.

What's up in the neighbourhood?

Summer on the West Coast of Canada has been idyllic (no smoke or extreme temperatures). I got a good dose of vitamin D, coffee in the sunshine, writing under trees in the park, swimming in rivers and lakes, eating too many blueberries, watching fireworks, growing veggies, saying hello to our new bear friend... It's been amazing! And now we're heading to Belgium to visit family and friends (waffle and chocolate pics will be available next month). Really, I can't complain.

August 2023 reading list

Private Ivy by Steven Cortinas

We turn the clock back to 1939, and a girl named Ivy Virtue. Her father is an ex-cop, and her mother is the first Puerto Rican woman to be a successful private detective. When that mother is stricken with terminal cancer and that father becomes an alcoholic, Ivy throws herself headfirst into a series of bizarre and lethal cases that push every one of her limits. Before her first case is said and done, the girl they call “Private Ivy” will also be known as something else…legend.

Hunter by ZZ Adams

A psychic awakening comes with magnificent powers. And a secret organization determined to capture you.

Erin Shaw and George Campbell knew it was true love from the beginning. But she was firmly working-class—brought up on a housing estate. He was the heir to a dukedom—his father with his own castle and staff.

It was hard enough to fit in with the hunters and their rifles, but when the castle comes under attack from a squad of armed agents, Erin must defeat her fear and fight alongside the Laird and his family against the invaders.

It isn't only that there is a team of well-trained thugs trying to kidnap her and murder her boyfriend and his family but something else is happening to her--something she can't explain.

To survive, Erin will need to do more than fight. She will have to learn to use her new-found powers to save not only herself but her new family.

Timbo Pinkerton Creates Trouble and Tishin by Alan Barbara

Timbo Pinkerton and Professor Nervetski - not a good combination!

Christmas Day in Upton Snodsbury certainly doesn’t go to plan for the Pinkertons.

Twelve year-old Timothy opens his Professor Nervetski Super Deluxe Chemistry Set and creates a load of trouble – and something else that he never expected…

This is the prequel to the very first Lottie Baxter adventure called Fool's Gold.

Wedding of the Torn Rose by Brian A. Mendonca

A merchant who abandoned his birthright… A princess with a dark secret… And an encounter destined to change their lives forever…

A merchant who abandoned his birthright, a princess with a dark secret, and an encounter destined to change their lives forever… Down on his luck, Kaine Khalia was gathering mushrooms in the forest to sell in the nearby capital. A young woman’s screams were the last thing he expected to find. Dashing to her rescue, Kaine finds himself face to face with a monster that should not even exist, fighting for his life as well as hers. His world only gets crazier from there. Kaine returns with Princess Lydia to her father’s castle, where he discovers himself in the king’s good graces. Confused and leery by a reward beyond gold, Kaine reluctantly agrees to remain and help with Lydia’s younger siblings. Life could not have thrown him more. Plunged into a world of magical intrigue, unrest, and political maneuvering, each new event leaves Kaine feeling out of place and, worse, dangerously exposed to a growing threat. The Darian Kingdom stands at the crossroads. Lydia’s upcoming wedding to the prince of the Throatian Kingdom will soon become the defining moment in Kaine’s life. With secrets revealed, and the perils of war looming on the horizon, it is going to take every ounce of loyalty, imagination, and willpower for Kaine to survive, and, if he is fortunate, stop the fast approaching storm from burning his world to the ground. Journey with Kaine as he attempts to prevent a war and save a kingdom in the first volume of the Symphony of Crowns and Gods series.

All the best,

Rae

PS. I hope you like my new header image! :)