Category Archives: Short Stories

Darkness Wanes is now available!

I know you all have been waiting patiently (or in some cases impatiently) for the sixth and final novel in the Sensor Series to release. Darkness Wanes is now available at Amazon and the other major retailers (see the bottom of this post for all the links).

This novel ended up being just over 126k words long in order to wrap up everything relating to Lucas and Melena (though a few open threads are left for spin-off books with other characters). It took a long time to get this novel finished, but I’m pleased with how it turned out and hope you will be, too. For audio listeners, my publisher just let me know Darkness Wanes will be released on June 21st in audio format. They’ve got it on schedule with the same narrator who has handled all the other Sensor books.

There is also a bonus holiday short story featuring Kerbasi, titled An Unexpected Gift, included at the end of the book. I originally revealed the story over at Nocturnal Book Reviews in December, but it has not been available in an ebook until now. On the Sensor Series timeline, An Unexpected Gift falls after the end of the main series so it does give you a little glimpse into how things are going for some characters approximately seven months down the line. There will also be full-length spinoff novels set in the Sensor World in the future. I expect to release the first one in early 2017. For the rest of this year, though, I’ll be focusing on the dragon books.

Below is a summary for the novel and links to the retailers. Thanks to everyone who has stayed with me to the end of the series. All the kind words of encouragement and messages from fans have meant a lot.

SUMMARY:

Melena Sanders is locked away in Purgatory, which is no vacation, but she’ll soon be returning to Alaska where troubles are mounting once again. Suspicious fires are breaking out, supernaturals are being attacked, and there’s an enemy lurking out there waiting for his chance to strike. Her lover, Lucas, is managing to hold their home together during her absence, but he’s more than ready for her to return. It will take the two of them working together, along with friends and family, to overcome the darkness that is about to unleash.

Word count: 126,000 (approximate)

RETAILER LINKS:

AMAZON US AMAZON UK AMAZON DE AMAZON AU AMAZON CA

NOOK KOBO ITUNES

Happy Holidays!

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For those who celebrate, I hope you have a Merry Christmas! Please take care if you’re traveling. I also want to remind everyone that the Sensor series holiday short story I mentioned in my last post is up over at Nocturnal Book Reviews. This is an all-new story you haven’t read before featuring Kerbasi, Kariann and a new character . Check it out and leave a comment on the post for your chance to win a blue Kindle Fire HD 8, tote bag, and other goodies. You’ve got until December 30th to enter.

Tempting the Moon now available!

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For those of you who missed it, Tempting the Moon is now out. Originally published in The Stroke of Midnight anthology in late 2013, it has since been revised (adding almost 2000 words to the story) and re-released on its own. With the new year here, it’s the perfect time to pick it up!

Journey back to when Melena was still separated from Lucas and struggling to find her way in the supernatural world. See what started the relationship between Emily and Hunter. At 12k words this might be one of the shorter installments in the series, but it’s a story that makes every moment count. Below is the summary and retailer links:

SUMMARY:

It’s New Year’s Eve and Melena Sanders is hoping she can survive the night without any more trouble in her life. But then her adopted teenage daughter, Emily, confesses to a prank gone wrong. Now her young werewolf admirer is caught in a trap on a full moon. Melena’s got to figure out fast how to rescue him without either of them getting bitten in the process. Of course, nothing ever goes quite how she plans…

It is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo:

Amazon US
Amazon UK
Amazon Germany
Amazon Australia
Amazon Canada

Barnes & Noble
Kobo
iTunes

Wishing everyone a happy new year!

Anthologies new and old…

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If you didn’t catch it before, the Christmas anthology is ready! A Very Paranormal Holiday is currently not available on retailers, but you can get a free copy of it by emailing me or leaving a comment below. Those who do so will be added to mailing lists of the participating authors so you can receive alerts for their new book releases.

With my 19k short story that is included, Facing the Darkness, you’ll see many familiar characters from the Sensor series. There are updates on what they’ve been up to since Darkness Clashes, a revelation on Cori’s background (the tattoo artist), a fight scene, and quite a bit of character development as Kerbasi learns an important Christmas lesson.

I’m also going to be re-releasing a New Year’s story later this month. For those of you who picked up and read The Stroke of Midnight anthology you will probably recall Tempting the Moon. It’s often referred to as Emily’s werewolf story, though it’s told from Melena’s perspective. The story was written between Chained by Darkness (book 2.5) and Darkness Divides (book 3). Maybe we could call it 3.7? That is while Lucas was still confined in Purgatory so you won’t see him in there, but you will see Micah and a few other familiar characters.

This particular anthology had a 10k word count limit on the stories included. I still went over by about five hundred words, but it always bothered me that I couldn’t expand on some scenes further due to the limit. Now that the anthology is being taken off retailers in a couple of days and I’m free to re-release Tempting the Moon on its own I’m fleshing some of those scenes out to make the story even better. I’ve also had an awesome cover designed for it and written a new summary:

SUMMARY: It’s New Year’s Eve and Melena Sanders is hoping she can survive the night without any more trouble in her life. But then her adopted teenage daughter, Emily, confesses to a prank gone wrong. Now her young werewolf admirer is caught in a trap on a full moon. Melena’s got to figure out fast how to rescue him without either of them getting bitten in the process. Of course, nothing ever goes quite how she plans…

For those who didn’t read this story, you missed the turning point in Emily and Hunter’s relationship. This is your opportunity to find out why Emily later gave him a chance. Plus see Melena get into more trouble.

As soon as the anthology is available on retailers I’ll post links here and send a message to my release alert subscribers. Those who have also signed up for the newsletter will be getting the first one at the end of this month with book release information and other publishing news.

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Playing with Darkness is now available!

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Hope everyone is having a great weekend. I’m happy to let you all know that Playing with Darkness, book 3.5 of the Sensor Series, has now been uploaded to all the retailers. As of now Amazon and Barnes & Noble customers can grab their copies. Hopefully Kobo and iTunes will follow soon. For those of you who requested the novella ahead of time, I have sent out PDF copies to your emails. If you haven’t heard from me and you were supposed to, please do let me know.

This story came to just over 16k words. Much shorter than my other books, but I hope it helps tide you all over until Darkness Clashes releases. There is some fun with Kerbasi and for those who need a bit of Lucas and Melena time, there’s some of that in there, too. Hope you all enjoy it!

SUMMARY:

There’s no avoiding it. Melena must keep her promise to return the fae device that opens the portal to Purgatory. Except there’s one problem—Kerbasi. How can she go when she has one of heaven’s minions practically attached to her hip? One who will strike fear in the hearts of the fae the moment they realize who he is.

When her shape-shifter cat suddenly gets sick, she can’t delay the trip any longer. Only the fae can help get Sable healthy again. And if Kerbasi tries to cause any trouble while they are there, she’ll just have to find creative ways to keep him in line.

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