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The King: An Update

August 20, 2016August 20, 2016 Liz MeldonLeave a comment

I’ve noticed a few searches for The King’s release date, along with the occasional person asking when the follow-up to The Fool will be published. As always, I’ve got a countdown to my next release on the sidebar, and right now The King is next on the docket!

At the moment the manuscript is going through content editing, along with getting beta feedback from about 6 people. The due date for feedback is the first week of September, then I’ll need to implement the changes I think are necessary. After, it’ll need to go to a proofreader, then be revised a few more times.

My initial release date was October 31st. Now it’s November 20th. Depending on how much feedback I get and how many things I think I need to work on, I might push it to December 6th. If I was in perfect health, or even mildly good health, getting it out early would have been no problem. As it is, I’m still dealing with post-concussion syndrome on the daily. Headaches. Dizziness. All that fun stuff. It absolutely puts a dampener on how much work I can get done in a day.

ARCs will most likely go out once I’ve implemented my proofreader’s changes — because at that point it’s just me fiddling around with word choice and whatnot. I will make plenty of announcements for ARC sign-ups, and I’ll also be doing a blog tour for the release. Because I’ll be booking a bit late, I might have to reschedule the release because my usual tour organizer doesn’t have the date I want available. When will I ever learn to plan in advance?

Anyway. Just know it will be out before the end of the year. I’d love to get things moving faster, but I’m a one-woman show here with a brain who sometimes works with me, most times doesn’t.

tumblr_ma0vbckc7m1qepgwqo1_500 — Liz – out.

Happy book birthday to Vein of Love by R. Scarlett!

August 16, 2016August 14, 2016 Liz MeldonLeave a comment

Title: Vein Of Love

Author: R. Scarlett

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Release Date: August 16, 2016

Synopsis

Three centuries ago, Molly Darling’s ancestors signed a contract in blood—daemon blood—to protect themselves from harm. On the eve she turns nineteen, Molly leaves for her birthday party against her parent’s wishes, sick of their warnings about her “betrothal to a demon.”

Except that she’s very much betrothed, and he’s very much a demon—one who’s only agreed to the nuptials to steal Molly’s ancient daemon powers. Brash, arrogant, and built like a Greek god, Tensley Knight keeps showing up to save Molly from otherworldly attacks, only to insult her a moment later.

As Molly learns more about the demon world, she realizes two things: that her family’s safety depends on a successful marriage, while any chance of freedom she’ll ever have calls for Tensley’s demise.

Yet sometimes Molly spots a tortured soul beyond those liquid grey eyes, and there’s no denying the way her skin tingles when Tensley touches it. In Vein of Love, safety requires sacrifice, foe becomes lover, and one must decide whether to kiss…or to kill.

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Excerpt

Her fingers caught his tie, and he froze, startled by her brave actions as she tightened the fabric around his neck. “If anything happened to her, I don’t know what I would do.”

So you wanna play “who’s in charge”, sweetheart?

His lips quirked, and he touched both her hands. “Is that a threat, Ms. Darling?” He’d show her who was in charge; he’d throw her on the bed and devour her—pleasurably, of course. His fingertips skimmed the hollow of her wrist. “Because I expect people who make threats to follow through.”

Her hands retreated. “Do I look like a threat?”

He half-smiled. She had no idea how much of a threat she actually was to him. How, if he let her in, she could control him, just like that human seductress had controlled his brother.

About The Author

R. Scarlett lives in a small quaint town in Southern Ontario, Canada and has an unhealthy obsession with mythology and romance.

From studying English literature and minoring in History, she loves losing herself in a good book and snuggling up to her Brittany Spaniel. When she’s not writing or plotting a delicious novel, she can be found hanging out with friends and family, going on long car rides, exploring small towns, or watching reruns of Sex and the City.

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Free Short Story: Do Us Part

July 22, 2016 Liz MeldonLeave a comment

Do Us Part, a Lovers and Liars prequel and the direct follow-up to Til Death has gone live on Smashwords! It is available in all e-reader formats (gotta love Smashwords), and is totally, 100% free.

And it’s a little heartbreaking.

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Free on Smashwords!

Where there are beginnings, so too are there endings. Once, for the great gods of the old world, the end lurked in a very, very distant future. Unfortunately, things change—and not always for the better. As humanity turns to a new god, the deities of old fall to war and chaos in an effort to survive. In the years before and the ones that follow the great Immortal Wars, two marriages disintegrate.

Do Us Part is the follow-up short story to ‘Til Death, and is an optional Lovers and Liars prequel.

The Witches of Westwick College: Live!

July 7, 2016July 7, 2016 Liz MeldonLeave a comment

Drinks all around! The third book in the Lovers and Liars serial has gone live today. Everyone who requested a review copy will be receiving one shortly. It is currently free on Smashwords, now until Sunday, and then it will be up to the regular $2.99 price it is on Amazon. Grab it while you can!

Please note that the Lovers and Liars serial is just that — a serial. Each book is required reading for one long story, Loki and Aphrodite’s story in particular. Lucky for you, book 1 is free across all retailers.

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Version 2 - High Resolution The Witches of Westwick College

Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love and lust, is so done with taking cases in Nowheresville towns. She thought partnering up with Loki to fight supernatural baddies meant excitement, drama, and exotic adventures. So far, the sleepy town of Westwick in rural Idaho isn’t quite meeting her expectations. Still, spending day in and day out with the Norse god of lies and trickery adds more than a little spice to life. And she’d rather be with another god, bored, than all by her lonesome again.

Meanwhile, Loki, Norse trickster, is trying—and failing—to come to terms with the fact that his powers aren’t returning as fast as he’d hoped, even with all his freshly acquired followers. When an academic from his past implores him to help battle a magical presence at Westwick College, he puts his mounting frustrations aside in order to help a friend, dragging his gorgeous, albeit occasionally moody, love goddess along for the ride.

Magic has descended on Westwick College in Idaho, holding its students hostage by creating bouts of sickness and eerie bumps in the library stacks when night falls. While Loki believes it will be a simple fix, Aphrodite, having learned from her time with vampires in Vancouver, braces herself for a tough road ahead.

And as if that isn’t enough, something—someone—is watching Aphrodite’s each and every step. Biding their time. Waiting for the right moment to strike.

It Ends Here: An Anthology

June 30, 2016 Liz Meldon1 Comment

I’m so excited to share that It Ends Here is officially available for purchase! The kindle version is ready, and the paperback is on the way. Can’t wait to order my copy. It’s the direct follow-up to It Begins Here, published last year. Each short story is between 8-12K, and I’m beyond excited to read all the new short stories!

Catch up with Loki, Sigyn, Hephaestus, and Aphrodite in the follow-up short story of ‘Til Death with Do Us Part.

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The companion anthology to It Begins Here, with six up-and-coming authors’ continuation stories

Endings.
With every beginning comes an end–sometimes in the form of losing a cancer battle, the funeral of a spouse, or even the dissolution of relationships between mythological gods and goddesses.
In this companion anthology to It Begins Here, six female up-and-coming authors have joined together once more with their conclusions to the first installment, and their interpretations of what an ending entails. Is it a life being cut short? Healing from a prior trauma? Finding independence for the first time? Maybe. One thing’s for certain, though–an ending’s not an ending without … resolution.

Enjoy companion short stories in an array of genres by:
Ashley R. Carlson Amanda Olivier
Marissa Fuller Lilly Raines
Liz Meldon Amber Thomas

Buy it today on Amazon!

Cover Reveal: Happy Hour

February 24, 2016February 24, 2016 Liz MeldonLeave a comment

Although it’s a few weeks late thanks to a glorious concussion I received from a work injury, I’m finally launching my Erotic Short Shorts series. Based on single word prompts, I’m writing erotic short stories that span across all erotic romance sub-genres, each with the potential to turn into something longer with enough reader insistence.

The first in the series is a contemporary erotic romance titled Happy Hour. It’s a standalone, complete erotic short with more character feels than I intended to include. It goes live Sunday, February 28th, 2016 on Amazon. You’ll be able to add it to your Goodreads TBR by the end of this week.

As it will be exclusively available on Amazon, you’ll be able to snag freebie deals and such. I am always open, however, to providing review copies.

But for now, here’s the gorgeous cover I purchased from Alexis at Cover Couture.

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