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Greetings Readers Old and New!
Happy 2025! I hope the new year is off to an amazing start for you all.
2025 is off to a great start for me, as I'm making steady progress on THE STARLIGHT PRINCE, ready to send it to my editor near the end of January! I can't wait for you all to read my first novel since 2020!
In fact, I'm SO eager to share, this issue contains a FREE three-chapter sample.
Read on for how to claim the sample, other important news and a little glimpse into how I spent the holidays.
I'm super excited to share with you all today the information about the debut novel from N.S. Armstrong. Some of you may already recognize the name, as N.S. Armstrong was the incredibly talented artist I commissioned to draw Maddie and Kalas from The Starlight Prince.
Well, not only is N.S. Armstrong an amazing artist, he's also a wonderful author too, and his debut novel SON OF THE FIRST comes out on 14th February 2025.
Read on for the blurb, some character art, and an excerpt from this coming-of-age fantasy.
Hell Hath No Fury Like a Man Finding Himself... in Hell
Alyx Archer never planned to go to Hell—he was more of a "fashion degree and fabulous dresses" kind of guy.
All Alyx wanted was to ace his classes and design outfits with his best friend, Brie. Instead, his life is upturned by a demon attack on campus, and by Brie effortlessly ripping said demon to shreds. Turns out, Brie isn’t your average BFF, she’s the Queen of the Hounds of Hell.
To top it all off, the woman who raised him isn’t his real mum. His actual mother? The legendary Lilith. Cue identity crisis.
Now, instead of worrying about grades and fabric swatches, Alyx is getting dragged down to Hell (literally) by someone Lilith would rather smite than see on her doorstep.
And to really whet your appetite, N.S. Armstrong created this stunning art of Lilith, Queen of Demons, and has shared this excerpt of Alyx's first meeting with a demon.
Excerpt from Chapter 3 of Son of the First, by N.S Armstrong
Context: Alyx has been hunted by a demon, sent by one of the high dukes of hell, masquerading as a blonde woman to steal powers he has no knowledge of.
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Alyx was hunched over the sink in the men’s toilets. The remnants of the cold water still dripped from his chin into the basin below. It was quiet. The lunch rush was a few hours away and most other students were deep into ongoing lectures.
Taking a breath, he closed his eyes. His nerves were shot. He simply couldn’t get the blonde woman from the metro out of his head. Her face haunted him. In his dreams, her face would become more pointed, often start to twist and deform, transforming more and more inhuman as the nights passed.
A clink in the room sounded. He opened his eyes and looked around. Nothing was out of the ordinary. Stray pieces of toilet paper littered the speckled tiled floor, its grey flecks jarring against the sun-bleached cream of the walls.
With a click of the tongue, he turned back to look at himself in the mirror. Blinking, he noticed a slight blur to the surface. Like condensation, it caused his reflection to become buried in a fog, until he was just a silhouette.
“What?” he queried, his eyebrows knitting together in bewilderment.
Scanning the row of sinks, the other mirrors above were crystal clear. Not a hint of condensation tarnished the reflected cubicles. He checked that he hadn’t accidentally turned the hot water on by mistake and the lights above blinked. It was quick, but it was enough to cause his shoulders to calcify with tension.
Looking in the mirror, through the misty surface he’d noticed his reflection had changed. There was something above his right shoulder. Glancing behind him there was nothing. He eyed the sinks, but he could still see the shape there.
With his eyebrows pulling tighter above the bridge of his nose, he lifted his shaking right hand to the mirror; the left keeping him sturdy against the sink. He cleared the condensation away. Expecting dampness, what he received was like ash. It flaked down from his hand and into the basin below. Looking back up to where he’d swiped, his breath hitched. His heart felt like it was hammering out of his chest.
Staring back at him, behind his shoulder, she grinned. Her lips splitting further up her cheeks, her eyes sinking deep into her skull, resembling jet-black pools gouged into a smooth marble wall.
Her reflection moved forward, taking over his own form. She mirrored him.
Then, she lunged.
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I've already pre-ordered my copy and as as I've read it, I'll be sharing my review here. Be sure to pre-order your copy, too!
Until next time, take care & stay creative!
T.T.F.N
Welcome to the Sugar Bloom Café, at the town square of Hunter Falls. You will find all kinds of magical delights to enjoy, from magic cupcakes, mood swing cookies, and healing remedies in a coffee blend. Oh, and don’t forget the broomstick spoons that make all drinks fancy.
This café is run by Kara Witmore a recent addition to Hunter Falls. She just finished becoming a journeyman apprentice as a witch. Her mother helps her settle into the little shop but she doesn’t get a genuine welcome until the son of the Alpha comes walking in her door. Little does she know that her mother has kept a big secret from her entire life. And this Alpha wolf is about to blow the roof off the shop with one word growled with sexy smoothness — “mine.”
Stryker—Cade Westcott’s wolf has his eyes set on a sexy witch that has a tendency to cause mischief and clumsy mistakes. He just has to get his human on board. Witches and shifters don’t mix but could there be something lurking in Kara’s past that could explain why Stryker is bound determined to call Kara his mate.
Find out by reading along with K.M. Jenkins as she writes Witches & Wolves book 1 in The Hunter Falls Collection. She releases a chapter every two weeks to subscribers on her Book VIP List. If you want to join, please fill out this form here and she will get you added to the specific segment on her newsletter. (Click Here) You can also join her monthly newsletter with updates and insights into her life as she writes. (Click Here)
What special treats do you think get served at The Sugar Broom Café? I believe a lot of treats are mixed with love a sprinkle of luck and a dip of sugar.
Greetings readers!
It seems I'm about a month early in the typical New Year's looking back and planning for the future that many people do at the end of the year. This is a good thing, as the WH, WN Community is starting a new goal-setting event this coming Monday (December 2nd).
A quick side-note on the WH,WN Community. Karen is currently offering a 'Black Friday' discount which includes:
How these pertain specifically to my writing career is that my main creative outlet is writing, and I plan to use the money I make from writing to fund not only life with my family and friends but to also donate to causes important to me if I can. My ultimate goal is to create a community of like-minded creatives who come together to encourage, support, and celebrate not only each other but also causes that are important to them.
I feel like I am already achieving some aspects of this by being part of the WH,WN Community and contributing to charity anthologies etc. Plus donating to other causes (St. Judes etc.)
I also feel like I have made huge strides this year in maintaining focus and motivation towards my goals. I've written 52,000 words on The Starlight Prince, and it's on track for release in February. I wrote and released a 30k words reader magnet. I've participated in two anthologies and one collection, and I've written about ~28k on other projects that may or may not be published in the future.
Edit to add: Holy shit! I just added the total of everything I've written this year, and I've written about 130, 000 words!! Go me!
I've done all this while dealing with various mental and physical health issues.
So, yes, I feel like I have made progress towards my goals and my 'North Star' points. I am very proud of what I've achieved -- especially remaining consistent with TSP, while fitting in other projects to keep the dopamine flowing.
Before I started ADHD coaching, I used to beat myself up for all my unfinished stories, all the serials etc. I felt I flaked out on. I don't feel like that anymore. I set myself goals, and I achieved them. If there are times I've set aside a story (like The Last Magic Shop) I feel there's been a genuine reason for that.
I feel confident that I've learned enough about how my brain and body work that I can continue with this goal-setting, and working towards what I want from my writing career.
With that in mind, I've taken a look at both what things I've already signed up for in 2025, and what stories are resonating with me, and come up with a writing/release schedule that will see me through to about July 2026.
Here's what I have planned:
Looking at my plans, I just noticed a pattern, too. 2025 is the year of spicy romance, speculative fiction, where as my two planned releases for 2026 are LGBTQA+ romance, speculative fiction. I wonder, should my third release for 2026 also be LGBTQA+ romance, speculative fiction? Maybe another Moonlit Crossroads Saga?
That's certainly something to think about for the future. :D
I think that's about it for this issue. I'm going to go and work on The Starlight Prince for a while.
Until next time,
Take care and stay creative.
T.T.F.N
Before I begin, a quick disclaimer: Katie and I are both part of the WH,WN Community. However, I voluntarily offered to review Shelter Me from Darkness, and all opinions are my own.
With that out of the way, onto my review. This book gave me serious author envy. Fellow writers will know what I mean. You read a book that's so good it a) makes you wish you'd written it and b) makes you want to improve your own writing.
That's how I felt on finishing Shelter Me From Darkness.
Something I always look out for when reading is lore and world-building, and Katie does it wonderfully. There's a unique magic system, with different abilities and various origins for these abilities (such as pledging yourself to a God or Goddess), which extends not only to the witch characters but the shifters and other paranormal beings too. It's clear Katie is familiar with mythology and folklore, and she weaves it seamlessly into her story, making the magical systems her own. Honestly, I would happily read a whole lore book about Katie's world!
Another thing Katie does wonderfully is making relatable, likeable characters. I quickly fell in love with her main character Piper, empathised with what she'd been through, and was rooting for her to succeed from beginning to end. The side characters, like Piper's Mom and her best friend Lark, are also easy to like and relatable and I'd happily read spin-off books featuring them.
The sexual tension between Piper and her former lover/fated mate, wolf-shifter Dean is OFF.THE.CHARTS and the steamy scenes left me breathless.
Katie perfectly balanced the supernatural mystery in the story, along with the second chance romance, and the over-arching plot of Piper's death curse.
While book one had a clear resolution, not everything is neatly tied up in a bow by the end, and I'm eager for book two, to read what's in store for Piper next.
Overall, SHELTER ME FROM DARKNESS is an excellent debut, and a promising start to one of my new favourite series.
I'm so excited to finally reveal the cover for my forthcoming spicy, science-fiction romance THE STARLIGHT PRINCE, and announce that you can now pre-order your copy ahead of release on 25 February 2025.
ABOUT
A love story written in the stars.
Hunted for being a witch, Madelyne longs for somewhere to belong and performs a full moon spell to find her true love.
Across the galaxy, Kalas completes the aeons-old celestial ritual to show him the location of his fated mate. Enchanted by Madelyne’s beauty, Kalas flies to Earth to find her.
And, with nothing left for her on Earth, Madelyne agrees to accompany Kalas to his home planet.
But as Madelyne adjusts to her new life, old doubts linger, and she just cannot understand why someone like her would be worthy of the crown prince.
Madelyne has spent her entire life being told she doesn’t belong, and now Kalas must convince her it’s more than just ‘fate’ that makes him want to claim her as his own.
Beyond Starlight: An Alien Fated Mates Limited Edition Box Set
PUBLISHER: Storyteller Publisher 22, LLC
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/213321174/
GENRE | TROPES: Sci-Fi Romance | Fated Mates
Universal Purchase Link: https://books2read.com/beyondstarlight
To the deepest reaches of the galaxy these warriors will fight to find their fated mates.
When their females find themselves at their lowest point, they will twist the fabrics of existence and everything changes. Their loyalty to each other will be tested by many obstacles, and they will fight or die to be together. Fated mates happen once in a lifetime, but will their bond be strong enough to stay together until the end.
Find out by reading this limited edition box set filled with space, adventure, and fated mates between species never seen before on Earth.
Featuring stories by Diana Dawn, Luna Jade, Kat Parrish, Susanna Eastman, Demelza Carlton, Katrina S.Karter, Danielle Forrest, and Clare Dugmore.
