Phoenix Knight is LT3's Book of the Week!

The Phoenix Knight is 25% off at Less Than Three. You can get it at this link with the code: JULBOW2.

Lady Bellamy has a wedding to plan and little time for anything else. When her old lover Silvia, a beautiful dryad, shows up on orders to kill her, however, even a wedding must be set aside in favor of finding and capturing the person who would gladly ensure not just Bellamy's death, but that of the innocent who will die if she fails...

Dragon Slayer Blog Tour and Giveaway

Today begins the blog tour for Dragon Slayer, the first book in the Empty Crown series. This book has been my baby for the past couple of months and I really hope you enjoy it!

Blurb:

Ingram is a coward and weakling—at least according to his father, the king, and the royal court. He cannot use a sword, he faints at the sight of blood, and even his brilliant abilities as a strategist are not enough to overcome his failings. When his father loses a bet to the notorious Lord Mallory over the matter of a dragon slaying, he pays his debt by ordering Ingram to marry him.

Then his father reveals that he is putting Ingram to a greater purpose, giving Ingram one last chance to prove he is not worthless. All it requires is betraying his new husband

Giveaway:

Thank you so much for participating! The winner was Mell Eight.

There are a few rules for this giveaway for an ebook copy of the Dragon Slayer.

1. You must comment on this post in order to be entered.
2. You must leave a way to contact you in your comment. 
3. The Giveaway is open from June 18th to June 25th 12:00 est.
4. The winner will be chosen via Random.org.
5. The winner must respond within 48 hours of the email. If not, another winner will be chosen

The Way to Your Heart Bloghop

I thought long and hard over which of my loves to share with you guys for this hop: knitting, my brats, or my obsession with Disney princesses (don't knock it). But as I spent last month decompressing after a particularly stressful couple of months, I thought I'd share my favorite relaxation activity with you.

And that dear readers, is gaming. (This time I do mean the video games. Sorry if you were waiting for that story about the time we werewolf howled on campus green and got campus security summoned on us. Another time perhaps.)

If I had to look at one person to blame for this love, it would be my dad. He's always been fascinated with technology and he passed that love down to his kids. My brother and I grew up with family time as racing games and Counterstrike. He used to teach us life lessons through a battle of Mortal Kombat. As long as I can remember, his room has always been stocked with consoles. Some of my best memories with my dad and brother are us sitting together in the living room trash talking one another as dad kicked our butts (he's surprisingly good...It's kind of shameful actually)

And thus, my love of gaming began. I've done most of them: Online gaming, RPGs, FPSs, and while I was in Japan, I developed a love for Otome games. I was one of the girls that sat in the gaming room at conventions trash talking with the best of them. (And my father has never been prouder of that fact)

These days, I'm not so big on the online gaming. I stopped playing WoW over a year ago (You can't call it quitting when you still have a subscription) and nowadays, I only play Star Wars consistently. I've toned down on the FPSs too apart from playing matches with family and friends. My dad still summons me for mandatory runs on Halo.

But RPGs, I love the stories. One in particular that's caught in my mind lately is a PS2 game called Odin's sphere. It was made at the very end of the life of the Playstation 2, but it has an amazing story about love and the end of the world (five stories to be exact). It's actually what inspired my latest story as one of the twists took my heart and stomped all over it.

And there's one genre on my list that even the savviest of gamers may not be familiar with and that's Otome games. Primarily, they're visual novels with different paths depending on both your choices and the guy you choose to romance. They're targeted toward women and in Japan are considered to be a niche market. Some of them have extremely rich stories with creative retelling of history. One of the best western examples I can give is Cinders, which is an extremely awesome take on the Cinderella story. I usually play it while knitting (hands free reading? Heck yes!)

And of course, there's the classic favorite, Sims. Oh Sims. No matter how bad things are in my life, your lives are always worse. It would probably help if you had a less capricious player. Oh well.

Check out the details of my giveaway below and don't forget to say Happy Birthday to LT3 and check out the other posts on the hop {here}

{The Giveaway}

 

I have a beautiful paperback copy of Shadow of a Dream to give away. This picture does not do it justice! It's shiny! It's gorgeous! And I want to give it someone. Probably you!

On the other hand, if you've decided that you are not down with that paperback nonsense (or perhaps you're an environmentalist. I respect that.) I have another proposition for you. I will buy you a copy of Cinders (It really is that good. Seriously.). We can arrange it via email. Just make sure you meet the basic system requirements (though honestly, if you have less than 512mb of ram, my heart goes out to you). It works on both Mac and Windows machines.

{To Enter}

Leave a comment on the post telling me about your favorite ways to relax when life is getting you down. And hey, if you're a gamer, tell me some of your favorite games! I'm always looking for good recommendations.

Make sure you leave your email for me to contact you!

The giveaway ends on April 14^th (The last day of the blog tour!) and the winner will be chosen via Random.org. The winner will be notified and they will have 48 hours to respond. If they do not respond, I shall choose another winner and so on.

Thank you!

Thank you so much everyone that participated in the giveaway!

The winner was Inosha.

Again, thank you so much and I hope you enjoyed the tour.

Release Day!

Two new releases tonight! The first is Something Happened on the Way to Heaven a serial anthology based around angels. There are a lot of amazing authors featured, so you should definitely pick up a copy.

My second release is my novel, Shadow of a Dream. I'll be going on a tour in celebration starting tomorrow at Babes in Boyland! There will also be a giveaway, the details of which can be found below.

Giveaway:

In the meantime, I'll also be giving away a copy of the ebook. Already got the ebook? Then you can pick a story from my backlist.

Entering is simple. Leave a comment on this post with a valid email address. The giveaway ends at midnight on February 28^th

Winner will be chosen via Random.org. They will then have 48 hours to respond before another winner is chosen.

The Phoenix Knight

Excerpt

Buy the story here!

Buy the collection here! 

Lady Bellamy has a wedding to plan and little time for anything else. When her old lover Silvia, a beautiful dryad, shows up on orders to kill her, however, even a wedding must be set aside in favor of finding and capturing the person who would gladly ensure not just Bellamy's death, but that of the innocent who will die if she fails...

The Phoenix Knight, my bestiary story is out and I couldn’t be happier. This story is my first f/f story and one of my favorites. I wrote it for the friend that helped me get through Shadow of a Dream as a present for being awesome and she's already begun demanding more stories.

I really hope you enjoy it and check out the other stories in the Bestiary collection. LT3 has gathered a group of fabulous authors and some of my personal favorites in this awesome collection. Also, the awesome artist for this collection can be found here. Isn't the phoenix pretty? I think so!

The next story in this world, The Dragon Slayer, has actually already been accepted by Less Than Three Press and I'm really excited to be to tell you more stories in this world. I'll post more when I have the information.