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The Changeling Soldier (Annwyn 2.5) is popping up for pre-order at the introductory price of 99c(USD). Print, Amazon and B&N links to come soon!

Her time in the mortal world is running out…
After fleeing Annwyn three centuries ago, Ella built a life in the mortal world making gowns for European royalty and playing in mortal intrigues. Now those Courts are long gone, and she dresses Hollywood starlets. Mortals come and go, but Ella always ends up alone. She longs for the home she left behind.

He’s been dreaming of the coming battle all his life…
Isaac Norton is a returned soldier. Now home, he’s restless and his recurring dream is becoming more frequent: he’s fighting on a snow-covered field stained with blue blood. When he sees Ella, he knows she isn’t human. And she knows what he is, a changeling.

Ella can give Isaac the answers he needs, but there will be a price to pay: his soul.

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Congratulations to Veronica Scott whose DANCER OF THE NILE is a 2014 Golden Quill Finalist!

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David Bridger's new release GIFTED is a gothic fantasy novel for teens and adults.

Four weeks ago she was a normal schoolgirl looking forward to the summer holidays. Now she's her family's only hope, with several lifetimes of experience in her memories and a dangerous battle ahead.

When sixteen-year-old Jessica's reclusive great-grandfather bequeaths her a haunted castle in the Welsh borderlands, she's thrust into a world of hostile strangers, troublesome Romany tenants, and a strange gift that shows her disjointed visions of the past. And that's only the start of it. She thinks she's going mad, until old family stories and the superstitious fears of locals convince her that something sinister really is going on at Kidd Castle, and all the while the gift keeps drawing her deeper into the secrets of her ancestors.

The only person who seems to understand what's happening to her is the young Romany street artist, Joe. In the face of deadly danger to them and their loved ones, Jessica and Joe must master the gift before the past imposes its terrible will on the present.


Available now from:

Taliesin Publishing
Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
Barnes & Noble
Kobo
OmniLit

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Just Released!!    A MAJOR ATTRACTION

U.S. Marine Major Kyle Waters has recently returned home after months at sea. He desperately wants some well-deserved rest, but his pleasant dreams turn from downright sinful into a nightmare when he wakes up, his arms full of a deliciously naked and thoroughly panicked Olivia Cava—the woman he’s been fantasizing about for months.

Kyle’s scheming ex-girlfriend has maneuvered Olivia into sharing a lease with the sexy man of her dreams. Olivia’s a professional, a career woman who finds herself drawn to Kyle, as she’s been since she first laid eyes on him. Growing up as the daughter of a career military man, she’s vowed never to get involved with a Marine. Yet Kyle stirs something inside her, and she finds herself saying yes when she means to say no.

Their life goals seem worlds apart, but love will find a way. Until Kyle’s past relationship threatens to ruin the future he has only just found with Olivia. Can the truth set him free? And can Olivia put aside her five-year plan and her heartache to forgive a stubborn Marine bent on loving her…forever?

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LINKS OF INTEREST:

Angela Campbell shares some writing advice for new authors in her blog post titled "What debut authors should know, but no one probably told them." 

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Here Be Magic Group Announcements

It's Steampunk Week at Here Be Magic Aug. 6-9. Check back starting tomorrow for posts from authors PG Forte, Seleste DeLaney, Cindy Spencer Pape.

David Bridger has contracted with Taliesin Publishing to publish his YA futuristic steampunk novel A Flight of Thieves. Congrats, David!

Cindy Spencer Pape's Mr. November, an erotic contemporary romance, will be part of Decadent Publishing’s Calendar Men series in 2014. Yes, there will be a calendar available, featuring all 12 hunky heroes!

Can a dark mage save the world and his own soul? You can help! Fund author Shawna Reppert’s kickstarter campaign to publish her urban fantasy series.

Author Angela Highland has pledged to dye her hair if she sells 300 copies of Fairie Blood by the end of August. She's only 35 sales away from having anime hair, people! Plus, she might video it, and oh yeah, she's giving away stuff too.


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And the new Doctor is…Peter Capaldi! The 12th actor to wield the sonic screwdriver and drive the time-traveling police box known as the TARDIS was announced by the BBC yesterday. Doctor Who fans, speak up. Are you happy or unhappy with the choice?

Did you know August is Read a Romance Month? Lots of great PNR authors, such as Joyce Lamb and Nalini Singh, are blogging at the official Read a Romance Month website throughout the month.

Art Bell, former host of Coast to Coast AM which delves into topics of the paranormal and controversial science, will return to the microphone on Sept. 16 with a new nighttime show on Sirius XM Radio.

The first book in the YA urban fantasy book series “The Mortal Instruments” hits the big screen Aug. 21. This article examines its journey from book to film.

What We Learned About 'The Hobbit' From Peter Jackson's Facebook. Love that Mr. Smudge!

Going to Dragoncon Aug.29 - Sept. 2 in Atlanta? Sherrilyn Kenyon's launch party for Styxx, the latest book in her Dark Hunters series, will be held Thursday night (6 days before the book releases!) at the Marriott Marquis.

Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.: 5 Things We Learned About Joss Whedon's New Series For ABC

Meet the Here Be Magic Authors - David Bridger

We're starting a new feature at Here Be Magic - periodic interviews with the Authors who create the magic. Our first interviewee is David Bridger, whose most recent book is Quarter Square (Wild Times Book 1)

Tell us a little about yourself:

I settled with my family and our two monstrous hounds in England's West Country after twenty years of ocean-based fun, during which I worked as a lifeguard, a sailor, an intelligence gatherer and an investigator. I write science fiction and fantasy novels, and my favourite way of doing nothing is a quiet afternoon sailing on the River Tamar while stormy characters stomp through my mind.

What prompted you to start writing?

I joined the Royal Navy straight from school and always knew I'd learn how to write novels when I retired from the sea. That happened earlier than I expected when I was badly hurt in my thirties, but faced with the prospect of spending a chunk of time recovering movement then mobility I saw no reason to change the plan. So while I was getting back on my feet over the next twelve years I also served an apprenticeship as a novelist.

What’s your writing process? Where do you write?

I'm self-disciplined and can be quite driven. I like to set goals and work to a deadline. I take the time to write a good first draft, which means it isn't a quick process but once I finish I know I won't be faced with an enormous editing task. I still work hard on the editing and polishing, but on the single occasion when I experimented with fast-drafting a novel the huge editing job it required afterwards made me feel like I was writing the thing twice. So there'll be no more of that. I can think about a story for weeks before sitting down to write it. I live with the characters and their situations inside my head until the story demands I write it. Then I sit at my Mac, in my study with only the waterfall in my aquarium disturbing the silence, and I get to work.

How do you celebrate when you finish a novel?

I often reward myself with a new dvd box set and watch it intensely over a few days. So far I've celebrated that way with Firefly, Deadwood, The Godfather, Smiley's People, the Star Trek movies and Twin Peaks series 1 & 2.

Do you do a lot of research for your books?

Yes. I've learned to do it more efficiently these days. When I started I immersed myself in research for months on end before writing the story, and although I enjoyed it immensely much of it proved unnecessary. Now I pause to research what I need when I need it.

Favorite Movie: Blade Runner

Favorite Flower: Tulip

Tea or coffee: Coffee

Boxers or Briefs: Boxers

Favorite time of the year: Summer

Favorite song: Carly Simon's Coming Around Again/Itsy Bitsy Spider at Martha's Vineyard in 1987 http://youtu.be/q9cidpLcPgA

Finish this sentence: “I believe in the Magic of .... every kind of Love”

What are you working on next?

Wild Times Books 2 & 3 and a co-authored cyberpunk crime thriller

Where can your Readers find you online?

www.davidbridger.com & https://twitter.com/#!/DavidBridger

Buy Link for Quarter Square:

http://ebooks.carinapress.com/4976783D-C90E-41F0-AE3C-F9C217034520/10/134/en/ContentDetails.htm?ID=%7B5A73B0DD-E6EF-4998-A7BE-2C5F1247DA81%7D

What one question do you want to ask your Readers today?

If you could either do something great for the world or have a great love in your life, which would you choose, and why?