A Whole New World...

A funny thing happened on the way to tying up a loose thread. Initially, when I wrote and released Light Up the Night as a shorter story than originally planned (in order to fit the length requirements of the anthology it was scheduled to appear in), I figured I'd go back and add a few scenes in alternate POVs, expand a little on what was already there, and be done with it.

Not so fast, said my muse. These couple of scenes and alternate POVs are not so much a subplot as a whole separate story. A story in which your vampires must confront a werewolf pack. How is that going to fit in with the sweet friends-to-lovers, age gap vampire Christmas story you've got going on?

Well, she was right. Muses generally are, after all. So I looked around, noticed that someone was putting together a shifter-themed newsletter builder.  Perfect, I thought. I'll write a second short story--vampires vs werewolves--and release it in that.

So, I signed up. I thought up a title for the new story, created a cover for it, and wrote down a quick outline, and...a somewhat ridiculous amount of time later. Weeks, at least. Probably more like months. It occurred to me that, fabulous as this story is, and happy though I am to be giving my h/h an HEA...this is a book about vampires who have some dealings with werewolves. And the anthology I've signed myself up for is allllll about the shifters. 

So. Back to the drawing board.

Ya know what...my muse had the nerve to say, at that point, peeking out from wherever she'd been sneakily hiding. Vampires and werewolves practically beg for the Romeo and Juliet treatment--different ending, of course. Why don't you have one of your vampires fall in love with one of the werewolves. 

Now, I'm getting annoyed because this is supposed to be a short story. If I add a whole new subplot to it, I'm right back where I started, with a long ass book. Also: A, all of the vampires that were slated to be in the story are already spoken for and B, how does this love story end? Does the werewolf leave home to be with their insta-love vampire? Does my vampire leave the nest and move in with a werewolf pack? At Christmas time???

It was at about this point that DepositPhoto ran one of their sales. And, armed with fresh credits I  went on a cover search (for an entirely different story, of course) and...I found my story. And it's nothing like I  thought it would be...well, it does have sort of a Romeo and Juliet vibe. Not the happy kind, either. It's got a Cinderella vibe, too, but that's beside the point. It involves an entirely new vampire, and it takes place at least several weeks before the original story does, so that these characters get to come in and play a brief part in that story, too. 

And, of course, now I have a whole new series to write and a whole new shifter world to play in. 

Here's the blurb. And a version of the cover--it's the start of a whole new series, it needs a new look. Font choices are still in the "well, I kind of like that. I think," stage. 

The Sierra Nevada foothills have been vampire Josiah Lodge’s hunting grounds for nearly two centuries. Alone since a lover’s betrayal cost him his nest, the former trapper-turned-wild-crafter has given up on ever again finding love or acceptance. If he didn’t have to eat, he’d never venture out of his woods again. But needs must.

​When Coldpelt (Cole) Moonwalker’s true shifter nature asserted itself, he was judged an abomination and cast out of his pack. Without a territory to call his own, he’s constantly on the move, constantly in danger—which is how he ends up passed out and injured on Josh’s front porch. While Cole dreams of someday finding a place where he can belong, he knows that place can never be with the scarred and surly vampire who undoubtedly has the blood of Cole’s people on his hands.

​Will the attraction they feel for one another allow these natural enemies to overcome their sense of mutual distrust? Is enemies with benefits even a thing? Find out when the FREE anthology Shifter Fever debuts April 1st.

New Release from PG Forte: Light Up the Night

 The boys are back in town! Well, some of them, anyway. And, if all goes well, you'll be seeing more of Conrad, Damian and Armand in 2023. But, for now, we'll just have to make do with Marc, Heather, Drew, Jason, Liz, and Hawk.  

LIGHT UP THE NIGHT

A Children of Night/Ugly Christmas Sweater Story

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Her love will light up his night—if they can both survive that long.

Heather is having the worst Christmas ever! Or, at least, the worst Christmas since she was forced to become a vampire. Her sire's distracted, her nestmates have forgotten her, weirdos have taken over the lair. The only bright spot in her life right now is Drew — who didn't even used to like her! She knows he's fond of her now, but 'fond of' isn't good enough. She wants more. She wants everything. She wants him. And she's not giving up.

Drew Geiger gave up on love a long time ago. Such tender emotions have no place in a vampire's heart. But, somehow, the girl he once described as a "feral kitten" has got her claws in him, and she's not letting go. That would be fine, if only someone didn't want her dead — and if her sire didn't recall that it was Drew who once suggested that maybe she'd be better off that way.

Several of the characters who appear in Light Up the Night were introduced in Going Back to Find You.  If you haven't read that yet, there's no time like the present! It's FREE today and tomorrow. Check it out!                 

GOING BACK TO FIND YOU

A Children of Night Halloween Story

FREE TODAY AND TOMORROW ONLY!

Get it here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07HHSM6TH

Because even a vampire deserves a second chance. 

When Jason Cook boarded the train to San Francisco, he hadn't planned on coming back. He never thought he'd see Nebraska or Lizbeth Petersen ever again. But when an unexpected turn of events threatens the woman he'd been forced to leave behind, he has no choice but to go back and try to make things right. 

Warning.This is not a drill. Vampires are invading your favorite, small Nebraska town this Halloween. Does this mean Type-O flavored Booze will soon be the new rage in Sapphire Falls? Hopefully, it won't come to that. But you never can tell...

Bring It Back(list) Truth or Dare by PG Forte

 

Truth or Dare
Games We Play (book one)
Erotic PNR/Holiday Romance/
PG Forte

This title is currently FREE until April 4, 2022
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BLURB: Gwyn has her hands full these days trying to help save the family business -- a quirky hotel on the Jersey Shore. She has no time for romance. But when the two men with whom she once spent a drunken menage weekend show up with a sexy proposition, how can she resist? Berke and Cam might have broken her heart once, but Gwyn is older now and wiser. She's not looking for forever. She just wants a good time. And, after all, it is Valentine's Day.

For Berke and Cam, the weekend isn't just about fun, or adding some spice to their marriage; it's about winning back the woman who got away, and convincing her to give a committed three-way relationship a shot. They each have skills that could help make the hotel a success -- and they're not above bartering to get what they want. but first they have to get past the walls Gwyn's built to keep them out. But while Cam's biggest concern is making sure Gwyn doesn't break Berke's heart a second time, Berke is worried about what Cam will think if he learns about Berke's part in screwing things up the last time around.

EXCERPT:

It was clear from the looks of shocked surprise on both the men's faces that they had not expected to see her here. And why was that? It’s not like they didn’t know her family owned this hotel. It wasn’t as though neither of them had ever been here before. They had. Berke a couple of times, Cam once. The only possible explanation was that, in the years between then and now, they’d completely forgotten her existence. Which was exactly what she’d have expected from Cam actually, and…it was fine. It was perfect, really, because she’d certainly forgotten all about them.

Why, she couldn’t even remember the party where she’d met Berke, sometime during the first semester of her sophomore year of college. Halloween or homecoming—something like that. She’d fallen for him right away. He’d been gentle, unassuming, attentive, dependable, with a sense of humor she’d frequently found mystifying. He was exactly the kind of guy she’d seen herself settling down with, maybe five years down the line. Cam, on the other hand, was not.

He and Berke had been roommates freshman year and best friends ever since. Cam was every bit as handsome and charming as Berke, but the reason behind their friendship was a puzzle she’d never been able to decipher. The two of them weren’t really very much alike. Cam was loud where Berke was quiet, boisterous where Berke was laid-back. He was the bad boy to Berke’s good guy. And while Berke had always been something of a serial monogamist, as far as Gwyn knew, Cam had the dating habits of a bonobo chimp.

Before she quite knew how it happened, the three of them had become inseparable. Whenever they did anything involving a group, it was always Gwyn and Berke, and Cam and his flavor of the day. Although sometimes, a lot of the time, actually, it had just been Gwyn and Berke and Cam. And when Gwyn and Berke moved in together the following year, Cam had spent a lot of nights on their couch. The three of them had been friends. It never felt odd to have a male best friend or to spend so much of her time with two other people, because all her life she’d had Brenda and Luke.

She and Berke had talked about having children—in a “maybe someday” kind of way. They’d discussed their favorite seasons, their favorite movies, the relative merits of cats over dogs, city versus country, Star Wars or Star Trek. Most of those were not the kinds of thing she’d ever discussed with Cam. But if she were honest, she kind of liked the idea of being the only woman in his life as well.

Or, at least, the only woman who’d be more than a memory come morning.

And yes, she might have developed a tiny little crush on him. She might have suspected he had an even smaller one on her. But so what? Neither of them would ever have acted on it. Until that one weekend when all the rules were suspended. But up until then, things between them had been as close to perfect as anyone could want.