HERE BE NEWS for January 21, 2019

All the latest 

from the authors at 

Here Be Magic

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In Case You Missed It:

Monday, January 14 - 
"HERE BE NEWS" - All the latest from the authors at Here Be Magic.

Tuesday, January 15 -
"WHAT IF? One Writer's Love Affair with Cryptids" - Author Dani Harper reveals some of the things that influence her creativity, and particularly the driving question that fires her imagination

Wednesday, January 16 -
"INITIATING INCIDENT VS. ESTABLISHING SHOT BEGINNINGS" - Where do you begin your story? Author Nicole Luiken discusses helpful writers' tips with three great examples.

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New Release: 

SEA CHANGE
by Cindy Spencer Pape


Dead! Well, not quite. Yet.

Heidi’s day started out well enough, studying dolphins with best friend and research partner, but things took a turn when they got caught in the middle of a drug exchange. Her friend is missing, probably dead, and Heidi was shot at and left to die, too.

Girl meets…guy?

Then the hottest boat bum she’s ever seen rescues her. Tall, dark and handsome, Jake is every girl’s dream. Still, the last thing on her mind is romance. The drug dealers figured out pretty quick she wasn’t dead. Now, they want to finish the job, and her mysterious, drop-dead gorgeous rescuer might not be able to save her—or himself.

Cursed!

Jake’s got a fishy secret of his own—complete with fins. He’s exiled from his colony and cursed to shapeshift with the moon. As a merman, Jake can’t afford to be around humans, especially a marine biologist who might discover his species. But he can’t throw Heidi to the men after her. He’ll fight drug lords, pirates and even the gods to protect her. Piece of cake, right? It’s easier than the other problem, the biggest problem of all: the massive attraction growing between Jake and Heidi, an attraction neither can deny.

A centuries-old merman and an air-breathing, very human scientist might fall in love, but where would they live? And can that love even survive?

Available now at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07MTF1KB9  

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Here Be News

FF&P announced the winners for the 2015 Prism Contest for Published Authors during the Prism Awards Ceremony on July 23, 2015. 

Congratulations to Here Be Magic members Cindy Spencer Pape and Jeffe Kennedy! 

Full list below.

* indicates FF&P Members

Best of the Best - The Guild of Assassins by Anna Kashina

Best First Book - Mind Sweeper by AE Jones

DARK PARANORMAL

Prism Award - Andromeda’s Fall (Shadowcat Nation) by Abigail Owen*

Second Place - Kissed By A Demon Spy by Sharon Kay*

Third Place - East of Ecstasy by Laura Kaye

EROTICA/ROMANTICA

Prism Award - Sea Change by Cindy Spencer Pape

Second Place - Hero Rising by Anna Alexander

Third Place - Morningstar by Robyn Bachar*

FANTASY

Prism Award - The Guild of Assassins by Anna Kashina

Second Place -The Stones of Kaldaar (Song of the Swords Book One) by Tameri Etherton*

Third Place - Mark of the Tala by Jeffe Kennedy*

FUTURISTIC

Prism Award - On a Rogue Planet by Anna Hackett

Prism Award - The Cat Star Chronicles: Rebel by Cheryl Brooks*

Second Place - Heart Fire by Robin D. Owens*

Third Place - Temporal Shift by Nina Croft

LIGHT PARANORMAL

Prism Award - Mind Sweeper by AE Jones*

Second Place - Shifter Wars by AE Jones*

Third Place - Blind Faith by Rebecca Zanetti*

NOVELLA

Prism Award - Archangel by Misa Buckley

Second Place - Night Angel by Lisa Kessler*

Third Place - The Shucker’s Booktique by J.C. McKenzie

YOUNG ADULT

Prism Award - Win the Rings by K.D. Van Brunt     

Second Place - Going Down in Flames by Chris Cannon   

Third Place - Eventide (Iron Falls #1) by Christine Allen-Riley  

Here Be News

New Releases

Ghost of the Nile from Veronica Scott

The Story:

1550 BCE

Betrayed, murdered, and buried without proper ceremony, Egyptian warrior Periseneb is doomed to roam the gray deserts of the dead as a ghost for all eternity.

But then the goddess of truth offers him a bargain: return to the world of the living as her champion for 30 days. If he completes his mission, he’ll be guaranteed entry into Paradise. Periseneb agrees to the bargain but, when he returns to the living world, two hundred years have passed and nothing is quite as he expected.

Neithamun is a woman fighting to hang onto her family’s estate against an unscrupulous nobleman who desires the land as well as the lady. All seems lost until a mysterious yet appealing ex-soldier, Periseneb, appears out of nowhere to help her fight off the noble’s repeated attacks.

Meanwhile, Periseneb’s thirty days are rushing by, and he’s powerless against the growing attraction between himself and Neithamun. But their love can never be. For his Fate is to return to the Afterlife, and Death cannot wed with Life…

Amazon     Barnes & Noble

Out in the Blue by Kelly Jensen

At forty-five, Jared Tailler suddenly feels old. When his employer grounds him, he starts thinking in terms of measuring his coffin. Well, not quite, but he’s creakier and hairier than he was ten years ago, and his closest relationship is the one he has with his frequent-flyer card.

It’s time to get out there.

On the first day of a five-day hiking trip, he meets Finley Macrae, a younger, seemingly brighter man. As they inch together in halting steps, Jared learns he’s not the only one lost out in the blue—Fin’s good cheer hides a turbulence deeper than Jared’s midlife crisis. Maybe together they can find the trail to happiness.

Dreamspinner Press 

Cover Reveal

Here's the fabulous cover of the first book in R.L. Naquin's Mt. Olympus Employment Agency series, coming in July.

Wynter Greene is a chronic quitter—in work, in life, and in love. When she quits a job, a boyfriend, and a seemingly minor craft project all in one day, the dormant deity blood in her veins triggers a Welcome Package from the gods. A talking—and singing—houseplant named Phyllis bullies Wynter into taking a job at the Mt. Olympus Employment Agency.

Stuck with a job in the Muse department, Wynter discovers that helping others finish what they start isn’t easy, especially for someone who can’t seem to finish anything of her own. And how is Wynter supposed to focus on anything when that guy from the Dreams and Nightmares department keeps distracting her with his rippling muscles and magnetic stare?

Wynter needs to figure her job out soon. Each failure is a tick mark on her record, and if she continues to miss her deadlines, she’ll be reassigned to Hades as a dog walker. 

And scooping poop for a giant three-headed dog is nobody’s ideal career.

Other News

Congratulations to Here Be Magic contributors who finaled in the PRISM awards, sponsored by the Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal special interest chapter of RWA!

Jeffe Kennedy - Fantasy - THE MARK OF THE TALA

Cindy Spencer Pape - Erotica/Romantica - SEA CHANGE

Jeffe's THE MARK OF THE TALA, as well as book 2 in the trilogy, THE TEARS OF THE ROSE, are on sale at Amazon for only $2.51 each in Kindle!