Bring it Back(list) - The MIRACLE Trilogy by Linda Mooney

During the month of July, all 3 ebooks are just 99 cents each! (Available at all vendors and my website.)

MIRACLE 

Above All, Book 1
Paranormal/Supernatural/Contemporary Fantasy Romance
Word Count:  41.3K
$0.99 e / $9.99 p / $19.95 a

I died and was resurrected, and I don’t know why. 

My name is Casi Clarity. I was 26 years old when I died in 1969. Then I woke up in the 21st century—whole, sane, and unblemished. And at the same age I was when I died.

What's more, when I came back, I brought a friend with me. His name is Coheed. He's a corporeal spirit, and he is also my protector. Against what, you ask? Well, it seems that ever since my return, I've been chased by ghosts. Demons. Ancient evil. Monsters. You name it.

Why are they after me? Because they want to know my secret. They want to wreak havoc on mankind and bring about our ultimate destruction, and the only way they can accomplish that is by being fleshy beings again. To inhabit as many bodies as they can to cause untold horror. They are determined to discover how I returned from the dead, even if it means trapping me, torturing me, and ultimately killing me again to see if I'm resurrected a second time.

My name is Casi.

The undead call me Mouse.

Coheed calls me Miracle.

Warning! Contains a houseboat, explosions, a rain of ashes, invisibility, sanctuary, a forbidden testament, and a love that was prophesied thousands of years ago.

MIRACLE 
Beyond Measure, Book 2 
Paranormal/Supernatural/Contemporary Fantasy Romance
Word Count: 43.1K
$0.99 e / $9.99 p / $14.95 a

Life on the run is hard. Food is limited, and clothes are difficult to come by, but I’ll keep going. We’ll keep going. We have to. The world is depending on us.

My name is Casi Clarity, and there’s a prophecy that says I will be the one to save the world, along with my protector, Coheed. But we don’t know how, or when, or why. We just will.

Our travels have taken us to New Orleans, where the demons are getting stronger, smarter, and harder to evade. With new allies and enemies alike, who can I trust? Is my protector even who he says he is?

I’m in the fight of my life, with or without Coheed, but fighting without the help of my love is impossible to fathom. I’d rather die myself. But if I did, would I stay dead this time?

My name is Casi.

The undead call me Little Mouse.

Coheed calls me his Miracle.

Warning! Contains a special tea, a trailer in the swamp, deception, bitter cold, a lost testament, a new revelation, and the loss of a loved one that tears the heart apart.

MIRACLE 
of Hope, Book 3 
Paranormal/Supernatural/Contemporary Fantasy Romance
Word Count: 37.3K
$0.99 e / $9.99 p / $14.95 a

My name is Casi Clarity and I draw demons to me like flies to honey. They want me dead. Again. If only to see if I am resurrected a second time, and how. All I want to know is why me?

The road to Texas has been a hard one. I’ve seen some ghosts from my past that I thought were long gone, but learning secrets that were kept from me could explain why I was chosen.

I know it’s already been written. Coheed knows, Gilly knows, but apparently I have to figure it out on my own.

According to Coheed, though, what’s not written is exactly where, when, or who will triumph, but I know everything happens for a reason. I was resurrected for a reason. Coheed was sent to me for a reason. I just have to trust in God’s plan, and I do. I also know that if I die this time, I probably won’t be allowed another chance.

It’s time for the final showdown. I don’t know if I will survive, or if any of us will. But it’s God’s will, and we must fight regardless of the outcome.

My name is Casi.

The undead call me their angel mouse.

Coheed calls me Earth’s last miracle.

Warning! Contains semi-trailer trucks, a gold medallion, sleet, discovery of a long-preserved secret, ice cream, answered questions, and a final farewell that evolves into a happy forever after for all eternity.

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THE MANY MONSTERS OF CHRISTMAS by Dani Harper

Ghost Horses, Giant Cats, Demons and Werewolves – the Christmas season is both magical and strange. If you thought scary things only came out at Halloween, keep reading!

THE WELSH GHOST HORSE – 

In parts of Wales, a horse skull is mounted on a pole and decorated with flowers and ribbons and bells. Eyes are often added to the empty sockets. A cape, a curtain or a sheet is draped around it to hide the person holding the pole, and the horse's jaws are made to open and close so it can “talk”. This is the Mari Lwyd.

Pronounced mah-ri loo-id, "lwyd" is the Welsh word for gray. After that, no one seems to agree on what the name truly means: Gray Mare or Gray Mary or even Blessed Mary, depending who you ask. 
This skeleton horse is thought to have pre-Christian origins but for the last couple of centuries, the Mari Lwyd has been part of a wassailing tradition. Merrymakers take her from house to house like a giant puppet. 

When you answer the door, the Mari Lwyd recites a poem to you or sings a song. She might even insult you! If you’re clever, you can respond with another poem or insult, and the battle of wits is on! Eventually, the Mari Lwyd and her entourage will win their way inside for drinks and treats. When they leave, they pronounce a blessing on your house and good fortune to you for the coming year.

So, as scary and strange as the Mari Lwyd may appear, the worst outcome is that you’ll be out of beer and cake. But other Christmas creatures are not so benevolent…

ICELAND'S GIANT CAT –

When I was a kid, getting socks for Christmas was boring. But it wouldn’t be if I’d grown up in Iceland. That’s because Jólakötturinn, the giant Yule cat, prowled the snowy countryside and ATE anyone who hadn’t received an item of clothing for Christmas!

The story was allegedly used by farmers to “encourage” their workers to finish processing the year’s harvest of wool. Those who worked hard to do so received a gift of – you guessed it – brand new clothing. Those who didn’t help went without AND they became fair game for the demonic cat!

GRÝLA THE CHRISTMAS WITCH – 

Grýla was not just a witch but a giant ogre who lived in a cave with her lazy husband Leppaludi, her monster cat (yup, the one we just talked about) and their many troll-like sons. She was often described as having up to 15 tails, and some old poems gave her multiple heads as well! Whatever she looked like, her favorite food was always disobedient children. 

Once a year at Christmastime, Grýla was said to come down from her cave and wander through the towns and villages at night to steal away the naughty. Eventually she’d return to the cave with bulging bags of children, and boil them alive to make enough stew to last until next Christmas!

The sons of Grýla and Leppaludi grew up to be just as nasty as their parents. Although they’ve been sanitized over the years into good-hearted pranksters who leave gifts for children, “the Yule Lads” were once monsters who terrorized mortals. And there were nearly 100 of them, not the 13 celebrated today. While Snow White’s dwarfs were named for fairly benign attributes, the Yule Lads were named for the things they stole and the trouble they caused.

So frightening were the original Yule Lads that in 1746 the government of Iceland intervened! They actually banned parents from scaring their children into good behavior with stories about these giants.

KRAMPUS THE DEMON – 

Our North American Santa Claus is loosely based on the European Saint Nicholas, a kind, gift-giving fellow traditionally portrayed in long bishop’s robes instead of a red suit. 

But in Austria, Hungary, Bavaria and other Alpine countries, St. Nick’s assistant wasn't a cute little elf but an enslaved demon. Yup, that’s right, a D-E-M-O-N. This cloven-hoofed creature with horns and hair goes by many names, but most commonly is known as Krampus. And his appearance isn’t the scariest part: Krampus is a specific type of demon known as an incubus, which sexually preys on sleeping humans. (Santa hangs out with a predator???)

So while St. Nicholas got all the positive press by delivering gifts and treats to “good” boys and girls, Krampus was right by his side to dish out punishment to the “bad” children. In many places, the jolly old saint was accompanied by several demons – his own personal gang of enforcers!

If you weren't saying your prayers, doing your chores and being properly respectful to elders, Krampus was armed with chains, a bag or basket and bundles of switches. If you were lucky, Krampus only took all your presents for himself. More often, you’d be spanked or even beaten. 

Really naughty kids were allegedly shackled with chains or stuffed in a bag or basket, and carried off to Hell to burn forever – at least, that’s what children were told. In Switzerland, where Krampus is called Schmutzli, children were routinely threatened with being carried off to the dark forest by the demon or tied in his sack to be thrown in the river and drowned!

WEREWOLVES –

Wait, what? Believe it or not, werewolves have been associated with Christmas for a very long time. 

In parts of Poland, it was believed they could only assume their furry shapes twice a year: on Midsummer Day and on Christmas. In Slovenia, the Twelve Days of Christmas were also known as "Wolf Days". The original story was that the Wolf-Shepherd, or Master of Wolves, was active during that time and could cause his subjects to do the most damage then.

Anyone could end up as a werewolf simply by having the “wrong” birth day. In Italy, being born on the winter solstice (December 20-21) was a surefire way to become a shapeshifter. In Poland and many other European countries, it was once assumed that children born on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day automatically became werewolves when they grew up. The curse was thought to be divine punishment because the hapless baby was somehow competing with the Christ child! 

In 14th century Normandy, the varouage was someone who had been excommunicated from the Church. They were cursed by a priest to become a werewolf between Christmas and Candlemas or during Advent. 

On a positive note, some traditions claimed that the sheer holiness of the Christmas season would suppress a werewolf’s ability to transform, enabling him to walk freely among men without fear of his animal nature getting the better of him.

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IN THE MOOD FOR A CHRISTMAS GHOST STORY? 

THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT

(Haunted Holiday Book 1) 

by Dani Harper

• “An excellent combination of sizzle and emotion.” NIGHT OWL REVIEWS
• " Absolutely one of the most memorable stories I've read.." JUST LOVE MY BOOKS
• "Action, adventure, and a whole lot of love inside." REDZ WORLD
• “One of my top ten holiday romances ever.” READING BETWEEN THE WINES
• Named a Book of the Week by BOOKWORKS

Available in ebook or paperback at

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Here Be News for September 17, 2018

All the latest 

from the authors at 

Here Be Magic

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In Case You Missed It:

Monday, September 10 - 
"HERE BE NEWS" - All the latest from the authors at Here Be Magic.

Tuesday, September 11 - 
"NEVER FORGET" - Author Ruth A. Casie honors those lost on September 11, 2001.

Wednesday, September 12 - 
"#5AUTHOR SECRETS" - Nicole Luiken reveals 5 of hers!

Friday, September 14 - 
"JELLY'S NOT A CREAM" - Musing about donuts leads author PG Forte to marvel at the magic of shared cultural experiences.

Saturday, September 15 - 
This week's Bring It Back(list) feature is "EVIL SPEAKS SOFTLY" by Maureen L Bonatch. See all the details in this blog.

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New Release: Cursed
Coven of the Raven book 1

Oskar Quigley knows exactly when and how he’ll die. 

Living with a death curse isn’t easy, but after generations of research handed down to him he thinks he knows how to defeat the Thomas, his great uncle and a witch gone bad who caused the problem. There’s just one thing he never accounted for: another victim.

Mylla has been Thomas’s servant for as long as she can remember, but her memories can’t be trusted. The marks on her wall add up to decades, and her diary is a muddled collection of rambling. When Oskar arrives to tend the gardens she needs to warn him that bad things happen, difficult when she can only talk on Thomas’ command. But she doesn’t need to talk to steal a few moments for herself in Oskar’s bed as she tries to convince him that magic is real.

With time running out and Thomas’s suspicions growing, Oskar is forced to act. But if living with a death curse is hard, learning to live is even harder.
Cursed is available in print and as an ebook in Kindle Unlimited


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New Release:
Miracle Beyond Measure

Book 2 
Paranormal/Supernatural/Contemporary Fantasy Romance
by Linda Mooney
Word Count: 43.1K
$3.99 e / $9.99 p

Life on the run is hard. Food is limited, and clothes are difficult to come by, but I’ll keep going. We’ll keep going. We have to. The world is depending on us.

My name is Casi Clarity, and there’s a prophecy that says I will be the one to save the world, along with my protector, Coheed. But we don’t know how, or when, or why. We just will.

Our travels have taken us to New Orleans, where the demons are getting stronger, smarter, and harder to evade. With new allies and enemies alike, who can I trust? Is my protector even who he says he is?

I’m in the fight of my life, with or without Coheed, but fighting without the help of my love is impossible to fathom. I’d rather die myself. But if I did, would I stay dead this time?

My name is Casi.

The undead call me Little Mouse.

Coheed calls me his Miracle.

Warning! Contains a special tea, a trailer in the swamp, deception, bitter cold, a lost testament, a new revelation, and the loss of a loved one that tears the heart apart.

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Bring It Back(list) Feature:

EVIL SPEAKS SOFTLY 

by Maureen L. Bonatch

Fantasy, Romance, Suspense,
Ghosts, Spirits, Demons

Everyone has a story to tell. Even the dead.

They were never supposed to meet. 

Fame came easy for Liv by following in the footsteps of the female writers in her family. The cycle repeated for decades…until Liv changed the story. Her villain doesn’t like the revision—and he isn’t a fictional character. In his story, the bad guy always wins.

They were never supposed to find love. 

Liv never questioned her demanding nocturnal muse, or the strange incidents in her old, family home until she met Gage. His job was to watch her from afar, not reveal the truth about the curse and the stories of the dead. 

They’ve broken all the rules. 

Together they unravel secrets as they strive to stop the cycle. Liv’s ability to find love, and protect her loved ones, hangs on the fickle whims of the dead—and they’ve got nothing to lose.

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Get in the spirit of the season with this limited time .99 cent sale for EVIL SPEAKS SOFTLY!

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Here Be News

New Releases

(Available Tomorrow!)

MIRACLE
Above All, Book 1
Paranormal / Supernatural / Contemporary Fantasy Romance
by Linda Mooney
Word Count: 41.3K
$2.99 e

I died and was resurrected, and I don’t know why.

My name is Casi Clarity. I was 26 years old when I died in 1969. Then I woke up in the 21st century—whole, sane, and unblemished. And at the same age I was when I died.

What's more, when I came back, I brought a friend with me. His name is Coheed. He's a corporeal spirit, and he is also my protector. Against what, you ask? Well, it seems that ever since my return, I've been chased by ghosts. Demons. Ancient evil. Monsters. You name it.

Why are they after me? Because they want to know my secret. They want to wreak havoc on mankind and bring about our ultimate destruction, and the only way they can accomplish that is by being fleshy beings again. To inhabit as many bodies as they can to cause untold horror. They are determined to discover how I returned from the dead, even if it means trapping me, torturing me, and ultimately killing me again to see if I'm resurrected a second time.

My name is Casi.

The undead call me Mouse.

Coheed calls me Miracle.

Warning! Contains a houseboat, explosions, a rain of ashes, invisibility, sanctuary, a forbidden testament, and a love that was prophesied thousands of years ago.

Excerpt and buy links.

DISRUPTOR

Runaway. Experiment. Superhero?

The streets were the safest place for Dani, until the night she was caught by traffickers who sold her to a laboratory. She survived five years of experiments: biotech implants, gene therapy, and other things she could barely comprehend. The pain, though, that she understood. The lab pushed her body past its limits, drove her mind to its darkest corners, but somehow her spirit remained unbroken. She escaped, and sought refuge on the streets once again. But this time she doesn’t run away from cries for help. Now, she runs toward them.

Playboy. Dilettante. Sidekick?

Kevin Moynihan is the youngest son of Point Sable’s most wealthy and storied family. A permanent fixture in the society pages, he’s known for his good looks, his charm, and his aversion to an honest day’s work. His life is a whirlwind of fast women, faster cars, all night parties and endless champagne – until his latest drunk and disorderly charge lands him a stint doing community service in the roughest part of town. The part of town where someone is always screaming for help.


A chance meeting will bring two unlikely people together – first as reluctant allies, then friends, and finally partners.

Excerpt and buy links. 

Other News

Cover Reveal!

Jeffe Kennedy's The Tides of Bára, #3 in the Sorcerous Moons fantasy romance series, will be out October 29. and the books in the series can be found here on Amazon, or here on her website. The pre-order Amazon is here! 

Are Dragons Still...Hot?

I recently held a contest where I asked my readers to tell me what they thought the current trend in romantic fiction to be.

To my surprise--since I see the current trend in the return of contemporary romance--many proclaimed paranormal romance to be the popular genre right now.  I've spent the past year or so writing contemporary romance, so I was hoping to hear that contemporary romance is hot.

I'm also pleased, because I have a new/old series coming out that's paranormal.

I don't write to trends because what's popular is ever changing. Vampire romance was HUGE a few years ago. Now shifters are the new black. But what about dragons? Demons? Angels?

It seems to me paranormal popularity goes in waves as well, especially when one particular series sparks reader attention.

So I'm glad to hear that paranormal romances are popular. But then, I wrote The Dragons' Demon back in 2007, when I was feeling demonish. I like to change up stories to keep myself interested, and when I first started my Ethereal Foes books, I was loving the thought of making perceived bad guys the good guys. I gave life to a place where dragons, demons, and other sexy if malevolent creatures lived together in the dark of the Abyss. Books one and two released, but my editor wasn't keen on a third book, so I moved to another series.

Fast forward several years, and I'm ready to release books one through four! The first two stories are re-releases with better editing. But the third and fourth books are brand new. I'm so happy to complete the series, though of course there's always room for more stories set in that world.

The return to dragons and demons has me all fired up. There's nothing quite like a dragon to stir trouble, after all.

For some fun, here are some other dragony romance books you might want to check out:

Ethereal Foes series--Marie Harte
Dragon Kin series--Shelly Laurenston
Elder Races series--Thea Harrison
Aisling Grey: Guardians series--Katie MacAlister
Master of Dragons--Angela Knight
How to Date a Dragon--Ashlyn Chase
Dragonfire series--Deborah Cooke
Dragon Knights series--Bianca D'Arc

Any other recommendations to share?

Marie
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Win-A-Book Wednesday with...Annie Nicholas!

Annie Nicholas

Annie Nicholas writes paranormal romance with a twist. She has courted vampires, hunted with shifters, and slain a dragon’s ego all with the might of her pen. Riding the wind of her imagination, she travels beyond the restraints of reality and shares them with anyone wanting to read her stories. Mother, daughter, and wife are some of the other hats she wears while hiking through the hills and dales of her adopted state of Vermont.

Annie writes for Samhain Publishing, Carina Press, and Lyrical Press.

Pia Blyton, a succubus, is unofficially engaged to one of the most powerful incubi in Lake City, Valerio Hunan.  She’s hesitant to set a date for a public party where Val will clasp his engagement bracelets on her wrists because his five wives still haven’t accepted her. It’s not a personal thing, her people don’t get jealous like mortals and most don’t believe in love, but because she has nothing to offer to their family. At twenty-five she has always lived with her parents, had never held a real job, or finished college. She doesn’t understand Val’s hurry.

Valerio keeps pushing Pia to set a date for their engagement. Doesn’t she understand that as long as it’s unofficial his wives could still annul the whole thing? So far they have indulged his affection for Pia to keep him happy but succubi can be fickle and he didn’t want to take any chances. Even worse, the packages of energy his wives ususally send him weren’t arriving. Were they out of their minds refusing to feed him?

Driven by hunger Val struggles to not kill his one true love. Pulling on her big girl pants, Pia has to figure out how to feed him without burning herself out.

Sinful Cravings

This is a fun, hot read. I wrote this series for exactly that purpose. It's pure escapism. I've always said I'd love to have Pia's problems. LOL

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Win-A-Book Wednesday with...Jane Kindred!

Jane Kindred

Jane Kindred is the author of The House of Arkhangel’sk trilogy, the Demons of Elysium series, and The Devil’s Garden. Born in Billings, Montana, she spent her formative years ruining her eyes reading romance novels in the Tucson sun and watching Star Trek marathons in the dark. She now writes to the sound of San Francisco foghorns while two cats slowly but surely edge her off the side of the bed.

You can find Jane on her Twitter account and Facebook page—both of which are aptly named “janekindred"—and on her website, www.janekindred.com.

Master of the Game*

Master of the Game, available August 5 from Samhain Publishing, is the third and final book in the Demons of Elysium series: a blend of m/m BDSM erotic romance and epic fantasy with a paranormal contemporary twist. This is your chance to win an Advance Copy!

Here's what people are saying about Demons:

“A spicy erotic fantasy that submerges the reader into a tempestuous relationship that speaks of dark desires and wicked delights. Kindred tucks her burgeoning romance inside an intriguing story filled with deception and betrayal as luscious angels and demons all vie for the ultimate prize. Drenched in a decadent haze of pleasure, pain, discipline and punishment, Kindred’s voice captures readers, leaving them panting for more.” ★★★★  — RT Book Reviews

“This world is freaking awesome. ... Once I thought I had a hold on where Kindred was going with this story it would take another turn. I was glued to the pages of this book till the very end.” 4.25 stars — Crissy, Joyfully Jay

“What a seductive, devilishly delicious tale... Steamy, solid entertainment!” ★★★★★ — Rainbow Book Reviews

“The second installment in Kindred's wickedly erotic, BDSM-based Demons of Elysium series immerses the reader in the dark and tempestuous relationship of Belphagor and his fire demon lover. Pain and pleasure vie for dominance as Kindred takes their relationship to a new level—a level that will make or break the fragile love that exists between them. Kindred does a splendid job of balancing the decadent romance with an engaging conflict filled with lust, lies and revelations.” ★★★★ — RT Book Reviews

*Note: If new to the series, winner of the giveaway has the option to receive Book 1 (Prince of Tricks) instead.

Love is the ultimate game changer…and this time it’s winner take all.

 

Now that his lover is back in his arms, Belphagor is taking his own sweet time to say the words Vasily longs to hear: “You’re my boy.” And savoring the sweet torture of driving the firespirit into a frenzy of unfulfilled need.

As the undisputed master of Heaven’s gaming tables, Belphagor never plays unless he’s certain of winning. But this time, political machinations send the game—and Vasily—tumbling to the brink of even his formidable control.

Vasily can’t deny enjoying their delightfully edgy play—until the airspirit auctions him off for a night to the one demon with a gift for taking things too far. Seductive Silk, tight-lipped about the end of his relationship with the sweet submissive Phaleg, may also be involved with a new faction threatening the pregnant queen of Heaven.

Belphagor couldn’t be less interested in the games angels play, but when angelic and demonic intrigues overlap, he’s drawn in against his will. And forced to break his one inviolable rule: Never gamble what you can’t afford to lose.

Warning: Contains more than a mouthful of m/m ménage, with intense D/s situations featuring intricate rope work, balaklavas, and a flurry of snow.

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