Looking Forward to 2014

I’ve had lots of people asking me what I’ll be working on in 2014, so here we go! Let me tell you, it’s going to be my biggest publishing year so far. I’m definitely challenging myself BIG TIME this next year, and I’m really looking forward to it. These days I feel like I have so many ideas, there’s no way I could write them all in one lifetime. I better pick up the pace if I hope to even try!

One important thing about 2014 that will likely make some people sad and others really excited is that I’ve decided to go back to writing mostly paranormal and fantasy novels. While writing the Fairhope contemporary romance series has been awesome and much -needed for me, I have really missed writing about magic and demons and witches. I can’t help myself!! There will be one more book in the Fairhope series (The Fear of Letting Go), but it might not come out until closer to summer now. Right now, everything else I have planned is paranormal, mostly books set in the same world as the Peachville High Demons.

So what else will I be working on?? I’m so excited to talk about these upcoming projects!!!

There will be two main series I am writing in 2014.

ETERNAL SORROWS

Book 1 in this series, Death’s Awakening, came out way back in July and has had probably the best reviews of any of my other books. I’ve been amazed at how much the people who have read this book have loved it! I hope more of my fans from the Peachville series will give it a try, because it really is bad-ass. You can buy it now for just 99 cents at all vendors. (Amazon  |  Amazon UK  |  iTunes  |  Nook  |  Kobo)

Book 2, Sorrow’s Gift, will be out in either late January or early February. Release date coming soon! I also have brand new covers for this series. While I loved the original cover for Death’s Awakening, I have felt that it didn’t totally convey the feel and tone of the story, so I’m trying something new. It will be fun to do a little cover reveal for these new covers in the next week or two! Robin Ludwig designed them for me and since she did the Peachville covers too, I know you’ll love them!

I hope to also write and publish Book 3 in this series. If there’s time, Book 4, but that might be pushing it. Since these books are told from multiple points-of-view they take longer for me to plot and write and figure out, so while there is more time between releases, the story is more intricate and the world has more depth. I’m not sure how many books will be in this series, but right now I think 4.

THE PEACHVILLE HIGH DEMONS WORLD

I have some crazy exciting ideas coming out this next year in the same world as the Peachville High Demons books. While the original series is technically over, the story continues. And it’s going to keep going in several different directions.

A DEMON’S WRATH

First, A Demon’s Wrath: Part II. I know many of you have been dying for this one since reading the first! I’m sorry it’s taken me longer than planned, but moving and then the holidays was crazy-town at my new house.

I’m excited to announce now that Part II will be out January 6th!!!!! 

If you haven’t heard of these yet, A Demon’s Wrath is a novella written in two parts that follows Jackson’s point of view. It updates some of what’s going on in the present just after the end of Demons Forever, but also flashes back to Jackson’s life when his brother Aerden was first taken by the Order. You also get to see and learn more about Lea, who plays a huge role in this next series. You can purchase A Demon’s Wrath: Part I at all vendors right now for just 99 cents. (Amazon  |  Amazon UK  |  iTunes  |  Nook  |  Kobo)

Next, exciting news about a brand new serialized story that will be told in 6 parts, each about 40 pages. SACRIFICE ME is the story of Frankie, a trouble college girl who, very much like the Harper we know and love, has been plagued her whole life with magical abilities she doesn’t understand. Frankie is on her own in this world. Her father left when she was younger and her druggie of a mom hasn’t been heard from in two years.

Until now. For her twenty-first birthday, Frankie goes to a trendy nightclub in a mysterious dark alley with a friend, but ends up catching a glimpse of someone who looks just like her mom being dragged into a back room. Could that really have been her mother after all this time? And what’s with the devastatingly hot bartender who hasn’t taken his eyes off her since she walked through the door? Frankie’s determined to get to the bottom of this. No matter what it takes.

SACRIFICE ME will begin in February and new episodes will be released every two weeks throughout February and March! This story is New Adult, which means it will be a little sexier than my Young Adult stories, but it will be set in the same world as the Peachville High Demons. In fact, if you look at the cover here on the right, you’ll see a major hint/clue as to just who Frankie’s related to from Peachville. Any guesses???

THE DARKNESS SERIES

Finally, this is the series you’ve all been waiting for!

EMERALD DARKNESS, book 1 in the new Beautiful Darkness series, picks up shortly after Demons Forever left off. It will follow Harper and Lea’s points of view as the war against the Order of Shadows continues. As you can tell from the title, this time the Demon Liberation Movement will be going after the green portals. Along they way, they’ll face powerful new enemies and dangers more terrifying than any they’ve faced before. Will Harper be able to fulfill her destiny and become the ruler her father wanted her to be? Will Lea have the courage to go against her father’s plans and rally the demons of the Northern Kingdom to follow her into battle?

If you loved the twists and turns and drama of the Peachville High Demons series, I know you’re going to love this new spinoff series that follows all the same characters you love.

I don’t have a release date yet for the first book, but I can tell you that I’m hoping for late March or April. Before then, I’ll be starting a group of readers who will help me read through the entire Peachville series and take notes about characters, setting, and general facts for me to remember while I’m writing the next books.

Overall, most of 2014 for me will be writing this Beautiful Darkness series. I hope to have several new releases in this series, and I honestly can’t wait to get started. I’ve been taking lots of notes and even dreaming about the series, haha. I can’t get it out of my mind! I hope you’re as excited about continuing this story as I am!

Well, that’s my 2014 in a nutshell! Should we do an end of the year giveaway to celebrate?? YES!!!! I’ll give away a signed print copy of DEMONS FOREVER, a Peachville High Demons tshirt and swag pack and a $10 gift card to the ebook vendor of your choice. All prizes to one winner, open Internationally. Happy New Year everyone!!!!

If you missed any of my books in 2013 and want to catch up, here’s what came out from me this past year.

FAIRHOPE –

The Trouble With Goodbye
The Moment We Began (99 cents for a limited time!)
A Season For Hope

ETERNAL SORROWS:

Death’s Awakening

PEACHVILLE HIGH DEMONS:

A Demon’s Wrath, Part I
Beautiful Demons Box Set, Books 1-3

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