Return to Luminos

Greetings, Champions! I’d like to start with a big thank you to everyone who took the time to leave an honest review on The Revived! I really appreciate reviews because they give me feedback and help other readers decide if the book is something they would be interested in. So thank you from the bottom of my heart!

To celebrate the reviews and The Revived‘s launch in general, I’m releasing a short story: Return To Luminos. (PDF in the link)

The short story–which maybe could be called an extra chapter??–continues where The Revived left off and follows Kit back to Luminos where the guildmasters of the big/elite guilds are waiting for her. I hope you guys enjoy it!

This weekend–over on my A. M. Sohma facebook page–some Champions and I were discussing who of the new characters were their favorite! Noir seemed to be the most popular, but Trash Panda, Fame & Fortune, and Alistair were all really well liked too. Surprisingly–happily so–Solus Miles popped up a lot as well! Since he has a bigger role in this book you get to know him a lot better, and he proves he has a sense of humor (maybe?) in several different occasions.

What do you guys think? Who was your favorite new character?

As usual, thanks for reading, and enjoy the short!

The Revived – Releases Sept 14th!

The wait is over! The pre-order for The Revived (Book 3 in the Second Age of Retha series) is now available. The book releases on Friday, September 14th!

The Revived features even more of what you’ve come to expect from this series: crazy characters, amazing fantasy locations, funny one-liners, and more high stakes situations for Kit and her team to get through. And the slow burn romance is there for those of you who are rooting for Kit + Solus Miles.

The Revived links:  Amazon.com | Amazon UK | Amazon AU

Since the book is already on pre-order I can’t do a cover reveal so instead I’m going to show you what the full cover image looks like. (The left side of the image below will only be seen on the back of the paperback.) As you can probably guess from the image there will be a scene with pirates in this book! 😀

This book has been in the works SO LONG, I’m so excited to finally be able to share it with you! It is $4.99, but that’s because it’s waaaay longer than my other books. (Take my longest fairy tale and add on my longest King Arthur and Her Knights novella. It’s just a bit longer than that!) I hope you guys enjoy it when it comes out, and thank you for your endless patience!

The Revived Character Name Contest Winners

Thanks to everyone who participated in the character naming contest for The Revived. There were so many good names it was really hard to pick just a few. The winners (and the name they submitted) are listed below. If I didn’t pick one of your names, don’t worry! I’m going to save all the entries and I plan to use them for names in books 4 and 5, so your submitted name still might make it into a book! (Particularly since that last one is going to be a doozy)

This adorable artwork concerning the contest was done by the awesome Champion Zeke–I love the hat on “Smart me” <3

Okay, and the winners are (grouped together, might I add, by the characters’ guilds/parties)…

1. Shooty D’Arrow is the name of the hunter– submitted by Melanie, and the hunter is joined by guildmates Metronome–submitted by Hannah–and Konk–submitted by Alvin Greunke.

2. The female scout claimed the name Hide_N_Seek by Cherie Smith, while the swordsman selected Arild Edge by Elizabeth Davis, the spellbinder chose Glowrious–compliments of Glowrious–and the Mystic went for Lumina Myst, submitted by Dawn.

3. The crazy fantasy name I picked for the super-fantasy fan is: Ai’lan’therristos–submitted by Ravi!

I also had some unexpected additional winners:

1. Lydia, who suggested Edmund Ironside–a name snatched up by a first officer I was finishing with!

2. Zeke, submitted name: Nick; Jake, submitted name Greg; and Aidan, submitted name Kellivar–their submitted names went to a pack of guildmates seen briefly at the end of the book.

Thanks again to everyone who submitted a name! You guys had some awesome names I can’t wait to add into Book 4 and Book 5. But in the meantime, stay tuned for information about The Revived‘s release date! (Spoiler: It’s not too much longer!!) Thanks for participating, and thanks for reading, Champions. As usual, you guys wowed me.