Audiobook: The King's Queen

The final audiobook in the Gate of Myth and Power series, The King's Queen, released earlier this month in audio and it is now available for you to listen to on Audible!

Click here to buy it now or listen to the sample!

Here are some helpful links if you want to check out the earlier books in the trilogy:

Book 1: The King's Captive

Book 2: The King's Shadow

Words cannot express how happy I am Champions that this series is finally available for you to enjoy! Thank you to everyone who has been waiting so patiently for Noctus and Chloe to make their audio debut! I hope you loved the final product!

If you haven't had a chance to listen to the first two books, here's a few reviews from book 1 (spoiler free!):

"Excellent narration! I think this was one of my favorite narrations of KM Shea’s books. Smooth, emotive without being irritating. Well performed. I’m sure I will listen to it again."

"The narrator for this series is fantastic. She nails every nuance and manages to communicate panic without being overly shrill. This series is one of the funniest of the Magiford world, and she gets that. highly recommend."

"Based on the bland, cheesy cover art, I was expecting a trashy teen romance, but instead I discovered a book that's been incredibly charming, sweet, well written, & even funny. I can't wait to listen to the next book. The 2 narrators were great too. This is a hard book to dislike!"

Other Audiobook news:

Next up the audio team is tackling the three standalone stories in the Elves of Lessa series. It's too early to guess the release dates for these but we are super optimistic at least the first audiobook will release later this year!

Once fact I can share is these books are once again dual narrated so there will be a male narrator for the male POV scenes and a female narrator for everything else. And we are changing the narrators for each book to match the character personalities!

Once all three of the Elves of Lessa books are released (probably in early 2026) we will start to evaluate other potential audio projects!

Court of Midnight and Deception Series Sale

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Wondering if this series is a good choice for you?

• Lots of tricky fae! Learn about their obsession with tea, meet the local fae Kings and Queens, and learn their weaknesses more than any other series!

• Unbelievable meet cute (he's an assassin who tries to kill her) and an obviously morally gray male lead!

• This series is a great start to the Magiford world because it has minimal spoilers for the other trilogies!

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Magiford World: Kwik Trip

In Gate of Myth and Power, I mention the gas station/convenience store "Kwik Trip," which is a Wisconsin franchise with a cult following and I realized with the final audiobook releasing later this month it would be a great chance to talk about this place more. (Note that there is an unrelated brand of stores called QuikTrip that aren't based in Wisconsin.)

Unlike a typical gas station Kwik Trip focuses on offering a wide variety of grocery items, and some of the buildings are so large they are more like small grocery stores that happen to have a gas station. They also have a wide variety of lunch-like deli items you can purchase that are reasonably fresh so many people will stop to just get food and not even bother to gas up their vehicles.

And of course they have cheap coffee (including flavored coffees) that you can purchase in extra large size which is why Leila paid them a visit. And lots of good donuts and treats too!

Here's a photo of an actual Kwik Trip donut display:

Why is Kwik Trip so popular?

Speaking as a Wisconsin resident I know from experience that the Kwik Trip gas stations tend to be cleaner (both outside and inside) than the average gas station. And they always have a free air pump in the parking lot that actually works!

They are also located everywhere in Wisconsin at this point and it's pretty common to find two of them across from each other at busy intersections, which has added to their popularity.

The company also has an over-the-top social media presence, and it's easy to find hilarious videos about them on social media. Beyond that, the cult like following of this chain is something else, and it's not that rare for average customers to do their own Kwik Trip social media posts such as wedding couples showing up for a quick photo shoot (no I'm not kidding!).

What gas stations/convenience stores are unique to your region?