Sing, Goddess! is available now

I’m so excited to share that the anthology of Greek myth retellings that I edited, Sing, Goddess! is available now! Check out what early readers have said about the book:

“There are so many wonderful stories in this anthology!” – Goodreads reviewer

“Wildly creative and thoroughly entertaining, these retellings run the gamut from wistful and romantic to dark and gripping. If you love all things Greek or just crave exceptional storytelling, this anthology is for you!” – Amazon reviewer

“I LOVED these stories!! The retellings are amazing!! They aren’t the same old recycled retellings, which I love. I really hope some of these are going to be full novels because they really draw you in. I found some new authors that I can’t believe I hadn’t read before because of this anthology. I seriously can’t wait for everybody to read this. I’m excited!!” – Goodreads reviewer


I forgot to share the cover reveal here back in May, so if you missed it, here is a look at the cover and some information about the collection:

Cover designed by Najla Qamber Designs

Aphrodite. Zeus. Medusa. Hercules. You’ve heard their names. You thought you knew their stories… until now.

Lose yourself in this collection of eleven young adult re-imaginings of Greek myths from the authors of Snowy Wings Publishing. From magical kingdoms under the sea to the halls of a modern high school, from Ancient Greece to the distant future, you will find romance, courage, fantasy, danger, and more. With each story bringing a twist on a classic legend, there is something for everyone to enjoy again and again.

Across the ages, the Muses call: SING, GODDESS!

Featuring stories by Amy Bearce, Lyssa Chiavari, Sarah Dale, Dorothy Dreyer, Mary Fan, Janina Franck, Jessica Gunn, Leigh Hellman, Amy McNulty, Selenia Paz, and Jane Watson

My story is a YA contemporary romance that retells the myth of Ares and Aphrodite. Here’s a sneak peek at my story:

Alexandria “Lexi” Cypress is trying to enjoy her senior year and make sure her school has the best Homecoming ever. She may be the new girl at Mountainview High, but she is keeping busy with the cheerleading team, Homecoming Committee, and new friends. While she is the go-to girl for her fellow classmates’ romantic woes, she sees no romance in her own future as she’s been burned by love before. To her surprise, both Aidan Shields, captain of the Spartans’ football team and resident hottie (and supposed resident flirt), and a mystery admirer are soon vying for her attention. Can Lexi learn to open up her heart, and will she survive Homecoming?

Sing, Goddess! is available now in ebook for Kindle, Nook, Kobo, Apple Books, Google Play, and more! You can also get it in paperback now from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Book Depository and more. Or call your local indie to order a copy! Find the indie bookstore closest to you at IndieBound.

Available now from Snowy Wings Publishing


If you’d like a little bit more, today on the Snowy Wings Publishing blog, I shared the inspiration for Sing, Goddess! as well as some looks behind the scenes at the fun of putting the collection together. You can check it out here!

The Taming of the Dudebro is 99 cents all week!

Hey everyone, I’ve got some awesome news. The e-book of my boxed set, The Taming of the Dudebro volume 1, is on sale now until Saturday, April 7th for just 99 cents!

 

Here is the synopsis:

It’s summer fun, romance and hilarity in this boxed set containing the first two stories of this series of YA retellings of Shakespeare’s classic comedies.

In The Taming of the Dudebro, Patricia’s dream is coming true: she is directing her own play, a one-act written by her best friend, Grizz, for the school’s annual Drama Festival. Everything seems to be perfect until her teacher assigns Kurt Minola, the biggest jerk in the school, to work on her play. Kurt is lazy, selfish and irresponsible. The only good thing about him is his attractive twin brother, Ben—but even he can’t seem to change Kurt’s attitude. Kurt’s presence turns Patricia’s dream into a nightmare… until Patricia and Grizz decide to take matters into their own hands, and subject this insufferable surfer-dude to some taming.

Then, in A Midsummer Night’s Dudebro, with the theater festival behind her and graduation around the corner, Grizz Sheridan figured she was done with Kurt Minola. She wants to focus on spending time with her friends and enjoying her last summer before she goes off to college. No such luck now that Kurt’s crushing on her best friend (and his twin brother’s girlfriend), Patricia. It seems like he’s glued to her side no matter where she goes—class, parties, even Prom. Grizz thinks her luck is changing when she begins working at Merry Mule Coffee Roasters and meets super hottie, Dimitri. That is, until a certain surfer boy starts working there, too—and suddenly seems to have turned his romantic interests elsewhere… Will Grizz survive the summer?

Get in the mood for summer and score the book for just 99 cents here!

Cover Reveal for “Terra” by Tracy Korn

Happy Wednesday, everyone! Today I’m helping reveal the cover of Tracy Korn’s Terra, the exciting second book in The Elements series. If you love Young Adult books, science fiction, and action-adventure, definitely check these books out! Not to keep you waiting–here is the cover:


“Getting out of Gaia Sur was almost as hard as getting in, but there’s no going back now. Jazwyn Ripley and her friends have no choice but to venture into the caves and tunnels underneath the ocean floor as the messages they’ve been receiving get stronger.

Tensions rise and loyalties are tested when another of their crew is captured along the way, and one critical choice means following unlikely allies down a path most would never dare—across the seven biomes of “The Rush”—which, if they survive, will either lead to freedom or imprison them forever.”

Title: Terra (Book Two of The Elements Series)
Author: Tracy Korn
Publisher: Snowy Wings Publishing
Cover Designer: JKorn Photographics
Release Date: March 6th, 2018

Pre-order TERRA now!

Of course I had to Bookstagram the awesome cover!

Share your thoughts on the cover in the comments!

Cover Reveal for “Deception So Dark” by Clara Kensie

Hello, everyone! Today I’m participating in the cover reveal of Clara Kensie’s YA romantic paranormal thriller, Deception So Dark. This is the second book in her Deception So series. The cover was designed by Key of Heart Designs. Check out the beautiful cover below!

Dark as a starless night and black as a cavern of coal…

With no more secrets keeping them apart, Tessa and Tristan embark upon a desperate search to find her missing brother and sister. But not even Tristan can keep Tessa safe from her new—and volatile—psionic power, or from the Nightmare Eyes that seem to watch her even when she’s awake.

As the Nightmare Eyes grow stronger, hope of finding her siblings fades—until a new lead sends Tessa on a dangerous journey, one that a psychic has foretold ends in her death. And one that will force her to choose between Tristan and her siblings—and defeat an enemy she never knew she had in order to save them all.

Originally published as Run to You parts 4 – 6, Deception So Dark is Book Two of the RITA® Award-winning Deception So series, a super-romantic thriller about a psychic family on the run from a deadly past, and a first love that will transcend secrets, lies, and danger. ”

Title: Deception So Dark (Book Two of The Deception So Series)
Author: Clara Kensie
Release Date: February 13th, 2018
Publisher: Snowy Wings Publishing
Cover Designer: Key of Heart Designs

Pre-order Deception So Dark now, or add it on your Goodreads here.

I took a Bookstagram picture with the pretty cover!

What do you guys think of this gorgeous cover? Sound off in the comments!

Cover Reveal for “Aqua” by Tracy Korn

Hey, everyone! Today I’m helping reveal the gorgeous new cover of Tracy Korn’s Aqua, book one of her “Elements” series! Aqua re-releases on January 23rd through Snowy Wings Publishing!

“12 years to prepare for one chance to succeed…

Being afraid of failure is normal, but no one fears success except eighteen-year-old Jazwyn Ripley, who has worked her entire life for a chance to become more than the scant apprenticeships in the Seaboard North stacks can offer. It’s all too clear that at the bottom, there’s nowhere to go but down. Only the best can begin career training at Gaia Sur, the elite academy on the ocean floor, but when Jazz begins receiving cryptic messages from past Gaia cadets originating from within the earth’s core, she and her friends discover that the road to everything they’ve ever wanted now leads somewhere they never intended to go.”

Fast-paced, character-driven, and full of plot twists you’ll never see coming, take a deep breath and dive into AQUA, the first book in The Elements series.

Author: Tracy Korn
Release Date: January 23rd, 2018
Cover Designer:  JKorn Photographics
Publisher: Snowy Wings Publishing

I just had to Bookstagram the cover!

What do you guys think of this super-cool cover? Let me know in the comments!

Cover Reveal for “Magic at Midnight: A YA Fairy Tale Anthology”

Hello, my lovelies! I am back with a super exciting announcement, as well as a cover reveal: My awesome publisher, Snowy Wings, is releasing a YA Fairy Tale Anthology, Magic at Midnight! My short story is a retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s tale, “The Goblin and the Grocer.” Here is the synopsis:

“In a little village high in the mountains, mortals and goblins have lived together for centuries. Yet with the passing generations, mortals have become blind to the goblins and their magic, even when it’s right in front of them.

Greta, a young goblin, doesn’t mind this. She’s found that magic has made her kind lethargic and mean-spirited, using their powers to play cruel jokes on unsuspecting mortals. Greta refuses to use her magic, preferring to work in the humble store of a grocer and his wife and enjoy the satisfaction of a hard day’s work. She is quite happy spending her days in the store and her nights in one of the rooms above with her talkative kitten, Calla.

Her peaceful life is disrupted the day the grocer’s great-nephew, Magnus, moves into the spare room down the hall. Magnus doesn’t act like his kindly and hardworking aunt and uncle at all; to Greta, he’s lackadaisical, immature and selfish. When not doing his schoolwork, he wastes his days painting rather than helping in his uncle’s store.

Greta wants nothing to do with Magnus… until she sees his paintings, and feels an inspiration she long forgot was there. As she spends more time with the handsome student, she finds herself questioning everything she thought she knew… and wondering if magic—and love—may be all around her.”

Now, onto the cover reveal!

Title: Magic at Midnight
Publisher: Snowy Wings Publishing
Cover Designer: KimG Design
Release Date: May 29th, 2018

Once upon a time is eternal…

Turn the pages and fall into the enchanting worlds of beloved, age-old fairy tales made new again in this fifteen-story collection from Snowy Wings Publishing.

A girl with long, long hair is trapped in an attic, ensnared by promises of immortality, the radio her only companion. An android wants to believe in her life, that the feelings she has are real—and that she might be just as beautiful as her famous stepsister. A gamer must save her true love from the mysterious, dark entity that has ensnared him in their MMORPG. A modern teen is lured to the fantastical Land of the Dolls, and only her own cunning can help her escape. These are just a few of the bewitching tales found within Magic at Midnight.

From sci-fi to fantasy, contemporary to historical, paranormal and more, there’s a fairy tale retelling in this collection for every reader. Featuring stories from bestselling and award-winning YA authors as well as emerging voices, this anthology will take you to distant worlds and back again—all just familiar enough to make you feel at home.

What do you think of the cover? Are you excited for all of the amazing stories? Let me know in the comments!

Triple Cover Reveal for “Stay in Touch”

Today I’m participating in Joy Penny’s triple cover reveal! The second book in her “Stay in Touch”, a New Adult contemporary romance series TOUCH OF HEARTACHE, comes out December 5th. The next two books will be released early 2018!

Stay in Touch Books 2-4 (Covers by Berto Designs)

Title: Touch of Heartache
Series: Stay in Touch (Book 2)
Author: Joy Penny
Publisher: Snowy Wings Publishing
Publication Date: 12/5/2017

“Four friends. Four college grads. Four people figuring out that life doesn’t always turn out the way you expected.

Just weeks before graduating, Lilac Townsend throws away her elementary school teacher job offer in Minnesota to work in Florida at the official resort of her favorite vacation spot, Tildy World. Pushing down all second thoughts, she fills her mind with visions of sunny beaches and Tildy Tapir, the cartoon character who always promised to make her childhood dreams come true. Unfortunately, between a sleazy boss and a community college student in a character suit who manages to fray her last nerve, Lilac soon learns that working behind the scenes at the park is hardly “happily ever after.”

Nolan Gregosky had plans after graduating high school a few years back: go to college, join a fraternity, and make some memories before earning a degree. Instead, tragedy sidelined those dreams, but his job posing for pictures with drooling, snot-nosed kids as Silly Sandgrouse gives him a chance to unload some pent-up energy. When the stunning but uptight new assistant manager at the resort proves a distraction in more ways than one, Nolan realizes it’s up to him to show her what it means to eat, live, and breathe life at the park.”

Trigger warning: Sexual harassment at work.

Check out the book on Amazon and Goodreads!

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075Y33Q25/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34873132-touch-of-heartache

Stay in Touch Book 3 (Touch of Comfort, Gavin’s story) and Stay in Touch Book 4 (Touch of Romance, Pembroke’s story) out in 2018!

And catch up with Touch of Fondness, Book One in the series, out now:

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33526180-touch-of-fondness
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06VVHW2FQ/
Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/touch-of-fondness-joy-penny/1126189855?ean=9781946202185
Audible:  https://www.audible.com/pd/Romance/Touch-of-Fondness-Audiobook/B073V61282/

What do you think of the covers? Sound off in the comments!

Ripley’s Booklist October Giveaway!

Hey everyone, happy October! I have some exciting news–I’m participating in Ripley’s Booklist Contemporary Romance Giveaway! The giveaway starts today and lasts until Monday, October 30th.

One lucky winner will receive a $50 Amazon gift card, ten winners will each get one paperback, and one winner will receive five e-books! Enter here.

Good luck!

Cover Reveal for “Phoenix Descending”

Hello, lovelies!

Today I’m proud to be participating in the cover reveal for Dorothy Dreyer’s Phoenix Descending. This is the first book in her New Adult fantasy duology entitled Curse of the Phoenix. Without further ado, let’s take a look at the cover!

Since the outbreak of the phoenix fever in Drothidia, Tori Kagari has already lost one family member to the fatal disease. Now, with the fever threatening to wipe out her entire family, she must go against everything she believes in order to save them—even if that means making a deal with the enemy.

When Tori agrees to join forces with the unscrupulous Khadulians, she must take on a false identity in order to infiltrate the queendom of Avarell and fulfill her part of the bargain, all while under the watchful eye of the unforgiving Queen’s Guard. But time is running out, and every lie, theft, and abduction she is forced to carry out may not be enough to free her family from death.

Author: Dorothy Dreyer
Release Date: November 28, 2017
Publisher: Snowy Wings Publishing
Cover Designer: Deranged Doctor Design

Add Phoenix Descending on Goodreads!

What do you think of the cover? Tell me in the comments!