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A New Adventure In the I Bring the Fire Universe

March 11, 2017 by Carolynn

Vampires of the Carribbean

Introducing Vampires of The Caribbean, a short story anthology by bestselling authors like Debra Dunbar, Shawntelle Madison, Mandy Roth, and more!

Currently unavailable

 My Story  in the collection, Someday My Count Will Come, is a new adventure in the I Bring the Fire Universe and features a cameo by Loki! Someday  features Count Darerick Razvano Noapt (aka Dare) a Night Elf *cough*. Dare is ancient. He’s keeping secrets from his own kind and seeking a Night Elf that has gone renegade. Penny is only twenty-four, seeking her lost sister, and hiding a secret as well. To save themselves, and save Dare’s people, they might have to risk letting their secrets go. Here’s an excerpt:

They haven’t gone ten paces when Loki stops and says, “I’m forgetting something … I know I am. You’re to go to Orlando …”

“In Florida.” Dare winces. It’s probably sunny there, and warm places usually have snakes … and spiders.

Spinning clumsily, Loki blinks at him. “Lovely weather in early spring, which it is there by the way. Sunshine, warm even at night, you won’t need a sweater. Think of it as a vacation.”

“I’m a Night Elf,” Dare says flatly.

“Vampire,” Loki says.

“A vacation for me would be Moscow in December,” Dare mutters.

Loki stares at him a moment, and then gives a crooked grin. “I suppose so.” He snorts, and then snaps his fingers. A spark jumps into the undergrowth and Dare stamps it out.

Someday takes place before the events of Wolves. Besides Someday there are nine other stories by amazing authors.

 

 

Filed Under: Box Sets, Fantasy, I Bring the Fire (A Loki Series)

New Release: Rush a Novellette in the I Bring the Fire Universe, part of the Once Upon a Kiss Anthology

January 31, 2017 by Carolynn

Available for only 99-cents at  Nook | iBooks | Kobo | GooglePlay
Amazon: US, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Australia

Once Upon a Curse Yep, I wrote a story about Rush, everyone’s least favorite SEAL. It’s a play on Beauty and the Beast and can be read as a standalone. I think everyone deserves a path to redemption, even him. Here’s a little excerpt:

“Why shouldn’t I kill him again?” Bohdi asks, turning back to his girlfriend.

Putting her hands on her hips, Lewis stamps her foot. “You shouldn’t hurt him because I can take care of myself.”

Maybe it is because Rush’s not in a cone of heat and he can feel Bohdi’s mood isn’t quite as murderous as before, maybe it’s because he likes to be cocky in the face of danger, maybe it’s because of adrenaline, but he lets out a long, “Pfft!”

Lewis and Bohdi both look at him.

Rolling his eyes, Rush says, “Come on, Lewis, you can’t hurt anybody.” It’s the truth. Lewis may have magic that rivals Patel’s and the mayor’s, but Lewis can’t hurt a fly. Literally, she cannot. If she fires a gun, it won’t hit a living target. If she tries to step on a roach, her foot will slip.

Lewis gets very still. Patel takes a step back from Rush and cocks his head.

“I’m just telling it like it is,” Rush says. Without Rush, Bohdi, and the team, her life would be a lot more difficult.

One of Lewis’s delicate little nostrils flare, and it’s kind of funny, like looking at an angry bunny. Rush smirks.

Lewis’s eyes narrow. “You’re right, Rush, I can’t hurt you.”

Rush smiles triumphantly. Lewis strolls toward him, and Bohdi coughs into his hand.

“But I can fix you,” she croons.

“I’m not injured, but thanks.” Rush grins.

Stopping three feet away from him, Lewis drawls, “Rush, you unrepentant misogynist, if you don’t develop a meaningful relationship with a woman in the next fourteen days, your penis will never work again.”

So yes, Rush has some fun times in this story. Okay, not really, he has dismal times in this story, but it’s also funny, moving, everyone who has read it has loved it, and there is a happy ending. (Hey, not that kind of “happy ending!”)

Besides my story, there are 16 other fantastic fairy tale retellings. So what are you waiting for? Pick up Rush as part of the Once Upon a Kiss anthology at Nook | iBooks | Kobo | GooglePlay |Amazon: US, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Australia it’s only 99¢ for now, but we’ll be raising the price soon.

Filed Under: Box Sets, Fantasy, I Bring the Fire (A Loki Series)

Atomic: Free at Instafreebie

September 14, 2016 by Carolynn

 
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Sigyn was prophesied to be the consort of a king. Instead she married a fool. Centuries after his chaos destroys their marriage, the fallout really begins.

This is a short story that was originally published in the Nightshade Urban Fantasy and Paranormal anthology. It is now available FREE at Instafreebie.

Filed Under: Free Ebooks, I Bring the Fire (A Loki Series)

Ragnarok is Now Available in Audiobook Format!

August 1, 2016 by Carolynn

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If you own the Kindle version it is only $3.47 to purchase the audiobook from Audible! If you don’t own the Kindle version, the least expensive option is an Audible trial, or to request your local library purchase it. However, if you are an iBooks fan–or Audible is unavailable in your country–you can get it on iBooks, and it’s also available from Barnes & Noble.

It isn’t announced anywhere … but my publishers snuck The Fire Bringers in at the end, just like the slipped The Slip in at the end of Fates.

 

Filed Under: Audiobooks, I Bring the Fire (A Loki Series)

Warriors is Now Available as an eBook, Paperback, and Audiobook

June 26, 2016 by Carolynn

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Warriors: I Bring the Fire Part V (A Loki Series) is now an audiobook available at Amazon/Audible and iTunes (Start listening to Wolves: I Bring the Fire Part I for as little as $2.99–find out how.)

It is also available as a paperback from Amazon, and Barnes & Noble.

Of course it is still available as an ebook from Amazon, Nook, iBooks, Kobo, Google Play and Smashwords.

When science meets Chaos, what could go wrong?

Bohdi Patel is keeping the revelation that he is Chaos incarnate a secret, and handling the revelation about as well as one would expect. He’s in a downward spiral: losing his lease, totaling his car, and trying to keep everyone he cares about at arm’s length.

Veterinarian Amy Lewis is wondering what happened to the funny, flirty, curious Bohdi she knew in the land of the Norns. He’s become moody and sometimes cruel. She is definitely glad she didn’t become romantically entangled with him … most of the time.

When tragedy strikes Amy’s beloved mutt Fenrir, and Odin strikes Bohdi’s best friend Steve, they have to work together again. Amy’s knowledge of science, Bohdi’s talents for theft, and both of their survival skills are put to the test. But more than Steve and Fenrir’s lives are at stake. Amy and Bohdi may unlock the key that saves mankind from the gods … or bring about the apocalypse.

 

Filed Under: Audiobooks, I Bring the Fire (A Loki Series)

Start Listening to I Bring the Fire on Audio

June 26, 2016 by Carolynn

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The I Bring the Fire series audio versions are complete! Start listening to the series in audio at Amazon US, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Australia

Kobo, GooglePlay, or borrow them from Scribd

LISTEN TO (OR READ) THE WHOLE SERIES FREE

I Bring the Fire is available via Overdrive, the ebook and audiobook service for libraries. If your library participates you can read or listen to the whole series free of charge … all you have to do is request they order them. Someone asked me if I “minded” readers getting my books through the library. Loki’s whiskers! I am delighted to be in libraries. Please, request away. Heck, even if you own them, request them from your library so other people can discover them!

Filed Under: Audiobooks, I Bring the Fire (A Loki Series)

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