Out Now!
The Starbuck Chronicles: AfterLife is released!
This book is a complete 360 to what I normally write. I got this idea about three years ago and put it on the back burner to get my feet wet in self-publishing with romance. It’s not that this book doesn’t have romance in it. It does. It’s just part of me. But, Lily has choices and they’re tough choices. Who will you be rooting for? Of course, to have any kind of love life, Lily has to survive and that’s her biggest challenge in this world gone mad!
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Genre: Urban Fantasy
Release Date: Now
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In this world gone mad……Lily’s biggest challenge is to survive.
Lily Starbuck, kick-ass witch caterer, knows that a day that starts with blood on the horizon is a terrible omen. The day goes downhill from there when a grumpy werewolf refuses to pay his catering bill, her partner cleaned out their bank accounts, and Lily finds her murdered in their kitchen. To make matters worse, the Fairy Dust Administration (FDA) is sniffing around. Fae dust hounds hot on her partner’s trail for dealing in illegal dust now turn their attention to her. Their sexy Fae leader takes a particular interest in her and is hard to shake.
Heartbroken, flat broke and with her very livelihood in jeopardy, she discovers that the formidable Otherworlder Security (OS) is being tampered with. With no active investigation and a missing body, she has no choice but to discover who killed her partner. Her only backup is a cantankerous gnome who delights in going invisible on her. Clues lead her to an open case being investigated by a tough OS warden shapeshifter. It seems a rogue mage has created a video game that is unwarded and game monsters are being released to terrorize the human and supernatural citizens of Minneapolis/St. Paul. Trouble is Lily has reason to believe that this mage killed her partner. Looks like Lily will have to make a deal with a vamp devil and battle wits with the Twin Cities most powerful leader all in the name of justice.
I am currently reading AfterLife from the Paranormally Yours boxed set and enjoying it very much. I’ve read lots of this genre in the last couple of years, including Kim Harrison, Faith Hunter, Eileen Wilks and many more, and I feel the world you have created is comparable to the best of these authors, with a lot of upside potential for future stories. I know this genre is a departure for you but I hope you keep at it.
If you could use a copy editor to flyspeck your manuscripts, I’ve done it before for another author, Lucy Irvine. (You can read about her on Wikipedia and elsewhere.) I’m retired, so I just proofread for fun and I don’t charge anything for it. Let me know if you can stand one more pair of eyes looking at your work! Well, back to the story!
Wow! Best compliment ever. Thanks, Bill. I’m always looking for beta readers.
I loved this book it keep me on the edge of my seat the whole time. Cant wait till the next book.
Thanks so much, Muffin. Can’t wait until I can write the next book for you! So glad you loved it. AfterMath coming in 2015!
Loved it – can’t wait for the next installment!!!
LOVED Afterlife!!!! Can’t wait for Aftermath……hoping the series continues for many, many more installments. Couldn’t put the book down, all the twist and turns kept me on the edge of my book. Counting the days until Aftermath is released.
Suzanne! Thank you! Yes! Many more installments. I will be writing AfterMath in 2015 and can’t wait to get it into your hands. Thank you for letting me know you loved it.
LOVE LOVE LOVE this book! I have never read your other writings, im strictly a paranormal gal. I saw this and had to try it. I have not laughed so much since reading Dead Witch Walking series. You are right up to par with Kim Harrison. I really hope you sway this way more often because you have got what it takes!! Looking forward to more books! Plz email when you do! Im on your subscribe list!
Mari – Thanks! That is a very high compliment. My plan is for AfterMath this year and more if I can fit it into my schedule. Even a serial! I will most definitely announcing it on my newsletter. Stay tuned!