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Stallion's Instinct is here!



Logan is a playboy, a cowboy, and a con man...and he's suddenly saddled with a four-year-old filly shifter. Tabby, a woman he conned with his unscrupulous cousin, finds him on his first day as a single dad and demands the horse that they sold her...and she ends up losing her heart along with her shirt. (But she also gets her horse.)

This is a heartfelt book of redemption and courage, learning to trust, and learning to love, with a fierce but warm-hearted heroine, a rogue with a heart of gold, and a darling little girl who only wants a home. With a splash of danger, a dash of spice, and a whole lot of laughs, this is a book full of feeling and found family.

You'll see a lot of familiar characters from A Day Care for Shifters, but this book can be read completely alone.

A HUGE thank you to my hardworking editors, and all the horse beta readers who yanked on my reins when I got stuff wrong. (And I got a lot of stuff wrong - I've only been on a horse twice in my life!) Any flaws that remain are my own.

I really hope you enjoy Logan's journey! Please leave reviews! Remember that your borrows in Kindle Unlimited help my launch ranking, even if you don't read it for a while!

https://books2read.com/stallionsinstinct?store=amazon

I have always unabashedly loved unicorns. (Okay, a LITTLE abashedly...) Every year since 2016, I've drawn 30 little unicorn art cards in the month of June as part of the Junicorn challenge, but long before that, I was drawing and writing about unicorns...and a lot of them had keys.
I couldn't say exactly when it was that this side-passion solidified into a goal, or when it took its final form, but I am so excited and delighted and even a little terrified to announce that it is DONE. I hit go and uploaded an oracle deck and guidebook to a printer and I should have copies of my factory prototype in about two weeks.

Eeeeeeeeee!

I'm still working on the full-sized companion guide, but the deck itself is finished and all of the text is written, the book just needs formatting.

This deck includes 55 2.5 x 3.5 inch cards; some of the artwork is brand new for this deck and some of it you may have seen in previous year's Junicorns. I've gone back and revised several of the older pieces.

I wasn't satisfied with one word per card, so I invented my own system and each card has four related guide words, an action, a reaction, a reflection, and a shine. More than anything else, the guidebook is full of hope and love, much like my books. I really wanted to bring the world a little beauty and optimism right now and I hope you get joy from it.

I am planning to crowdfund a print run of this deck with premium features (gold edges!) through Backerkit, a trusted crowdfunding site much like (and linked with!) Kickstarter. They have very robust features and strong support for original artists and authors. My planned campaign will be in June (as a nod to the Junicorn challenge that inspired so many of them!), but you can sign up for notifications now and I'm going to start sharing some of the individual cards and their meanings there!

https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/dd78de0e-e1ac-49a5-8415-a59c4f631500/landing?ref=dw

The most ridiculous book "I wasn't writing," The Flamingo's Fated Mate is free this week! Cupcakes, puns, a touch of mystery, and sizzling-sweet romance!

Navigating on-line dating is hard enough for a single mom and first shift baker, but Chloe has a whole new set of problems when her little boy suddenly changes into a pushy baby penguin. An adorable, short, and hilarious story in the Day Care for Shifters series. (It stands completely alone!)

https://books2read.com/first-shift?store=amazon

It's Pride Month! I write plenty of straight romance, but I also write a lot of stories that celebrate love in all of its wonderful variety. In no particular order, here is a collection of my queer fiction:

Fire Control: A prim dragon shifter princess and a foul-mouthed firefighter in a fiery lesbian adventure novella. https://books2read.com/firecontrol

All Manner of Hats: An enemies-to-lovers steampunk magical lesbian novella. https://books2read.com/allmannerofhats

Throw Me a Bone: A short, hilarious M/M story in the Suddenly Shifters series. ​​https://books2read.com/throwmeabone

Prompted 1-3: Each of these flash fictions collections has several queer pairings, from sweet to sizzling, lesbian, gay, and “complicated.” https://books2read.com/prompted

Balance: A gentle and touching trans romance with earth magic. https://books2read.com/birchhearts-balance

The Neighbors Might Talk: A retired couple is surprised when a dragon-shifting alien crash-lands in their garden and threatens to upend their relationship. A super-spicy threesome story. https://books2read.com/neighborsmighttalk

Tropical Leopard’s Longing: Breck is everything that Darla’s mother won’t approve of - poor, common, and openly bisexual. https://books2read.com/tropicalleopardslonging

All in the Timing (included in Tropical Holiday Tails and the fourth volume of the Shifting Sands Omnibus): As an ace dragon shifter, Liam isn’t sure he will ever meet his mate. And when he does, how will he make sure that he can make her happy? https://books2read.com/tropicalholidaytails

Memories of Magic: a short, sweet holiday lesbian story with a tiny, magical pegasus. https://books2read.com/memoriesofmagic

Dragon of Glass starts Fae Shifter Knights, a hilarious portal fantasy romp, which features a major nonbinary character. https://books2read.com/dragonofglass

Hare Today is a short, frothy friends-to-lovers romance, with a single mom and an Italian hunk, featuring ordinary, good-hearted people who suddenly have the ability to turn into animals, in a small town with a lot of secrets. It's a happy ever after with some dangling series mysteries -- which will eventually be solved, most spectacularly!

I hope you enjoy this story. I had so much fun writing it. (Also, I really love the covers for this series...)

https://books2read.com/haretoday

No pranks, no fooling - this is the most ridiculous book I've ever (not) written, and it's sweet and funny and full of heart. I hope that it makes you laugh and brings you joy in turbulent times when you just need to escape to a world where a flamingo shifter philanthropist named Frank is trying (somewhat badly...) to woo a baker named Anita during a snowstorm in a (possibly haunted...) powerless event hall.

Grab it now, in ebook, paperback, and Kindle Unlimited! https://books2read.com/flamingosfatedmate



ETA: And Smut Report gave it this awesome Recommended Read Review!

Behold! Artwork for fun and just for myself! <3 This is a remake of my favorite art card from JanuRaven.

2021...was certainly a year.

I have a lot of complicated feelings, looking back on it, and the year was definitely not without its challenges. (*laughs in understatement*)

I spent most of the year feeling like I was getting nothing done, but I still somehow wrote more than 275,000 words.

I published four books, three collections, six novellas (some were reprints!), six short stories (mostly reprints), was in two anthologies, put Shifting Sands Resort in hardcover, ran and fulfilled a T-shirt kickstarter, drew 30 tiny unicorns for #junicorn, and designed several postcards and bookmarks (and a tattoo!).

I also designed covers for other people and taught a nine-year-old new math and past participles. (Which entailed LEARNING past participles.)

I feel like I've leveled up as a writer and an artist...maybe even as a person. I'm not sorry to see 2021 out the door, but ultimately, I'm proud of what I did with it.

(I can post this now because I am planning to do absolutely fuck all with the rest of the year. I'll do goals later.)



(PS: Sorry if this is repetitive from Facebook, but I know some people are understandably not there! I've updated the graphic a few times as I remembered things...)

There’s only ONE WEEK left to claim your Shifting Sands Resort swag!! We’ve unlocked two styles of shirt, and we’re less than $120 from unlocking two more styles (or one style and a bar towel). Can we get v-neck tank tops? Or long-sleeved shirts? Or polo shirts? We’ve already hit stretch goal three and every pledge will get one free bookmark of their choice - including the $5 helper tier - get a signed postcard and a bookmark with free shipping anywhere in the world!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1624616265/shifting-sands-resort-staff-t-shirts-signed