Free this weekend: DRYAD and 120+ SFF books

Hi guys!

Just a quick post to remind you to get The Dryad of Callaire for free this weekend. Sale ends tomorrow so you wanna be quick. There's also a WHOLE LOT of other great books in the promo and a few of them will appeal to readers of both my Legend Mirror and Lux Guardians series.

Hope you're all having a great weekend

~Saruuh

Free today: Kiss of Gold and Thorns!

Free on Kindle until Monday!!

Kiss of Gold and Thorns is a collection of short fairy tales in a fantasy world, with ghosts, wolves, curses, and kisses. It has f/f romance and het romance. A Feline girl, a magical girl in a wheelchair, and a boy more tree than human. Trigger warning for sexual assault.

GET IT HERE

Once in a hidden queendom… 

Little Red Riding Hood has an encounter with a ghost and a wolf. 

A girl becomes captive of the king but Rumpelstiltskin may have the magic to help her. 

When a door appears in the wall of thorns around a cursed kingdom, a Feline girl accidentally wakes Sleeping Beauty with a kiss. 

~Saruuh

Over 100 free SFF ebooks this weekend!

Unlike the last few promos, this one includes books on Nook, Ibooks, & Kobo! 

There's some really great sci-fi and fantasy books, and a couple diverse ones too! I myself will be indulging in Hailey Edwards's Stone Cold Fox (POC) and Stephanie A. Cain's Stormshadow (LGBT) 

Click the header above to visit the promo!

Here's a little more about THE BEAST OF CALLAIRE (POC, L, A), my book in the promo:

Enter a world of magic and shifters in this urban fantasy series. 

Yasmin is the daughter of a goddess and a mythical creature. As a Legendary, she has telepathic power and the ability to change forms every full moon. 

When a voice cries out to Yasmin in her head, and she’s drawn into dreams that aren’t her own, she's led to Fray - a girl who once saved Yasmin from hunters. In Fray’s dreams she has power no human should ever have. Legendary power. And worse, somehow that power is linked to a shadowy god. 

When Fray’s magic catches the attention of a violent and invincible creature, both Yasmin’s mythical world and Fray’s human one will be changed forever. A Gods war is brewing, and Yasmin and Fray are at the heart of it.

~Saruuh

150+ books $0.99 this weekend!

CLICK THE BANNER TO GO TO THE PROMO SITE!

THE DRYAD OF CALLAIRE, along with 150+ other books, is $0.99/£0.99 this weekend! This means if you've been waiting for a reduced price to continue The Legend Mirror series, now's your chance! DRYAD has more magic and mythology than the first book, and along with Yasmin's story, you will follow Fray as she's abducted into The Legend Mirror - the home of Gods and mythical creatures! DRYAD is usually $2.99 and will return to this price on Monday, so be timely and don't miss out.

If you haven't started The Legend Mirror series, but want to read a book with a POC homoromantic asexual main character, along with POC and bisexual main characters in later books, THE BEAST OF CALLAIRE is free to download!!

There are some really great deals along with diverse SFF in the promotion, so be sure to click the banner and head over to Patty Jensen's site to scroll through the books!

Have a great weekend!

~Saruuh

90+ books, free this weekend!

The Forgotten, along with 90+ other books, is free this weekend! (And, if you're not new to this page, you'll know it's free every other weekend too.) There are some really great deals, along with diverse SFF among them, so be sure to click the banner and head over to Patty Jensen's site to scroll through the books!

Have a great weekend!

~Saruuh

Words & Wonders (15)

Welcome to Words & Wonders, a weekly journal of writing updates, links I've found useful or interesting, and book recommendations. I hope W&W will prove to be useful to you writers out there as well as offering an insight into my writing progress for my readers. Don't forget to leave a comment with your own writing progress!

THE BEAST OF CALLAIRE is finally free on Amazon. Find links on the sidebar! If you've been looking for a YA fantasy inclusive of POC and queer characters, grab a copy and read it.

In the Writing Cave, this week I have:

- Gotten into a sort of slump with TLM3, which I'm forcing my way through. I don't want to get stalled and not write anything for a month or three (like I did with The Wandering...) and now I think I've avoided that. Here's hoping, anyway. I want to keep to my schedule and get this book out at the very beginning of next year, with The Revelation and another (YA fantasy stand alone) book making up the rest of my 2016 plan.

- Written 2,923 words. Disappointing word count again, but at least it's some words - my mood and productivity has been so low that I almost ground to a halt.

In my life:

- I got a TONNE of craft supplies for my birthday so I'm making cards and art journalling a lot lately.

On the internet, this week I found useful:

- Weapenry, a publisher of nonfiction who write helpful books for indie authors (and, I'd say, all authors!) I/m looking to get both their books when the next one comes out.
- Cheap villain killin'
- Tangents and Subplots, by Jami Gold
- 5 Tips For Making Any Scene In Your Novel More Tense by Martina Boone

A Book I've Enjoyed Recently:

Awesome historical world, cool witchy concept, and heartfelt characters who I absolutely fell in love with. John has my heart, and the best thing is the romance between him and Elizabeth is the slow burn kind. I adore this book.
You can find my full review over at Syntax Reviews.

What have you written this week?
~Saruuh

Words & Wonders (12)

Welcome to Words & Wonders, a weekly journal of writing updates, links I've found useful or interesting, and book recommendations. I hope W&W will prove to be useful to you writers out there as well as offering an insight into my writing progress for my readers. Don't forget to leave a comment with your own writing progress!

Just a quick note to say THE BEAST OF CALLAIRE IS FREE on B&N/Ibooks/Smashwords etc. to celebrate the release of The Dryad of Callaire, so if you've yet to read my YA mythical fantasy (with hella diverse characters) get it now!

In the Writing Cave, this week I have:

- Read 153 pages of The Dryad of Callaire proof in a frantic read-everything-today Friday. (Remember you can pre-order a signed copy of DRYAD here!)

- Formatted a lot; DRYAD is now fit for print and Kindle and Smashwords consumption. It wasn't easy but we got there.

- Written 3,895 words and officially started book 3 of The Legend Mirror, which I am 99% sure will be titled:

But there's always the chance that during drafting a more appropriate title will spring up. For now though I'm referring to it as TLM3 or POWERS.

In my life:

- I'm stressing majorly over the cover of the printed DRYAD. I had a proof of the new BEAST printed and it's excessively green, but I have no choice but to approve it (because I literally cannot afford to get another proof printed RN) and change it in a few months. But now DRYAD has changed on the print preview from a nice blue to HOLY MOTHER OF TURQUOISE and my printer has no idea why it's happened. So I'm stressing about that and waiting impatiently for the proof to arrive and seal my fate :/

- I'm stepping up my reading game by taking part in ARC August, so expect plenty book recs over the next few weeks.

On the internet, this week I found useful:

- This post by Chuck Wendig, which I really needed. This post made me feel 100% better when I felt shitty.

Hope you all have a great weekend!!
~Saruuh

New Legend Mirror covers & DRYAD pre-order!

In case you somehow missed my excessive tweeting about it, THE BEAST OF CALLAIRE and THE DRYAD OF CALLAIRE covers got revealed this week!!! I am exceptionally proud of these and can't wait to see them on actual printed books.

The Dryad of Callaire is now up for pre-order on Kindle. Paperback pre-order and other retailers will be up in the next few weeks and I'll be sure to link to them here, too. Remember you can also sign up to my reviewers list and be sent an early review copy of DRYAD!

The Beast of Callaire is up on Netgalley, for you book bloggers and reviewers out there. I am seriously chuffed to finally have a book of mine on Netgalley, since it's something I've wanted for SO LONG.

And finally The Lux Guardians short stories are free until August 1st on Smashwords. Use the code PL42X when you check out!!

What do you think of the covers? Do you prefer the new BEAST cover or the old one? Comment below!

~Saruuh

Cover reveal: Under (redesign)

Under has a new cover!!!! I used to love the old one but it's been looking tired for a while, so I gave it a shiny new one and now it looks pretty darn cool with Mel front and center.

Under

The Lux Guardians, tie-in novella

Out now for free!

One girl will discover unparalleled power in this tense novella of survival and self-discovery set in the world of The Lux Guardians series.

Carving out a bare existence in Underground London Zone, Melody Fylan is forced to be meek and obedient in order to avoid the Officials’ wrath—but she harbours dangerous secrets. Melody is allied with The Guardians, the covert rebellion working to free all of Forgotten London from its containment. But being a Guardian isn’t her only secret.

Melody is made of more than blood and bones—she holds pure power in her hands. Her ability is a secret the Officials are responsible for both creating and hiding, and they will go to extreme lengths to keep her under their control. But her power will not be leashed. And no matter what they do to her, Melody will endure.

(Under can be read as stand-alone)

ADD TO GOODREADS

Under is free!!

Grab a copy now! It can be read as a stand-alone, so don't worry about not having read the Lux Guardians novels! And for those who HAVE read them - especially The Wandering - this novella might answer some of your burning questions.

Smashwords | Barnes & Noble | iTunes

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What do you think?? 

Let me know your thoughts in the comments and please share this via social media so everyone sees it! :)

~Saruuh