Welcome back to Weird, Wild, & Wicked tales for a New Release! Yesterday MAGIC RISING: PARANORMAL AND FANTASY ROMANCE LIMITED EDITION COLLECTION released and I'm so excited to share it with you. I've had the great opportunity to join eleven other fantastic paranormal and fantasy romance authors to put out this set for y'all to enjoy. And boy is it a good one.

Here's a list of the contributors and their tales:

• K.N. LEE: The Scarlett Legacy - Evie has avoided the secret dealings of the Family all of her life, but when a powerful wizard curses her brother, she may be the only one who can save them.
  
• TINA GLASNECK: A Dragon's Rising - WTF happened to his life? When a god questions his existence, there are bound to be repercussions.
  
• CALINDA B: Crow's Caw at Nightmoon Creek - Considered a suspect in her best friend’s murder, Mercedes McCartney’s best chance to find the killer and clear her name is to solve it herself.
  
• L.C. IRELAND: Shatter the Sky - Edith has resigned herself to a life of misery as the bride of a sociopath ... until a strange man falls from the sky and changes everything.
  
• KARA JAYNES: Unbound Enchantment - Enslaved by an Oppressor, Adaryn is expected to serve and abstain from using magic. But following rules has never been one of her strengths.
  
• KAT PARRISH: Vaikus - It’s all about the play, but when an ancient evil is roused, the gargoyle must take up the fight to save the woman he loves. Evil dies, stone endures.
  
• SIOBHAN MUIR: Cloudburst Coffee & Spa - Aiden Westmorland returns to Cloudburst for his second chance at love. But while empath Moira Callahan believes in fresh starts, second chances are a different story…
  
• SYLVIE GRAYSON: Weapon of Tyrants - While Fanny hides from an assassin, she meets an enforcer for illegal gaming. But can she trust him to keep her safe, or is he still working for the other side?
  
• SAVANNAH VERTE: The Black Guard - Centuries of searching to find his stolen mate is a battle of patience for a dragon. But earning her trust and teaching her true nature may be the hardest battle of all.
  
• EVA WINTERS: The Psychic and the Priest - Magic alone won't be enough to win the battle against a creeping evil. Annie and Asha must embrace their preordained destiny to win the war. And not everyone will survive.
  
• GRACELEY KNOX & D.D. MIERS: The Kresova Vampire Harems: Carver - While the Kresova vampire queen had thought of everything, she hadn't prepared for the woman, or for the vampires who defend her.
  

Here's the blurb for the set:

Love knows no bounds.

Ready your heart for this exciting collection of Urban Fantasy and Paranormal Romance novels and novellas, where dashing heroes and daring heroines overcome impossible odds in the name of love. Featuring vampires, witches, fae, dragon shifters, and more!

If you love romance and adventure, don’t miss this otherworldly collection from twelve bestselling and debut fantasy authors—only available for a LIMITED TIME.

And here's the blurb for CLOUDBURST COFFEE & SPA

Moira Callahan knows a thing or two about fresh starts. Second chances are a different story…

As an empath synced into the energies of spaces around her, Moira always understood what people needed, and tried to provide. But after escaping an abusive D/s relationship, she's ready to make her own rules as the owner of the Cloudburst Coffee & Spa. Life is good. Until her first love shows up in town seeking his second chance.
 
Aiden Westmorland escaped Cloudburst to learn to control his sexual needs, but he left behind the one woman who calmed his statistical empathic abilities. Now he has a chance to rekindle the fire they'd shared as teenagers, with the flavor of BDSM. But earning the trust of an emotionally scarred woman after his long radio silence is easier said than done.
 
When Moira’s past comes to Cloudburst, threatening the life she’s fought to rebuild, Aiden insists she go to the police. But her former Dom has a past of his own, and he isn’t willing to let go so easily this time....

If you've already read the tales in this set, please stop by and leave a review for us. We'd surely appreciate it. To leave a review, click here for AMAZON, here for GOODREADS, and here for BOOKBUB.

Thanks for all you do and for stopping by. Happy reading!

Welcome back to Weird, Wild, & Wicked Tales for Snippet Sunday. It's March, and that means I have a new release coming out. Woohoo! Even better, it's in a box set where you can get 13 tales for only $0.99 on pre-order. The box set is MAGIC RISING: A PARANORMAL AND FANTASY ROMANCE LIMITED EDITION COLLECTION, but my tale is CLOUDBURST COFFEE & SPA. It's a paranormal romance with BDSM elements set in my little town of Cloudburst, Colorado.

In this snippet, Aiden Westmorland left Cloudburst 18 years earlier, but now he's coming back to reconnect with the girl he'd left behind. Of course, now she's a woman, but he first has to deal with her family, who didn't like him way back when.

Aiden zipped up his jacket as the cold Cloudburst wind stole all the heat from his body. Damn, he'd forgotten how bitter it could be in the mountains of Colorado. His strides lengthened and he found himself standing beneath the overhang of the Cliffhanger Bar. Don't go inside. You're asking for trouble.

But he pushed the door open and sighed in relief as heat flooded over his chilled body. He shouldn't be there, not with all the animosity he'd experienced with Moira's family, but tonight he couldn't stay away. He settled on a stool at the bar.

"What can I get you?"

Aiden glanced up to take in the bartender and recognition dawned as quickly as the man's stats. Kieran Callahan, Moira's younger brother. Blood type AB positive, BMI twenty-two point four, life expectancy ninety-one point six years, ninety-four percent chance he will marry outside his profession.

Aiden dragged his eyes away from Kieran and focused on the handwritten menu on the wall. "I'll take a Powder Keg Stout."

"Comin' up." Kieran moved away and Aiden breathed a sigh of relief. He hadn't been recognized yet, but he'd changed a great deal. Hopefully, it'd keep him safe. At least for tonight.

Kieran set a glass and a chilled bottle on the bar in front of Aiden and gave him a neutral smile. Aiden didn't meet his gaze, but focused on the beer.

"How long you in town for, Westmorland?"

Aw, hell, that didn't take long.

So much for flying under the radar. ;) There are several great authors on the Weekend Writer Warriors list, the Snippet Sunday Facebook group, and the Rainbow Snippets Facebook group. A few of my favorites are, P.T. Wyant, Karen Michelle Nutt, Veronica Scott, Jessica Subject, J.D. Walker, Addison Albright, and Iris Blobel.

Here's the blurb for CLOUDBURST COFFEE & SPA in the box set:

Moira Callahan knows a thing or two about fresh starts. Second chances are a different story…

As an empath synced into the energies of spaces around her, Moira always understood what people needed, and tried to provide. But after escaping an abusive D/s relationship, she's ready to make her own rules as the owner of the Cloudburst Coffee & Spa. Life is good. Until her first love shows up in town seeking his second chance.
 
Aiden Westmorland escaped Cloudburst to learn to control his sexual needs, but he left behind the one woman who calmed his statistical empathic abilities. Now he has a chance to rekindle the fire they'd shared as teenagers, with the flavor of BDSM. But earning the trust of an emotionally scarred woman after his long radio silence is easier said than done.
 
When Moira’s past comes to Cloudburst, threatening the life she’s fought to rebuild, Aiden insists she go to the police. But her former Dom has a past of his own, and he isn’t willing to let go so easily this time....

This title is included in the MAGIC RISING: PARANORMAL AND FANTASY ROMANCE LIMITED EDITION COLLECTION and can be pre-ordered HERE.

Welcome to Flash Fiction...A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words. Happy October! I can't believe it's already so late in the year. It went so fast. I'm part of a fantastic group of exceptional authors who do a monthly flash fiction blogs. All of them are excellent writers and I highly recommend visiting their blogs. This time the story was inspired the following image.

The trees stood as bare sentinels to the passage of time, their brilliant leaves making a glorious carpet beneath the rosy shrubs. Mist filled the spaces between the black trunks, hiding the denizens of the forest from prying eyes.

The warmth of the summer had long since faded and the leaves lay soft and wet against the slumbering ground. Kendra stopped to admire the beauty, appreciating the lush life descending into sleep after spending months in Winter’s realm. The world hadn’t changed much since she’d left, moving forward only a handful of days to the weeks that she’d been gone. Time moved differently in the Sidhe realms than it did in her world.

She shot a look behind her. Nothing remained of the portal she came through. Not a whisper or a scent or even a brush of magic or wind. The world sat in stillness with only her breath and heartbeat to break it.

Phinn was gone and she’d go back to her solitary lifestyle, celebrating the Goddess’s holidays on her own. It was as it should be, but somehow she couldn’t find the joy in it. She took a step back to lean against a tree, and slid down to the ground. She squeezed her eyes shut and rested her forehead on her upraised knees in an effort to stop the tears.

This is ridiculous. They wouldn’t have worked out anyway. She was an earth witch and he the half-Fae son of Winter’s courtier. They were as different as the sun and the moon.

But she’d fallen for him. For his wit, his strength, his determination, his gentleness despite being a soldier. She’d stood with him and used her magic to protect him, and in the end, he’d made a deal to make sure she could get home.

Even Marbles stayed behind.

She couldn’t fault the healed tracker demon for that. It didn’t really belong in this world. How would she explain a cat-like creature as big as a Siberian tiger in Colorado? But that didn’t make her tears stop flowing down her face.

Something brushed her head and warm breath smelling of raw meat ghosted into her face. Kendra jerked her head up and met the golden eyes of her scaly tracker demon.

“Oh, you found me.” Her voice warbled as she wrapped her arms around the thick, softly-furred neck. “You found me.”

Marbles wuffed a comforting sound and sat on her haunches, wrapping her strong forelegs around Kendra’s body. The heat and protection of Marbles’ body made Kendra cry harder, but at least she wasn’t alone. The tracker demon remembered their adventure and if she couldn’t have Phinn, she at least had her magical companion.

“Come on, Marbles. Let’s go home.” She scratched the demon’s head behind her ears and pushed her back enough to get up. “Maybe I’ll make us some tea.”

The demon wuffed again and rose to all fours, her tail flicking like a cat’s. Kendra took one last look at the foggy forest with its carpet of brilliant leaves before she led her demon home.
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There you have it. Stop by the following other flash fiction authors below and happy reading.

• Bronwyn Green
• Jessica Jarman