Welcome to the second half of the year.
Have you been reading up a storm?
If not, we have some releases for you.
EVENTS
All That Glitters
Romance Writers of Australia Conference
Sofitel Hotel, Sydney
11 - 13 August
The following DarkSiders are part of the program:
Cathleen Ross -
The undressing of a heroine OR How easy is it to rip a bodice?
Other panelists: Bronwyn Parry, Beverley Oakley & Elizabeth Rolls
Amanda Ashby -
Rave - Readers & Author Event
Las Vegas, USA
10 November
Claire Boston / Claire Leggett (You can now pre-order books)
Join the RAVE Readers & Author Event Facebook group.
CYA
Writers & Illustrators Conference
July 2023
over 3 weekends (in person - Brisbane - and online)
Keri Arthur
- 23 July: There is No Career Ladder—Your Publishing Journey with Christine Wells
Khloe Wren
- 16 July: Doing it 'their' way. Trials and tribulations of being an author.
NEW RELEASES
Japser
Mel Teshco
Book 3, Alien Fugitives
Released: 1 July
She’s fed up with her mundane life. He yearns to escape the danger that surrounds him.
Jasper Finch wants to leave the Earth city of New Faxian behind where he and six other rares—the last surviving Strazans with extraordinary powers—are forced to live thanks to the freshwater river cutting through the city. Water nourishes his species and stabilizes their powers, which are volatile on Earth. A pity his relentless enemy is tracking him down. Then he meets an intriguing woman, and leaving becomes the furthest thing on his mind.
Suzy Grant is over her career as a car saleswoman, but then it’s fair to say she’s over everything and everyone…until a young man with afro hair and a ripped body walks into the car yard. That she is too old for him is as painfully obvious as his reluctance to buy a car. So why is he so reluctant to leave? But getting to know the real him comes at a price. He isn’t what he seems…and he has pitiless alien enemies that make her reconsider the serenity of her humdrum life.
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Gluttony and Other Hungers
TJ Nichols
Book 7, Mytho
Released: 28 June
You are invited to the wedding of Jordan and Edra...of course it will go smoothly.
The final book in the gay urban fantasy crime series that follows Jordan and Edra as they solve crime and figure out how to improve mytho and human relations. For readers who like dragon shifters and fated mates romance.
Wolf Blood
TJ Nichols
Book 2, Outcast Pack
Released: 27 June in audiobook
Read by Casey McLeod
River Yates always thought his grandmother’s tales about shifters and witches living among them to be just stories. Until his ex, Drew Preston, showed up at his door naked and bloodied and in need of help.
After being attacked by wolves determined to tear apart the fledgling Outcast Pack, Drew did the only thing he could: shift and run. The nearest place he might find refuge is River’s house. But his ex is human, and when River accused him of cheating, he ripped out Drew’s heart.
While River wasn’t wrong about Drew keeping secrets, how could he tell a human what he is?
When a hunter arrives to kill the shifters that have been making trouble, River is forced to confront the truth not only about Drew but also his own family. Once again, he’ll be picking up weapons and facing off against his grandmother, but this time, it isn’t a training exercise.
Ring of Ruin
Keri Arthur
Book 3, Relic Hunters
Released: 27 June
The Race is on to find the final Claw before chaos can be unleashed…
The race to find Agrona’s final claw begins…
Having claimed the Sword of Darkness, Bethany Aodhán must now destroy it—no simple task when the only means of doing so has long been hidden from humanity by the old gods.
Hand in hand with that quest comes the need to find the Ring of Ruin before their enemies. But those enemies are closer to achieving their goals than Beth and her brother Luke realize, and they have destruction on their minds.
Not just of a world but of all those who get in their way.
As the quest for answers leads them from the realms of the old gods to deep underground, it becomes increasingly clear that someone close to them is working with the enemy.
As danger closes in, survival becomes a battle. One Bethany might not win.
Because the traitor in their midst has her in his sights… and plans to use her as bait.
The Sinner and the Gunslinger
Lana Pecherczyk
Book 2, Sinner Sisterhood
Released: 3 July
The Sinner Sisterhood is a dark, steamy paranormal romance series featuring five bad girls fated to save the world… but only if they first make peace with their dark sides. If you enjoy stories like Buffy, Constantine, The DaVinci Code, and Supernatural… but want more soul-shattering romance, found family shenanigans, unapologetic heroines, and the men who would sacrifice the world to love them, then this is for you.
Fae's Heart
Helen Walton
Book 4, Fated Mates of the Fae Royals
Released: 30 June
Would you sacrifice your duty to the kingdom or love?
Sophia
The moment I met the Fae Prince, I knew he was my fated mate. Claiming him was as easy as shifting into my jaguar form. Keeping him by my side is a different matter. Next in line to the throne, his duty is to the Summer Court. Mine is to the jaguar colony. Our sworn duties tear us in different directions. With the threat of poachers hunting the jaguars, there will never be a time for us to be together. I would never leave my people in danger, but how can I live without my heart?
Rian
Escaping the locked Summer Court wasn’t a hard secret to keep until the day I met the Queen of the Jungle. I couldn’t stop myself from marking her as mine, even though we’d barely met. She was my fated mate, after all. I desired to show her the Fae Kingdom. Worship her day and night as she deserved and share my life with her, but we live in two different worlds. How long can I keep her a secret from the Fae King before the divide between us tears us apart?
Fae’s Heart is the fourth standalone romance in the Summer Court fantasy romance series featuring powerful Fae royals who find their fated mates on their quest to save the Fae.
Non spec-fic
Kakadu Dawn
Annie Seaton
Book 6, Porter Sisters
Released: 30 June
When his father was jailed for a cold case murder, stockman Cy Prescott fled his life on the land. The victim was the birth mother of Dee Porter-Carey, his cousin’s wife and joint owner of Wilderness Station. Now that the Porter and Hardy families are connected by marriage, past events made it too difficult for Cy to hang around. Moving to a managerial job in livestock export at the port of Darwin, Cy cut ties with his family until circumstances put him in a position where he needs another job. Kane and Ellie Porter’s mango farm has expanded, and when Ryan approaches Kane seeking a job for his cousin, Kane is happy to employ Cy as assistant manager.
When horticulturist, Tarni Morgan, takes on a part-time position at the McClaren Mango Farm, it’s a chance for a new beginning in the Northern Territory. Hiding a tragic past, Tarni treasures her privacy. She is surprised when the property owner, Kane and his wife, Ellie leave on a three-month trip not long after she accepts the position, but is happy to house-sit in their absence.
The only downside is Cy Prescott, the relieving manager. As they work together, Tarni begins to realise that Cy holds secrets as she does, and fights her growing attraction to this taciturn man.
Can Cy and Tarni both overcome the past that has defined their lives? Is a new beginning in reach or will Cy move on again as he refuses to give in to his feelings for this enigmatic woman?
Under An Outback Sky
Suzanne Gilchrist
Book 4, Edge of the Outback Romance
Released: 27 June
Is he her enemy or her future?
When a handsome stranger arrives in a remote outback town, Maggie Hayes’ almost forgotten dreams are re-awakened. For too long, she’s denied her adventurous spirit and now suddenly her future is filled with wonderful possibilities. At least it will be if only this intriguing man isn’t her beloved town’s enemy.
A past tragedy has led Jace de Haven to live without the complications of family or companionship. Yet when he meets small-town Maggie, her big heart and vibrant community spirit show him what he’s been missing. Can he find it in his soul to forgive and allow old wounds to heal?
But to have the future they crave, Maggie and Jace will need to take a leap of faith - together.
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Under an Outback Sky is a love story and the fourth book in the Edge of the Outback series. The book is about forgiving the past and finding the courage to forge a new direction in life. If you love reading about small towns, country and rural communities (like Bindarra Creek romances) then you’ll love this series
PRE-ORDERS
Thornwood Academy: For Dear Life
LJ Swallow
Book 3, Thornwood Academy
Expected Release: July TBA
For Dear Life is the third in a new supernatural academy series from LJ Swallow,author of the Nightworld Academy books. The Thornwood Academy series features a girl who isn't afraid to use her dark side, a magic school where humans mix with vampires and witches, and three guys with secrets in a town stalked by a serial killer.
Thornwood Academy is also a slow-burn romance… almost as glacial as our slightly psychotic heroine.
Books 1 and 2 must be read first.
More details soon.
Release date will be moved forward.
A Crown of Silver and Shadow
LJ Swallow
Book 2, Fae Fantasy Romance
Expected Release: 6 September
The courts are in ruin.
The fae realm shattered.
Jaren has claimed his throne but has he lost Tarlia?
A Crown of Silver and Shadows is the second book in a fae fantasy romance with a morally gray hero and a sheltered heroine who comes into her power. Part Rapunzel retelling, this series is perfect for fans of banter and tension leading to steamy scenes, set in a unique fantasy world of human and fae courts.
The first book, A Court Beyond The Mists must be read first.
The release date is temporary and will be changed.
Winterfall Destiny
LJ Swallow
Book 10, Nightworld Academy
Expected Release: 13 May 2024
The Winterfall series is a 'life after academy' series featuring all the characters from the original Nightworld Academy series.
More details soon!
Release date expected to be brought forward
Wings of Ivory and Ice
LJ Swallow
Book 3, Her Dragons Reborn
Expected Release: 2 December
Wings of Ivory and Ice is the final book in the dragon shifter romanceseries Her Dragons Reborn.
If you like sexy dragon shifters, steamy romance, fated mates, magic, courts and royalty, plus a strong heroine who doesn't have to choose her prince, start the series today with Wings of Ruby and Flame.
The book will be available much sooner than the listed date.
Damaris
Mel Teshco
Book 4, Alien Fugitives
Expected Release: 30 March 2024
Can two lost souls complete one another?
Damaris Trant has never been alone…until now. Not only is he stuck on planet Earth, his six Strazanian comrades—rares with special powers just like him—are scattered around the city of New Faxian like confetti to avoid an enemy that has already wiped out the rest of their species. Damaris doesn’t even know if his comrades are still alive since landing on Earth.
Despite his purple scale coloring making him a lower caste, his rare powers, which had elevated his standing on his planet Strazan, are now erratic at best. Add to that the memories of his deceased family, and he’s rendered even more powerless.
Then he meets Callie, and his already topsy-turvy life is turned upside down. She’s an addict who sees things differently. That she doesn’t find Damaris abnormal is beyond appealing to his peace of mind. If only she didn’t also see him as just another man without a conscience.
After Callie Trueberry lost her family to a house fire, she fell into a dysfunctional world of her own making. Chemicals and alcohol might decay her mind, but at least she’s no longer half-mad with grief. Then she stumbles into Damaris and wishes she was the woman she used to be, a woman who would have turned his head and perhaps even won his heart. He is everything she’s ever wanted in a man, their shared grief binding them closer still. But will he stand by her side as she cleans her body and her mind while enemies are hunting him down, or will he be lost to her forever?
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The Sinner and the Priest
Lana Pecherczyk
Book 3, Sinner Sisterhood
Expected Release: 27 June 2024
The Sinner and the Priest is the third book in the Sinner Sisterhood series.
Shield of Fire
Keri Arthur
Book 4, Relic Hunters
Expected Release: 19 March 2024
A new relic, a new threat...
This book is currently available for pre-order on Apple, Amazon, and Nook.
Kobo & Google Play will be added once the proofreading has been finished.
Non Spec-Fic
The Sheikh's Royal Widow
Mel Teshco
Book 7, Desert Kings Alliance
Expected Release: 31 September
He’s running from the past. She’s afraid to face the future. Can they create a perfect today?
Princess Takisha Hakim never thought she’d desire another man again. Not after Sheikh Fayez’s rejection, and certainly not after her sick and depraved marriage to Sheikh Arif. She’s learned the hard way that wealth and power comes at a cost and accepts she doesn’t deserve to be loved. Then she sees gardener, Akeem Al-Jalal, and all her doubts fade away. Perhaps a commoner is just what she needs?
Akeem enjoys his simple life as a gardener. For the most part, hard, physical labor drowns out the memories of his past and helps him to forget about his family and the brutal war that made him the hero he never wanted to be. He might have been a killer in the past, but nurturing plants soothes his black soul. A pity his life gets complicated the moment the princess begins to take a personal interest.
He doesn’t belong in her world anymore…does he?
The Sheikh's Temporary Girlfriend
Mel Teshco
Book 8, Desert Kings Alliance
Expected Release: 30 December
She’ll do anything for her family. He’ll do everything to claim her.
After Amber Clayton lost her parents at the tender age of seventeen, leaving her and her older brother all alone in the world, she is determined her brother won’t now lose his marriage and his daughter thanks to his gambling addiction.
She’ll pay off his debts herself if need be!
Waitressing at a party for a sheikh who is renowned for giving his staff great bonuses seems like her lucky break…until she spills a whole tray of drinks over Sheikh Basam. Amber’s supervisor is furious and tells her she’s finished. But the sheikh has other ideas. Pulling her aside, he gives her a proposition.
Be his girlfriend for seven days. All she has to do is pretend to be in love with him and dissolve any idea of marriage between him and another woman, Maram, who is perfect for the role as his wife, if only he was attracted to her.
Of course Amber isn’t interested…until he tells her to name her price. Hope fills her from the inside out. Her brother’s gambling could be paid off for just seven days of inconvenience.
It seems too good to be true.
But without risk there is no reward.
All she has to do is keep her heart intact. Easy, right?
Winning Offer
Mel Teshco
Book 3, Bachelor Brothers of Sydney
Expected Release: 30 February 2024
Will saving her father’s crumbling estate cost her everything?
Liam Black hides a sensitive side. If losing his parents was a tragedy, then finding out his father had been unfaithful to his wife—Liam’s mother—is a tragedy Liam can’t even begin to process. It leaves him questioning everything he’s ever known. If his parents’ happy marriage was a sham, what hope has he got to find a woman to love and settle down with? Not even his two brothers’ happy relationships can convince him otherwise. Then he sees the fearless, gorgeous woman on stage at a once yearly charity auction—a woman he met once and can’t stop thinking about—and despite his cynicism, his heart is lost.
Harper Franks isn’t going to let a little pre-auction nerves get to her now. Not if it means snaring the billionaire sheikh she hopes to attract. She’ll do anything to pay the debts inherited from her father and rebuild his bed and breakfast. What she doesn’t expect is for Liam to outbid the sheikh with a figure that surely not even an infamous Black brother can afford? So why don’t her financial woes seem half as bad when she’s in his arms? She’ll just have to figure out some other way to save her inheritance, because there is no way in hell she’ll add to Liam’s burden with her own problems.
Love is in the Air:
a limited edition second chance
romance collection
contains story by
Helen Walton
Expected Release: 8 August
Sometimes we don't get it right the first time around. That's why life gives us second chances.
This limited edition romance collection features 20+ stories of hope, happy ever afters, and the second chances it took to get there.
In this collection you will find stories of second chances at love and life as our heroes and heroines embark on life changing journeys, whether changing careers or moving half way across the globe.
What second chance have you been longing for? These stories just might inspire you to go out there and grab it.
About the collection:
All NET Author proceeds are being pledged to Breast Cancer Research Foundation, the highest rated breast cancer organization in the United States and largest private funder of breast cancer research worldwide.
The organizer of this collection, Mandy Melanson of Amaryllis Media, LLC, watched her aunt go through diagnosis, treatment, remission, then it returned as Stage 4. It was in that moment she watched her aunt refuse additional treatment because it made her so sick she felt the alternative was a better choice for her and she resigned herself to her diagnosis.
It is our collective hope no one will ever have to feel that way again. That is why she's brought together these 20+ romance authors, who build their careers on hope and happy ever afters, to write this collection of second chances.
Our mission, as the participating authors in this collection, is to use our voices to help BCRF in their mission to prevent and cure breast cancer by advancing the world's most promising research.
Scroll up now and claim your copy of this collection to help us make a difference in other people's lives!
An Augathella Surprise
Annie Seaton
Book 1, Short and Sweet
Expected Release: 31 July
When Jenna Wilson heads out to Augathella to start a new business venture with her friend, Alana Rickman, the last person she expects to meet is a long-lost relative, the black sheep of the Wilson family.
Old Reg wants nothing to do with the newcomer who's bought his house. Silly girl is going to start up a business doomed to fail.
Will family relationships mend as Reg and Jenna get to know each other?
A Summer in Tuscany
Annie Seaton
Expected Release: 16 August
Gia Carelli is a talented artist who works in the family restaurant in Tuscany and dreams of a life where her strict parents allow her to move to Florence to pursue the art she lives and breathes. The expectation that she will marry a local boy and raise a horde of bambini, as the rest of her siblings have done, is one she fights to no avail.
When a gorgeous, wealthy stranger visits their village, Gia wonders if maybe her stars are about to change.
Nic Baldini has returned to his villa for a much-needed summer break away from the responsibilities of his dominating family. The joy and sadness of Gia’s paintings touch his soul; her raw talent and passion eclipse the art he has always dabbled in.
In order to gain Gia’s trust, Nic lies about his identity so he can assist her to organise an exhibition. As their patron-protegée relationship is quickly overtaken by desire, Nic realizes that one tiny lie could cost him the woman he's falling for. Will their intense attraction to each other allow their love to grow, or will the lies and deceit prevent a happy ever after?
COVERS
Lucifer's Litigator
TJ Nichols
now has a new cover!
To save his soul, he’ll have to fix his one regret—the love that got away.
The summer between the end of school and the start of what came next was full of sun, surf, and sex. For Will McLeod, that meant Tom, his first male lover. He knew the romance had an expiration date and would end when Tom joined the Army, but that didn’t stop Will from falling in love.
Tired of being looked down upon for being poor, Will became a lawyer—but not just any lawyer. He litigates for the gods as they gamble with the lives of those desperate enough to make deals. His job is to make sure they don’t slip free. He has more money than he knows what to do with, but he’s fast running out of soul.
Twenty-five years haven’t dimmed the candle Will holds for Tom, and when they meet again, he has a chance to put things right. Back then, Tom wasn’t ready to fight for them. Now the decorated soldier is willing to get his hands dirty, but will he be a match for the forces trying to keep them apart?
Daughter of Shadow
LJ Swallow
Book 1, Daughter of Shadow
now has a new cover!
A sorceress with dark magic who's a threat to the kingdom.
Three powerful men from the royal courts sworn to protect her.
And a pet dragon with a secret.
The dragons are dead, the Ebon Queen has destroyed the elven realms, and the courts are at war. The queen's dark magic grows in strength, and the kingdom is losing the battle against her. Three men are sent from the Silvercrest Court stronghold to seek others to aid their cause.
Leander, an eminent and domineering High Lord.
Rohan, a fierce and seductive Knight of the Realm.
Galen, a deceptively gentle and passionate High Elf.
Their task: recruit the most potent magic users from the shire towns and train them to join the crusade against the Ebon Queen.
They never expected to find a daughter of shadow.
Calla's time working at the apothecary ends abruptly. On the day the town tests her magic skills, Calla's shadowmancy is revealed—a school of magic banned throughout the kingdom. A shocked Calla faces a death sentence, but a mysterious man smuggles her from town.
With no other choice, Calla must journey to the stronghold with the three strange men. As they fight their way through enemy territory, the men discover that Calla's power is more dangerous than they realised—and so is the bond this creates between them all.
Meanwhile, the Ebon Queen continues to ravage the human and elven lands as her shadow and decay move through the kingdom. And she's looking for Calla.
Daughter of Shadow is the first in a slow burn and slow build why choose romantic fantasy series. Perfect for lovers of unique fantasy worlds filled with elves, humans, and dragons. Featuring a strong magical heroine and fiercely protective men who will give everything to protect the woman they love. The COMPLETE four book series is also available as the box set.
Please note: This book was originally titled Dragon Soul and has a new cover.
FREE READS
Rough and Ready
Cathleen Ross
Book 2, Outlaw Warriors
50% OFF audiobook
Before special ops soldier Hugo Boudreaux can move on, he has one last thing to do-fulfill a wartime debt to the friend who saved his life. He must infiltrate a vicious Louisiana MC club to stop their next illegal weapons shipment and send the president to jail. What he didn't plan on was ending up an unwilling bodyguard to the man's daughter-innocent and attractive nurse Alice Kaintuck.
Alice wants a normal life with a nice guy. But her rough-edged bodyguard is the sexiest man she's ever met. Suddenly she can't stop thinking about just how hot he makes her. Before she knows it, she's tumbling into his muscular arms . . . though she'll be damned if she'll fall in love with a man as dangerous as her father. Only Hugo doesn't make love, he consumes her and turns her life upside down with his carnal, erotic sex. Dreams of nice guys vanish when her enemy becomes her obsession . . .
Contains mature themes.
OTHER
TJ Nichols
TJ is now showing behind the scenes and working excerpts on Ream. ("Ream is the best subscription platform for authors, built by authors. A space where super fans can access exclusive content of their favorite authors and gain access to their communities.")
D.K. Hood
Mel Teshco
Suzanne Gilchrist
Under An Outback Sky has a Release Day post over at the ARRA blog.
Helen Walton
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Thanks for joining us. Until next time, be safe and well.
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