Blog Tour + Giveaway::The Silver Series

Silver 

The Silver Series Book 1

by Cheree Alsop

Genre: YA Fantasy

His Father Is Murdered By Werewolf Hunters

After his father is murdered, Jaze and his mother are forced to flee and start new life. On top of adjusting to a new school and trying to make new friends, he must try to stop a killer from striking again.

˃˃˃ A New Pack, A New Love

Moving to a new place is difficult for any teenager. Being a werewolf, Jaze must make peace with the territory’s pack. Falling in love make his new situation even more perilous.

˃˃˃ A Fresh New Werewolf Series

Silver is the first book in a fast paced and exciting series unlike any werewolf books you have read before. It shows that with love, there truly are no limits.

˃˃˃ “All around this book was such an awesome read. If you enjoy books with suspense, fighting, and romance you'll love this one.” Niala- Goodreads Reviewer

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Black 

The Silver Series Book 2

A Werewolf Stolen From His Family And Forced To Fight

Black tells the story of Jet Black, a young werewolf who was kidnapped as a child and raised for combat in a werewolf fighting ring. Through it all Jet becomes a ruthless and brutal fighter.

˃˃˃ A Chance For A New Life

When Jet is rescued by Jaze on the brink of death, he is given the chance for a new life, but haunting reminders of his past follow him as he tries to make a fresh start. He must confront his dark history in order to protect the girl he loves, or risk being swept away into the pain and humiliation of the arena once more.

˃˃˃ Black is the second book in the fresh, new Silver werewolf series

It is fast paced, dark, and shows that love is something worth fighting for.

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Crimson 

The Silver Series Book 3

After Dying In A Car Accident He Returned As Someone, Something Different

Kaynan was a teenager whose life was cut short by a car accident. That is, until he woke up as a werewolf. He is forced to quickly adjust and learn how to survive in his new form.

˃˃˃ Can He Find Redemption Apart From Death?

Burdened with heavy guilt over his sister’s death in the same accident, Kaynan escapes with a blind girl named Grace who gives him purpose and direction. They seek shelter with a pack of werewolves who brave dangerous odds to help them. Kaynan is given the ultimate chance to make up for his poor decisions, but dying again might be the only way to redeem himself.

˃˃˃ Crimson is the gripping third installment in the Silver werewolf series!

It is a story of love and redemption amid danger and violence, a story where accepting change may be the only way to survive.

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Violet 

The Silver Series Book 4

A Teenage Girl Awoken as a Werewolf

Colleen awakens to the harsh reality of life as a werewolf.

˃˃˃ Solace in an Unexpected Ally

Protected by a wild werewolf with golden eyes, Colleen finds solace in his forest and control over her rapidly changing life.

˃˃˃ Another Welcome Chapter to this Fresh, Exciting Werewolf Series

Colleen’s control is put to the ultimate test when her loved ones are in danger, forcing her to choose between freedom or returning to the source of her nightmares.

˃˃˃ “I really enjoyed the wild element that played a key role in this book. Rafe may be one of my favorite secondary characters ever created. Read this book!” 

- Jennifer Ekins- Goodreads Reviewer

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Azure 

The Silver Series Book 5

A Werewolf Rescues a Human

An alpha werewolf who rescues a human from the vengeful grasp of his pack.

˃˃˃ Against All Expectations

Nora is the only person who is not afraid of Vance’s size or strength, and in return she gains his respect.

˃˃˃ Another Welcome Chapter to this Fresh, Exciting Werewolf Series

When Vance is pushed to the edge of survival, his heart is torn between loving Nora and a werewolf who befriends him with the kindness that is greatly lacking in his life.

˃˃˃ “I instantly enjoyed watching the interaction between Vance and Nora. They don't always agree/ get along and sparks fly. I found them so real. I could see myself doing and saying some of the same things Nora did. . .this is an amazing read!” 

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Hunter 

The Silver Series Book 6

He Thought He was Alone

Dray, a werewolf who feels trapped and alone in his small farming town. He struggles to find his place and fit in despite his differences.

˃˃˃ A New Girl, A Vengeful Wild Werewolf Pack

then Dray’s world is shaken when a cute girl shows up the same time as a vengeful wild werewolf pack. With Jaze’s help, Dray fights to protect his town, but when Jaze is in trouble, Dray puts everything on the line to help the werewolves who changed his life.

˃˃˃ A Fresh, Exciting Werewolf Series

Hunter is about finding the courage to step into the unknown. It is a story of risking life for love, and discovering the truth about one’s self in the heart of adversity.

˃˃˃ “This is another great book in the series. I loved it and am getting very little sleep while reading the series. It's so hard to put my kindle down, I just want to know what happens next and am so entranced by these books.” -arlc- Amazon Reviewer

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Silver Moon

The Silver Series Book 7

The Culmination of a Hero’s Journey

Jaze he fights to hold onto the peace he has achieved for the werewolves.

˃˃˃ Tensions Rise and Ultimatums are Made

Jaze is forced to make a decision that will change everything for werewolves, hunters, and humans alike. Hearts are broken, lives are forfeit, and Jaze’s pack is called upon to save those who survive.

˃˃˃ The Gripping Conclusion to This Fresh, Exciting Werewolf Series

You have journeyed with Jaze and the other werewolves through their adventure. Join us to find out what happens.

˃˃˃ “I was hooked from the very beginning of this series with Jaze's story. This book had me going in so many different ways with my emotions. My heart broke with Jaze's in some of the parts of the story. But, I loved the ending.” Patricia- Amazon Reviewer

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Cheree Alsop is an award-winning, best-selling author who has published over 40 books. She is the mother of a beautiful, talented daughter and amazing twin sons who fill every day with joy and laughter. She is married to her best friend, Michael, the light of her life and her soulmate who shares her dreams and inspires her by reading the first drafts and giving much appreciated critiques. Cheree works as a fulltime author and mother, which is more play than work! She enjoys reading, traveling to tropical beaches, riding motorcycles, playing the bass for the band Alien Landslide, spending time with her wonderful children, and going on family adventures while planning her next book. Cheree and Michael live in Utah where they rock out in their garage band, enjoy the outdoors, plan great quests, and never stop dreaming. 

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Blog Tour + Giveaway::Beauty of the Dark

Beauty of the Dark: The Complete Trilogy

by Amanda Leigh

Genre: Mature YA Paranormal Romance

"Delicious. Tantalizing. Mysterious."

For the first time, the Beauty of the Dark trilogy is bundled together, including an exclusive short story. Experience the intrigue, magic, romance, and heartbreak with Kiara, Trent, and Kaleib. 

From a sinister demon to unthinkable betrayal to forbidden feelings...can they overcome their differences? Will Trent and Kiara give in to their connection? Find out who prevails in this epic battle. 

SCARRED – Book 1

A sassy witch, a vampire sworn to protect her, and a vampire that’s falling for her...? All bets are off.

Kiara was born with power. At eighteen, her powers are peaked, and she's destined to destroy the demon threatening her home town. But even with her power and the help of Kaleib, a vampire who’s like an older brother to her, they're not strong enough to stand against the evil. Enter Trent, a vampire with a secret past, and the tables turn, giving them a fighting chance.

Kiara shouldn’t feel anything toward Trent, especially since Kaleib hates him, but a strong attraction builds between them during their mission. Trent has successfully avoided caring about anyone for over one hundred years, and he plans to keep it that way. When Kiara asks for help, he can’t seem to deny her. Never would he imagine that he’d run into Kaleib, someone from his past--a vampire who knows his secret. Trent convinces himself he's aiding Kiara for his own selfish amusement, but the little witch seems immune to his charms and she's chipping away at his walls. To his dismay, he finds himself beginning to care for Kiara.

Between the demon that wants to kill her and two fighting vampires, how will things play out for Kiara and Trent? Will this demon let them live to find out?

BURNED – Book 2

Just when it seems things can’t get worse...they do.

When Kiara wakes up as a vampire, she knows things will never be the same. Her best friend is dead and the demon that killed her is still out there somewhere. They're back to square one and Kiara’s newfound thirst hovers over everything they do. The hostility between Trent and Kaleib still brews just below the surface. Will Kiara hold it together or will she lose control? Will her new thirst be too much?

Kiara blames Trent for Sarah’s death and hates herself every time she feels something for him. Their budding trust is tested. Despite everything, he tries to be there for her. By her bedside when she wakes, helping her figure out how to tell her godparents what she is now, even staying in her house when she can’t sleep.

When Kiara’s dreams are plagued with visions of Sarah threatening her, Kaleib and Trent say that it's coincidence. Her mind dealing with the loss. But as the visions come while she’s awake, it looks less like coincidence and more like something sinister.

Is it her anger over Sarah’s untimely death or is it something more? Something dangerous?

ANGEL – Book 3

The epic conclusion of Amanda Leigh's Upper YA Paranormal Romance trilogy.

With a battle close at hand, Kiara must face the darkness inside her.

The only way for Kiara to save her loved ones from a sinister demon is to turn herself over. But doing so would ensure the destruction of not just those she loves, but the whole world. When she refuses, someone close is taken from her in warning, sending her into hiding with Trent and Kaleib. While a battle looms, Trent and Kaleib must put aside their hostilities toward each other to protect Kiara. They help her navigate the impending fight, not to mention the hunger fighting within her.

As the final fight draws near, Kiara and Trent grow closer, the limited space ramping up tension and making their passion hard to deny. Will their feelings strengthen them or be their undoing?

When the time comes, will Kiara yield to the darkness within her to destroy the monster haunting her?

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Amanda Leigh has had a love of words since before she could write them herself. Once she learned to read and write herself she just couldn't stop. She reads any genre as long as the book sounds interesting. Which may explain why she can't and never will be able to stick to one genre in her writing. From Contemporary Romance to Women's Fiction to Paranormal Romance to Poetry and more to come. When she's not writing or reading she enjoys getting swept away in a great TV show, going to the theater, listening to music, cooking and many different forms of art. She has a cat she adores and also loves Psychology, tea, coffee, chocolate and Elvis Presley. Not necessarily in that order. Feel free to get in touch with her. 

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Blog Tour + Giveaway + Excerpt::The Good Inside Me

The Good Inside Me

by Barbara Russell 

Genre: YA Paranormal Romance 

Dragons, short-tempered archdemons, and hysterical damned souls—Shax is used to dealing with all that. He’s a young fire demon and lives in Hell, after all. What he’s not used to is being possessed by a human. A very good human and a pretty girl at that: sixteen-year-old Tolis. Despite still having control of his body most of the time, Shax can hear Tolis’s voice inside his head and feels what she feels constantly. 

Shax’s mentor claims that Tolis hides an ancient, powerful grimoire, a book of spells, and proposes a deal: if Shax finds it, he’ll help Shax get work as a dragon keeper—Shax’s dream job. Tolis swears she doesn’t have the grimoire and asks Shax to help her father, whose soul is turning evil by the minute. Unless Tolis does something, her dad’s soul will end in Hell. Hoping to convince her to give him the grimoire, and not because Shax cares about the man’s soul, he agrees to help.

Goodness is overrated. Since Shax decided to help Tolis, his life has turned into a hurdle race. Thugs chase him, the scientists in Hell want to prod and examine the first possessed demon in history, and he can’t find the darn grimoire.

And the worst part? Due to the unavoidable presence of Tolis, who keeps intruding into his evil thoughts, Shax discovers an almost decent side of himself. In no time at all, he catches himself doing actual good deeds. Is he becoming—yuck—good?

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NOT MANY THINGS scared Shax. He was a fire demon, lived in Hell, and dealt with dragons and other infernal beasts every day. Attempts to stab and roast him were pretty much a part of his daily routine. Not to mention his short-tempered archdemon mentor, who threatened him with disembowelment at least ten times in an hour. Yet, being trapped in the limbo between Earth and Hell, the nowhere space that had no entrance or exit, made him want to throw up out of fear. When he’d dematerialized from Hell to reach Earth, he hadn’t focused on his destination. He’d landed in the middle of the corridor of St. Cecil High School in Auckland, as he was supposed to, but had ended up sandwiched between the infernal portal and the human one. Again. Whoever said ending up in limbo was a rare thing had never dematerialized with Shax.

Blurred figures brushed past the limbo’s walls, and muffled sounds echoed around him. Pushing at

the opaque walls that caged him was useless. Screaming didn’t solve anything, and even tossing one of his mighty demonic blazes wouldn’t do any good. The metaphysical cage was fireproof. Besides, he’d tried demonic fire before and only gotten burned. But this didn’t mean he was a hopeless demon, as many said back in Hell. Anyone could’ve made this mistake.

He leaned against the cold barrier and counted the stains of mud on his sneakers. Not much to do

but wait for Astharot, his mentor, to rescue him. As only a fifth-level fire demon, Shax needed an expert’s help to jump in and out of limbo.

A tall dark figure approached the wall, and Shax waved a hand. “I’m here!”

He wiped his sweaty hands on his jeans. Great Sathael, not even Hades Park with its roaming

werewolves was so creepy. These icy walls, the distant sounds, the fuzzy silhouettes...it all seemed as if he were trapped in a fishbowl.

The dark figure lifted an arm and hit the barrier. A crack appeared, letting in a draft of fresh air.

The fist struck again until the fractures expanded like cobwebs. The wall shattered, exploding into

thousands of glassy pieces. Shax fell over, dropping onto a blue vinyl floor. He moaned, massaging his back.

Astharot loomed over him. His lips curled to bare his teeth in a threatening smirk—as if being a

massive archdemon, almost eight feet tall and dressed in black leather from head to toe, wasn’t menacing enough.

“What were you doing in there?” Astharot pulled Shax to his feet.

Shax adjusted his red hoodie. “I miscalculated the dematerialization.”

“Miscalculated?” Astharot scowled at him. “Your lack of focus will cost you a few points on your

final score.”

“What?”

“Complain and I’ll have you weed dragonwort from my garden.”

“Again? I did it last week.” Shax flexed his fingers, which were still throbbing from the spiky

dragonwort’s bites.

“It has regrown.” Astharot grabbed his arm. “We’d better hurry. Our divine colleagues are already

here.”

Shax shrugged himself free and dodged a teacher striding past. A long corridor, lined with yellow

lockers on both sides, stretched in front of him. Kids wearing blue and green uniforms milled

around, bags strapped to their shoulders. Girls with colorful rucksacks covered in freakish rainbows, ugly unicorns, and hideous flowers filed in. Goodness wafted from them like the scents of their flowery perfumes, causing his stomach to roll. A guy ran through Shax as if he were a ghost, and Shax shouted. No point in keeping his voice low. None of these humans could see, hear, or touch him unless he revealed himself.

The students’ chatter and click-clack of lockers being closed and opened echoed off the

walls. At the end of the hallway, in a quiet corner, two men stood, dressed in blinding white

suits. The shorter one, Jilhael, fussed with his snowy cravat and pulled back his long blond hair.

Shax waved at his friend. Looking at Jilhael’s sapphire eyes and sensing the goodness in

him, no one would ever guess he was half fire demon, half air angel. Jilhael’s mentor, Nithael,

surveyed the crowd of kids with his sharp gaze, like a German shepherd watching a flock of

sheep, his ebony skin a stark contrast with his white suit. Shax squinted at the circle of blue light

on the floor; it marked one of the celestial portals that led to Heaven.

Astharot and Nithael exchanged a curt nod.

Shax playfully shoved Jilhael. “Hey, Jay, ready?”

Jilhael loosened his shirt’s collar. “You were right. This white suit is a tad uncomfortable.”

“Told ya.” Shax tugged at his hoodie and twitched his nose. His clothes smelled of sulfur

and French fries. “Hell: less rules, more fun.”

Jilhael raised a golden brow. “This is work. It’s not supposed to be fun.”

Astharot toyed with his dagger—the athame—scrutinizing the oblivious human kids.

“Have you already chosen Jilhael’s subject? Who should Jilhael possess?”

Nithael straightened and golden sparks flew about him. They fell on two girls passing by,

who laughed. “Sure.” He flourished a hand. A white book appeared in his palm, and he skimmed

the pages. “Jilhael has already possessed three young humans with excellent results, despite

his lack of control.” He gave Jilhael a piercing look.

Astharot snorted, but Nithael ignored him.

“Jilhael’s subject today will be...Chad McKee, sixteen, prone to anger and envy. He

harassed a few girls in the past weeks, and he’s that boy over there.” Nithael pointed to a broad

guy with short brown hair and hazel eyes, standing in front of an open locker. A large duffel bag

dangled from his shoulder.

Shax poked Jilhael in the ribs. “Looks like a tough guy. I don’t envy you.”

“No pun intended, right?” Jilhael chuckled.

“What about Shax?” Nithael closed the book and made it disappear with a casual

gesture.

Astharot scratched his unshaven chin with his blade. “Don’t know...not sure yet....”

“I need to know who Shax is going to possess, Astharot.” Nithael’s hands twitched. “It’s

our right to have the chance to repair the damage you and your apprentice are going to—”

“Shut up. I’m no rookie. Let me think,” Astharot scoffed.

“You promised to be ready this time,” Nithael hissed, blue sparks shooting from his body.

Shax stifled a chuckle. Had Nithael believed Astharot would be ready?

“Don’t get your wings in a knot.” Astharot held out a hand. “Give me a minute, and I’ll find

Shax’s next target.”

Jilhael leaned closer to Shax. “What creature is next on your list? Or are you still working

with objects?”

“I’ve finished with appliances.” Shax gestured to a fly zooming by. “An insect? Or a small

animal maybe.” He rubbed his hands. “This is the first time I’ll possess a living thing. I can’t

wait.”

“It’s a lot of work.” Jilhael brushed his white jacket. “But I love searching for the good

inside a living being and helping it grow.”

“There!” Astharot pointed his athame toward Chad’s left.

Shax squinted. A huge black spider crawled on top of the lockers, but Chad and a pretty blonde girl next to him ignored it.

A spider. Cool. Being a spider for a few days would have to be fun.

The girl shifted sideways, her pink lips and rosy skin, her long wavy hair— Nope. He had

to focus. On the spider. Astharot mumbled something Shax didn’t catch—probably the usual list

of dos and don’ts. As if he didn’t know that taking a life was a big no-no. Inside a spider, he

could scare girls, build cobwebs, sneak into the girls’ changing room. Finally, Astharot had given

him an awesome test.

I’m an entomologist and a soil biologist, which is a fancy way to say that I dig in the dirt, looking for bugs. Nature and books have always been my passion. I was a kid when I read The Lord Of The Ring and fell in love with fantasy novels. 

When I discovered cozy mystery and crime novels, I fell in love with Hercules Poirot and Sherlock Holmes. Then I grew up and . . . Nah, I’m joking. I didn’t grow up. Don’t grow up, folks! It’s a trap. 

PS I hate gardening. There, I said it. Sorry fellow Kiwis.

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Blog Tour + Giveaway + Excerpt :: The Crown of Stones

Magic-Price 

The Crown of Stones Book 1

by C.L. Schneider

Genre: Epic Fantasy

Ian Troy is one of the Shinree, a fallen people with an inherent addiction to magic. Scorned and reviled for the deadly side of their spells, the Shinree are bred as slaves. Their magic is suppressed by drugs and used only as it serves the purposes of the other races.

Descended from a long line of soldiers, Ian is conscripted into the Rellan army and made to fight in their longstanding conflict against the ruthless Langorian invaders. The downfall of Rella imminent, Ian goes against orders and turns to the Crown of Stones, an ancient Shinree relic of untold power. Ignorant of its true purpose, Ian uses the crown to end the war, and pays a terrible price. 

A decade later, still tortured by the aftermath of that day, Ian lives as a bounty hunter in self-imposed exile. Having renounced his magical heritage, he curbs his obsession with a steady stream of wine and regret. He struggles to put it all behind him, until a fateful encounter with a pretty assassin brings Ian’s past crashing into the present. 

Targeted by a rogue Shinree, and a ruthless old enemy, Ian is forced to use magic again. His deadly addiction is rekindled and his life of isolation is brought to a swift end. With the land he gave up everything to protect once more in jeopardy, and his people’s future at stake, Ian becomes embroiled in a violent race for control of the Crown of Stones. To save the realms and those he cares for, Ian must embrace the thing he fears most: his own power. 

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Magic-Scars 

The Crown of Stones Book 2

Magic doesn’t wound the same as a sword.

The story of Ian Troy continues in Magic-Scars, the second installment in C. L. Schneider’s riveting epic fantasy trilogy, The Crown of Stones. 

Captured by his old enemy, King Draken of Langor, Shinree magic user Ian Troy was sentenced to prison. Tortured and drugged, robbed of his will, his memories, and his magic, Ian was made to do unspeakable things. Rescued, as his body slowly rids itself of the drug, Ian realizes he has returned to an unfamiliar world gripped with fear. In the wake of his fall, those he cared for were left to their own grim fates. Draken has seized control of the realms and named himself High King. His brutal rein has sparked a desperate rebellion that Ian now finds himself a part of. His one task: recover and repair the Crown of Stones, in hopes it will tip the balance in the revolution that is brewing. In pursuit of the reason behind the artifact’s strange loss of magic, Ian is driven to release an explosion of retribution and power that leaves him irrevocably scarred. 

Struggling to reconcile the man he has become with the man he once was, Ian strives to understand the growing number of magic-scars adorning his body. He searches for the truth behind his link to the Crown of Stones and uncovers shocking secrets buried for generations beneath the sand. To become the weapon the resistance needs, he must assume responsibility for his magical inheritance. But can he curb the destructive appetite that comes with it? 

The price of Ian’s magic and his addiction have never been higher. 

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Magic-Borne 

The Crown of Stones Book 3

No other Shinree has borne as much of magic's weight, its pleasure, or its guilt.

The fate of Ian Troy is revealed in the final installment of C. L. Schneider's epic fantasy trilogy, The Crown of Stones. 

In one fell swoop, the resistance was shattered. Lives were taken. Hope was lost. Peace slipped like grains of sand through his fingers. So did the Crown of Stones. Now, forced into hiding, Ian Troy grapples for a way to save the realm—and free its people—from the sadistic clutches of Jem Reth; Mirra’kelan’s new self-appointed emperor. Plagued with the knowledge of a tragic future, he strives to influence events and save those he cares for. But his magic has betrayed him, and Fate has other plans. 

Marked by the crown, hindered by the transformation spell contained within, each cast brings Ian one step closer to becoming more beast than man. Each move brings the death and destruction foretold in his vision inexplicably nearer. With Langor on the brink of war, and King Malaq’s plan for peace hanging in the balance, Ian returns to the ancient past; seeking an end to the eldring spell and a means to thwart Jem’s growing domination. What he finds there sets off a chain of revelations that leads Ian places he never thought to go. 

Entrusted with the future of his race, Ian becomes the linchpin for lasting change. But how much weight can one man carry? And how much is he willing to sacrifice in the name of peace? 

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Turning to the stones at my wrist and gathering the obsidian inside me, in one breath I wished for strength in my blade, the stamina to wield it, and the speed to avoid my enemy’s attacks. In the next, I cast.

Magic flew swiftly out of me. Pleasure swept in just as fast. As men started dying in a wide

circle around me, power rippled across the sword in my hand. It sped down through the muscles in my arms and legs, and my sight came back in time to see the soldiers at the outer reach of my spell go down. Mounted, as their life drained away, their massive warhorses succumbed as well.

The foam of exhaustion already bubbling from their mouths, the frantic animals let out terrible, desolate wails as their tall, muscular bodies went limp and slammed hard to the ground.

One after the other—five, ten, fifteen of the great beasts fell, trapping the dead and the living

beneath them and sending a heavy spray of dust into the already murky air.

It was a dramatic sight that brought an instant hush over the battle. Soldiers on both sides

disengaged and turned to stare through the haze at the staggeringly wide circle of Langorian bodies surrounding me. Silent but for their heavy breaths, what was left of the enemy held position, but they didn’t advance. They knew me. They had just watched the hunger of my spell drastically reduce their numbers in mere moments, and they were afraid of what might come next.

The Rellans knew me, too. I watched their faces carefully, waiting for them to cower. And it

moved me greatly to see that they were far from afraid. To the contrary, it was clear; in me they saw a chance for something other than defeat. They saw hope.

A rousing cheer rang through the Rellan ranks and they rushed forward.

The Langorians met their charge. The two sides ran straight into each other and once more,

screams and the sounds of metal filled the night.

Born in a small Kansas town on the Missouri river, C.L. Schneider grew up in a house of avid readers and overflowing bookshelves. Her first full-length novel took shape while she was still in high school, on a typewriter in her parent's living room. While her main focus is adult epic and urban fantasy, she also pens the occasional science fiction or post-apocalyptic story.

Though she has been writing all of her life, Magic-Price (the first installment in The Crown of Stones Trilogy) was Schneider's first published novel. With the trilogy complete, she is excited to be embarking on a new path with her urban fantasy series, Nite Fire. 

Learn more about C.L. Schneider and her work at clschneiderauthor.com, where you can read reviews, excerpts, sneak peeks and teasers, subscribe to her newsletter, and join her Street Team. Look for book reviews and guest posts, and follow her journey as an indie author, on her blog, "Heading Down The Yellow Brick Road". An active part of the online indie author community, you can connect with C.L. Schneider on Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads, and Google+, where she chats about books, zombies, coffee, and the wonderful roller coaster of a writer's life. 

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