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The Emperors, Part 1

Last week you finally got to step into the world of Emperor Chrysander Draconis. From the moment I created him his mate was there, and Emperor Ellery Draconis is one of my favorite characters. Cliffhangers are irritating I know but there was simply no way to put everything in a single novel. The conclusion of Chrys and Ellery’s story is titled Eminently Elf and will be available on July 25th. Although I would love to give you their playlist I’m going to wait until after Eminently Elf is published. I’m always afraid I will give out spoilers that ruin it for you so that’s why I’m delaying that. I promise it’s not just because I’m mean.


Next week, select titles in the series will be available in print format for the very first time! I’m very excited to be able to offer Dra’Kaedan’s Coven (D’Vaire 1) and Sentinel’s Dagger (D’Vaire 2) in lovely paperbacks. The goal is to eventually get all of them converted but I don’t have a timetable for that yet. I can tell you that No Ordinary Drakeling is next (I’m only waiting on the cover) and Eminently Elf will be added within a few weeks of its Kindle format. If you’re attending GRL, I will have the pre-order form up soon for all four that you can pick up at the retreat. (I’ll only be bringing a small quantity with me to Albuquerque, so I strongly advise you to pre-order if you’re interested.)

So, what have I been up to in the last couple of weeks since I wrote one of these posts? It took me some time to put together the outline for the Prism Wizard’s book which I started last week. I’d intended to be much farther along than four chapters in at this point, but I caught a horrible chest cold last Tuesday and I still feel like I’m working my way back to being healthy. These guys are getting impatient too, I’m dreaming about them and waking up annoyed that I don’t have the energy to bang out thousands of words, but I’ll get there! I’m enjoying getting to know Vadimas better and getting inside of his head. He’s always kind of been in the shadows helping how he can and working hard so it’s nice to finally shine some light on what makes him tick. His mate is turning out to be complex and I think both Vadimas and I are going to find ourselves on quite a journey figuring him out.

I want to take this opportunity to once again thank you for being such wonderful readers. I love interacting with you on Facebook and I want you to know that I’m always willing to answer whatever questions you might have. I appreciate all of you so much and there are really no words for what it means to me that you continue to support my D’Vaire guys! Thank you from the bottom of my heart, I’m incredibly humbled that we’re twelve books in and you’re still interested in what happens next!

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