There will be some weirdness going on with the titles because I'm listing them on all bookstores as their Amazon exclusivity expires. I'm also working on making the first book free, but Amazon is slooooow. Excellent timing for this to happen would be a week. Last time it took 5 weeks...

The series conclusion didn't take me to all the places I wanted to go, as I said before. My Omega shifter series became sprawling and 'unending', so I tried to keep the story tight on this one. I've been studying story structure, but I have a hard time keeping a novel inside the outline. I'd much rather write it all over the place, lol.

The next piece I'm working on is a full novel and probably a standalone. It might possibly be my first wide launch, which is indie-speak for non-KU. I'm not expecting it to be super long, but I still don't use outlines, so who knows. (I guess I haven't learned my lesson yet.)

Here's the book: http://amzn.to/2FHBJww
Chapter 1 Preview of Episode Four below. Click Read More.

So, 2018 has been kicking my ass. I feel like a rusty car with bald tires and a squeaky fan belt. Barely rolling and doing my best. So I'm very happy to announce that the book is done and should be up at the end of this week!

Endings are hard for me regardless because I'm always regretful of all the things that didn't make it into the book. For instance, I really wanted that baby to happen within the story. But the character took a different turn and became more about Rourke's family than his omega situation.

If I write a sequel, I'll have alternating POVs so we can get the alpha perspective. This book was all about Rourke, and I think Zachari should have had a better story.

Anyhow! Regrets become sequels. :) Rourke's conclusion arrives very soon!

Man, ten days late and I feel like it's been 10 YEARS. Getting sick and life's problems always seem to happen in the same week. :( But I'm back! Another reason this book took longer is because I was super perfectionist with it. I had this episode in mind from the very start of the story, so getting it right was important. The last two chapters feel like they took as long as the whole preceding book.

And now it's done! Whew. Amazon likes to nurture the books before they're let loose on the world, so Episode Three arrives in four days, on the 1st! The next one, Episode Four, will be the last.

Still working on the third book! It's about 2/3 done, and I expect to release it on the 20th. (Edit: A terrible cold has set me back! The book will be available as soon as I can polish it up.) I was trying to find a chapter to share, but they're all pretty much spoilers. The plot moves a lot in this one for both Zachri & Rourke and the drama with his family back home.

It does look like there will be a fourth book. I know my serials get a lot of flak for running too long, so I'll do my best to wrap it up in that book. I only had 3 preorders locked in place, so hopefully I don't disappoint anyone thinking this would be the end. I need one more episode, and I'm still trying to work out how I'm going to execute a pretty significant time jump in Episode Four. That's usually where my books would get long, lol. I tend to wander off...

So yeah. Happy belated new year! Hope you're reading much interesting stories. I'm waiting anxiously for Raythe Reign to finish her Elvin's King Blade series. I love sexy elves.

I hope everyone's having a happy, safe holiday and you're looking forward to the new year! I know I am. 2017 brought me some troubles with family members losing their jobs, my grandmother losing her house, and a lot of family drama in general. Rourke's problems definitely feel like some mental unloading on my part.

​(I've noticed that all my characters have stressed connections to their relatives.)

There's plenty of Rourke and Zachri bonding in Episode Two, but Stephanie got some unexpected development also. She was only intended to be in two chapters of the first book because I didn't know she'd follow Rourke into space. I called her [woman] for those two chapters. And now she's turned into a pretty awesome character.

Several chapters were added to make Episode Two as full and satisfying as possible. It's about 50% longer than I initially planned, but it ends where I intended it to. I got wrapped up in the world building with this episode. The alphas are so interesting! Zachri's background will be explored more in Episode Three as well.

Also, you should know I changed one detail about the story. In Episode One, Zachri makes a comment about Rourke moving in with him. In Episode Two, I decided that the aliens would manage their offspring differently. I changed his dialogue, but because Amazon is weird about updating books, Zachri's line will remain as-is in the early versions.

​(You have to delete and re-download the book, but that doesn't always work. Oh, Amazon... It's a very small detail anyway. Episode Two explains everything you need to know.)

Check out the chapter preview below! I decided to share Chapter 5, in which Rourke sits down with a new friend, a pregnant man named Thomas. They discuss alphas. Click Read More. :)