Paranormal, Science Fiction & Fantasy Author
To celebrate the release of my new novel Demon’s Life on Monday 4th November, there will be two promotions running on Amazon!
From Wednesday 30th October to Wednesday 6th November, Demon’s Blood will be on sale on Amazon.com for $0.99!
And from Monday 4th November to Friday 8th November, Never Change will be free to download world-wide!
Do please check out these promotions and Demon’s Life which is now available for pre-order! Thanks so much for your support!
On Saturday my sister and I decided to visit the pop-up Pokemon Centre London store which has opened for a limited time only in Westfields, London as part of the Pokemon Sword and Shield release. We left ridiculously early on the first train of the day – 5.19 :O and joined the queue at 7.30. We got in at 15.45 :O
My novel Demon’s Life is due to be released a week tomorrow. Today I’m excited to share with you an excerpt from the novel, which I hope you will all enjoy 🙂
Demon’s Life is now available to pre-order from Amazon.com!
My latest novel Demon’s Life is due to be released on 4th November and today I would like to talk a little about the novel.
It continues two months from where Demon’s Blood left off with Thane searching for Taku’s sire whom he believes can tell him how to save Taku from the demon Kurai’s possession.
Demon’s Life is predominately set in Japan, with parts in Tokyo and parts in Kōfu and Nagasaki. There are also some chapters set in Hong Kong. I really enjoyed writing the changing settings, especially the ones in Japan as I have been to Tokyo so I incorporated locations that I visited into my novel.
The main focus of the novel is on Thane’s search for answers and much of Demon’s Life is written from his point of view. Thane is devastated by what has happened to Taku and also the knowledge that it is, in part, his fault. His determination to find Koji and the belief that Koji can save Taku is all that is holding him together. However his pain causes him to make mistakes and put his trust in the wrong vampire again.
Thane also learns about Taku’s past, which is explored in more detail. In Demon’s Blood, Taku only made vague references to his life before he became a vampire and also his former deceased lover Minoru due to the pain that the memories cause him. In Demon’s Life he is forced to confront his past and the pain that he’s been keeping buried for over a century. Thane also learns more about Taku’s relationship with Koji and why Koji left him.
When writing Demon’s Life, my main emphasis was on Taku and Thane’s relationship. Their commitment and love for each other spans across more than a century. For Thane, Taku is his first and only love. After Minoru died, for a long time Taku was too afraid to let anyone close to him again. Meeting Thane saved him from a much darker path. Yet more so than their love, it is Thane’s unshakable belief in it that shapes the entire novel. Even when he witnesses the terrible acts that Taku, as Kurai, is now capable of, Thane refuses to give up on him. I don’t want to give away any spoilers, but my favourite scene from Demon’s Life shows the strength of Thane’s belief in Taku and their relationship.
So that’s what you can expect from Demon’s Life. I will be posting some excerpts from it very soon which I hope you will check out. It is also now available to pre-order on Amazon!
Title: The Mage Heir
Series: The Life Siphon, Book Two
Author: Kathryn Sommerlot
Publisher: NineStar Press
Release Date: October 14, 2019
Heat Level: 2 – Fade to Black Sex
Pairing: Male/Male
Length: 97100
Genre: Fantasy, LGBT, fantasy, royalty, magic users, epic mage battles, fearsome desert predators, action/adventure, family drama
Exiled from Chayd and pursued by Runon, Tatsu’s life twists into something unrecognizable when he escapes with Yudai into the mountains. Despite the growing danger trailing them, the biggest threat lies within Yudai and his voracious magic, a force spiraling outside his control. Their only hope is to head into Joesar in search of a way to contain the magic.
But Joesar’s desert holds perils of its own, and the only answers Tatsu and Yudai find lead them farther into storms. Friend and foe blur until impossible to tell apart, and all the while, the unchecked siphon devours any energy it can find. If Yudai can’t fix what the Runonian mages broke, the siphon could swallow the world, and Tatsu will watch the horror unfold.
No matter how tightly Tatsu’s heart is tied to Yudai’s, and after everything they have sacrificed for freedom, the past might catch up with them, murky and muddled, betrayal lying in Tatsu’s traitorous bloodline.
Continue reading “New Release Blitz: The Mage Heir by Kathryn Sommerlot”
The short stories in Saints and Curses explore fantasy and magic from a wide variety of perspectives and settings. The stories range in tone from lighthearted modern fantasy in stories like Elven Carols, to the dark and ominous stories like Erlkonig, and in time from the late antiquity to the modern day. Magic, like all forms of power and like human nature, has two sides, light and dark. Whether we find (or become) a saint or a curse depends on our circumstances. And, of course, our choices.
Purchase Link: Amazon.com
Saints and Curses on Goodreads
*I received this novel for free in exchange for an honest review*
Rating: 5 stars
Saints and Curses is an extremely well-written collection of short stories with magic and curses as the theme running throughout them. I really enjoyed the mix of modern and historic fantasy tales, each with plenty of twists to keep the reader guessing as to how they will end.
My favourites in the collection are:
Grackle – a poignant tale with a lovely ending.
Cinnamon Ultra Pumpkinator – an amusing tale of the perils of addiction with a fun and very relatable main character
The Rats – An excellent and original retelling of The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The collection has an outstanding array of very different tales with something for everyone. I highly recommend checking them out!
BOOK BLAST
Book Title: The Black Mask
Author: Samuel King
Publisher: Pride Publishing
Cover Artist: Erin Dameron-Hill
Genre/s: Contemporary M/M Erotic Romance
Trope/s: Fantasy lover becomes reality, straight or gay?
Themes: Choosing reality over fantasy
Heat Rating: 5 flames
Length: 13 000 words/ 55 pages
It is a standalone book.
Charlie is torn between two men—one who seems unreachable, the other a superhero who steps out of a poster.
Blurb
Charlie is the young, handsome writer of The Black Mask superhero adventure series. Recently broken up from his long-term boyfriend, he finds himself developing feelings of lust and love for his editor, the gruff, clearly straight Sam. Charlie’s love life takes an even more unexpected twist when his fantasy creation, The Black Mask, somehow becomes a reality—and his lover.
Buy Links
Pride Publishing | Amazon UK | Amazon US
Today I’m posting part two of my character profiles of the four main characters in my upcoming novel Demon’s Life. Today’s profiles feature Koji Takata and Akito Okada.
Demon’s Life is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com!
Continue reading “Demon’s Life Character Profiles: Part Two”
Book Title: Shinigami
Author: Xia Xia Lake
Publisher: Self Published
Release Date: October 1, 2019
Genre/s: LGBTQ fantasy, Gay fiction, Historical fiction (it’s NOT MM romance)
Trope/s: Friends to Lovers
Themes: Mythology; gods; supernatural
Heat Rating: 3 flames
Length: 71 440 words /220 pages
Nothing is what it seems.
Blurb
A coming of age love story between the heir of the richest family in the Land of Yamato and an orphan. The human world meets the yōkai world in a power struggle for the fate of Fujiwara no Hirotsugu. While he battles to find his own path in life, Hirotsugu finds solace in a boy who will first become his secret friend, then his salvation, then, as they become adults together, the love of his life.
The story is set during the Nara period of ancient Japan and will expand over a period of 25 years (715-740).
Buy Links
Book 1 – Kogitsune.
It’s a 40-page short story and is FREE on Smashwords.
Book 2 – Shinigami
I really enjoy creating character profiles for my main characters and as part of a series of posts up until the release of my novel Demon’s Life, I’m going to be posting some profiles I created for my four main characters. This afternoon I’m posting Part One which features Taku and Thane. These profiles contain basic information as well as spoiler-free details specific to Demon’s Life.
Demon’s Life is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com!
Continue reading “Demon’s Life Character Profiles: Part One”
Shari Sakurai 