Tag: Books

Cornerstone’s 40% Off Thanksgiving Book Sale – Nov. 13 – 28th

November 13, 2024

My publisher, Cornerstone Book Publishers, is having a 40% Off Book Sale on all their regularly priced books from November 13 through November 28th. And all orders over $25 are free shipping.

Drop by and check out Cornerstone’s wide inventory. All of my books will be on sale as well as a wide selection of New Age/Spiritual books, Masonic books, Rosicrucian books, History books, as well as so many others. Don’t miss out!

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End of Kindle Vella

October 30, 2024

Just a few days ago, I got an email from Amazon announcing that they were ending their Kindle Vella program. For those of you who don’t know about it, Kindle Vella was a platform for serial or episodic stories in which readers would pay to open new episodes.

I have spent a good amount of time publishing a number of stories on Kindle Vella, some of which I’ve completed and republished as books, including The Lady in the Blue Dress and Dumaine Street.

For me, my time at Kindle Vella was extremely helpful on a variety of levels. Writing on a tight schedule and juggling different stories at the same time stretched my abilities in a way that wasn’t always comfortable but extremely beneficial. Also, learning to master the pacing of episodic writing in terms of story structure I found sometimes challenging but also exciting.

All in all, I don’t believe my time there was wasted by any means. Some Kindle Vella writers have expressed a desire to migrate to other episodic story platforms and while at present I have no such plans, we’ll see what the future brings. I will keep you posted. At present I have three Kindle Vella stories that are incomplete on the platform. One is a collection of short stories, Mystical Diversions: Supernatural Tales of the Ouachita Mountains. I will be completing one short story in the collection before all the Kindle Vellas are pulled in February. The other two are The Vine: A Portent of Crows and An Unintended Witch. These two I will complete as novels on my own time.

I want to thank those who have supported my dive into the world of episodic storytelling with Kindle Vella, and I will keep you posted as to what the future brings.

Ghosts, Witches, and Werewolves – On Sale

October 7, 2024

Just in time for the Halloween season, I have revamped and revised a new version of the Ghosts, Witches, and Werewolves boxed set. This set includes the revised versions of the novels, A Ghost of a Chance, The Witches’ Own, and The Broken Vow. And currently, it is on sale for $4.99. So, if you are in the mood for something spooky and a bit different, check out this box set which will soon be available at most online eBook retail platforms.

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A Ghost of A Chance

You never know what’s coming next.

Jack Brennan, an ambitious high-powered attorney, dies. But that’s not the end, rather only the beginning. He finds himself constrained to an inexplicable afterlife as an earth-bound spirit trapped in an old Virginia farmhouse. His only companion is a very much living, reclusive writer of campy vampire novels. The maddening problem is that Hallie does not know he is there, nor that he is somewhat reluctantly falling in love with her.

Hallie Barkly is recovering from a painful and disillusioning divorce. Out of the ashes of her former life, she has managed to somehow forge a career and exorcise her demons by writing under the pseudonym of Sebastian Winters. Slowly, she is awakening to the fact that she is not alone.

Their lives intersect, and two unconventional lovers are brought together under insurmountable circumstances. Together they must battle an unseen force hell-bent on possessing Hallie’s life and bridge death itself to make possible what cannot be — to find a chance.

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The Witches’ Own

On the surface things seem quiet and serene in the picturesque coastal village of Kilmarnock, Virginia. But something unseen roams its lush forests as the past and present collide and the unthinkable begins to wreak its vengeance. Young Lucy Bonner is executed for witchcraft in the town’s distant and brutal past. Her death triggers an unholy chain of events which grasp at the restless heart of novelist Peter McQuade, spurring him towards a quest to uncover the dark and terrifying truth.

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The Broken Vow: Vol. I The Clandestine Exploits of a Werewolf

In the heart of every man there is a history. In the heart of every monster there is a story. In this first installment of “The Clandestine Exploits of a Werewolf,” Ethan Garraint is on a vendetta that begins in the heart of the Pyrenees with the fall of Montségur and leads him to the streets of New Orleans nearly five hundred years later. But the person he chases isn’t really a man anymore and Ethan has been a werewolf for almost a millennium. With the aid of a gifted seer, he is on a blood hunt that will culminate in a journey that crosses the line between heaven and earth and ends somewhere in between.

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2024 – What’s Percolating?

January 8, 2024

While 2024 will no doubt be a ground-breaking year in many ways, on a much smaller scale in my arena, I have quite a few projects on the horizon.

In 2023, I saw the publication of two new novels and audiobooks, The Lady in the Blue Dress and Dumaine Street, which originated as Kindle Vella stories. In 2024, I anticipate the release of two more works: The Story of Enid, a sequel to The Broken Vow, and The Alchemist’s Bride. Both of these originated on Kindle Vella as well.

I’m also planning to continue my audiobook work, releasing not only these two novels in that format but also some older works. This is the year I plan to release Sanctuary of Echoes in audiobook form. I don’t like to show partiality to any of my work, but Sanctuary is one I’ve always kept close to my heart.

In addition to this, I’ll be continuing my work on Kindle Vella. I currently have two Vellas in progress: The Vine, which is a direct sequel to The Tethering, and An Unintended Witch. I also hope to start a brand new book there, the fourth installment in the New Orleans Paranormal Series. If you want more information on any of these works, please visit my Books, Audiobooks, or Kindle Vella Pages on the main menu of the homepage.

    So, 2024 is shaping up to be an exciting time, but I truly believe it’s also a time of great consequence. Our decisions this year will impact us profoundly in the coming years. We must think long and hard about what kind of country we want to live in and what kind of world we want to live in. Do we want to have peace and tolerance for one another, or do we want to dictate to our sisters and brothers and thus put our own freedom in jeopardy? Something to think about: every action and every inaction has a consequence.

    All My Best to Everyone,

    Evelyn

    Treading on Borrowed Time New Edition

    December 15, 2019

    Join the quest across time itself this holiday season. The newly revised edition of Treading on Borrowed Time has just been released.

    For Julia Moreau, life seems complicated. Rather isolated after emerging from a failed marriage and managing a lifetime of insulin-dependent diabetes, she lives alone in her childhood home. Of course, being an extraordinary psychic sensitive, she does communicate with the spirit of her long-deceased Great Aunt Lilia. But Julia really doesn’t have a clue what complicated is until she is abruptly thrust into being the key chess piece in a power struggle between two powerful men of extraordinary abilities

    An Englishman, Christian Monamet, considers himself a collector of sorts. His latest potential acquisition has driven him overseas. It is a mythical creature whose power, he believes, is his family legacy.

    His rival, Dr. Nicholas Burke, has a disturbingly similar goal. Determined to use all weapons at his disposable, he seeks to obtain mastery and control over the very same fantastical entity so deeply shrouded in mystery.

    What they both have in common is the discovery that somehow Julia Moreau is their only lead. Will Julia lose her soul to the karma of a devastating past life or her heart to the love of a man driven by dark forces? Travel across their battleground, the enigmatic city of New Orleans past and present, as all three race against fate before time itself runs out.