Blood Brute

Writing Update:

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Work continues on Blood Brute’s 2nd book, FALL OF TWO. Isn’t the cover stunning? I adore the focus on yellow this time and the chess rook at the centre of the eye. Eyes, sight, the power of one’s senses are themes developing throughout the Blood Brute series. In FALL OF TWO, the vampire Rise awakens … Read more

Big News!

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I’m delighted to announce that Rise of One, Book 1 of The Blood Brute Series is a finalist for this year’s The Wishing Shelf Indie Book Awards! The Wishing Shelf Awards are fantastic because they provide feedback for every entry, all covered in the fee! So, it attracts a high volume of entries and this … Read more

RISE OF ONE is 2 Months Old!

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Exactly 2 months ago, my debut novel as an #indie #author released! It’s been a crazy 8-odd weeks since then: great reviews, being a finalist for an award, hearing feedback from so many different sources, getting to know my readers. I always knew that independent publishing would never be an easy path. It involves a … Read more

Blood Brute Themes & Topics

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As I write Fall of Two, Book 2 of the Blood Brute series (cover reveal coming in Feb!), it’s interesting to see the themes and topics that emerge. Of course it’s all about #zombies and #vampires, but as we follow Rise’s journey, it’s fascinating to see what else bubbles up to the surface: 1. How … Read more

RISE OF ONE!

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Do you like your #vampires #gay, your #horror #eerie & subsuming, your #zombies as brutes needing sympathy? Your #lockdown cohorts age-less & suffocating? Your #apocalypse serene & full of greenery?⁠ With 4 & 5 star reviews on NetGalley, Kirkus, Amazon, & Goodreads (& elsewhere like Reedsy Discovery, Kobo, & #Bookstagrammer / #Booktuber blogs), you can … Read more

Helleborus Flowers

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The helleborus flower features strongly throughout the BLOOD BRUTE Series: in RISE OF ONE, Rise plucks them from the base of a fallen tree as a gift for his Cypriot when Rise shouldn’t be outside the walls of their home. And I can tell you, from working on Book 2, helleborus features once again ;)⁠ … Read more

Free Blood Brute Prequel!

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You get a #free #Paranormal #Postapocalyptic #shortstory in the form of On the Edge of Salt when you sign up to my newsletter!⁠ As the night sky burns, a stranger approaches the coven’s walls…⁠ Read Blood Brute’s free prequal over at: ⁠ http://bit.ly/OnTheEdgeOfSalt⁠

1 MONTH OLD TODAY! 🥳⁠

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⁠ I can’t believe that a whole month has passed since RISE OF ONE published & released into the world!⁠ I’m blown away by all of the support, great reviews, fab photos, and all the feedback that I’ve gotten in the last four weeks. I’m hard at work on Book 2 at the moment–the outline … Read more