Monthly Archives: October 2011
Mercy for the Wicked is Now Available in Print!
Again it only took about a month after it was released as an ebook but it’s available to purchase through Amazon.com.
So, to celebrate, here’s another excerpt from the book that takes place when Mercy hears the call of Gabriel’s horn and sits in on an Angel Jamboree.
With a little wave to Daphne to let her know I’d arrived safely, I started into the trees, the call even stronger on that side of the water, even though I couldn’t hear the actual horn anymore. The island itself wasn’t huge, and I didn’t see any structures on it or a dock for boats to tie up there. The trees were dense though, and I had to pick my way carefully through the underbrush as there were no trails to follow.
A rush of air was my only warning as Sam landed beside me. “What are you doing here?” I asked automatically, though I could guess he’d heard the same call as I did.
“I could ask you the same question,” he replied, his voice hushed as he looked around carefully.
“I heard that sound, like a horn calling me, so I came to check it out. It’s an angel thing, isn’t it?”
“You heard that?” he blinked. “Nevermind. Go home, Mercy. You don’t belong here.” Sam strode away from me at a brisk pace.
Like I was gonna turn around and head for home. He should have known me much better than that. I chased after him, knowing instinctively that he was headed in the right direction. “What is it? A meeting of the Fallen Angels Club and I can’t come?”
“Not fallen angels,” he said shortly and I could understand why he was so tense. This was a meeting of the big boys, and I was strictly persona non grata with them.
“So what are you doing here then?” He didn’t seem like the type to flaunt the rules.
“I am not joining them; I am merely trying to…”
“You’re spying!” I hissed back at him, tickled beyond belief to find he wasn’t above something petty like that, and a flush of color stole up the side of his face.
Between the Scenes with Iris – Mercy
Five minutes with Mercy from Angel of Mercy
Iris: Iris here, and I’m talking to Merceline Renault, a bartender in Seattle and part time angel. You’ve had a crazy few months, thanks for taking the time to talk to me.
Mercy: Call me Mercy, please, nobody calls me Merceline but my mother. [Her nose wrinkles with distaste, and I remember she doesn't have the best relationship with her mother by all accounts] I wouldn’t say I’m a part time angel, I’m still me. I’m just… well, not entirely human anymore.
Iris: That sounds interesting, how did you get that way?
Mercy: I got stabbed in the alley outside of the club I work at, Eden. I don’t remember much about it, but when I woke up in the hospital, I was different. [Her expression grows distant for a fleeting moment with remembered pain or something else, it's hard to say] I found out later that Sam had healed me and some of his Grace rubbed off on me.
Iris: Sam is your guardian angel?
Mercy: No, not exactly. He didn’t follow me around or anything you normally think of from a guardian angel. I’d never met him before that night in the alley. For whatever reason he decided I was worth saving and he healed me.
Iris: I dunno, sounds kind of like a guardian angel to me. What kinds of things can you do with the Grace?
Mercy: I can’t fly or anything, but there are a few tricks I can do like make myself imperceptible to people and the Grace protects me from harm. I can see people’s souls now, tell if they’re good or bad, that sort of thing. Oh and my eyes turned blue, they used to be brown. [She leans close to show me]
Iris: They sure are, I was noticing them before. They’re just like Sam’s.
Mercy: Oh, Sam let you see him? That’s impressive, usually he hides from most people.
Iris: Why would he do that?
Mercy: I don’t think he’s comfortable around people for the most part, he takes the exile part of being Fallen very seriously.
Iris: But not Adam, right? Does he take anything seriously?
Pretty Witches All in a Row is now available online!
We Have A Winner!
Congratulations to Amanda McLain-Young who won a free copy of Angel of Mercy! Thanks to everyone who voted on the cover art for Pretty Witches All in a Row. It looks like the blue cover won by a landslide, and I have to admit, it’s my favorite as well. I was worried it would look a little busy shrunk down small, so it’s nice to know you guys thought it looks good too. Pretty Witches was the second book I wrote, and I’m so excited about finally getting it polished and published! I have a soft spot in my heart for Nick and the witches. 
And now Pretty Witches All in a Row is now available for sale as an eBook on Amazon.com and BarnesAndNoble.com! It’s out as an e-book for $3.99 but you don’t have to have a Kindle or Nook to read it, they have free downloadable apps so you can read it on your PC, or even your phone. It’ll be available in print as well in a couple of weeks through Amazon.
So I’m taking the month of October off of writing (apart from fanfic, I can’t go cold turkey!) to gear up for NaNoWriMo, recharge my batteries and focus a little on marketing. But… I’m in research mode for my new vampire series which I hope to have out in December or early January. It’s a big project because it involves a lot of research and world building, but I’ve been looking forward to getting some of it down on paper for a while now. After that it’ll be Mercy for the Damned and then… anything could happen, I have sequel ideas for all of the books or I might focus on getting Moonsong cleaned up to be published.
