Tales, Twisted Tales, and Tales of the Magia
On March 5, 2009 Pink Petal Books released Book One and Book Two of the Tales of the Darkworld. Shifting Winds, Book One, is the story of black dragon Declan Antaeus who has had a secret crush on a colleague in the Darkworld’s death care industry. Vampire Elysia Granville, the head of Finance for Granville Cemetery, was publically dumped by her fiancee in front of all her peers three years ago. Now, she’s decided to come out of her shell. At the Undertaker’s Ball on Halloween she meets Declan and sparks fly.
In Book Two, Hot Water, Elysia’s brother Colin goes to New York and meets a sexy black dragon woman at Carpe Noctem nightclub. Eden Antaeus walks into Carpe Noctem looking for vanilla sex. What she finds instead is Colin, who turns out to be her mate.
Book Three, Fire Season, is a Rainbow Awards finalist and ARe bestseller. Releases in July at Pink Petal Books. Fire Season is a prequel to Shifting Winds and Hot Water. It’s the story of how heterosexual Holden Antaeus discovers that his dragon mate is a man, Garret Renquist, a green dragon from England. Fire Season has been critically acclaimed, with ten sterling reviews to it’s credit. (Six 5-star or better reviews and four 4-star or better reviews.)
Book Four, Ride the Lightning was released in December 2009 by Pink Petal Books. In this story, red dragon Emily Carrington has a past filled with secrets. Her mate, black dragon Vahid Delrey, wants no part of her. Thus begins a three year long battle with increasing pain as the two fight the urge to mate. As they spiral toward madness, they must either decide to mate or one of them must die.
Book One of the Twisted Tales, The Pixie Prince was released in July by Cobblestone Press. This book is the story of the newly crowned Pixie Prince, Max LeFevre. Max is an underwear model dubbed ‘Max Fever’ by his fans. When Max has issues sleeping after receiving his golden wings, Marty, the Fairy Godfather, introduces him to vampire Bliss Wilde who just happens to have a mattress Max can sleep on.
The Tales of the Magia begins with a prequel to The Wise Guy. It will be the story of Randall Wise’s godparents, August and Zoe Penhall. Featured in the story are Rand’s parents Richard and Daphne.
Stand Alone Darkworld Books
Sunday’s Child – The Wise Guy is set in the Darkworld and tells the tale of a wizard who is about to ascend and become a mage. Randall Wise was born on the Sabbath and is a nice guy. Unfortunately, he has the idea that good guys finish last in love. Then a beautiful witch moves in next door and Rand’s whole life changes. Brenna Thorne thinks that looking like the girl next door doesn’t get you laid. That is, until she meets Rand. It’s a story about being true to yourself and it’s populated with memorable, fun characters including a familiar that isn’t a familiar.
This is the first book to delve into the magical community in the Darkworld. The story also references a painting by wizard Nick Diamond, who is the hero of The Whip & the Chair at the Pink Chair Diaries.
The next story to reference Nick’s work is Mating, a short story published by Freya’s Bower and an ARe bestseller. Mating’s companion story, Runaways, is also be published by Freya’s. The stories are about twin werewolves, Roul and Ranulf Verlaine, who find their mates suddenly. There is the possibility for a series of shorts based on Watchers, the company that Roul hires to watch Ran. Since Roul’s mate Morgan owns the company you would see more of them if I can find the time to write them.
Another short story set in the Darkworld is Ain’t Nuthin But a Hellhound, a dark tale that is part of the Weirdly 3 anthology coming from Wild Child Publishing. This story is unlike the other Darkworld stories. It’s happy ending is a far cry from the romance you usually expect from me. Lilah is half demon. Her mother was human but her father is a Demon Lord, ruler of the Hellhounds. Lilah’s ex is Xavion, the Lord of the Hellhounds. Lilah’s father promised Xavion his throne if he mated with Lilah. However, Lilah, who saves the souls that the Hellhounds try to take, isn’t interested in the demon realm. When she receives a lesson about power from a human whose soul she saves, Lilah’s outlook on her father, Xavion, and the demon realm undergo a drastic change.
The Darkworld Pink Chair Diaries Trilogy are free reads that you can access by visiting the Pink Chair Diaries website. The first story in the trilogy is The Were & the Chair, the story of how bi-sexual werewolf Weylyn Randall meets his mate, Keir. In Were, Weylyn receives the pink chair and his mate from Drake Keating, his former lover and good friend. In The Wiz & the Chair, Drake finds out about the chair from his neighbor and friend, Nick Diamond. Lonely and dissatisfied with his life, Drake buys the chair for Weylyn, but end up using it himself when he rekindles a relationshop with Justin Scott. Nick Diamond, the hero of the third story in the trilogy, The Whip & the Chair, is an artist and a master with a whip. A Dom who’s lived a BDSM lifestyle for more than twenty years, Nick is shocked when his current model asks him to whip her. He discovers that Ione isn’t a sub. She’s something far more intriguing.
Recurring Characters
The Darkworld has many exciting characters. However, there’s more to this world than the heroes and heroines. Here’s a list of secondary characters who show up in more than one book.
Sean Antaeus – Sean is the head of the Antaeus family, brother to Declan, Holden, Eden, and Diandra. He is also cousin to Emily Carrington who looks like his mother. Sean is a Machiavellian sort who would do anything to ensure that his family is happy. You’ll read his story at the end of the series in Force Majeur.
Alfred Stone – Alfred owns Stone Mortuary Services and is the head of the Funeral Directors Guild. Upfront, Alfred just appears to be Marius Granville and Sean Antaeus’ best friend. In reality, Alfred is so very much more. In Fire Season, readers will discover just what Alfred is and expect him to be meddling his way through every book in the series. Also, in the epilogue of Book 3 we discover that Alfred has a sister and a very big secret. You’ll see a bit more of Ashworth Stone in Books 5 and 6 until her story is told in book 7, Fire Storm. Alfred’s own story is told in Book 9, Rain of Tears.
Marius Granville – The cool and collected head of the Granville vampires is the icy foil to Sean Antaeus’ volatile personality. Marius runs his business with an unemotional coolness, a by product of having loved and lost in both business and his personal life. Once he put himself back together he vowed never to become emotionally vested again. However, the gods have something in store for Marius in the form of a petite, free-spirited, free-love living werewolf named Sair. You”ll meet Sair in Book 5 of the Tales series, Common Ground.
Karl with a K – Karl is an elf with an internet gossip show. He’s snarky and amusing. He drinks Guinness and hangs out at Carpe Noctem, a vampire nightclub in New York City owned by Bliss Wilde, heroine of The Pixie Prince. Karl shows up in Hot Water, Never Been Bit, What You Wish For, and the unnamed Rapunzel story.
Marty, the Fairy Godfather – Marty inherited his powers from his grandmother. He’s a nice guy who enjoys helping people. His disguise in the Darkworld is as a college student who works as a waiter at The Butcher’s Block, a trendy restuarant next to Carpe Noctem in New York City. Marty is in The Pixie Prince, Never Been Bit, What You Wish For, and the unnamed Rapunzel story.
Corey Green – Corey is fae, a wildling who is unabashedly gay and filled with wisdom and humor. He’s the private assistant to vampire Colin Granville who’s in charge of Sales and Marketing for Granville Cemetery in California. Corey is in Hot Water, Common Ground, and his own story Book 6 of Tales, Sunstroked.
Vahid Delrey – Vahid is a black dragon, the trusted right hand of Sean Antaeus of Antaeus International. As the Chief Operating Officer, Vahid is the man who makes sure that everything runs the way Sean wants it to. Vahid is also the former lover of Sean’s sister Eden. Everyone wonders why Vahid is always so smiling and calm. They wonder where all his extreme emotions go to. With each book that Vahid is in, the layers of his personality are revealed until the shocking revelation of who Vahid Delrey really is comes to light in Tales of the Darkworld Book 4, Ride the Lightning. Vahid’s mate and backstory will hold you riveted! Vahid is in Hot Water, Fire Season, Ride the Lightning, and Fire Storm.