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Tomo and Hana’s story, Fate of the Unfaithful, is releasing the week of September 23rd! Also, the first in the series, Shadow Fan, will be free during the same week as well! So if you haven’t gotten a chance to check out the Shadow Fan Series, now’s the time to get into it! I really and truly love Tomo and Hana. Tomo is such a fun, great guy (even if he isn’t human). And Hana cares so much about her family, she’s willing to suffer for them.

Faith didn’t have a place in Hana’s life. Science and reason never failed her before. In an attempt to prove there is no such thing as supernatural creatures, she makes a bet with the man she loves. While determined to make her point, the devotion to her beliefs war with that of her heart.

Tomo the Mushi has fallen for Hana, though she doesn’t believe his kind exists. But when Hana contracts a rare Mushi infection, it begins to eat her from the inside out. Tomo must find the answer to save her, or fate will expose the truth to Hana in the most brutal way.

From today, Monday the 24th, till Wednesday the 26th the second in the Shadow Fan Series, Keeper of the Shrine, is FREE! Here’s and excerpt to celebrate!

The priest blinked and stared, gaping at her.

Yoshino stared right back. She would not retreat from this ridiculous human who refused to listen to her, or the truth.

“Yoshi?” Tomo’s hand lingered near hers, but he didn’t touch her. She could hear the concern in his voice, but she was too angry to acknowledge it.

The two children, who had silently watched the exchange, decided now was a good time to speak up.

“That was stupid.” The boy threw an empty dango stick at the priest.

His head snapped to the two kids.

“Yeah, Kai,” the girl chimed in. “You’re supposed to be her priest. You’re not supposed to fight with her about everything she says.”

He shook his head and his shoulders slouched. “Yeah, but she’s not really—”

“What did you say?” Yoshino’s heart sped up as her eyes met the girl’s. A burning began in her chest and swept through her limbs. The girl… she knew him. She said a name. But not just any name. The name.

The girl’s shoulders went to her ears as her head ducked. “I-I told Kai he shouldn’t fight with you, because he’s your priest.”

The girl withdrew into herself as the turmoil built inside Yoshino. It rolled off her in uncontrollable waves, the surprise, fear, and refusal to accept the truth. The priest’s name was Kai, the same as Naru’s prophecy.

Her body shook at the revelation.

And the ground shook.

The movement surprised her. I didn’t call for an earthquake.

The children squealed, holding onto the table. Still the tremor moved with her heart. She needed to calm down.

The priest widened his stance, pulled the mask from his face, and grasped the table. His tiger colored eyes narrowed as he struggled for balance. He said something comforting to the children as a lock of hair fell over his eyes.

At that moment Yoshino thought her heart would explode.

The mountain roared to life tenfold as she gazed over his features.  She had them memorized in her heart, those few images the Mushi had shown her. The strong jaw, high cheekbones, and angular features. It was the face of Naru’s descendant. The son of triplets. The one who could see her. The one who would ruin everything.

The one she had dreamed about for hundreds of years.

I’m so excited for this cover. It’s so simple but so amazing! Thank you Linda Issa!

Coming later this month, here is the what Keeper of the Shrine is all about-

Kai never knew he was the object of a five-hundred year old prophecy. He never wanted to anger the great Mountain Spirit, Yoshino. And he never needed anyone’s love more than hers.

Yoshino never knew love. She never wanted to kill innocents. And she never needed rescuing from her own kind. Until now.

Shadow Fan comes out tomorrow, and I gotta tell you, I’m excited. I love this story. I wanted to introduce to Aya, the heroine.

Born to the local lord over a Japanese village, Aya has lived a comfortable life. Growing up in the mountains on the coast, she strives to ask Yoshino, the Mountain Spirit, for guidance and protection every week. Then the dreams come…

Aya dreams of a handsome man nightly. At least she thinks he’s handsome… He stands as the right hand of the Mountain Spirit herself, but a cloud of butterflies always obscures his face. He approaches her and reaches out, offering her a gift she knows she can’t refuse. Will she ever learn who this amazing man is, and what he looks like?