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Sunrise: a summer solstice sample
From The Bones of the Earth As today is the summer solstice, with the longest daylight hours of the year, I thought I’d share with you an excerpt describing one particular summer solstice, 1,427 years ago. Vorona, the shaman, led the villagers in the hymn to Zaria, the heavenly bride of the sun, to pull […]
Liberation: An interview with A.J. Llewellyn
One of the most prolific authors currently working, and definitely one of the most original thinkers, A.J. Llewellyn has established an international reputation as an author of unique romantic stories that combine mystery, magic, cross-cultural interaction, and even cuisine. Or to be more accurate, she writes original stories that combine elements of many genres, but […]
The Dark Age returns
Just in time for the Winter Solstice: a new edition of The Bones of the Earth Launches 22:27 21 December 2023 Finally! A new, corrected edition of my first-published novel, The Bones of the Earth, is now live as an e-book. Twelve years after its first publication, the second edition has corrected the errors and […]
Win 28 great books for the season of reading
Including three of mine! eBook & Paperback Sweepstakes! (2) Winners of eBook "Gift Baskets" of ALL ebooks Other Winners of individual ebooks or paperbacks (randomly selected) That’s right! You could win THREE of my books in this sweepstakes: Don’t delay — the contest closes at midnight, 18 December. Enter now!
Out of the past: The Kahuna’s return
A Sunday sample from the new Hawaiian Storm mystery, Echoes 2019 The first time that the Kahuna was able to sneak up on Vanessa was the first time she met him, when she was 16 and he was 19. He wasn’t able to do it again for sixteen years, until a bright morning in Honolulu, […]
The magic returns
A Sunday sample from the new Hawaiian Storm mystery Echoes The first time that the Kahuna was able to sneak up on Vanessa was the first time she met him, when she was 16 and he was 19. He wasn’t able to do it again for sixteen years, until a bright morning in Honolulu, when […]
ECHOES is now live and wide!
Get the fourth Hawaiian Storm mystery in the e-book format you prefer Today! Echoes, FBI Special Agent Vanessa Storm’s last case, is available NOW on a dozen different ebook etailers, including , Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Smashwords, Scribd and more. In 1999, the Kahuna was The Man on Oahu’s leeward side. The coolest […]
Ready for you—at last: Vanessa Storm’s last case
Echoes, the fourth Hawaiian Storm mystery now available for pre-order at a low introductory price “I am hopelessly in love with a memory. An echo from another time, another place.” — Michel Foucault In 1999, the Kahuna was The Man on Oahu’s west coast. The coolest guy at the wildest parties, with the coolest posse, […]
Cover reveal: Initiation Rites
A new edition of The Bones of the Earth is coming soon—and of course, that means a new edition of Part One, Initiation Rites, as well. A new edition demands a new cover. Today, I’m proud to reveal the new cover designed by author and designer and thoroughly nice person Samreen Ahsan. Here it is: […]