Halloween is almost upon us, and we're starting the celebrations early with a treat for the Book Devouring Horde! One lucky US reader will win a hardcover copy of This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me, customised with gorgeous illustrated sprayed edges by Heirloom Books, together with a set of Maggie
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Trauma Soap
From the Horde Speaks Comment section: "I love the crochet and yarn snippets. Maybe soap making too!" "Since you’ve gotten at least some people started on soap making, do you have a favorite recipe/scent/technique for pouring?" The last few days didn't go as planned. My family taught me to
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The Great Chibi Hunt
Today, House Andrews have a tiny mission for you. Literally tiny. Cute, miniature mission with an oversized head, big eyes, and a tiny, stubby body. We need your help finding an artist! Ilona has been working on concepts for some character stickers, and is now looking for an illustrator who
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The Horde Has the Floor
Happy Tuesday and spooky season, everyone!Ilona and I started to plan the rest of the blog year yesterday, and I am happy to announce we have a lot of treats (and perhaps a few tricks!) in store for you. There will be giveaways, surprises, snippets, author interviews, spoilers and assorted bits of
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Beast Business: Audio Preorder
Beast Business is available for preorder on Audible and Amazon. The publishing date is December 08, 2026. This audiobook will be exclusive to Audible and Amazon for several weeks, after which it will go into wide distribution. Why are you doing it this way? Audible implemented a new royalty
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Lazy Friday
I am on strike today. I'm not doing nothing. (Double negative, take that English grammar.) Fair warning: below is a personal post rambling about my fish tanks. No book information whatsoever. Last Christmas Kid 2 gifted me a 10 gallon fish tank. It's been 30 years since I had one, so I was a bit
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Cameos, Covers, and Questions
Look who showed up in episode 52 of Dungeon Crawler Carl webcomic. Hehehe. We are returning the favor in Maggie#2. Meanwhile, Ada has made it to Germany. The German translation will be coming in paperback in February 2027. Gorgeous cover, right? Questions Where is Mod R? Has
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An Errand on the Mountain
“I don’t see why I have to come, Mother…” Katorna vi Sumnir took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. Sensing her mood, Rage stomped up the mountain trail, driving her hoofs into the ground with extra force. Windrush noticed the older war mare’s warning and widened the distance slightly.
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Australian BDH: Opinions needed
G'day! ARRA, Australian Romance Reader Association, is bringing us for a visit down under this March. Here are the dates: . Sat 13 March 2027 ~ Melbourne. Sun 14 March 2027 ~ Canberra. Sat 20 March 2027 ~ Sydney. Sun 21 March 2027 ~ Brisbane ARRA says: Mark your calendar to save the date!
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Favorite Podcasts
Yesterday I vented on Facebook a little bit. Turns out I'm not the only one who gets this annoying restlessness after a major project. Thank you to everyone who commented and assured me that I wasn't alone. One common advice seems to be distraction - TV, books, knitting, gaming, etc. Last
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Fall Tree
BDH: Ilona, what is this? Ilona: What? BDH: This thing over here. Ilona: That's a fall tree. BDH: Do what now? Ilona: Okay, you know how we put up Christmas trees? That's a fall tree. You put it up, decorate it, and then fall happens. BDH: It's plastic! You hate plastic. You
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The Vellum Orders Are Complete
Done. OMG. Finally done. The last of it is packed, and we are about to drop it off. Thank you to everyone for your patience. If that's your order number, please check your inbox. We've resent the invoice. If you no longer want that item, please let us know and we will ship your order as is.
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