Sorry, guys, we are going to skip the next installment of the Innkeeper. Nothing is wrong, the mammogram was normal – thank you to everyone who emailed – it’s just that we are working full speed on Hugh to finish in time for our deadline and because we are in the finale, it’s very hard to switch gears at this point. We have an action-packed scene coming up for Maud, and we want to do it justice. So we will see you next week.
But we do have a consolation bribe available for you this Friday. Click here to read the first two chapters of Magic Triumphs. Please keep in mind that the chapters haven’t been through the copyedit and will contain grammatical mistakes. They will be replaced with cleaned up versions once the book has been properly edited. Also, it is a massively long excerpt, so please be patient with the page load.
Kate has come a long way from her origins as a loner taking care of paranormal problems in post-Shift Atlanta. She’s made friends and enemies. She’s found love and started a family with Curran Lennart, the former Beast Lord. But her magic is too strong for the power players of the world to let her be.
Kate and her father, Roland, currently have an uneasy truce, but when he starts testing her defenses again, she knows that sooner or later, a confrontation is inevitable. The Witch Oracle has begun seeing visions of blood, fire, and human bones. And when a mysterious box is delivered to Kate’s doorstep, a threat of war from the ancient enemy who nearly destroyed her family, she knows their time is up.
Kate Daniels sees no other choice but to combine forces with the unlikeliest of allies. She knows betrayal is inevitable. She knows she may not survive the coming battle. But she has to try.
For her child.
For Atlanta.
For the world.
Birbe accepted. 🙂
Aaarghh!!! AMAZING!!! OmG yes .. YES please!! Please write forever Authorlords.
Teach the kids.
I want this in my life. *heart*
LOL!!
Glorious!
Oh, wow! That lovely bribe more than made up for no Innkeeper installment this week. I feel like a 6-year-old waiting for Christmas. So impatient. So excited about the final Kate book. Dying to read the Hugh book. Loving Maud. Missing Dina! Getting a kick out of all the little references, like the carved figure that Wing made. So glad I found your blog, your books, and your Horde. Thanks. For everything you do, thanks.
Exactly! Couldn’t have said it better. Thank you!
Yes to all you’ve said ❤
Did anyone else feel like cheering the moment Derek showed up? …also, in a very different way, Luther. (The good folks of Biohazard…)
I just read this. At work. One could argue I needed a break – we’re short on animals of an appropriate size for me to work, with, and the ones we have aren’t interested in behaving (and it’s in their best interest to do so – minimally invasive in vivo studies are the way to go!) but, um, well, that was awesome!
…and thanks for the news on the mammogram, I was very nearly one of the people writing, but it didn’t seem fair, since I’d mostly have been begging for some good news in the face of a lot of bad. The last couple of weeks have been one finding after another that mean that my friend who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer definitely does not have stage one or two and is in a much more difficult place than originally thought. (She has excellent treatment options, and a strong local community, but it’s hard. And I’m on the other side of the country. :-p )
I have 2 first cousins each from my parents siblings – who are fighting cancer. We thought both were doing well until just recently one ended up in ICU and then flatlined. Doctors suspect this latest health crisis is related to her cancer. She just got out of the hospital but can’t fly off-island for more modernized treatment until her heart is strong enough to handle the long flight.
Because one person dies of cancer every 3 days in our island, I try to faithfully do mammogram yearly. In the past 12 years, the results letter states that I have an increase mass, they’re keeping watch on it and they believe it’s benign…. It’s always good to be safe than sorry.
Family and friends with cancer is hard. But knowing statisics like that is harder. I grieve for the deaths take care and remember that all of the BDH is behind you.
That sounds like a really hard situation. Both where I live now, and back home, have excellent medical care available – especially back home, where there’s a cancer research institute which partners with the surrounding hospitals. (One of my favorite cousins flew in from Japan, twice, to be treated there.*) And as long as part of my research has biomedical applications, this will probably be true for me. The idea of care being inaccessible like that is frightening. As Sage said, we’re behind you. Stay in touch?
My friend’s cancer is aggressive and fast moving, which is worrying… and she’s in her thirties, though a screening mammogram probably wouldn’t have helped what with how quickly this developed.
* And eventually died. But that was a complicated situation, spanning many years, and a great deal of it had to do with the treatment she received in Japan. Or didn’t, as the case happened to be.
Tylicat and Karen, I am so sorry to hear about your friend and cousins’ diagnosis. I will keep them, and you in my thoughts and prayers.
Thanks for the bribe, it is humbly accepted with great joy.
So, amazing <3
Can't wait to read the book!
Bribe accepted. Thank you!!!! A snippet would have worked.
Ssshhhh ?
Wow, that was a fabulous bribe! I hope you are planning a short break when you finish Hugh, some “me time” to relax and get the kinks out. Doing an April fool book joke this year? I’ve been rereading “Lake Silence and Burn Bright”, fabulous books and with Kate, Maud, and Hugh it will be a banner reading year. Its hard not to wish the time away so I’ll try to be patient. That said, roll on next Friday.
Thank you for this, I loved this, it made my evening . Fabulous world building in these first two chapters, my levels of anticipation for this the last book have increased exponentially. Amazon have just emailed me to say I will get release day delivery, also ebook ordered. Thank you for all your hard work and the joy you bring. Good news on the mammogram.
Yay for one-click! Amazon rocks!
Bribe accepted and devoured. Congratulations on the mammogram. Good luck with Hugh. Have yourself some nice chicken tacos at some point.
WOW! Just WOW WOW WOW! I am looking forward to August. I can wait for Maud next week. That sweet family scene can be savored longer and will make the action packed scene coming more intense.
I. Want. Luther’s. Shirt. (Will trade monies)
Ditto!!!
I just love Luther, from his constantly calling Kate “the unclean” to his shirts.
Luther is a hoot!! ?
“Behold, the Immortal One, the In-Shinar, the Blood Blade of Atlanta.”
I peed myself laughing! That’s supposed to be an expression damnit! Oh hell, I can’t remember when last I laughed so hard! Thanks for the bribe, can’t wait for the book!
I had exactly the same reaction picturing Kate standing there, “beheld” by the new recruits while this lovely introduction came out.
Loved both chapters and can’t wait for the book.
By the way, has it been 7 years since book 2 or not yet? – I’d love to see another flare!
Thank you for the updates and bribe. Good Luck with Hugh’s book.
Thank you! Much appreciated.
That was amazing.
OMG. I can’t wait for the book to come out! Bribe accepted such a lovely Bribe too.
All this greatness in the first two chapters!? ?I don’t know if my heart can take the whole book
Good bribe.
I am completely confused by Erra. I must have missed something somewhere; the last I remember of her is Kate’s father telling Kate that Erra had committed suicide by Kate, which Kate had a hard time accepting. Have I missed a book somewhere?
Yes, the last one.
Yes, you must’ve missed Magic Binds, book #9…. I just re-read it again; it’s one of my favorites, Erra is hilarious.
I thought Erra was hilarious also!! Would really enjoy more of her. ?
Wow. That is an excellent bribe. Thank you! Have to admit to whining like a puppy when I saw “delayed,” but I totally get needing to focus on one thing for a while. Glad all’s well with the mammogram!
I felt sad when I read the end of the chapter. I never thought that Ascanio would have felt like that. But it does make sense once I think about it.
Sadness here too. He and Derek were such a great team. its not like he disappears but…
Yeah, I agree. It is sad that he is leaving. He needs to talk to Kate directly. I wonder if Deric knows?
Thank you both for the great bribe! Not necessary but wonderful!
This is not a bribe, this is torture! I start stalking the site for the innkeeper 12 hours before it is due to find out more about Maud. NOW I also have to start stalking Amazon for the last Kate book!!! It is like seeing the most amazing pair of shoes, trying them on, loving them, but having to put them on layby because you can’t afford them yet!
Aaarrrggghhhhh
(But thank you and please don’t stop the amazing stories coming!)
Hahahaha yes that is exactly how I feel!! I also really excited for Hugh’s book as well!!!
Thank you!
That’s a wonderful bribe indeed. ^^
Enjoyable, but also quite heavy at the beginning and end, the Casino scene offered a good splash of humour and some relaxation in the midst of that.
My first reaction was to mourn this gloomy and rainy Friday and throw a mighty hissy fit but I was thoroughly satisfied with the bribe. You know us too well.
Thank you. Just thank you for giving us this world of wonder
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! I think I’ll have to start re-reading the series one more time (right after I finish re-reading Outlander).
Thanks so much! Loved it and can’t wait for the book to be released.
Best. Bribe. Ever.
OMG. OMG. OMG. You have the best bribes! This is the best combo of pain (having to wait), and glory (reading some of it now.)
Thank you so much.
ThNk you! Can’t wait ?
Thank for a great bribe. I wish it was the end of a year already and we could read the book now.
I appreciate the growth that characters have been allowed in these first two chapters. It is the small moments of living and growing that elevate this story. It is the human side much more than the urban fantasy that keeps me coming back to read more.
Thank you for the excerpt and good luck getting to your finish line with Hugh’s book.
What a fabulous bribe. Waiting for August will be tough, but worthwhile. Congrats on the mammogram results.
You are experts in bribery! Amazing – anxiously awaiting until release date. Thank you
sequels are supposed to decrease in everything positive as they multiply – you’ve beat the odds by a HUGE margin
I wish I had a pinch of your imagination and talent
thank you for your wonderful work, & keep up the clear mammos
No bribes necessary but thank you anyway.
Amazing start to the final chapter. Really looking forward to Magic Triumphs.
This book is going to be so fabulous!
The bribe was great. You got so much into the prologue and the first two chapters and made it look easy.
Thank you for letting us visit Kate & Co. I am personally guessing Conlan will shift when he’s good and ready and not before.
OBTW – Just because Ascanio isn’t working for Kate, it doesn’t mean we won’t see him anyway…
I’m grinning ear to ear. It is so good. What a fabulous bribe! And really like that you started with the birth of Conlan. Thank you.
? wow, just wow!
Many many thanks for this ?
I died of laughter at the transfer phone call snafu it was priceless xD
Ditto!
Awesome bribe. Thank you!
Thank you so much! Wonderful chapters! Much appreciated!
Just finished rereading the Kate series. So this was very timely. Thank you.
Wow, thanks for the consolation, although it wasn’t necessary. You spoil us fans as it is. I’m gonna save this until a time when I’m not surrounded by people who want my attention. So exciting to get these chapters. Thanks!
Baby B…squeeee! Made my Friday. Please tell us we can look foward to the short story of Julie and Curran’s excellent adventure? Or the long story? I can only Hope. Thank you.
Thank you thank you!!! I can’t wait to read the whole thing! Someday, after a long vacation, it’d be wonderful if you guys could write a novella or Curran POV of pregnant Kate. Given the birth scene, I bet she was amazing. 🙂
I humbly bow to your amazing talent. Thank you for the lovely bribe. So glad you’re well.
Fell in love with the wonder boy again with that last scene with the tacos.
“what else would I need?”
DEREK <3
Agreed! Yay!
Oh my god! Yes!
Never fell out of love with him but I need his HEA!!!!!