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So my hope is to have book two out by April. This is about seven months apart in publication and I think it's very manageable since I already have a fair portion of book two written. My hope is to go for a long hall with these stories. I want to take these characters to book four and five and then perhaps do a prequel about the mothers or the originals of Rhine all together. Perhaps I will do both, we will just have to see. The response so far has been very positive and I am so pleased. Sales are slow but I gave away a lot of copies during the free promo, and I intend to expand to nook as soon as my exclusive contract with Kindle is up in December.
I was married last Saturday on October 27th and we spent the following week Honeymooning in Puerto Rico. The landscape and older buildings, along with the size of the island itself helped inspire descriptions for book two.

While there we visited a fort in Old San Juan that has inspired my descriptions of the old Prison Lamia. We will see this place on an even smaller Island off the coast when two of the characters decide to go exploring. I'm excited for this scene. It's been one of my favorites to write so far. I included some pictures of the fort we visited. I do this hesitantly, because I work hard to make sure I do not overly describe things to people. I hope to give enough description to allow people to see what I am talking about, but enough room to fill in the rest of the details themselves. It's the same reason I worked so hard to get a cover shot of Ash where you couldn't really see her face. I hoped people would be able to imagine her for themselves.

Sneak Peek at Book 2- Chapter 1!

“You selfish bitch!” I screamed into the floor. “How could you do that?”

“What are you talking about?” Kai demanded, still rubbing her neck.

“Those girls, all of them, are dead! Did you even try to help them?”

Ash released me, standing. Kai was speechless, looking as though the thought hadn’t even occurred to her.

“Their lives were not my concern.” she protested.

“Bullshit!” I jammed my finger in her face, “They were the same as you! Innocent young women! They were more than just slaves! Their only crime was the ‘inhuman’ blood running through their veins!”

“I did what I had to!”

“With no mind to save others! They were all chained up as they went down. You couldn’t even give them the keys before you blew the damn ship skyward?!” I lunged again, but Julian came through the back door.

“What’s going on in here?” he demanded, locking his arms around my waist to hold me back.

Ash didn’t even move. Instead she just stood staring at Kai with a venomous glare.

Honestly it was a sad struggle. Julian and I were not trained. We scrapped and twisted until Gerald burst in to find us all. Kai and Ash still watched in silence while I pulled and clawed.

“What the hell?” Gerald yanked us apart, looking me over protectively.

 “Kai blew up that boat.” I shouted.

“And?”

“And she didn’t even think to help the others.” Ash spat darkly. I looked over, calming. The vicious side of her was just below the surface.

“What do you care? How many men have you killed? You’re a Siren like the rest of us! No doubt you’ve been exposed to the same life!” Kai hissed.

“I never condemned the innocent!” Ash growled.

“Why, because you couldn’t fuck them first?”

Ash flew at her. Suddenly the two most experienced fighters in Rhine were locked in battle, and all hell broke loose.

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Published one week already.

I can't believe that I've been published a week and already have over 600 books ordered and almost forty people who have marked my book on Goodreads. My friends and family have been amazing, but I am so pleased with the number of people who don't know me and have started to take an interest. I'm actually in the process of creating a themed store for the series, and a soundtrack. I have a composer who is amazing and we are in negotiations! There will also be lots of bonus pictures and hopefully some games and videos coming out. Thank you to everyone who has been following and reading. You all are amazing! I'm still working out the bugs with formatting and smoothing out all the editing details of the story, but I am super proud of my first book!

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Chapter Three Sneak Peek

Kai

The guard in the back of the truck kept his eyes trained on me. I looked at him seductively through my thick lashes. My deep violet eyes dilated in anticipation of the kill. I pouted my full lips suggestively, though they were cracked and dry, raising an eyebrow. My tongue was parched and I longed for the water he had next to him.

Come on. Undo the chains.

If I could just get him to come a little closer it would be the last thing he’d ever do. Even the thought of that animal touching me made my stomach churn. It was the one thing I had never become immune to. I oozed sex appeal, even without my Siren pull. We were the creatures desired throughout the ages. Foolish humans didn’t even realize it, living in their own little world. Cocking a hip with a smirk I locked eyes with the man and watched his gaze gloss over.

Pig

I was the strongest creature here, but also the most desired. I’d been subjected to things most men never even considered. I detested them all.

He stood, walking toward me slowly, as though teasing me. The others on the floor looked at me in disgust. I paid them no mind, they were weak and useless. Some of them could probably use elements to defend themselves. They were more interested in being rescued.

Setting down his gun, he walked over to me and hooked his arms around me. Squeezing my ass with one hand, he ran his other thumb over my hip bone. Despite his orders, my Siren pull erased his inhibition.

“You look lonely.” He whispered, leaning in and smiling arrogantly.

 “Maybe you can do something about that.”

His glassy gaze flickered down my form. He reached up, jerking my head back by my hair. I giggled playfully, feeling my skin crawl from the contact.

He was the only guard back here. It was rather stupid, leaving the human alone. The other two were up front, with only a curtain dividing us. I’d need to be quiet. Slowly the guard ran a hand up to the hook above my head and let my hands down. A long chain still ran between both wrists, but there was enough slack to work with.

Quick as lightening I snapped his neck before he could even cry out. 

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Welcome, and Chapter One Sneak Peek

Welcome to my Authors Blog! I am 23 years old and I live in Richmond Virginia. The Sirens of Rhine is my first original series. The first installment entitled The Innocent and the Condemned will be coming out this month and this is the only place to see the first official sneak peek, along with extra photos and updates about the stories. Please enjoy this first look at Chapter One!

Lily

The feathers on my neck stood when I felt the cool metal pressed against the small of my back. I’d never been held at gun point. I suppose it wasn’t how I thought it would be, though I’d never considered it too closely. The man behind me swept my molten bronze-colored hair aside to look at the hidden bronze- tinted feathers that had reacted to his presence. He breathed one word.

“Siren”

I’d always known I wasn’t human. Even my eyelashes hid fine feathers, making them impossibly thick. They were well blended, but a closer look would reveal their secrets. My deep brown eyes affected everyone, although some reacted stronger than others. Their gaze glossed over in my presence, a telltale sign that something bad was going to happen.

He knew what I was. It's funny; I was more concerned about that than the weapon I was being held with. My olive toned skin prickled over with fear. The big brute twisted my arm behind me and pushed me forward.

“Walk.” he grunted.

I hated myself when tears blurred my vision. “Where are you taking me?”

He jerked on my arm, sending a jolt of pain up my shoulder. “Quiet.”

I can’t help but laugh, there I was being kidnapped and all I could think was that the muffins were burning. Perhaps I was going into shock. I’d started that job a few weeks before. When my boss promoted me to head pastry chef I had been so excited. Except for the hours, it was exactly what I wanted to do. I was not a morning person, so waking at four am in order to arrive there and bake before we opened had been a big adjustment. I preferred to be alone. Hiding in the back kitchen suited me just fine.

Well, that’s not entirely true. I liked being around people. It’s just that they didn’t normally like being around me. Strangers didn’t bother me, but anyone who knew me whispered too much.

 I was attractive. Unrealistically so. I put movie stars to shame on a good day. The men around here tended to respond… dramatically to me. Needless to say, the women hated me for it. All men found me appealing but there were some who became almost hypnotized in my company. Something inside them felt… wrong. Being attractive had never been a positive thing.

 “Please,” I tried to beg, “Please, don’t do this.”

I cried out when the butt of the gun was slammed into my shoulder.

“Shut up!”

There was no helping the betraying whimper that slipped out. Suddenly I was tossed to the ground when the man fell on top of me with a grunt and a loud bang. The gun slid from his hand and I took the opportunity to scurry away with a yelp. Curling up against the wall I turned to watch what was happening.

Christian held a baseball bat over his head and brought it down on my attacker. I screamed, covering my eyes. Why didn’t I grab the gun? My cell phone sat in my pocket and yet I stayed frozen in the corner, letting him take on the man single handedly. Christian was also a large man, standing tall at six two with powerfully broad shoulders. His light blonde hair was cut short above his chiseled features. He looked older than twenty four.

“Lily?” his deep voice amplified my name in the empty bake shop. I looked up at him with tears in my eyes. “Is he the only one?”

I nodded, pressing my hand to my forehead. He walked over and pulled me to my feet. As the son of Charles Standford, the richest man in Rhine, few dared to challenge him on anything, especially when it came to me. He was known for his temper and violent behavior.

Looking me over with his crystal blue eyes, they settled on my face. To anyone watching he probably seemed tender and concerned. I almost wanted him to wrap me in his arms and tell me it was okay, until his eyes glossed over and his hand clamped down on my wrists.

“What did he want? Where was he taking you?” his voice was harsh as he fired off questions.

I tried to stammer a reply, “I- I don’t know!”

The back of his hand came across my cheek so swiftly that I was sent flying to the ground again. The rusty, iron-like taste of blood pooled in my mouth as I looked up at him weakly. “No one touches you but me.”

I had no idea how many times I had heard that over the years. In his mind I belonged to him. Walking over to the window he pulled out his cell and called the police. I waited in silence for them to arrive, watching him pace around the room like a wild animal. He had just saved me from horrors I couldn't even have fathomed at that point in my life. That man would have dragged me off to a world of nightmares, but all I could think was… why didn’t I feel any safer?