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See my fantasy historical romance, The King's Daughter - The Chronicles of Alcinia, Book I, and many others.
A book about a ruler, releasing on the Ides of March...
Sergius Magistri never meant to be a ruler. Grandson of history's most famous general and named for him, Sergius is a warrior without equal. It has been easy for him to be a hero when he was expected to be.
When he finds himself fighting for the freedom of his grandfather's country and the heart of a woman, he must be a hero because he is.
The Seat of his grandfather's empire stands empty, waiting for a ruler. He has saved two women, one little more than a concubine, the other a starving artist. All he has to do to have all of them is to renounce everything he has ever known.
Book VI of The Chronicles of Alcinia, Emperator can be read as a stand alone here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09TVC85X1
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Or enjoy the entire series:
That is the question.
Lately, I have found myself reading a number of series. These are romance works for the most part, but a good number of fantasy series are calling my name, too. Author pages, series pages and ads let us know these works are available. With so many gorgeous covers and great review stats, they are very tempting. A free initial book or bargain price for the whole shebang is attractive and my Kindle is getting very full.
What, then, of the books I write? Like every author, I hear the voices of my own characters. Some are more insistent than others. Sometimes, I know instinctively that a book is an "only." Other little demons hang on with a tenacity that makes a piranha look unmotivated and that is when I get a series, whether I want one or not. They are like the barbarians coming over the walls of Rome and I am sacked and burned before they're finished with me.
The question then is...how much significance does this hold for readers? Are they going to hear those voices the same way I do?
What say you, readers? Do you love it when authors soldier on? Does your interest sag somewhere in the middle like a loaf of bread that doesn't rise? Do you feel compelled to begin at the beginning and blaze your way through? Are you disappointed if the next book isn't available right away or do you enjoy the waiting for the next one?
And what about you, authors? Do you love spinning the continued adventures of your favorite characters, or do you have a compelling need to get one of your next eighty ideas for a manuscript on paper as quickly as possible before the affliction strikes?
Please feel free to leave your thoughts!
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I always like to mention this inexpensive 90-minute read for Christmas. On the planet Megasta, colonists live in an uneasy peace with native tribes until the advent of Terran fever threatens their tenuous coexistence. Can the efforts of a medical technician from Old Earth and her love for a Megasti man avert bloodshed between their people? Only .99, a 5-star review book: https://www.amazon.com/Peace-New-Earth-Miriam-Newman-ebook/dp/B00AEGID2M
It's another Goddess Fish blog tour and giveaway. Join the first stop for my historical fantasy romance, The Winter Princess, and see snippets of all four books in my series, The Chronicles of Alcinia. In Book IV, Princess Sereen of Armatica is given to an enemy king as part of a peace treaty. Envisioned as a peacemaker between warring kingdoms, she is soon caught up in palace intrigue and the ambitions of sorceresses known as the Mothers of Fire. Balanced on the knife's edge of political and marital strife in her new kingdom, she longs only for a summer of the heart.
