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Bound by Fire and Lies and the world of the Hidden started very simply, as most story ideas do. I saw this sexy guy with an elaborate Dragon tattoo down his back.  I thought, “What if the tattoo changed his very cellular structure, turning him into a full-fledged Dragon?” I usually get a character in some situation that begs me to open the writer’s “What if?” box. And this man/dragon was the most intriguing character yet. I had a lot of questions, as you can imagine. Who are you? Why are you? And will you play with me? This is the really fun part of writing for me, exploring all the possibilities. I got tantalizing bits and pieces. I knew he was commanding, controlling, and a warrior. And his name was Cyntag. Cyn for short. Then the heroine made an appearance, and she in no way seemed to fit with him. She was, in the early version, a suffer-no-fools server in a rough bar. And very human. I knew her name was Ruby. (I love when their names come easily like that. Normally I have to troll through lists to find just the right one.) The television show, American Restoration, inspired a new profession for Ruby, who was desperately holding onto the resto yard she inherited from her mother. I knew Ruby was raised by her uncle after being orphaned, and he’d created a book about a fairytale world just for her. But I was still stumped by how these completely different people fit together. Until I got the scene where Ruby finds her uncle pinned to the wall by a supernatural weapon, and the name he utters on his dying breath: Cyntag. Ah, that’s how they’re connected. *Hands rubbing together in anticipation.* Then the scene where she confronts him rolled through my mind like a movie. Hot-headed, passionate Ruby and the cool, mysterious Cyn, who reveals that he is part of a Hidden world of Dragons, magick, Elementals, and danger. And so is she. Suddenly, her uncle’s fairytale world, with Dragon princes and evil sorcerers, becomes dangerously… real. As does the chemistry that sparks between Ruby and Cyn. I loved creating the Hidden, which exists alongside modern-day Miami. Talk about opening the “What if?” box! I found lots of goodies inside: descendents of gods and fallen angels, demons, politics, dissension, and all of the delicious complications that come from having magical humans and other beings trapped within one geographic area. And a ton of questions that needed to be answered. It was quite the undertaking, but all of it a fun challenge. We all have an imagination. Mine has always contained murder, mayhem, romance, and magic. Feel free to wander through the madness of my mind anytime via one of my books.
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It’s always a magical thing to read one of your own books years after you wrote it, without the multiple edits, deadlines or expectations. It’s like visiting family and friends I haven’t seen for years and discovering they’re just as awesome as they were when I knew them last.
As humans who hold the essence of ancient gods, Crescents walk the knife's edge between the mundane and the Hidden, a world of dark magick, deadly power, and hot passion.
In Bound by Fire and Magic, Kirin is summoned home to Miami by his twin sister when his father goes missing—the man who ruined his life and his romantic relationship with Elle by being a suspect in her mother's disappearance. When Kirin runs into Elle, sparks fly, especially when he discovers her father is missing, too. Suspecting that their disappearances are linked, they must combine his Dragon power and her magick to find the truth in the darkest shadows. But as their desires flare again, can their fiery passion overcome their past—and the danger that the future holds?
Kirin's twin sister’s story is Bound by Ice and Fire. The novellas dovetail, with their plots and relationships completed…but hint at the larger problem to be tackled by Ruby and Cyn in Bound by Fire and Lies, coming out in March 2026.
After her father falls victim to a serial kidnapper, cunning Dragon shifter Lyra Slade is determined to rescue him. When she discovers a clue to his disappearance that leads her to a sexy but aloof stranger, she knows she shouldn’t trust him to help her, but she’s run out of options.
Archer Grant, the descendant of fallen angels, is reluctant to aid the beautiful dragon because her evidence implicates his own brother. When his brother also goes missing, Archer must work with Lyra to uncover the truth. Even as a supernatural desire grows between the angel and the dragon, they are hunted by an evil force. Faced with the deadliest of dark magick, can even love save them?
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