Listen to a snippet | Elevator Pitch

November 21, 2020 ~ Ofelia Gränd ~ Leave a comment

Elevator Pitch Listen Yesterday, Angel Martinez read a snippet from Elevator Pitch for her Friday Reading Day post.

She does this really cool thing where she reads a snippet from LGBT books, and yesterday she read from Elevator Pitch.

My experience is that how I feel about my books, doesn’t always (nearly never) match the readers’ reactions to it.

Elevator Pitch is one of my favourites! I loved writing it, the characters are very dear to me, and simply seeing it makes me smile. Readers? Hardly anyone has read it. I don’t know why. It might be the blurb, might be the cover, might be they simply don’t want to read about bats and bears trapped in an elevator.

But, here’s your chance to listen to an excerpt!

I think Angel does an awesome job reading it! It was so much fun to hear someone else read what I’d written. So much better than when I read it LOL

elevator pitch Bjorn Ritter only wants one thing—to live his life away from nosey, demanding bears. That’s easier said than done when you’re the son of the female running the Bayside Bear Community. Cecil Baxter might be a bat, but he grew up away from shifter communities and he’s doing his best to continue to keep his distance. Shifters aren’t an accepting bunch and Cecil has never fit the norm.

Already facing a dreaded meeting with his mother, the last thing Bjorn needs is a stranger using his elevator to escape a pack of werewolves. And Cecil, whose day just seems to be getting worse and worse, could really do without the added stress of finding himself trapped in an elevator with a huge bear shifter.

Still, what could go wrong in three minutes?

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New Addiction by April Kelley

November 17, 2020November 16, 2020 ~ Ofelia Gränd ~ Leave a comment

I was in the mood for some growly bears – I know, but sometimes I want bear shifters. Don’t judge! I was searching on Amazon, and while I sometimes want growly bears, I tend to avoid dragons. Don’t ask me why, if I can buy a guy turning into a bear, wolf, panther or whatever, I should be fine with one turning into a dragon, but eh…

After some contemplating, I decided to give New Addiction (Wingspan 1) by April Kelley a try. It’s dragons, yes, but there is a bear, too. A growly, grumpy, pig-headed bear.

I’m glad I read this, it wasn’t exactly what I was after, but it held my attention. I was a bit annoyed by the characters’ inability to compromise, but they’re dragons and bears – what do you expect?

Caerwyn, our dragon, has a lot of family problems to deal with. Rory, our bear, is afraid to lose his freedom. There is some friction between them, but as the problems around them escalate, they learn to work together.

There are some loose ends, a vampire problem that isn’t solved among other things, but it’s the first in a series, so I guess answers will come later on.

If you’re into dragons, give it a go!

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New Addiction The first time Caerwyn meets his mate, it ends with rejection, growling, and bear shifters…oh, my!

After his parents die in a tragic car accident, dragon shifter Caerwyn Lewis doesn’t know how to grieve properly, not that he really has time. He has siblings that are relying on him to pay off the debt their parents incurred on the farm. Also, he has a brother who isn’t taking their parents’ death well. The last thing he needs is a distraction, but that’s what he gets when his Alpha calls him in to help another neighboring shifter town. The distraction comes in the form of a handsome but grumpy bear shifter named Rory.

The Pooka’s Share

November 4, 2020November 1, 2020 ~ Ofelia Gränd ~ 3 Comments

I’m a bit late, the pooka’s share should be left out on November first…

I’ve read The Pooka’s Share by K.L. Noone. A little while ago, I got my author paperback copies of Legendary Loves Volume 1 from JMS Books.

The stories are K.L. Noone’s The Pooka’s Share, my Pine Tree Mary, and Pelaam’s Metamorphosis, which I haven’t read yet.

I sneaked away to the sauna in the basement, and since I can’t read on my phone in the humid heat, I normally read an old paperback while I’m down there. Now, I don’t need to read an old one!

So The Pooka’s Share is a tale about a fae-horse shifter who’s stealing apples, and Adrian who is half banshee and half magician. I don’t read a lot of fae tales, so I don’t really know what a banshee is supposed to be able to do (foretell death?), but Adrian can control things with his voice.

Adrian is overworked, tired, and injured. The pooka stealing apples should be a quick case to crack, but things don’t always go as planned.

The writing is poetic, and the autumn is right there in the chilly air and the moonlight-bathed orchard. I liked Ink, the pooka, but Adrian stole my heart – swoon-worthy.

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The Pooka's Share Faerie horses should at least show up on time. That’s Aidan’s opinion, anyway. He’s been waiting for the pooka all night, to catch it stealing apples from human orchards. This Magical Enforcement Division assignment’s supposed to be easy — and Aidan could use the break, after a previous case gone badly wrong. But when the apple-thief pooka does show up, it takes the shape of a gorgeous young man … who doesn’t seem to mind being captured at Aidan’s hands.

Ink left his herd to seek out adventure, and he’s found it in the form of a devastatingly handsome MED agent. He’s always been up for a challenge, and Aidan Callahan is certainly that: gorgeous, powerful, and good at his job. Ink’s perfectly happy to let Aidan put a hand — or an enchanted bridle — on him, especially with that note of command. It’ll be simple and fun, a decadent magical one night stand … and Ink knows they’ll both enjoy it.

But this night isn’t simple. Ritual magic and Aidan’s own complicated gifts collide, and the family legacy he’s been avoiding becomes important, though Aidan’s starting to think it isn’t as important as keeping Ink in his arms.