Dragons vs Unicorns
It’s dragons versus unicorns, and you probably don’t have to guess which team I’m on! Click the graphic to play!
Author: Candace Blevins
How excited are you about a new Safeword book?
Are you excited about the prospects of a new Safeword book? Want to read chapters long before the book’s published? The first ten thousand words are up on my Patreon page!
New Release!!! Of Humans and Monsters!
Book three of the Only Human urban fantasy series… When Aaron finally locates the human who wields light-weapons similar to Kirsten’s, her quiet family life is once again disrupted as she’s dragged into another fearsome clash of vampires, shapeshifters, and not-so-mythological gods. Aaron leaves for his honeymoon and she finds herself working side-by-side with the Amakhosi, so it’s a good thing the two have figured out how to get along — though controlling her libido around him was easier when he was an asshole cat. Several new species show up — some friendly and others most certainly a fierce enemy — along with a human assassin who scares the bejeebers out of her despite the fact he’s supposed to be on her side. Her old enemy Aquila’s back, as well as Xaephan and Mordecai. Add in another skirmish with Randall, more gods-of-old, and a fantastic night with a sexy biker, and you’ll want to make sure you have plenty of popcorn and batteries for the third installment of the Only Human series! NOTE: Of Humans and Monsters is book three of an urban fantasy series and is not a stand-alone. The first book is Only Human, the second is An Unhuman Journey. Release date: April 28, 2017 96,400 words Buy it at: ______________________________________________________________________ Excerpt to come!
Thirty Book Celebration and Contest!
When Of Humans and Monsters releases next week, I’ll have thirty books published at the same time! To celebrate, I’m giving away a $30 gift card to a lucky winner! Contest details are at the Kirsten O’Shea’s Universe FB page.
Release Day!! Absolute Power Exchange – Twenty Years Later
What happens to a kinky couple after twenty years of marriage, with kids in the house and two active careers? Can they keep the magic alive? Will he still own her, or will they have relaxed into something comfortable? When the rules, protocols, and constant reminders of his ownership slide away and get lost in the daily shuffle of life, can they get the magic back? Warning: Intense kink, not for the faint of heart. If you’ve read Candace Blevins’ contemporary Safeword series and enjoyed it, you’ll be fine. If you’re here because you’ve read her paranormal titles, please proceed with caution. Buy it at:
FREE RIDE — A Free Taster Anthology
15 biker bad boys 15 MC Romance authors 1 book Do you like dirty-talking, alpha bikers who’d do anything for their women? The Free Ride taster anthology features the first chapters from fifteen different MC Romance novels! Best of all, it’s free! Includes chapters from: Alana Sapphire Lila Rose Autumn Jones Lake Winter Travers Sapphire Knight Bink Cummings Geri Glenn Candace Blevins K. Renee MariaLisa deMora Aden Lowe Glenna Maynard Morgan Jane Mitchell A.J. Downey Ashley Wheels Download it at:
COVER REVEAL! Of Humans and Monsters
Book three of the Only Human urban fantasy series… When Aaron finally locates the human who wields light-weapons similar to Kirsten’s, her quiet family life is once again disrupted as she’s dragged into another fearsome clash of vampires, shapeshifters, and not-so-mythological gods. Aaron leaves for his honeymoon and she finds herself working side-by-side with the Amakhosi, so it’s a good thing the two have figured out how to get along — though controlling her libido around him was easier when he was an asshole cat. Several new species show up — some friendly and others most certainly a fierce enemy — along with a human assassin who scares the bejeebers out of her despite the fact he’s supposed to be on her side. Her old enemy Aquila’s back, as well as Xaephan and Mordecai. Add in another skirmish with Randall, more gods-of-old, and a fantastic night with a sexy biker, and you’ll want to make sure you have plenty of popcorn and batteries for the third installment of the Only Human series! NOTE: Of Humans and Monsters is book three of an urban fantasy series and is not a stand-alone. The first book is Only Human, the second is An Unhuman Journey. Release date: April 28, 2017 87,000 words Buy it at: ______________________________________________________________________ Excerpt to come!
Advice to Beginning Fiction Writers
We’ve all heard we should show and not tell, but my advice is to decide where you want to show and where you want to tell. If you feel the story’s bogging down, look to see if you can change a few paragraphs into a sentence by telling instead of showing. If, however, the section is all telling, it cold mean you’ll need to make things even longer by showing feelings and emotions. I once spent three paragraphs describing a doorknob — and the character’s feelings about opening the door — because that section had felt slow and tedious. I drew the reader back into the character’s emotions while giving more importance to what happened next, so they couldn’t wait to turn the page / open the door and experience it along with the character. Your first paragraphs should almost always open with showing. Love scenes and climactic scenes should also be full of showing and very little telling. However, if the first three chapters cover the events of the first month of college, but you want to quickly speed through the next two months, it’s fine to take a few paragraphs to tell the reader what happened during this time before you dive back into showing them what happens next. Often, it’s best to start a new chapter before speeding through a long passage of time and then slowing the story again. The important point here is how showing everything bogs your story down. Be selective in what gets told versus what gets shown, but then listen to beta readers if they tell you they wish you’d shown them how a character feels about something. The craft of writing commercial fiction takes more than a good grasp of grammar, but also a feel for how to pull your reader […]
COVER REVEAL!!! Absolute Power Exchange – Twenty Years Later
What happens to a kinky couple after twenty years of marriage, with kids in the house and two active careers? Can they keep the magic alive? Will he still own her, or will they have relaxed into something comfortable? When the rules, protocols, and constant reminders of his ownership slide away and get lost in the daily shuffle of life, can they get the magic back? Warning: Intense kink, not for the faint of heart. If you’ve read Candace Blevins’ contemporary Safeword series and enjoyed it, you’ll be fine. If you’re here because you’ve read her paranormal titles, please proceed with caution. Pre-order it at:
Uncaged is here!!!
It’s been fourteen years since Keisha’s criminal actions put their son in foster care while Darnell was out of the country on a Navy SEAL mission. His attorneys handled all communication with her during the divorce proceedings, and he hasn’t spoken with her for nearly a decade and a half. When she’s finally paroled, his wolf is insistent he makes sure she has a place to live and help getting on her feet. Wolves mate for life, but the man can’t forgive her for putting their son at risk. . . . Buy it at: