Monday, October 01, 2018

October is Spelled...

That's right. October is a whole beautiful, balmy, tree-leaf changing, chilly nights, pumpkin lattes, and Halloween. And, of course, Halloween is for Witches.

So, I always dedicate October as Halloween is for Witches Month. We'll start off here by just giving you the books to buy or grab for free this month. I'll have sprinklings of free ebook days on Amazon. All the books are available free all the time under the Kindle Unlimited (KU) and Kindle Owners Lending Library (KOLL) programs. If you've got them, you know how it works.


The Witches of Galdorheim had a baby book this year. The fifth and final book in the series is dedicated to everybody's favorite half-vamp, half-warlock boy, Rune. If you've followed the Galdorheim series, you'll know that Rune's father was a just-turned vampire (previously a warlock), who was enamored of Ardyth, the mom to both main characters, Katrina and Rune. A lot of ladies of a certain age (I'm looking at you Kymberlyn) really liked the smart-aleck kid brother who pulled Kat's butt out of the fire more than once. This final book (it's really a novelette, but who's counting the 22,000 words?) is "Blood Ties Tested." I'm going to start off the Halloween is for Witches month by making Spellslinger, the prequel story free for the week of October 2nd-6th.

Here's a bit about the entire series. I hope you enjoy the Witches of Galdorheim series.

SPELLSLINGER (Prequel Short Story) - Free October 2nd-6th
What does a teenage half-warlock, half-vampire do to have fun? Why build an old west town on a glacier in the Arctic. There he can play at being the good guy sheriff up against mean old Black Bart.

That things will go horribly wrong is a given. But how does Rune get into and out of the predicament? This prequel story to the Witches of Galdorheim series gives the reader a chance to get to know the smart-aleck kid, Rune, before he got his magic down pat.

BAD SPELLING (Book 1) - Free October 8th-12th
A klutzy witch, a shaman's curse, a quest to save her family. Can Kat find her magic in time?

All of Kat’s family are either witches or warlocks, depending on their sex, of course. Kat is fourteen and really ought to be able to turn a rabbit into a toad, but things just don’t work out for her. What she gets  is a slimy green hopper. That’s the good part. Unfortunately, it also has long ears and fur. That’s bad spelling.

MIDNIGHT OIL (Book 2) - Free October 14th-18th
Shipwrecked on a legendary island, how can a witch rescue her boyfriend if she can’t even phone home?

Kat discovers that an evil forest spirit has kidnapped her brand-new boyfriend. She sets out with her brother, Rune, from her Arctic island home on a mission to rescue the boy. Things go wrong from the start. Kat is thrown overboard during a violent storm, while her brother and his girlfriend are capant island tribe. The mutants hold the girlfriend hostage, demanding that the teens recover the only thing that can make the mutants human again–the magical Midnight Oil.

Mustering every bit of her Wiccan magic, Kat rises to the challenge. She invokes her magical skills, learns to fly an ultralight, meets a legendary sea serpent, rescues her boyfriend, and helps a friendly air spirit win the battle against her spiteful sibling. On top of it all, she’s able to recover the Midnight Oil and help the hapless mutants in the nick of time.

SCOTCH BROOM (Book 3): Free October 20th-24th
A magical trip to Stonehenge lands a witch in the Otherworld where an ancient goddess is up to no good.

Kat expects to have a great time on her graduation trip to Stonehenge. However, from the moment she leaves the witches’ arctic island, Galdorheim, she gets in nothing but trouble. Her younger half-brother tries to horn in on her trip, she gets lost in the magical Otherworld realm, is led astray by a supposed friend, then she has to confront a Scottish goddess who’s fallen on hard times.

While dodging the goddess’s minions and trying to find her way out of the Otherworld, Kat soon learns she shouldn’t underestimate the old has-been for one second; the crone still has a few tricks that can drain a witch’s magic in a flash. To make matters worse, Kat's brother secretly followed her into the Otherworld. Now he’s in danger, too. Kat has to go one on one with the goddess to save herself and her brother.

BLOOD TIES TESTED (Sequel Novelette) - Free October 27th-31st
Unfortunate events lead a half vampire boy into indulging his vampire side, leaving him with regret and sadness. Can dear old Dad help him forgive himself?

Following the events in the series Witches of Galdorheim, this additional tale relates what happens to Katrina the Witch's younger brother, Rune. Half vampire and half warlock, he faces life with a wisecrack and some powerful magic. Whatever happens, he does not want to be a vampire like his father. Unfortunate events lead him to fatally call on his vampire half. This failure leaves him in anguish. How can he assuage the guilt he feels? His mother thinks he needs to visit dead old dad, a vampire residing in the Tatras Mountains of Slovakia.

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