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In a dark world where magic is illegal, and elves are enslaved a young elven sorceress runs for her life from the house of her evil Keeper. Pursued by his men and the corrupt Order of Witch-Hunters she must find sanctuary. As the slavers roll across the lands stealing elves from what remains of their ancestral home the Witch-Hunters turn a blind eye to the tragedy and a story of power, love and a terrible revenge unfolds.

18 rated (for adult content).

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There are soooo many folks on the KDP forum who embark on what they think is a get rich quick scheme and are sorely disappointed. They do little to no actual research, or decide that Tiktok Tom or You-Tube Eunice must know all there is to know.

Nope. Sorry. It’s not a get rich quick scheme, it’s not a passive income.

Here’s some advice to would be publishers�.

1 � MAKE SURE YOUR BOOK IS READY to be published � again, this is a business. You wouldn’t go into any other business with little to no knowledge. Customers expect a decent product, which has been properly formatted and (preferably professionally) edited. At the very least get the book beta read and proofread. Would you buy a book full of typos, plot holes, badly formatted etc? Thought not.

Every book has something that needs attention. But, in part, that’s a matter of opinion. However the basic stuff � decent editing, decent formatting etc will often be the difference between someone buying and enjoying your book and them not, getting a refund and leaving a snarky review.

If English isn’t your first language then write in your mother tongue. Or hire a good translator. Do not use Google translate�. Do not use AI. It will show.

Formatting is not that hard to learn (heck I learned it). And there are plenty of vids on use of headers and styles in MSword. Or there’s Kindle Create.

If you can’t afford an editor at the minimum run it through Grammarly, Word’s editor and then get at least one other person with a good grasp of the language to read it through. You won’t spot your own mistakes.

2 � READ THE KDP FORUM � read the forum posts from the established members. (particularly the Know your payments/reports etc) and the countless posts from people who didn’t follow the rules. There are some snarky people there (I include myself in this) who give what might be seen as…abrupt or rather sarcastic answers, but mostly this is due to people not bothering to do any research, or read any of the guidance and then making mistakes that could be avoided. KDP is unforgiving. It’s not a training ground. If you break the rules, inadvertently or otherwise then it’s likely your book will be blocked, and possibly your account terminated. That said, forewarned is forearmed � read the forum � see what other people have done wrong, and then avoid it.

There are many successful author/publishers there who do follow the rules, do know what they are doing and will give advice. Although it might not be the advice you want to hear�

3- SUCCESS IS RELATIVE � don’t compare yourself to other authors. People write and publish for many reasons. Some books sell, some don’t. Most don’t. If you write to make a living at it you need to be very good, very lucky and very persistent. But many people write because they enjoy it, they have a story to tell, they like to be creative. One person may view getting a book published and a few dozen copies sold as success, the next person won’t. They are both correct.

4- REVIEWS � bad reviews happen. Deal with it. Unless the review is defamatory, inciteful etc it’s unlikely to be removed because Jonny or Jane didn’t like your book. Reviews are for other customers, not to boost your ego. Your friends, family and other people can’t review your book. You can’t review your book. Read the review guidelines. Not everyone will leave a review or a rating. Reviews don’t sell books. A good product and good marketing and good luck and hard work sells books. Sometimes.

5- LEARN NEW SKILLS, Self-publishing is not just about writing. If you can’t afford to hire someone to format or edit your book, or produce a nice cover, or market it, then expect to learn how to do some or all of these. Any business requires you to have certain skills to succeed. There are countless people on the KDP forum who start on the journey with nothing, and expect it to be an instant money giver. No. You may have the most awesome idea for a book, sure, go write it, but there’s a great deal more than that in publishing.

6- It’s SELF-PUBLISHING � i.e. you do what you need to do yourself � (see point 5). Age is not a barrier to learning new things. KDP will allow you to upload your manuscript and publish on their site, and give you effectively a store front, but they will not edit, market, or format your book. They will expect certain criteria to be met, they expect rules to be followed. If anyone purporting to be KDP offers to ‘upload� your book for you, run for the hills. They are NOT kdp.

7- AUTHOR NAME MUST BE A HUMAN NAME � you can publish with a name other than your legal name but it has to be a human sounding name. So ‘JP Smithson� is fine. ‘JP Colouringbooks� isn’t. People have had their accounts terminated for this.

8- DON’T BE A JERK. The forum members and top contributors on the forum give their advice and time for free. If you have an issue and want advice expect to give the information in order to get that advice. None of us work for Amazon, so don’t get snarky. Ditto � if you do need to contact support and deal with a KDP rep. Be polite, give the information clearly as to the issue and don’t expect an immediate fix. Don’t get snarky or unpleasant. They are just doing their job, it’s not their fault you don’t read the help pages, or didn’t understand something.

9- YOU CANNOT PUBLISH THE SAME CONTENT OVER AND OVER. No, you can’t have the same notebook interior and slap ten different covers on it.

10- IF YOU GET TERMINATED YOU CANNOT SIMPLY OPEN A NEW ACCOUNT. You can’t. You can’t use someone else’s details either.

KDP’s rules for publishing Don’t like them? Don’t trust Amazon? Don’t publish there. There are other options, but all of them have similar criteria. It’s a business � remember that.

Links to the Help Pages and TnC. READ THEM.

When a young nurse takes a job at an old military hospital she finds the answers to an old family question � what is the secret of Blossom Rise Hospital? Who is the long-dead man who walks the grounds?
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Can Two Worlds Survive an Augury?

Faeries Don’t Lie

Heart of the Worlds Book 1

by TF Burke

Genre: YA Epic Fantasy

Can Two Worlds Survive an Augury? Releasing a Chandarion’s god-like magic into the world isn’t what sixteen-year-old Aunia, the village’s outcast, intends. She only wants to impress Mathias, a visiting seventeen-year-old pegasus flyer, who fiercely believes the choice—either Faery or Mortal world surviving—has come. Her action calls forth the Boggleman, a soul-sucking ghoul, who abducts her dad, eats her faery friends, and sets Dagel demons on her isolated village. And worse. The worlds of Ahnu-Endynia are full of faeries, pegasi flyers, myths, secrets, and themes of belonging, despite being misunderstood. And if you don’t watch carefully . . . You might be pulled into the Betwixt. . . the space between the worlds.

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TF Burke currently works with NYT David Farland’s Apex-Writers as an admin and marketing specialist, where she schedules industry leaders for weekly multi-Zoom calls, provides content for social posts, and hosts several writer-focused Zooms. Her published works includes hundreds of newspaper articles, blog posts across various platforms, anthologies, including MURDERBUGS, the second volume of the Unhelpful Encyclopediam a collection of short stories in WHIRL OF THE FAE, and the first book of the Heart of the Worlds Series, FAERIES DON’T LIE. When not writing or wearing other hats, she can be found with a sword and a dagger in her hands for medieval-style fencing tournaments and melees, something she’s been doing since 2010.

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You can’t cast shadows in darkness.

Shadow Cast

The Hawthorne University Witch Series Book 6

by A.L. Hawke

Genre: Paranormal Fantasy Romance

You can’t cast shadows in darkness.

It’s the start of my second year of graduate school at Hawthorne University. (I wasn’t canned, okay?) Bryce and our dean organize an orientation meeting to recruit witches. Yep, it’s time to teach Alondra’s “honors� program.

Everything goes fine until that slithery snake-witch, Adder, barges into my home. She claims I’m cursing her master, Enora, haunting the dreams of her Abaddon coven. I’m not. Honest. But sometimes Alondra pops up inside me, acting outside of my control.

We hold a séance to ask the ghost possessing me to go away. I don’t see ghosts or spirits. I see evil. But you know, it’s funny, no one else seems to.

My sole mastery of necromancy might just be enough to protect Bryce and my unborn baby—or save my greatest adversary.

Cadence Hawthorne returns in this sixth book in the Hawthorne University Witch series.

Content Warning: Shadow Cast contains profanity, sex, adult situations and, of course, witchcraft.

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Ravens

The Hawthorne University Witch Series Book 5

When evil lands on my doorstep.

While Bryce and I are finally enjoying some quiet time together, a dark, shadowy figure crashes into our door. And it isn’t a small black bird this time. A devil is hurt, asking for my help.

Well, I just have too many problems of my own now. People don’t want to talk to me. And Bryce isn’t touching me. So what’s a witch to do? Haul up my legs, sit on a pentagram in a circle of candles, and murmur to myself.

My best friend Maddie thinks I’m under a curse. But, honestly, I feel like I have to do whatever it takes to save this town, even if it means teaming up with my archenemy witch Enora.

Evil empowers me. But this dark spellcasting also intends to drive a stake right through my heart and the heart of Hawthorne University. See, not only am I feeling alone, I’m getting expelled.

Cadence Hawthorne returns in this fifth book in the Hawthorne University Witch series.

Content Warning: Ravens contains profanity, sex, adult situations and, of course, witchcraft.

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Witch Mirror

The Hawthorne University Witch Series Book 4

Reflections of a wicked witch.

Bryce and I are trying to revive Alondra’s old metaphysical history class. We’re in college again, this time teaching. But It’s stressful under our former teacher’s shadow. Not only that, there’s a new demon-witch messing with my love life. So I’m going through that again. Well, at least this time I have Alondra’s magic to protect me.

Actually, not only do I have her magic, her spirit is inside me, possessing me. But don’t worry, Alondra’s ghost is a positive force here to help Hawthorne. I mean…are you good, Alondra?

A witch council is gathering at my house to reflect on ways to save us. They’re convinced Alondra is evil, but Alondra and I are unsure they know what they’re doing. Well, if I can’t hold things together—inside and outside of myself—I fear my plans of finishing graduate school at Hawthorne U. and starting a family are going to shatter.

Cadence Hawthorne returns in this fourth book in the Hawthorne University Witch series. Some spoilers cannot be avoided, but Witch Mirror is a stand-alone novel that can be enjoyed without reading the preceding books.

Content Warning: Witch Mirror contains profanity, sex, adult situations and, of course, witchcraft.

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A.L. Hawke is the author of the bestselling Hawthorne University Witch series. The author lives in Southern California torching the midnight candle over lovers against a backdrop of machines, nymphs, magic, spice and mayhem. A.L. Hawke writes fantasy and romance spanning four thousand years, from pre-civilization to contemporary and beyond.

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Things are changing, even for the Devil and his subordinates, in ways that will cause exciting, if not outright liberation . . .

Monsters in Hell

A Heroes in Hell Collection

created by Janet Morris

Genre: Dark Paranormal Fantasy Anthology

In the Heroes in Hell series, Monsters in Hell continues existing plot lines and relates new stories with characters from all epochs of human history as they struggle against torment and even more common problems derived from their unique personalities and backgrounds. But wait, things are changing, even for the Devil and his subordinates, in ways that will cause exciting, if not outright liberation . . .

The Green-eyed Monster � &

The Pied Piper of Harmelin �

Dogs of War �

The Tarnished Horde � &

From Hell to Eternity �

Fire in the Blood � &

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Best selling author Janet Morris began writing in 1976 and has since published more than 30 novels, many co-authored with her husband Chris Morris or others. Most of her fiction work has been in the fantasy and science fiction genres, although she has also written historical and other novels. Morris has written, contributed to, or edited several book-length works of non-fiction, as well as papers and articles on nonlethal weapons, developmental military technology and other defense and national security topics.

Christopher Crosby Morris (born 1946) is an American author of fiction and non-fiction, as well as a lyricist, musical composer, and singer-songwriter. He is married to author Janet Morris. He is a defense policy and strategy analyst and a principal in M2 Technologies, Inc. He writes primarily as Chris Morris, but occasionally uses pseudonyms.

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Ever wondered where your socks go in the laundry, or why you can’t find your keys? ÌýThe Kitchen Imps have the answer.

The Kitchen Imps and Other Dark Tales � six short tales of mayhem and mischief.
Winner of the 2018 best fantasy on NN Light Book Heaven.
Naughty imps, missing socks, cunning thieves and baffled gods feature in this collection of short fantasy fiction.

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Dive into a universe of friendly aliens, glamorous space elves, insane pirates� and the gutsy human merchant who’s just trying to hold it all together�

Earthrise

Her Instruments Book 1

by M.C.A. Hogarth

Genre: Science Fiction Adventure, Space Opera

“The thrills are nonstop, the alien cultures and races are well developed and fascinating, and there’s just the right amount of humor to keep the whole thing fizzing.� � Analog Science Fiction and Fact

Reese Eddings has enough to do keeping her rattletrap merchant vessel, the TMS Earthrise, profitable enough to feed herself and her crew. So when a mysterious benefactor from her past shows up demanding she rescue a man from slavers, her first reaction is to run for the hills. Unfortunately, she did promise to repay the loan. But she didn’t think it would involve tangling with pirates over a space elf prince�

Book 1 of the Her Instruments trilogy is a rollicking adventure set in the expansive Pelted universe, and kicks off an epic space opera series where the fate of worlds hangs in the balance. Fans who enjoyed Firefly or Andromeda will like this series.

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Rose Point

Her Instruments Book 2

Reese is only just getting used to running the Earthrise in the black—and with an Eldritch in her crew—when a trip to a colony world gives rise to a whole new problem: Hirianthial is showing powers that even the Eldritch rarely have, and that only in legend. He badly needs training, support and advice, and the only place he can find them is� at home.

To see the world of the Eldritch is a once in a lifetime opportunity, a thing of fantasies and rumor. And to finally meet the Eldritch Queen, the author of so many of Reese’s windfalls! You’d have to twist her arm to get her to admit it, but Reese can’t wait to go. But a court out of fantasy and a breathtaking land aren’t enough compensation when they come packaged with a rabidly xenophobic species whose world is falling apart. The last thing they want any part of is some mortal interloper.

Is Reese ready for the Eldritch world? Better to ask: are they ready for her?

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Laisrathera

Her Instruments Book 3

The Queen of the Eldritch has offered Reese Eddings a life out of a fairy tale, one beyond the imagination of a poor girl from Mars who’d expected to spend her life eking out a living with a rattletrap merchant vessel. Unfortunately, the day Reese reached out to accept Liolesa’s offer, Hirianthial’s enemies betrayed him–and his entire planet–to a race of sociopathic shapeshifters with dreams of conquest. Now the only thing between Reese and a castle of her very own is a maniacal alien despot, his native quisling and all the Eldritch dead-set on preventing the incursion of aliens at any cost, including the ousting of their current usurper, who happens to be an alien himself�

Reese, Hirianthial and the crew of the Earthrise have been battling these pirates since Hirianthial’s capture inspired their fateful meeting, but to beat them Reese will have to own the power she’s always denied herself, and Hirianthial must make peace with his bloody past and uncertain future.

The stakes have never been higher, and this last time will count for all. The final battlefield awaits.

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A Rose Point Holiday

Her Instruments Book 4

With the Eldritch civil war over, a castle to renovate, and a wedding to prepare for, the last thing Reese is thinking about is taking a break. But the new year is coming and the Eldritch take their holidays very seriously, so Reese decides it can’t hurt to observe the local proprieties. Who knows? Maybe it’ll make good practice for what Felith is calling the wedding of the century. Of course, that was before Reese realized it was going to involve gifts. And decorating. And a town full of recalcitrant Eldritch tenants who have no reason to trust her�

“A Rose Point Holiday� is a short, pastoral novel set during the last days before Reese becomes Theresa Laisrathera Eddings, lady of Rose Point Castle and the surrounding lands of Firilith. The Eldritch have never seen a holiday quite like this one!

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Daughter of two Cuban political exiles, M.C.A. Hogarth was born a foreigner in the American melting pot and has had a fascination for the gaps in cultures and the bridges that span them ever since. She has been many things�-web database architect, product manager, technical writer and massage therapist�-but is currently a full-time parent, artist, writer and anthropologist to aliens, both human and otherwise.

Her fiction has variously been recommended for a Nebula, a finalist for the Spectrum, placed on the secondary Tiptree reading list and chosen for two best-of anthologies; her art has appeared in RPGs, magazines and on book covers.

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Award-winning #historicalfantasy based on the #PhantomoftheOpera.

Echoes of a Song:
A dozen tumultuous years after the dramatic events at the Paris Opera House Raoul, Comte de Chagny is still haunted by the mysterious Opera Ghost � the creature of legend who held staff at the Opera House under his thrall, kidnapped Raoul’s lover and murdered his brother. In Raoul’s troubled imagination the ghosts of the past are everywhere, and strange and powerful music still calls in his dreams.
Madness, obsession and the legacy of the past weave their spell in this short, tragic tale based on the Phantom of the Opera.
Best fantasy 2019 on reviewer site NN Light Book Heaven!
Available on Amazon, Kobo, Barnes and Noble and many other stores on the link below.

Tears and Crimson Velvet

Madame Giry finds herself embroiled in the tragedy unfolding at the Opera house; mystery and murder stalk the corridors and, it is said, a ghost haunts the place. Giry knows the truth, for she recalls the caged man she met so many years ago. This is her story, their story.

When murder and mystery begin at the Opera House one woman knows who is behind it, and what really lies beneath the mask. Secrets, lies and tragedy sing a powerful song in this ‘might have been� tale.

Winner of the 2020 Best Short Story award on NNLight Book Heaven
A short, tragic tale based on characters from Phantom of the Opera.

A Legacy of the Mask Tale.

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A haunting tale of love, loss andfinding one’s place in the world inspired by The Ghost and Mrs Muir.

The Ghost of Seagull Cottage

TheGuernsey Novels Book 9

byAnne Allen

Genre:Supernatural Romance

A haunting tale of love, loss andfinding one’s place in the world

Widowed artist Annabelreturns to Guernsey seeking a fresh start for herself and her youngdaughter away from her late husband’s controlling family. SeagullCottage appears perfect, by the sea and with a low rent.ÌýThesnag is it comes with a resident ghost, Daniel, a sea captain whodied 70 years ago in 1946.ÌýHe built the cottage and objectsto anyone not family living there. He and Annabel have to come toterms with sharing what he still considers to be his home.


Aftera difficult start they begin to share their pasts and an unlikelyfriendship blooms, becoming deeper as they spend more timetogether.ÌýAnnabel realises she’s falling for him but wouldshe truly prefer a ghost to a real live man?


Blendingelements of romance, mystery and the supernatural into a compellingtale about the power of human connection which presents a moderntwist onÌýR.A. Dick’s novel The Ghost and Mrs Muir and theclassic movie of the same name.

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Anne Allen lives in Devon in the UKbut originates from Rugby, the home of Rugby football. Finding earlyon in life that she loved the sea she has spent most of her adultyears moving from one coast to another, the furthest being theSpanish coast of Costa Blanca. Her happiest time was spent inGuernsey where she lived for nearly 14 years and her books are allset on this beautiful island. By profession Anne was apsychotherapist but has now retired and fills her time with writingand painting. To date she has published eight standalone stories inThe Guernsey Novels series, focusing on love, mystery, drama andrelationships, and with a touch of historical influence. Some titlesare dual-time or time-slip. The ninth in the series, The Ghost ofSeagull Cottage, is due to be published in May 2024 and was inspiredby the classic movie, “The Ghost and Mrs Muir�, itself based onthe book by R A Dick.

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