#amnesia romance

[fellamarsh]

E-book sale on Amazon, day 2!

If you're an M/M fantasy enjoyer, you should definitely check out Both Sides of The Moon! It's got vampires and werewolves who kiss and are also cowboys. Reviewers say the characters "were tugging at [their] heartstrings in no time" and they "feel like [they've] known them forever". Plus, you'll be supporting a queer indie author!

Both Sides of The Moon is $1.99 today (12/10) only!

Wanna learn more? Summary under the cut ;)

When Fae awakens in an unfamiliar home, he has no memory of how he got there—or of much else.

Only three things are clear to him. First, he is a vampire. Second, he burns at his center with an inexplicable and implacable anguish. The third he keeps to himself, unwilling to risk reaching the limit of his hosts' kindness. He'll stay with them until he regains his strength, then flee—no harm done.

When Roa came upon the unconscious vampire on his family's ranch, he was wholly unprepared to find himself attracted to the handsome stranger. His life—the love of his family and his clan—had always been enough for him before. But as quiet, brilliant Fae recovers, then chooses to stay in Roa's ancestral home, it becomes clear to him that he wants something more... just as it becomes clear that something is terribly wrong.

In the face of insurmountable grief, how can love survive?

[joannerockauthor]

ONE NIGHT SCANDAL my September Harlequin Desire is the final book in my McNeill Magnates series~ 

http://books2read.com/u/m2oWa1

[fellamarsh]

AT LONG LAST, IT IS HERE.

Both Sides of The Moon, my debut novel, is a slow(ish)-burn fantasy romance about a gay vampire and a werewolf cowboy who fall in love. It’s been described as “gorgeously written, full of magic and emotion, very angsty but also very sweet and warm at the same time” (and it almost made me cry). An exploration of love, loss, and belonging, it also features endearingly un-funny monster people, an entirely queer cast of characters, approximately thirty pages of smut, and a comical amount of gay stupidity.

Wanna know more? Here’s the summary:

When a vampire is discovered, unconscious, on the Mahankila family’s ranch, Roa is wholly unprepared to find himself attracted to the handsome stranger—or for the ways in which his life is about to change.

Before the vampire’s arrival, Roa was content with his life. He loves his family and his community, the Licanmos Clan, a society of werewolves that have called the desert their home for millennia; even his ceremonial position as clan Shepherd, while occasionally embarrassing, brings connection and closeness to his deity, the Moon.

But the stranger’s presence begins to change things: for his clan, for his family, and for Roa.

When Fae wakes up in an unfamiliar home, he has no memory of how he got there - and, indeed, very little memory of anything else.

He cannot forget that he is a vampire, and so not to be trusted; or the profound grief burning in his body, surrounded by a shell of terror; or the mysterious, dangerous force pursuing him. Fae’s intention is to stay only until he regains his strength and, if possible, his memories - as long as he’s pursued, his presence puts the Mahankilas at risk.

But how can Fae leave the safety of the ranch with an undead body conditioned to survive at all costs - and a growing attachment to the werewolves, especially Roa?

Both Sides of The Moon is 4.99USD on Kindle, and available for free with Kindle Unlimited. 

You can read the first chapter - and half of the second - by downloading a sample or previewing it at the Amazon listing linked below!

https://tinyurl.com/bothsidesofthemoon

Reblogs are always appreciated! Thank you for taking the time to read about my work and support an emerging queer author <3 I love this book, I loved writing it, and I hope you all like it, too!

[the-writing-experi]

Review: Repeat

by Kylie Scott

5 Stars

I enjoyed this book so much! While I could stop the review here and just say go forth and read... Time-savers, go ahead and do that! Everyone else: 

Clem, our heroine, is recovering from a vicious attack that left her with amnesia. She walks into a tattoo parlor to asks the proprietor about their past and finds out that they used to be in love. As she is making her way to recovery and building a new life, Clem tries to understand why why she ever ended her relationship with Ed. 

Clem is also coming to grips with who she is now versus the person that existed before the attack. She is delightfully forthright and snarky (classic Kylie Scott heroine!). I loved how we were able to experience her falling in love with books again -- she was able to read Kristen Ashley for the first time again! (this was probably the only side benefit besides stripping away her nervous hangups.) 

And our hero, Ed... oh, Ed... Geez, he was pretty amazing -- considering the worman who broke his heart was back in his life, and he was willing to help her get better.

This book is an audible original (audio book first, print and ebook coming later this year), and I think that this was a perfect book for the auditory experience. With the intense first person POV of Clem, we stay in her head and have to wonder who are all these people from her past life and who can she really rely on. As the plot unfolded, I found myself in suspense as I guessed who among the side characters truly hated her. In fact, this is some of the best of Kylie Scott’s writing - humor, thrills, action, love. 

The amnesia trope is one of the hardest plot devices to do well -- and Repeat does it well. Ed and Clem work hard to rebuild a new relationship that feels much stronger that what we guess happened in the past. The honesty they communicate to each other is so beautiful, and they know that it is precious since they almost lost it before. I just loved this book & hope you enjoy it, too.

[joannerockauthor]

Thanks so much to Susanna Carr for mentioning Claiming His Secret Heir in her round up of Amnesia stories on her blog!  Her article got me thinking about this trope-- one I’ve only just begun to write since moving to Harlequin’s Desire series-- and I love it. I had another one out in September with One Night Scandal, and my critique partner, Catherine Mann, has a fabulous amnesia story available in November when her Alaskan Oil Barons series continues with The Second Chance.