I’ve been keeping a secret. And no, I’m not pregnant, this secret has
been going on a lot longer than 9 months and it involves way too many other
people. So, I guess I should back up and
say that I’m not the only one keeping a secret but I’ve brought a ton of other
authors into my conspiracy.
Let me tell you about it.
Two plus years ago, I was at what
was then called the Naughty Sleepover, now you have probably heard about it as
the Wild Wicked Weekend. A writers/readers conference in San Antonio. Actually,
I had been very hesitant to go. I hadn’t had a very positive time at other
conferences up until then. But, one of my publishers, Decadent Publishing, had
heard I had moved to Austin, Texas and encouraged me to attend the conference
as it is in San Antonio. I went, fully prepared to leave if it wasn’t worthwhile.
Well, the conference was
fantastic and by the end up of it, I was brainstorming with author Heather Long
about a shared world wolf pack. We got
really excited and in the way only authors can do had developed an interesting,
hot, developing world that allows authors to create stories and characters that
I don’t think could be found anywhere else.
Decadent agreed to publish the books (and help me keep them
private). We’ve all been really excited
and through invitation only (in order to help the world get developed without too
many hands stirring the pot) we have fourteen authors (and more coming!) having
written books.
The Black Hills Wolves will
release in January of 2015 with the first book in the series, my book, Wolf
Returns, which tells the story of Drew Tao who has returned home to oust his
father and reclaim his mate.
The good news? The Black Hills is
now open for submission and we hope you’ll join us in all the creative mayhem and
amazing fun.
Decadent Publishing invites you
to join the Black Hills Wolves pack. Dawn has come to Los Lobos and a nearly
decimated wolf pack has found its feet again. Drew Tao has ousted his father,
the Alpha, reclaimed his mate, and is determined to make things better than
they ever were before.
Length—18,000-30,000 words
Heat Level—3-5
What we’re looking for:
I. These are multi-authored shared world
stories. All authors are invited, even encouraged to use already created
characters from other stories as long as the characters stay true to the world
and the characterizations given to the character by the original author.
II. All authors are required to use, at some
point, Gee the Were-Bear bartender in their story.
III. This is a shifter series, so at least one
of the main characters should shift at least once in the story.
IV. All stories should have a HEA or HFN
ending.
V. While the primary story focus is the
wolf-shifter genre, a mixed genre story is welcome, including but not limited
to: contemporary, suspense, paranormal, time travel, thriller, military, and
new adult.
VI. Please email submissions@decadentpublishing.com
to receive the official copy of the series bible. Since the bible is always
changing, please check back more than once, especially if it takes you a long
time to write your story.
Some of the authors who have
joined me—and hopefully you as either a reader or a writer—on this journey:
Mahalia Levey:
Being smart and sassy with a
great sense of humor comes easily for Mahalia Levey. An avid reader of books,
she found herself enchanted with disappearing completely into the worlds
authors created. One day she vowed to herself she'd be one of them. Then family
life came, and college right after. Swayed from her childhood course of action,
it took many years for her to get back to that place she held dear as a child.
Now she is running full steam ahead to keep up with the many ideas flowing
freely. She plans on taking her work to higher levels and expanding her genres.
Her main focus is giving her readers variety. Her works in progress include
Interracial, Paranormal, Fantasy and Contemporary Erotic Romance. Taking
characters and watching them grow past what she's imagined is her true passion.
Lia Davis:
Lia Davis is a mother to two
young adults and three equally special kitties, a wife to her soul mate, and a
lover of romance. She and her family live in Northeast Florida battling
hurricanes and very humid summers. But it's her home and she loves it!
An accounting major, Lia has
always been a dreamer with a very active imagination. The wheels in her head
never stop. She ventured into the world of writing and publishing in 2008 and
loves it more than she imagined. Writing is stress reliever that allows her to
go off in her corner of the house and enter into another world that she
created, leaving real life where it belongs.
Her favorite things are spending
time with family, traveling, reading, writing, chocolate, coffee, nature and
hanging out with her kitties.
Afton Locke:
Afton Locke is a USA Today
Bestselling Author who prefers romantic fantasies to everyday reality.
Fantasies take her to different times, races, places, and beyond. She lives
with her husband, dog, several unnamed dust bunnies, and a black cat that can
be scary or cuddly, depending on the current book. When she’s not writing,
Afton enjoys hiking, cooking, crafts, and reading.
Melissa Limoges:
Melissa Limoges lives along the
Gulf Coast with her OCD cat, Mr. Tibbs. Tax appraiser by day, romance writer by
night, she enjoys anything coffee related, traveling, and reading happily-ever-afters.
Taryn Kincaid:
Writing romance is Taryn's third
career. She could tell you the other two, but then she'd have to smother you in
honey and strap you to an ant hill.
She is the author of the sizzling
Sleepy Hollow series of 1Night Stand stories for Decadent Publishing
--LIGHTNING,THUNDER,FROST,HEAT WAVE and IN FROM THE COLD, all sexy paranormal
romances. She's also the author of BLIZZARD, an erotic contemporary short short
for Decadent's The Edge line. They're all available wherever ebooks are sold.
LIGHTNING, THUNDER, FROST, HEAT WAVE and BLIZZARD are also collected in the
SLEEPY HOLLOW anthology, available in print or digital format. HEAT WAVE is
also available in the BOX OF 1NIGHT STANDS, multi-author collection of 21
1Night Stand stories.
Katalina
Leon
Katalina Leon is an artist and author
who can’t commit to a single genre. Her favorite playgrounds are historical, Sci-fi,
contemporary, and most of all paranormal realms. Katalina brings a sense of
adventure and a touch of the mystical to erotic romance. She believes there's a
daring heroine inside every woman who wants to take a wild ride with a strong
worthy hero.
Website: katalinaleon.com
Amazon:
All Romance eBooks:
Night Owl Reviews Author Page:
Pinterest:
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/katalina.leon.142?ref=tn_tnmn
Twitter: Katalina_Leon
Heather Long:
National bestselling author,
Heather Long, likes long walks in the park, science fiction, superheroes, Marines,
and men who aren’t douche bags. Her books are filled with heroes and heroines
tangled in romance as hot as Texas summertime. From paranormal historical
westerns to contemporary military romance, Heather might switch genres, but one
thing is true in all of her stories—her characters drive the books. When she’s
not wrangling her menagerie of animals, she devotes her time to family and
friends she considers family. She believes if you like your heroes so real you
could lick the grit off their chest, and your heroines so likable, you’re sure
you’ve been friends with women just like them, you’ll enjoy her worlds as much
as she does.
Celia Breslin:
Celia lives in California with
her husband, daughter, and two feisty cats. She writes urban fantasy and
paranormal romance, and has a particular fondness for vampires, werewolves, and
the Fae. When not writing, you’ll find her exercising, reading a good book or
indulging her addiction to Joss Whedon’s TV shows and movies.
Cara Carnes:
Born in small-town Texas, Cara
Carnes was a princess, a pirate, fashion model, actress, rock star and Jon Bon
Jovi’s wife all before the age of 13.
In reality, her fascination for
enthralling worlds took seed somewhere amidst a somewhat dull day job and a
wonderful life filled with family and friends. When she’s not cemented to her
chair, Cara loves travelling, photography and reading.
Cam Cassidy:
Cam Cassidy grew up in a small
Ohio farming community. The lack of
neighbors and companionship of mostly cows, dogs and horses left plenty of time
for her passion of reading to flourish.
It wasn't long before her imagination ran away and she was creating her
own stories.
As an adult, Cam is married and
the mother of three who loved keeping her on her toes. The ever present cup of coffee in her hand
and notebook in her purse has become a trademark. While she works full time in the medical
field, her spare time is filled reading and writing. Watching her daughter ride horses, the boys
dirt bikes, four wheelers, running around from one sports field to the next,
she never missed jotting down that all important plot twist.
Her love romantic suspense and
paranormal creatures, werewolves in particular, are showcased in her recent
works. Stay on the look out vampires,
some alpha military men and cowboys that are all screaming in her head to get
their stories done.
Somewhere between running kids
and catching up on laundry, her hard work paid off with her first publication
of Wolf's Heart by Fated Desires Publishing.
And these are just the few who sent me their bios. Busy Authors! Please visit Decadent Publishing (
www.decadentpublishing.com) for more information. Can't wait to start sharing these books with you in January.
